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US08756260B2	System for organizing computer data A system for organizing computer data by the use of naming rules, grouping rules, and sequencing rules. These rules name and sort data in a consistent and convenient manner, which can, in part or whole, be employed by a human, computer, or both.
US08756258B2	Generating references to reusable code in a schema Provided are a method, system, and computer program product to generate references to reusable code in a schema. A program coded in a first programming language has data structures, wherein at least one of the data structures includes a reference to reusable code. A model file is generated identifying the reusable code, elements and attributes in a second programming language for the reference to the reusable code in the program. The data structure coded in the first programming language is processed to generate a data structure schema in a second programming language describing elements and attributes of the data structure coded in the first programming language. A reference in the data structure schema to the reusable code is generated.
US08756254B2	Integration of CRM applications to ECS application user interface CRM application controls and functionality for multiple CRM applications/instances are integrated with an ECS application user interface by designating a single CRM application/instance as primary and providing synchronization and rich client control capabilities. Other CRM applications/instances are set up as secondary within the ECS user interface employing a single CRM connection module and a single state manager. Accessing a secondary CRM application/instance activates relevant controls applicable to that CRM application/instance without a user having to logout and login to the ECS client.
US08756250B2	Client management system This invention relates to permission based collaborative health record system. Specifically, it relates to systems of and methods for creating authorized health records that care givers and patients can use to document their diagnoses, symptoms, outcomes, instructions and participation in the effort toward wellness.
US08756244B2	Metadata as comments for search problem determination and analysis Techniques for using metadata as comments to assist with search problem determination and analysis are provided. Before an action is taken on a search, contextual information is gathered as metadata about the action and actor requesting the action. The metadata is embedded in the search as comments and the comments are subsequently logged when the action is performed on the search. The comments combine with other comments previously recorded to permit subsequent analysis on searches.
US08756225B1	Method and system for interfacing with a back end server application through a messaging environment A method and system for supporting interaction with a back end server application through a messaging environment. Specifically, the method determines when an event occurs. The event allows for an action, in response to the event, to be taken by a user within the back end server application. A notification message is generated informing the user of the event. The notification message is rendered to comply with a format supporting the messaging environment. The notification message that is rendered enables the user to take the action within the back end application without having the user directly open the back end server application. The rendered notification message is sent to an electronic device associated with the user to facilitate interfacing between the user and the back end server application.
US08756208B2	Encoded data processing Techniques for encoded data processing which allow for continuous data processing as encoded data changes. Data is decomposed into one or more blocks with each block containing at least one data record. At least one data record within a given block is encoded with a first encoding process selected from one or more encoding processes. The first encoding process is associated with the given data block. Techniques evaluate whether or not to implement an encoding change for a given block when updating a given data record in the given block. Responsive to the evaluation, the given block is re-encoded with a second encoding process. Responsive to the re-encoding, the association of the given block is updated. A map is formed to convert the given data record encoded with the first encoding process to the second encoding process so as to preserve comparative relationships of the given data record.
US08756206B2	Updating an inverted index in a real time fashion Systems and methods for regularly updating portions of a merged index are provided. Initially, upon receiving an indication that modifications have occurred to content of web-based documents, dynamic update of index (DUI) objects that identify the documents and expose the modified content are composed by ascertaining relative positions of the modified content within the documents, and packaging identifiers of the documents, the relative positions, and metadata underlying the modified content into a message. The DUI objects are applied to an overloading index that maintains structured records of recent modifications. In particular, portions of the overloading index are targeted utilizing the document identifiers and the relative positions specified by the DUI object, thereby updating the targeted portions within the overloading index corresponding to the modified content without rewriting the entire overloading index. Periodically, an association process is invoked for grouping the merged index with the overloading index for search purposes.
US08756190B2	Apparatus and a method for automatic treatment adjustment after nervous system dysfunction The present invention relates to an apparatus for automatic adjustment of a treatment of a target person to be treated based on calculated recovery prediction data for predicting a change of a sensory function of said target person in response to said treatment.
US08756182B2	Method for quantifying amplitude of a response of a biological network One or more measurement signatures are derived from a knowledge base of casual biological facts, where a signature is a collection of measured node entities and their expected directions of change with respect to a reference node. The knowledge base may be a directed network of experimentally-observed casual relationships among biological entities and processes, and a reference node represents a perturbation. A degree of activation of a signature is then assessed by scoring one or more “differential” data sets against the signature to compute an amplitude score. The amplitude score quantifies fold-changes of measurements in the signature. In one particular embodiment, the amplitude score is a weighted average of adjusted log-fold changes of measured node entities in the signature, wherein an adjustment applied to the log-fold changes is based on their expected direction of change. In an alternative embodiment, the amplitude score is based on quantity effects.
US08756177B1	Methods and systems for estimating subject intent from surveillance A computer-based method for analyzing the incentives and predicting the future actions of agents is described. The method includes storing, in a computer memory, data relating to previously observed behavior of at least one of an agent of interest and agents that can be assumed to hold similar utilities to the agent of interest, thereby defining an agent class, deriving with a processing device and based on the stored data, a set of unique incentives that agents in the agent class would have to hold for their observed behavior to be considered rational by an observer of the behavior, observing a short sequence of behavior of the agent of interest, inputting the observed behavior sequence to an analyzer, deriving specific goals of the agent driving that behavior instance, and predicting future actions of the agent of interest based on a maximization of reward for the agent of interest and the derived goals, the reward based on the derived incentives.
US08756161B2	Customer initiated payment method using mobile device The invention concerns a method of making a payment transaction by a customer including steps of receiving, by a mobile device (402) of the customer, merchant data; transmitting, by the mobile device to a remote server (408), a payment transaction request including the merchant data; determining, by the remote server, the identity of the customer based on the request and the identity of the merchant based on the data; and implementing the payment transaction between bank accounts of the customer and the merchant.
US08756155B2	Web based communication of information with reconfigurable format A number of different aspects that can be carried out on an Internet site and prestored sequences of actions or scripts. The scripts can be formed by monitoring the actions of a user and storing their actions in a memory. That sequence of keystrokes can later be used to access the same web site and obtain updated information. For example, this may be used to obtain bank balances, ongoing actions such as bidding systems, stocks, and the lighting. Different ways of forming the “script” that executes this information are described. In one aspect, the script validates an encryption sequence and lights and indicator on who the handheld computer indicating that the encryption has been validating. In another aspect, the handheld provides information from effectively an electronic Yellow Pages.
US08756153B1	System and method for mobile payment at point of sale A method for making an electronic payment system available to a plurality of users includes storing payment account information for a first user and biometric information of the first user. Before allowing the first user to make a payment with the first user's payment account, biometric information identifying the first user is received and compared to the stored biometric information of the first user. Biometric information of a second user, who is a family member of the first user, is stored to enable confirmation of the identity of the family member as a security measure in said electronic payment system.
US08756149B2	Use of adaptive and/or customized compression to enhance the efficiency of digital data exchanges The present invention relates to a method for enhancing the efficiency of digitally communicated data exchanges and to a computer system that implements such a method. The invention particularly concerns the use of adaptive custom compression techniques, binary integers (“bits”), massively parallel processing, database optimization techniques and/or calculation optimization techniques to achieve such enhanced efficiency. The invention is applicable to any digitally communicated data exchange, but is particularly applicable to exchanges of financial information such as financial market buy/sell orders, market making, etc.
US08756146B2	Out of band credit control Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer readable media may be configured for informing a first node of a first fine precision algorithm for calculating a first credit utilization associated with a trading entity, and of whether to use a first coarse precision algorithm instead of the first fine precision algorithm as long as the first credit utilization remains below a first credit threshold, receiving first credit information data from the first node and second credit information data associated with the trading entity from a second node, and determining aggregate credit information data for the trading entity based on the first credit utilization data and the second credit utilization data.
US08756142B1	Computer-implemented securities trading system A computer-implemented financial management system provides the trading of securities via a network using virtual currency. A server computer receives buy and sell orders for derivative financial instruments from a plurality of client computers. The server computer attempts to match the buy and sell orders and then generates a market price through the use of a virtual specialist program executed by the server computer. The virtual specialist program responds to an imbalance in the matching of the buy and sell orders. The virtual currency accumulated by HSX account holders as a result of successful trading may be converted to another currency, credited toward the cost of merchandise provided through a vendor's web site, etc.
US08756137B2	Electronic trading system restricting trading orders According to one embodiment, a method of managing trading is provided. In a market for a particular type of instrument, buy orders and sell orders are received from a plurality of traders. Each buy order has an associated bid price and each sell order has an associated offer price. A determination is made of whether the particular trading order is an outlying trading order by determining whether the particular trading order differs from at least one comparison price by more than a threshold value. If it is determined that the particular trading is an outlying trading order, a restrictive action is taken regarding the outlying trading order. For example, if a trader subsequently submits another trading order that would trade with the outlying trading order, an alert message may be sent to the trader and the subsequent trading order may be prevented from trading with the outlying trading order at least temporarily.
US08756127B2	Pool-based system for organizing and measuring personalized financial management techniques A system and method for a money pools system is presented. The money pools system includes a plurality of financial positions that are allocated to a plurality of pools. A category may be used to contain a grouping of pools. Multiple categories allow a user to view aggregated financial positions that are common to the multiple categories. New pools and categories may be created by a user, a financial institution, and/or a third party. Pool systems may also incorporate pool templates to facilitate the creation of pools. Pool templates may also be shared over a network of interconnected money pool systems.
US08756109B1	Travel suggestions Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing travel suggestions. In one aspect, a method includes the action of providing a travel search interface, the travel search interface including one or more travel parameters and a suggestion of one or more people to visit from among a specified collection of individuals; receiving a user selection of a suggested person; providing one or more date range and price combinations for traveling to a city associated with the selected suggested person; and generating a travel itinerary for the selected travel date range.
US08756107B2	Virtual world support for electronic commerce An apparatus in one example has: virtual world having at least one object; vendor template database having at least one product template; vendor template server operatively coupled to the vendor template database and to the virtual world; and at least one profile that contains at least one descriptive characteristic of one of an avatar and an object, the at least one profile stored in at least one of the virtual world and the vendor template database.
US08756101B2	User and stream demographics metadata guide based content services A metadata guide of audio, video, multimedia transmission, receiving and playback with advertising and bi-directional fulfillment of goods and services over the Internet includes the use of user and stream demographics. A streaming content distribution system includes a a server to a) stream content based on i) user demographics and ii) historical and real time stream demographics from a plurality of streaming content sources and b) stream advertisements based on user demographics selected by advertisers, commercial agreements and access control rules from a plurality of streaming advertisement sources before, during, and after playback of streaming content from the server over the internet to a user device including a central processing unit and a physical user interface; and a guide including metadata not input by the users for the user device to locate streaming content on the server.
US08756100B1	Facilitating purchase of excess items Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating the purchase of excess items. In one embodiment, customer information and inventory data are retrieved from a merchant client. A determination is made on whether excess items exist. A list of target purchasers is generated based on data associated with a user account, and offers are generated and sent by electronic communication to the list of target purchasers.
US08756099B2	Consumer processing system and method Disclosed is a consumer processing system for identifying and recognizing a consumer engaged in a transaction with a merchant. The system includes a consumer processing system interface for receiving, from a merchant, a consumer/transaction data set with a plurality of fields. A consumer/transaction database is populated with data sets, and each data set is related to a specific consumer and also includes multiple data fields therein. The consumer/transaction data set is established as part of an initial data set in the consumer/transaction database, and thereafter, during subsequent transactions, compared to an existing data field in an existing data set in the consumer/transaction database. Based upon the establishment or comparison, a consumer activity data set is communicated from the consumer processing system interface to the merchant. A method of identifying and recognizing a consumer engaged in a transaction with a merchant is also disclosed.
US08756097B2	System for providing promotional materials based on item sampling event results Items—including gourmet products—are evaluated and rated by participants in a controlled event, which can be coordinated by software locally or at a dedicated website. Event data, including item scores and participant scores can be shared with vendors, merchants and other commercial entities associated with the products. Promotional incentives from such entities for the products (and related products) can then be directly targeted and provided to participants and other members of the public. The participant's activities can also be collected and disseminated to affiliates/friends of the participants through social networking sites, personalized web pages, etc.
US08756091B2	Methods and tools to support strategic decision making by specifying, relating and analyzing requirements, solutions and deployments The present invention discloses methods and tools for managing requirements, solutions, and deployments of a project. The invention provides for the creation of a portfolio of data pertaining to requirements, solutions, and deployments for the project. The relationships and dependencies between the data are mapped, and the portfolio of data and the mapping of the data are displayed in a graphical format. The portfolio of data can be queried to determine the relationships and dependencies between the data.
US08756080B2	Personalized body image Delivery of health information to a patient suffering from a chronic condition is personalized by displaying the health information directly on a customized image of a body. The patient's medical record, standards of care for the condition, prescribed treatments, and patient input are applied to a generalized health model of a disease to generate a personalized health model of the patient. The personalized health model comprises an HTML file encoding an image map of a body. The body image illustrates the health condition of the individual patient. Preferably, data is collected from health provider sources and stored in a database on a server at a service provider site. The data is processed at the server, and is displayed in the patient's home using a TV connected to a multimedia processor. The multimedia processor connects the television set to a communications network such as the Internet.
US08756075B1	System and method for processing payment bundles A system and process for prospectively creating patient episodes of care and triggering associated payment bundles during the claim adjudication process facilitates real-time claim pricing in accordance with payment bundle rules to facilitate episodic payment in place of pay-for-service payment. Additionally, various processes are described for modeling patient episodes and payment bundles and unbundling episodic payments.
US08756064B2	Method and system for creating frugal speech corpus using internet resources and conventional speech corpus A speech corpus creation method and system are disclosed. The method comprising identifying a publicly accessible first source of the first speech data and its corresponding first text transcription; extracting a second speech data of an accessible encoding format from the first speech data; extracting a second text transcription data with at least one encoding format from the first text transcription data; matching and aligning the transcription to the extracted second speech data at a sentence, word, phoneme level, or combination thereof to form a first and a second speech corpus; analyzing the text transcriptions in the second speech corpus to identify the short speech segments to produce a phonetically balanced, segmented, text aligned third speech corpus; and conditioning the third speech corpus by inserting a context and associated environment richer corpus therein the third speech corpus from at least one second source to form the final speech corpus.
US08756054B2	Method for trained discrimination and attenuation of echoes of a digital signal in a decoder and corresponding device The invention concerns a method for trained discrimination and attenuation of echoes of a digital audio signal generated from a transform coding, which consists, for each current frame of the signal. In comparing (A) in real time, in at least one frequency band a variable derived from one characteristic of the echo generating signal with that of a non-echo generating signal at a threshold value, and deducing therefrom (B) the existence or non-existence (C) of an echo derived from the transform coding, discriminating the existence of the echo and defining (D) a false alarm zone in the high-energy parts of the digital audio signal, determining an initial processing and attenuating the echoes (E) in the parts complementary to the low-energy false alarm zone and inhibiting (F) the attenuation of echoes in the false alarm zone. The invention is applicable to the technology of coders/decoders in particular hierarchical coders/decoders.
US08756053B2	Systems and methods for extracting patterns from graph and unstructured data A computing system receives input data having both graph and unstructured data and computes a current log likelihood of the input data. The computing system compares the current log likelihood with a previous log likelihood of the input data. If the current log likelihood is larger than the previous log likelihood, the computing system update topic modeling parameters, community modeling parameters, and the link generation parameter until the computing system obtains a maximal value of the log likelihood of the input data. Then, the computing system creates a graph indicating topic similarity between the input data based on the topic modeling parameters, creates another graph indicating community similarity between entities associated with the input data based on the community modeling parameters, and predicts a link existence between input data or entities based on the link generation parameter, the topic modeling parameter and the community modeling parameter.
US08756052B2	Methods and systems for a locally and temporally adaptive text prediction An electronic device is provided, having a locally and temporally adaptive prediction database.
US08756049B2	Simulation and test framework for a rule engine Some embodiments of a simulation and test framework for a rule engine have been presented. In one embodiment, a simulator runs a simulation in a time-aware environment. A rule engine, coupled to the simulator, may execute a set of business logic in response to the simulation in order to test behavior of the business logic. The business logic may include rules, workflow, and event processing.
US08756041B2	Industrial simulation using redirected I/O module configurations A simulation environment for running a process simulation used to validate an industrial control program. The simulation environment exposes the I/O module configurations defined in the control program and retrieves module configuration information therefrom. This I/O module configuration information is combined with generic, module-specific I/O module profiles to create a pool of available controller I/O points, which can be selectively associated with I/O points in the simulation to create an I/O point mapping. During control program validation, simulated I/O data is exchanged between the process simulation and the I/O module instances in the controller in accordance with the I/O point mapping.
US08756040B2	Computational fluid dynamics modeling of a bounded domain A method for hybrid computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach for modeling a bounded domain, such as a data center, is disclosed. The CFD modeling approach divides the bounded domain into one or more viscous regions and one or more inviscid regions, and then performs a viscous domain solve for the viscous region(s) using a computational fluid dynamics model with turbulence equations (i.e., a turbulence model), and performs inviscid domain solve for the inviscid region(s) using a set of inviscid equations (or potential flow equations). After solving for the different regions, results of the viscous domain solve and the inviscid domain solve are provided as a model of the bounded domain.
US08756036B2	Parallel navigation in a plurality of CAD models A method for representing a plurality of computer aided design (CAD) models, wherein objects are compared between the CAD models, objects that match between the CAD models are selected, and the CAD models are aligned uniformly using the selected objects.
US08756032B2	Method and apparatus for fall detection A method for detecting the fall of an object includes: acquiring a plurality of time-varying accelerations associated with a movement of said object; computing a plurality of respective velocities and displacements in the direction of gravity, based on the plurality of time-varying accelerations; determining lead time and return time of the movement, based on the plurality of accelerations, velocities and displacements, wherein the lead time equals a time interval from an original point of the movement to an extreme point of the movement, and the return time equals a time interval from the extreme point of the movement to a final point of the movement; and determining whether the fall of said object occurs, based on whether a peak value of the velocities is larger than a predefined threshold value and whether the lead time is longer than the return time.
US08756027B1	Reducing eye monitor data samplers in a receiver The present specification describes techniques and apparatus for reducing eye monitor data samplers in a receiver. A single eye monitor data sampler is used for multiple normal data samplers in a receiver.
US08756025B2	Temperature sensing of electric batteries Methods and apparatus are provided related to thermal protection of electrical batteries. A sensor senses the temperature of a battery and a corresponding digital signal is digitally derived. Date, time and temperature data are written to storage media. A time-rate-of-change of the battery's temperature is determined and used to establish operational periodicity. Stored digital data can be communicated to another entity, temperature or time-rate-of-change values used to trigger an alarm or system shut-down, and so on. Electronic circuitry toggles between an active mode and a power-conserving sleep mode in accordance with periodic operating schedule.
US08756022B2	System and method for detecting leaks A leak detection system includes a pressure system that requires leak and/or pressure testing. A pressure sensor coupled to the pressure system senses a first pressure at time0, after which fluid pumping system provides a selected volume of test fluid to the pressure system. The pressure sensor senses a test pressure at time1 and at selected intervals ‘n’ to time(n+1) and transmits a signal reflect of the pressures at each time to a general purpose computer for recording and storage on a computer readable medium. An operating program is configured to calculate a leak detection value, which is a function of a ratio of the first pressure at time0 and the test pressure at time1; the test pressure at time1 and the test pressure at time2; and so on to a test pressure at the time and the test pressure at the time(n−1). A graphical output is configured to display the leak detection value as a function of time.
US08756021B2	Method and system for in-situ monitoring of cathode erosion and predicting cathode lifetime A method of controlling operation of an indirectly-heated cathode (IHC) ion source includes a step of measuring a rate of loss of cathode weight of the IHC ion source that occurs during operation using a first cathode configuration and under a first set of operation conditions. A maximum weight loss for the first cathode configuration is determined, and a cathode lifetime is calculated based upon the rate of cathode weight loss and the maximum weight loss. A further method includes receiving a minimum source bias power value for operation of a cathode in a first configuration, measuring a rate of decrease in source bias power for a cathode in the first configuration, and calculating a lifetime of the cathode based upon the minimum source bias power and rate of decrease in source bias power.
US08756020B2	Enhanced risk probabilities using biomolecule estimations The present invention provides processes for determining more accurate risk probabilities for medical conditions. The risk probabilities of the presence or absence of a medical condition are calculated using frequency data from selected biomolecules and biomolecule source contribution of at least one source in a mixed sample.
US08756019B2	Method for estimation of SAGD process characteristics Method comprises measuring temperature along an injection well, measuring a steam quality and an injection rate at an inlet of the injection well and estimating a pressure distribution profile. Then a steam injection profile is estimated using the obtained pressure distribution profile and the measured injection rate combined with a one-dimensional injection well model for pressure losses in the well and heat exchange between an injection well tubing and an annulus. The obtained steam injection profile is used as an input parameter for a set of two-dimensional cross-sectional analytical SAGD models. The models are based on energy conservation law and take into account reservoir and overburden formation properties, heat losses into the reservoir and overburden formation impact on production parameters and SAGD characteristics. SAGD process characteristics are estimated from the set of two-dimensional cross-sectional analytical SAGD models.
US08756017B2	Method for detecting formation resistivity outside of metal casing using time-domain electromagnetic pulse in well A method for detecting formation resistivity outside of metal casing using time-domain electromagnetic pulse in a borehole, the method including steps of a) providing a borehole large power pulse transmitting source, recording an induced electromotive force ε, and full time digital recording a transmitted waveform and a received signal; b) conducting transmission-reception and superimposing received signals to improve signal to noise ratio; c) calculating corresponding casing response according to known casing parameters and recorded current waveform of the transmitting source to obtain a relative induced electromotive force Δεf; d) correcting relative induced electromotive force value; e) carrying out one-dimensional inversion and converting the observation signal into radial variation information of the formation resistivity; f) obtaining a two-dimensional image of the longitudinal and radial resistivity distribution of outer cased formation resistivity for measured well sections; and g) determining residual oil distribution in a reservoir from outer cased reservoir resistivity distribution.
US08756016B2	Method and system to estimate fracture aperture in horizontal wells A method for estimating a fracture aperture in a formation penetrated by a well includes obtaining at least one of a vertical resistivity (Rv) and a horizontal resistivity (Rh) of the formation; obtaining a mud resistivity (Rmud) or a matrix resistivity (Rmatrix); and estimating the fracture aperture. The estimating of the fracture aperture may be performed by solving the following two equations: Rv=Vhf·Rm+(1−Vhf)·Rmatrix and 1/Rh=Vhf·1/Rmud+(1−Vhf)·1/Rmatrix, wherein Vhf is the fracture aperture.
US08756014B2	Transit routing system for public transportation trip planning A public transit travel planning system and methodology that uses an extensive pre-processing approach of transit information prior to query time on order to determine optimal public transit routes for journeys. At query time, since the transit information has already been processed by the system, very little computation is needed in order to fulfill the query. The system then provides users with public transit directions in response to the queries for public transit journeys.
US08756005B2	Turn-by-turn navigation-based descriptive direction indicator for vehicles A system for providing an externally visible signal regarding a navigational instruction at a vehicle includes a navigation system, a navigation message sender, a navigation message receiver, and a display system. The navigation system generates and outputs turn-by-turn navigational directions within the vehicle to assist a driver of the vehicle in reaching a given destination location. The navigation message sender receives the turn-by-turn navigational directions and transmits them to the navigation message receiver. The navigation message receiver provides a navigational message to the display system for display in a manner visible outside the vehicle.
US08756003B2	Motion based message delivery The present disclosure relates to motion based message delivery. A method includes receiving an information about an asset, calculating the time required for an asset to reach a safe zone, displaying the time required for an asset to reach a safe zone, displaying a communication options to communicate with a person operating the asset, and displaying a map incorporating the location of the asset, a graphical indicator of the time required to reach a safe zone, and/or a graphical indicator of communication options. Another method may include receiving a request to communicate, determining if the communication originates from, or is directed to, an asset in a safe zone, placing the communication if the asset is in the safe zone, and/or delaying the communication until the asset is in a safe zone.
US08755997B2	Laser ranging process for road and obstacle detection in navigating an autonomous vehicle A method and system provide road and obstacle detection in navigating an autonomous vehicle. The method comprises scanning a distance ahead of the autonomous vehicle to obtain a current range scan, and obtaining navigation data, including dynamics, position, and orientation measurements of the autonomous vehicle. The current range scan is transformed to world coordinates with respect to a reference location based on the navigation data, and the transformed current range scan is input into a distance-based accumulator. The transformed current range scan is added to a variable size buffer when the autonomous vehicle is deemed to be non-stationary. A ground plane is estimated from the transformed current range scan and prior range scans stored in the variable size buffer. The estimated ground plane is represented as a constrained quadratic surface, which is classified into one or more of a traversable area, a non-traversable area, or an obstacle area for navigation of the autonomous vehicle.
US08755996B2	Vehicular operation assisting system There is provided a system for immediately reflecting an intention of a driver wanting to avoid an obstacle to assistance to an avoidance operation. A vehicular operation assisting system for assisting the avoidance operation made by the driver of a vehicle in avoiding the obstacle includes an avoidance required distance calculating section for periodically calculating an avoidance required distance that is a distance required to avoid the obstacle when the obstacle is detected ahead of the vehicle, an avoidance operation determining section for periodically determining the avoidance operation with respect to the obstacle on the basis of steering maneuvers of the driver and an avoidance operation assisting degree calculating section for periodically calculating an avoidance operation assisting degree per based on the avoidance required distance calculated by the avoidance required distance calculating section and the judgment result of the avoidance operation determining section.
US08755986B2	Vehicle acceleration when in an air restriction mode A method of controlling an engine of a vehicle having a particulate filter and operable in an air restriction mode wherein air inflow to an air intake throttle is restricted includes determining if the engine is operating in the air restriction mode, sensing a position of an accelerator pedal, and sensing a speed of the vehicle. The method further includes removing the restriction to the air intake throttle when the engine is operating in the air restriction mode, one of a change in position of the accelerator pedal over a period of time is greater than a pre-defined pedal acceleration rate or the position of the accelerator pedal is equal to a pre-defined pedal limit, and the speed of the vehicle is less than a pre-defined speed limit.
US08755980B2	Vehicle and control device and control method thereof A vehicle with a transmission having a crankshaft and an output shaft. A clutch located between the output shaft and a drive wheel is engaged and disengaged according to a rotational speed of the output shaft. An idle speed control device performs idle speed control to adjust an idle rotational speed of an engine. An electronic control unit (ECU) suppresses or stops the idle speed control when the clutch is engaged, or when an abnormality in the transmission is detected.
US08755978B2	System and method for determining vehicle shifter position A system for controlling a transmission of a vehicle based on input from a shifter includes first, second, third, and fourth position sensors and a position determination module. The shifter includes a shift lever. The first and second position sensors sense first and second positions of the shift lever, respectively, with respect to first and second axes, respectively, wherein the first and second axes are orthogonal to one another. The third and fourth position sensors sense third and fourth positions of the shift lever, respectively, with respect to third and fourth axes, respectively, wherein the third and fourth axes are orthogonal to one another. In addition, the first and second axes are non-orthogonal to the third and fourth axes. The position determination module determines a position of the shift lever based on the first, second, third, and fourth positions.
US08755976B2	Method and device for steering a second agricultural machine, which can be steered to drive over a field parallel to a first agricultural machine The present invention is directed to a device for steering a second agricultural machine which can be steered over a field relative to a first agricultural machine. The device includes a distance meter mounted on one of the machines and operable for recording measured values with regard to direction and distance of objects adjacent to the distance meter over a horizontal region. The device also includes an evaluating means which is connected to the distance meter and is designed to output a steering signal for causing guidance of the second machine relative to the first machine on the basis of the measured values of the distance meter.
US08755973B2	Vehicular power supply system In a vehicular power supply system, a main battery supplies electric power to both main machine drive circuit, which drives a main motor for driving a vehicle, and a steering assist drive circuit, which drives a steering assist motor of a power steering apparatus. A main machine switching circuit, which is capable of shutting off power supply to the main machine drive circuit, and an auxiliary machine switching circuit, which is capable of shutting off power supply to the steering assist drive circuit are provided in parallel. As long as the auxiliary machine switching circuit is turned on, power supply to the steering assist drive circuit is continued even when the main machine switching circuit is turned off.
US08755966B2	System and method for controlling autonomous machine within lane boundaries during position uncertainty An autonomous machine control system includes a positioning unit measuring position and orientation, and a navigation unit storing a route plan including an intended travel path along a lane. The lane has a width defined by a left-hand boundary and a right-hand boundary. The navigation unit receives an uncertainty value associated with the position or orientation, and creates a virtual two-dimensional footprint based on an actual machine footprint and the uncertainty value. The navigation unit also simulates movement of the virtual footprint along the intended travel path, calculates a left-hand margin value defined by the virtual footprint and the left-hand boundary, and calculates a right-hand margin value defined by the virtual footprint and the right-hand boundary. The margin values are compared to a predetermined value, and speed or travel direction of the machine is controlled if either of the margin values is below the predetermined value.
US08755965B1	Unmanned vehicle simulator based control methods and apparatus A mobile and versatile vehicle simulator is integrated with a vehicle control system to provide a mobile simulator based vehicle control system such as the exemplary system. The vehicle simulators included in the simulator based control system allows for a vehicle operator to be moved in two or even three axis of rotation while, in some embodiments, also allowing for sudden jolts or motion similar to what might be encountered when a pilot encounters air turbulence or a driver encounters ruts or pot holes.
US08755962B2	Engine start control device for hybrid vehicles If a vehicle speed VSP during EV travel is lower than a predetermined speed VSP_s and hence is in a low vehicle speed range available for motor travel by a motor/generator, engine start control using a first engine start system with the motor/generator is executed. If the vehicle speed VSP during the EV travel is the predetermined speed VSP_s or higher and hence is in a vehicle speed range unavailable for the motor travel with the motor/generator, engine start control using a second engine start system with a starter motor is executed instead of the first engine start system with the motor/generator. Accordingly, the motor/generator does not have to cover an engine start torque when VSP≧VSP_s. A vehicle speed range available for the motor travel expands by the amount corresponding to the engine start torque, and fuel efficiency can be improved.
US08755959B2	Method and control module for controlling the drive mode of a hybrid drive to prevent jerky movements The drive mode of a hybrid drive is controlled by: detecting a drive mode change signal characterizing a planned drive mode change, and determining a torque shortfall, which would occur due to the drive mode change. Furthermore, the method provides for comparing the torque shortfall with a threshold value, and blocking a drive mode change, if the comparison step reveals that the torque shortfall is above the threshold value. Otherwise, the method provides for: automatically performing a drive mode change according to the drive mode change signal, if the comparison step reveals that the torque shortfall is not above the threshold value.
US08755934B1	Vending machine for change round-up Vending machines for rounding-up donations for charities. The machines allow consumers to donate change from transactions, or other amounts, to a charity through a purchase of goods or services from the machines.
US08755932B2	Systems and methods for facilitating consumer-dispenser interactions Embodiments of the invention can include systems and methods for facilitating consumer-dispenser interactions. In one embodiment, a product dispenser is provided. The product dispenser can include a reader configured to read a machine readable item. In addition, the product dispenser can include a controller in communication with the reader, and operable to execute a set of instructions to receive information from the machine readable item associated with a consumer via the reader. Moreover, the controller can be further operable to execute a set of instructions to configure at least one characteristic based at least in part on the information from the machine readable item, and dispense a product.
US08755927B2	Feedback for polishing rate correction in chemical mechanical polishing A substrate having a plurality of zones is polished and spectra are measured. For each zone, a first linear function fits a sequence of index values associated with reference spectra that best match the measured spectra. A projected time at which a reference zone will reach the target index value is determined based on the first linear function, and for at least one adjustable zone, a polishing parameter adjustment is calculated such that the adjustable zone has closer to the target index at the projected time than without such adjustment. The adjustment is calculated based on a feedback error calculated for a previous substrate. The feedback error for a subsequent substrate is calculated based on a second linear function that fits a sequence of index values associated with reference spectra that best match spectra measured after the polishing parameter is adjusted.
US08755921B2	Continuous audio interaction with interruptive audio According to an example implementation, a method may include playing, by a computing device, first audio generated by a first application, determining that the first audio generated by the first application should be interrupted based on a notification associated with a second application, pausing the first audio generated by the first application, playing interruptive audio generated by the second application during the pausing of the first audio, identifying a portion of the first audio that was previously played before the first audio was paused, and resuming the playing of the first audio so that the portion of the first audio that was previously played is replayed.
US08755915B2	Sensor interface for wireless control Systems and methods for enabling communication with a wired sensor are provided. A wired sensor may be adapted for wireless communication using a sensor interface. A sensor interface is communicatively coupled with a wired sensor that provides information about a detected environmental condition. The sensor interface wirelessly transmits information received from the wired sensor to a controller that may control an electrical load based on the wirelessly transmitted information.
