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US08930322B2	Methods and systems for bulk row save logic in an object relational mapping layer and application framework In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for saving multiple rows together through an object relational mapping layer to a database. These mechanisms and methods for saving multiple rows together can enable embodiments to detect faults in the save operation(s) and recover. The ability of embodiments to detect faults in the save operation(s) and recover can enable embodiments to provide a robust forgiving published API that saves a set of rows together whenever possible.
US08930321B2	Logical recovery with unbundled transaction services This patent application relates to enhanced logical recovery techniques for redo recovery operations of a system with an unbundled storage engine. These techniques can be implemented by utilizing an enhanced logical recovery approach in which a dirty page table (DPT) is constructed based on information logged during normal execution. The unbundled storage engine can include a transaction component (TC) that is architecturally independent of a data component (DC). These techniques can enhance redo recovery operations by mitigating the resources needed to determine whether previously executed operations sent from the TC to the DC are to be repeated in response to a recovery-initiating event. This can include using the DPT to avoid fetching every data page corresponding to every previously executed operation received by the DC during recovery and/or pre-fetching data pages and/or index pages that correspond to PIDs in the DPT.
US08930319B2	Modular backup and retrieval system used in conjunction with a storage area network A modular computer storage system and method is provided for managing and directing data archiving functions, which is scalable and comprehends various storage media as well as diverse operating systems on a plurality of client devices. A client component is associated with one or more client devices for generating archival request. A file processor directs one or more storage devices, through one or more media components, which control the actual physical level backup on various storage devices. Each media component creates a library indexing system for locating stored data. A management component coordinates the archival functions between the various client components and the file processor, including setting scheduling policies, aging policies, index pruning policies, drive cleaning policies, configuration information, and keeping track of running and waiting jobs.
US08930313B2	System and method for managing replication in an object storage system An object storage system, such as a content addressed storage system, manages replication of objects across network locations to balance storage space and data security. Network locations set a policy of replicating each object at the object's primary network location and a secondary network location. The secondary network location creates a first replica of the object and a virtual unique identifier representing a second replica of the object at the secondary network location. Creation of the second replica is suppressed unless the first replica becomes invalid so that storage space is conserved without substantially increasing the risk of loss of information represented by the object.
US08930305B2	Adaptive information processing systems, methods, and media for updating product documentation and knowledge base An adaptive information processing system for updating product documentation and associated knowledge base is disclosed, the system including at least one subsystem for receiving original data from a data source, and a central dynamic data system to integrate the original data from the at least one subsystem. The central dynamic data system is configured to integrate system knowledge with the original data to form integrated data, wherein the central dynamic data system is configured to dynamically update the product documentation and the knowledge base based on the integrated data. A computer implemented method for dynamically updating product documentation and knowledge base is further disclosed, the method includes receiving original data from a data source, and integrating the knowledge base with the original data from the data source to form integrated data. The method further includes mapping the integrated data with at least one application and dynamically updating product documentation and the knowledge base based on the integrated data.
US08930304B2	Knowledge discovery from citation networks In a corpus of scientific articles such as a digital library, documents are connected by citations and one document plays two different roles in the corpus: document itself and a citation of other documents. A Bernoulli Process Topic (BPT) model is provided which models the corpus at two levels: document level and citation level. In the BPT model, each document has two different representations in the latent topic space associated with its roles. Moreover, the multi-level hierarchical structure of the citation network is captured by a generative process involving a Bernoulli process. The distribution parameters of the BPT model are estimated by a variational approximation approach.
US08930298B2	Rules engine ecosystem developed with an object cache framework An object cache framework client selects a rule-set object in an object cache framework. The rule-set object comprises a rule-set (set of business rules). The object cache framework client evaluates criteria of the rule-set against properties of a plurality of rules engines. The object cache framework client determines if the properties of a rules engine, from a plurality of rules engines, satisfy the criteria of the rule-set. The object cache framework client supplies the rule-set object to the rules engine for execution of the rule-set.
US08930294B2	Predicting user activity based on usage data received from client devices A system for determining an interest of a user based on usage data is provided. Usage data corresponding to a plurality of websites accessed by a user is received from one or more computing devices of the user. The received usage data is categorized into a plurality of categories based on character strings that reference the individual websites. What content items from individual websites the user has selected to view is recorded in order to identify one or more items of interest. An activity of the user at a given time period is predicted based on the categorizations, the identified one or more items of interest, and times and duration of times the user viewed the individual websites. The system performs an action at the given time period based on the predicted activity.
US08930293B2	Prediction apparatus, prediction method, and recording medium Response performance of a new type of transaction processing based on a new program, when the new type of transaction processing is executed by a computer of an information processing system, is predicted. The information processing system executes transaction processing requiring access to a database system in response to an external processing request. Upon prediction of response performance each value of a plurality of parameters related to operation that affects response speed of a database system assumed in the new type of transaction processing is acquired. The acquired each value of the plurality of parameters is inputted to a predetermined evaluation formula to calculate an evaluation value related to response performance of the new type of transaction processing.
US08930288B2	Learning tags for video annotation using latent subtags A tag learning module trains video classifiers associated with a stored set of tags derived from textual metadata of a plurality of videos, the training based on features extracted from training videos. Each of the tag classifiers is comprised of a plurality of subtag classifiers relating to latent subtags within the tag. The latent subtags can be initialized by clustering cowatch information relating to the videos for a tag. After initialization to identify subtag groups, a subtag classifier can be trained on features extracted from each subtag group. Iterative training of the subtag classifiers can be accomplished by identifying the latent subtags of a training set using the subtag classifiers, then iteratively improving the subtag classifiers by training each subtag classifier with the videos designated as conforming closest to that subtag.
US08930280B2	Recycling postage-paid indicator and process A method for recycling a mail piece by a user that utilizes a postage-paid indicator that includes an intelligent barcode and the postal system which scans the intelligent barcode and compares it with a first data file that contains information concerning the distribution of funds generated from the sale of the recycle indicator and a second data file that contains information concerning a recycling destination of the mail piece to which the postage-paid recycle indicator is affixed by the user.
US08930279B2	System and method for prepaid account replenishment A method of processing a transaction for provision of funds to a mobile telephone prepayment account associated with a mobile telephone is disclosed. The method includes: an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) receiving, from a card associated with a user of the mobile telephone, information identifying a financial account associated with the user of the mobile device; the ATM receiving, from a user, an identifier associated with the mobile telephone; the ATM receiving, from the user, information indicating an amount of funds to be provided to the mobile telephone prepayment account; and the ATM sending, to a financial institution associated with the financial account, an instruction to transfer the indicated amount of funds from the financial account to the wireless service provider, so as to provide the indicated amount of funds to the mobile telephone prepayment account.
US08930278B2	Method and system of preserving purchased on-demand transportation entertainment services across different journey segments or separate trips A method and system for allowing the purchaser of an on-demand entertainment session of predetermined time duration to reaccess that portion of the session not used. On-demand passenger entertainment services in airline flights often offer services, such as movies, of a predetermined time duration which time is longer than the time of flight. The method and system disclosed allows purchasers to gain access on another flight to the unused portion of the services, such as, the unseen portion of a movie, terminated at the end of the initial flight.
US08930271B1	System and method for a mobile wallet A computer-implemented system and method for providing offers to a mobile device includes receiving at least one offer from at least one merchant at an offer computer system and determining, by the offer computer system, an offer to present on the mobile device based on at least one characteristic of a user of the mobile device, the offer providing the user a discount from a price of a product or service. The method includes receiving a request for a code to provide to a merchant, the code being generated for the mobile device that belongs to the user. The method includes receiving, from a mobile device, an indication from the user to use the offer and sending, by the offer computer system, to the mobile device an offer code to be displayed on the mobile device to be received by a merchant.
US08930262B1	Systems and methods of assisted strategy design In an embodiment, a computer system performs a method of modifying a decision algorithm, such as an algorithm for assigning credit limits or other credit terms, via a graphical user interface. The system displays a graphical representation of a decision tree comprising a plurality of decision nodes. The decision nodes are associated with respective conditions, and at least a portion of the decision nodes are associated with an outcome to be assigned to an individual matching the associated respective conditions in accordance with the decision tree. The system receives a selection of a decision node and selects a parameter to be used to construct subnodes of the selected decision node, and constructs the subnodes. The system calculates an outcome for each subnode, and it updates the graphical representation of the decision tree to include the plurality of subnodes.
US08930261B2	Method and system for generating a fraud risk score using telephony channel based audio and non-audio data Disclosed is a method for generating a fraud risk score representing a fraud risk associated with an individual, the method comprising: a) determining a telephony channel risk score from at least one of audio channel data and non-audio channel data of the individual; and b) generating the fraud risk score based on at least one of the telephony channel risk score, the audio channel data, and the non-audio channel data.
US08930259B2	Method and apparatus for monitoring and evaluating limit order trading Systems, methods, apparatus, computer program code and means for generating quality data associated with an option limit order are provided. In some embodiments, an option limit order is received, the option limit order including information identifying a customer, information identifying a desired option, and information that indicates a limit price for said option limit order. A substantially real time feed of option market date is received and the option market data is used in real time to identify at least one of a trade-through and a trade-at transaction relevant to the option limit order. Alerts may be generated based on the identified trade-through or trade-at transaction. Trade-at or trade-through data may be tabulated and analyzed to evaluate option limit order trading activity. Analysis to generate trade-at or trade-through data may be performed on a batch processing basis relying entirely or in part on data received in real time or on a batch basis.
US08930258B2	Dynamically activating and deactivating one or more elements of a trading tool Various embodiments relate to intelligently activating and deactivating a trading tool element of a trading tool to improve a user's confidence in the trading tool. By dynamically activating and deactivating elements on the trading screen, the trading tool effectively increases a user's confidence in placing a trading order, canceling a trade order, or both, for example, by eliminating or reducing undesirable options. Undesirable options might include those that are risky, contrary to a particular trading strategy, would result in a loss of money, and so on. Such an embodiment can improve the overall speed at which a user places or cancels a trade order by, among other things, effectively increasing the user's overall confidence in the trading tool.
US08930252B2	Electronic financial management and analysis system and related methods A computing system facilitating electronic bill presentment and payment features for authorized users via a user interface is introduced including an analysis engine. The analysis engine, in response to user interaction with the user interface, selectively performs user-defined analysis on at least a subset of retrieved billing information associated with one or more billers. The analysis engine further generates one or more user-defined report(s) based, at least in part, on the user-defined analysis.
US08930245B2	Methods, systems and machines for identifying geospatial compatibility between consumers and providers of goods or services Geospatial compatibility between consumers and providers of goods or services is identified. The system allows consumers to find service providers with service areas encompassing their location or merchants within a desired shopping area, and allow consumers to query about consumers within a specified area, for example to identify a potential customer base or consider regional advertising. A digital map interface allows users to enter one or more locations or areas of interest and later performs location or area additions, modifications or removals. The system provides the geospatially matched consumers and vendors with information on how to contact one another, but is kept simple by leaving actual contact between the matched parties to separate outside communication channels independent of the system. Processing requirements are reduced by pre-calculating an inner rectangle for complex polygon geographical areas so that simple point-rectangle calculations can confirm locations within the area as being within the polygon.
US08930244B2	Method, medium, and system for processing requisitions A single instance, multi-tenant procurement system, includes an access module to provide access to a plurality of end users associated with an organization to their respective accounts, each account being customized by a super user of the organization, a search engine to execute searches for products offered by one or more suppliers, a transaction module to process and track one or more requisitions generated by the plurality of end users, a business rules module to apply business rules established between the organization and the one or more suppliers to process the requisitions, and a data repository to store data generated on the system.
US08930243B2	System, process and software arrangement for providing multidimensional recommendations/suggestions A process, system and computer software are provided to facilitate at least one recommendation to one or more users and/or one or more applications using multidimensional data. In particular, a multidimensional space is defined, wherein each dimension is capable of providing variable information. At least one dimension corresponds to user profiles. The multidimensional space is filled with multidimensional data corresponding to dimensions of the multidimensional space. Then, information from the multidimensional space is retrieved. Further, the recommendation is generated based on the retrieved information. In addition, it is possible to generate a recommendation-specific query. This can be performed by generating the recommendation-specific query to access a multidimensional cube and retrieve data stored therein. Then, the recommendation can be issued based on the data retrieved from the multidimensional cube.
US08930241B2	Clearing house for processing of payments using coded payment methods Embodiments of the invention include systems, methods, and computer-program products for a clearing house for directing readable indicia to/from merchants, users, and/or vendors. As such, merchants, users, and vendors may all be able to recognize, read, and complete transactions using any readable indicia, irrespective of the vendor providing the readable indicia. In some embodiments, the invention may provide merchants or users with readable indicia from one or more readable indicia vendors. In other embodiments, the invention may recognize readable indicia communicated to the system based on the vendor associated with the indicia. As such, the invention provides a clearing house for the directing, such as receiving, translating, and communicating readable indicia between parties of a transaction, such that each party may be able to recognize the readable indicia and complete the transaction.
US08930236B2	Electronic incentive methods and systems for enabling carbon credit rewards and interactive participation of individuals and groups within the system This invention relates generally to electronic commerce (e-commerce) systems and media platforms, for use with both mobile and non-mobile systems, to deploy virtual advertising and promotion via the use of electronic coupons, and more particularly a method and system for aggregating and distributing carbon reduction credits in connection with the creation and/or use of electronic coupons or virtual electronic rebates (VeeBates) and permitting individuals and groups within one or more social communications networks to participate in and transmit information to others about their activities related to the virtual advertising, incentives, redemption and promotion and aggregate carbon credits in connection therewith, either as part of the incentive or aggregation by the incentive promoter as part of its activities in reducing its carbon footprint.
US08930234B2	Method and system for measuring individual prescience within user associations Systems and methods are provided for identifying an influencer from a pool of people based on past interactions with one or more items. A popularity metric is determined for a particular item, and an earliness of interaction metric is determined for a person in the pool based on an interaction with the particular item by the person. A prescience metric is calculated for the person based on the popularity metric and the earliness of interaction metric for the person, and the influencer is identified based on the prescience metric for the person and prescience metrics calculated for other people in the pool.
US08930231B2	Methods using a mobile device to provide data for insurance premiums to a remote computer A method for providing vehicle operation data to a remote computer or server for calculation of a vehicle insurance premium for a period of time based at least in part on collected vehicle operation data, wherein the method includes steps of: collecting vehicle operation data via a mobile device while the mobile device is associated with an operating vehicle, wherein the vehicle operation data has insurance risk predictive power; and transmitting the collected vehicle operation data from the mobile device to a remote computer. The remote computer or server receives collected vehicle operation data, stores the collected vehicle operation data in a database, a determines a vehicle insurance premium via a rating engine based at least in part on collected vehicle operation data.
US08930225B2	Estimating healthcare outcomes for individuals A method and apparatus for predicting a health benefit for an individual is provided. Outcomes from a first simulation on a set of simulated individuals reflecting a population are stored and used to determine a first risk function and corresponding cost values. Outcomes from a second simulation on a set of simulated individuals reflecting having a healthcare intervention are stored and used to determine a second risk function reflecting the intervention and corresponding cost values of the intervention. A benefit function is derived from the difference of the first and second risk functions. A cost function that describes the cost of the intervention is derived from the respective cost values. The derived benefit function and cost function are used to predict the corresponding benefit and cost of the healthcare intervention for a given individual. Individuals can be ranked by degree of expected benefit.
US08930212B2	Patient data management apparatus for comparing patient data with ailment archetypes to determine correlation with established ailment biomarkers The Medical Diagnostic Apparatus implements a physician-operated medical data analysis system for assisting a physician in identifying ailments and conditions which correlate to anomalies identified in a set of patient medical data relating to an identified patient. This system includes a plurality of biomarkers which relate to interpreting patient medical data and possible ailments associated with patient medical data. A data characterization module displays biomarkers selected by a physician and a set of patient medical data, collected from and about an identified patient, to compare the set of patient medical data with biomarkers of known ailments to enable the physician to identify an ailment representative of the patient medical data.
US08930209B2	Individual assessment and classification of complex diseases by a data-based clinical disease profile An tool and method is disclosed to assess disease activity and to classify complex diseases using basic clinical data. The tools and methods allow identifying and consulting affected individuals based on comprehensive bedside examinations and thus provide a basis for the personalized management of complex diseases.
US08930198B2	Low bitrate audio encoding/decoding scheme having cascaded switches An audio encoder has a first information sink oriented encoding branch, a second information source or SNR oriented encoding branch, and a switch for switching between the first encoding branch and the second encoding branch, wherein the second encoding branch has a converter into a specific domain different from the spectral domain, and wherein the second encoding branch furthermore has a specific domain coding branch, and a specific spectral domain coding branch, and an additional switch for switching between the specific domain coding branch and the specific spectral domain coding branch. An audio decoder has a first domain decoder, a second domain decoder for decoding a signal, and a third domain decoder and two cascaded switches for switching between the decoders.
US08930190B2	Audio processing device, audio processing method, program and integrated circuit An audio processing device including a feature calculation unit, a boundary calculation unit and a judgment unit, detects points of change of audio features from an audio signal in an AV content. The feature calculation unit calculates, for each unit section of the audio signal, section feature data expressing features of the audio signal in the unit section. The boundary calculation unit calculates, for each target unit section among the unit sections of the audio signal, a piece of boundary information relating to at least one boundary of a similarity section. The similarity section consists of consecutive unit sections, inclusive of the target unit section, which each have similar section feature data. The judgment unit calculates a priority of each boundary indicated by one or more of the pieces of boundary information and judges whether the boundary is a scene change point based on the priority.
US08930189B2	Distributed user input to text generated by a speech to text transcription service A particular method includes receiving, at a representational state transfer endpoint device, a first user input related to a first speech to text conversion performed by a speech to text transcription service. The method also includes receiving, at the representational state transfer endpoint device, a second user input related to a second speech to text conversion performed by the speech to text transcription service. The method includes processing of the first user input and the second user input at the representational state transfer endpoint device to generate speech to text adjustment information.
US08930186B2	Speech enhancement with minimum gating A speech enhancement system enhances transitions between speech and non-speech segments. The system includes a background noise estimator that approximates the magnitude of a background noise of an input signal that includes a speech and a non-speech segment. A slave processor is programmed to perform the specialized task of modifying a spectral tilt of the input signal to match a plurality of expected spectral shapes selected by a Codec.
US08930183B2	Voice conversion method and system A method of converting speech from the characteristics of a first voice to the characteristics of a second voice, the method comprising: receiving a speech input from a first voice, dividing said speech input into a plurality of frames; mapping the speech from the first voice to a second voice; and outputting the speech in the second voice, wherein mapping the speech from the first voice to the second voice comprises, deriving kernels demonstrating the similarity between speech features derived from the frames of the speech input from the first voice and stored frames of training data for said first voice, the training data corresponding to different text to that of the speech input and wherein the mapping step uses a plurality of kernels derived for each frame of input speech with a plurality of stored frames of training data of the first voice.
US08930178B2	Processing text with domain-specific spreading activation methods A method for performing natural language processing of free text using domain-specific spreading activation. Embodiments of the present invention ontologize free text using an algorithm based on neurocognitive theory by simulating human recognition, semantic, and episodic memory approaches. Embodiments of the invention may be used to process clinical text for assignment of billing codes, analyze suicide notes or legal discovery materials, and for processing other collections of text. Further, embodiments of the invention may be used to more effectively search large databases, such as a database containing a large number of medical publications.
US08930177B2	Scripting support for data identifiers, voice recognition and speech in a telnet session Methods of adding data identifiers and speech/voice recognition functionality are disclosed. A telnet client runs one or more scripts that add data identifiers to data fields in a telnet session. The input data is inserted in the corresponding fields based on data identifiers. Scripts run only on the telnet client without modifications to the server applications. Further disclosed are methods for providing speech recognition and voice functionality to telnet clients. Portions of input data are converted to voice and played to the user. A user also may provide input to certain fields of the telnet session by using his voice. Scripts running on the telnet client convert the user's voice into text and is inserted to corresponding fields.
US08930172B2	Methods and systems for parameter-sensitive and orthogonal gauge design for lithography calibration Methods according to the present invention provide computationally efficient techniques for designing gauge patterns for calibrating a model for use in a simulation process, and which minimize degeneracy between model parameters, and thus maximize pattern coverage for parameter calibration. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods of designing gauge patterns that achieve complete coverage of parameter variations with minimum number of gauges and corresponding measurements in the calibration of a lithographic process utilized to image a target design having a plurality of features. According to some aspects, a method according to the invention includes transforming the space of model parametric space (based on CD sensitivity or Delta TCCs), then iteratively identifying the direction that is most orthogonal to existing gauges' CD sensitivities in this new space, and determining most sensitive line width/pitch combination with optimal assist feature placement which leads to most sensitive CD changes along that direction in model parametric space.
US08930170B2	Attribute importance measure for parametric multivariate modeling Parametric Bayesian Updating method is described for attribute importance measures. AIM is a quantitative measure of the relative importance of multiple attributes used in a Bayesian Updating parametric multivariate modeling approach. The AIM is a function of the correlation coefficients between the attributes themselves and the attributes with collocated target variable. The importance calculation is straightforward, repeatable, and objective.
US08930168B2	Trimming of operative parameters in electronic devices based on corrections mappings An embodiment of an electronic device having a plurality of trimmable operative parameters is provided. The electronic device includes a trimming circuit for applying a plurality of trimming actions to each parameter for causing a corresponding correction of the parameter, for at least one reference parameter, a measuring circuit for measuring the reference parameter responsive to the application of at least part of the trimming actions, and for forcing the application of the selected trimming action for the reference parameter. For each non-reference parameter different from the at least one reference parameter, the electronic device includes a selection circuit for selecting one of the trimming actions for the non-reference parameter corresponding to the selected trimming action for the at least one reference parameter, and a biasing circuit for forcing the application of the selected trimming action for each non-reference parameter.
US08930164B2	Race timing system with vertically positioned antennae An electronic timing system for timing of athletic events is provided. The timing system includes one or more vertically oriented radio-frequency identification reader assembly, a portable timing controller, a remote server, and a radio-frequency identification timing tag that is configured for attachment to an athlete. The vertically oriented radio-frequency identification reader includes an antenna assembly, a water-resistant radome surrounding the antenna assembly, and a tripod supporting the radome and antenna assembly. The portable timing controller includes one or more input/output devices, such as Ethernet or USB ports, for exchanging data with the radio-frequency identification antenna. The remote server also includes similar input/output devices for exchanging data with the input/output devices of the portable timing controller. The timing tag and antenna are configured for wirelessly communicating data between one another.
US08930158B2	Method and apparatus for identifying an electric load via RFID tag associated with a power plug A method and apparatus for identifying a load powered by an intelligent AC outlet, sub outlet and socket via an AC plug including an attached or otherwise associated RFID tag selected from a group of RFID tags structured to fit a given standard AC plug size and shape for attachment to said plug about the plug power pins opposite and facing an RFID antenna included in said intelligent outlet. The tags can be pre-coded or individually coded to identify the load powered via said plug.
US08930156B2	Metrology through use of feed forward feed sideways and measurement cell re-use Metrology may be implemented during semiconductor device fabrication by a) modeling a first measurement on a first test cell formed in a layer of a partially fabricated device; b) performing a second measurement on a second test cell in the layer; c) feeding information from the second measurement into the modeling of the first measurement; and after a lithography pattern has been formed on the layer including the first and second test cells, d) modeling a third and a fourth measurement on the first and second test cells respectively using information from a) and b) respectively.
US08930155B2	Pulse processing device and radiation measuring device Provided is a pulse processing device that accelerates signal processing and prevents counting loss. Provided also is a radiation measuring device in which counting loss is prevented and counting capacity is increased by installing the pulse processing device. The processing device is in a form of a pulse processing device including a pulse detection unit that outputs a linear pulse signal in response to a physical event, a high-speed AD conversion unit that converts the linear pulse signal into digital pulse data, a threshold data setting unit that outputs preset threshold data, a peak value data detection unit that compares the digital pulse data with the threshold data and outputs the maximum digital pulse data, from among the digital pulse data continuously exceeding the threshold data, as maximum peak value data, and a signal processing unit that inputs the peak value data as a pulse wave height.
US08930139B2	Dynamically varied map labeling Methods for dynamically varying label density and label placement on a map display used in mapping and/or navigation solutions. Label density and label placement on a map display are adjusted dynamically based on: a function class of a road being navigated, a function class of a road to be navigated following an upcoming maneuver, a distance to an upcoming maneuver, and/or a speed a device receiving mapping/navigation services is travelling.
US08930131B2	Method and apparatus of physically moving a portable unit to view an image of a stationary map A portable unit is moved along at least one of the orientations of a vector. As the user moves the unit, images of the background map appear on the screen of the portable device. The user scans the stationary map presented on the screen of the portable unit. This has several benefits since now relative distances and angular displacements between objects that are outside of the range of the screen of the handheld unit can be immediately be located and placed into view on the screen of a portable unit. The handheld unit is like a Sliding Window which provides a view of this image of a stationary map lying in the background of the portable unit.
US08930130B2	Method for constructing a trajectory of an aircraft by state vector A method for constructing a flight trajectory of an aircraft, comprises a step of computing a sequence of state vectors (Ei) representing the trajectory of the aircraft; a state vector (Ei+1) being determined on the basis of the state vector (Ei) preceding it by means of: a step of computing the speed components (Vi+1), consisting in determining: a flight setpoint, by selecting an objective navigation point, a joining strategy adapted to the flight setpoint and to the flight domain (DV) by means of a predefined library (LSr) of joining strategies, a manoeuvre by means of the flight domain (DV), making it possible to follow the joining strategy towards the flight setpoint; a step of computing the other components of the state vector (Ei+1), on the basis of the components of the speed vector (Vi+1) and of the preceding state vector (Ei).
US08930128B2	Vehicle collision mitigation system Embodiments describe modules/logic/circuitry to receive image data identifying terrain, environment, and/or one or more objects near a vehicle, determine a projection of the one or more objects with respect to the vehicle, determine whether the one or more objects will collide with the vehicle, and in response to determining the one or more objects will collide, altering the vehicle state. In some embodiments, altering the vehicle state is based, at least in part, on a driver position with respect to the one or more objects determined to collide with the vehicle (e.g., moving the vehicle to protect the drive). In some embodiments, altering the vehicle state comprises at least one of adjusting brakes of the vehicle to alter its trajectory, adjusting a steering wheel of the vehicle to alter its trajectory and adjusting an orientation or rotational speed of a flywheel (for CMG assisted vehicles).
US08930104B1	System and method for distributing torque and a powertrain using the same An apparatus and a method for distributing torque from a power source to a plurality of vehicle wheels, where the method can include obtaining data indicative of a rotational velocity of one of the wheels and data indicative of a position of the accelerator, determining a wheel acceleration based on the rotational velocity data, comparing the wheel acceleration and at least one of the rotational velocity data and the position data with a respective threshold condition, signaling the actuator to engage the second subset with the torque of the power source when at least one of the threshold conditions is met, and signaling the actuator to disengage the second subset from the power source when none of the threshold conditions is met. The apparatus can include a powertrain with a system having a control device that can distribute the torque in accordance with the method.
US08930101B2	Hybrid vehicle differential element speed control A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle provided with an electrically operated continuously-variable transmitting portion and a step-variable transmitting portion, which control apparatus permits an adequate control of a shifting action of the step-variable transmitting portion, while reducing deterioration of fuel economy of the hybrid vehicle.The control apparatus is configured to implement concurrent controls of a movement of an operating point of an engine and a shifting action of the step-variable transmitting portion, such that ratios of change rates of rotating speeds of first, second and third rotary elements of a differential mechanism are respectively equal to ratios of differences between present actual values of the rotating speeds of the first, second and third rotary elements and target values of the rotating speeds of the first, second and third rotary elements to be established after the shifting action, so that a shifting shock of the step-variable transmitting portion can be reduced while controlling an electric power generation/consumption balance to a desired value.
US08930096B2	Method and apparatus for lubricating a transmission of a motor vehicle The invention relates to a method for lubricating a transmission of a motor vehicle, particularly a power divider, wherein the oil is conveyed by an oil pump from an oil sump to components of the transmission. The amount of oil conveyed is set as a function of the predetermined parameters. The conveyed amount of oil is controlled in that the oil pump is operated intermittently, e.g. is switched on and off repeatedly. The invention further describes a device for carrying out the method.
US08930091B2	Measurement of bulk density of the payload in a dragline bucket In particular embodiments of the technology, the bulk density of the payload in the bucket of a large electric dragline is measured during the carry phase of dragline operation by scanning the loaded bucket using a boom mounted scanner to provide data relating to the volume of the loaded bucket. Suitable methods can further include calculating the volume enclosed by the surface of the payload and the known base and sides of the bucket to give payload volume, and dividing the payload volume into payload weight data derived from rope length and motor current data to give the payload bulk density. Methods of screening data points originating from surfaces other than the bucket and payload, and methods of dealing with bucket ope and sway are also described and claimed.
US08930087B2	Systems and methods for interference reduction during keyless ignition authentication Methods and apparatus are provided for interference reduction during keyless authentication. The apparatus includes a control system having a controller configured to detect an authentication event and deactivate at least one device within the vehicle. The control system is also configured to transmit an authentication command and to reactive the at least one device within the vehicle in response to receiving a valid authentication signal. The method includes an authentication method for a user to operate a vehicle wherein an authentication event is detected and at least one device within the vehicle is deactivated. An authentication command is transmitted and the at least one device within the vehicle is reactivated in response to receiving a valid authentication signal.
US08930080B2	Driver state estimation device A driver state estimation device 1 includes a steering angle sensor 2 detecting a steering angle of a steering, a steering torque sensor 3 detecting steering torque applied to the steering, and an ECU 4 having a steering angle estimation unit 5 and a driver state estimation unit 6. The steering angle estimation unit 5 is input with a steering angle (steering angle detected value) MA detected by the steering angle sensor 2 and steering torque (steering torque detected value) MT detected by the steering torque sensor 3, determines whether the steering angle detected value MA is 0 or not, when the steering angle detected value MA is 0, calculates a steering angle estimated value MAest by multiplying the steering torque detected value MT by the gradient of the steering angle (proportionality coefficient) α with respect to the steering torque, and when the steering angle detected value MA is not 0, sets the steering angle detected value MA as the steering angle estimated value MAest.
US08930079B2	Systems and methods for driver intervention in an automatic steering system A vehicle steering system includes an automatic steering control unit configured to control the vehicle steering system when in an automatic operational state and a driver intervention unit is configured to determine driver intervention during the automatic operational state. The driver intervention unit comprising a decision software module configured to determine driver intervention.
US08930077B2	Hydraulic power steering system A damping control unit sets a damping torque command value that corresponds to a steering angular velocity when a direction of a detected steering torque is a turning direction, a magnitude of the detected steering torque is larger than or equal to a first threshold, a direction of the steering angular velocity is a returning direction and a magnitude of the steering angular velocity is higher than or equal to a second threshold. An addition unit adds the damping torque command value generated by the damping control unit to a basic assist torque command value set by a basic assist torque command value setting unit.
US08930073B1	Method, apparatus and computer-readable recording media for managing a plurality of applications by using head unit of vehicle A method for managing a plurality of applications by using a head unit of a vehicle includes a step of recognizing the plurality of applications installed in at least one of mobile terminals, if being connected with the head unit of the vehicle. Additionally, the method includes the step of performing a process of classifying the recognized applications depending on categories or content types supported by the head unit of the vehicle and a process of authenticating whether the recognized applications are compatible with the head unit of the vehicle. The method also includes the step of maintaining states of the completely classified and authenticated applications being able to be controlled in the head unit of the vehicle by registering the completely classified and authenticated applications in the head unit.
US08930069B2	In-vehicle system removing a freeze state of car navigation equipment An in-vehicle system according to an embodiment includes a detection unit, a reception unit, and a recovery unit. The detection unit detects a freeze state of a navigation apparatus. The reception unit receives a recovery operation from a user demanding recovery of the navigation apparatus. The recovery unit performs a recovery process for the navigation apparatus upon detection of the freeze state of the navigation apparatus by the detection unit and upon reception of the recovery operation by the reception unit.
US08930067B1	System and method for a subscription-based diagnostic software service Systems and methods for a diagnostic software service that utilizes a subscription model to distribute diagnostic software to diagnostic tools. A diagnostic application is installed on a mobile device. The mobile device communicates with an adapter coupled to a vehicle. An application server provides software modules to which a technician subscribes and, once subscribed, are utilized via the diagnostic application. Subscription to software modules enable the technician to add and utilize specific diagnostic functionality in an a la carte manner.
US08930066B2	Customizable control apparatus and method for a vehicle turret A customizable apparatus for controlling rotational movement of a turret of a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a memory that stores information relating to operation of the turret. A communication port of the apparatus is adapted to exchange communications relating to operation of the turret with an external computing device. A controller processes communications received at the communication port from the external computing device. The controller processes the communications, and the controller selectively provides access to the stored information relating to operation of the turret to the external computing device.