US08755914B2	Method for discovery, validation and delivery of power through a universal power center A system and method of discovery, validation and delivery of power to an electronic device through a universal power center is provided. The method comprises providing a power tip for an electronic device with a unique identification and broadcasting the unique identification to a power center. The method further includes verifying the unique identification and connection location of the electronic device, determining power requirements for the connected electronic device based on the unique identification and connection location, and delivering power to the electronic device based on the determined power requirements.
US08755913B2	Lighting control network A control system (10) comprises: a controlled device (15) controlled by a controller (30) having receiving means (34) for receiving command signals (40), and having a first, second and third storage locations (31, 32, 33) for storing a personal ID or address (PID), network ID (NID), and the ID (RCID) of a remote control device, respectively; at least one user-operable remote control device (17), designed for transmitting command signals. A command signal comprises a target address code, a network ID code, a sender address code, and a command code.Normally, the controller only responds to control signals if target address code, network ID code, and sender address code match with the information in memory.The controller is capable of operating in a NO NETWORK mode (200), in which the controller responds to a reset command irrespective of target address code, the network ID code, and the sender address code.
US08755910B2	Reference electrodes for inner ear stimulation devices A reference electrode for an inner ear stimulation device is disclosed. The reference electrode is to be implanted and includes a protruding conductor portion and an insulated conducting portion connected to a lead for connection to the device. The protruding conductor portion is shaped so as to present a generally smooth surface without any substantial projections to impede removal in the event that the electrode is withdrawn in the direction of the lead. The smooth profile and lack of an undercut assist in preventing biofilm accumulation and growth. This reduces the risk of post-surgical complications such as infection.
US08755901B2	Patient assignment of therapy parameter to posture state The disclosure is directed towards posture-responsive therapy. To avoid interruptions in effective therapy, an implantable medical device may include a posture state module that detects the posture state of the patient and automatically adjusts therapy parameter values according to the detected posture state. A system may include an implantable medical device that delivers therapy to a patient according to a set of therapy parameter values while the patient occupies a first posture state, a user interface that receives patient input associating one or more of the therapy parameter values with a second posture state different from the first posture state, and a processor that automatically defines therapy for delivery to the patient when the patient occupies the second posture state based on the associated therapy parameter values.
US08755898B2	Method and apparatus for controlling stimulation pulses during the programming of an implantable pulse generator In one embodiment, a method for the controlling of the stimulation pulses being delivered via electrodes to a patient during the programming of a pulse generator using a controller device and selecting of a minimum amplitude that corresponds to the minimum amplitude for which the patient can detect stimulation; selecting an electrode combination defined in the controller device; setting the stimulation amplitude; making a determination of the amplitude for the stimulation pulses is greater than the perception amplitude, and if so, changing the amplitude of the stimulation pulses to be less than or equal to the perception amplitude; and if not or subsequent to the changing of the amplitude, changing the selected one of a plurality of electrode combinations to a different combination.
US08755888B2	Gastrointestinal system A gastrointestinal stimulation system includes a remote controlled capsule adapted for positioning in the gastrointestinal tract (GT) of a patient, in which the capsule is secured to the inner wall of the gastrointestinal tract (GT) of a patient by a magnetic coupling system. The capsule is configured to activate at least one chosen area of the patient's GI tract, including when desired, the vagus nerve, thereby facilitating gastro motility or having other interaction with the GI tract, such as monitoring thereof. The remote controlled capsule also may be configured to activate patient's lower esophageal sphincter (LES), stimulating the LES muscle and restoring the barrier between the stomach and the esophagus for treatment of Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The capsule also may be inserted to the anal canal for treatment of constipation.
US08755886B2	Implantable device with bias for MRI An ambulatory or implantable device, such as a pacer, defibrillator, or other cardiac rhythm management device, can tolerate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or other noise without turning on an integrated circuit diode by selectively providing a bias voltage that can overcome an expected induced voltage resulting from the MRI or other noise.
US08755882B2	Closed loop optimization of A-V and V-V timing Embodiments of close loop optimization of atrio-ventricular (A-V) delay interval and/or inter-ventricular (V-V) timing are disclosed. An implantable medical device includes a housing that supports a processing means adapted for implantation in a patient. There can be two or more electrodes electrically coupled to the processing means where the two or more electrodes can be used for sensing a patient's cardiac signals, which include a far-field EGM. The processing means can determine a width of a P-wave from the sensed far-field EGM. Also included can be a means for delivering an adapted cardiac pacing therapy based upon the width of the P-wave, including revised A-V delay and/or V-V temporal intervals.
US08755881B2	Pacing therapy adjustment based on ventriculo-atrial delay Techniques for adjusting pacing therapy based on ventriculo-atrial delay are described herein. These techniques may be used to control ventricular filling times during the delivery of pacing therapy. In some examples, a device or system delivers pre-excitation fusion pacing therapy to a ventricular chamber, determines a ventriculo-atrial delay interval for the ventricular chamber for at least one cardiac cycle, and adjusts the pacing therapy delivered by the implantable medical device to compensate for decreased ventricular filling time when the ventriculo-atrial delay interval is less than a threshold. In some examples, the device or system may adjust the pacing therapy by decreasing a pacing rate of the implantable medical device, increasing a pre-excitation interval for pacing of the ventricular chamber, and/or switching from a fusion pacing mode to a biventricular pacing mode.
US08755866B2	Method and apparatus for lymph node mapping A system and method for optical lymph node mapping. The system is useful for guiding sentinel lymph node biopsy surgeries. A contrast agent that includes a fluorescent dye is injected near the site of a malignancy. The contrast agent drains into the lymphatic system, collecting in a sentinel node or nodes. The system utilizes one or more low-power continuous-wave lasers or light-emitting diodes modulated with a digital code sequence to probe the tissue suspected of containing the sentinel node. When the light is incident near the sentinel node, it will excite fluorescence from the dye. A portion of the scattered fluorescent light is captured with one or more photo-detectors. A correlation of the photo-detector signal and the digital code sequence is calculated to produce an estimate of the distribution of flight times for photons traveling from a given source to a given detector. The flight time distributions are used along with the measured amplitudes to reconstruct a map of contrast agent location within the tissue.
US08755864B2	Robotic surgical system and method for diagnostic data mapping A method of generating a diagnosis map of at least a portion of the heart includes inserting an electrode within the portion of a heart, robotically moving the electrode therein, measuring electrophysiology information at a point on the surface of the heart, associating the measured electrophysiology information with position information for the point on the surface of the heart, repeating the measuring and associating steps for a plurality of points on the surface of the heart, thereby generating a plurality of surface diagnostic data points, and generating the diagnosis map therefrom. The electrode may be moved within the heart randomly, pseudo-randomly, or according to one or more predetermined patterns. A three-dimensional model of the portion of the heart may be provided and presented as a graphical representation, either with or without information indicative of the measured electrophysiology information superimposed thereon.
US08755861B2	Cardiac mapping catheter A multi electrode catheter for non contact mapping of the heart having independent articulation and deployment features.
US08755858B2	Blood sensor, blood testing device and blood analysis method Provided are a blood sensor that is highly reliable and does not contaminate the interior of the main body of the device, a blood testing device and a blood analysis method. The blood sensor is provided with a plate-shaped base, a blood storage part set roughly in the center of the base, a supply path, one end of which is connected to the storage part and the other end of which is connected to an air pore, multiple detecting electrodes laid on one surface of the supply path connecting electrodes, each coming out of these detection electrodes, and skin detection electrodes in the storage part or near the storage part. The blood detecting device is provided with a skin detecting circuit that detects skin contact by measuring sensor conduction or impedance changes.
US08755857B2	Optimized gas supply using photoplethysmography The present invention relates to optimized gas supply utilizing photoplethysmography. Flow rate, pressure or amount of gas adjusted as a function of blood oxygen saturation data, photoplethysmography signals, or both, obtained from the pulse oximeter probe.
US08755855B2	Method and device for measuring dissolved substances in human or animal intraocular fluid Non-invasive optical measurement of glucose and other dissolved substances in human or animal intraocular fluid. A method takes advantage of the fact that the wave dependence of optical activity is fundamentally different from corneal birefringence. The optical activity of substances dissolved in the intraocular fluid, such as glucose, lactate, ascorbic acid or amino acids, is scaled as a first approximation with the reciprocal value of the wavelength square. In contrast, corneal birefringence is scaled with the reciprocal value of the wavelength and therefore behaves considerably different from the optical activity. For the method according to the invention, a physical model is used, which describes the influence on the polarization of measurement radiation by the components of the eye, particularly by the intraocular fluid and the cornea.
US08755853B2	Contact element intended for a superconducting cable unit A contact element (4) provided with an electrical connection element (4A), and intended for a superconducting cable unit arranged in a refrigerant, has an electrically conductive plate intended to be borne mechanically by the unit and to be electrically connected to the cable. The plate has through slots (4E, 4E′, 4E″) intended to form thermal conduction baffles.
US08755848B2	Mobile device power management The disclosure is directed to a mobile communication device, and method for controlling power saving features at the mobile device. A processor in the mobile device may be used to establish a network connection with a server in a first network. The mobile device may also include a transceiver that initiates transmission of a message to the server to determine if an incoming call request has been received via a second network. Advantageously, the transceiver is in a low power mode of operation for a selectable time interval when not communicating with the server.
US08755842B2	Telephony apparatus A system and methods through which incoming calls to and/or outgoing calls from a telephone can be controlled. The present invention utilizes an authorized caller list to determine whether an incoming call should be connected, and a similar list to determine whether an outgoing call should be connected. The present invention can also facilitate the use of new telephone user interfaces, including by iterating through telephone numbers associated with a contact, until communications with the contact are established.
US08755839B2	Personal multimedia communication system and network for emergency services personnel A personal multimedia communication system and network for emergency services personnel includes a plurality of personal communication systems linked together and to a base station in a network. Each personal communication system includes a PDA device mounted on a PASS control console, a video camera mounted on the PDA device, a GPS unit, a microphone, and other electronic devices. The various electronic devices are all communicatively connected to the PDA device. Data from the various devices may be collected in the PDA device and wirelessly transmitted to any other node or device in the network, including other personal communication devices. Each personal communication device may serve as a repeater, thus providing a wireless communications link between a device located out of range of the base station.
US08755837B2	Methods and systems for content processing Cell phones and other portable devices are equipped with a variety of technologies by which existing functionality can be improved, and new functionality can be provided. Some aspects relate to data driven imaging architectures, in which a cell phone's image sensor is one in a chain of stages that successively act on packetized instructions/data, to capture and later process imagery. Other aspects relate to distribution of processing tasks between the device and remote resources (“the cloud”). Elemental image processing, such as filtering and edge detection—and even some simpler template matching operations—may be performed on the cell phone. Other operations are referred out to remote service providers. The remote service providers can be identified using techniques such as a reverse auction, though which they compete for processing tasks. Other aspects of the disclosed technologies relate to visual search capabilities, and determining appropriate actions responsive to different image inputs. Still others concern metadata generation, processing, and representation. Yet others relate to coping with fixed focus limitations of cell phone cameras, e.g., in reading digital watermark data. Still others concern user interface improvements. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
US08755832B2	Methods and apparatuses for enabling power back-off indication in PHR in a telecommunications system The exemplary embodiments describe a method for use in a user equipment (700), a method for use in a radio base station (600); a user equipment (700) and a radio base station (600). According to the exemplary embodiments, the user equipment (700) is configured to decide on application or not of a power reduction and to indicate it decision in a power headroom report intended for transmission to the radio base station (600). The radio base station (600) is configured to receive the power headroom report and based on the indicated information in the received power headroom report, the base station in made aware of an additional or special power backoff (e.g. to fulfill SAR requirements) has been applied and thereby able to distinguish it from normal power backoff or power reduction.
US08755816B2	Method and apparatus for position determination in a cellular communications system A scaling apparatus and method scales uncertainty criteria (horizontal and vertical accuracy requirements) originally received from an end user before the uncertainty criteria is sent on to a wireless terminal (30) as requirements on the accuracy of location positioning performed by/for the wireless terminal. In an example embodiment the amount/degree of scaling is selected according to a configured best estimate of the confidence and uncertainty relation, and such best estimate can be based on the majority of the terminals of the network. For a WCDMA radio access network (RAN) case the scaling can be performed in a radio network controller (RNC). For a Long Term Evolution (LTE) radio access network (RAN) case the scaling can be performed in the evolved Serving Mobile Location Center (eSMLC) node. In another case the scaling can alternatively be performed in the wireless terminal itself.
US08755814B2	Method and apparatus for intermittent location reporting A system, apparatus and method are provided for intermittent location reporting. The apparatus includes a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, a transceiver, and a controller. The transceiver is a WiFi or WiMAX transceiver. The controller reads a current geographical location of the apparatus and determines whether communication with a location monitoring application (LMA) is possible. If communication with the LMA is not possible, the controller stores the current geographical location. When communication with the LMA is again possible, the controller sends any stored geographical locations. The controller may store timestamps associated with the geographical locations. The controller may send the geographical locations to the LMA at intervals determined by predefined rules.
US08755810B2	Method and device for rank adaptation The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for rank self-adaptation. The method comprises: a base station receiving ranks reported by a user equipment via a rank receiving window, determining a rank at the current moment based on a distribution state of each rank in the rank receiving window at the current moment, and determining the number of independent channels used for sending downstream data to the user equipment based on the rank at the current moment. The present invention can reasonably forecast change of ranks of MIMO channels so as to better use MIMO channel resources to perform data transmission and improve the throughput rate of the MIMO channels.
US08755803B2	Handover method and base station for a radio communication network A method for handover of a User Equipment from a source base station to a target base station. The proposed method comprises providing User Equipment specific information from the source base station to at least one candidate base station, evaluating an uplink radio situation during uplink transmission of the User Equipment to the source base station by the at least one candidate base station, sending information related to the evaluation to the source base station by the at least one candidate base station, and performing a handover decision by the source base station based on the evaluation.
US08755802B1	UMTS reselection performance in small cell systems A beacon cell adapted for use in a small cell RAN includes dual identities—a beacon identity and a regular or “live” identity—in which the identities are individually configured to address differing performance requirements in the small cell RAN. The beacon identity in the cell is specially configured to meet the performance requirements for mobile user equipment (UE) to be able to quickly and easily move from a macrocell base station in a mobile operator's network to the small cell RAN using a process called “reselection.” The live identity is configured to meet all requirements for service to be provided to the UE within the small cell RAN. Once captured by the beacon identity of the beacon cell, the UE can then immediately reselect to the live identity of the cell which operates in a conventional manner.
US08755790B1	Handset-based approach of multimedia service quality management Service quality relating to multimedia content is measured in a mobile wireless telecommunication network by comparing, in a mobile wireless device, a received test media clip with a pre-stored sample media clip. The network transmits a test media clip, which is received by one or more mobile wireless devices. A device that receives the test media clip compares it with a sample media clip stored in mobile wireless device memory to detect differences between characteristics of the received test media clip and sample media clip. The device produces a result in response to detected differences. The result is provided to the network's service quality management function.
US08755788B2	Method and apparatus for providing site and system-wide alert tones In a two-way radio frequency (RF) communications system having at least one fixed terminal, one or more channels, and a plurality of subscriber units, the method comprising, a device receives, from a first subscriber unit, an alert tone request identifying at least a type of alert tone and at least one destination. In response, the device causes one or more fixed terminals corresponding to one or more radio sites associated with the destination identified in the alert tone request to instruct their subscriber units to play back a locally stored or generated alert tone corresponding at each subscriber unit. Receiving subscriber units then play back the alert tone on a continuous, periodic, or semi-periodic basis, selectively mixing the alert tone with call audio if present.
US08755782B2	Mobile terminal and method of controlling operation of the mobile terminal A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the operation of the mobile terminal are provided. The method includes executing an application, determining whether a level of a brain wave of a user classified into a particular frequency band falls within a reference range, and storing at least image data or audio data relevant to the executed application if the level of the brain wave classified into the particular frequency band falls within the reference range.
US08755781B2	Event and data management system and method A method for transferring data based on an event function is provided. The method includes receiving an event function from an event initiator. The event function is distributed to one or more destinations associated with event performers. A response message is received as a function of destination and time. It is determined whether the time is less than or equal to a limit time, and it is further determined whether an event parameter is greater than or equal to an event constant if the time is less than or equal to the limit time. Data is transferred from a data origination system accessible by the event initiator to a data destination system accessible by the event performer if the event parameter is greater than or equal to the event constant and if the time is less than or equal to the limit time.
US08755778B2	Method for accessing a communications service by means of an electronic address A method and system are disclosed with which a communication user can access a communications service by way of a communications terminal. In this regard, the communications terminal reads an electronic code stored in an RFID element by means of an RFID reader device, and the electronic code is transmitted, after verification, to a service server over a communications network. The service server replies with the electronic page address of a page corresponding to the code and that can be used to determine the electronic address, the electronic address is made available to the communications terminal and said communications service is accessed.
US08755774B2	Broadcast transmitting apparatus and method for processing broadcast signals An apparatus and method for processing digital broadcast signal are provided. The method for processing a broadcast signal includes forming a data group having mobile broadcast service data, where forming the data group includes mapping the mobile broadcast service data into corresponding locations of the data group, adding known data sequences and signaling data into the data group, inserting place holder bytes for MPEG header and non-systematic Reed-Solomon (RS) parity, and de-interleaving data of the data group having the mobile broadcast service data, known data sequences, signaling data and place holder bytes, and formatting mobile broadcast service data packets including the de-interleaved data of the data group, where formatting the mobile broadcast service data packets includes removing place holder bytes for the non-systematic RS parity, and replacing place holder bytes for the MPEG header with the MPEG header.
US08755769B2	Systems, methods, network elements and applications in connection with browsing of web/WAP sites and services Methodologies, systems and software support or implement functionality to provide sponsored browsing of web/WAP sites and/or services for mobile device users wherein web sites are selected for browsing in dependence on a data size requirement for providing access to content available from a given web/WAP site.
US08755766B2	Handling reachability of mobile device when serving core network node changes A method of handling reachability of a mobile device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises the mobile device establishing a packet data network (PDN) emergency connection when a first back-off timer received from a source core network node is running; the mobile device entering a first tracking area from a second tracking area, wherein the second tracking area is associated with the source core network node, and the first tracking area is associated with a target core network node and not in a tracking area list of the mobile device; and the mobile device sending a remaining time of the first back-off timer or a back-off indicator in a tracking area update (TAU) request message or a TAU complete message to the target core network node, wherein the back-off indicator indicates a back-off status of the mobile device.
US08755748B2	Wireless telephone system with headset-handset assembly A wireless telephone system with headset-handset assembly which comprises a base station connected to a public telephone network and/or an internet; one or more than one wireless headset-handset assembly movably connected with the base station, and each of the wireless headset-handset assembly comprises a headset and a handset hand-held receiver movably connected with each other; the headset and the base station are connected wirelessly in order to receive signals and data from the base station and transmit signals and data to the base station to achieve wireless communication; the headset is provided with a headset signal transmission end; the handset hand-held receiver comprises a handset signal transmission end to receive signals and data from the headset and transmit signals and data to the headset, and the handset signal transmission end is electronically connected with the headset signal transmission end when it is connected with the headset.
US08755747B2	Techniques to control transmit power for a shared antenna architecture Techniques to control shared antenna architectures for multiple co-located radio modules are disclosed. The shared antenna architecture may include a combiner and at least one bypass switch for enabling simultaneous operations or mutually-exclusive operations of multiple transceivers. Dynamic gain control is employed to accommodate different front-end losses associated with a variety of signal paths that are achievable using the switch and combiner. Such dynamic gain control can include selecting from multiple sets of amplifier gain values that are tailored to meet the needs of the particular applications that are active at a particular time. Gain values can be chosen based upon received gain information including characteristics including a desired path loss, an application demand, a radio module type, a path configuration, and a mode of operation. By providing dynamic selection of gain values based on application demands, range and throughput of the transceivers can be attained. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US08755732B2	Image forming apparatus having a transfer unit for transferring an image to a recording sheet An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit, a fuser unit, a detector, and an adjustment mechanism. The transfer unit transfers an image from an imaging surface to a recording sheet passing through a transfer nip. The fuser unit fixes the transferred image in place on the recording sheet passing through a fixing nip. The transfer nip and the fixing nip form part of a sheet feed path along which a recording sheet is fed from the fuser unit to the transfer unit. The detector is located between the transfer nip and the fuser unit, and detects an amount of sheet skew by which the fed recording sheet is deviated from a proper position in the sheet feed path. The adjustment mechanism adjusts position of either or both of the transfer unit and the fuser unit according to the detected amount of sheet skew.
US08755724B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device including: an endless fixing belt that conveys a sheet-like medium having a toner image formed thereon; a heating member on which the fixing belt is wound and which includes a heater therein; a fixing member on which the fixing belt is wound; a pressing member that is disposed so as to face the fixing member with the fixing belt interposed therebetween; a separator that comes into contact with the surface of the pressing member and prevents the sheet-like medium from being wound on the pressing member; and a polisher that polishes the surface of the pressing member.
US08755719B2	Toner agitator system for a developer unit for an image forming device A developer unit for use in an image forming device according to one example embodiment includes a housing having an inlet port for receiving toner, a sump for holding received toner and a developer roll rotatably mounted in the housing for transferring toner from the sump. A rotatable agitator is positioned in a lower portion of the sump and a pivotable agitator is positioned in an upper portion of the sump. A biasing member biases the pivotable agitator toward a stop in the pivot path of the pivotable agitator. The pivotable agitator includes an engagement feature positioned in the rotational path of the rotatable agitator when the pivotable agitator is in its home position. As the rotatable agitator rotates, the rotatable agitator engages and disengages the engagement feature causing the pivotable agitator to pivot away from and toward its home position.
US08755714B2	Charging member, process cartridge and electrophotographic apparatus A charging member is provided with a surface layer that can not easily wear even due to its contact with a photosensitive member and also has an appropriate elasticity contributing to the formation of an appropriate nip between it and the photosensitive member. The charging member has a substrate, an elastic layer and a surface layer; the surface layer containing a high-molecular compound having an Si—O—Hf linkage and having a constitutional unit represented by the formula (1) and a constitutional unit represented by the formula (2):
US08755710B2	Cleaning member including strip shaped body, cleaning device, and image forming apparatus including the same A cleaning member includes a columnar body; and a strip-shaped body made of an elastic porous material, the strip-shaped body being helically wound around a peripheral surface of the columnar body. In a width direction of the strip-shaped body, a height of a surface of the strip-shaped body from a central axis of the columnar body is larger at a first end of an exposed part of the strip-shaped body than at a second end of the exposed part.
US08755705B2	Image heating apparatus An image heating apparatus for heating a toner image in a nip while conveying a recording material on which the toner image is held is provided. The image heating apparatus includes: a heater configured to generate heat by being supplied with electric power from an AC power source; a rotatable heating member configured to be heated by the heater; a pressing member configured to form the nip in contact to the rotatable heating member; a temperature detecting portion configured to detect a temperature of the heater or the rotatable heating member; and a controller configured to set the electric power supplied to the heater every renewal cycle depending on a detected temperature by the temperature detecting portion. The renewal cycle is shorter in a rise period of the heater than in a period in which the recording material is conveyed in the nip.
US08755702B2	Image forming apparatus and toner replenishing method An image forming apparatus that includes an exposure portion to expose a surface of an image carrier to form an electrostatic latent image; a developing device which includes an agitating roller to agitate developer, a developing roller to transfer toner of the developer on a surface of the image carrier and a toner concentration sensor to detect a toner concentration, the developing device developing the electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrier to form a toner image; a drive source to independently drive to rotate the developing roller and the agitating roller; and a control unit to control the drive source to change a rotational frequency of at least one of the developing roller and the agitating roller depending on the toner concentration detected by the toner concentration sensor.
US08755700B2	Image forming apparatus and computer readable medium An image forming apparatus includes the following elements. A transport unit transports a medium on which plural marks are formed at predetermined intervals in the transport direction of the medium. An image forming unit forms an image on the medium. A reading unit is disposed to oppose positions at which the plural marks on the medium are formed so as to read the medium and to generate read information. A detecting unit detects the plural marks from the read information in accordance with predetermined times based on the predetermined intervals of the plural marks. A position adjusting unit adjusts the position of the image to be formed on the medium on the basis of a result of detecting the plural marks. A speed adjusting unit adjusts the transport speed of the medium on the basis of the read information.
US08755698B2	System and methods for using toner shape factor to control toner concentration System and methods for controlling toner properties in a two component development system through the toner shape factor. In particular, the present embodiments provide a method for controlling toner concentrations by tailoring the circularity value ranges of the toner particles to prevent dysfunctions and provide a more robust and optimized xerographic system.
US08755687B2	Communication system and method A communication system comprising an emitter of weak light pulses, a detector which is capable of detecting single photons, and a source of a clock signal, wherein said emitter and detector are synchronized using said clock signal, the system further comprising a frequency divider for said clock signal to produce a reduced frequency clock signal and a clock regenerator for regenerating the original clock signal from the reduced frequency clock signal, the system further comprising a communication channel configured to communicate the clock signal between the emitter and detector, the clock signal being reduced before sending through said channel and reconstructed after it has exited said channel.
US08755682B2	Mixing header for fluid heater In one example, a mixing header includes a body that defines a fluid passage having an inlet side and an outlet side. The mixing header also includes a flow conditioning element that is connected to the body and arranged for fluid communication with the fluid passage. The flow conditioning element also includes a plurality of elements each connected to, and extending outwardly from, a hub.
US08755681B2	Line equipped with a coupling having an integrated heating element A urea feed or return line (2) that comprises a hollow coupling (1) enabling it to be connected to a urea tank and that comprises a passage for the urea, this coupling being, in addition, equipped with a heating filament (9), at least one part of which extends freely inside the passage provided for the urea, this part having the shape of a loop or a spiral capable of also extending at least partly into the tank and/or into a tube attached thereto.
US08755672B2	Media file format based on, method and apparatus for reproducing the same, and apparatus for generating the same A media file format based on an ISO base media file, a method and apparatus for reproducing the same, and an apparatus for generating the same are disclosed. The media file format based on an ISO base media file includes: a first area including first information indicating whether or not a file includes stereoscopic contents; and a second area including second information related to a reproducing method or a storing method of a stream included in the stereoscopic contents. Accordingly, the media file format based on an ISO base media file can effectively store and reproduce stereoscopic contents.
US08755671B2	Reproducing apparatus and reproducing method A reproducing apparatus has three reproducing modes that are a first mode, a second mode, and a third mode. In the first mode, when a program that has been reproduction restricted is tried to be reproduced, the reproducing operation is paused and the user is asked whether he or she wants to reproduce the program. Corresponding to the user's reply, the reproducing operation is performed or prohibited. In the second mode, a program that has been reproduction restricted is prohibited from being reproduced. In the third mode, a program that has been reproduction restricted is unconditionally reproduced. When the power of the apparatus is turned on at step S31, a prompt that causes the user to select one of the first mode, the second mode, and the third mode is displayed. At step S33, a process for designating a mode is performed. Information of the designated mode is stored in a nonvolatile memory.
US08755668B2	Playback apparatus and playback method According to one embodiment, a playback apparatus includes a decoder, a resolution receiver, and an image quality enhancer. The decoder configured to decode encoded first moving image data to generate second moving image data. The resolution receiver configured to receive a resolution of a display device on which a video image based on the second moving image data is displayed. The image quality enhancer configured to perform image quality enhancement processing to the second moving image data according to the resolution of the display device.
US08755664B2	Cable ground clamp assembly A grounding clamp assembly for a cable having a spiral metal shield employs a first clamp and a second clamp. The clamps have concave cradles. The clamps are forced together around the cable. A biased contact element connects with a conductive strip extending from one of the clamps. The cable is captured between the cradles, and the contact element engages the shield.
US08755662B2	Optical waveguide An optical waveguide includes: a substrate; a first dielectric layer positioned on the substrate; a graphene layer including graphene formed on the first dielectric layer along the lengthwise direction of the substrate and for transmitting incident light through the graphene; and a second dielectric layer positioned on the first dielectric layer and the graphene layer.
US08755661B2	Electromagnetic wave propagating structure An electromagnetic wave propagating structure includes a main body having surfaces capable of blocking propagation of an electromagnetic wave, and including an incident side and an exit side opposite to the incident side in a wave-propagating direction. The main body is formed with two wave-propagating channels that are spaced apart from each other by a distance not greater than the wavelength of the electromagnetic wave. Each of the wave-propagating channels extends from the incident side to the exit side, and has an inner dimension not greater than half of the wavelength of the electromagnetic wave. The electromagnetic wave propagating structure is adapted to allow an electromagnetic wave to propagate therethrough via the wave-propagating channels for focusing into a light spot having a spot size that is smaller than half of the wavelength of the electromagnetic wave.
US08755653B2	Fiber-based photonic microdevices with sub-wavelength scale variations in fiber radius Complex, coupled photonic microdevices are formed to include sub-wavelength-sized radial perturbations sufficient to create resonant cavities, where these devices may be formed along the length of a single optical fiber and coupled together to form relatively complex photonic devices. By carefully selecting the placement and separation of these local radius variations, and using microfibers (or other suitable arrangements) to couple optical signals into and out of the device fiber, resonances in the form of whispering gallery modes (WGMs) are created in the device fiber such that a number of coupled microstructures (such as ring resonators) may be formed.
US08755652B2	Multi-channel optical signal monitoring device and method A light detector measures optical power of light incident thereon. Using a beam steering device that is rotatable about two orthogonal axes, wavelength components of different channels are scanned onto the light detector in accordance with programmable parameters. The programmable parameters specify the light detector to which the wavelength components are directed, the order the wavelength components are monitored by the light detector, and the time duration over which each of the wavelength components is monitored by the light detector.
US08755651B2	Tunable optical filters with multiple ports Described are tunable multiport optical filters that filter systems with many optical channels in a convenient and cost-effective manner. The tunable multiport optical filters of the invention are simple in design and have few optical components. The basic elements are a dispersion element and a rotating reflector. With properly arranged arrays of input and output optical fibers, individual wavelength components from a selected input beam are spatially separated and steered by the rotating reflector to selected output locations. The optical properties from the selected components may be measured by one or more photodetectors. The filters are also useful for selecting and routing optical signals.
US08755645B2	Circular photonic crystal structure, light emitting diode device and photoelectric conversion device A method applying a circular photonic crystal structure to improve optical properties of a photoelectric conversion device such as a light emitting diode device, an organic light emitting diode device or a solar cell is provided, wherein the circular photonic crystal structure is configured on a junction surface between two different mediums where passes a light emitted or received by the photoelectric conversion device. The circular photonic crystal structure provides isotropic photonic band gap which conduces high light extraction efficiency.
US08755642B2	Fiber-amplifiers with all-fiber optical isolator Fiber-amplifier device the light-path of which is devoid of a free-space element. The system device an all-fiber-optic Faraday rotator and isolator. The device has a multicomponent glass optical fiber having a core having a first doping concentration of 55%-85% (wt./wt.) of a first rare-earth oxide and a the isolator includes at least three magnetic cells with throughout bores hosting an optical fiber, the same magnetic poles of two immediately neighboring cells facing each other. The first rare-earth oxide includes one or more of Pr2O3, Nd2O3, Pm2O3, Sm2O3, Eu2O3, Gd2O3, Tb2O3, Dy2O3, Ho2O3, Er2O3, Tm2O3, Yb2O3, La2O3, Ga2O3, Ce2O3, and Lu2O3.
US08755640B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method, and program To provide an apparatus that generates an RGB pattern data from an image pickup signal by an image pickup element having an RGBW pattern and a method. An edge detection unit analyzes an output signal of the image pickup signal of the RGBW pattern to obtain edge information corresponding to the respective pixels, and a texture detection unit generates texture information. Furthermore, a parameter calculation unit executes an interpolation processing in which an applied pixel position is changed in accordance with an edge direction of a transform target pixel to generate parameters equivalent to an interpolation pixel value. In a blend processing unit, the parameters generated by the parameter calculation unit, the edge information, and the texture information are input, in accordance with the edge information and the texture information corresponding to the transform pixel, a blend ratio of the parameters calculated by the parameter calculation unit is changed, the blend processing is executed, and a transform pixel value is decided.
US08755635B2	Method and system for data dependent multi phase visualization A method and system for data dependent multi phase image visualization, includes: acquiring a plurality of series of image data acquisitions; registering the plurality of series of image data acquisitions to a same reference series to create a plurality of registered series; combining information from the registered series to create a new series; creating a further new series by a selection decision based on combination rules from information from the plurality of registered series and the new series; and displaying the further new series.
US08755633B2	Automated synchronized navigation system for digital pathology imaging A method for synchronizing navigation in pathology stain images includes (a) downscaling the pathology stain images, (b) estimating rotation of the downscaled images, (c) aligning the downscaled images to generate aligned coordinates, and (d) transforming the aligned coordinates to original image coordinates in the pathology stain images to thereby generate alignment data. Also provided is a system for synchronized navigation in pathology stain images having original resolutions comprising a downscaler, a rotation estimator, an alignment module, and a coordinate transformer. The system may also include an image display system to display corresponding areas of the pathology stain images.
US08755629B2	System, plug-in, and method for improving text composition by modifying character prominence according to assigned character information measures A computer implemented system and method for composing a formatted text input to improve legibility, readability and/or print economy while preserving the format of the text input and satisfying any user selected aesthetic constraints. An information measure (IM) is assigned to each character in a language unit. Multiple different IMs are assigned to each character and combined to form a combined IM (CIM) for each character indicating the predictability of that character to differentiate the language unit from other language units. The process is repeated for at least a plurality of language units and typically until all the text input has been analyzed and information measures assigned to all of the characters.
US08755628B2	Image de-hazing by solving transmission value An image processing server performs haze-removal from images. Global atmospheric light is estimated and an initial transmission value is estimated. In one embodiment, a solver is applied to an objective function to recover a scene radiance value based on the estimated atmospheric light and estimated transmission value. The scene radiance value is used to construct an image without haze. In a simplified method that avoids using a solver, bilateral filtering is performed on the transmission image in order to construct an image without haze.
US08755609B2	Method of processing a viewport within large format imagery A method of processing a viewport within an image arranged as a matrix of tiles from a container file is provided. The method includes reading data of the viewport starting from a point of origin of the viewport, the viewport having a pixel width and a pixel height, the viewport being a portion of an image stored in a record within the file container; reading record metadata of the record; computing column numbers or row numbers, or both, of the tiles containing the viewport; and launching parallel or asynchronous read requests for each row or each column of the viewport.
US08755607B2	Method of normalizing a digital image of an iris of an eye A method of normalizing a digital image of an iris of an eye for the purpose of creating an iris code for identification of vertebrates, including humans, the method comprising the steps of: determining a pupil region in the image as a convex region having a boundary that can only be described by more than five independent parameters; determining, in the image, an outer boundary of the iris; and transforming an image of a ring shaped iris region that surrounds the pupil region into a coordinate system in which each point of the iris region is described by a first coordinate that indicates the position of the point along the boundary of the pupil and a second coordinate that indicates the distance of the point from said boundary, said second coordinate having a constant value when the point is located on the outer boundary of the iris.
US08755598B2	System for embedding data A method and system including capturing a video stream including embedded data, segmenting the video stream into a plurality of video frames included therein, locating a color mass, denoted C′, for each color element of every individual video frame of the plurality of video frames by summing color value coordinates for a given color element included in the individual video frame, locating a color mass, denoted C, for each color element of a corresponding individual video frame, the corresponding individual video frame corresponding a video frame which does not include embedded data, subtracting C from C′, and deriving, from a result of the subtraction, a value of a first coordinate and a second coordinate, the first coordinate and the second coordinate including coordinates of a vector, the vector corresponding to a string of bits including information embedded in the individual video frame. Related apparatus, methods and systems are also described.
US08755597B1	Smart fusion of visible and infrared image data A method combines two digital images, one in the visible range and the other in the infrared range. The combined image provides an intensity band of pixels and shows detected warm objects that are superimposed on the intensity band of pixels. A user of the present invention may (1) view increased detail in the fused image of a scene and (2) have high confidence that an object in the scene is warm or hot. Hot objects collected by the infrared channel, but not visible in the visible channel may also be seen by the viewer in the fused image.
US08755596B2	Studying aesthetics in photographic images using a computational approach The aesthetic quality of a picture is automatically inferred using visual content as a machine learning problem using, for example, a peer-rated, on-line photo sharing Website as data source. Certain visual features of images are extracted based on the intuition that they can discriminate between aesthetically pleasing and displeasing images. A one-dimensional support vector machine is used to identify features that have noticeable correlation with the community-based aesthetics ratings. Automated classifiers are constructed using the support vector machines and classification trees, with a simple feature selection heuristic being applied to eliminate irrelevant features. Linear regression on polynomial terms of the features is also applied to infer numerical aesthetics ratings.
US08755595B1	Automatic extraction of character ground truth data from images Embodiments for automatic extraction of character ground truth data from images are disclosed. A transcription may be rendered in a plurality of fonts and orientations to obtain a set of candidate word templates with associated character bounding boxes. A word template may be selected from the set of candidate word templates, wherein the selected word template corresponds to a word patch from an image. The character bounding boxes, of the selected word template, may be evaluated in a plurality of orientations about each respective character from the word patch to obtain a set of candidate character templates. For each respective character from the word patch, a character template may be selected from the set of candidate character templates, wherein each selected character template corresponds to the respective character from the word patch. Character ground truth data comprising the selected character templates oriented to correspond to the word patch, may be provided as training data for recognizing the characters of the word patch from the image.
US08755593B2	Apparatus and method for video sensor-based human activity and facial expression modeling and recognition An apparatus and method for human activity and facial expression modeling and recognition are based on feature extraction techniques from time sequential images. The human activity modeling includes determining principal components of depth and/or binary shape images of human activities extracted from video clips. Independent Component Analysis (ICA) representations are determined based on the principal components. Features are determined through Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) based on the ICA representations. A codebook is determined using vector quantization. Observation symbol sequences in the video clips are determined. And human activities are learned using the Hidden Markov Model (HMM) based on status transition and an observation matrix.
US08755576B2	Determining contours of a vessel using an active contouring model Systems and methods for determine a centerline of a tubular structure from volumetric data of vessels where a contrast agent was injected into the blood stream to enhance the imagery for centerline. An active contour model may be applied to determine contours of the vessel defined within image data by normalizing the image data about a starting point. A snake may be initialized a first time, where the snake defines a set of points that represent a spline within the vessel. Image forces that act on the snake to pull the snake toward a contour of the vessel may be calculated and iteratively applied in a minimization process to determine the contour of the vessel. Optionally, a Gaussian smoothing operation may be performed.
US08755574B2	Method and apparatus for calibrating medical image data In a method and apparatus for calibrating image data from a given medical imaging protocol, reference image data is obtained from a scan of a reference object using the medical imaging protocol, and the obtained reference image data of the reference object is compared to standard reference image data for the reference object. The obtained reference image data is then modified to reduce an error between the obtained reference image data and the standard reference image data. Subject image data id then obtained from a scan of a subject using the medical imaging protocol, and modified based on the modified reference image data. A value of a variable is obtained from the modified subject image data, for display with unmodified subject image data.
US08755570B2	Apparatus and method for estimation of livestock weight A digital image of a target object is received and the image includes a plurality of pixels. The target object is at least a portion of an animal, and the portion of the animal is disposed in the image according to a predetermined disposition. The weight of the animal is determined using the model and at least one characteristic. At least some of the pixels of the image of animal are analyzed to determine at least one characteristic of the image of the animal. The weight of the animal is determined using the at least one characteristic.
US08755569B2	Methods for recognizing pose and action of articulated objects with collection of planes in motion The invention comprises an improved system, method, and computer-readable instructions for recognizing pose and action of articulated objects with collection of planes in motion. The method starts with a video sequence and a database of reference sequences corresponding to different known actions. The method identifies the sequence from the reference sequences such that the subject in performs the closest action to that observed. The method compares actions by comparing pose transitions. The cross-homography invariant may be used for view-invariant recognition of human body pose transition and actions.
US08755560B2	Systems and methods for reversible, incremental image shredding Systems and methods for reversible, incremental image shredding in accordance with embodiments of the invention are described. One embodiment of the invention includes determining shredding parameters, generating a shredding map, where the shredding map is a grid of elements that indicates destination locations for at least two of the elements in the grid, and incrementally shredding the image by iteratively mapping blocks of pixels corresponding to grid elements of the shredding map to the destination locations indicated by the shredding map.
US08755558B2	Speaker, hearing aid, earphone, and portable terminal device A speaker capable of suppressing deterioration of acoustic efficiency while allowing miniaturization of the speaker includes a first unit and a second unit each of which outputs sound. The first unit includes a diaphragm which vibrates back and forth to radiate sound; and plural suspensions which support, at different positions, an outer periphery of the diaphragm. At least one of air passages for channeling sound from the second unit to the outside is provided between the plural suspensions.
US08755556B2	Actuator apparatus with comb-drive component and methods useful for manufacturing and operating same Actuator apparatus comprising at least one moving elements, each comprising comb drive apparatus including at least first and second comb elements at least one of which is free to be in motion in a medium, and a controller controlling the motion responsive to an input signal representing a desired sound.
US08755552B2	Speaker system with at least two codirectional channels A speaker system (10) with codirectional multichannels comprises a first diaphragm (11) associated with a first frequency range and a. second diaphragm (12) associated with a second frequency range, higher than the first frequency range. The first diaphragm (11) is disposed in an enclosure (13) and the second diaphragm (12) is disposed in front of the enclosure (13). The enclosure (13) comprises at least one vent (18) in an enclosure portion (15). The speaker system (10) comprises filtering means comprising a high-pass filter associated with a second frequency range, the cutoff frequency of the high-pass filter being higher than the natural frequency of the resonant cavity (19) created in the enclosure (13) provided with at least one vent (18).
US08755542B2	System for selecting correction factors for an audio system A system is provided for configuring an audio system for a given space. The system may statistically analyze potential configurations of the audio system to configure the audio system. The potential configurations may include positions of the loudspeakers, numbers of loudspeakers, types of loudspeakers, listening positions, correction factors, or any combination thereof. The statistical analysis may indicate at least one metric of the potential configuration including indicating consistency of predicted transfer functions, flatness of the predicted transfer functions, differences in overall sound pressure level from seat to seat for the predicted transfer functions, efficiency of the predicted transfer functions, or the output of predicted transfer functions. The system also provides a methodology for selecting loudspeaker locations, the number of loudspeakers, the types of loudspeakers, correction factors, listening positions, or a combination of these schemes in an audio system that has a single listening position or multiple listening positions.
US08755540B1	Sonic motion operated devices The instant development relates to utilizing the sonic motion generated by a speaker to move objects in various directions in response to the variation in the frequency and amplitude of the sonic vibrations. This can be used to move objects in a linear and/or rotating manner.
US08755537B2	Microphone unit and sound collecting device To provide a microphone unit capable of acquiring a target sound with high accuracy. A microphone unit in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of microphones, a microphone substrate on which the plurality of microphones are mounted, and a vibration observation device disposed at roughly a center of gravity of a shape that is formed by connecting centers of certain adjacent microphones among the plurality of microphones.
US08755529B2	Method and device for establishing network connection A device for establishing network connection is disclosed, having a transmitting circuit, a receiving circuit, and a controller. The transmitting circuit, comprising a first scrambler having a plurality of first registers, transmits a first data scrambled by the first scrambler to a transmission line according to an oscillating signal generated by an oscillation circuit. The receiving circuit receives a second data scrambled by a second scrambler from the transmission line and comprises a descrambler having a plurality of second registers for descrambling the second data. The first and the second scramblers use the same scrambler generator polynomial. The controller compares at least one of the first data and the value of the first registers and at least one of the second data and the values of the second registers for configuring the oscillation circuit to adjust the frequency of the oscillating signal.
US08755527B2	Key management policies for cryptographic keys A computer program product for secure key management is provided. The computer program product includes a tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for creating a token and populating the token with key material, and binding key control information to the key material. The key control information includes information relating to management of the key material populating one or more key management fields that define attributes that limit distribution of the key material.
US08755521B2	Security method and system for media playback devices A Digital Rights Management (DRM) system for distribution of digital content such as audio or video uses a method to enhance security of the content from unauthorized access and use, including access by unauthorized players. The method does not necessarily require a token exchange and thereby minimizes storage demands on the server which distributes the digital content. The system generates and distributes keys for decryption of the digital content whereby the keys are unique to a specific player and user account.
US08755510B2	Methods and systems for providing customer relations information Methods and systems for providing information to a mortgage recipient or other customer of a financial institution. A system identifies potential customer inquiries and provides a list of scripts responsive to the potential customer inquiries. If none of the scripts address the customer's inquiry, the customer specifies the inquiry and an additional list of scripts is generated. The scripts include scripted text, account information, and financial transaction information. In one variation, the customer accesses a website maintained by the financial institution and views a script responsive to the inquiry. In another variation, the customer telephones a customer service agent who selects a script responsive to the inquiry, and reads the script to the customer. In yet another variation, the script is provided to the customer via an Interactive Voice Response system.
US08755503B1	Methods and systems for call processing and for providing call progress status over a network The present invention is related to telecommunications, and in particular, to methods and systems for call processing. By way of example, a first call control is visually provided via a Web page in association with search results transmitted to a user computer system, wherein the user submitted to search request to a search engine. An indication is received that the user activated the first call control. A first call is placed to a telephonic address selected by the user. A second call is placed to a telephonic address associated with the first call control. Progress information related to the second call is transmitted to the user computer system in substantially real-time.
US08755500B2	Biometric identification in communication A method is provided for identifying a calling party to a called party utilizing biometric information. Biometric information of first calling party is received. If stored, a calling party profile is retrieved based on first calling party biometric information. A call is placed to a called party. The first calling party profile is provided to called party. A biometric information change from first calling party biometric information to a second calling party biometric information is automatically detected, and it is determined whether the second party biometric information is stored. If stored, a second calling party profile of second calling party is retrieved and is provided to called party. Responsive to determining that the biometric information for second calling party is not stored, the called party is notified that the second calling party is communicating and the second calling party profile is automatically created based on second calling party biometric information.
US08755486B2	Method for placing A/D converter, front-lit detector and CT apparatus A front-lit detector includes a collimator, an X-ray to visible light converter configured to convert X-rays to visible light after the X-rays pass through the collimator to irradiate the X-ray to visible light converter, a visible light to analog signal converter configured to cover the visible light into analog signals, a substrate on which the visible light to analog signal converter is placed, and an A/D converter configured to convert the analog signals into digital signals.
US08755485B2	Shift register Disclosed herein is a shift register in which leakage of charges from a voltage at a set node is prevented to stabilize an output from a stage. The shift register includes a plurality of stages for sequentially outputting scan pulses. Each stage includes a node controller for controlling signal states of a set node and a reset node, and an output unit supplied with any one of a plurality of clock pulses having different phases. The output unit outputs the supplied clock pulse as a scan pulse through an output terminal thereof according to the signal states of the set node and reset node. The node controller includes a first discharging switching device which is turned on or off in response to a scan pulse from a downstream stage. The first discharging switching device is connected between any one of a plurality of clock transfer lines and the set node.
US08755482B2	Computer implemented method for modelizing a nuclear reactor core and a corresponding computer program product The method comprises the steps of: partitioning the core in cubes to constitute nodes of a grid for computer implemented calculation, splitting the cubes into a first category and a second category, each cube of the first category being adjacent only to cubes from the second category so that the first category and second category of cubes constitute a checkerboard-like pattern, ordering the cubes of the first category and then the cubes of the second category, calculating neutron flux and/or thermohydraulics parameters by using an iterative solving procedure of at least one linear system and/or an eigensystem, the components of an iterant of the linear system and/or the eigensystem constituting the neutron flux and/or thermohydraulics parameters to be calculated, wherein, during the iterative solving procedure, calculations are conducted on the cubes of the first category then on the cubes of the second category.
US08755479B2	Minimization of spurs generated from a free running oscillator Embodiments of this disclosure include methods in which spurs generated by the drifting of an oscillation frequency of an oscillation signal provided by a free-running oscillator may be minimized and/or eliminated from an output signal of a phase locked loop (PLL). Methods include adjusting the free-running oscillator to prevent the oscillation frequency from drifting so that the spurs are eliminated. Performance data generated when the communications device engages a communications channel that is known not to generate spurs is compared to performance data generated when the communications device engages a desired communications channel. The free-running oscillator is adjusted until the two types of performance data are matched. Other methods include adjusting the dithering module of the PLL to prevent the oscillation frequency from drifting so that the spurs are eliminated.
US08755478B2	Receiving method and receiving apparatus All data symbols used in data transmission of a modulated signal are precoded by switching between precoding matrices so that the precoding matrix used to precode each data symbol and the precoding matrices used to precode data symbols that are adjacent to the data symbol along the frequency axis and the time axis all differ. A modulated signal with such data symbols arranged therein is transmitted.
US08755472B2	High sensitivity GPS receiver A high sensitivity GPS receiver includes an acquisition engine and a tracking engine. The acquisition engine processes GPS satellite data at data rate that is substantially equal to twice the coarse acquisition (CA) code chip rate. This data rate advantageously enables the acquisition engine to process GPS satellite data with relatively less hardware area than traditional GPS acquisition approaches. In one embodiment, the high efficiency acquisition engine may be over-clocked, thereby allowing different phases of a CA code to be correlated quickly. The tracking engine can advantageously process GPS satellite data at a data rate that does not have an integer relationship to the CA code chip rate.
US08755470B2	Blind estimation of frequency and phase offsets for received signals A mechanism for jointly correcting carrier phase and carrier frequency errors in a demodulated signal. A computer system may receive samples of a baseband input signal (resulting from QAM demodulation). The computer system may compute values of a cost function J over a grid in a 2D angle-frequency space. A cost function value J(θ,ω) is computed for each point (θ,ω) in the grid by (a) applying a phase adjustment of angle θ and a frequency adjustment of frequency ω to the input signal; (b) performing one or more iterations of the K-means algorithm on the samples of the adjusted signal; (c) generated a sum on each K-means cluster; and (d) adding the sums. The point (θe, ωe) in the 2D angle-frequency space that minimizes the cost function J serves an estimate for the carrier phase error and carrier frequency error. The estimated errors may be used to correct the input signal.
US08755467B2	Method and circuit system for deciding a symbol upon reception of received symbols coupled with a quadrature signal pair The invention relates to a method and a circuit system for deciding a symbol (S) upon reception of received symbols coupled with a quadrature signal pair (I, Q). For deciding a symbol upon reception of an input signal using received symbols (S) coupled with a quadrature signal pair, wherein phase noise (PN) and Gaussian noise (GN) are superimposed on at least one such received symbol, the phase noise (PN) as well as the Gaussian noise (GN) are determined or estimated for at least one such received symbol (S). This is advantageously achieved by the fact that when the phase noise (PN) and the Gaussian noise (GN) are determined or estimated, a differentiation is made between the phase noise (PN) and the Gaussian noise, and a result of the differentiating determination or estimation is used for controlling reception parameters for decisions concerning subsequently received symbols (S). In particular, the measured values of the phase noise (PN) are orthogonalized to the Gaussian noise (GN).
US08755460B2	Phase aligned sampling of multiple data channels using a successive approximation register converter Provided is a method for processing data samples from a plurality of data channels. The method may include obtaining a plurality of data samples from the plurality of data channels. Obtaining the plurality of data samples may involve successively obtaining a data sample from each data channel of the plurality of data channels. Successively obtaining a data sample from each data channel may be performed a plurality of times during a specified time period. Each data sample of the plurality of data samples may be associated with a respective sample time, and each respective sample time may be relative to a single specified reference point in time. The method may further include, for each data sample of the plurality of data samples, determining a time-dependent coefficient value that may correspond to the sample time associated with the data sample, and applying the determined time-dependent coefficient value to the data sample.
US08755457B2	Transmitter and MIMO multiplex transmission method In MIMO multiplex transmission accompanied by precoding, a reduction of peak power is realized while minimizing deterioration of transmission quality. The present MIMO multiplex transmission method includes a step of generating transmission data corresponding to a plurality of streams to be transmitted simultaneously, a step of performing precoding so that the transmission data is received by a receiver as data orthogonal to each other, a step of applying amplitude clipping to the precoded transmission data in stream units to suppress peaks of the entire transmission power, and a step of suppressing allocation of interference power caused by the amplitude clipping to streams in a good channel state.
US08755456B2	Waveform scaling in wireless transmitters A wireless device for waveform scaling is disclosed. The wireless device includes a modulator that increases a magnitude of a peak digital code beyond a maximum available digital code for transmit power levels below a transmit power threshold to produce an adjusted digital code. The magnitude of the peak digital code is not increased beyond the maximum available digital code for transmit power levels above the transmit power threshold. The wireless device also includes a digital-to-analog converter that converts the adjusted digital code into an analog signal.
US08755449B2	Power over Ethernet for bi-directional Ethernet over single pair A magnetics based hybrid circuit, comprising a receiver side transformer and a transmitter side transformer is described. Power is supplied via respective inductive elements coupled to respective first end of the receiver side transformer and the transmitter side transformer. A DC blocking element is further provided in series between the second end of the receiver side primary winding and the second end of the transmitter side primary winding.
US08755444B2	Two-stage entropy decoding The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method of decoding video data that includes decoding compressed input video data using a first entropy coding technique to obtain first decoded data. The method further includes re-encoding the first decoded data using a second entropy coding technique that is different from the first entropy coding technique to obtain re-encoded data. The method further includes storing the re-encoded data in a storage device. The method further includes decoding the re-encoded data using the second entropy coding technique to obtain second decoded data.
US08755429B2	Method for channel equalization A method of equalizing a signal received over transmission channel defined by BEM coefficients of a basis expansion model of its channel taps, comprising the step of approximately solving the relation (I) for x[n] by an iterative method, n being the index of time, y[n] being the received signal, x[n] being the equalized signal, Bm[n] being the mth basis function of the basis expansion model, M being the model order of the basis expansion model, and blm being the BEM coefficient of the mth of the basis function of the lth channel tap, and w[n] being optional noise. y ⁡ [ n ] = ∑ m = 0 M ⁢ B m ⁡ [ n ] · ( ∑ l = 0 L - 1 ⁢ b lm ⁢ x ⁡ [ n - l ] ) + w ⁡ [ n ] ( I )
US08755427B2	Folding sequential adaptive equalizer A folding adaptive equalizer is provided. The equalizer comprises an equalizer core and an automatic gain control loop. The equalizing transfer function of the equalizer core is modulated by one or more gain control signals generated by the automatic gain control loop and by a folding signal generated by the automatic gain control loop. When the folding signal is inactive, an increase in the gain control signals produces an increase in the high-frequency, high-bandwidth gain of the transfer function of the equalizer core. When the folding signal is active, further gain can be applied by decreasing the gain control signals, which produces a frequency-shift in the transfer function of the equalizer core toward lower bandwidth and an increase in the high-frequency, low-bandwidth gain of the transfer function of the equalizer core.
US08755415B2	Laser and optical amplifier An optical fiber laser or amplifier comprising an optical fiber and a pump radiation source configured to generate pump radiation which is received through an input end of the optical fiber. The optical fiber may include a doped core which is configured to guide the pump radiation and to generate or amplify and guide signal radiation when pump radiation passes through it. The optical fiber laser or amplifier may include a first reflector configured to reflect pump radiation and further comprises a second reflector configured to selectively reflect a portion of pump radiation. The selection of the portion of pump radiation to be reflected by the second reflector depends upon one or more of: the spatial position of the pump radiation, the direction of the pump radiation, and the polarization of the pump radiation.
US08755413B2	Method and system for dynamically allocating video multiplexing buffer based on queuing theory An embodiment of the invention may provide a method for predicting buffer size in a system, where multiple encoded bit streams may be multiplexed into a single bit stream. The multiple encoded bit streams may comprise either a constant or a variable rate. Notwithstanding, predicting the buffer size required for encoding, multiplexing and/or decoding prevents overflow and underflow of the buffer. At the demultiplexer, each decoder may have a buffer and there may not be any buffering prior to multiplexing. A plurality of MPEG encoded data bit streams may be multiplexed into a single multiplexed MPEG encoded data bit stream. A size of buffers utilized to buffer the multiplexed MPEG encoded data bit stream may be determined based on a queuing model.
US08755397B2	Asynchronous communication in an unstable network Embodiments are directed to promptly reestablishing communication between nodes in a dynamic computer network and dynamically maintaining an address list in an unstable network. A computer system sends a message to other message queuing nodes in a network, where each node in the message queuing network includes a corresponding persistent unique global identifier. The computer system maintains a list of unique global identifiers and the current network addresses of those network nodes from which the message queuing node has received a message or to which the message queuing node has sent a message. The computer system goes offline for a period of time and upon coming back online, sends an announcement message to each node maintained in the list indicating that the message queuing node is ready for communication in the message queuing network, where each message includes the destination node's globally unique identifier and the node's current network address.
US08755394B2	Gateway device for performing communication with various devices in home networks and wide area networks Disclosed are various embodiments for a gateway device that can execute applications which can communicate with various devices in one or more home networks as well as one or more wide area networks. The gateway device can possess capabilities to communicate over various types of proprietary and/or standardized networks. Additionally, the gateway device can be equipped with the ability to communicate with home devices that are directly coupled to the gateway device. The gateway device can also include a mass storage component that allows storage of data on behalf of applications executed therein.
US08755390B2	Network data congestion management method A method to manage data congestion in a computer network may include network devices to route data packets throughout the network. The method may also include a source node that sends data packets to any of the network devices. The method may further include a routing table at each network device that is updated by the source node, and the route the data packets are sent by any network device is based upon each respective routing table.
US08755385B2	Authentication using DHCP services in mesh networks A new device is deployed to an area in which a network is provided. The new device may join the network using a single handshake via a neighboring device that is a member of the network and register with a network management system managing the network. If the network is overloaded or has limited bandwidth remaining, the network may refuse to admit the new device, or if the new device is isolated, may force some devices that are members of the network to leave or migrate from the network to allow the isolated device to join the network.
US08755368B2	Network-independent provision and registration for services In a method for providing a service between a service unit and terminal devices of at least one communication network, a synchronization unit evaluates the service provided by a service unit with respect to at least one technical requirement for use by at least one terminal device, establishes at least one rule for exchanging data of the service in accordance with the evaluation result, and stores the evaluation result. The synchronization unit forwards information regarding a registration for a service to at least one network unit of at least one communication network, with which a user of the terminal devices is registered. Upon inquiry by a terminal device for provision of the service through the service unit the synchronization unit exchanges the data via the synchronization unit in accordance with at least one established rule that depends on the technical requirements of the inquiring terminal device.
US08755367B2	Multi-channel reception system including a superheterodyne-type receiver associated with spectral analysers with instantaneous bandwidth A reception system including a receiver of superheterodyne type coupled to a processing means, the receiver including N antennas. Said receiver includes: N translation means, each being able to frequency translate signals delivered by the antenna considered, from a frequency sub-band of the span of interest to a restricted frequency band, and to frequency multiplex the signals belonging to said frequency sub-band; N first intermediate frequency bandpass filters, of bandwidth equal to said restricted frequency band, respectively coupled at the output of each translation means, and able to filter the translated and multiplexed signals; a coupling means able to sum the N filtered signals so as to deliver the set of summed signals via N outputs. The processing means includes N other translation means coupled to N other intermediate frequency bandpass filters of frequency bandwidth equal to L, themselves coupled to N spectral analyzers, all having the same restricted analysis frequency band of width L, each other translation means of rank i, i being an integer varying from 1 to N, being able to transpose the signals delivered by the coupling means with the aid of a translation signal having a frequency adapted to each other translation means, in such a way that the other intermediate frequency bandpass filter connected at the output of said other translation means, is able to filter the ith sub-band of the total frequency band of width L·N, to which the signals summed by the coupling means belong.
US08755360B2	Method and apparatus for a spectrally compliant cellular communication system A system for wireless data transmission that uses a channel bandwidth, channel separation, and radio frequency power spectrum which is compatible with existing deployments of wireless voice services. The transmitted waveforms are thus compatible with existing cellular networks. However, the time domain digital coding, modulation, and power control schemes are optimized for data transmission. Existing cellular network sites can thus be used to provide a high speed service optimized for wireless data traffic without the need for new radio frequency planning, and without interfering with existing voice service deployments.
US08755350B2	Mobile devices with femto cell functionality Aspects describe communications environments in which femtocell capability is provided to devices within the communications network. A non-femto enabled device and/or a femto enabled device can communicate with a femto enabled device in the same geographical area for femto-enabled peer-to-peer communication. Two non-femto enabled devices can be provided femto functionality through utilization of a femto enabled device, which operates as a hub between the two devices. Other aspects relate to enhanced position determination, adaptive coverage enhancement, local mobile networks, open access femtocells without a backhaul, and local broadcast of media though utilization of femto enabled devices.
US08755348B2	Search space determination Embodiments of the present disclosure describe apparatuses, systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for identifying search space candidates that may be used in the transmission of downlink control information. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US08755346B2	Base station, radio resource allocation method, and recording medium For a communication terminal performing radio communication, a base station acquires communication path quality information representing a communication path quality, which is the quality of a communication path with the communication terminal. The base station allocates power larger than reference transmission power as transmission power to an edge terminal configuring at least part of an edge terminal group configured by an edge terminal that is a communication terminal whose communication path quality is lower than a threshold quality, allocates the reference transmission power as the transmission power to an edge terminal configuring a remaining part of the edge terminal group.
US08755344B2	Method and apparatus for granting wireless connection resources to a wireless communications device within a communication system A method and apparatus for granting wireless connection resources for a UE within a communication system is provided herein. During operation, an application requests allocation of wireless communication resources (a bearer reservation) to sustain transmission at a specified bit rate across the communication system via an admission control function. In response to the bearer reservation request, an admission control function calculates a wireless connection efficiency as a function of the requested bit rate and an amount of shared wireless connection resources required to sustain the requested bit rate given the current wireless connection quality associated with the UE. The wireless connection efficiency is then utilized to determine whether or not to admit the bearer reservation request.
US08755338B2	Method and apparatus for releasing uplink radio resource in wireless communication system A method and apparatus of releasing an uplink radio resource in a wireless communication system, is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives first feedback channel allocation information from a base station (BS), and allocates a uplink radio resource to a feedback channel based on the first feedback channel allocation information. The UE also receives second feedback channel allocation information including an feedback channel release command which indicate the release of the allocated uplink radio resource to the feedback channel, and transmits a release confirm message to the BS through a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback channel (HFBCH) for transmitting a HARQ feedback. the UE releases the allocated uplink radio resource to the feedback channel.
US08755335B2	System and methods for control of a set top box According to one example embodiment disclosed herein, there is provided system and method allowing a set top box to be controlled from an interactive voice response unit, such as a connection to a public switched telephone network or an Internet Protocol (IP) telephone system. A system according to an example embodiment may include a set top box, a telephone access point, a network receiving commands entered into the telephone access point, wherein the commands impart information that can be used to control the set top box, and one or more computer programs operative to direct the information in the commands to the set top box.
US08755332B2	Radio communication control method, base station apparatus and mobile terminal apparatus When time resource data that is assigned to a downlink control channel signal is reported on the downlink, the present invention improves the reliability of the time resource data that is reported, and prevent purposeless repetitions of retransmission requests. A base station apparatus (20) is provided herein, which jointly codes a carrier indicator of a basic frequency block with time resource data assigned to a downlink control channel signal corresponding to a downlink shared channel signal, generates a downlink control channel signal including the coded carrier indicator as the downlink control channel signal corresponding to the downlink shared channel signal, and transmits the generated downlink control channel signal by the basic frequency block assigned to the downlink control channel signal.
US08755327B2	Radio base station, mobile communication system and mobile communication method for controlling a transmission power of a reference channel and an associated channel A radio base station 10 according to the present invention includes a reference channel power setting unit 11 configured to change a transmission power of a reference channel, an associated channel power setting unit 12 configured to set a relative power offset of an associated channel by using a value relative to the reference channel, a power parameter holding unit 13 configured to hold power parameters set by the reference channel power setting unit 11 and associated channel power setting unit 12, a power parameter adjustment unit configured to adjust the relative power offset of the associated channel in a case where the transmission power of the reference channel is changed,and a transmitter 15 configured to transmit a signal of each channel on the basis of information in the power parameter holding unit 15, wherein the power parameter adjustment unit 14 maintains the transmission power of the associated channel unchanged even though the transmission power of the reference channel is changed.
US08755316B2	Coordination of DRX and eICIC An active reception period (active time) of a power saving pattern (DRX) is masked to a measurement period (ABS) of a serving or neighbor cell interference mitigation pattern (eICIC) such that the masked active reception period repeatedly coincides with the measurement period. Then the masked active reception period is utilized for communicating resource allocations (PDCCHs) between a serving cell (eNB) and a user equipment (UE). In various embodiments: the masking is done without shortening a sleep opportunity (DRX opportunity) of the power saving pattern; the masking is implemented by delaying an on-duration start time of the active reception period; the on-duration start time is controlled by a timer which runs only during measurement periods of the interference mitigation pattern, or by applying a second offset generated by the UE in addition to applying a first offset configured by the serving cell; and the masking is by adopting a default power saving pattern.