US08930059B2	Driverless vehicle Each respective vehicle of a plurality of vehicles transports a vehicle navigation system. A position determining system determines a position and a velocity of the respective vehicle and an information acquisition system is operable to determine a displacement and velocity between the respective vehicle and a vehicle adjacent to the respective vehicle. An information communication system of a respective vehicle is operable to transmit first information (that vehicle's velocity and position) to other vehicles and to receive information from other vehicles regarding their velocities and positions. A vehicle routing system can determine a target routing and target velocity for moving the respective vehicle over a path including the roadway. Based on the received or determined information, the velocity of the respective vehicle can be controlled.
US08930056B2	Control apparatus and control method of motive power apparatus for hybrid vehicle In a control of a motive power apparatus for a hybrid vehicle, the coil temperatures of first and second rotary electric machines and an air pressure index value are acquired, and upper limit values of the outputs of the machines are determined on the basis of the values acquired. If the output of one of the machines is restricted by the determined upper limit value of the output, the output of the other is increased. Alternatively, the upper limit values of the outputs of rotary electric machines are determined by applying the acquired coil temperatures to a relation between the coil temperature and the upper limit value of the output which relation is set for each air pressure index value. If the output of one of the first and the second rotary electric machines is restrained by the determined upper limit values, the output of the other is increased.
US08930052B2	Method and apparatus for controlling the drive system for mobile equipment such as a mobile construction and/or mining machine The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling the drive system for mobile equipment, when the operator's drive commander is kept constant, electric traction motors are controlled by a torque controller to provide uniform torque, deviations in speeds of the electric traction motors are determined and electric motor power of at least one is varied relatively to the electric motor power of the other in response to a determined deviation in speed to keep the torques uniform. The power control balancing compensates for the torque differences previously encountered when the speeds of the traction motors differ at equal power supplied to the traction motors.
US08930050B2	Method and system for increasing or decreasing engine throttle in a marine vessel A method of adjusting engine throttle in an electronic shift and throttle system comprises determining a position of a control lever which allows an operator to manually control throttle functions. A throttle command is calculated based on the position of the control lever. The throttle command is adjusted in response to an input received from an input means. The position of the control lever remains constant as the throttle command is being adjusted.
US08930046B2	Derived rate monitor for detection of degradation of fuel control servo valves A system for detecting degradation of a servo valve; having a controller, a servo valve, a position sensor, and a rate monitor. The controller receives inputs and transmits command data. The servo valve has an actuator and is conductively coupled to the controller to receive command data from the controller and move the actuator in response to the command data. The position sensor operably associated with the servo valve for measuring movement of the actuator and transmits corresponding movement data to the controller. The rate monitor coupled to the controller and position sensor for receiving the command data and the movement data as inputs respectively. The rate monitor processes the inputs to produce a steady state rate error signal. The rate monitor compares the steady state rate error signal to selected operational limits and produces a telemetry output when the operational limits are exceeded.
US08930045B2	Relay attack prevention for passive entry passive start (PEPS) vehicle security systems A passive entry passive start (PEPS) vehicle security system configured to thwart a relay attack on the system. The system includes one or more ultra wideband transceivers (UWBX) installed on a vehicle and configured to transmit a request pulse at a request time. A mobile UWBX, possibly installed in a nomadic device such as a smart phone, is configured to transmit a reply pulse in response to the request pulse. A controller is configured to determine a distance between each UWBX and the mobile UWBX based on a time interval between the request time and a time that corresponds to when the reply pulse is received by the each UWBX. The controller may also be configured to unlock doors of the vehicle only if the distance is less than an unlock threshold.
US08930039B2	Combine performance evaluation tool An evaluation tool related to operation of a combine is provided to aid an operator of the combine. A processing device implements the evaluation tool by receiving an input related to an evaluation to be performed from the operator of the combine. The processing device initializes the evaluation to be performed. A plurality of sensors are operably connected to the processing device and collect data related to the operation of the combine during the evaluation. The processing device analyzes the collected data and presents the analyzed data to the operator of the combine. As such, the operator may review the analyzed data and make an informed choice in proceeding with the combine operation, such as changing settings or operating components to affect the combine performance.
US08930038B2	System, method, and apparatus for electric power grid and network management of grid elements Systems, methods, and apparatus embodiments for electric power grid and network registration and management of grid elements. Grid elements are transformed into grid elements following initial registration of each grid element with the system, preferably through network-based communication between the grid elements and a coordinator, either in coordination with or outside of an IP-based communications network router. A multiplicity of grid elements function in the grid for supply capacity, supply and/or load curtailment as supply or capacity. Also preferably, messaging is managed through a network by a Coordinator using IP messaging for communication with the grid elements, with the energy management system (EMS), and with the utilities, market participants, and/or grid operators.
US08930037B2	Energy manager with minimum use energy profile A system and method for maximizing the value of power generated by a residential power generator. A home energy manager device is configured to implement a minimum energy usage profile during a peak demand event such that a maximum amount of power generated by the consumer can be sold back to the utility. For renewable energy sources such as solar cells, peak demand events often correspond with peak output of the renewable energy source. For example, hot sunny summer days are conducive to maximum solar power output and, typically, also result in maximum power demand for powering air conditioners.
US08930030B2	Method and system for improving energy efficiency in an HVAC system A method performed by a zone controller for a zone of a building for improving energy efficiency in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system is provided. The method includes operating in a ventilation mode. A temperature of the zone and outside air conditions for the building are monitored. A determination is made regarding whether to switch from the ventilation mode to an economizing mode based on a first set point for the temperature of the zone and based on the outside air conditions. The first set point is determined based on a second set point for the temperature that is different from the first set point. A determination is made regarding whether to activate the HVAC system based on the second set point.
US08930029B2	Methods and apparatus for differential energy based airside economizer changeover Methods and apparatus for controlling an economizer in a ventilation system based upon moisture related properties of a first input air source and a second input air source to minimize energy for conditioning air in a structure.
US08930027B2	Force feedback system A force feedback system and method are provided. The force feedback system includes a communication module, a processor and a motor drive module. The processor is for receiving and processing mechanical arm signals corresponding to a movement of the plurality of mechanical arms and the motor drive module is for activating the plurality of actuators. The method involves providing an interface between a controller and a plurality of mechanical arms, receiving and processing mechanical arm signals corresponding to movement of the mechanical arms activating a plurality of actuators and generating a force feedback.
US08930022B1	Systems and methods for determining a status of a component of a robotic device Methods and systems for determining a status of a component of a robotic device are provided. An example method includes triggering an action of a component of a robotic device, and responsively receiving information associated with the action of the component from a sensor. The method further includes a computing system having a processor and a memory comparing the information with calibration data and determining a status of the component based on the comparison. In some examples, the calibration data may include information derived from data received from a pool of one or more robotic devices utilizing same or similar components as the component. The determined status may include information associated with a performance of the component with respect to performances of same or similar components of the pool of robotic devices. In one example, the robotic device may self-calibrate the component based on the status.
US08930019B2	Mobile human interface robot A mobile human interface robot that includes a drive system, a controller in communication with the dive system, and an electronic display supported above the drive system and in communication with the controller. The controller includes a central processing unit, a general purpose graphics processing unit, and memory in electrical communication with the central processing unit and the general purpose graphics processing unit. Moreover, the controller has a display operating state and a driving operating state. The controller executes graphics computations on the general purpose graphics processing unit for displaying graphics on the electronic display during the display operating state; and the controller executes mobility computations on the general purpose graphics processing unit for issuing commands to the drive system during the driving operating state.
US08930016B2	Method and system for arranging rod-like elements Method for arranging rod-like elements including cigarette parts such as filter and tobacco parts, in which elements are delivered to a conveyor having successive sectors which arrange the elements in separate rows along the conveyor. The type, number and location of element transported on the conveyor are determined by at least a single scanning of each successive element on the conveyor. The scanned results are transmitted to a control unit which assigns each sector of the conveyor information according to its contents. The elements are subsequently sorted based on the information received by the control unit according to the type and the number of parts each element is composed of, the orientation of these parts in relation to the direction of movement of the conveyor. Each of the successive elements is transferred to a predetermined receiving area based on the information received from the control unit.
US08930013B2	Adaptively tracking spectrum features for endpoint detection A method of controlling polishing includes polishing a substrate having a second layer overlying a first layer, detecting exposure of the first layer with an in-situ monitoring system, receiving an identification of a selected spectral feature and a characteristic of the selected spectral feature to monitor during polishing, measuring a sequence of spectra of light from the substrate while the substrate is being polished, determining a first value for the characteristic of the feature at the time that the first in-situ monitoring technique detects exposure of the first layer, adding an offset to the first value to generate a second value, and monitoring the characteristic of the feature and halting polishing when the characteristic of the feature is determined to reach the second value.
US08930008B2	Methodology for design of a manufacturing facility for fabrication of solid state hybrid thin film energy storage and conversion devices A method and system for designing a manufacturing facility for solid state thin film battery devices. The method can include providing a plurality of processing tools for arrangement within a predetermined spatial region of one or more manufacturing facilities. A plurality of variables can be assigned for the plurality of processing tools. A target financial variable can be defined to evaluate different manufacturing processing tool configurations. The plurality of variables in the tensor relationship can be processed to reduce a magnitude of the target variable. An optimized set of the plurality of processing tools and respective configuration with the plurality of tools associated with the reduced magnitude of the target variable can be determined through processing. The optimized set of the plurality of processing tools in the respective configuration can be used in the one or more manufacturing facilities for the manufacture of a solid state thin film battery device.
US08930007B2	Method of modeling the coloring process in moving web manufacturing A method and apparatus are set forth for modeling a coloring process in moving web manufacturing through dye response gain adaptation using measured sheet color spectrum; and dye response shape adaptation using measured color spectrum of the production sheet. The adaptation of colorant (dye) response gain uses the measured sheet color spectrum value at the value of maximum light absorbance of the dye. The adaptation of dye response spectrum uses the measured sheet color reflectance spectrum and sample sheet color spectrum with a corresponding response shape calculated using a formula to adapt the current sheet condition dye response shape using the dye response from the sample sheet on the assumption of a constant ratio of absorption change to dye concentration change.
US08930002B2	Mobile communication terminal and method therefor A method for providing a user interface modified in accordance to audio data, a module including an audio feature extractor and a UI modifier, an apparatus and a computer readable medium. First, audio data is received. Thereafter, an audio feature is extracted from the received audio data. In accordance to the extracted audio feature, the appearance of one of a number of user interface components is modified, e.g. by superposing music visualization effects.
US08930000B2	Plant monitor and control device and a maintenance support method thereof This invention includes a control device and a maintenance support device. The maintenance support device included in the plant monitor and control device selects temporary setting target logic element among logic elements contained in a control logic data, generates a temporary setting target logic element data, and generates a temporary setting logic element parameter data in accordance with a value of logic element parameter inputted by an operator. The control device memorizes the temporary setting target logic element data sent from the maintenance support device as the temporary setting target logic element data, and also the logic element parameter data before the temporary setting corresponding to the logic element designated by the temporary setting target logic element data among the logic element parameter data. Then, the control device renews the logic element parameter data located in the saving area with use of the temporary setting logic element parameter data sent from the maintenance support device.
US08929996B2	Dual power supply switching circuitry for use in a closed system Optimal power switching circuitry for use in a closed system such as a TET system including an internal device separated from an external device by a boundary. The internal and external devices being powered by separate power sources. During telemetric communication from the external device to the internal device an external RF energy source is produced. If the power supplied by the external RF energy source produced during communication from the external device to the internal device exceeds that required for powering of the internal device, then the power switching circuitry cuts off power to the internal power source and instead draws power from the external RF energy source thereby conserving power consumed from the internal power source. The power switching circuitry may be implemented using either passive components (e.g., diodes) or active components (e.g., an analog switch).
US08929994B2	Reduction of transient sounds in hearing implants A method is described for generating electrode stimulation signals for electrode contacts in a cochlear implant electrode array. An input audio signal is processed to generate band pass channel signals that each represent an associated band of audio frequencies. A channel envelope is extracted from each channel signal. The input audio signal and the channel envelopes are processed to produce transient reduced envelopes based on: i. determining for each channel envelope a normalized channel-specific transient indicator characterizing transient noise present in the channel signal, ii. determining a combined transient indicator as a function of the channel-specific transient indicators, and iii. applying a channel-specific gain to the channel envelopes as a function of the combined transient indicator to produce the transient reduced envelopes. The transient reduced envelopes are then used to generate electrode stimulation signals to the electrode contacts.
US08929991B2	Methods for establishing parameters for neural stimulation, including via performance of working memory tasks, and associated kits Methods for establishing parameters for neural stimulation, including via performance of working memory tasks, and associated kits, are disclosed. A method in accordance with one embodiment includes engaging a patient in a function controlled at least in part by a target neural population, and applying electromagnetic signals to the target neural population. A target parameter in accordance with which the electromagnetic signals are applied is adjusted, based at least in part on a characteristic of the patient's performance of the function. Electromagnetic signals are applied to the patient with the adjusted target parameter, and the patient's response to the electromagnetic signals, including the characteristic of the patient's performance, is evaluated. Based at least in part on the evaluation of the patient's response, an embodiment of the method includes determining whether to apply further electromagnetic signals to the patient, establishing a value of the target parameter for applying further electromagnetic signals to the patient, and/or adjusting another target parameter in accordance with which the electromagnetic signals are applied to the patient.
US08929990B2	Transvascular neural stimulation device and method for treating hypertension This document discusses, among other things, apparatus, systems, and methods for transvascularly stimulation of a nerve or nerve trunk. In an example, an apparatus is configured to transvascularly stimulate a nerve trunk through a blood vessel. The apparatus includes an expandable electrode that is chronically implantable in a blood vessel proximate a nerve trunk. The expandable electrode is configured to abut a predetermined surface area of the vessel wall along a predetermined length of the vessel. An electrical lead is coupled to the expandable electrode. An implantable pulse generator is coupled to the lead and configured to deliver an electrical stimulation signal to the electrode through the lead. In an example method, an electrical signal is delivered from an implanted medical device to an electrode chronically implanted in a blood vessel proximate a nerve trunk to transvascularly deliver neural stimulation from the electrode to the nerve trunk.
US08929979B2	Apparatus and method for stimulation of biological tissue An apparatus for generating focused currents in biological tissue is provided. The apparatus comprises an electric source capable of generating an electric field across a region of tissue and means for altering the permittivity of the tissue relative to the electric field, whereby a displacement current is generated. The means for altering the permittivity may be a chemical source, optical source, mechanical source, thermal source, or electromagnetic source.
US08929965B2	Light-guiding devices and monitoring devices incorporating same A sensor module for detecting and/or measuring physiological information from a subject includes a housing with at least one optical emitter and at least one optical detector supported by the housing. A first light guide is in optical communication with the at least one optical emitter and is configured to deliver light from the at least one optical emitter into a body of a subject. A second light guide is in optical communication with the at least one optical detector and is configured to collect light from the body of the subject. The sensor module includes a motion sensor and a processor. The motion sensor is configured to sense motion information from the subject and the processor is configured to remove motion artifacts from signals produced by the at least one optical detector in response to signals produced by the motion sensor.
US08929960B2	Voice call processing method and apparatus for mobile terminal A voice call processing method and apparatus for a mobile terminal are provided for improving voice communication quality by switching between matching circuits that are optimized for respective audio output modes of the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes at least two matching circuits designated for individual audio output modes, a mode tracking unit for detecting a change from a first audio output mode to a second audio output mode, a control unit for identifying the second audio output mode and the matching circuit designated for the second audio output mode and for outputting a control signal for switching to the matching circuit designated for the second audio output mode, and a switch for switching the signal path between the at least two matching circuits based on the control signal output by the control unit.
US08929948B2	Wireless communication adapter for field devices A wireless process communication adapter is provided. The adapter includes a housing having a plurality of openings. An end cap is coupled to a first opening of the plurality of openings. A field device coupling is disposed at the second of the plurality of openings. The housing, end cap and field device coupling define a chamber therein. At least one circuit board is disposed within the chamber, the circuit board has wireless communication circuitry disposed thereon and is coupleable to a field device through the field device coupling. In one aspect, substantially all remaining volume in the chamber is filled with a solid material. In another aspect, an explosion-proof barrier is provided in the field device coupling. Combinations of the aspects are also provided.
US08929945B1	Transceivers with a transformer supporting multiband operation Several multiband transceivers are disclosed. An exemplified multiband transceiver supporting different bands has a transformer, an inbound switch circuit, and an outbound switch circuit. The transformer has input ports on a primary side, and output ports on a secondary side. The input ports are direct-current isolated from and magnetically coupled to the output ports. The inbound switch circuit is configured to connect one of the input ports with an RF signal source for signal transmission. The outbound switch circuit is configured to connect one of the output ports with a RF output load. Optionally, an input tunable capacitor is configured to shunt with the effective inductance of one of the input ports and form a LC tank for band selection.
US08929931B1	Resource installation management in a wireless network A graphical user interface displays a proposed site plan of one or more new base stations with respect to existing network infrastructure in a geographical region. While in the field, an installation specialist can perform an in-person survey of the geographical region to determine whether a proposed location is suitable for installation of a wireless base station. The installation specialist may identify an obstacle that would inhibit a newly proposed wireless base station from providing desired coverage if installed at the proposed location. Via input to the graphical user interface, the installation specialist proposes an alternative location in which to install the new base station. A processor performs a validity check and provides feedback indicating whether installation of the new base station at the alternative location is acceptable. The graphical user interface also can support collection of site survey data to monitor progress of the installation.
US08929924B2	Screening terminal positions at a terminal It is disclosed an apparatus, a method and a computer program for determining, at a terminal, whether at least one terminal position associated with a coverage area of a communication node shall be discarded or reported to allow at least one of said coverage area and said communication node to be characterized at least partially based on said at least one reported terminal position.
US08929912B1	Address validation for personal emergency response systems A server verifies that an address of record for a personal emergency response (PERS) device is in agreement with a current address of the PERS device. The PERS device has a docking station and a wearable unit. At start-up, the docking station places a call to the server and the server receives coordinates of the wearable unit. The coordinates are reverse-mapped into the current address and compared with the address of record. If the current address and the address of record differ, the address of record is updated to reflect the current address.
US08929908B2	Method and apparatus for estimating reverse link loading in a wireless communication system Method and apparatus for estimating reverse link loading in a wireless communication system. The reverse link interference is measured and reverse link receiver noise is measured. The reverse link interference is compared to the reverse link receiver noise, for example, by dividing the interference power by the receiver noise power. The reverse link receiver noise can be measured in an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) system by nulling transmission from access terminals within the cell and nearby during a null time and frequency interval. Power measure in the null time and frequency interval is receiver noise power. The reverse link interference can be measure by several means. For example, local null time and frequency intervals can be designated. The access terminals within the cell null their transmissions during the local time and frequency intervals. Access terminals outside the cell continue to transmit during the local time and frequency intervals. Power measured in the local time and frequency interval is interference power. As another example, interference power can be measured by subtracting pairs of pilot symbols that are contiguous to each other in time or frequency.
US08929903B2	Handling identifiers for enhanced dedicated channels in cell forward access channel states A device receives information regarding allocation of an enhanced dedicated channel radio network temporary identifier (E-RNTI) to user equipment in a cell forward access channel (Cell_FACH) state, and receives information regarding a state change associated with the user equipment. The device determines that the E-RNTI can be released based on the state change, and provides, to another device, a request to release the E-RNTI in response to the state change and so that the E-RNTI can be used by other user equipment.
US08929896B2	Geolocation-based load balancing Technologies are generally described for geolocation-based load balancing in a cloud computing environment hosting a mobile service. In some examples, a method may include calculating a probability of movement of a user device from a first cell to a second cell, and calculating an amount of cached data to copy from a second cache server corresponding to the second cell to a first cache server corresponding to the first cell based at least in part on the calculated probability.
US08929895B2	Apparatus and method for moving WCDMA mobile station in the manner of the least packet loss A method for moving MS in the manner of the least packet loss can be divided into two steps. In the first step, when the MS is still connected to the source CN node and is running the effective loads, the MS prepares the routing information pointing at the target CN node. In the second step, the connection between the source CN node and the RAN node is released, the MS ID, the context data and the mobile information are transmitted to the target CN node. Then, a new connection between the target CN node and the RAN node is established. The step is completed synchronously and rapidly to minimize the packet loss. When establishing a new connection, the routing information transmitted to the MS before is used so that a new CN node is pointed at.
US08929892B2	Location based network selection The present invention relates to location based network selection in a mobile terminal moving (A to H) in a wireless communication environment set up of a home network in a home country having a border and at least one foreign network achieving radio coverage at least in part of the geographical area of the home country. A position (A to H) of the mobile terminal is monitored. Then, a network selection mode is automatically switched from a home network selection mode, enabling registration only to the home network, to an automatic network selection mode when the mobile terminal crosses the border from the home country to the foreign country. The network selection mode is switched back to the home network selection mode when the mobile terminal is again located in the home country. Thus, as long as the mobile terminal is located in the home country, it does never select any other network than the home network. When located abroad, automatic network selection applies.
US08929886B2	Apparatus and method for allocating resource in multi-beam satellite communication A satellite in a multi-beam satellite communication system selects at least some active beams based on a traffic demand of each beam and channel status information of each beam, and allocates a bandwidth and a communication capacity to each active beam such that power flux density (PFD) level of each beam has the same predetermined value.
US08929860B2	Mobile communication terminal and incoming call management method The invention discloses a mobile communication terminal and an incoming call management method. The mobile communication terminal comprises a master SIM card and an auxiliary SIM card. The method comprises the following steps: when receiving an incoming call to the auxiliary SIM card, determining whether the auxiliary SIM card is locked; if the auxiliary SIM card is locked, stopping responding to the incoming call, and waiting for receiving from a user an instruction of whether to send a prompt message to inform a caller for the incoming call; and when receiving from the user an instruction of sending a prompt message to inform the caller for the incoming call, transmitting a prompt message that is automatically generated by the system or manually edited by the user to the caller with the master SIM card.
US08929845B2	Instrument LO used as alignment signal source A system can include an input signal source, a local oscillator (LO), and an intermediate frequency (IF) receiver to receive an input signal from the input signal source and an LO signal from the LO. The IF receiver can include a switch to switch between the first and second inputs to provide an output. The IF receiver can generate a calibration signal from the LO signal.
US08929842B2	Apparatus and method for body protection from electromagnetic fields An apparatus for use in a communication device with an antenna protects a body from electromagnetic fields. The apparatus includes a sensing unit to sense a surrounding environment of the communication device, a variable element to perform a variable operation according to a voltage or current applied thereto. The apparatus further includes a variable element control unit to control the voltage or current according to the surrounding environment sensed by the sensing unit to cause the variable element to perform the variable operation, and an intelligent periodic structure coupled with the variable element, the intelligent periodic structure being configured to change an operation frequency of the wireless communication device according to the variable operation of the variable element and adjust a radiation pattern direction of the antenna.
US08929841B2	Method and system for a touchscreen interface utilizing leaky wave antennas Methods and systems for a touchscreen interface utilizing leaky wave antennas (LWAs) are disclosed and may include configuring one or more leaky wave antennas utilizing conductive traces in the touchscreen interface for communication of wireless RF signals. RF signals may be communicated utilizing the configured LWAs. A resonant frequency of the LWAs may be configured utilizing micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) deflection. The LWAs may be configured to communicate the RF signals in a desired direction. The LWAs may comprise microstrip or coplanar waveguides, where a cavity height of the one or more leaky wave antennas is dependent on spacing between conductive lines in the waveguides. The touch control commands by the touchscreen interface may be sensed utilizing capacitance, inductance, and/or resistance measurements.
US08929838B2	System and methods for adaptive antenna optimization A method (600) and devices for enhancing the performance of one or more antennas (440) is provided. A control circuit (104) assesses performance of an antenna (101) in a plurality of bands, such as a receive band and a transmit band. The control circuit (104) then selects one of the bands, e.g., a lesser performing band, as a “selected band” for which the antenna (101) will be optimized. The control circuit (104) can then adjust an adjustable impedance matching circuit (103) coupled to the antenna (101) to improve the efficiency of the antenna (101) in the selected band and can adjust a resonance of the antenna (101) to further improve an efficiency of the antenna (101) in the selected band.
US08929834B2	System for constraining an operating parameter of an EHF communication chip An EHF communication system including an EHF communication chip. The EHF communication chip may include an EHF communication circuit having at least one controllable parameter-based module having a testable and controllable operating parameter The EHF communication chip may further include a test and trim circuit coupled to the EHF communication circuit, where the test and trim circuit includes a logic circuit having one or more memory elements, where the logic circuit is coupled to the controllable parameter-based module.
US08929831B2	Method, apparatus, and computer program product for wireless network discovery based on geographical location Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed for wireless resource sharing between heterogeneous wireless networks to enable coexistence of secondary networks. An example embodiment of the invention includes a method, comprising: receiving, at an apparatus or entity, information associated with a wireless network; determining, by the apparatus or entity, a geographic communication area and one or more geographic interference areas associated with the wireless network based on the received information; transmitting, by the apparatus or entity, a message to a destination to register the wireless network and the determined geographic communication area and one or more geographic interference areas associated with the wireless network; and receiving, by the apparatus or entity, confirmation of the registering of the wireless network at the destination and information associated with zero or more wireless networks that at least one of potentially interfere with the determined geographic communication area associated with the wireless network, or potentially experience interference caused by the determined one or more interference areas associated with the wireless network.
US08929830B2	Systems and methods for detecting a loss of communication using statistical analysis Systems and methods for detecting a loss of communications between an aircraft and a ground station are provided. In one embodiment, a system for detecting a loss of communication for an aircraft comprises: a communication detection software module resident as an application on an aircraft communication management unit (CMU); a CMU message router in communication with the communication detection software module; at least one radio coupled to the communication management unit; a statistical model of communications traffic density for an RF zone associated with a ground station; wherein the communication detection software module performs a statistical analysis of a current communications traffic density of radio communications observed by the at least one radio to determine when the aircraft has a lost a communications link with the ground station.
US08929829B2	Improvements relating to data transfer apparatus A data movement controller (20) for controlling the movement between a shared data store (18) and a local data store (16) such that the data can be used by a plurality of parallel data processing elements is described. The data movement controller (20) comprises a set of data registers (56, 58, 60) which, in use, are loaded with different data parameters (57, 61, 62) to define a plurality of different ways in which data is transferred between the shared data store (18) and a set of processing elements (12). The data parameters (57, 61, 62) define a set of time delays for transferring portions of the data to predefined ones of the plurality of processing elements (12) and the type of overall data transfer that is to be carried out. The transfer of data in this programmable manner facilitates efficient use of the data movement controller (20) with SIMD associate processors (12) and in one example, the efficient processing of a stream of multiple-source digital data received at radio telecommunications base station to remove distortion due to multi-path effects.
US08929828B2	Method of coding using multiple transmit chains for reduced exposure to electromagnetic radiation Embodiments of methods and apparatuses for transmission from an electromagnetic signal transmitting device utilizing a plurality of transmit chains based on a code that reduces exposure to electromagnetic radiation. One method is utilizing a plurality of chains, adjusting at least one of a phase or an amplitude of at least one of the transmit chains based on a code, wherein the codebook of code words is generated using at least one parameter that characterizes the electromagnetic radiation intensity, and wherein the number of code words satisfies a criterion for quality of reception at an intended receiver, and wherein the code words are selected, during operation of the transmitting device, in response to data that are to be transmitted.
US08929823B2	Handheld diabetes manager with automated disconnect feature A computer-implemented method is provided for a handheld diabetes-management device to establish a data connection with a Continua manager. The method includes: receiving a request to establish a new data connection with a computing device, where the computing device is physically separated from the diabetes-management device and operates as a manager in accordance with IEEE standard 11073; determining whether the diabetes-management device has an existing data connection with a medical device that is physically separated from the diabetes-management device; terminating the existing data connection with the medical device in response to the determination that the diabetes-management device has an existing connection with the medical device; and establishing a new data connection with the computing device in accordance with IEEE standard 11073.
US08929819B2	Method and device for searching for neighboring bluetooth devices A method and apparatus are disclosed for searching for a neighboring bluetooth device. The method includes: when searching out a neighboring bluetooth device, a bluetooth device initiating a searching operation judging whether the neighboring bluetooth device is a recorded bluetooth device in a bluetooth management database; if no, sending a name request command to the neighboring bluetooth device, and acquiring a name of the neighboring bluetooth device; or else, judging whether the name of the neighboring bluetooth device has ever been changed by a user according to a name management field carried in a Frequency Hop Synchronization (FHS) group of the neighboring bluetooth device; if the name has not ever been changed, acquiring a stored name of the neighboring bluetooth device from the bluetooth management database; if changed, sending the name request command to the neighboring bluetooth device, and acquiring the name of the neighboring bluetooth device.
US08929813B2	Monitoring device and method for wireless power transmission in a monitoring device In a monitoring device consisting of a reader and a data carrier, the reader (100) comprises a control unit (101), a memory (102), a digital signal generator (103), an output driver (104), resonance capacitors (105, 107) and a transmitter coil (106). The digital signal generator (103) is adapted for supplying a digital bit sequence selected among, at least two, bit sequences stored in the memory (102) whereby the strength of the magnetic field generated by the transmitter coil (106) can be varied dependent on the bit sequence selected by the control unit (101). The invention further provides a method of controlling the strength of a magnetic field generated by the reader of the monitoring device.
US08929803B2	Radio frequency barrier in a wireless communication network A method and system for a radio frequency barrier in a wireless communication network include a barrier defined for protecting a space within the wireless communication network. A plurality of antennas is located along the barrier. A radio provides radio frequency signals to transmit from the antennas to interfere with radio frequency communications impinging on the barrier. The interfering radio frequency signals can provide same channel and adjacent channel interference.
US08929802B2	Discharge device and image-forming apparatus A discharge device includes a transport unit that transports a medium in the form of a sheet having a first surface and a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface; a contact member that comes into contact with the second surface of the medium transported by the transport unit, and that moves in a first direction in which the contact member presses the medium to a side of the first surface, and in a second direction opposite to the first direction within a predetermined range; a guide member provided so that the guide member does not come into contact with the contact member, that guides the medium transported by the transport unit while contacting the first surface of the medium, after the contact member comes into contact with the medium; and a discharge unit that discharges the medium guided by the guide member.
US08929800B2	Image forming apparatus Provided is an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit with a plurality of developing devices, a sheet transport unit, a sheet position measurement unit that measures a position of the sheet during the transport in a direction crossing a sheet passage, a displacement correction unit that moves the sheet during the transport in the sheet-passage crossing direction to correct a displacement of the sheet, and a control unit that carries out the displacement correction for the sheet by the displacement correction unit for the measured sheet depending on the measurement result by the sheet position measurement unit if the developing device located on a upstream side is used, and carries out position correction for an image and reduces an interval of the image formation for each sheet if the developing device located on the upstream side is not used.
US08929799B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus having: a slit plate in which a plurality of slits of different widths are provided, the slit plate being movable in an amount proportional to an amount of movement of a elevating plate; a sensor unit disposed such that the slits pass between a luminous element and a light-sensitive element, the sensor unit outputting a detection signal that indicates whether light emitted by the luminous element is in a transmitted state or not; and a control unit that stores positions of the elevating plate corresponding to the widths of the slits, and identifies a position of the elevating plate corresponding to a slit width derived from a detection signal outputted by the sensor unit, thereby deriving a remaining quantity of sheets on the elevating plate.
US08929797B2	Medium transport apparatus, scanner apparatus, and recording apparatus A medium transport apparatus includes a medium guide member that forms part of the curved transport path and guides a medium to a downstream side, and that is provided so as to be capable of pivoting at an outward side from the curved transport path, and that changes the size of a space of part of the curved transport path by pivoting. The medium guide member has a pivot axis that is in an upstream side direction of a guide surface that guides the medium.
US08929789B2	Fixing device with resistance heating element capable of accurately generating heat and image forming apparatus with fixing device In a fixing device, a heating element is extended along a fixing member at a location other than a nip on an inner circumferential surface side of the fixing member to generate heat. The fixing member contacts the heating element either indirectly via a gap of a prescribed size or directly contacts the heating element by with a prescribed pressure when the fixing member is rotating, and continuously separates from the heating element by a prescribed distance greater than the size of the gap when the fixing member stops rotating.
US08929788B2	Fixing device having a fixing pad and a pressing pad and image forming apparatus incorporating the same A fixing device includes a fixing belt rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation; a pressing belt to frictionally contact the fixing belt and rotatable in a direction counter to the direction of rotation of the fixing belt; a stationary fixing pad disposed inside a loop formed by the fixing belt; a stationary pressing pad disposed inside a loop formed by the pressing belt; and a fixing belt heater disposed inside the loop formed by the fixing belt to heat the fixing belt. The fixing pad presses against the pressing pad to form a fixing nip therebetween with the fixing belt and the pressing belt interposed between the fixing pad and the pressing pad. A recording medium bearing an unfixed toner image is conveyed through the fixing nip in a state in which the unfixed toner image contacts the fixing belt.