US08755312B2	Apparatus and method for supporting gateway node reselection in communication system An apparatus and a method for supporting gateway node reselection in a communication system during a process in which a UE hands over from a source base station to a destination base station are provided. The apparatus includes the source base station for providing the destination base station with information for access control determination, the destination base station for making an access control determination according to the information provided by the source base station, the UE or a network for initiating a gateway reselection process according to the result of the access control determination. With the method, the reselection of Packet Data Network Gateway (PDN GW) or GGSN is implemented in a simple and reliable way by optimizing the existing signaling processes, in the case of user plane node reselection because UE changes position or handover to another base station.
US08755309B2	System and method for inter-processor communication A means for reliable inter-processor communication in a multi-processor system is described. In accordance with one aspect, a specially-configured serial bus is used as a general-purpose data link between a first processor and a second processor. The serial bus may be an Inter-IC Sound (I2S) bus. In accordance with another aspect, a network interface residing on a second processor is made available to a first processor via a data link established over an I2S bus. This allows the second processor to be used as a proxy and to support remote configuration and network address traversal.
US08755307B2	IP-address distribution device and IP-address distribution method A path-information obtaining unit obtains a piece of path information of a communication network by inquiring a port number of an Ethernet switch that transmits a MAC address of a request source of an IP address. An IP-address specifying unit specifies an IP address that corresponds to the piece of path information of the communication network by referring to an IP-address correspondence table, and distributes the specified IP address to the request source of an IP address.
US08755303B2	Powerline carrier zero-crossing transformer mapping with asymmetric RF return path Techniques are disclosed by which RF mesh networks can identify utility distribution topologies by using power line communication combined with wireless networking to identify the mapping of transformers and other distribution equipment at a back office system server. At a specified time, an item of distribution equipment signals a unique identifier by introducing a phase shift in the electric power being delivered by that equipment. A meter node detects and decodes these temporal shifts to obtain an identifier of equipment supplying the power to it. Upon ascertaining this identification, the meter node sends an acknowledgment to thereby register with that equipment. The association of the particular customer's premises with the equipment is also sent to a back office system, to enable a map of the correspondence between meter and the equipment to be generated.
US08755300B2	Circuit, system and method for communication between two nodes of a radio network A first node of a radio network initiates a mode for finding the range to a second node. The first node transmits to the second node, with the address of the second node, a range finding command, which switches the second node into the range finding mode and controls a sequence. The first node transmits in a transmission time window a first signal, which is received by the second node in an associated reception time window, a first phase value of the first signal being measured. The second node transmits in a transmission time window a second signal, which is received by the first node in an associated reception time window, a second phase value of the second signal being measured. The first frequency is changed by a frequency difference and the second frequency is changed by the frequency difference in a subsequent time window of the sequence.
US08755298B2	Method and apparatus for random access in a wireless communication system The present invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for random access in a wireless communication system to which carrier aggregation is applied. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method in which a base station supports random access of a terminal in a wireless communication system that supports carrier aggregation, comprises a step in which the base station allocates, to the terminal, a dedicated PRACH preamble for a second random access in an uplink component carrier (hereinafter, referred to as UL CC) which is additionally allocated or the configuration of which is changed after a first random access, and receives the dedicated PRACH preamble from the terminal.
US08755292B2	Apparatus and method for controlling uplink transmission power in a communication system An apparatus and method for controlling uplink transmission power in a communication system are provided. In the method, transmission power of an uplink data channel signal is determined according to an Open Loop Power Control (OLPC) scheme and transmission power of an uplink control channel signal is determined according to a Closed Loop Power Control (CLPC) scheme.
US08755286B2	Wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication base station and wireless communication system A wireless communication apparatus can communicate with a wireless communication base station using component carriers of communication cells managed by the wireless communication base station simultaneously. A radio condition determining section includes a physical layer problem determining section that determines whether a physical layer problem occurs in each component carrier which is used or can be used in communication between the wireless communication apparatus and the wireless communication base station. When it is determined that the physical layer problem occurs in some of the component carriers used in the communication, the radio condition determining section notifies the component carrier in which the physical layer problem occurs to a report creating section. The report creating section creates a report corresponding to the component carrier in which the physical layer problem occurs and a predetermined criterion.
US08755284B2	Method and apparatus for requesting bandwidth in a wireless communication system A method for requesting a bandwidth at a mobile terminal in a wireless communication system includes receiving, from a base station, information on whether the base station can compensate for changes in bandwidth request quantity caused by fragmentation or packing of a protocol data unit (PDU); requesting, to the base station, a bandwidth required for transmitting a first PDU; separating the first PDU and generating a second PDU and a third PDU in consideration of the quantity of allocated bandwidth when the quantity of bandwidth allocated by the base station is smaller than the requested quantity; transmitting the second PDU to the base station; and starting a first timer at the point in time the bandwidth allocation is received or at the point in time when the second PDU is transmitted and the information indicates that the base station can compensate for the changes in the bandwidth request quantity.
US08755281B2	Constant window back-off method for multiple access in wireless local area networks A method and apparatus are described including determining a target congestion index, determining a congestion index based on information from a last back-off round, comparing the target congestion index with the congestion index, performing one of increasing a triggering set size by a first factor and decreasing the triggering set size by a second factor responsive to the comparison, determining if a communications medium is idle, adjusting a back-off counter responsive to the third determining act, determining if the back-off counter is equal to a triggering point in the triggering set and transmitting data responsive to the fourth determining act.
US08755279B2	Smoothing algorithm for round trip time (RTT) measurements A smoothing algorithm for round trip time (RTT) measurements is provided to a network device to effectively deal with variations or other potential anomalies that may occur in RTT measurements. The algorithm involves: first determining what should be considered a very high or a very small value for a RTT sample. If a new RTT sample is in an acceptable range, then the network device performs a relatively basic smoothing. If the new RTT sample is much higher than a current RTT value, then the network device ignores the value of this RTT sample a few times. If the network device still detects this large value after ignoring that value for some time, then the network device factors this value into the current RTT value using an additive increase. Similarly, if the value of the new RTT sample is much lower than current RTT value, the network device ignores the value of the new RTT sample a few times. If the network device still sees this small/low value after ignoring that value for sometime, then the network device factors this value into the current RTT value using a multiplicative decrease. An effective RTT value results, which can be used singly or in combination with other metrics to load balance network traffic.
US08755277B2	Differentiated services for unicast and multicast frames in layer 2 topologies In one embodiment, a method includes receiving information on layer 2 topologies at a network device in a core network, mapping one or more Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) to the layer 2 topologies to provide differentiated services in said layer 2 topologies, defining multiple paths for each of the layer 2 topologies, and forwarding a packet received at the network device on one of the multiple paths. An apparatus and logic for providing differentiated services in layer 2 topologies is also disclosed.
US08755275B2	System and method for managing resource in communication system A system for managing resources in a communication system including systems, which do not have a permission for a first frequency band, includes coexistence managers configured to, when a frequency band available for the systems is searched from the first frequency band, manage the systems for coexistence and frequency sharing of the systems in the available frequency band; a coexistence enabler configured to transmit and receive information of the systems and information of the coexistence managers; and a coexistence discovery and information server configured to support control of the coexistence managers over the systems, wherein predetermined messages are transmitted and received among the coexistence discovery and information server, the coexistence managers and the coexistence enabler to perform a registration procedure, a coexistence information gathering procedure, a coexistence decision making procedure, a reconfiguration procedure, a management procedure and an event procedure, for the coexistence and frequency sharing of the systems.
US08755274B2	Adaptive data rate limiter in a wireless communication device A method and system for adaptive data rate-limiting includes a processor (112) operable to process data at a maximum data processing rate among at least one cryptographic algorithm. A data rate limiter (116) is operable to weight the processing rate of each cryptographic algorithm by a predetermined factor for adapting a data rate of a transceiver of the communication device by the processor based on the at least one cryptographic algorithm being used in the communication device (100) and its associated weighted processing rate.
US08755273B2	Scheduling method with power savings The present invention relates to a scheduling method in a multi-user communication system. Said method categorises packets from different users as urgent packets and non-urgent packets, assigns to urgent packets the transmission resources for obtaining the best link qualities by giving preference to the most urgent packets, assigns to non-urgent packets the remaining resources, and transmits each non-urgent packet with a transmission power lower than that which would be necessary for transmitting it with a maximum spectral efficiency, in view of the quality of service required on the link.
US08755272B2	Determining WLAN edges Determining whether a station is at the edge of wireless local area network (WLAN) coverage. In an IEEE 802.11 wireless network comprising one or more access points (APs) which may optionally be connected to one or more controllers, with wireless clients connected to those APs. Station S connected to AP A collects reports such as beacon reports which contains information on all APs station S can hear, including signal strengths. AP A collects a neighbor report which contains information on all APs in its neighborhood including signal strengths. These reports from A and S are observed and compared over time to determine when S is at or is moving to the edge of WLAN coverage. For example, if the only entry in the beacon list for client S is AP A to which it is connected, and the signal strength is decreasing over time, S is at the edge of WLAN coverage and is moving away from the WLAN. The process may be implemented at a controller, at a client, or both.
US08755269B2	Ranking and switching of wireless channels in a body area network of medical devices Operating techniques and methodologies for a body area network of medical devices are provided. One technique relates to an intelligent channel hopping scheme that detects loss of wireless synchronization on an initial wireless channel, thereafter obtains a measure of quality for the initial wireless channel, and then selects a new wireless channel when the obtained measure of quality fails to satisfy a threshold criteria. Another operating technique dynamically adapts an ordered list of available wireless channels in accordance with a quality measure of the available wireless channels. Thus, when quality degradation associated with a first wireless channel is detected, the ordered list can be updated to indicate a lower preference for the first wireless channel and to indicate a higher preference for a second wireless channel that does not suffer from quality degradation. Another channel hopping or switching technique selects wireless channels in a manner that is influenced by the current geographic position of the medical device.
US08755264B2	Systems and methods for high rate OFDM communications Messages transmitted between a receiver and a transmitter are used to maximize a communication data rate. In particular, a multicarrier modulation system uses messages that are sent from the receiver to the transmitter to exchange one or more sets of optimized communication parameters. The transmitter then stores these communication parameters and when transmitting to that particular receiver, the transmitter utilizes the stored parameters in an effort to maximize the data rate to that receiver. Likewise, when the receiver receives packets from that particular transmitter, the receiver can utilize the stored communication parameters for reception.
US08755256B2	Plasmon resonator with dual waveguide excitation for TAMR A TAMR (Thermal Assisted Magnetic Recording) write head uses the near field energy of optical-laser excited plasmon eigenmodes in a plasmon resonator to locally heat a magnetic recording medium and reduce its coercivity and magnetic anisotropy. The plasmon resonator is formed as a conducting disk-shaped structure with an extending peg that serves to further confine the near fields within a small region of the recording medium. The resonator eigenmodes are excited, through direct or evanescent coupling, by an interference pattern formed by the overlap of optical waves within a dual-channel waveguide, the interference pattern being the result of the waves in one branch being phase-shifted relative to the waves in the other branch.
US08755255B2	Near-field light generating element, method of manufacturing near-field light generating element, near-field light head, method of manufacturing near-field light head, and information recording and playback device A method of manufacturing a near-field light generating element includes a first cladding forming process of forming a first cladding on a substrate, a near-field light generation portion forming process of forming a metal film base material on the first cladding, a core forming process of forming a core base material so as to cover the metal film base material, a single patterning process of collectively patterning the core base material and the metal film base material to form the core and the metal film, respectively, and a second cladding forming process of forming a second cladding so as to interpose the core between the second cladding and the first cladding.
US08755253B2	Timepiece with internal antenna A timepiece includes a case that is made from a conductive material; a movement that is housed in the case and has a plurality of motors that drive plural staffs disposed at a plurality of locations; a dial that is made from a nonconductive material; and an antenna that is disposed inside the case. At least two display units including a first display unit and a second display unit are formed as plane circles on the surface of the dial with a staff in the plane center of each plane circle. The diameter of the first display unit is greater than the diameter of the second display unit, and the antenna is disposed to a position superimposed in plan view on the first display unit and the second display unit.
US08755250B1	Line array doppler processing A method is taught to extract more information about the motion of an acoustic wave emitter moving relative to a line array of hydrophones that are part of a sonar system by determining the variation in Doppler shift across the entire line array of hydrophones together with the a range measurement of the emitter to calculate the emitter's velocity.
US08755246B2	Semiconductor memory device and method of setting operation environment therein A semiconductor memory device is provided, including a memory cell array having a plurality of memory cells; an internal circuit having a function required in a storage operation of the memory cell array; a parameter storage unit configured to store a certain parameter and to have a storage place specified by a parameter address, the certain parameter designating an operation of the internal circuit; a command register configured to store a command instructing an operation of the internal circuit; and a converting circuit configured to adjust at least one of the parameter address and the command that differ between products or between standards to the internal circuit.
US08755244B2	Write contention-free, noise-tolerant multi-port bitcell A multi-port memory cell of a multi-port memory array includes a first inverter that inverter is disabled by a first subset of write word lines and a second inverter, cross coupled with the first inverter, wherein the second inverter is disabled by a second subset of the plurality of write word lines. A first selection circuit has data inputs coupled to a first subset of a plurality of write bit lines, selection inputs coupled to the first subset of the plurality of write word lines, and an output coupled to the input of the second inverter. The second selection circuit has data inputs coupled to a second subset of the plurality of write bit lines, selection inputs coupled to the second subset of the plurality of write word lines, and an output coupled to the input of the first inverter.
US08755243B2	Capacitor charge balance system A method of managing the charge stored by a series arrangement of capacitor stages, each stage including a single capacitor or a plurality of capacitors in parallel, involves supplying each capacitor stage with charge current via a common charging terminal; separately measuring a stored potential of each capacitor stage in the series arrangement; selectively removing a controlled amount of charge from each of the capacitor stages individually) while the series arrangement is receiving the charge current from the common charging terminal; and maintaining each capacitor stage at a substantially equal stored potential.
US08755236B2	Latch system applied to a plurality of banks of a memory circuit A latch system applied to a plurality of banks of a memory circuit includes a front latch circuit and a plurality of rear latch circuit. The front latch circuit is used for receiving a datum and a front latch enabling signal, and generating and outputting an intermediate signal according to the datum and the front latch enabling signal. Each rear latch circuit of the plurality of rear latch circuits is coupled to an output terminal of the front latch circuit for receiving the intermediate signal, and generating and outputting a rear latch datum to a corresponding bank of the plurality of banks according to the intermediate signal and a corresponding rear latch enabling signal, where only one rear latch enabling signal is enabled at any time.
US08755226B2	Storage device and control method of nonvolatile memory According to one embodiment, a storage device includes a nonvolatile memory including physical sectors each of which comprises memory cells commonly connected to a word line, each of the memory cells being capable of storing data of not less than 2 bits, each of the physical sectors including pages corresponding to the number of bits storable in the memory cell, and a controller configured to receive a first write command and to write data associated with the first write command to the nonvolatile memory. In a write process using the first write command, the controller is configured to skip an upper page of a physical sector whose lower page is write-accessed by a second write command prior to the first write command.
US08755225B2	Memory device A memory device comprises a main memory array having a plurality of bit lines, and a select array having a plurality of transistors coupled to the bit lines. Wherein one of the plurality of transistors is electrically programmed to a threshold voltage greater than a threshold voltage of another one of the plurality of transistors.
US08755224B2	Non-volatile memory device and related read method A nonvolatile memory device comprises a memory cell array, a page buffer, and a bit line connection signal controller. The memory cell array comprises a plurality of word lines and bit lines arranged in rows and columns, and a plurality of memory cells connected to the respective word lines and bit lines. The page buffer connects a selected bit line among the plurality of bit lines to the page buffer, applies a precharge voltage to the selected bit line, and senses a voltage of the selected bit line after developing of the selected bit line according to a bit line connection signal, during a read operation. The bit line connection signal controller changes the bit line connection signal according to a control signal, during the read operation.
US08755218B2	Multiport memory element circuitry Integrated circuits with multiport memory elements may be provided. A multiport memory element may include a latching circuit, a first set of address transistors, and a second set of address transistors. The latching circuit may include cross-coupled inverters, each of which includes a pull-up transistor and a pull-down transistor. The first set of address transistors may couple the latching circuit to a write port, whereas the second set of address transistors may couple the latching circuit to a read port. The pull-down transistors and the second set of address transistors may have body bias terminals that are controlled by a control signal. During data loading operations, the control signal may be temporarily elevated to weaken the pull-down transistors and the second set of address transistors to improve the write margin of the multiport memory element.
US08755209B2	Reduced size power inverter suitable for a vehicle A power inverter comprises at least a box-shaped housing; and a power module, a smoothing capacitor, a base plate made of a flat plate, and a rotating electric machine control circuit board arranged in order in the housing. The base plate is arranged with the fringes fixed to the inner wall surfaces of the housing, and the smoothing capacitor and rotating electric machine control circuit board are fixed.
US08755205B2	Leakage current reduction apparatus that includes a voltage amplifier and a voltage applicator Three-phase windings 11-13 and 21-23 of a first common-mode transformer 1 and a second common-mode transformer 2 are connected in series through connecting lines 8r-8t, respectively. The windings 11-13 are connected to an unillustrated AC power supply by connecting lines 91r-91t. The windings 21-23 are connected to a three-phase motor by connecting lines 93r-93t and through a converter and an inverter which are unillustrated. A winding 14 for common-mode voltage detection detects high-frequency leakage currents flowing through the connecting lines 91r-91t as a common-mode voltage V1, and an output voltage V2 obtained by voltage amplification by a voltage amplifier 3 is applied to a winding 24 for common-mode voltage application in such a manner that the output voltage V2 works in generally the same direction as the common-mode voltage V1, thereby canceling out the high-frequency leakage currents through the windings 21-23. Since a voltage amplification method is used, it is possible to reduce the high-frequency leakage currents with a simpler configuration as compared to a conventional current amplification method.
US08755204B2	RF isolation for power circuitry System and method for providing isolated power to a component that is also subject a set of RF signals that includes at least a first RF signal having a first RF frequency is provided. There is included providing a DC voltage signal and modulating the DC voltage signal into an isolated power signal using an isolation transformer. The isolated power signal has an intermediate frequency that is higher than 60 Hz and lower than the first RF frequency. There is included supplying the DC voltage signal to the primary winding and obtaining the isolated power signal from the secondary winding; and delivering the isolated power to the component using the isolated power signal.
US08755202B2	Electric generating system with a controller controlling a snubber device Disclosed herein is an electric generating system using a solar cell, including: a DC/DC converter that converts output voltage generated from a solar cell into DC voltage and has a converter switching device; a snubber device that has a snubber switch clamping voltage applied to the converter switching device; and a control device that detects the voltage applied to the converter switching device and controls an operation of the snubber switch according to a detected voltage level applied to the converter switching device, thereby increasing the efficiency of the electric generating system using a solar cell while reducing switching loss and conduction loss.
US08755196B2	Wiring board and method for manufacturing the same A wiring board including a first insulation layer, a conductive pattern formed on the first insulation layer, a second insulation layer formed on the conductive pattern and the first insulation layer and having an opening portion exposing at least a portion of the conductive pattern, and a connection conductor formed in the opening portion of the second insulation layer such that the connection conductor is positioned on the portion of the conductive pattern. The connection conductor has a tip portion which protrudes from a surface of the second insulation layer and which has a tapered side surface tapering toward an end of the tip portion.
US08755192B1	Rack-mounted computer system with shock-absorbing chassis A system includes a rack and one or more computer systems mounted in the rack. At least one of the computer systems includes a circuit board assembly, such as a motherboard, and a chassis coupled to the circuit board assembly. At least a portion of the chassis is made of a shock-absorbing polymeric material, such as an expanded foam material.
US08755187B2	Systems, devices, and methods, including a basepan comprising a banding stud for increasing current carrying capacity Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a system, which can comprise a basepan comprising a banding stud. The banding stud can be configured to releasably attach a heat sink to the basepan. The heat sink configured to increase a current carrying capacity of a system associated with the basepan from a first predetermined level to a second predetermined level.
US08755184B2	Container data center A container data center is disclosed in the present invention, relating to the field of data centers. The container data center includes: a container box, in which the inside of the box is divided into an equipment compartment, a power supply and distribution compartment and a water chilling set compartment; doors set in the box; a power supply equipment installed in the power supply and distribution compartment; an electronic equipment and a water chilling terminal installed in the equipment compartment; a water chilling set installed in the water chilling set compartment, in which the water chilling set is in communication with the water chilling terminal to provide cold water for the water chilling terminal.
US08755183B2	Car electric equipment case module A car electric equipment case module includes a housing, a covering structure, an electric equipment set, and a fan. The housing has a side wall, a containing space containing the electric equipment set and a first ventilator formed on the side wall. The covering structure includes a casing assembled to the housing and a block wall connected to the casing and extending outside the side wall to cover the first ventilator. An air channel connected the first ventilator is formed between the block wall and the side wall. The fan configured in the housing provides an air flow. The air flow flows into the containing space through the air channel and the first ventilator and flows out through a second ventilator formed on the covering structure, or flows into the containing space through the second ventilator and flows out through the first ventilator and the air channel.
US08755176B2	Data storage system, an energy module and a method of providing back-up power to a data storage system The invention provides a data storage system for connection to a primary power source, the data storage system comprising: one or more data storage media; one or more interfaces, each interface able to connect to at least one of the data storage media so as to couple power from the primary power source to the at least one of the data storage media; one or more energy modules, each energy module being able to connect to an interface for providing back-up power to the one or more of the data storage media in the event of a failure of the primary power source.
US08755171B2	Stacked-type solid electrolytic capacitor package structure A stacked-type solid electrolytic capacitor package structure includes a capacitor unit, a package unit and a conductive unit. The capacitor unit includes a plurality of capacitors stacked on top of one another. The package unit includes a package body enclosing the capacitors. The package body has a top surface defining a package length, a package width and an effective package, and the package width is substantially between 85% and 95% of the package length. The conductive unit includes a first conductive terminal electrically connected to the positive portion of the capacitor and a second conductive terminal electrically connected to the negative portion of the capacitor. One part of the first conductive terminal and one part of the second conductive terminal are enclosed by the package body, and another part of the first conductive terminal and another part of the second conductive terminal are exposed from the package body.
US08755169B2	Electrochemical capacitor An electrochemical capacitor capable of increasing a capacity is proposed. The electrochemical capacitor is a positive electrode and a negative electrode formed over a surface plane of a substrate. Additionally, the electrochemical capacitor has an electrolyte, and the positive electrode and the negative electrode are in contact with a same surface plane of the electrolyte. In other words, the electrochemical capacitor has a positive electrode active material and a negative electrode active material over a surface plane of an electrolyte, a positive electrode current collector which is in contact with the positive electrode active material, and a negative electrode current collector which is in contact with the negative electrode active material. By the aforesaid structure, a capacity of the electrochemical capacitor can be increased.
US08755168B2	Package type multi layer thin film capacitor for high capacitance Provided is a package type multilayer thin film capacitor for a high capacitance, including: a capacitance block 110; a pair of clamp members 120 and 130 being installed on one side and another side of the capacitance block 110, respectively; a pair of lead members 140 and 150 being installed on the clam members 120 and 130, respectively; and a molding member 160 filling in the capacitance block 110 to partially expose each of the pair of lead members 140 and 150. The capacitance block may be configured by adhering at least two of a ceramic sintered member 111, a metal capacitance member 112, and a thin film capacitance member 113 using an insulating adhesive member and thereby disposing the at least two members in a multilayered form. Accordingly, capacitance may increase and mechanical strength may be enhanced.
US08755164B2	Aircraft including pieces of electrical equipment and parts made of composite material The aircraft includes at least one piece of equipment and a composite material part to which the equipment is connected. It is arranged in such a manner that a fault current circuit of the equipment passes via the part.
US08755163B2	Three-phase AC power controller A three-phase AC power controller has three strands, each having an input and an output. Five pairs of valves are connected antiparallel for rotating field reversal. The first input is connected to the first output by way of a first pair, the second input is connected to the second output by way of a second pair and to the third output by way of a third pair, and the third input is connected to the second output by way of a fourth pair and to the third output by way of a fifth pair. An RC half-branch is connected as a snubber circuit to each input and to each output. These RC half-branches are each interconnected via a transverse connection.
US08755158B2	ESD protection system optimized at board level An electronic system protected against an incoming energy pulse, comprising a semiconductor device (310a, 310b) connected in sequential order to a first impedance (320), a coupling noise filter (330) having an internal frequency-dependent second impedance (331), a third impedance (340), a transient voltage suppressor (350), a fourth impedance (360), and an entry port exposed to the incoming energy pulse (380). The fourth impedance has a size suitable for supporting the transient voltage suppressor in discharging a portion of the incoming energy pulse up to the full capability of the suppressor; the third impedance has a size suitable for supporting and synchronizing the performance of the coupling noise filter to filter common mode noise from two phase lags between differential signals; and the first impedance has a size suitable for diminishing, in combination with the second impedance as operational in the active frequency regime, the un-discharged portion of the energy pulse to a value under the device threshold failure current.
US08755155B2	Device and a method for protecting a link in a medium, high, or very high voltage electrical network A device and method of protecting a link in a medium, high, or very high voltage power network, with current and voltage transformers and trip circuits being disposed on the link. The protection device includes a mechanism to directly connect to a power supply, to the current and voltage transformers, and to the trip circuits, via analog links, and a mechanism to convert from analog to digital that is connected to a central processor unit via a digital link, the analog-digital conversion mechanism including an integrated test plug socket function.
US08755154B2	Tuned angled uniaxial anisotropy in trilayer magnetic sensors Various embodiments may be constructed with a trilayer stack that is positioned on an air bearing surface (ABS). The trilayer stack can be configured with a stripe height along an axis orthogonal to the ABS and with first and second magnetic free layers that each has an angled uniaxial anisotropy with respect to the ABS.
US08755145B2	Base unit, motor and disk drive apparatus A base unit includes a stator and a base member including a first recess portion, a second recess portion, and at least one through-hole. The first recess portion is arranged on an upper surface of the base member to surround the hole portion and depressed toward the lower surface thereof. The second recess portion is arranged radially outward of the first recess portion and depressed toward a lower surface thereof. The through-hole is arranged inside the first recess portion to extend through the base member. The second recess portion includes a protrusion portion and a third recess portion. The protrusion portion protrudes from the lower surface of the base member toward the upper surface of the base member. The third recess portion is depressed from the lower surface of the base member toward the upper surface of the base member and positioned at the opposite side from the protrusion portion.
US08755141B1	Hard disk drive assembly including a NVSM located within a preamplifier to store configuration data for controlling disk drive operations Disclosed is a disk drive that is operable with a host computer that includes a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) having a system on a chip (SOC). The disk drive comprises: a hard disk drive assembly (HDA); and a non-volatile semiconductor memory (NVSM). The NVSM is located within a preamplifier of the HDA and is couplable to the SOC of the host computer. The NVSM is configured to store configuration data for disk drive operation. The configuration data is configured to be retrieved by the SOC for controlling disk drive operations.
US08755138B2	Adaptive servo address mark detection Various embodiments of the present inventions provide systems and methods for adaptive servo address mark detection.
US08755134B2	ND filter, and iris device and optical apparatus having the same An ND filter that enables relatively easy control of light quantity when used in an iris device and realizes excellent optical performance. The ND filter has a first region having an ND film with a uniform density, a second region having an ND film with a uniform density different from the density of the first region, and a density transition region provided between the first region and the second region. The density transition region has an ND film whose density changes continuously from the density of the first region to the density of the second region.
US08755121B2	Laser marked device An optical device projecting one or more synthetically magnified images that has been laser marked with one or more static two dimensional (2D) images is provided. The static 2D image(s) laser marked on or within this device and the synthetically magnified image(s) projected by this device help determine the authenticity of a document (e.g., passport data page) or product that employs it. Several embodiments of the inventive device also offer increased resistance to tampering or alteration and wear.
US08755115B2	3D image projection system A 3D image projection system has a display screen having an array of pixels, an array of pixel pyramids associated with the array of pixels, and a projector configured to project light onto the display screen.
US08755109B2	Color electronic paper device and manufacturing method thereof A color electronic paper device and manufacturing method thereof are provided. The device includes: a front panel; a color filter layer, placed over the front panel; a color protection layer, being a thermoplastic transparent layer placed over the color filter layer; an adhesive layer, placed over the color protection layer; and a cover, placed over the adhesive layer.
US08755106B2	Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device, method of operating the same, and method of forming the same A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device, method of operating the MEMS device, and a method of forming the MEMS device are provided. The MEMS device includes a positioning mechanism and a locking mechanism. The positioning mechanism includes a first arm structure having a first surface and a second surface; a second arm structure having a first surface and a second surface; wherein the first surface of the first arm structure faces the first surface of the second arm structure. The positioning mechanism also includes a first actuator disposed adjacent to the second surface of the first arm structure facing away from the second arm structure; and a second actuator disposed adjacent to the second surface of the second arm structure facing away from the first arm structure. The locking mechanism includes a first pair of locking elements arranged such that each locking element is disposed at two opposite side surfaces of the first arm structure between the first and second surfaces of the first arm structure; and a second pair of locking elements arranged such that each locking element is disposed at two opposite side surfaces of the second arm structure between the first and second surfaces of the second arm structure. The first and second pairs of locking elements are configured to engage with and disengage from the first and second arm structures respectively.
US08755103B2	Plasma shutter forming apparatus and forming method A plasma shutter forming apparatus for forming a plasma shutter used in a system configured to generate and accelerate radiations by irradiating a target with a laser pulse and generating a high-density plasma for blocking the laser pulse which is returned as a feedback light to upstream of the system without being absorbed by the high-density plasma, including a plasma shutter generating target, and a plasma shutter triggering laser irradiator, wherein the laser pulse from the plasma shutter triggering laser irradiator is directed to the plasma shutter generating target to generate the high-density plasma and form the plasma shutter, thereby blocking the laser pulse which is returned as the feedback light. Optics are prevented from becoming damaged by feedback light reflecting when generating the high-density plasma in a laser-driven radiation generating system and returning back to the upstream of the laser system.
US08755094B2	Method of measuring irradiation position shift and focus shift in optical scanning apparatus A pupil splitting lens that splits a pupil of a light beam from a deflector into a plurality of light beams in a main scanning direction of the deflector and a pupil splitting lens that splits the light beam into a plurality of light beams in a sub-scanning direction are disposed relative to a light detection element. The light detection element detects image forming positions of the four light beams formed as a result of the splitting by the plurality of pupil splitting lenses. A CPU determines the amount of focus shift and the amount of image forming position shift from these four image forming positions.
US08755090B2	Image reading apparatus The image reading apparatus includes an operation unit operated by a user for detecting an instruction from the user, a transportation unit for transporting a read medium, a medium detector for detecting the read medium, a reader for reading the read medium, and an instruction detector for detecting the instruction from the user. The instruction detector is different from the operation unit. Moreover, the apparatus includes a controller for performing control, based on the instruction from the user. The instruction detector is valid between a time when the medium detector detects the read medium and a time when reading the read medium is finished.
US08755085B2	Image forming apparatus for forming color image having tint easy to see for user An image forming apparatus includes: a display section to display plural patterns having the same shape and different tints on the same screen; a selecting section which a user selects a desired pattern from the plural patterns displayed on the display section; a determining section which the user inputs a determination concerning whether the desired pattern selected with the selecting section is suitable; and a control section to set, according to the input to the determining section, a tint of a toner image formed by an image forming section.
US08755077B2	Device information providing system for providing information through a web page included in each of a main electronic device and a sub-electronic device A device information providing system includes a main electronic device including: a main-side external communication unit configured to communicate with an information processing device; a main-side inter-device communication unit configured to communicate with a sub-electronic device; a main-side HTTP server configured to provide a main-side page including a Web page of the main electronic device; and a main-side communication control unit configured to: (i) disconnect a main-side normal connection when a connection to a sub-side switching URL is requested by the information processing device while the main-side normal connection is established, and (ii) establish a main-side transfer connection. The sub-electronic device includes: the sub-side inter-device communication unit configured to communicate with the main-side inter-device communication unit and the sub-side HTTP server configured to provide a sub-side page to which the sub-side switching URL used to switch the connection assigned, the sub-side page including a Web page of the sub-electronic device.
US08755074B2	Updating a job list in a server after shutdown when the server is rebooted A print server apparatus to communicate with a printer includes a holding unit, a change unit, a storing unit, an acquisition unit, and an update unit. The holding unit stores a job list including a plurality of print job data pieces. In response to a shutdown instruction being received, the change unit discards print job data whose status of issuance processing is in issuance, instructs the printer to cancel the print job, and discards print job data whose status of issuance processing is in issuance wait. The storing unit stores the changed job list as a first job list. The acquisition unit acquires from the printer, a job list including a plurality of print job data pieces as a second job list in response to the print server apparatus being rebooted. The update unit updates the stored first job list based on the acquired second job list.