US08929786B2	Image forming apparatus, system, and method using a superimposed voltage signal and a direct voltage signal An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit configured to transfer a toner image onto a recording medium; a power supply unit configured to apply one of a superimposed voltage in which an alternating-current voltage and a first direct-current voltage are superimposed and a second direct-current voltage to the transfer unit; and a power supply control configured to, when the power supply unit outputs the superimposed voltage, instruct the power supply unit to output the first direct-current voltage at a first timing, and, when the power-supply unit outputs the second direct-current voltage, instruct the power-supply unit to output the second direct-current voltage at a second timing which is later than the first timing.
US08929776B2	Nozzle, image forming apparatus, and method of deriving powder A nozzle is provided. The nozzle includes a gas injection unit, a sieve body, and a derivation unit. The gas injection unit is adapted to inject a gas into a powder container containing a powder. The sieve body includes a cylinder, a filter, and a blade. The cylinder has a communication aperture for communicating the cylinder with the powder container. The filter is disposed at a bottom of the cylinder. The blade is adapted to agitate the powder introduced into the cylinder from the powder container through the communication aperture upon injection of the gas into the powder container to allow the powder to pass through the filter. The blade is rotatable about a rotation axis that intersects with the filter in proximity to the filter. The derivation unit is adapted to derive the powder passed through the filter out of the powder container.
US08929756B2	Developing device, image forming apparatus, and method for changing duty ratio A developing device includes a developing roller, a magnetic roller, a capacitor, a transformer, a switching section, a control section, a temperature detecting section, and a storage section. When changing the duty ratio of a control signal in multiple sequential steps, the control section determines the resonance period based on the temperature and temperature characteristic data and changes the duty ratio of the control signal to the next step during a changing time slot which is one of the first and second halves of a period of voltage fluctuation of the capacitor based on the determined resonance period, the one half in which the current flowing through the switching section is smaller than in the other half of the period.
US08929749B2	Minimum variance carrier recovery Methods and systems of data symbol recovery in a coherent optical receiver of an optical communications system. A respective probabilistic phase error is calculated for each of a plurality of data symbol estimates. A phase rotation is calculated based on the probabilistic phase error estimates, using a filter function, and the phase rotation applied to at least one data symbol estimate to generate a corresponding rotated symbol estimate. Each rotated symbol estimate is processed to generate corresponding decision values of each data symbol.
US08929744B2	40G/100G MSA-compliant optical transceivers with advanced functionality Integrated performance monitoring (PM); optical layer operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning (OAM&P); alarming; amplification, and the like is described in optical transceivers, such as multi-source agreement (MSA)-defined modules. An optical transceiver defined by an MSA agreement can include advanced integrated functions for carrier-grade operation which preserves the existing MSA specifications allowing the optical transceiver to operate with any compliant MSA host device with advanced features and functionality. The optical transceiver can include CFP and variants thereof (e.g., CFP2, CDFP, CXP), OIF-MSA-100GLH-EM-01.0, CCRx (Compact Coherent Receiver), Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable (QSFP) and variants thereof (e.g., QSFP+, QSFP2), 10×10 MSA, XFP, XPAK, XENPAK, X2, XFP-E, SFP, SFP+, 300-pin, and the like.
US08929743B2	Scheme of remote control of the slicing level of a receiver in a smart transceiver A scheme is described of remote control of the slicing level of a receiver in a smart SFP (or SFP+, or XFP) duplex (or BiDi, or SWBiDi) transceiver in a communication system using an operating system with OAM and PP functions, an OAM, PP & Payload Processor, a transceiver, a BERT, and an optical link in the field.
US08929742B2	Optical communication module, and optical communication system in which optical communication module is used An optical communication module in which the pin arrangement can be applied flexibly. An optical communication module has an outer shape formed based on normal standards and which is able to communicate with a host-side circuit board, etc. to which it is fitted, via a predetermined communication interface; wherein the optical communication module exchanges input/output I/F information with the circuit board, etc., and the communication interface can be switched to another communication interface based on these input/output I/F information.
US08929731B2	Apparatus for measuring performance of coherent optical receiver An apparatus for measuring performance of a coherent optical receiver includes a beam splitter splitting light into first and second paths, a first optical modulator modulating the first path light, a variable optical attenuator controlling an optical power of the first optical modulator, a first polarization controller transmitting a signal controlling polarization of an output of the variable optical attenuator to the coherent optical receiver, a second optical modulator modulating the second path light, a variable optical delay line delaying time of an output of the second optical modulator, a second polarization controller transmitting a signal controlling polarization of an output of the variable optical delay line to the coherent optical receiver, a network analyzer measuring performance of the coherent optical receiver and controlling the optical modulators, and a controller transmitting a control signal to the optical modulators.
US08929725B2	Image capturing apparatus and control method thereof In an image capturing apparatus that allows input of instructions to the image capturing apparatus by shaking the apparatus, without using an operation unit, it is determined whether or not the image capturing apparatus is shaking. Then, in a case in which it is determined that the image capturing apparatus is shaking, at least some of the operations of the operation unit are invalidated.
US08929713B2	Apparatus and method for segmenting video data in mobile communication terminal In one embodiment, a method for segmenting video data in a mobile communication terminal includes acquiring sensor data periodically together with video data during video shooting, and segmenting the video data based on the acquired sensor data.
US08929711B2	Analog signal recording system One embodiment of the present invention provides a signal-recording system. During operation, the system receives a wideband multi-channel radio frequency (RF) signal, which includes a plurality of single-channel RF signals modulated at different carrier frequencies. The system down-converts the received wideband multi-channel RF signal to baseband, and records the down-converted signal.
US08929704B1	Isotopically altered optical fiber An optical waveguide having a cladding layer formed of high-purity glass, or a cladding layer formed of high-purity isotope-proportion modified glass, and with a core of high-purity isotope-proportion-modified glass with the index of refraction of the core glass greater than the index of refraction of the cladding glass, said high-purity isotope-proportion-modified core material having a Si-29-isotope proportion at most 4.447% Si-29 (atom/atom) of all silicon atoms in said core, or at least 4.90% of Si-29 (atom/atom) atoms in said core, or having a Ge-73 isotope proportion of at most 7.2% Ge-73 (atom/atom) of all germanium atoms in said core, or at least 8.18% of Ge-73 (atom/atom) of Germanium atoms in said core region.
US08929703B2	Uniform UV efficient light diffusing fiber Light diffusing optical fibers for use in ultraviolet illumination applications and which have a uniform color gradient that is angularly independent are disclosed herein along with methods for making such fibers. The light diffusing fibers are composed of a silica-based glass core that is coated with a number of layers including a scattering layer.
US08929685B2	Device having image reconstructing function, method, and recording medium A mask acquisition unit acquires a mask (region information) that matches photography setting information acquired by a photography setting acquisition unit, the mask defining a sub-image region of a light field image acquired by an LFI acquisition unit. A prototype definition unit disposes a prototype of a reconstructed image at a position of reconstruction setting in a reconstruction setting storage unit. A reconstructed pixel selecting unit selects a pixel of interest from pixels of a reconstructed image. A corresponding pixel extracting unit extracts, as a corresponding pixel, a pixel that corresponds to the pixel of interest and is included in a sub-image region of the acquired mask. A pixel value calculation unit calculates a pixel value of the pixel of interest from a pixel value of the corresponding pixel. An output unit decides pixel values of all reconstructed pixels as pixels of interest and generates and outputs a reconstructed image.
US08929679B1	Systems and methods for changing contrast based on brightness of an output for presentation on a display Certain implementations of the disclosed technology may include systems and methods for changing a contrast level associated with an output for presentation on a display in response to detecting a change in a brightness level. According to an example implementation, a method is provided. The method includes determining, by a computing device, a first brightness level associated with an output for presentation on a display. The method also includes determining, by the computing device, a first contrast level associated with the output for presentation on the display. Responsive to detecting, by the computing device, a change from the first brightness level to a second brightness level, the method includes changing, by the computing device, the first contrast level to a second contrast level.
US08929677B2	Image processing apparatus and method for synthesizing a high-resolution image and a refocused image An image processing apparatus and image processing method capable of providing a high-resolution image for a desired position by use of light field data are provided. The image processing apparatus may determine a position of a portion of light field data among light field data corresponding to a scene, according to a desired focusing position, generate a refocusing first image by use of the position determined portion of light field data, generate a high-resolution image having a predetermined setting ratio relative to the refocusing first image, determine a ratio for local synthesis between the high-resolution image and an enlarged image of the refocusing first image by use of a similarity with respect to the position determined portion of light field data, and generate a synthesized image by synthesizing the high-resolution image and the enlarged image of the refocusing first image according to the local synthesis ratio.
US08929671B2	Image processing apparatus and interpolation frame generating method An image processing apparatus includes a frame memory, a motion vector detector, a screen edge detector and an interpolation frame generator. The frame memory frame-delays an input signal and outputs the input signal as a delayed input signal. The motion vector detector detects a motion vector between frames based on the input signal and the delayed input signal. The screen edge detector detects a pixel corresponding to a screen edge in the input signal. The interpolation frame generator generates an interpolation frame from the input signal and delayed input signal based on the motion vector and the pixel corresponding to the screen edge. The interpolation frame generator generates the interpolation frame using the pixel corresponding to the screen edge or the pixel inside relative to the pixel corresponding to the screen edge when the motion vector points a pixel outside relative to the pixel corresponding to the screen edge.
US08929664B2	Shape detection using chain code states A method for identifying objects in a digital image includes tracing chain codes associated with the contour of the object; a series of states is maintained, and the next chain codes in the contour are accepted only if they comply with allowed chain codes for each state. Certain chain codes trigger a transition into a next state. If a disallowed chain code is encountered, the process halts.
US08929658B2	Providing magnetic deviation to mobile devices A method of providing magnetic deviation corresponding to positions in a wireless communication system includes receiving a request wirelessly for a magnetic deviation corresponding to a position of an access terminal, the request including the position of the access terminal; retrieving the magnetic deviation corresponding to the position of the access terminal from a repository; and transmitting wirelessly the magnetic deviation corresponding to the position of the access terminal to the access terminal.
US08929656B2	Method and apparatus for detecting important information from moving picture Provided is a method of detecting important information from a moving picture. The method includes: detecting first candidate areas that are presumed to include important information in a plurality of moving picture frames by using stop edge information, which is edge information overlapped at a same position throughout the plurality of moving picture frames, from among edge information in at least two received moving picture frames; determining second candidate areas by performing grouping on the stop edge information according to a position of the stop edge information in the first candidate areas; analyzing the second candidate areas determined in the at least two moving picture frames; and detecting important information areas from each of the at least two moving picture frames based on the analysis.
US08929653B2	Signal processing apparatus and method, and program Signals are provided which allow colors in a wider color range than predetermined standards, which can be handled by apparatus according to such predetermined standards. A primary color converter converts first color signals having primary color points in a wider color range than the primary color points according to BT.709 into second color signals based on the primary colors according to BT.709. A photoelectric transducer converts the second color signals into third color signals according to photoelectric transducer characteristics defined in a numerical range wider than a range from 0 to 1.0 of color signals corresponding to a luminance signal and color difference signals according to BT.709. A color signal converter converts the third color signals into a luminance signal and color difference signals. A corrector incorporated in the color signal converter corrects the color difference signals into color difference signals.
US08929646B2	System for producing and delivering matching color coating and use thereof The present invention is directed to a system for repairing one or more defects of a target coating of a vehicle. The system can repair target coatings at a repair facility using matching coating compositions provided from a supply center, where the matching coating compositions can be produced according to target repair data transmitted from one or more repair facilities to the supply center. The system can comprise one or more supply centers and one or more repair facilities.
US08929635B2	Method and system for tooth segmentation in dental images A method for segmenting a feature of interest from a volume image acquires image data elements from the image of a subject. One or more boundary points along a boundary of the feature of interest are identified according to one or more geometric primitives with reference to the displayed view. A foreground seed curve is defined according to the one or more identified boundary points. A background field array that lies outside of, and is spaced from, the foreground seed curve by a predetermined distance, is defined. Segmentation is applied to the volume image according to foreground values obtained according to image data elements that are spatially bounded on or within the foreground seed curve and according to background field array values to create a segmented feature of interest.
US08929631B2	Method and device for automatically adapting a reference image A method and a device for reference image adapting in the field of fluoroscopy-controlled interventional repair of abdominal aortic aneurisms on angiography systems are proposed. Displacements which can be brought about as a result of introducing instruments, such as when a stent is deployed in an aorta, are automatically corrected. It is also possible to correct such displacements which initially cannot be perceived in the image due to the angle of view.
US08929630B2	Systems and methods for assessing images Disclosed are systems and methods for assessing images in applications such as microscopic scanning of a slide having light emitting objects. In certain embodiments, such scanning can involve objects such as sequencing beads disposed on the slide to facilitate biological analysis such as nucleic acid sequencing. Also disclosed are certain embodiments where images of light emitting objects are assessed for image quality so as to facilitate a feedback response such as a corrective action. In certain embodiments, such assessment and correction can be performed in real-time during the scanning process, and can include re-acquisition of the assessed image. Also disclosed are certain embodiments where such assessment and correction can be triggered dynamically during the scan, or before start of the scan, so as to enhance the scanning performance, including scanning time and throughput.
US08929629B1	Method and system for image-based ulcer detection A system and method for ulcer detection which may generate a vector of grades including grades indicative of a probability that the image includes an ulcer, for example an ulcer of specific type. For each grade, generating may include finding ulcer candidates within the image, and for each ulcer candidate, building a property vector describing properties of the ulcer candidate and employing a trained classifier to generate the grade from the property vector. The grades may be combined to obtain an indication or score of the probability that the image includes an ulcer.
US08929627B2	Examination information display device and method An examination information display device of the present invention includes: a storage unit that stores examination information of an object; a display unit that has a display screen on which the examination information is displayed; an extraction unit that extracts candidate examination information, which is a candidate referred to or compared with a reference examination to be diagnosed, using supplementary information of the examination information of the object stored in the storage unit; and a display control unit that displays the candidate examination information in a predetermined display region of the display screen.
US08929620B2	Method and apparatus for simultaneous acquisition of multiple examination data Disclosed is an image acquisition workstation including a multiple examination mode. In the multiple examination mode, a user selects an anatomical view or procedure prior to acquiring data. When the image data is acquired, the acquired data is stored in a data structure related to the selected procedure or anatomical view. As the user selects a procedure or anatomical view prior to each data acquisition, the image acquisitions can be acquired in any order.
US08929614B2	Red eye detection aided by face detection A method for identifying a pair of genuine red eye artifacts in a captured image includes the steps of determining the presence of a face in the captured image, substantially encompassing the face within a shape, and determining the presence of three or more candidate red eye artifacts within the shape. The method continues with measuring the distance from an edge of the shape to each of the three or more candidate red eye artifacts and identifying, as genuine red eye artifacts, two candidate red eye artifacts of the three or more candidate red eye artifacts that are within a predetermined vertical distance from the edge of the shape.
US08929611B2	Matching device, digital image processing system, matching device control program, computer-readable recording medium, and matching device control method A high-accuracy matching result is obtained when a condition of a photographed input image differs from a condition of a photographed registration image. A face matching device including the registration face image, in which a person is photographed, and a photographing condition which corresponds to the registration face image are registered in a registration face image database. The face matching device includes a condition detecting unit, a registration face image selecting unit, and a matching unit. The condition detecting unit detects a photographing condition in the input face image which includes the photographed person. The registration face image selecting unit determines and selects the closest of the photographing condition from the input face image with the photographing conditions of the registration face images based on the determined closeness of the photographing condition. The matching unit performs matching using the registration face image corresponding to the selected photographing condition.
US08929610B2	Methods and apparatus for robust video stabilization Methods and apparatus for robust video stabilization. A video stabilization technique applies a feature tracking technique to an input video sequence to generate feature trajectories. The technique applies a video partitioning technique to segment the input video sequence into factorization windows and transition windows. The technique smoothes the trajectories in each of the windows, in sequence. For factorization windows, a subspace-based optimization technique may be used. For transition windows, a direct track optimization technique that uses a similarity motion model may be used. The technique then determines and applies warping models to the frames in the video sequence. In at least some embodiments, the warping models may include a content-preserving warping model, a homography model, a similarity transform model, and a whole-frame translation model. The warped frames may then be cropped according to a cropping technique.
US08929606B2	Vehicle identification based on an image A machine may be configured as a vehicle identification machine to identify a model of a vehicle based on an image that depicts a dashboard of the vehicle. As configured, the machine may receive an image of the dashboard, where the image depicts a layout of instrumentation within the dashboard. The machine may identify the layout of instrumentation by processing the image. For example, the machine may process the image by determining a position of an instrument within the layout of instrumentation, determining an outline of instrument, or both. The machine may access a data record that correlates a model of the vehicle with the identified layout of instrumentation and, based on the data record, identify the model of the vehicle. The machine may then provide a notification that references the vehicle, references the identified model of the vehicle, or references both.
US08929605B2	Image processing method and image processing apparatus for generating vehicular image An image processing method for generating a vehicular image includes the following steps: providing a first image, wherein the first image has a first specific region, and pixel data of each pixel in the first specific region is converted to a predetermined value; providing a second image, and overlapping the first image and the second image to form an overlapping region; comparing the predetermined value with pixel data of each pixel in the first image overlapped on the second image to generate a comparison result; and determining whether pixel data of each pixel in the overlapping region is pixel data of the first image or pixel data of the second image according to the comparison result, and accordingly generating the vehicular image.
US08929597B2	Method of tracking objects A method of object tracking is provided with creating areas of a tracking object and a non-tracking object respectively; determining a state of the tracking object and the non-tracking object is separation, proximity, or overlap; creating at least one separation template image of a separation area of the tracking object and/or the non-tracking object if the tracking object is proximate the non-tracking object; fetching all feature points of an overlapping area of the tracking object and the non-tracking object if the tracking object and the non-tracking object overlap; performing a match on each of the feature points and the separation template image so as to calculate a corresponding matching error score respectively; and comparing the matching error score of each feature point with that of the separation template image so as to determine whether the feature points belong to the tracking object or the non-tracking object.
US08929590B2	Object tracking device capable of tracking object accurately, object tracking method, and storage medium An object tracking device capable of accurately tracking an object as a tracking target. The device receives an image signal having a plurality of frame images and tracks a specific object in the image signal. The device sets a predetermined number of small areas in a reference area indicative of an area where an image of the object is formed in the preceding frame image. The object tracking device detects a motion vector of the object in each of the small areas, and determines a change of the object according to the motion vector to thereby obtain shape change information. The device corrects the location and size of the reference area according to the shape change information to thereby correct the reference area to a corrected reference area, and tracks the object using the corrected reference area.
US08929586B2	System and method for detecting potential property insurance fraud A system and method for assessing a condition of property for insurance purposes includes a sensor for acquiring a spectral image. In a preferred embodiment, the spectral image is post-processed to generate at least one spectral radiance plot, the plot used as input to a radiative transfer computer model. The output of the model establishes a spectral signature for the property. Over a period of time, spectral signatures can be compared to generate a spectral difference, the spectral difference can be used to determine whether a change in the condition of the property was potentially fraudulently caused.
US08929584B2	Component having a micromechanical microphone structure Measures for dynamically regulating the microphone sensitivity of a MEMS microphone component at low frequencies by way of variable roll-off behavior are proposed. The micromechanical microphone structure of the component, which is implemented in a layer structure on a semiconductor substrate, encompasses an acoustically active diaphragm having leakage openings which spans a sound opening in the substrate back side, and a stationary acoustically permeable counterelement having through openings which is disposed in the layer structure above/below the diaphragm. The component furthermore encompasses a capacitor assemblage for signal sensing, having at least one deflectable electrode on the diaphragm and at least one stationary electrode on the counterelement, and an arrangement for implementing a relative motion between the diaphragm and counterelement parallel to the layer planes.
US08929579B2	Speaker and mixer assembly A transportable audio system is described. The transportable audio system may include a speaker module and speaker mating module. The speaker module may include a backside mating edge and a backside interior inset from the backside mating edge. The backside mating edge may include a first attachment mechanism. The speaker mating module may include a frontside mating edge and a frontside face. The frontside mating edge may include a second attachment mechanism. The speaker mating module may be removably mountable to the speaker module via the first and second attachment mechanisms.
US08929568B2	Bandwidth extension of a low band audio signal Estimation of a high band extension of a low band audio signal includes the following steps: extracting (S1) a set of features of the low band audio signal; mapping (S2) extracted features to at least one high band parameter with generalized additive modeling; frequency shifting (S3) a copy of the low band audio signal into the high band; controlling (S4) the envelope of the frequency shifted copy of the low band audio signal by said at least one high band parameter.
US08929566B2	Audio processing in a portable listening device The invention relates to a method of processing an audio signal in a portable listening device, the audio signal comprising a low frequency part having an LF-bandwidth ΔfLF and a high-frequency part having a HF-bandwidth ΔfHF. The invention further relates to a listening device and to a listening system. The object of the present invention is to improve performance or save power in a portable listening device. The problem is solved in that the method comprises a) providing an audio input signal consisting of said low frequency part having an LF-bandwidth ΔfLF; b) performing at least one signal processing step on the low frequency part of the audio signal; and c) performing a bandwidth extension process on said low frequency part of the audio signal to generate said high-frequency part of the audio signal, thereby generating or regenerating said audio output signal with a full bandwidth Δffull comprising said LF-bandwidth ΔfLF and said HF-bandwidth ΔfHF. An advantage of this is that power consumption is reduced. The invention may e.g. be used for portable communication device, mobile telephones or listening devices, such as a hearing aids, ear protection devices, headsets, head phones, etc.
US08929565B2	Output phase modulation entrainment containment for digital filters Method and apparatus for entrainment containment in digital filters using output phase modulation. Phase change is gradually introduced into the acoustic feedback canceller loop to avoid entrainment of the feedback canceller filter. Various embodiments employing different output phase modulation approaches are set forth and time and frequency domain examples are provided. Additional method and apparatus can be found in the specification and as provided by the attached claims and their equivalents.
US08929559B2	Method and apparatus for selecting right and left circuit configurations of hearing assistance devices This disclosure relates to method and apparatus for selecting right and left configurations of hearing assistance device circuits, such as battery polarity. In various applications the present subject matter is applicable to a flexible circuit in hearing assistance devices, including but not limited to hearing aids. In one example, a printed circuit board is configured during manufacture to be used in either a left or a right hearing assistance device. The printed circuit board includes a solder selectable portion to provide for selection of left or right during assembly of the hearing assistance device, according to various embodiments.
US08929555B2	Data encryption systems and methods Data encryption systems and methods. The system includes a storage device storing data and an encryption/decryption module. The encryption/decryption module randomly generates a device key seed according to the occurrence time of a specific operation or the interval between two specific operations on the storage device, and applies the device key seed to data encryption.
US08929553B2	Using identifier tags and authenticity certificates for detecting counterfeited or stolen brand objects A method and system for generating data for use in generating an authenticity certificate. A request is received for a step certificate that authenticates an involvement of the requester entity about an object. The request includes a media identifier, a media key block, an object identifier, a requester entity type of the requester entity, and a requester identity certificate of the requester entity. The object identifier is hashed. A signature is created. A hashing result is generated by hashing a concatenation of the object identifier, the requester entity type, the certifier entity certificate, the requester identity certificate, and the signature. The step certificate is generated and includes the hashing result. The step certificate is encrypted using a random key. The encrypted step certificate and an encrypted random key are sent to the requester entity for subsequent writing the step certificate and the encrypted random key on a media.
US08929552B2	Electronic information and cryptographic key management system Systems and methods of electronic information securement. The invention provides for the securement of electrical information and cryptographic keys through cryptographic key management systems providing for the confirmation that one or a plurality of cryptographic keys have been secured to the key management system. Confirmation provided by the key management system enables other systems to perform cryptographic and electronic information functions such as encryption, decryption, saving, and transferring of information. Further systems are provided having at least one client system, at least one cryptographic key management system, and at least one electronic information storage system, whereby the key management system enables functionality of the system after providing securement confirmation of keys and data.
US08929547B2	Content data reproduction system and collection system of use history thereof According to one embodiment, a content data reproduction system includes a host device which uses content data, and a storage device configured such that content data, which is obtained by decrypting encrypted content data that is created by encrypting the content data by content key data, is made usable in the host device. The host device includes a device ID which is uniquely allocated to each of host devices. The storage device includes a memory and a controller configured to control the memory.
US08929546B2	Motion-based authentication for a gesture-based computing device A motion-based authentication method is operative in a mobile computing device having a display interface and that includes an accelerometer. Normally, the device software includes a locking mechanism that automatically locks the display interface after a configurable timeout. The authentication method operates to un-lock the display interface (and thus allow the user access to the device) by movement of the device in a predetermined series of physical movements and without display-based entry of a password or other access code on the display itself. In this manner, the user can un-lock the device without display-based entry of a password (on the display itself) by simply holding the device and performing the necessary movement(s) to generate the unique code.
US08929540B2	Information processing apparatus, information recording medium manufacturing apparatus, information recording medium, method, and computer program To provide a configuration in which a unit classification number corresponding to a content playback path is set based on various units. A unit classification number defining a playback path of content including encrypted data having different variations generated by encrypting a segment portion which forms the content by using a plurality of segment keys and encrypted content generated by encrypting a non-segment portion by a unit key is set based on various units, such as a content management unit and an index. In a CPS unit key file storing key generating information concerning CPS units as content management units, settings of unit classification numbers are indicated. Based on the CPS unit key file, a unit classification number to which content to be played back belongs can be obtained.
US08929539B2	Instructions to perform Groestl hashing A method is described. The method includes executing an instruction to perform one or more Galois Field (GF) multiply by 2 operations on a state matrix and executing an instruction to combine results of the one or more GF multiply by 2 operations with exclusive or (XOR) functions to generate a result matrix.
US08929527B2	Method allowing an exchange of context information within a group of users sharing one and the same identifier A method is provided for allowing an exchange of context information within a group of users sharing one and the same identifier. The method includes transmitting information between at least one first terminal and a second terminal associated with a common identifier. The method includes a step of sending by the first terminal a notification of state intended at least for the second terminal and carrying an item of information relating to the context in which a user of the first terminal finds himself. The method allows members of a community of users, which is identified by a unique telephone number, to avail themselves of context information relating to the other members of the community at any moment, and in particular at the precise moment at which a setup request for establishing a communication is presented to them.
US08929521B2	System and method for authenticating a communication device A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to transmit to a communication system a PKI certificate, and engage in encrypted communications responsive to receiving a public key from the communication system. The communication system can have a plurality of network elements that integrate operations of a circuit-switched communication network and a packet-switched communication network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US08929508B1	Energy selective X-ray system with low noise An apparatus or method for providing information about an object from x-ray radiation transmitted through the object. An embodiment comprises an x-ray source (10) positioned on one side of an object (50) an x-ray detector (102) positioned on the opposite side, and means for computing two or more information signals, which are substantially the line integrals of the basis set coefficients of the x-ray attenuation coefficient from the x-ray photons transmitted through said object at three or more regions of the x-ray energy spectrum. In one embodiment the means for computing the two or more information signals comprises a linear maximum likelihood estimator (122), a correction processor (142) to compute a correction to the linear maximum likelihood estimate (132), and an adder (152) to add the estimate and the correction to produce the two or more information signals (154).
US08929501B2	Method and apparatus for synchronization of data and error samples in a communications system A method and apparatus for processing input data signals transmitted in a continuous mode, or in a burst mode, of signal transmission, such as in a satellite or a computer network communications system. A receiver receives input data signals and a buffer stores the received input data. Processing circuitry generates frame timing synchronization control signals for writing the frames of the input data for storage, generates timing error control signals corresponding to a processing delay for the input data, for synchronizing reading out the stored data from the buffer based on a timing difference between the timing error control signals and the frame timing synchronization control signals to adjust for an arbitrary delay in processing the input data. The processing circuitry can include a tap gradient update circuit for generating a tap gradient corresponding to the read out data, based on equalizer error signals generated by the processing circuitry.
US08929498B2	Techniques for varying a periodic signal based on changes in a data rate A circuit includes phase detection, frequency adjustment, sampler, and control circuits. The phase detection circuit compares phases of first and second periodic signals to generate a control signal. The frequency adjustment circuit adjusts a frequency of the second periodic signal and a frequency of a third periodic signal based on the control signal. The sampler circuit samples a data signal to generate a sampled data signal in response to the third periodic signal. The control circuit adjusts the frequency of the third periodic signal based on the data signal changing from a first data rate to a second data rate while maintaining the frequency of the second periodic signal constant. The control circuit adjusts the frequency of the second periodic signal and the frequency of the third periodic signal based on the data signal changing from the second data rate to a third data rate.
US08929494B2	Systems and methods for joint beamforming and preamble detection Systems and methods for reading RFID tags using joint beamforming and preamble detection in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment includes an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna elements, a joint beamformer and preamble detector configured to receive inputs from each of the antenna elements, and a decoder configured to receive a resampled signal from the joint beamformer and preamble detector and to decode data using the resampled signal. In addition, the joint beamformer and preamble detector is configured to correlate the inputs from the antenna elements against a correlation sequence at a plurality of starting sample positions and predetermined rates, use the correlations to select a starting sample position and rate for decoding the received signal, use the correlations to determine beamforming coefficients for combining the inputs, and resample the combined inputs based upon the selected starting sample position and rate.
US08929492B2	System for and method of removing unwanted inband signals from a received communication signal A system for and method of removing one or more unwanted inband signals from a received communications signal is described. The inband signal or signals may comprise noise, interference signals, or any other unwanted signals that impact the quality of the underlying communications. A receiver receives a communication signal, the received communication signal including the desired communication signal and one or more inband signals. A signal separator processes the received signal to form an estimate of the desired communication signal and an estimate of the inband signals. A performance improver processes the received signal and the estimate of the one or more inband signals to form an improved estimate of the desired communication signal and an improved estimate of the inband signals.
US08929485B2	System and method for broadcast pre-coding in a MIMO system The present disclosure relates generally to a system and method for broadcast pre-coding in a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) system. In one example, the method includes modulating a broadcast signal to create a stream of modulated symbols. Pre-coding is performed on each of the modulated symbols to break each modulated symbol into at least two pre-coded portions, and the two pre-coded portions of each modulated symbol are transmitted via at least two antennas.
US08929478B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving data in communication system An apparatus for transmitting data in a communication system includes: a receiving unit configured to receive feedback information for each of a plurality of stations (STAB) in response to a control frame; an adjusting unit configured to adjust links of the STAB at frequency channels based on the feedback information, and set optimal links for the respective STAB; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit data to the STAB through the optimal links, wherein the feedback information comprises one or more of optimal stream number information, optimal modulation and coding scheme (MCS) information, optimal bandwidth information, average signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) information, space-time information, optimal space-time block coding (STBC) information, group ID information, coding type information, and FB Tx type information.
US08929471B2	Methods and systems to mitigate impulse interference Methods and systems to mitigate impulse interference in an OFDM QAM signal. A per-symbol noise measure, or quality measure (QM) is computed for a symbol k as a MSE of distances between carriers in the symbol and points of corresponding QAM constellations. MSE(k) is averaged over multiple symbols to compute a background signal QM, AVG_MSE(k). If MSE(k) exceeds AVG_MSE(k) by a moderate amount, symbol k may be moderately affected by impulse interference, and per-carrier SNR estimates are downgraded for all data carriers in symbol k, prior to LLR computation. SNR downgrading may be linear or step-wise based on an extent to which MSE(k) exceeds AVG_MSE(k). If MSE(k) exceeds AVG_MSE(k) by a significant amount, symbol k may be significantly affected by impulse interference, and LLRs may be set to indicate that all data carriers are erased in symbol k.
US08929463B2	Moving image decoding device, moving image decoding method, and program There are provided an analysis unit that analyzes an input bit stream to output first intermediate data and analysis information, a conversion rule storage unit that stores a conversion rule, according to which an error-detected bit stream included in the analysis information output from the analysis unit or a bit stream including reference information to an image used for a method not supported by a decoding unit is converted into a bit stream decodable by the decoding unit, and a conversion unit that converts the analysis information into second intermediate data according to the conversion rule, as well as the decoding unit that decodes the first intermediate data and the second intermediate data output from the analysis unit and the conversion unit. Thus, even when the decoding unit does not cope with specific information included in the analysis information, the decoding unit is able to stably perform a decoding procedure.
US08929460B1	Method and encoding/decoding of video using common merging candidate set of asymmetric partitions The present invention provides video encoding and decoding methods using block merging, which can be applied to a high resolution video of more than HD (High Definition) resolution. A video encoding method includes partitioning a current block into a first and a second prediction unit by using asymmetric partitioning, constructing a list of common merging candidate blocks including a predetermined number of common merging candidate blocks selected from adjacent blocks of the current block, selecting at least one candidate block from among the list of common merging candidate blocks and sending information of the selected candidate block to a decoder for each of the first and the second prediction unit.