US08755070B2	Printing apparatus, control method for printing apparatus, and program, that supplies power based on a predetermined temperature A printing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input a print job, a print unit configured to perform print processing onto a print medium based on the print job input by the input unit, a receiving unit configured to receive a request for shutting off power supply of the printing apparatus, an execution unit configured to execute processing for shifting to a state where power supply of the print unit can be shut off, in response to the fact that the request has been received by the receiving unit, and a control unit configured to perform control, if a request for shutting off a power supply of the printing apparatus is received by the receiving unit, to prevent the print processing based on the print job from being executed, and on the other hand, to permit execution of processing based on another job different from the print job.
US08755061B2	Display input device and display method highlighting characters based upon word data and prediction data and image forming apparatus provided therewith A display input device 1 includes: a display part 11 displaying character string regions; an input part 12 accepting operation; a storage part 18 storing data including data for an image; and a display control part 10 controlling the display at the display part. The display control part 10 judges whether or not, of the character string regions, the adjacent character string regions include the same character string, and if they include the same character string, makes the display part highlight characters other than the same character string.
US08755057B2	Host apparatus and method to share favorite image reading apparatuses thereof A host apparatus and a method to share favorite image reading apparatuses thereof are provided. The method to share favorite image reading apparatuses of a host apparatus includes registering at least one of searched image reading apparatuses to a list of favorite image reading apparatuses; selecting at least one of the registered favorite image reading apparatuses to be shared; activating a sharing function to share the selected favorite image reading apparatus; transmitting the list of favorite image reading apparatuses to or receiving a list of favorite image reading apparatuses from another host apparatus of which the sharing function is activated. Therefore, a universal driver may share a list of favorite image reading apparatuses.
US08755049B2	Optical real-time soil sensor A light sensing apparatus for measuring the reflectance of sub surface soil in real-time while attached to a moving vehicle is disclosed. Reflectance measurements from the apparatus can be related to the organic matter content of the soil. The apparatus is housed in a corrosion resistant enclosure having field rebuildable wear surfaces. The wear surfaces help extend the life of the apparatus by isolating the apparatus's main enclosure from soil abrasion. The wear surfaces also assist in conditioning the sensed soil surface by smoothing the surface prior to sensing. Signal conditioning circuitry in the apparatus is utilized to reject the influence of ambient light in the advent that the soil/apparatus interface opens. A digital processor or other “intelligent controller” is utilized in the apparatus to auto calibrate the apparatus in real-time and/or use predetermined tables or mathematical relationships in order to convert reflectance information into organic matter measurements.
US08755046B2	Spectrometer, and image evaluating unit and image forming device incorporating the same A spectrometer includes a light source to project a light beam to a target object, a spectral element to disperse the light beam reflected by the target object and including a diffraction element to diffract the light beam, and a light receiving element to receive, at pixels, light beams with different spectral characteristics from each other dispersed by the spectral element, wherein the diffraction element and the light receiving element are integrally formed.
US08755035B2	Light scanning device, laser radar device, and light scanning method An on-vehicle laser radar device scans laser light in front and side zones through the windshield glass of a vehicle in a horizontal direction in order to detect an obstacle. When projecting the laser light emitted from the light source to the windshield glass, the device rotates a polarization plane of the laser light according to the angle of inclination of the windshield glass and an azimuth angle in the horizontal direction, and outputs the polarized laser light through the windshield glass in order to scan the laser light toward front and side visual zones of the vehicle.
US08755032B2	Radiation source and lithographic apparatus A radiation source is configured to generate extreme ultraviolet radiation. The radiation source includes a plasma formation site located at a position in which a fuel will be contacted by a beam of radiation to form a plasma, an outlet configured to allow gas to exit the radiation source, and a contamination trap at least partially located inside the outlet. The contamination trap is configured to trap debris particles that are generated with the formation of the plasma.
US08755029B2	Immersion lithography apparatus and tank thereof An immersion lithography apparatus including a container, at least a liquid, a platform, a fixture, a roller, a light source, and a filter is provided. The container includes a bottom plate, a plurality of side plates, and a bearing hole penetrated through one of the side plates. The liquid is filled in the container. The platform is immersed in the liquid. The platform includes a pair of axles. The axles are parallel to the bottom plate. One of the axles passes through the bearing hole. The fixture is mounted on the platform for clamping a mask and a wafer. The roller is connected to the axle, passes through the bearing hole, and is operated to rotate the connected axle. The light source generates ultraviolet light to incident on the mask and the wafer. The filter is located between the light source and the fixture.
US08755025B2	Substrate transport apparatus and method, exposure apparatus and exposure method, and device fabricating method A method for exposing a substrate includes holding the substrate on a substrate holding member, irradiating, via a liquid, a light beam to the substrate on the substrate holding member, and removing, after the exposure of the substrate via the liquid, a liquid remained on the substrate before supporting the substrate by a transferring member. The transferring member transfers the exposed substrate from the substrate holding member to outside of the substrate holding member.
US08755021B2	System for cooling an electronic image assembly with manifolds and ambient gas A system for cooling an electronic image assembly using ambient gas. The system contains a plurality of channels place behind the electronic image assembly and preferably in conductive thermal communication with the image assembly. Ambient gas is ingested into the display housing and directed to a first manifold which distributes the ambient gas to the plurality of channels. A second manifold preferably collects the ambient gas from the channels after absorbing heat from the electronic image assembly and/or channels. The second manifold then preferably directs the ambient gas towards an exit aperture and out of the display housing. Circulating gas may also be used to cool a front portion of the electronic image assembly. A cross through plate may be used to allow the ambient gas and circulating gas to cross paths without mixing.
US08755018B2	Liquid crystal display mother panel comprising primary spacers and secondary spacers wherein the primary spacers are surrounded by a primary sealant element An embodiment of the present invention provides a liquid crystal display mother panel comprising: a color filter substrate; an array substrate opposite to the color filter substrate; and a primary sealant element, a secondary sealant element, primary spacers and secondary spacers disposed between the color filter substrate and the array substrate. The secondary spacers have a height different from that of the primary spacers, and the primary spacers and the secondary spacers maintain a same distance between the color filter substrate and the array substrate when they are against structural layers on the two substrates, respectively.
US08755007B2	Liquid crystal device, electronic apparatus and lighting device In a liquid crystal device, when the local dimming is adopted, at a light guide plate of a lighting device, light guide plate portions having a trapezoidal planar shape where two sides facing each other in the Y-axis direction have different lengths are arranged in the X-axis direction to have reverse orientations in the Y-axis direction. A light emitting element emits the light of a light source from the end surface of the light guide plate portion which is located at a short side into the light guide plate portion. A light scattering surface is installed at the space between the light guide plate portions.
US08754997B2	Electro-optical device and electronic equipment An electro-optical device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate having one surface opposite to the first substrate; a support member configured to hold the first and second substrates with the second substrate located outside the first substrate, and to include a frame portion surrounding the first and second substrates; a first conductive film formed on the other surface of the second substrate; and a conductor layer placed between the frame portion and the first and second substrates, and electrically connected to the first conductive film. The first conductive film is held at a constant potential via the conductor layer.
US08754992B1	Interactive remote control programming method A system and method for programming a remote control includes pressing keys to enter a programming mode. State changes are communicated from the remote to a set top box. A user selects a device to be controlled and instructions are communicated to a user. The set top box tracks signals received from the remote corresponding to a device code entered by the user into the remote. A program guides and informs the user of programming success or failure based on signals received by the set top box. The remote includes a transmitter and runs a program associating a particular device code with a particular electronic device. The set top box includes a receiver for receiving signals from the transmitter and runs a program providing an interface on a display. The interface guides the user through programming in response to signals received by the set top box from the remote.
US08754990B2	Method and system for processing chroma signals Methods and systems for processing chroma signals are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include compensating a modulated chroma signal for distortions due to audio trap filtering. The compensated chroma signal may be demodulated to generate U and V chroma signals. The U and V chroma signals may be low pass filtered, and then YC aligned. YC alignment may comprise correcting portions of the U and V chroma signals based on the luma signal. The correction may be based on, for example, correlation between the U and V chroma signals and the Y luma signal, and/or energy level of the Y luma signal. The corrected U and V chroma signals may be chroma sharpened, where a gain parameter may be changed to change a transition slope for the U and V chroma signals. The chroma sharpened signals may also be clamped to reduce overshoot and undershoot.
US08754986B2	Digital broadcast receiver and method for processing caption thereof A digital cable broadcast receiver and a method for automatically processing caption data of various standards and types, is disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes: a demultiplexer for dividing a received broadcast stream into video data, audio data, supplementary information; a controller for determining whether caption data included in the video data is digital caption data or analog caption data on the basis of caption information included in the supplementary information, and outputting a control signal according to a result of the determining; a digital caption decoder for extracting and decoding digital caption data from the video data according to the control signal; and an analog caption decoder for extracting and decoding analog caption data from the video data according to the control signal.
US08754981B2	Imaging apparatus with supporting device having improved heat dissipation An imaging apparatus capable of reducing increase in the temperature of a supporting device coupling section is provided. The imaging apparatus includes a supporting device fixing portion having a screw hole to which a supporting device can be coupled, a supporting device receiving portion which has an exposed surface formed around the entrance of the screw hole and is configured to receive the supporting device, and an exterior section having an outer surface formed around an opening. The supporting device fixing portion and the supporting device receiving portion are formed as separate portions.
US08754972B2	Integrated multi-channel analog front end and digitizer for high speed imaging applications A module for high speed image processing includes an image sensor for generating a plurality of analog outputs representing an image and a plurality of HDDs for concurrently processing the plurality of analog outputs. Each HDD is an integrated circuit configured to process in parallel a predetermined set of the analog outputs. Each channel of the HDD can include an AFE for conditioning a signal representing one sensor analog output, an ADC for converting a conditioned signal into a digital signal, and a data formatting block for calibrations and formatting the digital signal for transport to an off-chip device. The HDDs and drive electronics are combined with the image sensor into one package to optimize signal integrity and high dynamic range, and to achieve high data rates through use of synchronized HDD channels. Combining multiple modules results in a highly scalable imaging subsystem optimized for inspection and metrology applications.
US08754971B2	Image sensing apparatus and image capturing system An image sensing apparatus includes a pixel unit which has an array of a plurality of groups each including a plurality of pixels arrayed in a row direction and a column direction, and an adding unit configured to add, of pixel signals output from the plurality of pixels arrayed in the groups, homochromatic pixel signals. The adding unit has, for each group, a common pixel amplifier commonly connected to homochromatic pixels. The adding unit adds the pixel signals of the homochromatic pixels in the gate portion of the common pixel amplifier so that the spatial centers of gravity of the pixels added in the group are arranged at equal pitches in at least one of the row direction and the column direction.
US08754962B2	Apparatus and method for supporting zoom microphone functional in mobile terminal A method and apparatus support a zoom microphone function in a mobile terminal. The apparatus includes a plurality of microphones, a camera, and a controller. Each of the plurality of microphones has a different directional characteristic. The camera captures an image. And the controller determines a zoom level of the camera, and adjusts gains of the plurality of microphones based on a zoom range to which the zoom level belongs.
US08754961B2	Apparatus and method for generating image data from overlapping regions of images Apparatus comprises at least one processor; at least one memory having computer-readable code stored thereon; a first camera module configured to provide first image data representative of a first image; and a second camera module configured to provide second image data representative of a second image. The first and second camera modules are arranged either side of an axis about which the first camera module is rotatable relative to the second camera module, and are arranged such that, when the first camera module is rotated relative to the second camera module by less than a threshold angle, a region of the first image overlaps a region of the second image. The computer-readable code, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to process the first image data and the second image data; and to generate third image data representative of a third image, the third image representing at least corresponding portions of the overlapping regions of the first and second images.
US08754950B2	Driving device and imaging device Provided is a driving device having a rod-like terminal capable of stably fixing an SMA and connecting a conductive member without preventing the size of the driving device from being reduced and affecting the performance of the SMA. Also provided is an imaging device. The driving device is equipped with a string-shaped shape-memory alloy as a driving source and includes: a base member serving as the base of the driving device; and the rod-like terminal made of a metal penetrating the base member and secured to the base member. One end side of the rod-like terminal is caulked to interpose and hold the shape-memory alloy, and the other end side of the rod-like terminal has a crimp portion where the conductive member for supplying current to the shape-memory alloy is crimped and fixed.
US08754945B2	Image capturing device and motion tracking method In a motion tracking method using an image capturing device that is installed on a track system, images of a monitored area are captured in real-time using a lens of the image capturing device. The captured images are analyzed to check for motion in the monitored area, and a movement direction of the motion is determined when the motion is detected in the monitored area. The image capturing device is controlled to move along the track system to track the motion using a driving device according to the movement direction.
US08754942B2	Detection device and method for detecting fires and/or signs of fire Fire detector installations comprise fire detectors as sensor devices for detecting fires, smoke, flames or other signs of fire, and are used in both public buildings, such as schools or museums, and in private buildings. The invention relates to a detection device (1) for detecting fires and/or signs of fire in an area to be monitored, said detection device comprising an image-producing sensor element (2) for emitting image data, and an optical element (3) mounted upstream of the sensor element (2), which together form a camera system (6) for monitoring the area to be monitored. The detection device also comprises an evaluation element (8) designed to detect fires or signs of fire in the area to be monitored by evaluating the image data. The optical element (3) is arranged and/or embodied in such a way that the field of vision (4) of the camera system has a maximum viewing angle alpha of at least 120°, preferably at least 150°, and especially at least 180°, in at least one plane which is coplanar to the direction of observation (5) of the camera system (6).
US08754936B2	Three dimensional shape measurement apparatus A three dimensional shape measurement apparatus includes an illumination section and a grating transfer unit. The illumination section includes a light source unit generating a light and a grating unit changing the light generated by the light source unit into a grating pattern light having a grating pattern. The illumination section illuminates the grating pattern light onto a measurement target in a predetermined direction. The grating transfer unit transfers the grating unit in a predetermined inclination direction with respect to an extension direction of the grating pattern and an arrangement direction of the grating pattern. Thus, manufacturing cost may be reduced, and the three dimensional shape measurement apparatus may be easily managed.
US08754933B2	Miniature photographic apparatus The present invention discloses a miniature photographic apparatus applicable to an endoscopic device, and including a casing, at least one light source device and at least one viewing lens device. The casing is disposed at a front end of the endoscopic device. The casing includes an accommodating space. The light source device is disposed in the accommodating space, and emits at least one light and includes a first protecting layer at a front end of the light source device. The viewing lens device is disposed in the accommodating space and includes a second protecting layer at a front end of the viewing lens device. The second protecting layer is separated from the first protecting layer to prevent lights reflected by the second protecting layer from entering into the viewing lens device.
US08754932B2	Method and apparatus for displaying 3-dimensional image and method and apparatus for controlling shutter glasses An image display method includes alternately receiving left and right images of a 3D image; and turning on a backlight such that the backlight is on only in periods when the left images are displayed or only in periods when the right images are displayed. A method of controlling shutter glasses separately for left and right images of a three-dimensional (3D) image includes alternately receiving the left and right images of the 3D image; and opening two shutters of the shutter glasses only in periods when the left images are received or only in periods when the right images are received.
US08754929B1	Real time vergence control for 3D video capture and display This invention relates to the recording and display three-dimensional (3D) images, notably in real-time video capture. This invention focuses on the ability to alter vergence instantaneously through software in order to amend disparities caused by differences between focal length and vergence distance. No mechanical means are necessary for amending both horizontal and vertical disparity. The ability to vary vergence allows selected images to be made to appear behind, level with, or in front of a display screen. While the invention is useful for consumer displays in television and films, the invention may also be used, for example, for visualizing weather, for mapping, for seismic surveys or for aircraft flight control. It is applicable, in real time, throughout the electro-magnetic spectrum particularly in the visible, infra-red and microwave portions.
US08754927B2	Video display screen with camera position optimized for video conferencing A video display device adapted for video conferencing where a camera is placed in the line of sight of the screen. If both users of a video conference are using this device, they will look straight at each other and one will appear to be looking directly into the other's face.
US08754924B1	System and method for enabling virtual live video A system for enabling virtual live video, comprising a live video media server; a host computing device comprising at least a processor, a memory, a camera, a microphone, and a display; and a plurality of participant computing devices comprising at least a processor, a memory, a camera, a microphone, and a display. A host user establishes a session using the host computing device and a plurality of participants log in to the session each using one of the plurality of participant computing devices; at least some of the participants are selected for live video viewing by the host, whereupon the respective participant computing devices are directed by the host computing device to activate their cameras and microphones; and the host computing device subscribes to each of the activated cameras' video feeds and a plurality of participant video feeds is displayed in a grid on the host computing device.
US08754919B2	Optical writing unit and image forming apparatus including same An optical writing unit includes in a housing a light source projecting a light beam, a deflector to deflect the light beam projected from the light source, a focusing lens, and a lens adjusting device. The focusing lens is long in a main scanning direction and focuses the light beam onto a scan target. The lens adjusting device rotates the focusing lens about a substantially center portion thereof as a rotation fulcrum on a plane perpendicular to an optical path of the light beam so as to adjust the position of the light beam illuminating the scan target. The focusing lens has an asymmetric cross-section relative to a center line of the focusing lens in a direction of the optical path in a sub-scanning plane perpendicular to the main scanning direction, and the center of gravity of the focusing lens is offset from the center line toward the rotation fulcrum.
US08754917B2	Printer The disclosure discloses a printer. The printer comprises a feeder, a driving device, a printing head, a power feed device configured to supply electric power, a battery accommodating part configured to selectively accommodate either one of a primary battery and a secondary battery, a voltage detecting device, an exhaustion determining part configured to determine whether or not a print load voltage has reached a threshold value for exhaustion determination, a notification part configured to perform predetermined notification processing, a first setting part configured to set the threshold value to a first threshold value, a second setting part configured to store a threshold value for constant load voltage determination, a constant load voltage determining part configured to determine whether or not the constant load voltage has reached the threshold value, and a threshold value changing part configured to change the first threshold value to a second threshold value.
US08754915B2	Image forming device According to an embodiment, an image forming device has a printing unit for printing an image on a sheet, a holding unit for holding the sheet that has been printed by the printing unit, a recovery unit for recovering the sheet from the holding unit, an erasing unit for erasing the image on the sheet recovered by the recovery unit, and a control unit configured to command the recovery unit to recover the sheet held by the holding unit if a predetermined condition is met.
US08754907B2	Range of focus in an augmented reality application A computer-implemented augmented reality method includes receiving one or more indications, entered on a mobile computing device by a user of the mobile computing device, of a distance range for determining items to display with an augmented reality application, the distance range representing geographic distance from a base point where the mobile computing device is located. The method also includes selecting, from items in a computer database, one or more items that are located within the distance range from the mobile computing device entered by the user, and providing data for representing labels for the selected one or more items on a visual display of the mobile computing device, the labels corresponding to the selected items, and the items corresponding to geographical features that are within the distance range as measure from the mobile computing device.
US08754902B2	Color-space selective darkness and lightness adjustment Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for color-space selective darkness and lightness improvements. In one aspect, a method accessing multiple pixels that represent a digital image in an RGB color space. The accessed pixels are processed based on a darkness of the digital image resulting in a first set of processed pixels, and separately based on a lightness of the digital image resulting in a second set of processed pixels. Both sets of processed pixels are combined to generate a processed output image.
US08754886B2	Systems and methods for transporting physical objects from real physical life into virtual worlds Systems and methods for transporting physical objects from real physical life into virtual worlds. Briefly stated, the method includes receiving characteristic and structure data from an object constructed in the real world. The characteristic and structure data is obtained from the object using a plurality of sensors placed in the vicinity of the object to sense the characteristics and structure of the object. The characteristic and structure data of the object is used to produce code necessary to create an equivalent representation of the object in a virtual world.
US08754883B2	Control method of output signal from timing controller in flat panel display device An exemplary control method of an output signal (e.g., from a timing controller in a flat panel display device) is adapted to be operative with a first signal with multiple pulses. In the control method, during a first time segment including part of the pulses of the first signal, a first enable signal is provided passing through a transmission path after a first time length from a rising edge of each of the part of the pulses. During a second time segment including another part of the pulses of the first signal, a second enable signal is provided passing through a part of the transmission path after a second time length from a rising edge of each of the another part of the pulses. The first time length is shorter than the second time length.
US08754878B2	Display substrate, method of manufacturing the display substrate and display device having the display substrate A display substrate includes a first storage line, a second storage line, a first data line, a second data line, a storage electrode, a first sub-storage electrode and a second sub-storage electrode. The first storage line is extended in a first direction. The second storage line is spaced apart from and parallel to the first storage line. The first data line is extended in a second direction. The second data line is spaced apart from and parallel to the first data line. The storage electrode is connected to the first and second storage lines, and extended in the second direction. The storage electrode is disposed on an interval area between the first and second data lines. The first sub-storage electrode is overlapped with a first area of the storage electrode. The second sub-storage electrode is overlapped with a second area of the storage electrode.
US08754874B2	Negative pixel compensation Negative pixel compensation in a touch sensor panel is disclosed. A method can compensate for a negative pixel effect in touch signal outputs due to poor grounding of an object touching the panel. To do so, the method can include determining at least one bound for a negative pixel compensation factor based on touch signal values, estimating the compensation factor within the determined bound based on the touch signal values that are negative, where the negative values indicate the presence of the negative pixel effect, and applying the estimated compensation factor to the touch signal outputs to compensate the touch signal values for the negative pixel effect.
US08754864B2	Touch-screen keyboard facilitating touch typing with minimal finger movement A system, method and computer-readable medium for using a touch-screen keyboard. A keyboard operation module generates geometric shapes for display on a touch-screen display, each geometric shape corresponding to a respective finger of a user. Each geometric shape includes characters at predefined locations around the perimeter of the geometric shape. The keyboard operation module detects a sliding movement of a finger in contact with the touch-screen display from inside a geometric shape and toward the perimeter of the geometric shape. The keyboard operation module then determines that the sliding movement is in the direction of a particular character positioned around the perimeter of the geometric shape and selects the particular character for display in a text entry area of the touch-screen display.
US08754861B2	Touch-screen keyboard facilitating touch typing with minimal finger movement A system, method and computer-readable medium for using a touch-screen keyboard. A keyboard operation module generates geometric shapes for display on a touch-screen display, each geometric shape corresponding to a respective finger of a user. Each geometric shape includes characters at predefined locations around the perimeter of the geometric shape. The keyboard operation module detects a sliding movement of a finger in contact with the touch-screen display from inside a geometric shape and toward the perimeter of the geometric shape. The keyboard operation module then determines that the sliding movement is in the direction of a particular character positioned around the perimeter of the geometric shape and selects the particular character for display in a text entry area of the touch-screen display.
US08754858B2	Method to parameterize and recognize circular gestures on touch sensitive surfaces A method to parameterize and recognize circular gestures on touch sensitive surfaces includes dividing the touch sensitive surface into four quadrants, detecting a transition from a first quadrant into a second quadrant, time-stamping and tracking each detected quadrant transition, and computing the time between quadrant transitions so that the circular speed and direction of the circular gestures on the touch sensitive surface can be detected. The detected direction can be either a clockwise or a counter-clockwise direction.
US08754847B2	Interactive three-dimensional display system and method of calculating distance An interactive three-dimensional display system includes a three-dimensional display panel which has an optical sensor array, an interactive device which includes a projection light source and a shadow mask, and an image recognizing unit. The shadow mask has a pattern to define an image projected by the interactive device. The image is captured by the optical sensor array. The pattern includes two strip patterns which cross each other. The image includes two strip images which cross each other. The image recognizing unit is electrically connected with the optical sensor array and calculates relative positions of the interactive device and the three-dimensional display panel according to the image. A method of calculating the relative positions includes calculating according to the lengths of one of the strip patterns and one of the strip images, and a divergent angle and tilt angle of the projection light source.
US08754842B2	Combined display and image capture without simple or compound lenses for video conferencing eye-contact and other applications An integrated display and camera without simple or compound lenses comprising interleaved light-emitting and light-sensing/photosensor elements. Image formation without use of a simple or compound lens can be obtained via software algorithms operating on light-sensing measurements, for example implementing a two-dimensional deconvolution operation defined by the transfer function imposed by a microoptic array. For example, a microoptic aperture array can be configured to comprise localized optical overlaps which are readily deconvolved or otherwise solved for by an algorithm. Associated microoptic structures can be as simple as apertures or can be more complex, for example including microlenses. Display and photosensor elements can include color capabilities. Light-sensing elements can be similar, nearly, or essentially identical in structure and/or composition to the light-emitting element. Light-emitting elements can comprise an Organic Light Emitting Diode, and can be configured for light-detection modalities, for example emitting light and detecting light simultaneously. Applications include providing eye contact in video conferencing.
US08754839B2	Method for driving display device A method for driving a display device in which characteristics of a transistor including an oxide semiconductor can approximately be recovered to characteristics before deterioration is provided. In the method for driving the display device, by which images are displayed with the use of a plurality of frame periods, the display device is driven so that a voltage of 20 V or higher can be applied to a gate of a transistor, which is a driving element, for 1 millisecond or longer in a period, in which any one of scan lines is selected, in each frame period. For a plurality of frame periods, the rows are selected so that a voltage of 20 V or higher is applied to gates of all of the transistors which are driving elements for 1 millisecond or longer, whereby characteristics of the transistor can approximately be recovered to characteristics before deterioration.
US08754833B2	Pixel circuit, display device, and method of driving pixel circuit A pixel circuit, display device, and method of driving a pixel circuit enabling source-follower output with no deterioration of luminance even with a change of the current-voltage characteristic of the light emitting element along with elapse, enabling a source-follower circuit of n-channel transistors, and able to use an n-channel transistor as an EL drive transistor while using current anode-cathode electrodes, wherein a source of a TFT 111 as a drive transistor is connected to an anode of a light emitting element 114, a drain is connected to a power source potential VCC, a capacitor C111 is connected between a gate and source of the TFT 111, and a source potential of the TFT 111 is connected to a fixed potential through a TFT 113 as a switching transistor.
US08754822B1	Tuning elements for specific absorption rate reduction A user device having a multi-band slot antenna with multiple slot openings in conductive material and one or more tuning elements physically coupled to the multi-band slot antenna is described.
US08754808B2	Globally referenced positioning in a shielded environment A method, apparatus and system for globally referenced positioning in a shielded environment includes integrating and correlating information from a UWB receiver, a GPS receiver, and a bent-path GPS receiver adapted to extract a GPS radio frequency wave from a heterodyned GPS signal. The method, apparatus, and system is resistant to interference and can be used in a shielded environment such as indoors or behind a line-of-sight barrier.
US08754799B2	Correlated double-sample differencing within an ADC A circuit system for performing correlated double sampling may include a signal sampling stage having an amplifier with a feedback capacitor and a pair of storage capacitors coupled to an output of the amplifier, and a differential analog to digital converter (ADC) having a pair of inputs coupled respectively to storage capacitors of the signal sampling stage. The signal sampling stage may receive reset and signal values from a sensor device and may store processed versions of those signals on respective storage capacitors. The differential ADC may generate a digital value representing a signal captured by the sensor device from a differential digitization operation performed on the processed versions of the reset and signal values. In this manner, the system may correct for any signal errors introduced by components of the sampling stage.
US08754793B2	Time-to-digital converter with built-in self test Apparatuses and methods related to time-to-digital converters (TDCs) are herein described. Generally, a time-to-digital converter is a device which measures a time period or time interval and outputs a digital value representing the measured time period. In an implementation, an apparatus is provided comprising a time-to-digital converter circuit, which further comprises a built-in self test (BIST). The built-in self test may be implemented using one or more oscillators coupled to the time-to-digital converter via one or more multiplexer devices.
US08754785B2	Image data collection from mobile vehicles with computer, GPS, and IP-based communication A system and method to capture a plurality of images and store the captured images. The system has multiple camera systems capable of transmitting image data. At least one camera system is equipped with an apparatus for determining location coordinates such as GPS. A computer system monitors location coordinates, retrieves image data from the camera systems, and stores the image data into a file. A contiguous array of location coordinates is entered and the computer system locates camera systems within the contiguous array of location coordinates; retrieves image data from the located camera systems; and files the image data taken from each of the camera systems to obtain a file of image data. The system provides the ability to serially interleave frames or video captured from multiple sources.
US08754784B2	System for providing parking information based on dual wireless communication and method thereof A system for providing parking information based on dual wireless communication including a vehicle terminal configured to connect to a server via a first wireless communication network when a parking information request is generated, and configured to connect to the server via a second wireless communication network if a connection via the first wireless communication network is failed, thereby receiving and displaying the parking information on a screen.
US08754783B2	Estimating parking space occupancy using radio-frequency identification An example system configured to determine a status of a parking space includes an RFID reader, and at least one RFID tag positioned at the parking space. The RFID reader interrogates the RFID tag. The RFID reader determines that the parking space is unoccupied when the RFID reader receives a response from the RFID tag. The RFID reader determines that the parking space is occupied when the RFID reader fails to receive the response from the RFID tag.
US08754782B2	Vehicle wrong-way travel detection device A vehicle wrong-way travel detection device includes a map information storage unit where map information is stored, a decision-making point setting unit that sets, based upon the map information stored in the map information storage unit, the connecting point located ahead along a subject vehicle traveling direction as a decision-making point, a wrong-way travel decision-making area setting unit that sets wrong-way travel decision-making areas for at least one of a plurality of roads connected to the decision-making point, and a wrong-way travel decision-making unit that makes a decision, based upon the direction of traffic flow set for a unidirectional traffic road connected to the decision-making point and the subject vehicle traveling direction, as to whether or not the subject vehicle is traveling against the flow of traffic on the unidirectional traffic road.
US08754778B2	Energy saving exit sign retrofit lighting system using light emitting diodes The present invention relates to an exit sign retrofit lighting system kit including a low profile switch mode power supply contained in internal and external enclosure and use Light Emitting Diodes with long life. The system is powered by a high energy efficient switch mode power supply with low power consumption. The height of this lighting system is very close to half of one inch or less. This kit can be used to save energy in existing Exit Sign fixtures using Tungsten filament lamps or linear fluorescent lamp or compact fluorescent lamp. This kit can be also used with Box type and Edge lit Exit Signs. The long life time of Light Emitting Diodes makes it practically maintenance free, in addition to saving considerable energy.
US08754770B2	System and method for beyond perimeter detection and early warning A system for beyond perimeter detection and early warning may comprise multiple sensors positioned in a first field, a number of reflectors positioned in a second field outside a first perimeter defined by the first field, and one or more transceivers. Each transceiver may comprise a transmitter to transmit radio frequency (RF) signals, a first and a second receiver to receive signals from some of a set of the of the multiple sensors and reflected signals from some/all of the reflectors in response to the transmitted RF signals. The transceiver may also include a monitor module to detect a perturbed signal resulting from the received sensor signals and reflected signals, and an alarm module to generate an early warning alarm signal based on the detection of the perturbed signal to indicate that an intruder has crossed a second perimeter defined by the second field.
US08754769B2	Systems and methods for determining container contents, locations, and surroundings Systems and methods are provided for determining whether and/or when a patient is taking his or her medication and, when appropriate, providing reminders and/or alerts to the patient to improve adherence to a medication regimen. In some embodiments, a medication container is provided that includes a capacitance sensor for sensing the contents of the medication container (e.g., pill count or quantity of liquid medication). The capacitance sensor may include interleaved or interdigitated electrodes oriented vertically, horizontally, or angularly (e.g., diagonally) relative to an axis of the medication container. Reminders and/or alerts to the patient may be triggered based at least in part on the contents of the medication container, when a cap of the container was last opened and/or closed, the location of the medication container, and/or the container's surroundings.
US08754766B2	Providing emergency communication services using a vehicle telematics unit and a mobile device A system and method for providing a communication about a potential vehicular crash via a vehicle telematics unit and a personal mobile device. In one embodiment, the method carried out by the system receives a notification of a potential vehicular crash from a personal mobile device located at the vehicle. Then, the method confirms the occurrence of the crash by the vehicle telematics unit. Later, the method provides a wireless communication about the crash to one or more parties.
US08754765B2	Notifying a user of an available media object Among other features, notification is presented on a mobile device to a user to advise the user of the availability of a media object that (a) has been received from a server and stored on the mobile device without the user having been aware of the receipt or storage, or (b) has newly become available for streaming from the server to the mobile device.
US08754763B2	Security alarm systems and methods An alarm system having one or more computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions for providing notification of an alarm event to individual(s). The computer-executable instructions perform steps comprising: receiving an alarm event from an alarm system; determining a customer associated with the alarm event; determining at least one individual that is to be contacted based upon the customer that has been determined as being associated with the alarm event; selecting a transmission vector from a plurality of available transmission vectors; associating the selected transmission vector with the alarm event; sending an alarm event notification to the individual(s) utilizing the selected transmission vector; and awaiting a response to the alarm event notification. The response may provide a response vector which can be used to route the response to an appropriate agent.