US08929458B2	Compressed structure for slice groups in start code table Presented herein is a compressed structure for writing slice group start codes into a start code table, for use with a video decoding system. One or more start codes are written to a start code table. The presentation time information is written to the start code table.
US08929451B2	External vectors in a motion estimation system A method and apparatus for motion estimation in a sequence of video images is provided. Each field or frame in a sequence of video images is sub-divided into a plurality of blocks. Each block in each video field or frame has assigned to it a set of candidate motion vectors. The vector which produces a best match to a block in a previous field or frame, from the set of candidate motion vectors, is assigned to that block thus forming the motion vector field for the current video field or frame using the selected vector. The set of candidate motion vectors assigned to a block include one or more candidate vectors derived from an external source vector field and each such vector from an external source vector field is assigned a weighting that biases towards or away from the selection of that vector.
US08929450B2	Temporal block merge mode In one embodiment, a method includes determining motion parameters for a temporally-located block to a current block of video content. The temporally-located block is located in a different picture from the current block. The temporally-located block is identified in a merge mode candidate list. The merge mode candidate list includes candidate blocks in which motion parameters are candidates to be used for the current block. The method then signals information to a decoder to indicate which motion parameters from a candidate block on the merge mode candidate list to use in decoding the current block. If a temporally-located block is identified, the method uses motion parameters for the temporally-located block in decoding the current block of video content.
US08929448B2	Inter sub-mode decision process in a transcoding operation In one embodiment, a macroblock is determined in an incoming bitstream. In one example, the macroblock may be a 16×16 macroblock for a first coding standard, such as MPEG-2. The macroblock is then divided into a plurality of segmented blocks. For example, an arbitrary sized segment of blocks may be used to divide the macroblock into segmented blocks. In one example, the macroblock is divided into four 8×8 segmented blocks. A plurality of statistical measures are then determined for the plurality of segmented blocks. For example, for each segmented block, a sum of absolute differences (SAD) is determined. Then, one or more sizes for the sub-blocks are determined based on the comparison. For example, a variable sub-block size for an AVC bitstream is determined.
US08929447B2	Image deblurring method using motion compensation In an image deblurring method, an image processor determines an absolute difference between a pixel value of each pixel in a current image frame and a pixel value of a corresponding pixel in a reference image frame to obtain a total absolute difference corresponding to the current image frame by summing up the absolute differences corresponding respectively the pixels of the current image frame. When the total absolute difference is smaller than a predetermined first threshold value and not smaller than a predetermined third threshold value, the image processor generates an interpolated image frame based on the current and reference image frames using one of unidirectional motion estimation and bidirectional motion estimation.
US08929439B2	Compressed image noise removal device and reproduction device A compressed-image noise removal device includes a decoder unit for decoding a digital-image-compressed stream, an information holding unit for holding sub information by the amount of a plurality of blocks, the sub information being decoded by a VLD unit, a noise judgment unit for making a judgment on noise removal of a display image generated by the decoder unit, and the information holding unit, a noise removal unit for executing the noise removal of a block whose noise removal has been judged to be executed by the noise judgment unit, using image data outputted from an inverse quantization unit, motion compensation data outputted from a motion compensation unit, and the sub information held in the information holding unit, and a display-image holding unit for holding, as a display image, an output image of the noise removal unit if the noise removal has been judged to be executed by the noise judgment unit, or the output of the decoder unit if the noise removal has been judged not to be executed thereby.
US08929436B2	Method and apparatus for video coding, predecoding, and video decoding for video streaming service, and image filtering method A method and apparatus for video encoding, predecoding, and video decoding for video streaming services. The video encoding method includes encoding first and second video sequences into first and second bitstreams using scalable video coding, wherein at least one of resolution, frame rate, and image quality of the second video sequence is different from that of the first video sequence, and combining the first and second bitstreams into a super bitstream.
US08929427B2	Method, apparatus, computer program and computer program distribution medium for a communication receiver The invention relates to an apparatus comprising, a sampler configured to receive and sample a signal for producing signal samples; a first configured to receive or determinate a scaling factor for a reliability factor and to determine power or energy of an input signal of an interference canceller; a generator configured to generate an estimated replica of a transmitted desired signal by using the signal samples; a residual processor configured to subtract the estimated replica from the input signal of an interference canceller for generating a residual signal and to determine power or energy of the residual signal; and a divider configured to divide the power or energy of the residual signal by the power or energy of the input signal of an interference canceller and a multiplier configured to multiply a result of the division by the scaling factor of a reliability factor.
US08929421B2	Successive interference cancellation method and apparatus and detection method and apparatus using successive interference cancellation A successive interference cancellation method includes: determining whether a current interfering user channel is a service cell channel of a service cell or a neighbor cell channel of a neighbor cell; correcting a phase rotation of a user signal of the neighbor channel when the interfering user channel is the neighbor cell channel; determining a tentative ruling for a user signal of the neighbor cell channel; restoring the phase rotation of the user signal of the neighbor cell channel; performing a signal reconstruction on the neighbor cell channel to obtain a reconstructed signal of the neighbor cell channel; removing the reconstructed signal of the neighbor cell channel from a reception signal to obtain a corrected signal, and completing successive interference cancellation on the current interfering user channel. With the above successive interference cancellation method, accuracy of successive interference cancellation as well as system detection performance is enhanced.
US08929416B2	Group-III nitride semiconductor laser device, and method for fabricating group-III nitride semiconductor laser device A III-nitride semiconductor laser device including: a laser structure including a support base and a semiconductor region, the support base including a hexagonal III-nitride semiconductor and having a semipolar primary surface, and the semiconductor region being provided on the semipolar primary surface of the support base; and an electrode provided on the semiconductor region of the laser structure, the semiconductor region including a first cladding layer, a second cladding layer, and an active layer.
US08929400B2	Apparatus and method for support of communications services and applications over relatively low signal-to-noise ratio links A physical layer (PL) frame generation method is provided. A PL payload is generated by encoding and modulating source data based on a first modcod of a first set. A synchronization header (a unique word (UW) of a UW set) is appended to the PL payload. The UWs of the set respectively correspond to different modcods of the first set, and the UW corresponds to the first modcod. A PL header is appended to the synchronization header and PL payload to form the PL frame. The PL header comprises a second UW and physical layer signaling (PLS). The PLS comprises encoded data fields reflecting a length of the PL frame, where the data fields are encoded based on a second modcod scheme of a second set. The first modcod set is designed for an SNR operating range relatively lower than the SNR operating range of the second modcod set.
US08929397B2	Efficient physical layer preamble format A transmitter device includes a controller configured to generate a first field and a second field. The first field is at least one of a packet synchronization information field or a frame boundary indication field, the second field is a channel estimation field starting after the first field ends. The controller is configured to generate the second field at least in part by generating a first channel estimation sequence (CES) symbol and a second CES symbol. At least one of i) a sequence in the first field serves as a cyclic prefix of the first CES symbol, ii) a beginning portion of the second CES symbol serves as a cyclic postfix of the first CES symbol, or iii) an ending portion of the first CES symbol serves as a cyclic prefix of the second CES symbol.
US08929395B2	Multicast system and multicast method using shortened address and apparatus applied to the same Disclosed is a multicast system and a multicast method using a shortened address and an apparatus applied to the same. The multicast system using the shortened address according to the present disclosure has a address configuration for supporting a multicast in an IEEE 802.15.4 MAC (Medium Access Control) layer. Accordingly, when a device processes a multicast through an address configuration of the MAC layer, the device receives the multicast through a simple scheduling such as receiving a beacon signal of a coordinator device only when there is a broadcast of a group including the device. As a result, the device can efficiently perform the multicast in a power managing process or a power processing process.
US08929391B2	Systems and methods for communications devices having multiple interfaces According to various embodiments, a communication switch may create and/or manage a variety of configurable network relationships between intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) connected via disparate network interfaces using a variety of communication protocols. Accordingly, a communication switch may provide media translation between various types of physical network ports and communication protocol conversion between various communication protocols. For example, a communication switch may be used to create a networked group of IEDs in which some IEDs are connected via Ethernet ports and other IEDs are connected via D-subminiature ports and/or optical ports. The communication switch may create and/or manage network relationships such as publisher/subscriber, master/slave, multidrop configurations, star configurations, and/or other complex network relationships between two or more IEDs or groups of IEDs.
US08929377B2	Systems and methods for automatic rack detection An embodiment system and method to provide rack awareness for a virtual machine running on a data center server. The virtual machine sends an address resolution protocol request message to a top-of-rack switch to identify a MAC address of the server physical port. The virtual machine receives a reply containing the MAC address of the top-of-rack switch physical port. The virtual machine sends an ICMP packet to the top-of-rack switch with a pre-selected un-routable IP address using the identified physical port MAC address. The virtual machine then receives a message from the top-of-rack switch providing a top-of-rack IP address. The virtual machine employs the top-of-rack IP address to identify the rack location of the server.
US08929375B2	Node apparatus, storage medium and frame transmitting method When stored identifying information of a transmission target frame and identifying information of a received frame are equal, a node apparatus updates transmission feasibility information stored in association with the final destination of the received frame. The transmission feasibility information indicates feasibility of transmission to each of a plurality of adjacent node apparatuses being a transmission destination, and is updated so that feasibility of transmission to the transmission destination associated with the identifying information of the received frame indicates that “the transmission is infeasible”. The node apparatus transmits the received frame, when there is no adjacent apparatus to which transmission is feasible, and when the stored identifying information of the transmission target frame is equal to the identifying information of the received frame, to the adjacent node apparatus recognized as the origin in association with the identifying information of the received frame.
US08929361B2	Switch discovery protocol for a distributed fabric system A distributed fabric system comprises a plurality of independent network elements interconnected by inter-switch links and assigned to a same group. Each network element includes one or more switching chips, a processor, and memory storing program code that is executed by the processor. The program code of each network element includes a switch discovery protocol (SDP) module. The SDP module of each network element, when executed, periodically multicasts SDP data units (SDPDUs) using one of a plurality of transmission rates. The plurality of transmission rates includes a fast transmission rate and a slow transmission rate. The transmission rate used by the SDP module of each network element is the fast transmission rate until the SDP module of that network element determines a criterion is met, in response to which the transmission rate used by the SDP module of that network element changes to the slow transmission rate.
US08929353B2	Preamble structure and acquisition for a wireless communication system Techniques for sending sector/system information in TDM pilots using a hierarchical pilot structure are described. A base station sends multiple sets of bits for the sector/system information in multiple TDM pilots. The set of bits sent in a given TDM pilot may include bits sent in earlier TDM pilots. In one design, the base station generates a first TDM pilot based on a first set of bits, generates a second TDM pilot based on a second set of bits that includes the first set, generates a third TDM pilot based on all bits for the information, and sends the TDM pilots. A terminal performs detection to obtain a first detected value for the first TDM pilot, performs detection based on the first detected value to obtain a second detected value for the second TDM pilot, and performs detection based on the first and second detected values to obtain a third detected value for the third TDM pilot.
US08929352B2	Method and apparatus for multi-carrier frequency division multiplexing transmission A general frequency division multiplex (GFDM) transmission system is proposed. Vacant frequency ranges are detected and subsequently used for transmission, wherein a single carrier transmission system with cyclic prefixing is deployed. A corresponding transmitter and receiver are disclosed.
US08929351B2	System and method for configuration of network-capable appliances A controlling device is used to configure a target device for wireless network communications through use of a setup wizard. The setup wizard is used to obtain information required to perform communications on a wireless network via a wireless network router and a digital representation of the information obtained through use of the setup wizard is provided to the target device via use of the controlling device. The target device will use the digital representation of the information to configure itself for wireless network communications.
US08929343B2	Method, computer program, receiver, and apparatus for determining a channel quality index A method for determining a channel quality index in an OFDM receiver is disclosed. The method comprises receiving signals comprising reference signals from a serving cell and reference signals from neighboring cells; determining signal power of the reference signals from the serving cell and signal power of the reference signals from detected neighboring cells; and determining carrier-to-interference ratio to be the ratio between the signal power of the reference signals from the serving cell and the signal power of the reference signals from the detected neighboring cells. Carrier-to-interference ratio is used for adapting physical layer properties and/or for deciding on handover. A computer program and apparatuses for implementing the method are also disclosed.
US08929335B2	Mobile terminated call improvements In one aspect, a method for a packet gateway node (PGW) is disclosed. The PGW being adapted for (a) communicating with at least a serving gateway node, SGW, (b) receiving and forwarding downlink data packets to a user entity, UE, and (c) communicating with a mobility management entity, MME. In one embodiment, the method comprises: the PGW, when receiving a downlink user plane data packet destined for the UE on a Packet Data Network, PDN, connection associated with a restarted SGW, determining if the PDN connection has not yet been relocated to a new SGW, and, if so, selecting at least one SGW from a set of SGWs including the restarted SGW or another SGW and transmitting a control plane signal to at least one of the selected SGWs, the control plane signal identifying at least the UE.
US08929331B2	Traffic management in a hybrid femtocell/WLAN wireless enterprise network A hybrid network controller may determine and/or communicate traffic management information for enabling setup and/or handoff of call and/or communication session among femtocells, access points and/or end-point devices. Traffic management information may comprise set-up instructions, handoff instructions, transmit power, neighbor list information, signal quality thresholds, frequency assignments, transmission time, code assignments and/or antenna pattern assignments. The hybrid network controller and/or an end-point device may control handoffs between a communication device external to the communication system and the femtocells, access points and/or end-point devices. Received signal strength, interference levels, SNR, signal path delay, power consumption, traffic loads, bandwidth usage and/or radio resource availability may be monitored and/or analyzed by the hybrid network controller. The hybrid network controller may assign time slots, codes, antenna patterns as well as a serving femtocell and/or AP for a set up and/or a handoff. The information may be communicated via wired, optical and/or wireless interfaces.
US08929327B2	Reducing handoff latency for a mobile station A mobile station is assisted to perform a handoff from a current access point in a current extended service set (ESS) to a new access point in a target ESS. A HandOver Mediator, possibly in conjunction with a handover server, performs an authentication process and an association process with an access point in the target ESS while masquerading as the mobile station. Parameters resulting from the authentication process and the association process are then passed to the mobile station and the mobile station can perform a handoff to the new access point.
US08929325B2	System and method for spatial multiplexing-based multiple antenna broadcast/multicast transmission Methods and devices are provided for implementing two types of sub-channel arrangements. A first type of sub-channel arrangement involves defining a first traffic portion and a second traffic portion of a transmission resource, transmitting broadcast traffic on at least one first antenna of a plurality of antennas in the first traffic portion using a first sub-channelization, transmitting multicast traffic on at least one second antenna of the plurality of antennas, the at least one second antenna being distinct from the at least one first antenna, in the first traffic portion using a second sub-channelization, and transmitting unicast traffic on at least one antenna of the plurality of antennas in the second traffic portion using a third sub-channelization. A second type of sub-channel arrangement involves defining a first traffic portion and a second traffic portion, wherein for a portion of the transmission resource, a portion of the first traffic portion overlaps with a portion of the second traffic portion. In the portion of the transmission resource in which a portion of the first traffic portion overlaps with a portion of the second traffic portion, the channel arrangement involves transmitting broadcast/multicast traffic on at least one first antenna of a plurality of antennas using a first sub-channelization and b) transmitting unicast traffic on at least one second antenna of the plurality of antennas, the at least one second antenna being distinct from the at least one first antenna, using a second sub-channelization. The first, second and third sub-channelizations may be based on either one of or a combination of FDM sub-channelization and TDM sub-channelization.
US08929315B2	Method and system for coexistence between wireless communication networks One wireless communication network 3 determines an interference degree with the corresponding other wireless communication network 3 for each channel by accessing a CMDB 2 storing positional information, channel information, and respective coexistence methods of other wireless communication networks 3, selects other wireless communication network 3 to coexist, a coexisting channel, and a coexisting method thereof based on the interference degree for each determined channel, and reflects the selected network, channel, and coexistence method to the CMDB 2, and transmits a signal for requesting coexistence with respect to selected wireless communication network, to the CMDB 2, and the selected wireless communication network 3 performs a control for coexistence in the communication space between one wireless communication network and the selected wireless communication network based on the channel reflected to the CMDB 2 and the coexisting method thereof.
US08929311B2	Signaling for legacy terminal operation in harmonized bands Network nodes and methods therein for enabling use, in a cell, of different types of mobile terminals. A method in a network node (501) associated with the cell comprises supporting (302), at least part of, at least two frequency bands having a respective predefined frequency band indicator in said cell. The method further comprises signaling (304) information associated with said at least two frequency bands to UEs in the cell, thus enabling use of UEs operating in a respective different one of said at least two frequency bands in the cell.
US08929309B2	Long-term feedback transmission and rank reporting Disclosed herein are systems and methods for long-term feedback transmitting and rank reporting. According to an aspect, a method of feedback reporting may be implemented at a WTRU. The method may include determining a long-term precoder and a short-term precoder. The method may also include calculating channel quality index (CQI) based on the long-term precoder and the short-term precoder. Further, the method may include transmitting the CQI to a base station.
US08929304B2	Radio communication base station device, radio communication mobile station device, and control channel allocation method Provided is a radio communication station device which can prevent limiting of resource allocation in a UE group. The radio communication device includes: a CCE allocation unit (104); modulation units (103-1 to 103-K); an arrangement unit (108); and a radio transmission unit (111). The CCE allocation unit (104) allocates allocation information allocated to a PDCCH which is inputted from the modulation unit (103-1 to 103-K) as follows. Among a plurality of search spaces shared by a greater number of UE groups as the CCE aggregation size of the PDCCH increases, a particular search space corresponding to the CCE aggregation size of the PDCCH and a mobile group (UE group) of the PDCCH is selected as a space to which the allocation information is to be allocated. The arrangement unit (108) arranges the allocation information in a downlink resource corresponding to the CCE of the particular search space allocated among the downlink resources secured for the PDCCH. The radio transmission unit (111) transmits an OFDM symbol having the allocation information from an antenna (112) to a mobile station.
US08929301B2	Method and apparatus for simultaneously receiving on two carriers and performing discontinuous transmission and reception in dual cell high speed downlink packet access A method and an apparatus for simultaneously receiving on two carriers and performing discontinuous transmission (DTX) and discontinuous reception (DRX) in dual cell high speed downlink packet access (DC-HSDPA) are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives a message for activating DRX for at least one of an anchor carrier and a supplementary carrier and applies the same DRX pattern to the anchor carrier and the supplementary carrier upon reception of the message. The message may be received via a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) order. The WTRU may activate or de-activate the supplementary carrier based on the physical layer signal. Upon activation of the supplementary carrier, the WTRU may apply the same DRX pattern on both the anchor carrier and the supplementary carrier. The WTRU may flush a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) buffer associated with the supplementary carrier upon de-activation of the supplementary carrier.
US08929300B2	Radio communication base station device and control channel arranging method Provided is a base station which can prevent deterioration of data channel application control accuracy due to influence of transmission power control to a control channel. In the base station, each encoding section (11) performs encoding processing to an SCCH (Shared Control Channel) of each mobile station, each modulating section (12) performs modulation processing to the encoded SCCH, an arranging section (102) arranges the SCCH to each mobile station to one of a plurality of subcarriers which configure an OFDM symbol, and transmission power control section (103) controls transmission power of the SCCH based on reception quality information reported from each mobile station. The arranging section (102) arranges a plurality of the SCCH to be under transmission power control to one of the subcarriers so that combinations at resource blocks are the same.
US08929292B2	Mobility support in a mobile data network A mobility event is supported on a flat or next generation mobile data networks with data breakout or offload at the edge of the mobile data network. Packet data is buffered while a complete set of the PDP context information is transferred from the source eNodeB to the target eNodeB and the mobile core network is updated with the information about the handover in a timely manner to prevent packet loss and thus provide a seamless user experience. The breakout system supports the PDP context transfer by shifting the end point of the TCP communication from the local breakout entity (MIOP@eNodeB) to the core breakout entity (MIOP@GW), transferring the TCP connection to the core breakout entity, and supporting the network initiated control flows in a way that is seamless from the perspective of the UE and the core network.
US08929288B2	Evolved distributed antenna system One embodiment is directed to a distributed antenna system (DAS) including a host unit and a plurality of remote units. The host unit includes a plurality of base transceiver stations and a switch. Each of the base transceiver stations is configured to provide a downstream baseband digital signal to the switch and to receive an upstream baseband digital signal from the switch, wherein each downstream baseband digital signal and upstream baseband digital signal is a digital representation of the RF channel at baseband of the respective base transceiver station. The switch is configured to route each of the downstream baseband digital signals to a respective subset of the remote units as one or more downstream serial data streams and to route each of the upstream baseband digital signals from one or more upstream serial data streams to a respective subset of the base transceiver stations.
US08929282B2	Method and apparatus for TTI bundling transmission in a wireless communications system A method for handling a transmission time interval, hereinafter called TTI, bundling operation for a mobile device of a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes performing transmission of a TTI bundle, and ignoring all feedbacks and uplink grants for retransmission when the feedbacks and uplink grants for retransmission are received after the transmission of the TTI bundle and before the TTI where a feedback of the TTI bundle is expected.
US08929280B2	Method to switch between network-controlled and mobile-controlled mobile IP functionality A method for prioritizing Mobile IP between PMIP and CMIP includes the steps of connecting a mobile device (118) to a communication network (102) and determining (308) if the network provides mobility control, such as the network being PMIP-enabled. When it is determined that the network provide mobility control, the mobility function is assigned (312) to the network and is therefore given priority over the mobility function provided by the mobile device. It can be determined (304) that the mobile station also includes a mobility control so that when the network is not PMIP-enabled the mobile station controls (314) layer 3 mobility and the Mobile IP function.
US08929278B2	Method and apparatus for content protection and billing for mobile delivery of satellite content A satellite dish assembly may comprise a reflector, feed horn, receive module, and wireless module. The reflector and feed horn may be operable to receive satellite signals. The receive module may be operable to recover content from the received satellite signals. The wireless module may be operable to communicate the content directly to a mobile device via a wireless connection between the mobile device and the system. The wireless module may be operable to communicate directly with a service provider network via a wireless connection between the satellite dish assembly and the service provider network. The communications with the service provider network may be to obtain security information for descrambling and/or decrypting the content and/or for providing billing information.
US08929277B2	Communication units and methods for relay-assisted uplink communication A relay device is described for supporting communications between a terminal device and a base station, the relay device comprises: at least one receiver; and a control processor, operably coupled to the at least one receiver and arranged to: monitor a downlink communication from the base station to the terminal device; determine therefrom at least one uplink resource to be used by the terminal device; configure the at least one receiver to receive the at least one uplink resource; receive an uplink message on the at least one uplink resource; determine therefrom uplink control information used by the terminal device; modify the uplink message on the at least one uplink resource; and relay the uplink message to the base station.
US08929269B2	Apparatus and method for configuring dynamic MBS zone for macro-diversity gain in cellular system A method of configuring a multicast/broadcast service (MBS) zone in a base station is provided. The method includes determining whether terminals connected for communication are positioned in a boundary area of a cell by calculating positions of the terminals, and deciding an MBS zone of the terminals positioned in the boundary area of the cell.
US08929263B2	Echo mitigation in the presence of variable delays due to adaptive jitter buffers In an example embodiment, a control connection is introduced between an adaptive jitter buffer (AJB) and an adaptive bulk delay (ABD) buffer of an echo canceller (ECAN) in an Internet Protocol (IP) conference bridge. The control connection allows the AJB to control the amount of delay inserted by the ABD in the ECAN convolution processor (CP) signal path. The adjustment in ABD delay restores the time alignment of the ECAN internal echo estimate and offsets variations in echo tail delay introduced by network induced AJB delay changes. Time-invariance is preserved in the echo tail path.
US08929256B2	Third party charging for SIP sessions Communication networks and associated methods are disclosed that provide third party charging for SIP sessions. A communication network of the invention comprises a session control function (e.g., an IMS CSCF), a network node (e.g., an IMS application server), and a charging system. The session control function serves a SIP session initiated between a first and second party. The network node identifies a third party to charge for the session. The network node includes a third party identifier for the third party in a SIP message for the session, and transmits the SIP message to the session control function. The session control function generates a charging message, maps the third party identifier to the charging message, and transmits the charging message that includes the third party identifier to the charging system. The charging system then initiates charging of the session to the third party based on the third party identifier.
US08929254B2	Systems and methods for constrained forwarding based packet network connectivity An Ethernet Tree (E-Tree) service is described instantiated on an Ethernet switch and in an Ethernet network. The E-Tree service is implemented using Private Forwarding Groups (PFGs), asymmetric Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs), virtual switches, and port configurations. The use of PFGs in addition to asymmetric VLANs provides higher levels of security in the described E-Tree systems and methods. The E-Tree systems and methods also can utilize Access Control Lists (ACLs) at Network-Network Interfaces (NNIs) for controlling unknown unicasts from reaching wrong ports. The E-Tree systems and methods can also seamlessly interoperate with packet switches using an IEEE 802.1Q-2011 approach.
US08929248B2	Topology determination in a communications network There is provided a method of determining the topology of a base station in a communications network. The base stations sends a configuration request message to a configuration node, and subsequently receives from the configuration node a configuration response message, the configuration response message including topology information relating to the base station. This topology information can be used in allowing the base station to most efficiently set up a communication with another base station.
US08929246B2	Payment reconciliation in mixed-ownership low-power mesh networks Systems and methods that enable scalable, cost-effective payment reconciliation between owners of devices at least temporarily connected in or to a particular low-power, ad hoc mesh network.
US08929244B2	Method and device for send beamforming and multiple user scheduling for multiple sector cooperative transmission in a multiple antenna system A Tx beamforming method for multi-sector cooperative transmission in a multi-antenna system includes determining a transmission mode of sector boundary users according to a channel condition; determining a multi-sector cooperative Tx beam for supporting multiple users, based on the transmission mode of the user; determining a user combination for multi-sector cooperative beamforming by considering the determined multi-sector cooperative Tx beam; and performing sector cooperative Tx beamforming with the determined user combination. Thus, the overall system capacity can be enhanced.
US08929241B2	Method for transmitting feedback information via a spatial rank index (SRI) channel A method for transmitting feedback information via a Spatial Rank Index (SRI) channel includes determining, at an access terminal, a value of a spatial rank index and transmitting, from the access terminal through the SRI channel, feedback information indicating the determined value of the spatial rank index according to a prescribed coding. The codeword of the prescribed coding is one of: (0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0), (1,0,1,0,1,1,0,1), (0,1,1,1,0,0,1,1), or (1,1,0,1,1,1,1,0).
US08929239B2	Modulation and coding scheme (MCS) recovery based on CQI offset Manipulating modulation and coding scheme (MCS) allocation after a communication interruption. A UE device may resume communications with a BS after a communication interruption. First channel quality information may be generated and transmitted to the BS. A first MCS allocation, which may be based at least in part on the first channel quality information, may be received from the BS. Second channel quality information may be generated and transmitted to the BS, where the second channel quality information is modified by an offset configured to modify a second MCS allocation.
US08929229B2	Method allowing a monitoring system of the network of an operator to classify IP flows A method is provided for allowing a monitoring system to classify, by entity, IP “accounting” elements passing through routers of a network of a service provider, these entities being arranged in different sites connected to the network. The method includes: each site is associated with an interface of a router to which that site is connected, and during analysis by the monitoring system of an accounting element originating from a router, information relating to the source interface and destination interface contained in this accounting element is used in order to identify the source and destination sites and to classify this accounting element with respect to the correct source or destination entity.
US08929225B2	Customer edge device problem identification Systems, methods, and machine-readable and executable instructions are provided for customer edge device problem identification. Customer edge device problem identification can include obtaining a status of a connection between a provider edge (PE) device and a customer edge (CE) device. Customer edge device problem identification can also include determining whether the status of the connection is non-normal. Customer edge device problem identification can include sending an internet control message protocol (ICMP) echo request to the CE device in response to the status of the connection being non-normal. Customer edge device problem identification can include receiving an ICMP echo response from the CE device. Customer edge device problem identification can also include identifying a simple network management protocol (SNMP) problem that is associated with the CE device based upon the receipt of the ICMP echo response.
US08929224B2	System and method for testing automated provisioning and maintenance of operations support systems The present invention provides a complete virtual multi-vendor EMS based network that behaves identical to the network elements of the EMS clients. A virtual network simulator is built that has the ability to faithfully simulate the behavior of any vendor's EMS to represent the data objects required by the TMF 814 specification. This allows automatic provisioning and maintenance of the Operation Support Systems to fully test new functionality against complete EMS based network without depending upon the availability of any physical equipment, thereby providing much quicker, low cost, extremely life-like testing environment.
US08929222B2	Communications system A cellular communications system is provided in which a user device selects a cell with which to register based on whether or not a candidate cell can provide an emergency call service. This determination is preferably determined having reference to a radio access technology associated with the candidate cell and, where the cell is an E-UTRA cell, having reference to information provided in system information output by the cell.
US08929220B2	Processing system using virtual network interface controller addressing as flow control metadata In a processing system comprising a plurality of processing nodes coupled via a switching fabric, a method includes implementing a flow control property for a data flow in the switching fabric based on an addressing property of an address of a virtual network interface controller associated with the data flow. A switching fabric includes a plurality of ports, each port coupleable to a corresponding processing node, and switching logic coupled to the plurality of ports. The switching fabric further includes flow control logic to implement a flow control property for a data flow in the switching logic based on an addressing property of an address of a virtual network interface controller associated with the data flow.
US08929219B2	Method of limiting transmission rate A method for limiting a transmission rate is provided. The method includes receiving a pause management message comprising pause scheduling information including a pause time at which an uplink transmission of a data frame is to be paused and a paused duration indicating a duration during which transmission of the data frame is to be paused, and pause station information indicating a station which is to pause transmission the data frame, from an access point (AP); and pausing transmission of the data frame during the paused duration starting from the pause time according to the pause management message, and then resuming transmission. According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a transmission rate limiting mechanism suitable for a VHT WLAN can be provided.
US08929218B2	Congestion notification across multiple layer-2 domains One embodiment of the present invention provides a congestion notification. During operation, the system receives a congestion notification message with a destination layer-2 address set as the receiving mechanism's layer-2 address. The system modifies a destination layer-2 address, a source layer-2 address, and optionally a VLAN identifier of the congestion notification message, and forwards the modified congestion notification message.
US08929198B2	Vehicle network link module A vehicle network link module includes network fabric ports, a port, a switching circuit, and a link manager. The network fabric ports are operable for coupling to corresponding network fabric ports of another vehicle network fabric link module. The port is operable for coupling to a port of a vehicle network module. The switching circuit is operable to connect an active network fabric port to the port. The link manager determines whether vehicle network packet conveyance via the active network fabric port has degenerated below a threshold. When the vehicle network packet conveyance has degenerated below a threshold, the link manager determines use mode of the active network fabric port. The link manager processing module then selects a new active network fabric port based on the use mode. The link manager then activates the new active network fabric port for coupling via the switching circuit to the port.
US08929190B2	Optical information recording medium and optical information recording medium reproducing apparatus An optical information recording medium of a CAV or a zone CAV, in which a groove wobbling continuously is formed in advance so as to record information to a groove and a land abutting the groove, the groove alternately has a first wobble position in which a wobble fundamental wave form has been modulated by groove address information, and a second wobble position of the wobble fundamental wave form, and in grooves of both sides by which the land is interposed, the first wobble position and the second wobble position are different from each other in position.
US08929186B1	Disk drive calibrating laser power for heat assisted magnetic recording based on quality metric and track width A disk drive is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk, wherein the head comprises a laser operable to heat the disk while writing data to the disk. A laser power of the laser is initialized, and a test pattern is written to the disk. The test pattern is read from the disk to generate a read signal, and a quality metric and a track width of the test pattern is measured based on the read signal. The laser power is adjusted and the process is repeated until at least one of the quality metric substantially matches a target value and the track width substantially matches a track width threshold.
US08929183B2	Disk reproduction device capable of supplying high current to load driver A load drive device (100) includes: a first terminal (LDOF) and a second terminal (LDOR) to which a load is connected; and a driver (103) which controls the terminal voltages of the first terminal (LDOF) and the second terminal (LDOR) according to an input signal (LDIN), where the driver (103) switches, based on an operation mode switching signal (MODE), between a first operation mode for driving the load by passing an output current between the first terminal (LDOF) and the second terminal (LDOR) and a second operation mode for driving the load by passing the output current both from the first terminal (LDOF) and from the second terminal (LDOR).
US08929179B2	Analog electronic timepiece having rotating display bodies and a detection unit detecting when a rotating display body is in a predetermined reference display mode An analog electronic timepiece comprising: a plurality of rotating display bodies; a gear train mechanism; a drive control unit; a detection unit; and a delay cycle counting unit, wherein the delay cycle counting unit adds 1 to the number of delay cycles in a case where it is determined, for each detection cycle of a predetermined reference display mode, that the first rotating display body is stopped during a rotation cycle of the first rotating display body based on detection results by the detection unit at a first timing and at a second timing, and the drive control unit rotationally moves the first rotating display body for a number of times, the number corresponding to the number of delay cycles, in a case where the first rotating display body is capable of operating at the first timing.