US08754762B2	Apparatus for generating operating sound of vehicle Disclosed herein is an apparatus for generating an operating sound of a vehicle, which does not require a separate installation space and thus imposes no spatial limitations on the design of the vehicle. The apparatus includes a rotatable mechanism and a film The rotatable mechanism is driven by a motor, and is provided with a plurality of blades. The film is provided on at least one of the blades, a first end of the film being secured to an edge of the blade and a second end being a free end.
US08754759B2	Tactile feedback in an electronic device An electronic device for providing tactile feedback is provided. The electronic device may provide tactile feedback using any suitable approach, including for example vibration, heat, electrical, visual, or any other type of feedback. The electronic device may provide tactile feedback in response to detecting any particular status of the electronic device, receiving any particular input, or detecting any suitable communication received by the electronic device. For example, the electronic device may provide tactile feedback in response to identifying the current network of the device, the status of a particular electronic device component, or any other electronic device status; in response to receiving a particular type of communication or in response to receiving a communication from a particular contact; or in response to receiving a particular user input or to detecting a user's finger on a particular portion of the electronic device.
US08754756B2	Tactile indicator which changes the texture of a surface for a portable electronic device A method includes determining a status associated with a function of a portable electronic device; and actuating a tactile status indicator to change a texture at a surface of the portable electronic device for a period of time to indicate the status.
US08754745B2	Method and electronic apparatus for creating biological feature data A method is used for creating a biological feature data in an electronic apparatus with a user-operable controller. The method includes: capturing at least a biological feature of a user in response to a control signal generated by the controller due to a manipulating input operation of the user, thereby generating a biological feature data for user verification; and storing the biological feature data for user verification in the electronic apparatus while normally executing the control signal to perform a function corresponding to the manipulating input operation of the user.
US08754741B2	High-resistance thin-film resistor and method of forming the resistor The resistance of a thin-film resistor is substantially increased by forming the thin-film resistor to line one or more non-conductive trenches. By lining the one or more non-conductive trenches, the overall length of the resistor is increased while still consuming approximately the same surface area as a conventional resistor.
US08754733B2	Portable magnetizer systems Portable magnetizer systems designed for on-site use, related to magnetizing magnetizable sheets, enclosed in a portable case which is hand-carryable.
US08754732B2	Solenoid with a tube The invention refers to a solenoid, comprising a casing. The casing houses a coil body. The coil body supports windings of electrically conducting wire. The coil body surrounds an armature housing containing an armature. The casing wall of the casing has a recess in the area of the armature housing. Between the coil body and the armature housing a tube separated from the casing is arranged. The tube is joined to the inside of the casing wall facing the coil body without roundings.
US08754731B2	Solenoid with variable reluctance plunger A solenoid for a vehicle starter includes at least one coil with a passage extending through the coil in an axial direction. The solenoid further includes a plunger configured to move in the axial direction within the passage. The plunger includes a cylindrical outer surface with a substantially uniform diameter and a circumferential notch. The cylindrical outer surface includes a first portion with a first diameter on one side of the circumferential notch, and a second portion with the first diameter on an opposite side of the circumferential notch. The circumferential notch includes a portion with a second diameter that is less than the first diameter.
US08754729B2	Short-circuit release having an optimized coil connection A short-circuit release is disclosed, in particular for a power circuit-breaker, including an armature and a pole, that are located inside of a coil element; and a yoke plate and a terminal connection, which are arranged around the coil element. In at least one embodiment, a coil is wound on the coil element, the two ends of which are weldable on corresponding coil terminals from the same side.
US08754727B2	Devices, systems, and methods for shunting a circuit breaker Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a bimetal restraint adapted to restrain a bimetal of a circuit breaker from deformation beyond a predetermined threshold during a short circuit event. In certain exemplary embodiments, the bimetal restraint can be adapted to act as a shunt during the short circuit event to transfer electrical energy from an electrical energy source to a load side of the circuit breaker.
US08754726B2	Multilayer band-pass filter In a multilayer band-pass filter, each of first-stage to third-stage LC parallel resonators includes capacitor electrodes, via electrodes, and a line electrode. Jump-coupling capacitor electrodes face the capacitor electrodes of the first-stage and third-stage LC parallel resonators. The direction in which the inductor electrode extends from the capacitor electrodes of each of the first-stage and third-stage LC parallel resonators is opposite to the direction in which the inductor electrode extends from the capacitor electrodes of the second-stage LC parallel resonator.
US08754721B2	Electronic component and signal transmission method using the electronic component Multiple transmission inductors are formed over a substrate. A signal input channel is coupled to the multiple transmission inductors and a same transmission signal is inputted to the multiple transmission inductors. A phase difference control section is provided in the signal input channel and controls a phase difference of the signal between the transmission inductors by a unit smaller than 180°.
US08754718B2	Piezoelectric device and electronic apparatus A piezoelectric device includes an insulating substrate, a piezoelectric vibration device that is mounted on a device mounting pad, a metal lid member that seals the piezoelectric vibration device in an airtight manner, an external pad that is arranged outside the insulating substrate, an oscillation circuit, a temperature compensation circuit, and a temperature sensor. The lid member and the temperature sensor or the lid member and the IC component are connected to each other so as to be heat-transferable, and a heat transfer member having thermal conductivity higher than that of the material of the insulating substrate is additionally included.
US08754717B2	Oscillators and methods of operating the same An oscillator and a method of operating the same are provided, the oscillator may include a free layer, a pinned layer on a first surface of the free layer, and a reference layer on a second surface of the free layer. The free layer may have a variable magnetization direction. The pinned layer may have a pinned magnetization direction. The reference layer may have a magnetization direction non-parallel to the magnetization direction of the pinned layer.
US08754698B2	Circuit and method for signal voltage transmission within a driver of a power semiconductor switch A circuit for signal voltage transmission within a driver contains, on its primary side, a signal input for a first signal voltage, a current source for a current correlated with the first signal voltage, a connecting line for the current, the connecting line leading from the current source to the secondary side of the driver, and, on the secondary side, a current-voltage converter for converting the current into a second signal voltage correlated with the current, and a signal output for the second signal voltage. On the primary side, the first signal voltage is applied to the signal input, the current source generates a current correlated with the signal voltage, and the current passes to the secondary side via the connecting line. On the secondary side, the current-voltage converter converts the current into the second signal voltage and the second signal voltage is output at the signal output.
US08754683B2	Locked-loop quiescence apparatus, systems, and methods Apparatus, systems, and methods disclosed herein may initialize a delay-locked loop (DLL) or phase-locked loop (PLL) to achieve a locked condition and may then initiate a quiescent mode of operation. Quiescent operation may be achieved by breaking a feedback loop associated with the DLL or PLL to prevent updates to a variable delay line associated with the DLL and/or to a variable frequency oscillator associated with the PLL. An output clock phase associated with the DLL or PLL may thus be held substantially constant following a DLL initialization period. Additional embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US08754680B2	Power-on-reset circuitry Power-on-reset circuitry is provided for integrated circuits such as programmable logic device integrated circuits. The power-on-reset circuitry may use comparator-based trip point voltage detectors to monitor power supply voltages. The trip point detectors may use circuitry to produce trip point voltages from a bandgap reference voltage. Controller logic may process signals from the trip point detectors to produce a corresponding power-on-reset signal. The power-on-reset circuitry may contain a noise filter that suppresses noise from power supply voltage spikes. Normal operation of the power-on-reset circuitry may be blocked during testing. The power-on-reset circuitry may be disabled when the bandgap reference voltage has not reached a desired level. The power-on-reset circuitry may be sensitive or insensitive to the power-up sequence used by the power supply signals. Brownout detection blocking circuitry may be provided to prevent the output from one of the trip point detectors from influencing the power-on-reset circuitry.
US08754674B2	Gate drive circuit and method of driving the same In a gate drive circuit including stages which are cascaded and which output gate signals each of the stages includes a first node, an output part, a first holding part and a second holding part. A voltage of the first node is converted to a high voltage in response to one of a vertical start signal and a carry signal of one of previous stages. The output part outputs a first clock signal as a gate signal through an output terminal in response to the high voltage of the first node. The first holding part applies a first low voltage to the output terminal, in response to a gate signal output from at least one of following stages. The second holding part applies a second low voltage, which is less than the first low voltage, to the first node in response to a gate signal output from at least one stage among following stages.
US08754671B2	Field programmable gate array utilizing two-terminal non-volatile memory Providing for a field programmable gate array (FPGA) utilizing resistive random access memory (RRAM) technology is described herein. By way of example, the FPGA can comprise a switching block interconnect having parallel signal input lines crossed by perpendicular signal output lines. RRAM memory cells can be formed at respective intersections of the signal input lines and signal output lines. The RRAM memory cell can include a voltage divider comprising multiple programmable resistive elements arranged electrically in series across a VCC and VSS of the FPGA. A common node of the voltage divider drives a gate of a pass gate transistor configured to activate or deactivate the intersection. The disclosed RRAM memory can provide high transistor density, high logic utilization, fast programming speed, radiation immunity, fast power up and significant benefits for FPGA technology.
US08754670B2	Real time reconfigurable logic device and semiconductor package having the same According to example embodiments, a logic device includes a first functional block configured to perform a first operation according to first operation information and a second operation according to second operation information, and a second functional block configured to perform a third operation according to the first operation information and a fourth operation according to the second operation information. The first functional block is configured to receive configuration information, to select one of the first operation information and the second operation information based on the configuration information, and to perform the first or second operation based on the selected first or second operation information. The second functional block is configured to receive the configuration information, to select one of the first operation information and the second operation information based on the configuration information, and to perform the third or fourth operation based on the selected first or second operation information.
US08754669B2	Dynamic impedance matching for improved transient performance in a direct current-to-direct current (‘DC/DC’) converter for delivering a load to an electrical component A direct current-to-direct current (‘DC/DC’) converter for delivering a load to an electrical component, the DC/DC converter including: a coupled inductor, wherein the coupled inductor receives a source input voltage level and a outputs an output voltage level; a transient winding; and a variable impedance switch coupled to the transient winding, the variable impedance switch configured to operate by adjusting a delivered resistance level in dependence upon a change in the load to be delivered to the electrical component by the DC/DC converter.
US08754664B2	Inspection method and device The high magnification, high resolution and real-time property of an SEM image are realized when the electrical characteristics of an inspection object are measured, without affecting the electrical characteristics of the inspection object. A high-quality, high-magnification first image including an image of a target position in the inspection object on a sample is acquired. Next, a low-quality, low-magnification second image including the image of the target position in the inspection object on the sample and probe images is acquired. Next, data on the first image is built into the second image to generate an image for coarse-access observation which is the same in magnification as the second image. The generation of the image for coarse-access observation is repeated until a probe comes close to the target position in the inspection object.
US08754656B2	High speed test circuit and method A high speed test circuit receives a tester clock from a tester and it conducts a test on a circuit under test. The high speed test circuit generates a high frequency clock according to the tester clock, so it is capable of operating in two frequencies. The high speed test circuit tests the circuit under test according to the high frequency clock, and it performs a low speed operation according to a low frequency clock, which is for example the tester clock.
US08754653B2	Electronic battery tester An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery includes test circuitry configured to provide an output based upon a selected test criteria. Additionally, circuitry is provided to assist in balancing batteries used in a string of multiple batteries.
US08754647B2	Detunable RF reception antenna device The invention relates to a RF reception antenna device (10) for receiving MR signals in a MR imaging system. The device (10) comprises a RF resonant circuit including a RF reception antenna (15) for picking up the MR signals, and a RF amplifier (17) connected at its input to the RF resonant circuit for amplifying the picked up MR signals. The invention proposes to make provision for a detection circuit (18) configured to derive a switching signal from an output signal of the RF amplifier (17). A switching circuit (19) is responsive to the switching signal, wherein the switching circuit (19) is configured to switch the RF resonant circuit between a resonant mode and a non-resonant (i.e. detuned) mode.
US08754643B2	Coil design for miniaturized fluxgate sensors A system for detecting a magnetic flux includes: a magnetic-flux-generating coil having a first and second excitation-track elements extending essentially parallel to a reference plane; a flux-conducting structure for guiding the produced magnetic flux; and a flux-detecting coil having a first detection-track element for measuring at least a portion of the produced magnetic flux, the first detection-track element extending in a first plane defined by the first and second excitation-track elements between the first and the second excitation-track elements. The projection of the excitation-track elements of the flux-generating coil onto a projection plane extending parallel to the reference plane essentially covers the projection of the flux-conducting structure onto the projection plane, at least in the region of the windings of the flux-generating coil.
US08754638B2	Rotation sensor and rotational angle detection apparatus A resolver includes three resolver coils, which are arranged spaced apart in a circumferential direction of a rotor, and an excitation coil that generates a magnetic field to induce voltages in the resolver coils when receiving electric power. When the magnetic fields provided from the excitation coil to the three resolver coils are changed through rotation of the rotor, the voltages induced in the resolver coils are changed. This causes each of the three resolver coils to output three-phase signals having amplitude that changes in a sinusoidal manner with respect to the rotational angle of the rotor. The angular intervals between the corresponding adjacent pairs of the first to third resolver coils in the circumferential direction of the rotor are defined as first, second, and third division angles. Specifically, the first to third division angles are set to values different from one another.
US08754634B2	System and method for tamper detection in a utility meter Systems and methods for detecting the removal of a meter cover are provided. For example, a tamper-detect energy meter may include metering circuitry, a processor, a tamper detect switch, and a cover with a switch interface surface. The tamper detect switch may be triggered from an open circuit state to a closed circuit state as the switch interface surface of the cover contacts the tamper detect switch during removal.
US08754633B2	Systems and method for laser voltage imaging state mapping An apparatus and method for laser probing of a DUT is disclosed. The system enables laser voltage imaging state mapping of devices within the DUT. A selected area of the DUT is illuminating a while the DUT is receiving test signals causing certain of the active devices to modulate. Light reflected from the DUT is collected and is converted into an electrical signal. Phase information is extracting from the electrical signal and a two-dimensional image is generated from the phase information, wherein the two-dimensional image spatially correlates to the selected area.
US08754626B2	Switching regulator with input current limiting capabilities A switching regulator includes a capacitor, a charge control circuit, a discharge detector, a switch circuit, and a feedback circuit. The charge control circuit charges and discharges the capacitor. The discharge detector has an input coupled to the capacitor to detect when the capacitor has discharged to a predetermined level to indicate an over-current condition. The switch circuit is coupled to receive an input voltage. The switch circuit is made conductive and non conductive by a switching signal for supplying an output voltage at a regulated voltage level. The duty cycle of the switching signal is reduced in response to an indication of an over-current condition. The feedback circuit is for controlling a discharge rate of the capacitor.
US08754624B2	DC/DC converter and electronic apparatus A voltage converter includes a switching element, a control unit and a generation unit. The switching element controls an output voltage of the voltage converter. The control unit is configured to control the switching element based on a voltage signal. The generation unit is configured to generate the voltage signal by serially connecting a resistance element and one or more detection units having a resistor corresponding to a temperature and dividing a reference voltage by the detection units and the resistance element. The generation unit is arranged so as to be able to detect temperature change of a plurality of components which is overheat-protected.
US08754623B2	System and method for current limiting a DC-DC converter A DC-DC voltage converter has a pair of switching transistors to provide an output voltage and are alternately switched in a boost mode of operation responsive to control signals. An inductor is connected to the pair of switching transistor and has an inductor current flowing there through. A current sensor monitors an input current and generates a current sense signal responsive thereto. Control circuitry generates the control signals to the second pair of switching transistors responsive to the current sense signal, the output voltage and a current limit signal, wherein when the current limit signal indicates the inductor current exceeds a current limit the control signals configure the pair of switching transistors to decrease the inductor current.
US08754619B1	Multiphase power converter A method for controlling a power converter that includes a first cell having an output connected at a first node in parallel with a second cell includes sensing a voltage signal at the first node, defining a current set point associated with the converter, processing the current set point associated with the converter to define a current set point associated with the first cell, sensing a current output by the first cell, controlling the first cell such that the first cell outputs a current substantially similar to the current set point associated with the first cell, processing the current set point associated with the converter to define a current set point associated with the second cell, sensing a current output by the second cell, and controlling the second cell such that the second cell outputs a current substantially similar to the current set point associated with the second cell.
US08754618B2	Control method for multi-phase DC-DC controller and multi-phase DC-DC controller A multi-phase DC-DC controller. The multi-phase DC-DC controller comprises converter channels, a channel control device and a power control device. Each converter channel comprises a switch device, a first output node and an inductor coupled between the switch device and the first output node. The channel control device generates adjusted pulse width modulation signals according to control signals of the converter channels to respectively control operation of the switch device in each converter channel. The power control device generates the control signals according to sensed currents in the converter channels so as to dynamically turn on or off each converter channel according to the sensed currents.
US08754616B2	Boost converter with multi-mode synchronous rectifier This document discusses methods and apparatus for converting an input voltage level to an output voltage level that can be different from the input voltage level. In an example, a converter can include a first switch configured to couple an inductor to a load, a second switch configured to initiate current flow in the inductor, a third switch coupled to a current source, and a controller configured to couple the first switch to the third switch to form a current mirror, to conduct current between the inductor and the load using the first switch, and to control the conducted current using the current source when an output voltage is substantially less than the supply voltage.
US08754610B2	System and method for supplying power to a load An apparatus for supplying power to a bursty or highly dynamic load. The apparatus includes a first circuit for supplying charge to the load at a first voltage, and a second circuit for replenishing the charge depleted from the first circuit, wherein the second circuit is charged at a second voltage greater than the first voltage in order to achieve a defined rate of charge replenishment. The apparatus may include a feedback network for controlling the voltage applied to the load in response to process and temperature variations. The feedback network may regulate the charge capacity of the second circuit, the resistance between the first and second circuits, the duration of the charge replenishment, or the second voltage in which the second circuit is charged.
US08754609B2	Wireless charging coil structure in electronic devices The present inventions relates a wireless charging coil structure in electronic devices, comprising a PS coil module capable of emitting electromagnetic wave energy and a PR coil module capable of receiving power energy by electromagnetic induction. Each of the PS and PR coil modules includes a bar-shaped magnetic conductor, on which an insulated wire is wound into a first coil that is extended along the magnetic conductor to a given length and wound reversely into a second coil, thus producing an induction coil comprising at least the first and second coils. The induction range with given space formed between the first and second coils is used for electromagnetic induction to transmit signals and power energy. Such structure can be applied not only in planar handheld electronic devices, but also in other wireless power transmission systems that require narrow induction surface for power transmission.
US08754605B2	Power factor correction circuits for switched reluctance machines An electrical device has a capacitive storage element and first and second switches. The capacitive storage element and first and second switches are interconnected such that when interconnected with a direct current (dc) voltage supply and first and second windings of an electrical machine: (1) a first operational state exists in which conductive states of the first and second switches cause the dc voltage supply to conduct current through the first winding and the first switch and conduct current through the first and second switches and the second winding, respectively, thereby storing energy within the first and second windings, and (2) a second operational state exists in which non-conductive states of the first and second switches cause each of the first and second windings to discharge stored energy by conducting current through the capacitive storage element, thereby storing energy in the capacitive storage element.
US08754603B2	Methods, systems and apparatus for reducing power loss in an electric motor drive system Methods, system and apparatus are provided for reducing power loss in an electric motor drive system that includes an electric machine and an inverter module. A controller determines whether a torque command (Tcmd) is less than a minimum torque threshold (Tmin) that is required to disable the inverter module, and if so, increments a counter and determines whether the torque command (Tcmd) remains less than the minimum torque threshold (Tmin). When the torque command (Tcmd) remains less than the minimum torque threshold (Tmin), the controller checks to determine whether a current count value (n) maintained at the counter is greater than a count threshold (nth), and if so, the controller can generate a disable signal to disable switching within the inverter module.
US08754602B2	Motor controller with drive-signal conditioning An embodiment of a motor controller includes a motor driver and a signal conditioner. The motor driver is configured to generate a motor-coil drive signal having a first component at a first frequency, and the signal conditioner is coupled to the motor driver and is configured to alter the first component. For example, if the first component of the motor-coil drive signal causes the motor to audibly vibrate (e.g., “whine”), then the signal conditioner may alter the amplitude or phase of the first component to reduce the vibration noise to below a threshold level.
US08754601B2	Controller and control method of synchronous motor with amplifier protection function The controller of the synchronous motor of the present invention includes: an allowable energy value acquisition unit (4) which acquires an allowable energy value until which a dynamic brake resistor, which is for short-circuiting the input terminal of the synchronous motor at a time of failure, can bear; an inertia estimation unit (6) which estimates inertia of a driven object based on a speed value and an electric current value; an allowable maximum speed calculation unit (5) which calculates an allowable maximum speed value of the synchronous motor from the inertia and the allowable energy value; and a speed control unit (2) which controls the amplifier for operating the synchronous motor at a predetermined commanded speed, in which the speed control unit (2) acquires the allowable maximum speed value from the allowable maximum speed calculation unit (5), and limits the commanded speed to the allowable maximum speed value or lower.
US08754595B2	Light array maintenance system and method A lighting system includes a plurality of LED lights having at least two different color LED lights. A controller is coupled to the LED lights for independently controlling the intensity of sets of different color LED lights. A program stored on a storage device is operable on the controller to control the intensity of each of the different sets of different color LED lights to produce light representative of color and intensity changes of outdoor daylight conditions.
US08754594B2	Thermal protection circuit for an LED bulb A light-emitting diode (LED) bulb has an LED within a shell. The LED bulb includes a driver circuit for providing current to the LED. The drive circuit has a thermal protection circuit, which includes a first positive thermal coefficient thermistor with a first switching temperature connected in series with a second positive thermal coefficient thermistor with a second switching temperature. The driver circuit includes a switch-mode power supply (SMPS) controller with an input pin and an output pin. The thermistors are connected to the input pin. When either thermistor temperature is above the respective switching temperatures, the thermal protection circuit causes the SMPS controller to produce a signal with a second duty cycle on the output pin. When both thermistor temperatures are below the respective switching temperatures, the thermal protection circuit causes the SMPS controller to produce a signal with a first duty cycle on the output pin.
US08754589B2	Power management unit with temperature protection In embodiments of the present invention, a method and system is provided for designing improved intelligent, LED-based lighting systems. The LED based lighting systems may include fixtures with one or more of rotatable LED light bars, integrated sensors, onboard intelligence to receive signals from the LED light bars and control the LED light bars, and a mesh network connectivity to other fixtures.
US08754585B1	LED driver and integrated dimmer and switch An LED driver includes an LED driver circuit adapted to receive a 110 volt AC current and to rectify the AC current into a low voltage DC output current; a PWM generator including control means to generate a PWM signal with an adjustable duty cycle; means operatively connecting the PWM generator to the LED driver circuit to provide the driver circuit with the PWM signal, the LED driver circuit generating a fixed frequency pulse in which the pulse width is modulated proportional to the PWM signal duty cycle to control LED brightness, wherein the driver circuit, the PWM generator and the connecting means are sized to fit within a standard 110 volt AC outlet box.
US08754574B2	Modular array and circuits for ultrasound transducers Modular electronics are provided for a multi-dimensional array. The electronics are positioned perpendicular to the array in modules. The modules include frames to support the electronics and provide for electrical connection between the array and the electronics. The frames include thermally conductive material to transfer heat away from the electronics and the array. The frames form a surface to support part of the array and a single layer of flexible circuit material with pads and traces over the surface for electrical connection. The flexible circuit material allows connection to the electronics at a pitch different than the pitch of the array. The modules allow the same electronics parts to be used with different sized arrays. The traces and pads of the flexible circuit material may be changed for different arrays without having to redesign the electronics and/or modules.
US08754570B2	Ultrasonic surgical instruments comprising transducer arrangements In one general aspect, various embodiments are directed to an ultrasonic surgical instrument that comprises a transducer configured to produce vibrations along a longitudinal axis at a predetermined frequency. In various embodiments, an ultrasonic blade extends along the longitudinal axis and is coupled to the transducer. In various embodiments, the ultrasonic blade includes a body having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal end is movable relative to the longitudinal axis by the vibrations produced by the transducer.
US08754568B2	Switched reluctance motor Disclosed herein is a switched reluctance motor having a double rotor structure. An outer stator salient pole corresponding to an outer rotor salient pole is formed to have an “E” shape by sequentially disposing a main salient pole, a first auxiliary salient pole, and a second auxiliary salient pole and an inner stator salient pole corresponding to an inner rotor salient pole is formed to have a pi (π) shape by sequentially disposing a first salient pole and a second salient pole, such that a magnetic flux path is reduced, thereby making it possible to prevent the loss of magnetic force.
US08754562B2	Electrical machine with dual insulated coil assembly An electrical coil assembly for use in a flooded electrical machine operating in an electrically conductive and/or chemically aggressive medium, and a method for manufacturing an electrical coil assembly, are disclosed. The electrical coil assembly incorporates an electrical cable coil winding and a magnetic core. The electrical coil winding is wound of electrical cable with dielectric insulation that is also a waterproof molecular barrier and is covered with at least one layer of waterproof adhesive material. The magnetic core is substantially surrounded with a dielectric insulation layer, which is covered with at least one layer of waterproof adhesive material. The combination of dielectric insulation and waterproof adhesive layers provide protection against the ingress of water and accordingly reduce risk of electrical fault and failure of the electrical coil assembly in submerged service.
US08754559B2	Rotor and rotary electric machine containing the same A rotor and a rotary electric machine containing the rotor are provided. The rotor includes a shaft, a rotor core coaxially connected to the shaft, a first axial magnetic steel and a second axial magnetic steel disposed at an end surface of the rotor core, a rotor bushing, and a first magnetic isolation groove. The first axial magnetic steel has a first magnetic pole facing the rotor core. The second axial magnetic steel has a second magnetic pole facing the rotor core. The rotor bushing is disposed at a side of the first and second axial magnetic steels opposite to the rotor core. The first magnetic isolation groove is formed in the rotor core along a radius direction of the rotor core. The first magnetic isolation groove is disposed between the first axial magnetic steel and the second axial magnetic steel to isolate the first pole and the second pole.
US08754551B2	Electric power supply control circuit An electric power supply control circuit includes a bypass circuit connected in parallel with a semiconductor switch. Upon a control circuit being in an inactive state while a load being in a non-electrifying state or in a standby state, the bypass circuit connects a power source to the load. The bypass circuit includes a electrifying decision circuit that generates an activation signal for activating the control circuit in accordance with the load being put in an operation state. The electrifying decision circuit supplies the activation signal to the control circuit so as to turn on the semiconductor switch and allow electric power supply to the load through an electrifying line.
US08754546B2	Bulk power assembly A bulk power assembly includes a bulk power distribution (BPD) subassembly and a bulk power controller and hub (BPCH) subassembly coupled to the BPD subassembly. The BPD assembly is configured to provide bulk DC power from both AC input power and DC input power. The BPD subassembly is configured to distribute the DC bulk power. The BPCH subassembly is configured to monitor and control the BPD assembly.
US08754542B2	Apparatus including a gate drive circuit for selectively providing power to a powered device through multiple wire pairs A gate drive circuit includes a first gate terminal, a second gate terminal, and a driver circuit including an input and including an output coupled to the first gate terminal. The driver circuit is configured to provide a drive signal to the first gate terminal to control a first switch to selectively couple a first current path to a first wire pair of a network port. The gate drive circuit further includes a switch including a first terminal coupled to the output of the driver circuit, a second terminal coupled to the second gate terminal, and a control terminal responsive to a switch control signal to selectively couple the output of the driver circuit to the second gate terminal to control a second switch to selectively couple a second current path to a second wire pair of the network port.
US08754541B2	Linear wind powered electrical generator An energy generation system includes an inner tower, an outer tower and a plurality of wind turbines. The outer shell defines a wind or fluid amplifying surface. The plurality of wind turbines is carried by the outer shell and disposed relative to the wind amplifying surface to harness wind deflected by the wind amplifying surface.
US08754535B2	Semiconductor device with a semiconductor chip connected in a flip chip manner A semiconductor device (1,21) includes a solid state device (2,22), a semiconductor chip (3) that has a functional surface (3a) on which a functional element (4) is formed and that is bonded on a surface of the solid state device with the functional surface thereof facing the surface of the solid state device and while maintaining a predetermined distance between the functional surface thereof and the surface of the solid state device, an insulating film (6) that is provided on the surface (2a, 22a) of the solid state device facing the semiconductor chip and that has an opening (6a) greater in size than the semiconductor chip when the surface of the solid state device facing the semiconductor chip is vertically viewed down in plane, and a sealing layer (7) that seals a space between the solid state device and the semiconductor chip.
US08754527B2	Self aligned borderless contact A method of fabricating a semiconductor structure having a borderless contact, the method including providing a first semiconductor device adjacent to a second semiconductor device, the first and second semiconductor devices being formed on a semiconductor substrate, depositing a non-conductive liner on top of the semiconductor substrate and the first and second semiconductor devices, depositing a contact level dielectric layer on top of the non-conductive liner, etching a contact hole in the contact-level dielectric between the first semiconductor device and the second semiconductor device, and selective to the non-conductive liner, converting a portion of the non-conductive liner exposed in the contact hole into a conductive liner; and forming a metal contact in the contact hole.
US08754521B1	Semiconductor device assembly having a heat spreader A packaged semiconductor device includes a package substrate, a semiconductor die on the package substrate, an encapsulant over the semiconductor die and package substrate, and a heat spreader having a pedestal portion and an outer portion surrounding the pedestal portion. The encapsulant includes an opening within a perimeter of the semiconductor die. The bottom surface of the pedestal portion of the heat spreader faces the top surface of the semiconductor die, wherein a first portion of the opening and at least a portion of the encapsulant is between the bottom surface of the pedestal portion and the semiconductor die.
US08754511B2	Heat sink for electrical power converter In order to prevent an increase in temperature of a discharge resistance discharging an electric charge accumulated in a smoothing capacitor, the present description discloses a power module. The power module has a first lead frame, a second lead frame, first and second semiconductor switches connected in series between the first lead frame and the second lead frame, a resistor connected between the first lead frame and the second lead frame, and a resin package that encapsulates the first lead frame, the second lead frame, the first semiconductor switch, the second semiconductor switch, and the resistor. In this power module, a radiator portion for radiating heat from the first lead frame and/or the second lead frame is formed in at least a part of the package.
US08754509B2	Package with multiple dies A semiconductor die package is disclosed. It includes a leadframe structure comprising a first die attach pad and a second die attach pad. A plurality of leads extend from the first and second die attach pads. The plurality of leads includes at least a first control lead and a second control lead. A first semiconductor die including a first device is mounted on the first die attach pad, and a second semiconductor die has a second device is mounted on the second die attach pad. A housing is provided in the semiconductor die package and protects the first and second dies. The housing may have an exterior surface and at least partially covers the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die. The first control lead and the second control lead are at opposite sides of the semiconductor die package.
US08754507B2	Forming through-silicon-vias for multi-wafer integrated circuits The present invention provides a method for forming a three-dimensional wafer stack having a single metallized stack via with a variable cross-sectional shape. The method uses at least first and silicon wafers. Each wafer has one or more integrated circuits formed thereon. One or more through-vias are formed in each silicon wafer followed by oxide formation on at least an upper and lower surface of the silicon wafer. The wafers are aligned such that each wafer through via is aligned with a corresponding through via in adjacent stacked wafers. Wafers are bonded to form a three-dimensional wafer stack having one or more stack vias formed from the alignment of individual wafer vias. Via metallization is performed by depositing a seed layer in each of the stack vias followed by copper electroplating to form a continuous and homogeneous metallization path through the three-dimensional wafer stack.
US08754503B2	Substrate strip plate structure for semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same The present invention provides a strip plate structure and a method for manufacturing the same. The strip plate structure comprises a strip plate array, which comprises a plurality of strip plates arranged with spacing in a predetermined direction on a same plane, wherein each of the strip plates has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface and the strip plate array is arranged on a plane parallel to the first surface of the strip plates; a plurality of strip sheets which connect neighboring ones of the strip plates; flexible material layers, which are located on at least a portion of the surfaces of the strip sheets and/or on at least a portion of the surfaces of the strip plates.
US08754502B2	Photodiode array Each light detecting unit includes a semiconductor region that outputs a carrier, and a surface electrode. In a photodiode array, a read wire is positioned between neighboring avalanche photodiodes. When a plane including a surface of the semiconductor region is set as a reference plane, a distance tb from the reference plane to the read wire is larger than a distance to from the reference plane to the surface electrode.
US08754500B2	Plated lamination structures for integrated magnetic devices Semiconductor integrated magnetic devices such as inductors, transformers, etc., having laminated magnetic-insulator stack structures are provided, wherein the laminated magnetic-insulator stack structures are formed using electroplating techniques. For example, an integrated laminated magnetic device includes a multilayer stack structure having alternating magnetic and insulating layers formed on a substrate, wherein each magnetic layer in the multilayer stack structure is separated from another magnetic layer in the multilayer stack structure by an insulating layer, and a local shorting structure to electrically connect each magnetic layer in the multilayer stack structure to an underlying magnetic layer in the multilayer stack structure to facilitate electroplating of the magnetic layers using an underlying conductive layer (magnetic or seed layer) in the stack as an electrical cathode/anode for each electroplated magnetic layer in the stack structure.