US08929178B2	Sonar data collection system A system that can be used for inspecting underwater structures. The system allows a user to gain a better understanding of the condition of an underwater structure. The system is a self-contained, modular system that can be operated by divers, coupled to an AUV, ROV or other host platform vehicle deployment platform, towed by a ship, pole mounted, or hull mounted. All of the components necessary to achieve the desired scanning functions are incorporated onto the self-contained, modular system. The system can include and fully utilize a 3D sonar system and an inertial navigation system. This combination of features permits the system to be used to, for example, generate 3D models of underwater structures, detect changes in underwater structures by comparing the generated 3D model against an a priori 3D model, and provide navigational updates to the host platform based on the observed features of an underwater structure.
US08929174B2	Acoustic wave imaging apparatus and acoustic wave imaging method An acoustic wave imaging apparatus has a phase aligning unit, which aligns phases of received signals obtained by a plurality of acoustic wave receiving elements. A complex signal acquiring unit generates complex signals out of the phase aligned received signals, and a correlation matrix calculating unit calculates a correlation matrix of the complex signals. An electric power calculating unit calculates constrained minimum power of the received signals, using the correlation matrix and a predetermined constraint vector. The correlation matrix calculating unit calculates the correlation matrix at a predetermined cycle, and sequentially outputs the calculated correlation matrix to the electric power calculating unit at a predetermined cycle, and the electric power calculating unit calculates a plurality of constrained minimum powers in parallel using the calculated correlation matrices, the plurality of constrained minimum powers corresponding to the correlation matrices respectively.
US08929168B2	Sense amplifier voltage regulator A memory is disclosed that includes a plurality of memory cells, a plurality of sense amplifiers for reading data of the memory cells, and a voltage regulator coupled to the plurality of sense amplifiers. The voltage regulator includes a reference sense amplifier, a current injector, and a current injector control circuit. The current injector control circuit controls an amount of current provided by the current injector to an output node of the voltage regulator based on a voltage of the reference sense amplifier.
US08929166B2	Fault masking method for non-volatile memories A fault masking method is applied to a non-volatile memory array which includes a faulty cell and electrically connected to an address register providing a first address. The faulty cell can only output a fixed value. The content of the first address is not equal to the fixed value. The method includes: providing a complementer electrically connected between the address register and the faulty cell; providing a control word; writing the first address and the control word into the complementer; performing a complement operation on the first address and the control word by the complementer to obtain a second address, and storing the content of the second address into the faulty cell, wherein the content of the second address is equal to the fixed value. The method can reduce or eliminate the usage of redundancy in non-volatile memories, so as to reduce the manufacturing costs and improve the fabrication yield.
US08929164B2	Apparatuses and methods for adjustment of data strobe signals Methods and apparatuses for adjusting data strobe signals are disclosed. An example apparatus may include a control circuit that is configured to receive an address and a strobe signal. The control circuit may further be configured to delay the strobe signal based, at least in part on the address to provide a delayed strobe signal. The example apparatus may further include a sense amplification circuit coupled to the control circuit. The sense amplification circuit may be configured to sense signals responsive, at least in part, to receipt of the delayed strobe signal.
US08929156B2	System-in package including semiconductor memory device and method for determining input/output pins of system-in package A semiconductor memory device includes an internal clock generation unit configured to generate an internal clock including periodic pulses during a period of a test mode; a DQ information signal generation block configured to generate DQ information signals which are sequentially enabled, in response to the internal clock; and a data output block configured to output the DQ information signals to DQ pads during a period of the test mode.
US08929149B2	Semiconductor memory device and method of operating the same The semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell block including a plurality of memory cells, a peripheral circuit section configured to perform an erase loop including a supply operation supplying an erase voltage and an erase verification operation to erase data stored in the memory cells, a fail bit counter configured to count the number of memory cells not erased in an erase operation among the memory cells to generate a count signal based on a fail count corresponding to a counting result in the erase verification operation, and a controller configured to control the peripheral circuit section to set a new erase voltage by increasing an erase voltage, used in a previous erase loop, by a first step voltage or decreasing the erase voltage by a second step voltage based on the fail count, and perform the erase loop using the new erase voltage.
US08929146B1	Controller management of memory array of storage device using magnetic random access memory (MRAM) A mass storage device includes a controller configured to communicate with a host. The controller is coupled to a first memory and a second memory, the first and second memories being of different types. The mass storage device includes a storage media partitioned into a plurality of Logical Units (LUNs) based on capabilities and resources of the mass storage device. The mass storage device further includes the first memory and the second memories and a hybrid reserved area spanning at least a portion of the first and second memories.
US08929145B2	Nonvolatile memory device, programming method thereof and memory system including the same Provided is a programming method of a nonvolatile memory device. The nonvolatile memory device includes a substrate and a plurality of memory cells which are stacked in the direction perpendicular to the substrate. The programming method applies a first voltage to a selected bit line connected to at least two memory strings in same column including a memory cell of the plurality of memory cell to be programmed, applies a second voltage to an unselected bit line connected to at least two memory strings in same column including a memory cell of the plurality of memory cell to be program-prohibited, applies a third voltage to a selected string selection line connected to at least two memory strings in same row, applies a fourth voltage to an unselected string selection line connected to at least two memory strings in same row, and applies a program operation voltage to a plurality of word lines, each word line connected to each corresponding memory cell in the memory string, wherein the first to third voltages are positive voltages.
US08929135B2	Non-volatile semiconductor memory device adapted to store a multi-valued data in a single memory cell A non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes an electrically data rewritable non-volatile semiconductor memory cell and a write circuit for writing data in the memory cell, the write circuit writing a data in the memory cells by supplying a write voltage Vpgm and a write control voltage VBL to the memory cell, continuing the writing of the data in the memory cell by changing the value of the write control voltage VBL in response to an advent of a first write state of the memory cell and inhibiting any operation of writing a data to the memory cell by further changing the value of the write control voltage VBL to Vdd in response to an advent of a second write state of the memory cell.
US08929129B2	Semiconductor device A device, comprising: first and second signal lines; first and second transistors of first conductivity type coupled in series between first and second signal lines and coupled to each other at first node; third and fourth transistors of second conductivity type coupled in series between first and second lines and coupled to each other at second node; power supply node coupled in common to first and second nodes; fifth transistor of first conductivity type coupled between first and second signal lines; and sixth transistor of second conductivity type coupled between first and second signal lines, wherein each of first, second and fifth transistors is configured to receive first control signal at gate electrode thereof, each of the third and fourth transistors is configured to receive second control signal at gate electrode thereof, and sixth transistor is configured to receive third control signal at gate electrode thereof.
US08929121B2	Reference and read OTP sensors The present disclosure provides a reference one time programmable (OTP) cell, wherein the reference OTP cell can generate a reference bias current in at least a programmed-on configuration; a current mirror coupled to an output of the OTP cell, wherein the current mirror includes at least two gate-coupled field effect transistors (FETs); wherein a current gain of a second of the two FETS is a fraction less than one of a first of the at least two gate-coupled FETs; a programmable OTP memory bit element (OTPMBE) coupled to an input of the current mirror; and a comparator having an input coupled to a node between the OTPMBE and the current mirror.
US08929116B2	Two phase search content addressable memory with power-gated main-search Low leakage CAMs and method of searching low leakage CAMs. The method includes performing a pre-search and compare on a small number of pre-search bits with pre-search CAM cells powered to normal voltage levels at all times while the main-search CAM cells are powered to a lower voltage level. Only if a match is detected on the pre-search bits are the main-search CAM cells powered-up to normal voltage levels and the search of the main-search bits activated. The main-search CAM cells are powered to normal voltage levels during read and write operations.
US08929114B2	Three-level active neutral point clamped zero voltage switching converter A main circuit of a three-level active neutral point clamped voltage source converter having a pair of additional main switches provides two paths between an output node and a neutral point in which one of the paths involves only switches of an inner pair of switches that are operated at a high frequency. An auxiliary circuit operating at a high frequency for only a brief period during each high frequency switching cycle selects the path involving only the inner switches and provides operation with zero voltage switching and avoids reverse recovery of diodes connected antiparallel with the main and additional main switches. Accordingly, turn-on switching losses in the main switches is avoided and the voltage source converter can be operated at increased frequency to allow reduction in size of magnetic components and full potential power transfer to be achieved.
US08929111B2	System and method for common-mode elimination in a multi-level converter A multi-level converter includes a plurality of alternating current (AC) terminals connected to an AC source or load, at least three direct current (DC) terminals connected to a multi-level DC source or load, and a plurality of solid-state switches that are selectively turned On and Off to connect each of the plurality of AC terminals to one of the DC terminals. A controller provides PWM control signals to the solid-state switches. The controller utilizes space vector modulation to organize the various switching state configurations, and increments the switching states during a first half of the switching period and decrements the switching states during a second half of the switching period to center-align the PWM signals provided about the center of the switching period. The switching states utilized during the switching period dictate the PWM control signals provided to the plurality of switches employed in the three-level converter.
US08929110B2	Pulse width modulation controller architectures Systems, apparatuses, and techniques for pulse width modulation (PWM) are described. A described system includes a circuit that contains an inductor and a transistor that controls current through the inductor based on a PWM signal to produce an output; and a controller to provide the PWM signal, which includes PWM cycles that include on-durations and off-durations. The controller can receive a first signal indicating an input voltage that is applied to the inductor, receive a second signal indicating a current through the inductor, use an on-duration parameter value to control the on-duration, determine a maximum off-duration of the off-durations corresponding to the PWM cycles occurring within a first voltage cycle, the first voltage cycle being defined between two consecutive zero-crossing events as indicated by the first signal, and adjust the on-duration parameter value for a second, subsequent voltage cycle based on the maximum off-duration to regulate the output voltage.
US08929105B2	Power source circuit In a power source circuit including a switching circuit 8 as a power conversion circuit for converting by a switching operation at least one of a frequency and a voltage of an alternating voltage from an alternating power source 2 via a pair of supply lines 3 and 4, one supply line 3 includes a fuse 5 as an excess current protection element, and between a ground line 10 and one supply line 3, a first line bypass capacitor 6 is connected. Between the ground line 10 and another supply line 4, a second line bypass capacitor 7 is connected, and another supply line 4 includes an inductor 9. With this configuration, an unbalanced state of the circuit due to the excess current protection element is reduced so as to restrain the common mode noise.
US08929101B2	DC to DC converting circuit The invention provides a DC to DC converting circuit, comprising: a transforming unit with a primary winding and a secondary winding; a bridge rectifier unit coupled to an input voltage, having a first output terminal and a second output terminal coupled to both side of the primary winding respectively; a first switch coupled between the input voltage and the first output terminal; a second switch coupled between the first output terminal and a ground terminal; a third switch coupled between the input voltage and the second output terminal; and a fourth switch coupled between the second output terminal and the ground terminal; an output unit paralleled to the secondary winding; and a clamping unit coupled to the input voltage and paralleled to the bridge rectifier unit, having an auxiliary switch coupled to the input voltage; and a clamping capacitor coupled between the auxiliary switch and the ground terminal; wherein the auxiliary switch is turned on when operation statuses of the first switch and the fourth switch or the second switch and the third switch are changed.
US08929097B2	Power conversion apparatus A power conversion apparatus includes electronic components configuring a power conversion circuit, a cooler for cooling at least part of the electronic components, and a case housing the electronic components and the cooler. The at least part of the electronic components and the cooler are fixed to and integrated in a frame as an internal unit. The internal unit is fixed within the case through the frame. The frame has such a shape that the at least part of the electronic components is surrounded by the frame from four sides.
US08929094B2	Power inverter docking system for photovoltaic modules An electronics module docking system includes docking member removably coupled to a photovoltaic module. The docking system includes a first connector port electrically coupled to one or more photovoltaic cells of the photovoltaic module. The photovoltaic module is selectively coupleable to the docking member. The docking system includes a housing to enclose an electronics module. The housing may include second connector port that is selectively engageable to the power electronics module. The power electronics module and the photovoltaic cells are electrically coupled to one another upon selective engagement of the connector ports. The inverter housing is receivable by and removably coupleable to the docking member allowing the inverter housing to be removably coupleable to the photovoltaic module.
US08929090B2	Functional element built-in substrate and wiring substrate An object of the present invention is to propose a functional element built-in substrate which enables an electrode terminal of a functional element to be well connected to the back surface on the side opposite to the electrode terminal of the functional element, and which can be miniaturized. According to the present invention, there is provided a functional element built-in substrate including a functional element provided with an electrode terminal on one surface side of the functional element, and a wiring substrate including a laminated structure in which the functional element is embedded so that the electrode terminal of the functional element faces the front surface side of the structure, and which is formed at least in a side surface region of the functional element by laminating a plurality of wiring insulating layers each including a wiring, the functional element built-in substrate being featured in that the electrode terminal and the back surface side of the wiring substrate are electrically connected to each other through the wiring of the laminated structure, and in that, in a pair of the wiring insulating layers included in the laminated structure and that are in contact with each other, the cross-sectional shape of the wiring in each of the wiring insulating layers, which cross-sectional shape is taken along the plane perpendicular to the extension direction of the wiring in the wiring insulating layer, has a relationship that the cross-sectional area of the wiring in the back surface side wiring insulating layer is larger than the cross-sectional area of the wiring in the front surface side wiring insulating layer.
US08929086B2	Gel package structural enhancement of compression system board connections A MCM system board uses a stiffener arrangement to enhance mechanical, thermo and electrical properties by incorporating an LGA compression connector in a computer system. The present designs of large scale computing systems (LSCS) in IBM use a MCM that is attached to a system board and held together by a stiffening frame. Due to the nature of the manufacturing of the system board, there can be significant gaps formed in the mounting area of the MCM between the board and the stiffener. A method is described that not only fills the void, it also, in addition promotes thermo conduction of excess heat away from the MCM and at the same time promotes enhanced electrical properties of the LGA connections of the MCM to the system board.
US08929082B2	Airline passenger seat modular user interface device A module carrier unit comprises a plurality of passenger interface modules that perform different functions, the functions including at least one of inputting and outputting information, the modules having a common size, shape, and interface; an outer case portion comprising a plurality of receptacles, each having a common size, shape, and interface designed to receive one of the modules, the plurality of receptacles being such that a first module having a first function is operable in a first receptacle, and a second module having a second function is operable in the first receptacle, the modules being removably connected to the receptacles; and a communications interface that performs at least one of transmitting and receiving data to and from a processor located near a seat of a passenger in the vehicle.
US08929081B2	Heat dissipating high power systems An electronic system includes a printed circuit board (PCB), and a heat dissipating element. The PCB includes one or more first electronic components mounted on a first side of the PCB, and one or more second electronic components mounted on a second side of the PCB. The first electronic components have a power consumption that is greater than a threshold and have a height over the first side of the PCB that is higher than any other electronic components mounted on the first side of the PCB. At least one of the second electronic components has a height over the second side of the PCB that is higher than the height of the first electronic components. The heat dissipating element is adjacent to the first electronic components so as to provide a thermal coupling for dissipating heat generated by the first electronic components.
US08929080B2	Immersion-cooling of selected electronic component(s) mounted to printed circuit board A method is provided for pumped immersion-cooling of selected electronic components of an electronic system, such as a node or book of a multi-node rack. The method includes providing a housing assembly defining a compartment about the component(s) to be cooled, which is coupled to a first side of a printed circuit board. The assembly includes a first frame with an opening sized to accommodate the component(s), and a second frame. The first and second frames are sealed to opposite sides of the board via a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer, respectively. The printed circuit board is at least partially porous to a coolant to flow through the compartment, and the first frame, second frame, and first and second adhesive layers are non-porous with respect to the coolant, and provide a coolant-tight seal to the first and second sides of the printed circuit board.
US08929079B2	Electronic control device An electronic control device comprises a circuit board having a heat generating part mounted thereon; a case for installing therein the circuit board, the case having a heat receiving portion that is in contact with the heat generating part; at least two first fixing units that are constructed and arranged to fix a peripheral portion of the circuit board to the case; and at least one second fixing unit that is arranged to fix a given area of the circuit board to the case while pressing the given area against the heat receiving portion through the heat generating part, the given area being an area where the heat generating part is placed.
US08929078B2	Electronic control device The invention relates to an electronic control device (10) having electronic components (160, 162) on a circuit board (110) which are shielded from electrical and/or magnetic interference fields. According to the invention, an electrically conductive sheet metal part (170) is arranged on the circuit board (110) which forms a Faraday cage for the electronic components (160, 162) with the circuit board. The electrically conductive sheet metal part (170) is furthermore in thermal contact to the electronic components (160, 162) and in thermal contact to the housing (100) of the control device (10) and thereby deflects heat from the electronic components (160, 162) into the housing (100).
US08929070B2	Electronic equipment and expansion apparatus thereof An expansion apparatus suitable for an electronic apparatus is provided. The expansion apparatus includes a base, a supporter and an airflow guiding structure. The base has a first fan disposed therein. The supporter is pivoted to the base along a rotating axis and has a cooling channel. The cooling channel has a first port and a second port opposite to the first port. When the electronic apparatus is assembled to the supporter, the second port of the cooling channel faces to the electronic apparatus. The airflow guiding structure is disposed between the supporter and the base movably. When the supporter is pivoted relative to the base to an expanded state, an active airflow generated by the first fan is guided by the airflow guiding structure to pass through the base and the electronic apparatus. An electronic equipment including the expansion apparatus is also provided.
US08929069B2	Electric vehicle charging system with robustness features and universal port An electric vehicle supply equipment may include a first cover element including a well portion to accommodate a first circuitry, wherein the first circuitry includes a chimney stack that couples to a venting hole. Also, the electric vehicle supply equipment may include a second cover element including a recess portion to accommodate a second circuitry, wherein the second circuitry includes a charcoal filter that couples to the chimney stack to absorb impurities generated by the first circuitry and the second circuitry. Further, the electric vehicle supply equipment includes a universal/serial connection port configured to couple to peripheral devices, wherein the universal/serial connection port is an optical coupled connection.
US08929052B2	Methods of processing semiconductor substrates, electrostatic carriers for retaining substrates for processing, and assemblies comprising electrostatic carriers having substrates electrostatically bonded thereto A method of processing a substrate includes physically contacting an exposed conductive electrode of an electrostatic carrier with a conductor to electrostatically bond a substrate to the electrostatic carrier. The conductor is removed from physically contacting the exposed conductive electrode. Dielectric material is applied over the conductive electrode. The substrate is treated while it is electrostatically bonded to the electrostatic carrier. In one embodiment, a conductor is forced through dielectric material that is received over a conductive electrode of an electrostatic carrier to physically contact the conductor with the conductive electrode to electrostatically bond a substrate to the electrostatic carrier. After removing the conductor from the dielectric material, the substrate is treated while it is electrostatically bonded to the electrostatic carrier. Electrostatic carriers for retaining substrates for processing, and such assemblies, are also disclosed.
US08929048B2	Very fast transient suppressing device A device for suppressing very fast transients, applicable in protecting electric and/or electric power equipment, and especially transformers operating in electric power substations and in wind power plants, connected in a supply network circuit downstream of a circuit breaker and upstream of the protected equipment is disclosed. The device is a component of an induction character, comprising a high-frequency magnetic core arranged around the current-conducting lead. On the magnetic core is wound at least one winding with at least one pair of terminals used for connecting at least one damping resistor. The inventive device contains an insulating body in which there is a magnetic core, a damping resistor and a winding, or an insulating body in which there is a magnetic core together with a damping resistor, a winding and a section of a current-conducting lead.
US08929043B2	Over-voltage protection device for resonant wireless power reception device and method for controlling the over-voltage protection device Provided is an over-voltage protection device for a resonant wireless power reception device. The over-voltage protection device includes a resonance signal receiver for receiving a wireless resonance signal transmitted from a wireless power transmission device, an over-voltage protector which is driven by a driver in an over-voltage protection operation to detune a resonance frequency of the reception device, thereby reducing reception power, the driver for driving the over-voltage protector according to a control signal in the over-voltage protection operation, and a controller for outputting the control signal for driving the over-voltage protector to the driver when it is determined that over-voltage occurs.
US08929041B2	Electrostatic discharge protection circuit An integrated circuit for an implantable medical device can include a substrate, a first capacitor, and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit. The first capacitor can include an electrically conductive lower polysilicon terminal and an electrically conductive upper polysilicon terminal that can be separated from the lower polysilicon terminal by a first capacitor dielectric material. The ESD protection circuit can include an ESD shunt transistor and a second capacitor. The ESD shunt transistor can be configured to be normally off, but can be configured to turn on and conduct between first and second power supply rails in response to an ESD event exceeding a specified ESD event threshold value. The second capacitor can includes a first substrate terminal and an electrically conductive second polysilicon terminal that can be separated from the first substrate terminal by a second capacitor dielectric material.
US08929039B2	Silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) clamp including metal insulator transition (MIT) resistor Aspects of the invention provide for an electrostatic discharge (ESD) clamp. In one embodiment, the ESD clamp includes: a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR); and a trigger circuit for providing a tunable trigger voltage to turn on the SCR, the trigger circuit including a metal-insulator transition (MIT) material. The trigger circuit includes an MIT resistor that includes a width and a length that tunes the trigger voltage to a desired voltage.
US08929037B2	Circuit interrupter providing grounded neutral protection and method of controlling the same A circuit interrupter includes a first electrical conductor, a second electrical conductor, separable contacts, an operating mechanism configured to open and close the separable contacts, and a trip circuit including a trip actuator configured to cooperate with the operating mechanism to trip open the separable contacts. The circuit interrupter also includes a ground fault detection circuit configured to sense a difference between currents through the first and second electrical conductors and to output an output signal based on the sensed difference, a power supply configured to convert alternating current power from the first and second electrical conductors to a direct current power, and a processor configured to receive the direct current power and the output signal. The processor is also configured to determine whether a characteristic of the power supply is present in the output signal and to control the trip circuit based on the determination.
US08929029B2	High data rate writer design A magnetic write head is fabricated with its main pole attached to and magnetically coupled to a tapered yoke. The tapered yoke can be a top yoke (on the trailing side of the pole), a bottom yoke (on the leading side of the pole) or a combination of top and bottom configurations. The tapered portion of the yoke is at the distal end of the yoke and it is an extension of an otherwise uniformly thick yoke. It is found that the taper enables the yoke to be close to the ABS for better response times and a high data rate, while simultaneously being distant, producing less field disturbance by the shields and corresponding improvement of BER, and ATE/WATE. A taper of 45° is optimal for its production of uniform magnetization of the pole and optimal response times.
US08929028B2	Perpendicular magnetic write head having a laminated trailing return pole A perpendicular magnetic write head having a laminated trailing return pole structure that reduces magnetic eddy currents in the return pole for improved write head efficiency. The trailing magnetic return pole includes multiple magnetic layers. Each magnetic layer is separated from an adjacent magnetic layer of the return pole by a non-magnetic layer. The non-magnetic layer terminates at a region that is removed from the air bearing surface in order to allow contact between the magnetic layers at the ABS, thereby preventing stray magnetic fields from emitting from the magnetic layers of the write pole.
US08929025B2	Clamping device for a rotatable component of a machine including a balance hole configured to confine a counterweight A clamping device for coupling a rotatable component of a machine with a shaft, including a balance hole configured to confine a counterweight. The clamping device includes a circular plate. The circular plate includes at least one fastener hole configured to accept a fastener, and at least one balance hole. The fastener is configured to fasten the clamping device to couple the component with the shaft. The balance hole includes a cavity configured to accept a counterweight. The counterweight is configured to balance the rotational motion of at least the circular plate when the shaft is rotated. Moreover, the cavity is configured to confine the counterweight to an end of the cavity by effects of rotation of the shaft on the counterweight when the shaft is rotated.
US08929018B2	Disk array unit A disk array unit connected to a host unit to give information thereto and receive information therefrom. The disk unit includes a plurality of disk units for storing information transmitted from the host unit and a management information recording device, formed by utilizing information storage areas in the disk units, for causing information relating to a logical unit for storing information from the host unit to correspond to information relating to the units. The invention further includes a control unit, when there is no access from the host unit to the logical unit for a predetermined time, for determining the disk units corresponding to the logical unit based on information recorded in the management information recording device and performing power saving of power supply for the disk units.
US08929013B1	Storage system with pattern dependent write A storage system with pattern dependent write includes a magnetic write head, a magnetic storage medium, a read channel operable to process write data to be recorded on the magnetic storage medium by the magnetic write head, and a preamplifier operable to receive the write data and an associated clock from the read channel, to generate a pattern dependent write control signal based on a pattern in the write data and on the clock, and to set a write current level through the magnetic write head to a number of different current levels based on the pattern dependent write control signal.
US08929012B1	Offset-tolerant low noise amplifier The disclosure is directed to a low noise amplifier (LNA) configuration that compensates for DC offsets of incoming signals from a magnetoresistive head. According to various embodiments, the LNA includes a shunt-feedback differential pair of amplifiers adaptively biased according to a detected input DC voltage offset of the incoming signals from the magnetoresistive head. The LNA is thus enabled to amplify the AC signal component substantially unaffected by the DC offset. The DC component in the LNA output signal is then removable via offset compensating circuitry located between the LNA and subsequent stages without significant signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) penalty.
US08929007B2	Color filter and manufacturing method thereof A color filter and a manufacturing method thereof are provided, in which a stacked structure composed of several color film layers having different colors is formed in a non-transmitting partitioning region of the color filter in such a way that the stacked structure can prevent light from passing through the color filter via the partitioning region.
US08929003B2	Projection lens unit for pico-projector A projection lens unit for a pico-projector includes a plurality of plastic lenses and a single glass lens to minimize a change in focal length due to the heat generated inside the pico-projector. The lens array includes: a 1st lens with negative (−) refractive power, a 2nd lens with positive (+) refractive power, a 3rd lens with negative (−) refractive power, a 4th lens with negative (−) refractive power, and a 5th lens with positive (+) refractive power, wherein the 1st to 5th lenses are arranged in order from a screen upon which an image is projected, the 1st to 4th lenses are plastic lenses and the 5th lens is a glass lens.
US08929002B1	Tandem telephoto lenses An apparatus has a plate having a length, a width and an attachment interface, two clamping mechanisms, each having a cross piece fastened orthogonally to the elongated plate, a bumper block formed under the cross piece, an inflexible strap joined the cross piece on one side of the elongated plate, and a first tightening mechanism enabled to draw the strap joined to the cross piece on an opposite side of the elongated plate. The attachment interface allows the cross piece of the clamping mechanisms to be assembled at a plurality of different positions along the length of the elongated plate, such that a distance between the two clamping mechanisms is adjustable, allowing the clamping mechanisms to be joined to a tubular barrel at two different positions of equal or differing diameter.
US08928994B2	Lens barrel and imaging device The lens barrel has a first lens unit that is disposed at the object side and changeable between a first state, a spacing of the lenses is a predetermined spacing, and a second state, the spacing of the lenses is narrower than in the first state; a second lens unit that is disposed at the image side and capable of changing a focusing state by moving along the optical axis; a restricting member that restricts the change of the first lens unit from the first state to the second state; and driving unit that, in a state in which the change to the second state is restricted by the restricting member, moves the second lens unit toward the image side, wherein the restricting member releases the restriction in association with a completion of the movement of the second lens unit by the driving means.
US08928990B2	Image blur correction apparatus and imaging apparatus Provided is an image blur correction apparatus including a lens unit including at least one lens, and being turnable in a first direction and a second direction, a fixed member turnably supporting the lens unit in the first direction and the second direction, a first drive unit including a pair of first thrust generation units that applies thrust and is positioned on opposite sides sandwiching one of the first supporting and second supporting axe, a second drive unit including a pair of second thrust generation units that applies thrust and is positioned on opposite sides sandwiching another of the first and second supporting axe, a pair of first detection units being positioned on opposite sides sandwiching one of the first and second supporting axe, and a pair of second detection units being positioned on opposite sides sandwiching another of the first and second supporting axe.
US08928987B2	Microscope objective lens A microscope objective lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (1) and (2). 0.05
US08928986B2	Ocular lens, ocular lens with additional lens, and optical device The invention provides an ocular lens well corrected for aberrations through a sufficiently large angle of view and having a sufficient eye relief while ensuring avoidance of increasing the overall length and suppression of an increase in lens diameter, and provides an optical device including this ocular lens.An ocular lens 3 includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group G1 including a first lens component G1A in meniscus form having a convex surface facing the object side, a second lens group G2 including a lens component L21 having a convex surface facing a viewing eye side, and a third lens group G3 having a positive refractive power. An object-side focal plane I of the third lens group G3 is positioned between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3. When f represents the focal length of the entire system; and f12 represents the combined focal length of the first lens group G1 and the second lens group G2, a condition shown by the following expression: 6≦\|f12\|/f is satisfied.
US08928975B2	Compact magnifying optical system with wide field of view An optical device includes an objective, an eyepiece and a power corrector, each of which includes one or more lenses, and each of which has a respective focal length. The input focal length of the device is defined jointly by the focal lengths of the objective and the power corrector. The magnification of the device is the ratio of the input focal length to the eyepiece focal length. The combined aberration of the eyepiece and the power corrector is less than the characteristic aberration of the eyepiece. The objective, the eyepiece and the power corrector together define an apparent field of view of at least 75 degrees and an exit pupil. The eyepiece lens diameter(s) is/are no greater than twelve times the pupil diameter and three times the eyepiece focal length.
US08928972B2	Reflective optical element for EUV lithography A stress-reduced reflective optical element for a working wavelength in the soft X-ray and extreme ultraviolet wavelength range includes a first multilayer system (4) of at least two alternating materials (41, 42) having different real parts of the refractive index at the working wavelength on a substrate (2), which exerts a layer stress on the substrate (2), and comprising a second multilayer system (6) of at least two alternating materials (61, 62) on a substrate (2), which exerts an opposed layer stress on the substrate (2) and is arranged between the first multilayer system (4) and the substrate (2), wherein one of the materials (61) of the second multilayer system (6) is nickel-vanadium-silicon, and wherein the ratio (G) of the overall thickness of nickel-vanadium-silicon layers (61) within one period (60) of the second multilayer system (6) to the overall thickness of the period (60) of the second multilayer system (6) is at least 0.25.
US08928965B2	Electrochemical processor, uses thereof and method of composing the electrochemical processor The present invention is related to an electrochemical processor, which comprises two electrodes of different electrochemical potential, which are bridged via an electrolyte. Upon, completion of the electric circuit between the two electrodes, the second electrode is oxidized and therefore changed in at least one physical parameter, e.g. the second electrode becomes transparent. The electrochemical processor is characterized in that the surface of the second electrode, which is in contact with the electrolyte, is partially covered with an electrically insulating material, wherein this material is adjacent to the electrolyte. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of this electrochemical processor and a method of composing such electrochemical processor.
US08928963B2	Light scanning device and display apparatus Provided is a light-scanning device may be designed to have a high resonance frequency and a large scanning angle. A mirror unit vibrates by using an arbitrary straight line as a rotation axis. A pair of first beam portions are disposed on a straight line that is parallel to the rotation axis, and support the mirror unit. A pair of second beam portions are disposed so as to be line-symmetrical to the pair of the first beam portions about the rotation axis as an axis of symmetry, and support the mirror unit. A pair of first arm portions respectively support the pair of first beam portions. A pair of second arm portions respectively support the pair of second beam portions. A pair of third beam portions support the mirror unit between the first beam portions and the second beam portions.
US08928961B2	Image reading device, image forming apparatus therewith, and method of controlling an image reading device An image reading device has a light source section that includes light sources of a plurality of colors and that emits light in one color during a period for reading one line and switches the color of the light source lit cyclically from one line to the next, an image sensor that reads one color per line, a data generation section that generates image data of the light source color which is the color of the light source lit during reading, a memory that stores a plurality of lines' worth of the image data, and a remaining color component generation section that determines the pixel value of a color component other than the light source color based on the pixel values of pixels around a pixel of interest.
US08928960B2	Control device controlling amount of colorant based on linear correlations between difference ratios and offsets A control device performs: acquiring an optical measured scan value; setting a measured offset using the measured scan value by reference to predetermined correlations; and determining a control value using the measured offset amount. The control value is used for controlling an amount of colorant to be ejected during printing. In the predetermined correlations, a first pair of scan values is associated with a first pair of offsets. A second pair of scan values is associated with a second pair of offsets. The first and second pair has a first and second scan difference between the scan values, respectively. The first and second pair of offsets has a first and second offset difference between the offsets, respectively. The first scan difference is different from the second scan difference. The first offset difference is same as the second offset difference.
US08928956B2	Illumination system, image reader and image forming device An illumination system includes a light source unit including light emitting elements arranged in array in a main scan direction to project light beams radially, and an optical guide of a long length made from a translucent material to guide incident beams from an exit surface of the light source unit in a certain direction for output, and including at least one surface with a diffuse structure to diffuse a transmitted beam or a reflected beam among the incident beams, wherein the diffuse structure is configured to diffuse the beam at a center at a larger divergence angle than at ends in the main scan direction.
US08928951B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire luminance information of a white reference member by reading the white reference member with an image reading unit including a sensor while rotating the image reading unit in units of a predetermined angle, and a correction unit configured to correct the luminance information acquired by the acquisition unit using a correction coefficient predetermined for each rotation angle of the image reading unit.
US08928950B2	Controlling device for controlling scan performing unit A controlling device for controlling a scan performing unit may determine a specific optical resolution from among a plurality of optical resolutions by utilizing specific information given from a user, cause the scan performing unit to perform a scan of a document in accordance with the specific optical resolution, perform an analysis of scan data obtained by the scan of the document, determine an output resolution based on a result of the analysis of the scan data, converting the scan data indicating the specific optical resolution into image data indicating the output resolution in a case where the output resolution is not identical to the specific optical resolution, and create a file including the image data indicating the output resolution.
US08928939B2	Image processing apparatus obtaining patch data corresponding to obtained time between print pages A image processing apparatus of the present invention comprises an image generation unit configured to generate image data of one page, a printing unit configured to mount color material on an intermediate transfer member to perform printing, and an obtaining unit configured to obtain a time (a time between print pages) showing a time interval between printing one page and printing next one page by the printing unit, and the printing unit outputs patches for adjusting density to be reproduced in the printing, to the intermediate transfer member in the time between print pages.
US08928925B2	Multifunction device and method for printing and reading data on a medium A multifunction device that has functions for reading media and printing tickets, and produces tickets on which an image reflecting the result of reading the medium is recorded under the control of a control device, can quickly reprint a ticket when a command to reprint the ticket is received. When image data is written to a first buffer 77a, the ticket production control unit 70a of the multifunction device 1 copies the image data to a second buffer 77b. When a command to reprint the ticket is received, the ticket production control unit 70a causes a thermal printer unit 60 to record an image on thermal roll paper based on the image data copied to the second buffer 77b, and then cuts the thermal roll paper to reproduce the ticket.
US08928918B2	Method and apparatus for uploading a rejected print job request to an alternative location A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for uploading a rejected print job request to an alternative location are disclosed. For example, the method receives a print job request in a managed print environment, determines that the print job request violates a rule for printing in the managed print environment, displays a print job pop-up dialogue that indicates that the print job request has been rejected, wherein the print job pop-up dialogue provides one or more alternative locations to upload the print job request, receives a selection of one of the one or more alternative locations to upload the print job request, converts the print job request into an electronic document and uploads the electronic document to the one of the one or more alternative locations that was selected.
US08928913B2	Method for switching service process and media server The present invention discloses a method for switching service process and a media server, wherein the method for switching the service process comprises: after a first service process performed together with a facsimile terminal is completed, and when a message, which is sent by an application server and which indicates to carry out a second service process, is received by a media server, the media server switching from the first service process to the second service process; and the facsimile terminal switching from the first service process to the second service process. Therefore, the switching of the facsimile is not limited by the switching control requirements of the media gateway, which is favorable for flexible expansion and interconnection of the facsimile services.
US08928901B2	Generating an image profile LUT for a N-color marking device via multi-objective cost minimization What is disclosed is a method for profile LUT construction which uses a cost function to provide improvements to one or more image quality attributes present in printed images while imposing constraints in terms of color accuracy and spectral response to achieve a color match under various illuminants. Image quality attributes are selected. A reference profile is selected. For each node, candidate recipes are found which reproduce Lab* colors within a threshold em. Recipes are pruned to a subset containing recipes where a spectral difference between a predicted spectra corresponding to N color levels and a reference reflectance spectra corresponding to a spectra of a recipe produced by the reference profile, is less than a threshold. A cost function is computed and a recipe identified which minimizes the cost for this node. The process repeats for all nodes to produce a new profile LUT.
US08928900B2	Operation console, image processing apparatus and display method for displaying ten keys or preview image with higher priority In order to provide an operation console having superior operability and visibility, a touch-panel display includes a display panel displaying a copy mode basic screen image with virtual keys, and a touch-panel receiving an input operation to the virtual keys. On the copy mode basic screen image, a group of virtual ten keys for inputting the number of copies are displayed. When image data is input by a document reading unit, the touch-panel display causes a preview image based on the image data to be displayed with higher priority than the group of virtual ten keys, in the copy mode basic screen image.
US08928899B2	Web services printer driver An approach is provided for printing electronic documents that provides support for all types of printer models and PDL. A printer driver is configured to interact with Web print services that provide model-specific device capabilities and render PDL on behalf of the printer driver. A printer driver receives application data from an application program. The printer driver causes the application data to be transmitted to one or more Web print services that render the application data and generate print data in a format supported by a specified printing device. The printer driver receives the print data from the one or more Web print services and causes the print data to be transmitted to the specified printing device, wherein processing of the print data at the specified printing device causes a printed version of the electronic document to be generated.
US08928893B2	Proximity sensor The internal propagation of radiation between a radiation source and radiation detector mounted within a sensor package is prevented by the use of an optical isolator. The optical isolator is formed by the combination of a baffle mounted between the source and detector and a groove formed in an upper surface of the sensor package between the source and detector. A bottom of the groove is positioned adjacent to an upper edge of the baffle.
US08928891B2	Optical distance sensor with tilt error correction In an optical distance sensor for measuring object surfaces with high precision and comprising an objective lens for focusing a measuring beam to a measuring spot on the surfaces, measuring errors due to tilt of an object surface can be detected by using a pupil monitor, which senses the radiation intensity distribution of the reflected measuring beam effectively in the pupil of the objective lens to generate a tilt signal, which can be supplied to a correction/calibration table to obtain a correction signal, which is suitable for correcting the primary distance measuring signal of the sensor. Especially for a differential confocal distance sensor having pinholes arranged in front of radiation-sensitive detectors, a further order of correction can be obtained by determining optimum position and diameter of these pinholes.
US08928886B2	Surface measuring device having two measuring units An apparatus for determining optical properties of materials including a first measuring device having a first radiation device which directs radiation onto the material under a first specified angle of radiation and a first radiation detection device which is located under a first angle of reception with respect to the material, and a second measuring device which includes a second radiation device which directs radiation onto the material under a second specified angle of radiation and a second radiation detection device which is located at a second angle of reception with respect to the material and allows a locally resolved evaluation of the radiation incident thereon and emits at least one second characteristic signal which is characteristic of the radiation incident on the second radiation detection device.
US08928884B2	Validation method for automated analyzers Method for validating the accuracy of automated analyzers by performing an improved dye method procedure that uses at least first and second dye solutions in combination with gravimetric measurement of selected test solutions.
US08928866B2	Velocity measuring device and method A velocity measuring device emitting a laser beam at a web; a photodiode converting an optical output of the laser into an electric signal; a laser driver operating the laser to alternate a first emitting interval wherein the oscillating wavelength increases and a second emitting interval wherein the oscillating wavelength decreases; a current-voltage converting/amplifying portion converting the electric current from the photodiode into a voltage; a filter portion removing a carrier wave from the output of the current-voltage converting/amplifying portion; a signal extracting portion calculating a number of interference waveforms in the output of the filter portion; and a calculator calculating the velocity of the web based on the result of the extracting portion. The laser driver operates so the absolute values for the rates of change, in respect to time, of the oscillating wavelengths during the first emitting interval and during the second emitting interval are different.
US08928864B2	Portable hand held tank gauge A portable hand held tank gauge for measuring a level or a volume of a fluid in a tank comprises a housing, a signal transceiver, a measurement activator, an adjustable arm, a processing element, and a display. The housing may house a portion of the other components. The signal transceiver may transmit a signal to the surface of the fluid, receive the signal reflected from the surface, and generate an output based on the difference in time between transmitting the signal and receiving the signal. The measurement activator may selectively initiate the signal transceiver to transmit the signal. The adjustable arm may couple to the housing and position the signal transceiver independently from the housing. The processing element may calculate the level or the volume of the fluid based on the output from the signal transceiver. The display may display the level or the volume of the fluid.
US08928863B2	Systems and methods for generating an optical pulse A system for providing a sliced optical pulse is disclosed. The system can comprise a master oscillator (MO) configured to generate an optical pulse at a first spectral bandwidth. The system can also comprise a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) configured to slice the optical pulse to generate a sliced optical pulse that has a second spectral bandwidth. The second spectral bandwidth can be smaller than the first spectral bandwidth.
US08928861B2	Lithographic apparatus A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system configured to condition a radiation beam; a support constructed to support a patterning device, the device being capable of imparting the beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a patterned radiation beam; a substrate table constructed to hold a substrate; a stage system to position the table relative to a reference structure; a projection system configured to project the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate; an optical measurement system including a sensor part and an optical part, the optical part being configured to optically interact with the patterned radiation beam and to transmit a result from the interaction as output to the sensor part, wherein the optical part is arranged on the table, and the sensor part is arranged on the stage system or the reference structure.
US08928856B2	Exposure apparatus and device fabrication method An exposure apparatus for forming a predetermined pattern on a substrate by using exposure light, includes a stage apparatus which is movable with respect to an optical axis of the exposure light; a light-transmissive member provided at the stage apparatus, wherein a liquid is supplied on an upper surface of the light-transmissive member; and a measurement device which is settable below the light-transmissive member when measurement using the measurement device is performed. Leakage or entrance of a liquid used for exposure into an optical measurement device such as a wavefront aberration measurement device can be prevented, thereby enabling preferable optical adjustment such as imaging performance or optical characteristics.
US08928854B2	Liquid crystal lens structure and electrical controlling liquid crystal glasses structure thereof A liquid crystal lens structure and an electrical controlling liquid crystal glasses structure are disclosed. The liquid crystal lens structure includes first electrode layer, compositing layer, second electrode layer and third electrode layer. The compositing layer includes first alignment layer, first liquid crystal layer, including thin-film layer, second liquid crystal layer and second alignment layer. The first alignment layer is disposed on the first electrode layer. The first liquid crystal layer is disposed on the first alignment layer. The compositing thin-film layer includes liquid crystal and polymer material and the compositing thin-film layer is disposed on the first liquid crystal layer. The second liquid crystal layer is disposed on the compositing thin-film layer. The second alignment layer is disposed on the second liquid crystal layer. The second electrode layer is disposed on the second alignment layer. The third electrode layers are disposed on the second electrode layer.
US08928843B2	Liquid crystal display module comprising a transparent media layer interposed between a reflection polarizing plate and an optical sheet An object of the present invention is to provide an optical unit and a backlight unit which can markedly enhance utilization efficiency of rays of light and dramatically increase luminance, and which are suited for immediate beneath type liquid crystal display modules and the like. The optical unit of the present invention is a rectangular layered structural member having a reflection polarizing plate, an optical sheet superposed on the back face side of the reflection polarizing plate, and a transparent media layer filled between the reflection polarizing plate and the optical sheet. This optical sheet includes a resin substrate film having an optical anisotropy, and the absolute value of the angle of the crystal orientation of the substrate film with respect to the transmission axial orientation of the reflection polarizing plate is π/8 or greater and 3π/8 or less. The retardation value of the substrate film is preferably 70 nm or greater and 320 nm or less. The optical sheet preferably has an optical layer laminated on one face of the substrate film. The liquid crystal display module of the present invention has a liquid crystal display element, the optical unit, and an immediate beneath type backlight.
US08928840B2	LCD module and LCD device The invention provides an LCD module and an LCD device. The LCD module includes a backlight module, and an LCD panel arranged above the backlight module; the backlight module includes a backplane, and an optical film(s); a side wall(s) of the backplane is provided with a limit structure which is integrated with the backplane, and the edge of the LCD panel is butted on the limit structure. In the invention, because the corresponding limit structure is arranged on the side wall of the backplane to limit the degree of freedom of the LCD panel in the plane direction of the panel surface, the rubber frame is not required to limit the degree of freedom of the LCD panel in the plane direction of the panel surface; thus, the structure of the rubber frame is simplified, the material of the rubber frame is saved, and the processing cost is saved.
US08928825B2	Method for ensuring a minimal amplitude modulation in phase-modulating light modulators The invention relates to a phase-modulating light modulator and to a method for ensuring a minimal amplitude modulation in phase-modulating light modulators, wherein the phase-modulating light modulator comprises an optically active layer with at least one optically active volume region and with boundary surfaces, wherein the optically active layer is assigned at least one transparent compensation volume region which comprises at least one birefringent material with fixed refractive index ellipsoids, and has a polarizer arranged on the output side. An object is to achieve a reduced angle-dependence of the averaged amplitude modulation in the observation angle region. The object is achieved by optimizing the orientation with respect to one another of the refractive index ellipsoids of the optically active layer and of the compensation layers in a simulative manner.
US08928817B2	Image apparatus and method for receiving video signal in multiple video modes An image apparatus and a method for receiving a video signal are provided. The image apparatus includes dedicated input terminals for receiving only particular video signals, and a common input terminal for receiving diverse video signals, and determines the format of video signals input through a corresponding input terminal and then displays the determined format on a screen. Accordingly, the number of input terminals can be reduced and the user can identify the format of the video signal input through the common input terminal.
US08928804B2	Managing encoder parameters for parallel transcoding Disclosed are various embodiments directed to transcoding a bit stream in parallel. A bit stream may be divided into a plurality of segments, where a plurality of transcoders encode at least a portion of the segments in parallel. If encoding is performed using variable bit rate (BR) encoding, each encoder may encode a segment and vary a BR for the segment. A measured average BR is compared with a target average BR to determine whether to adjust a video quality level (VQL) or any other encoder parameter. A relatively constant subjective quality may be maintained using variable BR encoding while achieving a target average BR. When using constant BR encoding, a VQL or other encoder parameter is used by encoders to achieve relatively constant subjective quality. For example, a relatively continuous quantization parameter between adjacent encoded segments may be achieved.
US08928789B2	Solid-state imaging apparatus A solid-state imaging apparatus comprising a plurality of pixels generating a photoelectric conversion signal, a column amplifying unit corresponding to columns of the pixels, for outputting a first and second signals generated by amplifying the photoelectric conversion signal at a smaller first gain and larger second gain respectively, an analog to digital converter (21) for converting the first and second signals from an analog signal to a digital signal, a comparing unit (224) for inputting the digital signal from the analog to digital converter, level-shifting into the same gain level the first and second signals converted by the analog to digital converter, and thereafter detecting a gain error between the level-shifted first and second signals, and a correction unit (226) for correcting the first and second signals based on the gain error.
US08928785B2	Imaging device and storage medium storing an imaging program An imaging apparatus and image capture program are provided that enable an image processing section compatible with a Bayer array to be employed without modification even in cases in which an image pickup device is employed that is provided with a color filter of an array other than a Bayer array.An imaging apparatus (10) includes a color filter (30) having repeatedly disposed 6×6 pixel basic array patterns C, a drive section (22) that drives an image pickup device (14) so as to thin and read pixel data only of pixels on lines at predetermined positions in the vertical direction, and a pixel conversion processing section (18) that converts pixel data of each line thinned and read from the image pickup device (14) into Bayer array pixel data that is in a Bayer array pattern.
US08928784B2	Solid-state imaging device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel region in which a plurality of pixels composed of a photoelectric conversion section and a pixel transistor is arranged; an on-chip color filter; an on-chip microlens; and a multilayer interconnection layer in which a plurality of layers of interconnections is formed through an interlayer insulating film. The solid-state imaging device further includes a light-shielding film formed through an insulating layer in a pixel boundary of a light receiving surface in which the photoelectric conversion section is arranged.
US08928779B2	Image pickup apparatus, image pickup system, and control method thereof An image pickup apparatus includes a detection unit in which a matrix of pixels converts radiation or light into analog electrical signals, a reading circuit configured to perform signal processing operation by reading the analog electric signals on a row-by-row basis, an A/D converter configured to convert a pixel signal output from the reading circuit into pixel data, and a correction processing unit configured to correct the pixel data. A control unit performs control processing so that the reading circuit outputs reset signals to the A/D converter in a period in which the signal processing operation of a predetermined row is performed, the A/D converter converts the reset signals into pieces of reset data in the period, and the correction processing unit averages the pieces of reset data output from the A/D converter and performs subtraction with the averaged reset data and the pixel data output from the A/D converter.
US08928775B2	Apparatus and method for processing image by using characteristic of light source A method and an apparatus are provided for processing an image of an image signal projected through a digital camera lens. The apparatus includes an image sensor module to transform an optical signal projected through the digital camera lens into an electric signal, to generate and output an image signal. The apparatus includes a light receiving module to receive a light source, wherein the light receiving module is disposed close to the image sensor module. The apparatus also includes a light source characteristic detector to detect a frequency of the light source received by the light receiving module. The apparatus further includes an auto color adjustment controller to identify a kind of light source based on the frequency of the light source, and control a white balance gain of the image signal based on the kind of the light source.
US08928769B2	Method for image processing of high-bit depth sensors High-bit depth sensors often capture more information then can be displayed on a commercially available display. Due to this, image processing systems and methods are disclosed to ensure that as much information as possible is presented to a user in a meaningful and statistically significant manner. The image processing systems and methods disclosed herein allow a user to view and process data that would otherwise be invisible to the user.
US08928768B2	Image processing device and computer-readable computer program product containing image processing program An image processing device includes: an evaluation unit that evaluates a plurality of images by designating predetermined image characteristics as an evaluation index; an image processing unit that executes image processing, which will affect the evaluation index, on at least one image among the plurality of images; and an image selection unit that selects an image with superiority in an evaluation value calculated in correspondence to the evaluation index, among the plurality of images evaluated by the evaluation unit by factoring in application of the image processing by the image processing unit.
US08928762B2	Digital photographing apparatus and method of controlling sleep mode thereof In an embodiment, when a sleep mode is turned off, if vibration less than a limit value occurs, the sleep mode is turned on and a hand shake correction unit is turned off so that power consumption may be reduced. Moreover, when the sleep mode is turned on, if vibration greater than a limit value occurs, the sleep mode is turned off and the hand shake correction unit is turned on so that an image blur does not occur. In another embodiment, when the sleep mode is turned off, if vibration less than a limit value occurs, the hand shake correction unit is turned on in the state where the sleep mode is turned on and a HPF is turned on so that an image blur is prevented from occurring due to a shock caused by pushing a release button or shock caused by opening or closing a shutter.
US08928756B2	Surveillance video router A surveillance video router routes digital video streams to video receiving devices. The surveillance video router is coupled to a packet-switched network to enable communication with the video receiving devices and to receive respective digital video streams captured by remote surveillance cameras. The surveillance video router receives a request to route a first digital video stream generated by a first remote surveillance camera to a first video receiving device and then routes the first digital video stream to the first video receiving device via the packet-switched network.
US08928755B2	Information processing apparatus and method An apparatus includes a setting unit for setting a virtual viewpoint; a determining unit for determining an undefined area in which an object distance cannot be defined in a virtual image of the virtual viewpoint, from image data of a plurality of images photographed by a plurality of photographing units placed at different positions; a correction setting unit for setting an amount of correction of a position of at least one of the photographing units from the undefined area; and a generating unit for generating the image of the virtual viewpoint from image data of a plurality of images photographed by the plurality of photographing units placed at positions that are corrected in accordance with the amount of correction.
US08928750B2	Method for reducing the number of scanning steps in an airborne reconnaissance system, and a reconnaissance system operating according to said method An airborne reconnaissance system which comprises: (a) A focal plane array positioned at a focal plane of an optical unit, said focal plane array having an area A, and comprises a plurality of optical pixels sensitive to light; (b) Optical unit for acquiring light rays from a terrain portion, said optical unit comprises a plurality of optical components that are positioned along an optical path, and designed to maneuver said light rays to produce at the focal plane an image of said terrain portion, said image having an area which is several times larger than the focal plane array area A; (c) At least one light diversion optical component along said optical path which, for each acquired terrain portion image, switches between several n states, thereby causing in each state different diversion of said light rays within said path, thereby to impinge in each state another fraction of the terrain image on said focal plane array; and (d) Capturing means for recording in each state of the at least one light diversion optical component the portion of the terrain image which is impinged on the focal plane array.
US08928745B2	Stereoscopic 3D display device 3D stereoscopic viewing enabled by the use of a fast switching speed LCD panel, dynamic backlight, and low cost glasses. The system utilizes an LCD panel with an LED backlight and wavelength selective glasses to isolate each channel by color. The system is based on alternating left and right image frames on an LCD panel. The left and right frames are illuminated by two slightly different red-green-blue light sources that are synchronized sequentially. The light sources are designed to emit light of different spectral composition. The viewer wears glasses where the left lens or filter passes only the spectrum of light used for the left channel of data, and the right lens or filter passes only the spectrum of light used for the right channel of data.
US08928742B2	Apparatus and method for processing image and apparatus and method for displaying using the same A display apparatus, display method, image processing apparatus, and image processing method which are capable of allowing a stereoscopic image to be recognized exactly by a left eye and a right eye. The display apparatus includes: an image signal receiving unit which receives an image signal; an image signal processing unit which generates a scanning signal for scanning a left eye image signal and a right eye image signal of the image signal alternately and for scanning a part of the left eye image signal or a part of the right eye image signal between a section for scanning the left eye image signal and a section for scanning the right eye image signal; and an image output unit which displays the image signal according to the scanning signal.
US08928737B2	System and method for three dimensional imaging A method of operating a camera with a microfluidic lens to identify a depth of an object in image data generated by the camera has been developed. The camera generates an image with the object in focus, and a second image with the object out of focus. An image processor generates a plurality of blurred images from image data of the focused image, and identifies blur parameters that correspond to the object in the second image. The depth of the object from the camera is identified with reference to the blur parameters.
US08928724B2	Unified user experience for mobile calls VoIP calls associated with VoIP applications installed on a mobile computing device are treated similar to calls not associated with installed VoIP applications. VoIP applications invoke the same native incoming call user interface that is invoked when a mobile device detects an incoming call that is not associated with an installed VoIP application. Mobile devices can simultaneously host a VoIP call and a call not associated with an installed VoIP application while a mobile device is locked. A reduced call user interface is displayed while a mobile device is simultaneously hosting multiple calls. Selection of the reduced call user interface causes the mobile device to make the active call the inactive call and vice versa. The reduced call user interface is managed by the mobile device operating system.
US08928723B2	Mobile terminal and control method thereof A mobile terminal capable of recognizing at least one of the presence or absence of a user and a location of the user are provided. The mobile terminal includes: a terminal main body; a user tracking unit configured to recognize at least one of the presence or absence of a user and a location of the user within a certain range based on the terminal main body; and a controller configured to generate a control signal for controlling a function of the terminal based on at least one of the presence or absence of the user or the user location.
US08928716B2	Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus in which a plurality of scanning optical systems except one include a reflecting mirror An optical scanning device includes: a light source device that emits five light beams corresponding to four basic colors and a single specific color; and five scanning optical systems corresponding the five light beams. One light beam in a first waveband among the light beams corresponding to the four basic colors enters one scanning optical system of the five scanning optical systems. The one scanning optical system includes a dichroic mirror that transmits a light beam in a second waveband different from the first waveband. An angle θb formed between a normal to the incidence plane of the dichroic mirror and orthogonal projection to an assumed plane orthogonal to the main scanning corresponding direction of the incident path of the light beam to the incidence plane of the dichroic mirror is set at an angle of 0° or more and an angle of 45° or less.
US08928714B2	Semiconductor laser driver and image forming apparatus incorporating same A semiconductor laser driver to drive at least one semiconductor laser, the semiconductor laser including a storage device, an emission-intensity setting device, and a drive circuit. The storage device stores emission-intensity switching data to control light-emission intensity of the semiconductor laser, the emission-intensity setting device sets the light-emission intensity based on the emission-intensity switching data stored in the storage device, and, the drive circuit generates a driving current to drive the semiconductor laser based on the light-emission intensity set in the emission-intensity setting device.
US08928710B2	Image forming apparatus and image erasing apparatus According to the embodiments, there is provided an image forming apparatus and an image erasing apparatus. The image forming apparatus forms, on a recording medium, an image showing the color material information about the erasing temperatures of a plurality of erasable color materials used for forming an image to be printed together with the image to be printed. The image erasing apparatus heats the plurality of erasable color materials to the highest erasing temperature or higher in the different erasing temperatures of the erasable color materials forming the image printed on the recording medium in order to erase the erasable color materials forming the image.
US08928708B2	Display device and method for driving the display device An object is to suppress crosstalk. A display device includes a pixel portion which includes a first display region, a second display region, and a non-light-emitting region provided between the first display region and the second display region; and a parallax barrier which includes a first light control region, a second light control region, and a light-transmitting region provided between the first light control region and the second light control region. The first light control region overlaps with the first display region, the second light control region overlaps with the second display region, and the center of the width of the light-transmitting region overlaps with the non-light-emitting region.
US08928706B2	Method for driving liquid crystal display device A low-resolution image is displayed at high resolution and power consumption is reduced. Resolution is made higher by super-resolution processing. Then, display is performed with the luminance of a backlight controlled by local dimming after the super-resolution processing. By controlling the luminance of the backlight, power consumption can be reduced. Further, by performing the local dimming after the super-resolution processing, accurate display can be performed.
US08928705B2	Liquid crystal display with crosstalk interference suppression based on gray-level variation of a frame to be displayed and related method A liquid crystal display having common voltage compensation mechanism includes a liquid-crystal capacitor common electrode for receiving a liquid-crystal capacitor common voltage, a storage capacitor common electrode for receiving a storage capacitor common voltage, a common voltage generator for providing the liquid-crystal capacitor common voltage according to a preliminary common voltage, a common voltage compensation circuit electrically connected to the liquid-crystal capacitor common electrode and the storage capacitor common electrode, and a timing controller electrically connected to the common voltage compensation circuit. The common voltage compensation circuit is utilized for generating the storage capacitor common voltage through performing a ripple inverting operation according to the liquid-crystal capacitor common voltage, the preliminary common voltage and a compensation control signal. The timing controller is employed to analyze an image input signal for generating the compensation control signal.
US08928702B2	Display device having a reduced number of signal lines A display device includes first and second scanning lines, first and second signal lines, first to fourth thin-film transistors, and first to third pixel electrodes. The first and second signal lines are arranged to intersect with the first and second scanning lines. The first thin-film transistor is connected to the second scanning line and the first signal line. The first pixel electrode is connected to the first thin-film transistor. The second thin-film transistor is connected to the first scanning line and the first pixel electrode. The second pixel electrode is connected to the second thin-film transistor. The third thin-film transistor is connected to the first scanning line and the second pixel electrode. The third pixel electrode is connected to the third thin-film transistor. The fourth thin-film transistor is connected to the second scanning line, the third pixel electrode, and the second signal line.
US08928700B1	Simultaneous zoom in windows on a touch sensitive device Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique for generating simultaneous zoom in windows on a touch sensitive device. A first portion of the user content is zooming into by touching the display screen in a proximity of the first portion using the touch input device while retaining an original zoom size of a first remaining portion of the user content. A second portion of the user content from the first remaining portion is zoomed into by touching the display screen in a proximity of the second portion using the touch input device while retaining a zoomed in first portion and an original zoom size of a second remaining portion of the of the first remaining portion, the original zoom size of the first and the second remaining portions being the same.
US08928695B2	Formatting of one or more persistent augmentations in an augmented view in response to multiple input factors Computationally implemented methods and systems include presenting a first augmented view of a first scene from a real environment, the first augmented view to be presented including one or more persistent augmentations in a first one or more formats, the inclusion of the one or more persistent augmentations in the first augmented view being independent of presence of one or more visual cues in the actual view of the first scene from the real environment, obtaining an actual view of a second scene from the real environment that is different from the actual view of the first scene, and presenting a second augmented view of the second scene from the real environment, the second augmented view to be presented including the one or more persistent augmentations in a second one or more formats that is based, at least in part, on multiple input factors.
US08928690B2	Methods and systems for enhanced quality anti-aliasing Provided herein is a method for implementing antialiasing including independently operating different portions of a graphics pipeline at different sampling rates in accordance with pixel color details.
US08928688B2	Method for dithering in display panel and associated apparatus A dithering method and associated apparatus is provided. The method synthesizes a dither pattern including a plurality of elements. At least two of the plurality of elements are of a same value, and at least two of the elements of the same value respectively associate with different driving polarities to prevent flickering. While sub-pixel data of a sub-pixel corresponds between two predetermined color levels of the sub-pixel, a color level displayed by the sub-pixel is determined from the two predetermined color levels according to a sum of the sub-pixel data and the element corresponding to the sub-pixel.
US08928687B2	Method and apparatus for RGB color space gamut conversion, and liquid crystal display device The present invention discloses a method for RGB color space gamut conversion, including: projecting any point o in RGB color space having source graphic data onto points N, M; projecting point o′ corresponding to point o onto points N′, M′; based on matrix equations between point N and point N′, and between point M and point M′, computing point N′ and point M′; based on points N′, M′, computing point o′ in target cube corresponding to point o in RGB color space having source graphic data; and computing target color after color conversion from any point in source graphic data. The invention also discloses an apparatus for RGB color space gamut conversion and a liquid crystal display device. With this, it is possible to perform color conversion in RGB color space, adjust color performance of output in hue and color purity, and accentuate specific color.
US08928677B2	Low latency concurrent computation One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for performing low latency computation on a parallel processing subsystem. A low latency functional node is exposed to an operating system. The low latency functional node and a generic functional node are configured to target the same underlying processor resource within the parallel processing subsystem. The operating system stores low latency tasks generated by a user application within a low latency command buffer associated with the low latency functional node. The parallel processing subsystem advantageously executes tasks from the low latency command buffer prior to completing execution of tasks in the generic command buffer, thereby reducing completion latency for the low latency tasks.
US08928674B1	Combining multiple session content for animation libraries A computer-implemented method includes comparing content captured during one session and content captured during another session. A surface feature of an object represented in the content of one session corresponds to a surface feature of an object represented in the content of the other session. The method also includes substantially aligning the surface features of the sessions and combining the aligned content.
US08928673B2	Methods and systems for 3D animation A system includes a computer apparatus, a means for display, and a means for storage. The computer apparatus is configured to perform a method of 3D animation. The method includes setting a first inter-axial distance between logical representations of a first set of two cameras, the first inter-axial distance being configured to produce a desired 3D effect for a target audience, setting a second inter-axial distance between logical representations of a second set of two cameras, the second inter-axial distance being based on the first inter-axial distance, setting a multi-rig spacing between the first and second sets of two cameras, the multi-rig spacing begin a value determined to reduce depth distortion effects in the 3D animation, and creating a stereoscopic frame set representing the 3D animation using the logical representations of the first and second sets of two cameras.
US08928670B2	Moving image generation apparatus and moving image generation method A moving image generation apparatus includes an image display unit, a partial image specification unit, a partial image cutout unit, and a moving image generation unit. The image display unit displays an image. The partial image specification unit specifies a partial image of a predetermined range corresponding to each of points in the displayed image. The partial image cutout unit cuts out a plurality of partial images from between two arbitrary partial images included in the specified partial images. The moving image generation unit generates a moving image based on the specified partial images and the cutout partial images.
US08928664B2	Graph creation method and graph creation device A graph creation method includes setting on a plane a coordinate system in which three axis extend from an origin in a radial fashion, setting three evaluation results of three evaluation item for an evaluation object on each the three axis; determining a balance being one of center, circumcenter, incenter, orthocenter, and excenter of a polygon the vertices of which correspond to the three evaluation results set on the three axis; and creating on the coordinate system a graph in which the balance is set.
US08928661B2	Representing a field over a triangular mesh Methods and apparatus for representing a field over a triangular mesh are disclosed. A two-dimensional (2D) triangular map may be created for each triangle of a three-dimensional (3D) triangular mesh. The triangular map may be recursively subdivided to create a plurality of sub-triangles. The sub-triangles may be sampled, and an field may be measured or calculated at each level of the recursion. The map of field values may use various compression techniques and may also employ a delayed reading technique. The map may be multi-resolution, hierarchical, and partitioned.
US08928653B2	Information processing system, information processing method, and computer-readable storage medium having information processing program stored therein In a first information processing apparatus, data in a first format is stored. Further, the data in the first format is transformed into a code image by using a predetermined encoding mode. Moreover, code image data in a second format is generated by combining the code image with the data in the first format. In a second information processing apparatus, predetermined information processing is performed based on the data in the first format. In a third information processing apparatus, the code image is displayed, by a first display device, based on the code image data in the second format.
US08928651B2	Display and power supply control method of a display A display includes a display panel, a pixel driving unit and a power supply for supplying power to the pixel driving unit. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix manner. The pixel driving unit is used for driving the pixels. The power supply includes an input power source, an output capacitor for providing an output voltage, and a control unit for controlling the input power source, such that in a frame period, the input power source charges the output capacitor during the non-refreshing duration of the pixels by the input power source and stops charging the output capacitor during the refreshing duration of the pixels.