US08754487B2	Semiconductor device with metal gate The present disclosure provides a method for making a semiconductor device having metal gate stacks. The method includes forming a high k dielectric material layer on a semiconductor substrate; forming a first metal layer on the high k dielectric material layer; forming a silicon layer on the first metal layer; patterning the silicon layer, the first metal layer and the high k dielectric material layer to form a gate stack; and performing a silicidation process to fully change the silicon layer into a silicide electrode.
US08754479B2	Semiconductor device An ESD protection element is formed by a PN junction diode including an N+ type buried layer having a proper impurity concentration and a P+ type buried layer and a parasitic PNP bipolar transistor which uses a P+ type drawing layer connected to a P+ type diffusion layer as the emitter, an N− type epitaxial layer as the base, and a P type semiconductor substrate as the collector. The P+ type buried layer is connected to an anode electrode, and the P+ type diffusion layer and an N+ type diffusion layer connected to and surrounding the P+ type diffusion layer are connected to a cathode electrode. When a large positive static electricity is applied to the cathode electrode, the parasitic PNP bipolar transistor turns on to flow a large discharge current.
US08754477B2	Semiconductor device with multiple stress structures and method of forming the same A method of fabricating and a semiconductor device with multiple dislocation structures is disclosed. The exemplary semiconductor device includes gate structure overlying a top surface of a semiconductor substrate and a first gate spacer disposed on a sidewall of the gate structure and overlying the top surface of the substrate. The semiconductor device further includes a crystallized semiconductor material overlying the top surface of the semiconductor substrate and adjacent to a sidewall of the first gate spacer. The semiconductor device further includes a second gate spacer disposed on the sidewall of the first gate spacer and overlying the crystallized semiconductor material. The semiconductor device further includes a first stressor region disposed in the semiconductor substrate and a second stressor region disposed in the semiconductor substrate and in the crystallized semiconductor material.
US08754474B2	LDMOS semiconductor device having guardring region disposed at side of well region A Lateral Double Diffused Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (LDMOS) semiconductor device includes a substrate; a gate region, a source region, and a drain region on and/or over the substrate, a well region at one side of the drain region, and a guardring region disposed at one side of the well region and connected electrically to the well region.
US08754468B2	Power semiconductor component with plate capacitor structure having an edge plate electrically connected to source or drain potential A lateral power semiconductor component has a front side, a rear side and a lateral edge. The component further includes a drift zone of a first conductivity type, a source zone of the first conductivity type, a body zone of a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type, and a drain zone of the first conductivity type. A gate forms a MOS structure with the drift zone, the source zone and the body zone. A horizontally extending field plate above each semiconductor region of the power semiconductor component forms a plate capacitor structure with an edge plate lying under the field plate. The edge plate includes a highly doped semiconductor material and is electrically connected to one of a source potential and a drain potential of the power semiconductor component.
US08754461B2	Spacer isolation in deep trench A method of forming improved spacer isolation in deep trench including recessing a node dielectric, a first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer each deposited within a deep trench formed in a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate, to a level below a buried oxide layer of the SOI substrate, and creating an opening having a bottom surface in the deep trench. Further including depositing a spacer along a sidewall of the deep trench and the bottom surface of the opening, and removing the spacer from the bottom surface of the opening. Performing at least one of an ion implantation and an ion bombardment in one direction at an angle into an upper portion of the spacer. Removing the upper portion of the spacer from the sidewall of the deep trench. Depositing a third conductive layer within the opening.
US08754459B2	Semiconductor memory device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, a stacked body, a plurality of insulative separating films, a channel body, and a memory film. The stacked body includes a plurality of electrode layers and a plurality of insulating layers. The plurality of insulative separating films separates the stacked body into a plurality. The channel body extends in the stacking direction between the plurality of insulative separating films. A width of the electrode layer of a lower layer side between the insulative separating film and the memory film is greater than a width of the electrode layer of an upper layer side between the insulative separating film and the memory film. An electrical resistivity of the electrode layer is higher for the electrode layer of the lower layer side having the greater width than for the electrode layer of the upper layer side having the lesser width.
US08754452B2	Solid-state imaging device, method of manufacturing same, and electronic apparatus A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units configured to receive light and generate signal charge, the plurality of photoelectric conversion units being provided in such a manner as to correspond to a plurality of pixels in a pixel area of a semiconductor substrate; and pixel transistors configured to output the signal charge generated by the photoelectric conversion units as electrical signals. Each of the pixel transistors includes at least a transfer transistor that transfers the signal charge generated in the photoelectric conversion unit to a floating diffusion corresponding to a drain. A gate electrode of the transfer transistor is formed in such a manner as to extend with a gate insulating film in between from a channel formed area to a portion where the photoelectric conversion unit has been formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate.
US08754450B2	SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistor having low collector/base capacitance and manufacturing method of the same A SiGe HBT having low collector-base capacitance is disclosed, which includes: a silicon substrate, including isolation trenches, a collector region situated between the isolation trenches, and lateral trenches; a SiGe base layer formed on the silicon substrate; and an emitter region formed on the SiGe base layer. Each lateral trench is situated in the collector region on one side of an isolation trench, and is connected to the isolation trench. Moreover, a manufacturing method of a SiGe HBT having low collector-base capacitance is disclosed, which includes: performing ion implantation to predetermined regions in a silicon substrate before trench isolations are formed; forming lateral trenches by etching ion implantation regions after the trench isolations are formed; then forming a SiGe HBT device by an ordinary semiconductor process. The present invention can reduce the collector-base capacitance and therefore improve high-frequency characteristics of the device.
US08754448B2	Semiconductor device having epitaxial layer A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of transistors. The semiconductor substrate includes at least an iso region (namely an open region) and at least a dense region. The transistors are disposed in the iso region and the dense region respectively. Each transistor includes at least a source/drain region. The source/drain region includes a first epitaxial layer having a bottom thickness and a side thickness, and the bottom thickness is substantially larger than or equal to the side thickness.
US08754447B2	Strained channel transistor structure and method A transistor device structure comprising: a substrate portion formed from a first material; and a source region, a drain region and a channel region formed in said substrate, the source and drain regions comprising a plurality of islands of a second material different from the first material, the islands being arranged to induce a strain in said channel region of the substrate.
US08754444B2	Recombination zone between devices and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a first device and a second device, which are implemented laterally next to each other in a substrate. A recombination zone is implemented in the substrate between the first device and the second device, so that diffusing charge carriers recombine between the first device and the second device.
US08754435B1	Engineered-phosphor LED package and related methods In accordance with certain embodiments, regions of spatially varying wavelength-conversion particle concentration are formed over light-emitting dies.
US08754430B2	Light emitting device and light emitting device package A light emitting device is disclosed. The light emitting device includes a first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer disposed on the first conductive type semiconductor layer, a tunnel junction layer comprising a second conductive type nitride semiconductor layer and a first conductive type nitride semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer, wherein the first conductive type nitride semiconductor layer and the second conductive type nitride semiconductor layer are PN junctioned, a first electrode disposed on the first conductive type semiconductor layer, and a second electrode disposed on the first conductive type nitride semiconductor layer, wherein a portion of the second electrode is in schottky contact with the second conductive type nitride semiconductor layer through the first conductive type nitride semiconductor layer.
US08754424B2	Discontinuous patterned bonds for semiconductor devices and associated systems and methods Discontinuous bonds for semiconductor devices are disclosed herein. A device in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a first substrate and a second substrate, with at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate having a plurality of solid-state transducers. The second substrate can include a plurality of projections and a plurality of intermediate regions and can be bonded to the first substrate with a discontinuous bond. Individual solid-state transducers can be disposed at least partially within corresponding intermediate regions and the discontinuous bond can include bonding material bonding the individual solid-state transducers to blind ends of corresponding intermediate regions. Associated methods and systems of discontinuous bonds for semiconductor devices are disclosed herein.
US08754416B2	Method for fabrication of active-matrix display panels The present invention provides a method of an active-matrix thin film transistor array, comprising of two levels of metallic interconnections formed from one layer of metallic conductor; and thin-film transistors with source, drain and gate electrodes either fully or partially replaced with metal, and wherein the pixel electrodes are polycrystalline silicon.
US08754412B2	Intra die variation monitor using through-silicon via An apparatus comprising connecting IDVMON monitors with through silicon vias (TSV) to allow the monitors to be connected to probe pads located on the backside of the wafer. Because the backside of the wafer have significantly more space than the front side, the probe pads for IDVMON can be accommodated without sacrificing the silicon area.
US08754404B2	Organic light emitting diode display An organic light emitting diode display including: a substrate; pixel electrodes formed on the substrate; a pixel defining layer having openings exposing the plurality of pixel electrodes, formed on the substrate; spacers formed on the pixel defining layer; organic emission layers formed on the pixel electrodes; a common electrode formed on the organic emission layers; and color filters formed on the common electrode, in the openings of the pixel defining layer.
US08754401B2	Impact ionization field-effect transistor An Impact Ionization Field-Effect Transistor (I-MOS) device in which device degradation caused by hot carrier injection into a gate oxide is prevented. The device includes source, drain, and gate contacts, and a channel between the source and the drain. The channel has a dimension normal to the direction of a charge carrier transport in the channel such that the energy separation of the first two sub-bands equals or exceeds the effective energy band gap of the channel material.
US08754395B1	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed is a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device includes first material layers and second material layers alternately stacked on a first conductive layer. Through holes, each through holes including a first through region, second through region and trench, wherein the first and second through regions pass through the first and second material layers, and the trench is formed in the first conductive layer to connect the first through region and the second through region. Resistive layers, each resistive layer including a first region are disposed in the first through region, a second region disposed in the second through region, and a third region disposed in the trench.
US08754383B2	Spatial segregation of plasma components A closed plasma channel (“CPC”) superconductor which, in a first embodiment, is comprised of an elongated, close-ended vacuum conduit comprising a cylindrical wall having a longitudinal axis and defining a transmission space for containing an ionized gas of vapor plasma (hereinafter “plasma components”), the plasma components being substantially separated into regionalized channels parallel to the longitudinal axis in response to a static magnetic field produced within the transmission space. Each channel is established along the entire length of the transmission space. At least one channel is established comprised primarily of free-electrons which provide a path of least resistance for the transmission of energy therethrough. Ionization is established and maintained by the photoelectric effect of a light source of suitable wavelength to produce the most conductive electrical transmission medium. Various embodiments of the subject method and apparatus are described including a hybrid system for the transmission of alternating current or, alternatively, multi-pole EM fields through the cylindrical wall and direct current or charged particles through the stratified channels.
US08754382B2	Charged particle beam drawing apparatus and method of manufacturing article A drawing apparatus includes: a detector configured to output a current in accordance with a pulse of a charged particle beam; and a processor including a capacitor and configured to detect a value of a voltage of the capacitor and to obtain an intensity of the pulse based on a value of a capacitance of the capacitor and the detected voltage value. The processor is configured to detect a current output from the detector in accordance with a charged particle beam incident thereon through a voltage drop, to supply a current having a value determined based on the detected current, to the capacitor to detect a value of a voltage of the capacitor, and to obtain the value of the capacitance based on the determined current value and the detected value of the voltage of the capacitor.
US08754379B2	Photodiode and other sensor structures in flat-panel x-ray imagers and method for improving topological uniformity of the photodiode and other sensor structures in flat-panel x-ray imagers based on thin-film electronics A radiation sensor including a scintillation layer configured to emit photons upon interaction with ionizing radiation and a photodetector including in order a first electrode, a photosensitive layer, and a photon-transmissive second electrode disposed in proximity to the scintillation layer. The photosensitive layer is configured to generate electron-hole pairs upon interaction with a part of the photons. The radiation sensor includes pixel circuitry electrically connected to the first electrode and configured to measure an imaging signal indicative of the electron-hole pairs generated in the photosensitive layer and a planarization layer disposed on the pixel circuitry between the first electrode and the pixel circuitry such that the first electrode is above a plane including the pixel circuitry. A surface of at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode at least partially overlaps the pixel circuitry and has a surface inflection above features of the pixel circuitry. The surface inflection has a radius of curvature greater than one half micron.
US08754376B2	Systems and methods for determining a zero baseline value of a channel from a detector device A representative method for determining a zero baseline value of a channel from a detector device of a nuclear medicine imagining system to allow for correction caused by noise or interference on the detector device includes calculating a first value of a baseline based on a first sample of analog electrical signals from analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) coupled to the detector device; comparing a predetermined value with the first value of the baseline; determining whether there is a small change between the predetermined value and the first value of the baseline; and responsive to determining that the small change exists, adjusting the baseline of the ADCs by a fraction of the small change based on the comparison between the predetermined value and the first value of the baseline.
US08754361B1	Systems and methods for adjusting a mass spectrometer output A mass spectrometer comprises an ion trap configured to trap ions and to eject ions. The ion trap comprises an electrode. The mass spectrometer further comprises a detector configured to detect ions ejected from the ion trap, a radio frequency (RF) generator electrically coupled to the electrode and configured to generate an RF signal, a sampling circuit electrically coupled to electrode and configured to measure a voltage of the RF signal at the electrode, and a signal processor electrically coupled to the sampling circuit and the detector. The signal processor is configured to receive outputs from the detector and the sampling circuit and to correct the output from the detector based on the output from the sampling circuit.
US08754360B2	System and method of detecting movement of an object The present invention relates to a detection system for detecting movements of a movable object (6). The system comprises: a light source (S) being adapted for emitting light, a reflecting unit (8) being arranged in a functional connection with said movable object and being adapted for reflecting said emitted light, an analogue-to-digital converter being adapted for outputting a digital signal and including at least one detector (D1 to D4; PE1, PE2) for detecting said reflected light and outputting detection signals for determining the movement of said movable object, current sources being adapted for outputting current signals, and at least one capacitor being adapted for receiving said detection signals and said current signals, a common mode controller being adapted for sensing a voltage on said at least one capacitor and for generating at least one common mode signal for controlling said current sources depending on the sensed voltage, wherein said digital signal indicative of said movement of said movable object being based on said output signal of said at least one detector and said at least one common mode signal. The present invention further refers to a joystick using the detection system, as well as to a method of detecting movements of the movable object.
US08754355B2	Charge multiplying solid state imaging device having multiplication register units with different number of multiplication stages A solid-state imaging device 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention is a charge multiplying solid-state imaging device, and includes an imaging area 10 that generates a charge according to the amount of incident light, a plurality of output register units 21 to 24 that receive the charge from the imaging area 10, and a plurality of multiplication register units 31 to 34 that multiply charges from the output registers 21 to 24, respectively, and the multiplication register units 31 to 34 are different in the number of multiplication stages from each other.
US08754350B2	Laser processing apparatus, exposure apparatus and exposure method An exposure apparatus includes a stage 10 for holding a substrate 8 to be exposed; a direct writing mask 6 arranged above the substrate 8 to be exposed held by the stage 10; a repeated opening pattern in which a plurality of openings each having approximately the same size are arranged in a line at approximately the same interval, provided to the mask; an irradiation mechanism for irradiating with a linear laser beam 1c along the repeated opening pattern; and a movement mechanism for moving a relative position of a laser beam which is formed in such a way that the linear laser beam formed by the laser processing mechanism passes through the plurality of openings of the opening pattern and the substrate held by the stage.
US08754346B2	Vacuum valve A fixed electrode 10 and a movable electrode have coil electrodes formed of plural coil portions installed at both contacts and on a rear surface side in a divided manner in a circumferential direction along peripheries of the contacts such that a longitudinal field is generated in a direction in which the fixed contact and the movable contact come close to and move apart from each other. Protruding portions joined to the contacts are provided to tip ends of the respective coil portions to form joint portions to the respective contacts. A current to be flowed is controlled by changing resistance values between the contacts and the coil electrodes for each joint portion.
US08754345B2	Document sort machine having dual feeders A document sorting machine having dual feeders which feed documents onto common tiers of sort pockets form each end of the machine. The machine includes an induction buffer section which prevents a document already in the transport on a particular tier from colliding with a document being fed into the same transport by a different feeder. Also, the machine includes a serpentine piggy-back unit which can stack consecutive documents going to the same sort pocket.
US08754344B2	Seesaw switch A seesaw switch includes a seesaw switch knob, two contacts which extend from the seesaw switch knob, and busbars which contact individually the two contacts. A surface of each of the busbars has a wave shape including end root portions, a middle root portion disposed between the end root portions. Each of the two contacts moves from one of the end root portions to the other of the end root portions by way of the middle root portion to stop in the other of the end root portions while contacting corresponding one of the busbars when one of end portions of the seesaw switch knob is depressed.
US08754343B2	Rotary slide switches Methods and apparatus are provided for reducing the space required by a switch assembly input component of an electronic device. The input component may include a track and a button capable of linear movement within the track. The input component may also include a disk having a slot and a plurality of labels. A pin may be coupled to the button and may extend into the slot for translating the linear movement of the button into rotational movement of the disk. The rotational movement of the disk may alter the portion the labels that are exposed to a user under an open portion of the track. The input component may also include a switch coupled to a portion of the pin extending through the slot of the disk. A switch arm may move along a switch path of the switch in response to the linear movement of the button.
US08754339B2	Slide switch A slide switch has a first small-current fixed contact, a second small-current fixed contact, a first large-current fixed contact and a second large-current fixed contact all disposed on a board. A movable contact member is movable along the board and includes a first small-current movable contact, a second small-current movable contact, a first large-current movable contact and a second large-current movable contact, all of which are integrally formed together. The first small-current movable contact is adapted, according to the movement of the movable contact member, to be brought into contact with the first small-current fixed contact. The first large-current movable contact is adapted, according to the movement of the movable contact member, to contact the first large-current fixed contact. The second small-current movable contact is continually in contact with the second small-current fixed contact. The second large-current movable contact is continually in contact with the second large-current fixed contact.
US08754338B2	On-chip interconnects with reduced capacitance and method of afbrication An electronics interconnection system is provided with reduced capacitance between a signal line and the surrounding dielectric material. By using a non-homogenous dielectric, the effective dielectric constant of the material is reduced. This reduction results in less power loss from the signal line to the dielectric material, and therefore reduces the number of buffers needed on the signal line. This increases the speed of the signal, and reduces the power consumed by the interconnection system. The fabrication techniques provided are advantageous because they can be preformed using today's standard IC fabrication techniques.
US08754337B2	Printed wiring board fabrication method, printed wiring board, multilayer printed wiring board, and semiconductor package An object of the invention is to provide a method for fabricating a printed wiring board that can suppress warping of the printed wiring board and can improve the yield of semiconductor chip mounting and enhance the reliability of a semiconductor package. The printed wiring board fabrication method according to the invention is a method for fabricating a printed wiring board having a through-hole in a core layer, wherein the printed wiring board fabrication method includes the step of applying a laser from one side of the core layer to a position where the through-hole is to be formed in the core layer and the step of applying a laser to the same position from the opposite side of the core layer.
US08754329B2	High voltage direct current cable termination apparatus A direct current cable termination apparatus for terminating a high voltage direct current cable, the apparatus includes a current-carrying device including a terminal portion of the direct current cable, the cable including an electrical conductor, a electrically insulating layer located outside of the electrical conductor, and a conductive shield located outside of the insulating layer and the electrical conductor; and a housing including a tubular outer shell with an inner periphery and formed by an electrically insulating and polymer-containing material. The current-carrying device is adapted to extend in the axial direction of the outer shell. Along at least a part of the axial extension of the current-carrying device the outer shell extends axially with a space between its inner periphery and the current-carrying device. The housing is adapted to separate the space from an atmosphere outside the outer shell, and the space is filled with an electrically insulating fluid.
US08754325B2	Thin film type solar cell and method for manufacturing the same A thin film type solar cell and a method for manufacturing the same is disclosed, the thin film type solar cell comprising a substrate; front electrodes arranged at fixed intervals on the substrate by separating parts for dividing the solar cell into a plurality of unit cells, wherein each separating part is interposed between the front electrodes; semiconductor layer patterns arranged at fixed intervals on the front electrodes by the interposed separating parts; rear electrodes arranged at fixed intervals on the semiconductor layer patterns by the interposed separating parts; and auxiliary electrodes to electrically connect the front electrodes with the rear electrodes, in which the front electrode is electrically connected with the rear electrode through the use of auxiliary electrode, so that it is possible to minimize the laser-scribing procedure for dividing the solar cell into the plurality of unit cells, thereby preventing the particles from being generated.
US08754316B2	Musical sound signal generation apparatus A string signal generator generates a string signal representing vibration of a string corresponding to a specified pitch in response to a note-on instruction such that the string signal rises and then attenuates in response to a note-off instruction. The string signal generator distributes the generated string signal to a plurality of loop circuits of a string resonance simulator. The plurality of the loop circuits correspond to a plurality of pitches and circulate resonant signals of the corresponding pitches, each loop circuit having a delay element for delaying the resonant signal by a time depending on the corresponding pitch, and an attenuation element for variably attenuating the resonant signal according to an attenuation coefficient. A controller respectively provides attenuation coefficients to the attenuation elements in the plurality of the loop circuits based on the note-on instruction, the note-off instruction, a damper-pedal-on instruction, and a damper-pedal-off instruction.
US08754306B1	Maize hybrid X08C962 A novel maize variety designated X08C962 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X08C962 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08C962 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08C962, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08C962. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08C962.
US08754304B1	Inbred corn line XHN26 An inbred corn line, designated XHN26, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line XHN26, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line XHN26 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line XHN26 with another corn line or plant and to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line XHN26, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line XHN26 and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods.
US08754303B1	Potato cultivar J3 A potato cultivar designated J3 is disclosed. The invention relates to tubers of potato cultivar J3, to seeds of potato cultivar J3, to plants and plant parts of potato cultivar J3, to food products produced from potato cultivar J3, and to methods for producing a potato plant by crossing potato cultivar J3 with itself or with another potato variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a transgenic potato plant and to the transgenic potato plants and parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to potato plants and plant parts derived from potato cultivar J3, to methods for producing other potato plants or plant parts derived from potato cultivar J3 and to the potato plants and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid potato tubers, seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing potato cultivar J3 with another potato cultivar.
US08754302B1	Soybean cultivar 21096 Disclosed is the seed of a novel soybean cultivar, designated 21096, a sample of which is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-120875. Also disclosed are plants, or parts thereof, grown from the seed of the cultivar, plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of the 21096 cultivar, and methods of using the plant or parts thereof in a soybean breeding program.
US08754298B2	Soybean variety D2011903 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated D2011903. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety D2011903. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety D2011903 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety D2011903 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08754291B1	Hybrid corn variety 570111 The invention provides seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated 570111. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety 570111, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety 570111 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety 570111.
US08754287B2	Mice that make heavy chain antibodies Genetically modified non-human animals and methods and compositions for making and using them are provided, wherein the genetic modification comprises a deletion in an immunoglobulin constant region CH1 gene (optionally a deletion in a hinge region) of an IgG, IgA, IgD, and/or IgE, and wherein the mouse is capable of expressing a functional IgM. Genetically modified mice are described, including mice having a functional IgM gene and modified to have a deletion of a CH1 domain and a hinge region in a heavy chain constant domain that is not an IgM, e.g., in an IgG heavy chain constant domain. Genetically modified mice that make human variable/mouse constant chimeric heavy chain antibodies (antibodies that lack a light chain), fully mouse heavy chain antibodies, or fully human heavy chain antibodies are provided.
US08754285B2	Thin film compositions and methods of synthesis and use therefor The invention relates generally to thin-film adhesive materials suitable for various applications. In particular, the present invention provides pliable viscoelastic thin-films configured to form strong water-resistant adhesive bonds to various surface types.
US08754281B2	Energy conservation in heavy-hydrocarbon distillation An aromatics complex producing one or more xylene isomers offers a large number of opportunities to conserve energy by heat exchange within the complex. One previously unrecognized opportunity is through providing two parallel distillation columns operating at different pressures to separate C8 aromatics from C9+ aromatics. The parallel columns offer additional opportunities to conserve energy within the complex through heat exchange in associated xylene recovery facilities.
US08754275B2	Methods and apparatuses for producing aromatic hydrocarbon-rich effluent from lignocellulosic material Embodiments of methods and apparatuses for producing and aromatic hydrocarbon-rich effluent from a lignocellulosic material are provided herein. The method comprises the step of combining the lignocellulosic material and an aromatic hydrocarbon-rich diluent to form a slurry. Hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst is contacted with the slurry at reaction conditions to form the aromatic hydrocarbon-rich effluent.
US08754272B2	Process for cis-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene Disclosed is a process for the preparation of cis-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (cis-1233zd) comprising the steps of (a) providing CF3CHClCHCl2 (233da), and (b) treating the 233da with a dechlorinating agent to produce a mixture of compounds including cis-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene, preferably wherein the amount of the cis-isomer generated in the reaction is not less than 30%.
US08754266B2	Chemical production processes and systems Hydrogenolysis systems are provided that can include a reactor housing an Ru-comprising hydrogenolysis catalyst and wherein the contents of the reactor is maintained at a neutral or acidic pH. Reactant reservoirs within the system can include a polyhydric alcohol compound and a base, wherein a weight ratio of the base to the compound is less than 0.05. Systems also include the product reservoir comprising a hydrogenolyzed polyhydric alcohol compound and salts of organic acids, and wherein the moles of base are substantially equivalent to the moles of salts or organic acids. Processes are provided that can include an Ru-comprising catalyst within a mixture having a neutral or acidic pH. A weight ratio of the base to the compound can be between 0.01 and 0.05 during exposing.
US08754264B2	Production method of unsaturated (poly)alkylene glycol ether monomer and production method of (poly)alkylene glycol chain-containing polymer To provide a production method of a (poly)alkylene glycol chain-containing polymer which can be preferably used in various applications such as an admixture for cement and which can exhibit extremely high dispersibility to a cement composition. The unsaturated (poly)alkylene glycol ether monomer of the present invention is an unsaturated (poly)alkylene glycol ether monomer production method for producing an unsaturated (poly)alkylene glycol ether monomer by addition reaction of an alkylene oxide on an unsaturated alcohol, wherein the production method includes a step of carrying out addition reaction under condition of existence of 0.01 to 25 parts by mass of an unsaturated (poly)alkylene glycol diether monomer to 100 parts by mass of the unsaturated alcohol, and a (poly)alkylene glycol chain-containing polymer production method, wherein a monomer component including an unsaturated (poly)alkylene glycol ether monomer produced by the production method.
US08754259B2	Synthesis of cyclohexane derivatives useful as sensates in consumer products The present invention provides synthetic routes for preparing various isomers of cyclohexane-based coolants, such as menthyl esters and menthanecarboxamide derivatives, in particular those substituted at the amide nitrogen, for example with an aromatic ring or aryl moiety. Such structures have high cooling potency and long lasting sensory effect, which make them useful in a wide variety of consumer products. One synthetic route involves a copper catalyzed coupling of a primary menthanecarboxamide with an aryl halide, such reaction working best in the presence of potassium phosphate and water. Using this synthetic route, specific isomers can be prepared including the menthanecarboxamide isomer having the same configuration as l-menthol and new isomers such as a neoisomer having opposite stereochemistry at the carboxamide (C-1) position. The neoisomer unexpectedly has potent and long lasting cooling effect. Preparation schemes for neoisomers of other menthyl derivatives which are useful as coolants, including esters, ethers, carboxy esters and other N-substituted carboxamides are also provided.
US08754255B2	Process of preparation of glyoxylic acid aqueous solution The invention relates to a method for preparing an aqueous solution of glyoxylic acid by oxidation of an aqueous solution of glyoxal with oxygen or a gas containing oxygen, in the presence of a catalytic quantity of nitric acid and/or at least one nitrogen oxide, a strong acid not oxidizing glyoxal, and by maintaining conditions satisfying the equation KLa/Q>10, where KLa is the total volumetric mass transfer coefficient and Q is the heat load liberated by the reaction per mole of glyoxal.
US08754251B2	Cyclopropyl PIDA boronate Provided are protected cyclopropylboronic acids that include a substituted cyclopropyl group and a boronic ester group having a protecting group. The protecting group is a pinene-derived iminodiacetic acid (PIDA) group or PIDA-based group.
US08754250B2	Process for the preparation of a palladium complex The present invention provides a process for the preparation of Pd2(dba)3.CHCl3 comprising the steps of: (a) reacting a Pd(II) complex with an alkali metal halide in at least one alcohol solvent; and (b) reacting the product of step (a) with a mixture comprising dibenzylideneacetone, chloroform and an inorganic base to form Pd2(dba)3.CHCl3.
US08754242B2	Herbicides Compounds of formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, are suitable for use as herbicides.
US08754241B2	Organic compound and electrochromic element having the same An organic compound represented by the following general formula [1] is provided. In the general formula [1], A1 to A4 are each independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and an aryl group. However, at least one of A1 to A4 represents the alkyl group, the alkoxy group, or the aryl group.
US08754231B2	Process for the preparation of 4-amino-5-fluoro-3-halo-6-(substituted)picolinates 4-Amino-5-fluoro-3-halo-6-(substituted)picolinates are conveniently prepared from 4,5,6-trichloropicolinonitrile by a series of steps involving fluorine exchange, amination, halogen exchange, halogenation, nitrile hydrolysis, esterification, and transition metal assisted coupling.
US08754226B2	Piperidinyl-substituted lactams as GPR119 modulators Compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in which X1, X2, L, R3, R4, R5, R6, R6a, R7, R9, R9a, and n have the meanings given in the specification, are modulators of GPR119 and are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases such as such as, but not limited to, type 2 diabetes, diabetic complications, symptoms of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, dyslipidemia, and related conditions.
US08754225B2	Process for preparing a biphenyl-2-ylcarbamic acid The invention provides a process of preparing an intermediate useful in the synthesis of biphenyl-2-ylcarbamic acid 1-(2-{[4-(4-carbamoylpiperidin-1-ylmethyl)benzoyl]methylamino}ethyl)piperidin-4-yl ester, and a process of preparing a crystalline freebase of the ester.
US08754216B2	NK1 antagonists A compound having the general structure shown in Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or solvates thereof are useful in treating diseases or conditions mediated by NK1 receptors, for example various physiological disorders, symptoms or diseases, including emesis, depression, anxiety and cough.
US08754213B2	High flow supramolecular compounds The present invention relates to a supramolecular compound comprising a low molecular weight, apolar compound, said low molecular weight, apolar compound having a melting point of below 45° C., a molecular weight of about 80 to about 1500 amu and a HLB-value of lower than 8, said low molecular weight, apolar compound bearing a single 4H-unit per molecule. The supramolecular compound according to the present invention may be used in coating, ink, toner, resin, lacquer, adhesive or glue compositions.
US08754211B2	Azolotriazinone melanin concentrating hormone receptor-1 antagonists The present application provides compounds that are useful as MCHR1 antagonists, especially for the treatment of obesity, including all stereoisomers, solvates, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable forms thereof according to Formula I wherein the variables are defined herein.
US08754210B2	Method for preparing 5-chloro-N-({(5S)-2-oxo-3-[4-(5,6-dihydro-4H-[1,2,4]triazin-1-yl)phenyl]-1,3-oxazolidin-5-yl}methyl) derivative and intermediate used therein Disclosed are: a method for preparing a 5-chloro-N-({(5S)-2-oxo-3-[4-(5,6-dihydro-4H-[1,2,4]triazin-1-yl)phenyl]-1,3-oxazolidin-5-yl}-methyl)thiophene-2-carboxamide derivative, which is a inhibitor of blood coagulation factor Xa, in a high purity and yield; and a novel intermedicate used therein.
US08754207B2	Process for the preparation of rapamycin derivatives The invention relates to processes for the preparation of compound of CCI-779 having the Formula (I), which is useful as an antineoplastic agent. The invention further relates to certain novel intermediates useful in the preparation of compound of CCI-779 and processes for their preparation. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions that include the compound of CCI-779, prepared according to the processes disclosed herein.
US08754204B2	Method for preparing stool sample, solution for preparing stool sample, and kit for collecting stool A method for preparing a stool sample without any need for complicated operations is provided which is capable of efficiently recovering a nucleic acid originating from mammalian cells, such as the cells exfoliated from the large intestine, in the stool. A solution for preparing a stool sample and a kit for stool collection are also provided. The collected stool is mixed with a solution for preparing a stool sample which has a water-soluble organic solvent as an active ingredient. A method is disclosed for recovering a nucleic acid including recovering a nucleic acid originating from indigenous enteric bacterium and a nucleic acid originating from an organism other than indigenous enteric bacterium at the same time from the stool sample prepared by the preparation method.
US08754201B2	Therapeutic compositions This application relates to therapeutic siRNA agents and methods of making and using the agents.