US08928650B2	Display panel and 3D display device The present invention provides a display panel and a 3D display device. The display panel comprising: a first substrate comprising multiple data lines, multiple scan lines, and multiple pixel units, wherein the pixel unit comprising three sub-pixel units, and each of the sub-pixel units electrically connects to the same data line sequentially, and each of the sub-pixel units electrically connects to the corresponding scan line, and the scan line corresponding to at least one of the sub-pixel unit and the scan line corresponding to the first sub-pixel unit of the adjacent next pixel unit are disposed side by side; and a second substrate disposed correspondingly to the first substrate and comprising a first black matrix disposed correspondingly to the scan lines. In the present invention, the scan lines corresponding to the multiple sub-pixels are disposed side by side such that increasing the width of the first black matrix between adjacent pixel units and vertical viewing angle and do not reduce the aperture ratio.
US08928645B2	Liquid crystal display device In a liquid crystal display device, amplitude voltage of an image signal written into a signal line can be decreased. A liquid crystal display device in which frame inversion driving is performed includes pixels each including a liquid crystal element and a transistor that controls voltage applied to a first electrode of the liquid crystal element. A scan line is electrically connected to gates of transistors in pixels in a corresponding row. A common line is electrically connected to second electrodes of liquid crystal elements in pixels in the corresponding row. In a first frame period, a first potential is sequentially supplied to the common lines in synchronization with sequential selection of the scan lines. In a second frame period adjacent to the first frame period, a second potential different from the first potential is sequentially supplied to the common lines in synchronization with sequential selection of the scan lines.
US08928644B2	Display device and method for driving display device A display device includes a pixel which includes a first photosensor portion having a first photodiode for detecting visible light, which is provided together with a display element portion; and a pixel which includes a second photosensor portion having a second photodiode for detecting infrared rays, which is provided together with another display element portion. The second photosensor portion detects infrared rays included in external light, and selects an imaging element and adjusts sensitivity in accordance with the amount of infrared rays detected by the second photosensor portion.
US08928636B2	Magnetic touch pen A magnetic touch pen is disclosed. In one aspect, the magnetic touch pen comprises a first case in which a plurality of magnets is arranged in a cylindrical first body in a longitudinal direction of the first body. It also comprises a second case including a second body in which the first body of the first case is accommodated and having screw threads formed on an inner circumference of the second body. It further comprises a magnetic power controller configured between two magnet groups to separate the two magnet groups and moving along the screw threads of the second case to control a plurality of magnets of the two magnet groups.
US08928635B2	Active stylus An active stylus is disclosed. The stylus includes an electrode at a tip of the stylus; and powered circuitry coupled to the electrode and configured for capacitively coupling the electrode with a capacitive touch sensor panel. The powered circuitry can further include drive circuitry configured to output a drive voltage at the electrode and/or sense circuitry configured to sense a voltage received at the electrode.
US08928632B2	Handwriting regions keyed to a data receptor Embodiments include an article of manufacture, apparatus, device, system, computer-program product, and method. In an embodiment, an article of manufacture includes a writing surface having at least two regions that accept handwriting. Each region of the at least two regions that accept handwriting respectively includes a unique user-understandable identifier and a unique machine-distinguishable identifier keyed to a data receptor.
US08928620B2	Flat-panel display device and electronic apparatus A combination flat-panel touch sensor/display device includes a display device substrate on which signal lines, scanning lines and storage capacitance lines for applying electrical signals to liquid crystal are formed. A surface of the flat-panel display device corresponding to a display area has a transparent conductive film serving as an impedance surface. The device further includes current detecting circuits for detecting currents that flow through the impedance surface. In an interval over which the current detecting circuits detect current, at least one of the signal lines, scanning lines and storage capacitance lines is placed at a high impedance. The device reduces thickness without decline in display characteristics.
US08928615B2	Oscilloscope with touch control and touch control operating method of displaying waveform thereof An oscilloscope with touch control has a touch screen display unit and a waveform processing and sampling unit. The touch screen display unit is connected to the waveform processing and sampling unit and has a touch control module and a display module. The touch control module detects a touch gesture and converts the touch gesture into a set of waveform processing parameters. The waveform processing and sampling unit has at least one signal input port to receive at least one external signal to be tested, processes the signal to be tested into a corresponding waveform image, and outputs the waveform image to the display module. Accordingly, the touch screen display unit enables the operation and display of the waveform thereon and provides more space originally occupied by conventional knobs so that the display module can be enlarged or the oscilloscope can be miniaturized.
US08928605B2	Flat surface touch device for introducing visual effects An electrode and an isolation layer of a touch device are the same color, so that a user of the touch device perceives a good visual effect without having to employ expensive optical adhesive and decorative films in the touch device. The front bezel design used in conventional touch devices can thus be abandoned. Further, simpler fabrication, higher yield rate, and lower cost are also achieved.
US08928604B2	Gesture detection zones A system and method for utilizing a gesture-based user interface. A system includes an operator input device and a processor. The operator input device detects gestures and multiple simultaneous touch points. An input area of the operator input device includes a plurality of gesture detection zones. The processor is coupled to the operator input device. The processor executes a gesture recognition software program that processes inputs from the input device. The gesture recognition program causes the processor to recognize a primary gesture and a simultaneous secondary gesture, and to perform a processing function based, at least in part, on the primary gesture and a gesture detection zone in which the secondary gesture is detected.
US08928595B2	Touch screen calibration sensor A touchscreen may be calibrated using a second sensor that may be placed around the periphery of the touchscreen in a known position with respect to the touchscreen. The second sensor may be incorporated into a bezel and may have one or more sensor elements. The second sensor may be used to sense the position of a user's finger or stylus when the user touches an object on the touchscreen display, and the second sensor output may be used to update a calibration factor based on the position of the displayed object. The second sensor may be used to periodically recalibrate the touchscreen any time an object is selected in proximity to the second sensor.
US08928591B2	Techniques for providing a user interface having bi-directional writing tools A computer-implemented technique includes determining, at a computing device including one or more processors, one or more scripts in which a user is capable of inputting text. The technique includes determining, at the computing device, whether at least one of the one or more scripts is a script having a right-to-left (RTL) writing directionality. The technique also includes automatically outputting, at the computing device: (i) a first user interface when at least one of the one or more scripts is a script having an RTL writing directionality, wherein the first user interface is configured to allow the user to adjust the writing directionality at the computing device, or (ii) a second user interface when none of the one or more scripts is a script having an RTL writing directionality, wherein the second user interface is not configured to allow the user to adjust the writing directionality at the computing device.
US08928586B2	Stereoscopic display device An object of the present invention is to provide a novel stereoscopic display device that allows the viewer to properly view a stereoscopic image. The device includes: a display configured to display an image for stereoscopic viewing; an imaging unit configured to image a face of a viewer; a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire position information regarding the face imaged by the imaging unit; an operation unit configured to be operated by the viewer when the viewer is in an optimal position from where the image for stereoscopic viewing displayed on the display can be properly viewed as a stereoscopic image; an optimal position information storage unit configured to store position information provided when the operation unit is operated as position information on the optimal position; and a positional relationship notification unit configured to notify the viewer of the positional relationship between the current position of the viewer and the optimal position.
US08928584B2	Display apparatus, display method, and storage medium A display apparatus includes an image pickup section, a display section, an instruction section, a position specification section, a direction specification section, a specification section, and a reporting section. The image pickup section sequentially picks up an image. The display section displays the picked up image. The instruction section generates an instruction signal for marking an object included in the image. The position specification section specifies a position where the display apparatus exists. The direction specification section specifies a pickup direction by the image pickup section. The specification section specifies a position of the object relative to the position of the display apparatus based on the position of the display apparatus and the pickup direction in response to the instruction signal. The reporting section reports the position of the object.
US08928577B1	Method and apparatus for single-step user generated notes on a personal digital assistant A method and system for generating an electronic note on a handheld electronic device. Specifically, the present invention allows a user to push one button on the handheld device to gain access to a cleared screen where ideas, telephone numbers, etc. can be written down directly on the screen in the user's own handwriting in the form of a note. Additionally, the note is automatically time and date stamped. Furthermore, a title associated with the note is displayed concurrently with the note and can be modified using digitized alphanumeric characters. Moreover, the note is automatically stored in the handheld electronic device. Also, an alarm, associated with a particular time and date relative to the electronic device, can be electronically assigned to the note. At the particular time and date associated with the alarm, the alarm is automatically triggered, and the note is automatically displayed on the handheld electronic device.
US08928554B2	Mobile image display system A mobile image display system includes multiple movable panels, each including a video display. Using a position sensor, the system knows when a particular panel reaches a position in which the displayed image is distorted due to overlapping or misalignment of the panels. Then, a central processing unit provides the panels in the region where distortion is present with a modified image to correct for this distortion. Additionally, the panels may include light and/or weight sensors. In response to these sensors, an image in any location the carousel can be revised in response to the presence of an article such as a suitcase.
US08928552B2	Personal digital assistant, and display control method and display control program thereof An information processing device including a plurality of rectangular-shaped casings each including a first principal surface, and a second principal surface opposing the first principal surface and including a display panel having a predetermined aspect ratio. The information processing device including a connecting portion connecting each of the plurality of rectangular-shaped casings in a closed state in which each of the plurality of rectangular-shaped casings are mutually overlaid and a display panel of at least one of the plurality of rectangular-shaped casings is externally exposed, and in an open state in which wall portions of mutually adjacent rectangular-shaped casings abut and the display panels of each of the plurality of rectangular-shaped casings face a similar direction. The information processing device further includes a terminal state detecting unit that detects the closed state and the opened state, and a display control unit that controls display of each of the display panels.
US08928548B2	Choke reflector antenna An antenna comprising a network of arrayed radiating elements, a first reflective means comprising a flat central part upon which are disposed the radiating elements and longitudinally folded edges on either side of the array of elements, and at least one second reflective means which is a choke reflector disposed outside of the space separating the radiating elements of the reflector's folded edge. The second reflective means is separated from the first reflective means by a layer of dielectric material in order to connect it to the first reflective means by way of capacitive coupling.
US08928547B2	Antenna coil to be mounted on a circuit board and antenna device In an antenna coil including a first magnetic core, a second magnetic core, and a flexible board, coil conductors are provided on a surface of the flexible board. By winding the flexible board around the first magnetic core and the second magnetic core, a first coil portion is disposed around the first magnetic core, and a second coil portion is disposed around the second magnetic core. The winding direction of the second coil portion is opposite to that of the first coil portion. The first coil portion and the second coil portion are connected to define one coil as a whole.
US08928545B2	Multi-band antenna The invention provides a multi-band antenna comprising a planar substrate which in use is intended for vertical mounting, and has a bottom edge and a top edge. A conductor pattern is printed on one side of the substrate with three slots. A first slot is a U or J shape facing downwardly and a second is a U or J shape facing upwardly. A third slot extends in the vertical direction and is open at the top. A first antenna feed is coupled to a horizontal track of the second slot and a second antenna feed is coupled to the third slot. The three slots together provide multi-band performance in three bands.
US08928544B2	Wideband circularly polarized hybrid dielectric resonator antenna The present invention provides a dielectric resonator antenna comprising: a dielectric resonator; a ground plane, operatively coupled with the dielectric resonator, the ground plane having four slots; and a substrate, operatively coupled to the ground plane, having a feeding network consisting of four microstrip lines; wherein the four slots are constructed and geometrically arranged to ensure proper circular polarization and coupling to the dielectric resonator; and wherein the antenna feeding network combines the four microstrip lines with a 90 degree phase difference to generate circular polarization over a wide frequency band.
US08928541B2	Active MIMO antenna configuration for maximizing throughput in mobile devices An active antenna system and algorithm is proposed that provides for dynamic tuning and optimization of antenna system parameters for a MIMO system that will provide for greater throughput. As one or multiple antennas are loaded or de-tuned due to environmental changes, corrections to correlation and/or isolation are made by tuning the active antenna. A null-steering technique is implemented to alter the near-field and far-field characteristics to aid in modifying correlation and isolation in the multi-antenna system.
US08928540B2	Multi-antenna module containing active elements and control circuits for wireless systems An antenna system is provided for use in wireless communication, the antenna system is contained in a modular structure. The antenna system includes a plurality of co-located antennas, including at least one active modal antenna, each of the antennas being adapted for operation at a distinct frequency band. The antenna system further includes an active tuning module for tuning a frequency response of the co-located antennas.
US08928538B2	Antenna system providing high isolation between antennas on electronics device An antenna system is provided in a portable electronics device having a printed circuit board assembly. The antenna system includes a first antenna and a second balanced antenna provided on the printed circuit board assembly. The first antenna is fed from a portion of the printed circuit board assembly such that a ground plane of the printed circuit board assembly serves as a counterpoise for the first antenna. The second balanced antenna has dipole ends configured and oriented to generally minimize coupling to the ground plane of the printed circuit board assembly to increase isolation between the first antenna and the second balanced antenna.
US08928536B2	Impedance tuning of transmitting and receiving antennas The present disclosure relates to impedance tuning of transmitting and receiving antennas.
US08928531B2	Antenna module An antenna module is provided. The antenna module includes a radiator, a feed conductor, a ground element, a ground conductor and a short conductor. The feed conductor is connected to the radiator. The ground conductor connects the radiator to the ground element. The short conductor connects the feed conductor to the ground conductor.
US08928529B2	Positioning system and method based on radio communication apparatus comprising multiple antenna This disclosure relates to a positioning system and a method based on a radio communication apparatus including multiple antennas, and more particularly, to a positioning system and a method of positioning a terminal using a communication apparatus including multiple antennas. The positioning system and the method based on a radio communication apparatus including multiple antennas calculate a position of a terminal using a single communication apparatus in which the multiple antennas are mounted and can calculate the position of the terminal more accurately by using two or more communication apparatuses. In addition, the positioning system and the method communicate with a transception apparatus, a relay station, or a wireless access point of an existing communication system, thereby accurately obtaining the position of the terminal.
US08928528B2	Multi-beam MIMO time division duplex base station using subset of radios A system and method may include a plurality of transmit and receive antennas covering one sector of a cellular communication base station; a multi-beam RF beamforming matrix connected to the transmit and receive antennas; a plurality of radio circuitries connected to the multi-beam RF beamforming matrix; and a baseband module connected to the radio circuitries. The multi-beam RF beamforming matrix may be configured to generate one sector beam and two or more directional co-frequency beams pointed at user equipment (UEs) within the sector, as instructed by the baseband module. A number M denotes the number the directional beams and a number N denotes the number of the radio circuitries and wherein M>N.
US08928526B2	Determining effective isotropic radiated power of a satellite communications system Techniques for monitoring transmission performance of a satellite communications systems are provided, including techniques for measuring the primary contributors to the end-to-end SNR, including the uplink SNR, the downlink SNR, and the C/I for each link in the network. These individual measurements are used to estimate satellite effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP), satellite antenna gain-to-noise-temperature (G/T), and loss due to an Earth Terminal pointing error. The EIRP, satellite antenna G/T and loss due to Earth terminal pointing error may then be used to determine operating parameters for the satellite communications network that enable the network to operate more efficiently.
US08928518B1	Charge-redistribution SAR ADC with sample-independent reference current A charge redistribution SAR analog-to-digital converter includes a source of a reference voltage, a digital-to-analog converter, and a reset circuit. The digital-to-analog converter includes converter stages that range in significance from most significant to least significant. Each converter stage includes respective capacitors and switches. The switches are controllable to selectively connect the capacitors to the reference voltage or to ground. The capacitors of the converter stages are weighted in capacitance in accordance with significance of the converter stage. The reset circuit is to control the switches to reset the converter stages with a temporal offset between at least two of the converter stages. The temporal offset between the at least two of the converter stages reduces the dependence of the charge drawn from the reference voltage source during each conversion cycle on the sample of an analog input signal converted to a digital value during the conversion cycle.
US08928516B2	Method and apparatus for conversion of voltage value to digital word The solution according to the invention consisting in conversion of a voltage value to a digital word of a number of bits equal to n is characterized in that the converted voltage value is first mapped to a portion of electric charge accumulated in the sampling capacitor (C-n) during the active state of the signal on the trigger input (InS) and the accumulated charge portion is next successively redistributed by the use of the current source (I) in the array (A) of binary-scaled capacitors (Cn-1, . . . , C0) in the order of decreasing capacitances starting from the capacitor (Cn-1) having the highest capacitance value in the array (A). The process of charge redistribution is controlled by the control module (CM) on the basis of the output signals of the comparators (K1) and (K2) without the use of a clock while the value one is assigned to these bits (bn-1, . . . , b0) in the digital output word that correspond to the capacitors (Cn-1, . . . , C0) on which the reference voltage (UL) of a desired value has been obtained, and the value zero is assigned to the other bits.
US08928513B1	Current steering digital-to-analog converter (DAC) switch driver A current steering digital-to-analog converter (DAC) switch driver circuit is provided. The circuit is composed of a conditioning module having a signal input to accept a binary logic digital signal, and signal outputs to supply differential driver signals V+ and V− with a low voltage level (Vlow) greater than the binary logic digital signal low voltage level. Typically, Vlow has a greater potential than ground (0V). A DAC current steering cell has a signal input to accept the differential driver signals and an output to supply a differential analog current responsive to the differential driver signals. The DAC current steering cell may be an NMOS DAC current steering cell. The conditioning module may be a CMOS switch driver, or composed of a level shifter followed by a CMOS switch driver.
US08928509B2	Incoming signal sampling device A sampling device for sampling an incoming signal in order to generate an output signal having a different frequency spectrum from the incoming signal. The device comprises a sampler configured to sample the incoming signal at a series of intervals in time, wherein the series of intervals includes a temporally repeating sequence of intervals, and wherein the duration of successive intervals varies throughout the series.
US08928493B2	Traffic signal control system and method The invention relates to a traffic signal control system for controlling a plurality of signal junctions comprising a signal group oriented multi-agent control scheme, each agent operates independently and represents one or more traffic signals at a signal junction; means for each agent for determining traffic conditions at its signal junction and traffic conditions at neighboring agents; and means for applying fuzzy logic in signal control operations, wherein signal control operation is based on traffic conditions at each agent and one or more neighboring agents, such that the control operation is distributed to each agent to control each of said plurality of signal junctions. An advantage of the system is that this approach in combining the flexible signal group control with the artificial intelligence of fuzzy logic dynamic control is achieved. The operation of the control system is based on detector data input, that is refined to real time traffic situation model. Through the traffic model, the decision part of the system (fuzzy logic) is observing the traffic situation in the whole intersection. The signal control operation is based on signal group orientation, in which the control operation is distributed to several signal group agents.
US08928492B2	Emergency signal intercepting unit A system to provide a warning to a person in a vehicle when the vehicle is proximal or in a danger area to an emergency services vehicle or a hazard area, the system comprising an emitter on the emergency services vehicle or in or adjacent the hazard area, a radio associated with the vehicle, the radio having a receiver to receive the signal from the emitter, a speaker, a decoder to send a warning signal to the speaker when the receiver receives a signal from the emitter.
US08928491B2	Data collection using a headset jack of an electronic device To collect data, an electronic device transmits a signal on an output channel of the headset jack to provide an excitation signal to a sensor for measuring a physical quantity. A signal from the sensor is received via an input channel of the headset jack of the electronic device. Data based on the received signal may be sent from the electronic device to a remote location for further processing. The data may be used to detect a physical condition, e.g., a temperature, humidity, soil moisture, sound, vibration, pressure, motion, and/or pollutants.
US08928489B2	Ping server Techniques and systems are described that assist in predicting, diagnosing, and/or managing an incident in a utility service area. A communication system is provided in the service area to communicate with nodes of the service area. Nodes of the service area may communicate with the communication system using a variety of different communication technologies and/or communication protocols. In some instances, the communication system may detect a communication technology and/or a communication protocol used by a node.
US08928488B2	Signal propagation across gaps In some embodiments, an apparatus and a system, as well as a method and an article, may operate to monitor a first condition associated with transmitting or receiving a signal in a formation or on a drill string, or both, over a first selected interval of a drill string located down hole; to monitor a second condition associated with transmitting or receiving the signal in the formation or on the drill string or both, over a second selected interval of the drill string; to compare the first condition to the second condition to provide a comparison result; and based on the comparison result, to select one of the first selected interval or the second selected interval to transmit or receive the signal in the formation or on the drill string, or both. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US08928483B2	Automated attendance tracking and event notification A system is configured to receive information associated with a location of a user device; retrieve information associated with a location at which a user, of the user device, is to be during a period of time; determine whether to assign, to the user device, a late status or an absent status based on the location of the user device, the assigned location, and the period of time; assign a late status when the location of the user device does not match the assigned location when the period of time begins; send, to another user device, a notification that the user device is late to the assigned location based on the assigning of the late status; assign an absent status when the location of the user device does not match the assigned location during the period of time; and send to the other user device, another notification that the user device was absent from the assigned location based on the assigning of the absent status.
US08928479B2	Security system with automatic alarm An automatic alarm system is described that is triggered by the lack of event at one or more portable remote unit(s). The system includes an electromagnetic interface from a plurality of portable units to a central command and monitoring element. This automatic triggering of an alarm condition adds security to the users of the system since it is not always feasible to explicitly trigger an alarm when in danger.
US08928477B2	Method and device for contactless transmission of electric energy and/or electric signals between a wall and a wing fastened to said wall A method for a contactless transmission of electric energy and/or an electric signal between a wall and a wing fastened to the wall includes providing a first coil fastened to the wall and a second coil fastened to the wing which are actively inductively connected to each other. A control signal is applied to the first coil within a control time interval to induce a first signal in the second coil, which is then detected. A second control signal is applied to the second coil within the control time interval to induce a second signal in the first coil, which is then detected. A fault signal is generated if the first or second control signal, or a part thereof, is not applied during the control time interval, or if the first or second signal, or a part thereof, is not detected during the control time interval.
US08928474B2	Charge display unit A charged-amount display part displays a battery charge rate of an entire battery pack according to kinds of charge sources. An example of displaying the battery charge rate in the form of a bar chart is shown. A speed display part displays a vehicle speed of a running electric vehicle. The running cost display part displays a running cost calculated based on consumed electric power of the battery.
US08928473B2	Fuel monitoring apparatus and methods A fuel monitoring device for a vehicle having one or more fuel tank sensors, the fuel monitoring device comprising a control module in communication with the or each fuel tank sensor, wherein the control module is operable to receive data from the or each fuel tank sensor and operable to output fuel level related data to a mobile communications system transmitter for transmission to an end user. The fuel monitoring device may be installed covertly within a vehicle and communicate with the vehicle's fuel tank sensor and, optionally, further sensors. The fuel monitoring device facilitates the transmission of information to an end user allowing the end user to identify occurrences of fuel theft from a remote location and/or the fuel monitoring device is operable to generate an alarm condition in or in the proximity of the vehicle. Data may additionally be audited to identify opportunities to improve operating efficiency of a vehicle, or a fleet of vehicles, or to provide early warning of possible vehicle faults and/or to identify fuel theft.
US08928472B2	Power component and instrumented tyre A member for attachment to tire includes a functional object in suspension in a soft substance of very high deformability.
US08928470B2	Methods and systems of rule-based intoxicating substance testing associated with vehicles Rule-based intoxicating substance testing associated with vehicles. At least some of the various embodiments are methods including: receiving a signal that a prospective driver intends to drive a vehicle; retrieving at least one previously stored rule regarding intoxicating substance testing associated the vehicle; retrieving data relevant to the rule; determining whether intoxicating substance testing is indicated by the rule; enabling the vehicle responsive to an indication that intoxicating substance testing is not indicated; and administering an intoxicating substance test to the prospective driver responsive to an indication that an intoxicating substance test is indicated. And if the intoxicating substance test is administered: enabling the vehicle responsive to the prospective driver passing the intoxicating substance test, the enabling by the onboard device; and disabling the vehicle responsive to the prospective driver failing the intoxicating substance test, the disabling by the onboard device.
US08928467B2	Programmable audio device An apparatus allowing the recording and storage of data with a programmable timer alarm/alert. This data that can be either retrieved manually or automatically via audio playback or computer link.For certain embodiments, the audio device is configured for mounting on a consumable item.In a further embodiment the audio device may include and collect information regarding the consumer item on which it is mounted.In yet another embodiment the audio device contains a timing device and an alarm function coupled to an actuator that can be set at predetermined intervals.
US08928459B2	Precision location methods and systems Systems and methods are described herein for determining the location of a transmitter by jointly and collectively processing the full sampled signal data from a plurality of receivers to form a single solution.
US08928458B2	Flow control gate and method A flow control gate system that comprises a first and second elongated barrier members defining a passageway between a first area and a second area. The gate system also comprises a plurality of narrow beam presence sensors with substantially constant spacing therebetween defining a linear array mounted along the first barrier member and defining a presence detection beam orientation crosswise and substantially perpendicular to the passageway. The gate system further comprises a controller electrically connected to the plurality of narrow beam presence sensors. The controller implements an operating program to process signals from the plurality of narrow beam presence sensors and define valid detection periods to determine that an item is detected when a detection period is equal to or longer than a predetermined value and invalid detection periods interpreted as no detection when a detection period is shorter than the predetermined value. A flow control method is further provided.
US08928453B2	Mechatronic locking apparatus The mechatronic locking apparatus comprises a control circuit (4), from which information signals can be transmitted to a control circuit (6) of the lock cylinder (2) using a first communication path (5). A security key (3) has at least one second communication path (7) for storing and/or processing access data. The two communication paths (5, 7) are connected to said control circuit (4) of the security key (3). The first communication path (5) preferably uses an electrical contact in the lock cylinder (2). The second communication path (7) comprises a transponder (8). The first communication path (5) may also be used for power supply purposes.
US08928450B2	Transformer assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging system A transformer assembly includes a substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface, a first spiral wound inductive coil formed on the first surface, a second spiral wound inductive coil formed on the first surface, and a third spiral wound inductive coil formed on the first surface, the first, second and third spiral wound inductive coils forming a triple spiral arrangement on the first surface such that the first coil is inductively coupled to the second coil and the third coil. An RF coil including the transformer assembly and a method of fabricating the transformer assembly are also described.
US08928449B2	AC/DC planar transformer An inductive element including a magnetic core with a section received in a central opening defined in each of the layers in a multilayer circuit board. A primary winding, an auxiliary winding, and a secondary winding are each realized in conductive coils located on a plurality of layers in the circuit board. The secondary winding is separated from the other windings by a relatively-thick dielectric layer. Other dielectric layers separate each of the layers with the coils. EMI shields are provided on other layers. The coils are located in a central region of each layer so as to provide an adequate safety margin from the side edges of the inductive element.
US08928445B2	Electromagnetic pipe expanding inductor and method for manufacturing the same Provided is an electromagnetic pipe expanding inductor in which the formation of voids during resin impregnation is suppressed, and electromagnetic reaction forces acting on the conductor periphery and on the interface between the shaft portion and the center-side fiber layer is diminished, and thereby durability is improved and the life of the inductor is prolonged. A glass cloth tape (3) capable of being impregnated with resin is wound around the peripheral surface of a shaft portion of a bobbin (2) to a predetermined thickness, further, a conductor strand (4) coated with a glass cloth tape (6) is wound spirally in the axial direction of the bobbin (2) to form a coil. Further, a glass cloth (7) is wound around the outside of the glass cloth tape (6) to a predetermined thickness and thereafter the glass cloth tapes (3, 6) and the glass cloth (7) are impregnated with resin to unite them. A center-side resin-impregnated layer formed by the glass cloth tape 3 impregnated with resin is lower in the modulus of longitudinal elasticity than the shaft portion. Given that the inductor radius is r, the thickness, t, of the center-side resin-impregnated layer is 0.025r to 0.25r.
US08928438B2	Electromagnetic relay An electromagnetic relay has a fixed touch piece having a fixed contact; a movable touch piece, having a movable contact contactably and separably opposed to the fixed contact, and configured to elastically deform, an electromagnet, an intermediate member that rotates based on magnetization and demagnetization of the electromagnet and elastically deforms the movable touch piece, and an energization unit that energizes the movable touch piece to the fixed contact piece side via the intermediate member.
US08928437B2	Tablet device with peek mode operation A magnetic attachment mechanism and method is described. The magnetic attachment mechanism can be used to releasably attach at least two objects together in a preferred configuration without fasteners and without external intervention. The magnetic attachment mechanism can be used to releasably attach an accessory device to an electronic device. The accessory device can be used to augment the functionality of usefulness of the electronic device.
US08928434B2	Complex tuner module There is provided a complex tuner module including a plurality of tuner chips through which users may simultaneously view and record a plurality of channels. The complex tuner module includes: a module substrate having a plurality of tuner chips mounted thereon; and a chassis part connected to the module substrate and having a plurality of blocking sidewalls disposed in spaces between the tuner chips to thereby block interference between the tuner chips.
US08928414B2	Power amplifier with low noise figure and voltage variable gain The object of the present invention is a low noise figure amplifier with a variable gain which comprises a cascode amplification stage comprising, serially mounted, a low-voltage MOSFET transistor installed as a common source followed by a bipolar transistor with high breakdown voltage installed as a common base. A resistor is placed between the bipolar transistor's collector and the grid of the cascode stage's MOSFET transistor, and the cascode stage is electrically powered through a choke.
US08928411B2	Integration of signal sampling within transistor amplifier stage Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to integration of signal sampling within a transistor amplifier stage. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a amplifier stage including a transistor to receive a source signal and produce an output signal, wherein the transistor includes multiple fingers for at least a first electrode of the transistor. The amplifier stage uses connections to some of the fingers of the first electrode for production of the output signal, and uses one or more other fingers for the first electrode of the transistor for a separate function from the production of the output signal.
US08928394B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit and an operating method thereof, a timing verifying method for a semiconductor integrated circuit and a test method of a semiconductor integrated circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit which includes a control circuit; and a power management integrated circuit (IC) configured to supply an operating voltage to the control circuit. The control circuit includes a clock generator; a processor unit; a temperature sensor; a body bias generator; and a controller. The controller controls the power management IC and the clock generator when temperature data indicates a temperature higher than a high temperature and controls the power management IC or the body bias generator when the temperature data indicates a temperature lower than a low temperature. The high temperature is lower than a hot temperature of the control circuit and the low temperature is higher than a cold temperature of the control circuit and lower than the high temperature.
US08928387B2	Tunable clock distribution system A memory-like structure composed of variable resistor elements for use in tuning respective branches and leaves of a clock distribution structure, which may be used to compensate for chip-by-chip and/or combinatorial logic path-by-path delay variations, which may be due, for example, to physical variations in deep submicron devices and interconnections, is presented. A single system clocked scan flip-flop with the capability to perform delay test measurements is also presented. Methods for measuring combinatorial logic path delays to determine the maximum clock frequency and delays to program the variable resistors, as well as methods for calibrating and measuring the programmed variable resistors, are also presented.
US08928374B2	Semiconductor device and wireless communication device To realize an optimal power-on reset in a system in which the rise of the power supply voltage is sharp.A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes two diodes connected in parallel between power supplies, and a resistor circuit and a capacitance element connected in parallel between one power supply and each of the two diodes, and outputs a comparison result between voltages outputted from the two resistor circuits as a reset signal.
US08928369B1	Low power local oscillator quadrature generator An apparatus comprising a frequency divider comprising a first latch and a second latch coupled to the first latch in a toggle-flop configuration, and an output circuit comprising a first p-channel transistor, wherein the gate of the first p-channel transistor is configured to receive a clock signal, a first n-channel transistor, wherein the gate of the first n-channel transistor is coupled to the first latch, a second n-channel transistor connected in series with the first p-channel transistor and the first n-channel transistor and wherein the gate of the second n-channel transistor is configured to receive the clock signal, a second p-channel transistor, wherein the gate of the second p-channel transistor is configured to receive the clock signal, and a third n-channel transistor in series with the second p-channel transistor and the second n-channel transistor, wherein the output circuit is configured to generate a pair of in-phase reference signals.
US08928362B2	Semiconductor device and electronic apparatus using the same The transistor suffers the variation caused in threshold voltage or mobility due to gathering of the factors of the variation in gate insulator film resulting from a difference in manufacture process or substrate used and of the variation in channel-region crystal state. The present invention provides an electric circuit having an arrangement such that both electrodes of a capacitance element can hold a gate-to-source voltage of a particular transistor. The invention provides an electric circuit having a function capable of setting a potential difference at between the both electrodes of the capacitance element by the use of a constant-current source.
US08928361B1	Common well bias design for a driving circuit and method of using A driving circuit includes a common well. The driving circuit further includes a first output buffer having a bulk connected to the common well, the first output buffer having a first terminal configured to receive a first signal, and having a second terminal connected to the common well. The driving circuit further includes a second output buffer having a bulk connected to the common well, the second output buffer having a first terminal configured to receive the first signal, wherein a second terminal of the second output buffer disconnected from the common well. The driving circuit further includes a first driver connected to the second terminal of the first output buffer and a second driver connected to the second terminal of the second output buffer.