US08754196B2	Chromatography matrices including novel Staphylococcus aureus protein A based ligands The present invention relates to chromatography matrices including ligands based on one or more domains of immunoglobulin-binding proteins such as, Staphylococcus aureus Protein A (SpA), as well as methods of using the same.
US08754194B2	Modified coagulation factors with prolonged in vivo half-life The present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences coding for modified coagulation factors, preferably coagulation factor VIII, and their derivatives; recombinant expression vectors containing such nucleic acid sequences; host cells transformed with such recombinant expression vectors; and recombinant polypeptides and derivatives coded for by said nucleic acid sequences, whereby said recombinant polypeptides and derivatives have biological activities and prolonged in vivo half-lives compared to the unmodified wild-type proteins. The invention also relates to corresponding sequences that result in improved in vitro stability. The present invention further relates to processes for the manufacture of such recombinant proteins and their derivatives. The invention also relates to a transfer vector for use in human gene therapy, which comprises such nucleic acid sequences.
US08754188B2	Semiconducting compounds and devices incorporating same Disclosed are molecular and polymeric compounds having desirable properties as semiconducting materials. Such compounds can exhibit desirable electronic properties and possess processing advantages including solution-processability and/or good stability. Organic transistor and photovoltaic devices incorporating the present compounds as the active layer exhibit good device performance.
US08754187B2	Mercaptofunctional high μβ EO chromophores and high Tg, low optical loss, covalently bonded, high μβ EO chromophore containing polymers and methods of synthesizing EO materials The present invention relates generally to mercaptofunctional high μβ EO chromophores and EO polymers, and particularly to mercaptofunctional high μβ EO chromophores and EO polymers useful for making electro-optical devices and systems. Mercaptofunctional high μβ EO chromophores are covalently bonded to poly(imido sulfide) polymers producing high Tg, low optical loss, covalently bonded, high μβ EO chromophore containing polymers. Methods of synthesizing these EO materials using mild polymerization conditions are also described.
US08754186B2	Polyimide precursor composition, use thereof and production method thereof An object of the present invention is to provide a polyimide precursor composition that can be cured at low temperatures (250° C. or lower), while having a low viscosity even at a high concentration, and a method of producing the same. Another object of the present invention is to provide a polyimide coating film obtained from the polyimide precursor composition and having good physical properties, and a method of producing the same. Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to provide a photosensitive resin composition containing the polyimide precursor composition, and a method of producing the same. These objects can be achieved by the polyimide precursor composition containing an imidized tetracarboxylic acid having a specific structure and a diamine having a specific structure.
US08754172B2	Acrylic adhesive composition and polarizer film using the same An adhesive composition includes an acrylic copolymer having at least one alkyl group, at least one hydroxyl group, and at least one furyl based group; and a curing agent.
US08754168B2	Solubilisation of membrane proteins A method is provided for solubilising a membrane protein. The method is applied to cellular material comprising the membrane protein and an associated membrane lipid. A copolymer of styrene and maleic acid, wherein the styrene:maleic acid ratio is between 1:2 and 10:1, is mixed with the cellular material to cause the copolymer, lipid and protein to form soluble macromolecular assemblies.
US08754165B2	Heat-conductive silicone grease composition A heat-conductive silicone grease composition is provided comprising (A) a trialkoxysilyl-endcapped organopolysiloxane having a viscosity of 0.1-1,000 Pa·s at 25° C., (B) a specific organopolysiloxane, (C) a heat-conductive filler, and (D) a condensation catalyst. The composition is amenable to coat at the initial, thereafter increases its viscosity with moisture at room temperature rather than curing so that it remains flexible, easy to re-work, and anti-sagging, eliminates a need for cold storage and for hot application, avoids any undesired viscosity buildup, is easy to manufacture, and has good heat transfer.
US08754161B2	Complex-shaped fluororubber formed product The present invention provides a complex-shaped fluororubber formed product having excellent demoldability in molding. The complex-shaped fluororubber formed product of the present invention comprises a cross-linked fluororubber layer obtainable by cross-linking a fluororubber composition containing a fluororubber (A) and a carbon black (B). The cross-linked fluororubber layer has a loss modulus E″ of 400 kPa or higher and 6,000 kPa or lower determined by a dynamic viscoelasticity test (measurement temperature: 160° C., tensile strain: 1%, initial force: 157 cN, frequency: 10 Hz).
US08754159B2	Tire In order to provide a tire which is excellent in processability and which is excellent as well in a low fuel consumption, abrasion resistance and fracture resistance, assumed is such a constitution that used for a tire member is a rubber composition which contains a modified natural rubber having a polar group in the rubber molecule and precipitated silica, wherein a cetyltrimethylammonium bromide-adsorbing specific surface area (CTAB) (m2/g) of the precipitated silica and the mode Aac in diameters (nm) of primary aggregates thereof determined by acoustic measurement of particle size distribution satisfy an equation: Aac≧−0.76×(CTAB)+274.
US08754151B2	Multistage polymer dispersions, processes for preparing them, and use thereof The present invention relates to aqueous multistage polymer dispersions obtainable by free-radically initiated aqueous emulsion polymerization, having a soft phase and a hard phase, and a hard-to-soft stage ratio of 25% to 95% by weight to 75% to 5% by weight, the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the soft phase, as first stage, being −30 to 0° C. and that of the hard phase, as second stage, being 20 to 60° C., comprising at least one monomer of the general formula I in which the variables have the following definitions: n=0 to 2, R1, R2, R3=independently of one another hydrogen or methyl group, X=O or NH, Y=H, alkali metal or NH4, to processes for preparing these aqueous polymer dispersions, and to the use thereof as binders in coatings, and also to coatings comprising the polymer dispersion of the invention.
US08754146B2	Antimicrobial quaternary ammonium organosilane compositions Antimicrobial granules comprise carrier particles agglomerated by a binding agent containing a quaternary ammonium organosilane.
US08754145B1	Radiation curable hardcoat with improved weatherability Disclosed is a transparent, radiation curable acrylate coating composition comprising (a) at least three polyfunctional acrylate derivatives, (b) a photoinitiator selected from the group consisting of phosphine oxides, ketones, and combinations thereof, (c) a nanoscale filler, and (d) a dibenzoyl resorcinol UV absorber, at least one of said acrylate derivatives being an aliphatic polyester urethane multi-acrylate having an acrylate functionality of at least 5 and an elongation of no greater than 5%, and at least two of said acrylate derivatives being diacrylates, wherein at least one of said diacrylates is an aliphatic Polyester urethane diacrylate having an elongation of greater than 5% and a number average molecular weight of from 500 to about 2500 and wherein another of said diacrylates is a urethane-free diacrylate having a number average molecular weight of from about 150 to about 600.
US08754143B2	Polystyrene/polyethylene oxide copolymer for enhancing water vapor permeability in thermoplastic foam Polymeric foam and polymeric foam products that contain a foamable polymer material, at least one blowing agent, a polystyrene/polyethylene oxide copolymer, and optionally, an infrared attenuating agent, are provided. In exemplary embodiments, the blowing agent includes at least one hydrofluorocarbon blowing agent. The maleic anhydride-styrene copolymer grafted with polyethylene oxide provides a water vapor permeability of 1.1 perm inch or greater in the extruded foam product without detrimentally affecting physical or thermal properties of the product. Additionally, the copolymer of maleic anhydride-styrene grafted with polyethylene oxide has a positive affect on the processability of the blowing agent(s) in the composition by both widening the process window and enhancing the solubility of the blowing agent in the polymer melt. Thus, the polystyrene/polyethylene oxide copolymer present in the inventive composition acts as a cell enlarger, a plasticizer, and a processing aid. A method of forming an extruded foam product is also provided.
US08754136B2	Gelatin-containing topical composition This invention provides a topical pharmaceutical or cosmetic composition comprising a pharmaceutically or cosmetically active agent and a gelling agent, characterized in that said gelling agent comprises a fish gelatin and a polysaccharide.
US08754133B2	Compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of inflammatory diseases A method of inhibiting the inflammatory process, the method comprising administering to a mammal suffering from inflammation a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound where: R is a C1-C10 alkylene group, in which, when the number of carbon atoms is at least 2, there are optionally 1 or 2 non-adjacent double bonds; 1 to 3 non-adjacent methylene groups are optionally replaced by NR1 (where R1 is H, alkyl, or acyl), O, or S; and 1 or 2 methylene groups are optionally replaced by a carbonyl or hydroxymethylene group and pharmaceutically acceptable esters or salts of the compounds and wherein the inflammatory process results from a disease selected from the group consisting of ulcerative colitis, endotoxic shock, rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile arthritis, osteoarthritis, psoriasis, Crohn's disease, inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis, insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, gout, psoriatic arthritis, reactive arthritis, vital or post-viral arthritis and ankylosing spondylarthritis.
US08754132B2	Highly selective 5-HT(2C) receptor agonists that show anti-psychotic effects with antagonist activity at the 5-HT(2B) receptor Highly selective 5-HT(2C) receptor agonists receptors are disclosed. The 5-HT(2C) receptor agonists are used in the treatments of disease and conditions wherein modulation of 5-HT(2C) receptors provides a benefit, such as obesity and psychiatric disorders.
US08754128B2	Dioxoanthracene sulphonate derivatives Compounds that may have anti-inflammatory activity have the general formula (I): Wherein R1, R2, R3 are each independently H or a C1-4 alkyl group or a C2-4 acyl group; R4 and R5 are each independently H or a group of formula —SO3R6, wherein R6 is H or a C1-4 alkyl group or a C2-4 acyl group; with the proviso that at least one of R4 and R5 is a group of formula —SO3R6, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US08754126B2	Methods for improving tolerance, digestion, and lipid soluble nutrient absorption in an infant, toddler, or child Disclosed are nutritional formulations including predigested fats that can be administered to preterm infants, infants, toddlers, and children for improving tolerance, digestion, and absorption of nutrients and for reducing the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis, colic, and short bowel syndrome. The predigested fats include fatty acid-containing monoglycerides and/or a fatty acid component.
US08754106B2	Macrocyclic inhibitors of hepatitis C virus Inhibitors of HCV replication of formula (I) and the N-oxides, salts, and stereoisomers, wherein each dashed line represents an optional double bond; X is N, CH and where X bears a double bond it is C; R1 is —OR7, —NH—SO2R8; R2 is hydrogen, and where X is C or CH, R2 may also be C1-6alkyl; R3 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, C1-6alkoxyC1-6alkyl, C3-7cycloalkyl; R4 is aryl or Het; n is 3, 4, 5, or 6; R5 is halo, C1-6alkyl, hydroxy, C1-6alkoxy, phenyl, or Het; R6 is C1-6alkoxy, or dimethylamino; R7 is hydrogen; aryl; Het; C3-7cycloalkyl optionally substituted with C1-6alkyl; or C1-6alkyl optionally substituted with C3-7cycloalkyl, aryl or with Het; R8 is aryl; Het; C3-7cycloalkyl optionally substituted with C1-6alkyl; or C1-6alkyl optionally substituted with C3-7cycloalkyl, aryl or with Het; aryl is phenyl optionally substituted with one, two or three substituents; Het is a 5 or 6 membered saturated, partially unsaturated or completely unsaturated heterocyclic ring containing 1 to 4 heteroatoms selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, and being optionally substituted with one, two or three substituents; pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds (I) and processes for preparing compounds (I). Bioavailable combinations of the inhibitors of HCV of formula (I) with ritonavir are also provided.
US08754096B2	Piperidinone carboxamide azaindane CGRP receptor antagonists The present invention is directed to piperidinone carboxamide azaindane derivatives which are antagonists of CGRP receptors and useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the CGRP is involved, such as migraine. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which CGRP is involved.
US08754083B2	Compositions of dibromomalonamide and their use as biocides A biocidal composition comprising 2,2-dibromomalonamide and an aldehyde-based biocidal compound, and its use for the control of microorganisms in aqueous and water-containing systems.
US08754078B2	Compositions and methods for treatment of cancer The present invention relates to pyrroloquinolinyl-pyrrolidine-2,5-dione compounds in combination with chemotherapeutic agents. The present invention provides methods of treating a cell proliferative disorder, such as a cancer, by administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a pyrroloquinolinyl-pyrrole-2,5-dione compound or pyrroloquinolinyl-pyrrolidine-2,5-dione compound of the present invention and also administering a effective amount of a chemotherapeutic agent.
US08754073B2	Substituted piperazino-dihydrothienopyrimidines Piperidinodihydrothienopyrimidines of formula 1 wherein X is SO or SO2 (preferably SO), and R1, R2, R3, and R4 may have the meanings given in the disclosure and claims, pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds. These piperidinodihydrothienopyrimidines are suitable for the treatment of respiratory or gastrointestinal complaints or diseases, inflammatory diseases of the joints, skin, or eyes, diseases of the peripheral or central nervous system, or cancers.
US08754066B2	Phenoxy derivatives as sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) receptor modulators The present invention relates to novel phenoxy derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors.
US08754058B2	Inhibitors of FAM3B gene, inhibitor compositions, inhibiting methods and applications of inhibitors in preparing pharmaceuticals Inhibitors that can inhibit expression of FAM3B gene to reduce the levels of expression products, or can combine the expression products to reduce the activity of promoting lipid synthesis of FAM3B gene product are provided, wherein the inhibitors are one or more inhibitors selected from the group consisting of small interfering RNAs, antisense oligonucleotides, antibodies against FAM3B proteins and active organic compounds. Cells, vectors or inhibitor compositions, comprising such inhibitors, methods for inhibiting expression of FAM3B gene or inhibiting the activity of promoting lipid synthesis of FAM3B gene product using the inhibitors are provided. Methods for treating diseases mediated by expression of FAM3B gene using such inhibitors and uses of the inhibitors in preparing pharmaceuticals for preventing and/or treating the disease mediated by FAM3B gene expression are also provided.
US08754052B2	Treatment of nephrolithiasis and urolithiasis using 1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-galloyl-beta-D-glucose (PGG) The treatment of nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis by methods that include administration of 1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-galloyl-beta-D-glucose (PGG) or a salt or derivative thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising the same are provided herein.
US08754051B2	Peptide modulators of the δPKC interaction with the d subunit of F1Fo ATP synthase/ATPase and uses thereof The present invention provides isolated or synthetic peptides derived from the d subunit of mammalian F1Fo ATP synthase (dF1Fo) protein for the purposes of tissue protection and improved energy production following acute injury from ischemia/reperfusion or other toxic insults, or in chronic diseases such as diabetes and cancer. The major focus of the patent protection will be 2 peptides comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2 and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. However, additional peptide sequences within the dF1Fo protein may also have efficacies in these disease states and therefore all peptides shown in the Figures of this application (combined with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-Tat protein transduction, cytochrome oxidase subunit IV (COIV) mitochondrial targeting and Flag domains) are included for their efficacies in these conditions.
US08754050B2	Macrocyclic compounds useful as inhibitors of histone deacetylases The present invention provides a novel macrocyclic compound of general Formula (I) having histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitory activity, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, and a method useful to treat diseases using the compound.
US08754042B2	Oligopeptide compounds and uses thereof The present invention relates to novel agents, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in therapy, particularly anti-microbial and anti-cancer therapy. In particular, the present invention relates to novel peptide-based compounds based on SEQ ID NO:40 which have surprisingly been shown to have inhibitory effects on the growth and/or viability of cells, particularly bacterial and cancer cells. Also provided are therapeutic and non-therapeutic methods which comprise the use of peptides of the invention.
US08754041B2	Method of removing E. coli bacteria from an aqueous solution The method of removing Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria from an aqueous solution includes the step of mixing multi-walled carbon nanotubes functionalized with a dodecylamine group (C12H27N) into an aqueous solution containing E. coli bacteria. The multi-walled carbon nanotubes functionalized with a dodecylamine group have an antimicrobial effect against the E. coli bacteria. The multi-walled carbon nanotubes may be mixed into the aqueous solution at a concentration of between approximately 0.2 g and 0.007 g of multi-walled carbon nanotubes functionalized with a dodecylamine group per 100 ml of the aqueous solution.
US08754040B2	Cyclic peptide compound, method for producing same, anti-infective agent, antibiotic-containing fraction, antibiotic, method for producing antibiotic, antibiotic-producing microorganism, and antibiotic produced by same Provided are: a novel compound having a structure different from that of existing drugs; a novel microorganism capable of producing the novel compound; and further; a novel compound effective to a multiple-drug-resistant bacterium. To provide a novel compound having a high therapeutic effect which can be expected to have a low hurdle for practical realization by selecting an intended compound from many candidate compounds based not only on an antibacterial activity but also on evaluation including a therapeutic effect, a cyclic peptide compound shown by the following formula (1) or a pharmaceutically allowable salt thereof and a microorganism with Accession No. NITE BP-870 or a microorganism mutated naturally or artificially therefrom are provided. (In the formula (1), R1 represents an acyl group having 7, 8, or 9 carbon atoms and optionally containing a substituent group; R2 represents a methyl group or a hydrogen atom; and R3 represents an ethyl group or a methyl group.)
US08754039B2	Targeted antimicrobial moieties This invention provides novel targeted antimicrobial compositions. In various embodiments chimeric moieties are provided comprising an antimicrobial peptide attached to a peptide targeting moiety that binds a bacterial strain or species.
US08754038B2	Template-fixed peptidomimetics with CCR10 antagonistic activity Novel template-fixed β-hairpin peptidomimetics of the general formula (I) wherein the single elements T or P are α-amino acid residues connected in either direction which, depending on their positions in the chain, are as defined in the description and the claims, and salts thereof, have the property to antagonize the receptor CCR10. They can be used as medicaments to treat or prevent diseases or conditions in the area of dermatological and cutaneous disorders, inflammation, allergic disorders, respiratory diseases, diseases of the gastro-intestinal tract, ophthalmic diseases, haematology and cancer. These β-hairpin peptidomimetics can be manufactured by a process which is based on a mixed solid- and solution phase synthetic strategy.
US08754017B2	Lubricant for natural gas engines An engine fueled by natural gas may be lubricated by providing thereto a lubricant composition of an oil of lubricating viscosity, an overbased monovalent metal detergent in an amount to provide at least about 0.01 weight percent monovalent metal to the lubricant composition, wherein the monovalent metal comprises about 10 to about 30 percent by weight of the total metal content of the lubricant composition, an overbased divalent metal detergent, in an amount to provide at least about 0.005 percent by weight of the divalent metal to the lubricant composition, a dispersant, and a metal salt of a phosphorus acid. The lubricant composition has a sulfated ash of less than about 0.8 percent.
US08754010B2	Herbicidal mixtures A synergistic herbicidal mixture comprising A) picolinafen; or one of its environmentally compatible salts; and B) a synergistically effective amount of at least a sulfonylurea of formula II wherein the variables A, B, X and R1 to R3 have the meanings given in the specification; and, if desired, C) at least a safener. Compositions comprising these mixtures, processes for the preparation of these compositions and their use for controlling undesired plants.
US08754003B2	Method to increase volumetric hydrogen storage capacity for Pt/AC materials A novel method to increase volumetric hydrogen storage capacity for Pt/AC materials, which comprises a material providing step, an acid washing step, a glucose mixing step, a pellet pressing step combining liquefaction and carbonization, a impurity removing step, a mixed solution introducing step, and a washing and filtering step to provide a method for high quality hydrogen storage material production by supporting platinum on active carbon.
US08753985B2	Molecular layer deposition of silicon carbide Molecular layer deposition of silicon carbide is described. A deposition precursor includes a precursor molecule which contains silicon, carbon and hydrogen. Exposure of a surface to the precursor molecule results in self-limited growth of a single layer. Though the growth is self-limited, the thickness deposited during each cycle of molecular layer deposition involves multiple “atomic” layers and so each cycle may deposit thicknesses greater than typically found during atomic layer depositions. Precursor effluents are removed from the substrate processing region and then the surface is irradiated before exposing the layer to the deposition precursor again.
US08753980B2	Rapid thermal annealing to reduce pattern effect A method of performing rapid thermal annealing on a substrate including heating the substrate to a first temperature in a rapid thermal annealing system having a front-side heating source and a backside heating source. The method further includes raising the temperature of the substrate from the first temperature to a second temperature greater than the first temperature. The backside heating source provides a greater amount of heat than the front-side heating source during the raising of the temperature of the substrate.
US08753978B2	Metal and silicon containing capping layers for interconnects Disclosed methods cap exposed surfaces of copper lines with a layer of metal or metal-containing compound combined with silicon. In some cases, the metal or metal-containing compound forms an atomic layer. In certain embodiments, the methods involve exposing the copper surface first to a metal containing precursor to form an atomic layer of adsorbed precursor or metal atoms, which may optionally be converted to an oxide, nitride, carbide, or the like by, e.g., a pinning treatment. Subsequent exposure to a silicon-containing precursor may proceed with or without metallic atoms being converted.
US08753975B1	Methods of forming conductive copper-based structures using a copper-based nitride seed layer without a barrier layer and the resulting device A method includes forming a trench/via in a layer of insulating material, forming a first layer comprised of silicon or germanium on the insulating material in the trench/via, forming a copper-based seed layer on the first layer, converting at least a portion of the copper-based seed layer into a copper-based nitride layer, depositing a bulk copper-based material on the copper-based nitride layer so as to overfill the trench/via and performing at least one chemical mechanical polishing process to remove excess materials positioned outside of the trench/via to thereby define a copper-based conductive structure. A device includes a layer of insulating material, a copper-based conductive structure positioned in a trench/via within the layer of insulating material and a copper-based nitride layer positioned between the copper-based conductive structure and the layer of insulating material, wherein the copper-based nitride layer contacts both of the copper-based conductive structure and the layer of insulating material.
US08753950B2	Dual-damascene process to fabricate thick wire structure A method and semiconductor device. In the method, at least one partial via is etched in a stacked structure and a border is formed about the at least one partial via. The method further includes performing thick wiring using selective etching while continuing via etching to at least one etch stop layer.
US08753949B2	Nonvolatile memory cells and methods of forming nonvolatile memory cells A method of forming a nonvolatile memory cell includes forming a first electrode having a first current conductive material and a circumferentially self-aligned second current conductive material projecting elevationally outward from the first current conductive material. The second current conductive material is different in composition from the first current conductive material. A programmable region is formed over the first current conductive material and over the projecting second current conductive material of the first electrode. A second electrode is formed over the programmable region. In one embodiment, the programmable region is ion conductive material, and at least one of the first and second electrodes has an electrochemically active surface directly against the ion conductive material. Other method and structural aspects are disclosed.
US08753926B2	Electronic packaging with a variable thickness mold cap An electronic package with improved warpage compensation. The electronic package includes a mold cap having a variable thickness. The variable thickness can have a mound or dimple design. In another embodiment, a method is provided for reducing unit warpage of an electronic package by designing the topography of a mold cap to compensate for warpage.
US08753923B2	Wafer processing method A wafer processing method of dividing a wafer along streets. The wafer processing method includes a protective tape attaching step of attaching a protective tape to the front side of the wafer, a modified layer forming step of holding the wafer through the protective tape on a chuck table of a laser processing apparatus under suction and next applying a laser beam having a transmission wavelength to the wafer from the back side of the wafer along the streets, thereby forming a modified layer inside the wafer along each street, and a wafer dividing step of canceling suction holding of the wafer by the chuck table and next applying an air pressure to the wafer now placed on the holding surface in the condition where horizontal movement of the wafer is limited, thereby dividing the wafer along each street where the modified layer is formed, thus obtaining individual devices.
US08753903B1	Methods and apparatuses for performing wafer level characterization of a plasmon element Improved pump-probe testing methods and apparatuses for measuring the performance of a plasmon element at wafer level are provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a light source configured to output a first light beam on a grating located at a first end of a waveguide, the waveguide being configured to couple energy of the first light beam to the plasmon element located at a second end of the waveguide, and an optical probe assembly positioned above a top surface of the wafer. The optical probe assembly is configured to direct a second light beam on an area of the wafer including the plasmon element and detect a portion of the second light beam reflected from the area.
US08753898B2	Microbead analysis method and microbead analyzer Provided is a microbead analysis method for a microbead. The microbead is formed in a columnar shape having a top surface and a bottom surface facing each other, as placed almost in parallel, and a side surface extending therefrom, and carries an identification pattern formed on at least one of the top surface and the bottom surface and a substance immobilized on a surface thereof having affinity to an analyte substance. The method includes detecting fluorescence emitted from the microbead surface due to interaction of the analyte substance with the substance having affinity to the analyte substance from a region including a region of the top surface and the bottom surface where there is no identification pattern formed and the side surface.
US08753888B2	Blood cell sorting methods and systems The invention relates to methods of isolating white blood cells (WBCs) from a sample, e.g., whole blood, using magnetic particles that specifically bind to WBCs and a series of specific steps and conditions. The methods can include one or more of decreasing the viscosity of the sample prior to WBC isolation, agitating the sample at specified frequencies, and/or using a sample container arranged such that all of the sample is placed in close proximity (e.g., within 5, 2, 1, or 0.5 mm) to the source of the magnetic field. The new methods provide for isolation of WBC preparations with high yield, purity, and viability. The methods are designed for compatibility with automation protocols for rapid processing of multiple samples.
US08753886B1	Compositions for regenerating defective or absent myocardium Compositions of the invention for regenerating defective or absent myocardium comprise an emulsified or injectable extracellular matrix composition. The composition may also include an extracellular matrix scaffold component of any formulation, and further include added cells, proteins, or other components to optimize the regenerative process and restore cardiac function.
US08753880B2	Method of enriching stem and/or progenitor cells A method of enriching stem or progenitor cells that includes growing a heterogeneous cell sample comprising stem and/or progenitor cells on a first substrate that is hydrophobic and has an elastic modulus less than about 100 MPa; recovering the heterogeneous cell sample from the first substrate; growing the recovered heterogeneous cell sample on a second substrate that is hydrophilic and has an elastic modulus higher than the elastic modulus of the first substrate to produce a subpopulation of nonadherent cells and a subpopulation of adherent cells; and recovering the nonadherent cell subpopulation, which is enriched for stem and/or progenitor cells.
US08753850B2	Microorganisms and methods for the biosynthesis of adipate, hexamethylenediamine and 6-aminocaproic acid The invention provides a non-naturally occurring microbial organism having a 6-aminocaproic acid, caprolactam, hexametheylenediamine or levulinic acid pathway. The microbial organism contains at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding an enzyme in the respective 6-aminocaproic acid, caprolactam, hexametheylenediamine or levulinic acid pathway. The invention additionally provides a method for producing 6-aminocaproic acid, caprolactam, hexametheylenediamine or levulinic acid. The method can include culturing a 6-aminocaproic acid, caprolactam or hexametheylenediamine producing microbial organism, where the microbial organism expresses at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding a 6-aminocaproic acid, caprolactam, hexametheylenediamine or levulinic acid pathway enzyme in a sufficient amount to produce the respective product, under conditions and for a sufficient period of time to produce 6-aminocaproic acid, caprolactam, hexametheylenediamine or levulinic acid.
US08753845B2	Thermostable reverse transcriptases and uses thereof The present invention is in the fields of molecular and cellular biology. The invention is generally related to reverse transcriptase enzymes and methods for the reverse transcription of nucleic acid molecules, especially messenger RNA molecules. Specifically, the invention relates to reverse transcriptase enzymes which have been mutated or modified to increase thermostability, decrease terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase activity, and/or increase fidelity, and to methods of producing, amplifying or sequencing nucleic acid molecules (particularly cDNA molecules) using these reverse transcriptase enzymes or compositions. The invention also relates to nucleic acid molecules produced by these methods and to the use of such nucleic acid molecules to produce desired polypeptides. The invention also concerns kits comprising such enzymes or compositions.
US08753844B2	Overproduction of ligninolytic enzymes Methods, compositions, and systems for overproducing ligninolytic enzymes from the basidiomycetous fungus are described herein. As described, the method can include incubating a fungal strain of Cerrena unicolor IBB 303 in a fermentation system having growth medium which includes lignocellulosic material and then cultivating the fungal strain in the fermentation system under conditions wherein the fungus expresses the ligninolytic enzymes. In some cases, the lignocellulosic material is mandarin peel, ethanol production residue, walnut pericarp, wheat bran, wheat straw, or banana peel.
US08753836B2	Dewaxing buffer containing a water-soluble organic solvent and methods of use thereof Dewaxing buffers containing a water-soluble organic solvent, methods for use thereof, and kits incorporating dewaxing buffers. The dewaxing buffers contain a water soluble organic solvent that has a boiling point of at least 80° C. The dewaxing buffers described herein can be used to quickly and efficiently remove embedding paraffin from slide-mounted tissue sections in an aqueous buffer solution at elevated temperature without fear of paraffin redeposition of the slides. In addition, the dewaxing buffers described herein can be used to perform dewaxing and HIER in a single step, which can substantially reduce protocol time and lower the risk of sample loss or damage.
US08753828B2	Humanized anti-CCR2 antibodies and methods of use therefor The present invention relates to a humanized antibody or functional fragment thereof which binds to a mammalian (e.g., human) CC-chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2) or a portion of the receptor and blocks binding of a ligand to the receptor. The invention further relates to a method of inhibiting the interaction of a cell bearing mammalian CCR2 with a ligand thereof, and to use of the antibodies and fragments in therapeutic, prophylactic and diagnostic methods.
US08753826B2	Methods of detecting factor D with anti-factor D antibodies The invention relates to humanized anti-human Factor D monoclonal antibodies, their nucleic acid and amino acid sequences, the cells and vectors that harbor these antibodies and their use in the preparation of compositions and medicaments for treatment of diseases and disorders associated with excessive or uncontrolled complement activation. These antibodies are useful for diagnostics, prophylaxis and treatment of disease.
US08753822B2	Neoepitope detection of disease using protein arrays A biosensor for use in detecting the presence of diseases, the biosensor comprising a detector for detecting a presence of at least one marker indicative of a specific disease. A method of determining efficacy of a pharmaceutical for treating a disease or staging disease by administering a pharmaceutical to a sample containing markers for a disease, detecting the amount of at least one marker of the disease in the sample, and analyzing the amount of the marker in the sample, whereby the amount of marker correlates to pharmaceutical efficacy or disease stage. Markers for gynecological disease selected from the list in Table 6. An immuno-imaging agent comprising labeled antibodies, whereby the labeled antibodies are isolated and reactive to proteins overexpressed in vivo. Informatics software for analyzing the arrays of claim 4, the software including analyzing means for analyzing the arrays.
US08753821B2	PNA probes, mixtures, methods and kits pertaining to the determination of Mycoplasma and related Mollicutes This invention is related to PNA probes, probe sets, mixtures, methods and kits pertaining to the determination of Mycoplasma and related Mollicutes.
US08753818B1	Methods of detecting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) In one aspect, the invention is directed to a method of identifying an individual that has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or is at risk of developing ALS comprising detecting one or more alterations in a profilin 1 (PFN1) sequence of an individual in need thereof compared to a wild type profilin sequence. In another aspect, the invention is directed to a method of identifying an individual that has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or is at risk of developing ALS comprising selectively sequencing a profilin 1 (PFN1) sequence of an individual in need thereof; and detecting one or more alterations in the PFN1 sequence of the individual. If the one or more alterations are detected then the individual has ALS.
US08753816B2	Sequencing methods The present technology relates to molecular sciences, such as genomics. More particularly, the present technology relates to nucleic acid sequencing.
US08753815B2	Molecular genetic approach to treatment and diagnosis of alcohol and drug dependence Compositions and methods are provided that are useful for diagnosing, treating, and monitoring alcohol dependence and disorders, susceptibility to alcohol dependence disorders, as well as drug related dependence and disorders. The methods include treating patients with an antagonist of the serotonin receptor 5-HT3 for such disorders, wherein the patient's serotonin transporter gene SLC6A4 is known to have particular genotypes.
US08753811B2	Method for making populations of defined nucleic acid molecules The present invention provides methods of making a population of nucleic acid molecules, wherein each nucleic acid molecule comprises a predetermined nucleic acid sequence, each of said methods comprising the steps of: (a) synthesizing, on a substrate, a population of nucleic acid molecules wherein: i) each synthesized nucleic acid molecule comprises a predetermined nucleic acid sequence; and ii) each synthesized nucleic acid molecule is localized to a defined area of said substrate; (b) harvesting said population of synthesized nucleic acid molecules from said substrate to yield harvested nucleic acid molecules; and (c) introducing said harvested nucleic acid molecules into vector molecules.
US08753809B2	Methods and compositions for detection and enrichment of target small RNAs Methods and compositions are provided for detecting small target RNAs where the target RNA may be single-stranded or double-stranded and may be contained in a mixture of RNAs of different types and sizes. The methods and compositions utilize a p19 fusion protein that is capable of binding double-stranded RNA in a size-specific but sequence-independent manner and is further capable of binding to a matrix such as beads or plastic microwell plates. By labeling the p19 fusion protein or the target RNA in a polynucleotide duplex either directly or indirectly, low levels of target RNA including microRNAs can be detected from cells. This can be applied to diagnosis of pathological conditions.

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