US08928359B2	Charge distribution A charge distributor comprises a charge generator configured to output a charge, a current conveyor, and a plurality of output stages. The current conveyor is configured to receive the charge from the charge generator as an input and to couple this charge to a plurality of output stages. A first output stage, of the plurality of output stages, comprises a plurality of current mirrors. The plurality of current mirrors is configured to mirror and scale the charge received from the current conveyor into a scaled mirrored charge. The first output stage is configured to provide the scaled mirrored charge as an output.
US08928353B2	Binary half-adder using oscillators A binary half-adder comprising first and second oscillators, each oscillator being connected to a first input and to a second input, the second oscillator being connected to the first oscillator, wherein the first oscillator is configured to oscillate if the first input is high or the second input is high, the second oscillator is configured to oscillate if the first and the second inputs are high, and wherein the connection between the second oscillator and the first oscillator is configured to suppress oscillation of the first oscillator if the second oscillator is oscillating.
US08928338B2	Self diagnostics of a particulate matter sensor A particulate matter sensor includes first and second electrodes spaced from each other with a bias resistor connected between the first and second electrodes. The particulate matter sensor allows an open circuit fault condition in the sensor or in the connectors or wiring to the sensor to be detected. A sensing system using the particulate matter sensor and a method for diagnosing faults in a sensing system are also provided.
US08928336B2	Proximity switch having sensitivity control and method therefor A vehicle proximity switch and method are provided having sensitivity control based on a user selected sensitivity input. The switch includes a proximity sensor such, as a capacitive sensor, installed in a vehicle and providing a sense activation field. The proximity switch also includes control circuitry for processing the sense activation field to sense user activation of the switch by comparing the sense activation field to a threshold. The proximity switch further includes a user sensitivity input for receiving a user selected sensitivity input. The control circuitry controls sensitivity of the comparison based on the user selected sensitivity input.
US08928334B1	On-chip noise measurement An apparatus relating to on-chip noise measurement is disclosed. In such an apparatus, an asynchronous comparator receives a first input and a second input to provide a digital output. A threshold voltage generator receives a first periodic signal and a second periodic signal to provide the second input as an analog voltage responsive to the first and second periodic signals. A sampling circuit is coupled to receive the digital output signal and a third periodic signal. The sampling circuit is configured to sample the digital output signal using the third periodic signal to provide a sampled signal of the digital output signal. A processor is coupled to receive a delay signal and the sampled signal to determine a noise measurement signal for the first input signal.
US08928331B2	Diagnostic circuit and method of testing a circuit A diagnostic circuit for trouble shooting electronic control units of appliances includes a voltage sensing and signal generation device with an input/output and an input. The circuit includes first terminals for connecting to the load and second terminals for connecting to the two lines of the sinusoidal source. One of the first terminals is connected to the input/output, and another one of the first terminals is connected to the input. A relay is connected between one of the second terminals and the input/output. Another relay is connected between another one of the second terminals and the input. A first diode pair with clamping diodes is connected to the input/output, and a second diode pair first diode pair with clamping diodes is connected to the input.
US08928326B2	System and method for monitoring electrolyte levels in a battery A measuring device is used in conjunction with a programmable controller for monitoring electrolyte levels in the battery. According to one implementation, the measuring device is located in a battery and is configured to detect when the electrolyte level in the battery falls below a particular level. The controller is in electrical communication with the electrolyte detection device. The controller is configured to: (i) receive a signal from the electrolyte level detection device indicating when the electrolyte level in the battery has fallen below the particular level; (ii) introduce a wait-period after the signal is received; and (iii) enable an indicator to indicate that the electrolyte level in the battery should be refilled when the wait-period expires.
US08928310B2	Magnetoelectronic angle sensor, in particular a reluctance resolver The present invention relates to a reluctance resolver (100) with an at least partially soft magnetic stator (104) and an at least partially soft magnetic rotor (102) which oppose each other by forming an air gap. The magnetic resistance in the air gap changes periodically on account of a configuration of the rotor that varies over the circumference. The angle sensor has a magnetic flux transmitter which is arranged on the stator and generates a predefined magnetic flux distribution in the air gap via at least one pair of poles. Furthermore, a magnetic flux receiver, which measures the intensity of the magnetic field via at least two pairs of signal poles arranged offset from one another at an angle, is arranged on the stator, wherein an angle value for a position of the rotor in relation to the stator can be derived from the two receiver signals. According to the invention, the stator (104) has distributed over the circumference a large number of teeth (110) which are separated from one another by grooves, and the magnetic flux transmitter comprises at least two primary windings which are arranged in such a way that at least one of the teeth carries no primary windings.
US08928309B2	System and method for operating a mobile device having a magnetometer using error indicators A method and system are provided for operating a mobile device having a magnetometer. The method includes obtaining a plurality of error indicators associated with the magnetometer. At least two of the plurality of error indicators have different criteria for error. The method also includes determining an instruction for operating the mobile device using the plurality of error indicators.
US08928299B2	Low power switching DC-DC converter and method of the same A low power DC-DC converter includes a converter stage coupled to an input node, and having a low side switch and a rectifier switch. A peak current detector senses a current at the low side switch and a zero current detector senses a current at the rectifier switch. It is configured to set the low side switch to a non-conductive state and the rectifier switch to a conductive state if the peak current detector detects a predetermined peak current. It is configured to set the rectifier switch to a non-conductive state if the zero current detector detects zero current at the rectifier switch. A time interval between subsequent current peaks is triggered by a charge comparator receiving an average current fed to the low side and rectifier switches from the input node and a reference current coupled to the charge comparator by a reference current source.
US08928297B2	Ćuk based current source Disclosed is a Ćuk based current source, a control circuit for a Ćuk based current source, and a method for providing a current.
US08928295B2	Reconfigurable switched-capacitor voltage converter circuit, integrated circuit (IC) chip including the circuit and method of switching voltage on chip A configurable-voltage converter circuit that may be CMOS and an integrated circuit chip including the converter circuit and method of operating the IC chip and circuit. A transistor totem, e.g., of 6 or more field effect transistors, PFETs and NFETs, connected (PNPNPN) between a first supply (Vin) line and a supply return line. A first switching capacitor is connected between first and second pairs of totem PN FETs pair of transistors. A second switching capacitor is connected between the second and a third pair of totem FETs. A configuration control selectively switches both third FETs off to float the connected end of the second capacitor, thereby switching voltage converter modes.
US08928293B1	Systems for wound field synchronous machines with zero speed rotor position detection during start for motoring and improved transient response for generation An electrical machine includes a stator having a main armature winding, an exciter field winding, and a transformer primary winding. A rotor is operatively connected to rotate relative to the stator, wherein the rotor includes an exciter armature winding operatively connected to the exciter armature winding for field excitation therebetween, a main field winding operatively connected to the main armature winding for field excitation therebetween, and a transformer secondary winding operatively connected to the transformer primary winding to form a rotating transformer. A generator control unit is operatively connected to the main armature winding, exciter field winding, and transformer primary winding to control the main armature and exciter field windings based on excitation in the primary winding received from the transformer secondary winding.
US08928289B1	Power management of device with modular components Managing power in an electronic device to enhance battery performance includes various elements. One aspect includes automatically accelerating discharge of a battery below a threshold prior to recharging the battery. Another aspect includes measuring power requirements of modular components to create an order for use in power distribution. For example, a modular component with a highest power requirement might be charged first. In another example, power might be transferred first from a modular component with a lowest power requirement.
US08928284B2	Variable wireless power transmission Exemplary embodiments are directed to variable power wireless power transmission. A method may include conveying wireless power to a device at a first power level during a time period. The method may further include conveying wireless power to one or more other devices at a second, different power level during another time period.
US08928282B2	Control system for assembled battery The present invention is a control system for an assembled battery that controls an assembled battery comprising a plurality of cells, including: a bypass circuit connected in parallel to each cell of the cells, and comprising a switching element and a resistor connected in series; and a control circuit that controls a bypass current flowing in the bypass circuit by opening and closing the switching element, in order to discharge the cell; wherein the bypass circuit is set so that a current of a same magnitude as a self-discharge current in a predetermined overcharged states of the cell flow in the bypass circuit.
US08928275B2	Wireless energy transfer An apparatus (200) comprising monitoring circuitry (230) configured to monitor a resonant frequency of a supply source (100), a receiving component (211a), and a control unit (220) configured to vary a resonant frequency of said receiving component (211a), wherein the apparatus (200) is configured to vary the resonant frequency of said receiving component (211a) in dependence upon the resonant frequency of said supply source (100).
US08928273B2	Display device for displaying information of rechargeable battery of electric vehicle and charging module having the display device A display device for displaying information of a rechargeable battery of an electric vehicle and a charging module using the display device are disclosed in the present invention. The display device includes a battery capacity unit, a lifetime unit, an information collecting unit and a display unit. It can display the charging state, lifetime, cycle count and health state of the rechargeable battery. The charging module includes a power unit for providing power. It can display battery information when charging the rechargeable battery. The invention provides a convenient way to let customers know the status of the batteries of their electric vehicles and decide if the batteries need to be charged or replaced.
US08928266B1	High efficiency electric motor drive system An electric drive system includes a motor output shaft rotating on a motor axis and a first electric motor. The system includes an epicyclical gear that includes a sun gear, a ring gear, a plurality of planet gears and a carrier. The sun gear, the ring gear and the carrier gear of the epicyclical gear all rotate on the motor axis, and the carrier gear is connected to the motor output shaft via a first flange. The system also includes a second electric motor interposed between the first electric motor and the epicyclical gear. The second motor shaft has a hollow center along the motor axis and the first motor shaft extends through the hollow center of the second motor shaft and is connected to the sun gear. The system also includes a second flange. The second flange connects the second motor shaft to the carrier. The first flange and the second flange are located at opposite sides of the epicyclical gear.
US08928263B2	Control apparatus in motor drive system and method of controlling motor drive system A control apparatus in a motor drive system includes a magnet temperature acquiring device and a step-up ratio determining device. The magnet temperature acquiring device is configured to estimate or detect a temperature of a permanent magnet provided in a rotor or a stator of a motor of the motor drive system. The motor drive system includes a power supplying device to output direct current voltage, and a voltage step-up device to increase, at a certain step-up ratio, the direct current voltage which is output from the power supplying device. The step-up ratio determining device is configured to determine the certain step-up ratio in accordance with the temperature of the permanent magnet estimated or detected by the magnet temperature acquiring device.
US08928251B2	Light emitting diode driver A driver circuit for driving light emitting diodes (LEDs). The driver circuit includes a string of LEDs divided into n groups and the n groups of LEDs is electrically connected to each other in series, where a downstream end of group m−1 is electrically connected to the upstream end of group m. The driver circuit also includes a power source coupled to an upstream end of group 1 and provides an input voltage. The driver circuit further includes current regulating circuits, where each of the current regulating circuits is coupled to the downstream end of the corresponding group at one end and coupled to a ground at the other end. Each of the current regulating circuits includes a sensor amplifier and a cascode having first and second transistors. The driver circuit also includes detectors, where each of the detectors detects a source voltage of the first transistor.
US08928246B2	Detection circuit for keyboard cable One embodiment of a display backlight driver integrated circuit can be configured for operation in at least two different ways. A first method transfers data from an EEPROM to hardware registers prior to regular operation. A second method also transfers data from an EEPROM to registers. However, hardware registers can be overwritten with data accepted from a control bus, prior to regular operation. A keyboard driver IC can detect the presence or absence of a cable to an LED. If the cable is absent, the driver IC will not supply power for the LED. One embodiment of a keyboard and display backlight control system can be configured to allow substantially independent operation.
US08928237B2	Luminaire A luminaire according to one embodiment includes a DC power supply circuit, a switching power supply, and a lighting load. The DC power supply circuit converts an AC voltage controlled in phase to a DC voltage. The switching power supply is connected to the DC power supply circuit, and is controlled so that an input current becomes a constant current. The lighting load is connected as a load circuit of the switching power supply.
US08928236B1	LED driver circuit with unified controller A constant current LED driver circuit includes a unified controller operable to control start up peripheral circuits and control power output of the driver circuit. The unified controller initializes, starts driver circuit components in a predetermined order, and controls operation to prevent runaway operation, failure to start, and nuisance shut downs. Additionally, due to centralized operational condition monitoring, the controller can detect conditions that would cause unnecessary shut downs and prevent such nuisance shutdowns. The unified controller enables fast, finite control over switches of a DC-to-DC converter of the driver circuit to improve output current and voltage control, improving closed loop responsiveness and operation of the DC-to-DC converter.
US08928232B2	Lighting network with autonomous commissioning Networked intelligent lighting devices and other elements connected to the network of a lighting system are readily adaptable to desirable networking arrangements as well as logical functional groups, for example by each storing communication provisioning data and/or configuration data for logically associating system elements into one or more groupings or sub-networks. The exemplary systems and system elements may also enable such enhanced network arrangement via autonomous discovery and device commissioning.
US08928228B2	Embodiments of a field emission device In one embodiment, the trajectory of one or more electrons is controlled in a field emission device. In another embodiment, the field emission device is configured analogously to a klystron. In another embodiment, the field emission device is configured with electrical circuitry selected to control the input and output of the device.
US08928225B2	Light display device for displaying a display level Provided is a display device in which design properties have been improved by eliminating the flickering when the display level changes. A microcomputer (5) causes light emission of first LEDs (23 and 24) which are the first and second ones counting from the right end among the emitting first LEDs (21 to 24), with decreasing brightness towards the right end. Furthermore, the microcomputer (5) causes light emission of second LEDs from a second LED (77) which is disposed at the right end of the second LEDs (71 to 77), to a second LED (73) which is disposed at a position overlapped with the first LEDs (23 and 24) that emit light with decreasing brightness towards the right end, and also causes light emission of second LEDs (73 and 74), which are the first and second ones counting from the left end among the emitting second LEDs (73 to 77), with decreasing brightness towards the left end.
US08928220B2	White light emitting device and display apparatus A white light emitting device includes: a blue light emitting diode (LED) which emits blue light; and a resin packing unit which encapsulates the blue LED, wherein the resin packing unit includes a first wavelength conversion material which, in response to being excited by the blue light, emits green light, a second wavelength conversion material which, in response to being excited by the blue light, emits red light, and a complex compound which absorbs light of a region in which the green light and the red light are mixed, the light of the region being included in white light implemented through a mixture of the green light and the red light excited together with the blue light.
US08928207B2	Tuning-fork type quartz-crystal vibrating pieces and piezoelectric devices having low crystal impedance Tuning-fork type quartz-crystal vibrating pieces are disclosed, of which the vibration frequency can be adjusted without increasing CI. An exemplary piezoelectric device has a pair of vibrating arms extending in a predetermined direction from a first edge of a base. Respective first grooves are defined in a first principal surface of the vibrating arms. The first grooves extend in the predetermined direction, and have first excitation electrodes extending from a back-edge surface but not completely to a front-edge surface of the grooves. Respective second grooves are defined in a second principal surface, opposite the first principal surface, of the vibrating arms. The second grooves extend in the predetermined direction, and have second excitation electrodes extending from a back-edge surface completely to a front-edge surface of the second grooves.
US08928206B2	Method for obtaining electrical energy from the kinetic energy of waves The invention relates to a method for obtaining electrical energy from the kinetic energy waves. According to said method, a device is provided in the water, comprising an electroactive polymer that can expand with the action of the waves. When the electroactive polymer expands, an electrical charge is applied at a specific time for a specific time interval. Said electrical charge is removed during the relaxation of the polymer, except for a residual charge. According to said method, the variables of the electrical target charge required for the operation of the method, and the time intervals for the beginning and end of the charging and discharging of the electroactive polymer are determined. The invention also relates to a system for obtaining electrical energy and to a computer program product comprising commands that can be implemented by a microprocessor for carrying out the calculations in the method according to the invention.
US08928193B2	Stepping motor for meter A stepping motor for a meter to rotate a pointer of a meter, the stepping motor for a meter includes: a rotor part having: a cylindrical magnet; and a rotational shaft, which is hollow and made of a resin, and which is molded on an inner periphery of the cylindrical magnet and is coaxial with the cylindrical magnet; a stator part that contains the rotor part therein and has an excitation coil; a front plate made of a resin, and an end plate made of a resin, wherein a fixing part to fix the cylindrical magnet is molded when molding the rotational shaft, and wherein the cylindrical magnet is fixed by the fixing part so that the cylindrical magnet and the rotational shaft are integrated.
US08928192B2	Electromagnetic vibrator with dual layer diaphragm unit An electromagnetic vibrator includes an electromagnetic provider and a vibration unit, wherein the vibration unit includes a diaphragm unit and an induction coil unit affixing on an inner side of the diaphragm unit, so that when the vibration unit is mounted to the electromagnetic provider, the induction coil is inducted to the electromagnetic to generate an electromagnetic field, so as to axially vibrate the induction coil to vibrate the vibration unit.
US08928189B2	Power connector between serial interfaces This invention relates to a method, an apparatus, a computer program product and a system for a first serial and a second serial interface for connecting or disconnecting a power terminal of a first serial interface to a power terminal of a second serial interface based on a voltage level at an identification terminal of the second serial interface, wherein each interface comprising at least one data line and power supply line.
US08928188B2	Earth leakage power supply with bypass A power supply circuit for a remote load and a local controller includes a line connection receiving electrical power from an AC source. A load connection connects to the remote load. A switch is located between the line and load connections. Power is supplied to the load from the AC source through the switch. The switch is selectively opened and closed by the controller. A low voltage supply portion supplies power from the AC source to the controller. The low voltage supply portion includes an energy storage device for storing electrical energy for the controller. A current-limited earth ground portion conducts charging current from the energy storage device to earth and prevents charging current conducted to earth from exceeding a predetermined current level. An earth ground bypass portion conducts at least some of the charging current to the load when the switch located between the line and load is open.
US08928184B2	Reliable low-cost hybrid switch module for switched power distribution systems Disclosed are method and apparatus for implementing power distribution unit with a hybrid switching module. The apparatus comprises multiple outlets coupled to a hybrid switching module that switches on or off the plurality of outlets. The apparatus further comprises a single SSR for the hybrid switching module and two EMRs for an outlet and a controller that communicates with the hybrid switching module via digital line(s) to control power distribution. The apparatus comprises a display for displaying information related to the power outlets, two current detection circuitries for monitoring the total input current and an individual outlet, and a voltage detection circuitry for sensing voltages. The number of outlets may be scaled by using one or more hybrid switching module that share the single SSR. The apparatus further comprises a web server running thereon to interface with remote users to process the user's requests for the apparatus.
US08928182B2	Wireless power feeder and wireless power transmission system A wireless power feeder has a power feed coil that performs a power feed by a non-contact method to a wireless power receiver having a power receive coil. A power source section supplies AC power to the power feed coil. A control section calculates a power transmission efficiency from the power feed coil to the power receive coil to control a power source section so that the power supply to the power feed coil is in a stopped or intermittent state when the power transmission efficiency is lower than a first determination reference value; is in a first power supply state when the power transmission efficiency is equal to or higher than the first determination reference value and lower than a larger second determination reference value; and is in a second power supply state when the power transmission efficiency is equal to or higher than the second determination reference value.
US08928167B2	Bluff body turbine A passive bluff body is disposed in flowing fluid for generating power. The shape of the bluff body supports a predetermined oscillatory clockwise and counter clockwise movement about a pivot absent the influence of electrical or mechanical devices for biasing the bluff body's motion for a given velocity, or range of velocities, of the fluid flow.
US08928163B2	System and process for controlling active power in a power generation plant The present invention describes a process for controlling the active power injected into the grid by a generating plant for contributing to the stability of the power grid in the event of frequency variations where, in response to a deviation in grid frequency, each generating unit calculates an active power variation parameter generated based on a first parameter stored in said generating unit, said first parameter being representative of a respective contribution of said generating unit to a required variation in total active power of the generating plant, and where a central control unit of the generating plant connected to each generating unit updates the value of the first parameters when changes are produced therein.
US08928159B2	Alignment marks in substrate having through-substrate via (TSV) A device includes a substrate, and an alignment mark including a conductive through-substrate via (TSV) penetrating through the substrate.
US08928157B2	Encapsulation techniques for leadless semiconductor packages An encapsulation technique for leadless semiconductor packages entails: (a) attaching a plurality of dice (411) to die pads in cavities (41-45, 51-55) of a leadframe, the cavities arranged in a matrix of columns and rows; (b) electrically connecting the dice to a plurality of conducting portions (412-414) of the leadframe; and (c) longitudinally injecting molding material into the cavities along the columns via a plurality of longitudinal gates (46-49, 56-59) of the leadframe to package the dice in the cavities, the longitudinal gates situated between the cavities along the columns.
US08928153B2	Flip-chip, face-up and face-down centerbond memory wirebond assemblies A microelectronic assembly can include a substrate having first and second surfaces and an aperture extending therebetween, the substrate having terminals. The assembly can also include a first microelectronic element having a front surface facing the first surface of the substrate, a second microelectronic element having a front surface facing the first microelectronic element and projecting beyond an edge of the first microelectronic element, first and second leads electrically connecting contacts of the respective first and second microelectronic elements to the terminals, and third leads electrically interconnecting the contacts of the first and second microelectronic elements. The contacts of the first microelectronic element can be exposed at the front surface thereof adjacent the edge thereof. The contacts of the second microelectronic element can be disposed in a central region of the front surface thereof. The first, second, and third leads can have portions aligned with the aperture.
US08928145B2	Formation of alpha particle shields in chip packaging A structure and system for forming the structure. The structure includes a semiconductor chip and an interposing shield having a top side and a bottom side. The semiconductor chip includes N chip electric pads, wherein N is a positive integer of at least 2. The N chip electric pads are electrically connected to a plurality of devices on the semiconductor chip. The electric shield includes 2N electric conductors and N shield electric pads. Each shield electrical pad is in electrical contact and direct physical contact with a corresponding pair of electric conductors of the 2N electric conductors. The interposing shield includes a shield material. The shield material includes a first semiconductor material. The semiconductor chip is bonded to the top side of the interposing shield. Each chip electric pads is in electrical contact and direct physical contact with a corresponding shield electrical pad of the N shield electric pads.
US08928142B2	Apparatus related to capacitance reduction of a signal port In one general aspect, an apparatus includes a first capacitor defined by a dielectric disposed between a bump metal and a region of a first conductivity type, and a second capacitor in series with the first capacitor and defined by a PN junction including the region of the first conductivity type and a region of a second conductivity type. The region of the first conductivity type can be configured to be coupled to a first node having a first voltage, and the region of the second conductivity type can be configured to be coupled to a second node having a second voltage different than the first voltage.
US08928140B2	Method of manufacturing an electronic system A method of manufacturing an electronic system. One embodiment provides a semiconductor chip having a first main face and a second main face opposite to the first main face. A mask is applied to the first main face of the semiconductor chip. A compound is applied to the first main face of the semiconductor chip. The compound includes electronically conductive particles. The semiconductor chip is coupled to a carrier with the compound facing the carrier.
US08928139B2	Device having wirelessly enabled functional blocks Embodiments described herein provide enhanced integrated circuit (IC) devices. In an embodiment, an IC device includes a substrate, an IC die coupled to a surface of the substrate, a first wirelessly enabled functional block located, on the IC die, the first wirelessly enabled functional block being configured to wirelessly communicate with a second wirelessly enabled functional block located on the substrate, and a ground ring configured to provide electromagnetic shielding for the first and second wirelessly enabled functional blocks.
US08928138B2	Complete power management system implemented in a single surface mount package A complete power management system implemented in a single surface mount package. The system may be drawn to a DC to DC converter system and includes, in a leadless surface mount package, a driver/controller, a MOSFET transistor, passive components (e.g., inductor, capacitor, resistor), and optionally a diode. The MOSFET transistor may be replaced with an insulated gate bipolar transistor, IGBT in various embodiments. The system may also be a power management system, a smart power module or a motion control system. The passive components may be connected between the leadframe connections. The active components may be coupled to the leadframe using metal clip bonding techniques. In one embodiment, an exposed metal bottom may act as an effective heat sink.
US08928137B2	Flow meter with ultrasound transducer directly connected to and fixed to measurement circuit board An ultrasound flow meter unit arranged to measure a fluid flow rate is provided, where the unit comprises a circuit board 502 which comprises an electronic circuit, a first ultrasound transducer 506 and a first conducting path 564 electrically connected to first ultrasound transducer and the electronic circuit, wherein the circuit board is a multi-layer circuit board and the first conducting path 564 is arranged at least partially between a first layer 581 and a second layer 582. In a further embodiment, there is provided an upper electrically conducting layer 586 and/or a lower electrically conducting layer 588 which substantially covers, respectively, the upper surface of the first layer 581 and the lower surface of the second layer 582.
US08928121B2	Thermal stress reduction The present invention relates to a method for thermal stress reduction on a wafer, comprising the steps of providing a patterned wafer with saw lanes between adjacent dies, forming thin holes within the silicon substrate, which holes create a dotted groove in the saw lanes, and wherein no second layer on an opposing side of the wafer is formed, a patterned wafer obtained by said method. The forming of the holes is preferably combined with other processing steps or another step to avoid additional operations and manipulations prior to, or after standard wafer processing, and it therefore optimizes fabrication quality and costs. Preferably the holes within the silicon substrate having a depth of more than 3 to 50 μm, preferably from 5-40 μm, like 20 μm.
US08928120B1	Wafer edge protection structure Among other things, one or more wafer edge protection structures and techniques for forming such wafer edge protection structures are provided. A substrate of a semiconductor wafer comprises an edge, such as a beveled wafer edge portion, that is susceptible to Epi growth which results in undesirable particle contamination of the semiconductor wafer. Accordingly, a wafer edge protection structure is formed over the beveled wafer edge portion. The wafer edge protection structure comprises an Epi growth resistant material, such as an amorphous material, a non-crystalline material, oxide, or other material. In this way, the wafer edge protection structure mitigates Epi growth on the beveled wafer edge portion, where the Epi growth increases a likelihood of particle contamination from cracking or peeling of an Epi film resulting from the Epi growth. The wafer edge protection structure thus mitigates at least some contamination of the wafer.
US08928118B2	Processes and structures for IC fabrication The present invention discloses methods and apparatuses for the separations of IC fabrication and assembling of separated IC components to form complete IC structures. In an embodiment, the present fabrication separation of an IC structure into multiple discrete components can take advantages of dedicated IC fabrication facilities and achieve more cost effective products. In another embodiment, the present chip assembling provides high density interconnect wires between bond pads, enabling cost-effective assembling of small chip components. In an aspect, the present process provides multiple interconnect wires in the form of a ribbon between the bond pads, and then subsequently separates the ribbon into multiple individual interconnect wires.
US08928108B2	Semiconductor devices with heterojunction barrier regions and methods of fabricating same An electronic device includes a silicon carbide layer including an n-type drift region therein, a contact forming a junction, such as a Schottky junction, with the drift region, and a p-type junction barrier region on the silicon carbide layer. The p-type junction barrier region includes a p-type polysilicon region forming a P-N heterojunction with the drift region, and the p-type junction barrier region is electrically connected to the contact. Related methods are also disclosed.
US08928106B2	Electroconductive element, electroconductive element manufacturing method, wiring element, information input device, display device, and electronic apparatus An electroconductive element includes a substrate having a first wavy surface and a second wavy surface, and an electroconductive layer formed on the first wavy surface, wherein the electroconductive layer forms an electroconductive pattern, and the first wavy surface and the second wavy surface satisfy the following relationship: 0≦(Am1/λm1)<(Am2/λm2)≦1.8. Am1 is a mean amplitude of vibrations of the first wavy surface, Am2 is a mean amplitude of vibrations of the second wavy surface, λm1 is a mean wavelength of the first wavy surface, and λm2 is a mean wavelength of the second wavy surface.
US08928105B2	Method and apparatus for thin film module with dotted interconnects and vias A method to fabricate monolithically-integrated optoelectronic module apparatuses (100) comprising at least two series-interconnected optoelectronic components (104, 106, 108). The method includes deposition and scribing on an insulating substrate or superstate (110) of a 3-layer stack in order (a, b, c) or (c, b, a) comprising: (a) back-contact electrodes (122, 124, 126, 128), (b) semiconductive layer (130), and (c) front-contact components (152, 154, 156, 158). Via holes (153, 155, 157) are drilled so that heat of the drilling process causes a metallization at the surface of said via holes that renders conductive the semi-conductive layer's surface (132, 134, 136, 138) of said via holes, thereby establishing series-interconnecting electrical paths between optoelectronic components (104, 106, 108) by connecting first front-contact components (154, 156) to second back-contact electrodes (124, 126).
US08928100B2	Spin transfer torque cell for magnetic random access memory Embodiments are directed to STT MRAM devices. One embodiment of an STT MRAM device includes a reference layer, a tunnel barrier layer, a free layer and one or more conductive vias. The reference layer is configured to have a fixed magnetic moment. In addition, the tunnel barrier layer is configured to enable electrons to tunnel between the reference layer and the free layer through the tunnel barrier layer. The free layer is disposed beneath the tunnel barrier layer and is configured to have an adaptable magnetic moment for the storage of data. The conductive via is disposed beneath the free layer and is connected to an electrode. Further, the conductive via has a width that is smaller than a width of the free layer such that a width of an active STT area for the storage of data in the free layer is defined by the width of the conductive via.
US08928094B2	Strained asymmetric source/drain The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device and methods of making wherein the semiconductor device has strained asymmetric source and drain regions. A method of fabricating the semiconductor device includes providing a substrate and forming a poly gate stack on the substrate. A dopant is implanted in the substrate at an implant angle ranging from about 10° to about 25° from perpendicular to the substrate. A spacer is formed adjacent the poly gate stack on the substrate. A source region and a drain region are etched in the substrate. A strained source layer and a strained drain layer are respectively deposited into the etched source and drain regions in the substrate, such that the source region and the drain region are asymmetric with respect to the poly gate stack. The poly gate stack is removed from the substrate and a high-k metal gate is formed using a gate-last process where the poly gate stack was removed.
US08928091B2	Field-effect-transistor with self-aligned diffusion contact Embodiments of the present invention provide an array of fin-type transistors formed on top of an oxide layer. At least a first and a second of the fin-type transistors have their respective source and drain contacts being formed inside the oxide layer, with one of the contacts of the first fin-type transistor being conductively connected to one of the contacts of the second fin-type transistor by an epitaxial silicon layer, wherein the epitaxial silicon layer is formed on top of a first and a second fin of the first and second fin-type transistors respectively.
US08928088B2	Integrated circuits having dummy gate electrodes and methods of forming the same A method of forming an integrated circuit comprises forming at least one gate electrode of at least one active transistor, and at least one first dummy gate electrode. The method also comprises forming a first doped region disposed in the substrate and adjacent to a first side wall of the at least one first dummy gate electrode, wherein the first doped region has a first conductivity type dopant. The method further comprises forming a second doped region disposed in the substrate and adjacent to a second side wall of the at least one first dummy gate electrode. The second doped region has a second conductivity type dopant that is opposite to the first conductivity type dopant.
US08928086B2	Strained finFET with an electrically isolated channel A fin structure includes an optional doped well, a disposable single crystalline semiconductor material portion, and a top semiconductor portion formed on a substrate. A disposable gate structure straddling the fin structure is formed, and end portions of the fin structure are removed to form end cavities. Doped semiconductor material portions are formed on sides of a stack of the disposable single crystalline semiconductor material portion and a channel region including the top semiconductor portion. The disposable single crystalline semiconductor material portion may be replaced with a dielectric material portion after removal of the disposable gate structure or after formation of the stack. The gate cavity is filled with a gate dielectric and a gate electrode. The channel region is stressed by the doped semiconductor material portions, and is electrically isolated from the substrate by the dielectric material portion.
US08928082B2	JLT (junction-less transistor) device and method for fabricating the same A method for fabricating a junction-less transistor device that includes a substrate, a buried dielectric layer having a fin structure on the substrate, a doped region formed through the buried dielectric layer in the substrate, a semiconductor layer overlying the buried dielectric layer and the doped region, a gate structure on the semiconductor layer, and source/drain regions in the semiconductor layer at opposite sides of the gate structure. The semiconductor layer includes first, second, third regions, with the second region interposed between the first and second regions and disposed underneath the gate electrode structure. The first, second, and third regions have a same doping polarity. The second region has a doping concentration less than those of the first and second regions. The second region and the doped region have opposite doping polarities. The second region has a groove in contact with a bottom portion of the gate structure.
US08928078B2	Double diffused metal oxide semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof The present invention discloses a double diffused metal oxide semiconductor (DMOS) device and a manufacturing method thereof. The DMOS device includes: a first conductive type substrate, a second conductive type high voltage well, a gate, a first conductive type body region, a second conductive type source, a second conductive type drain, a first conductive type body electrode, and a first conductive type floating region. The floating region is formed in the body region, which is electrically floating and is electrically isolated from the source and the gate, such that the electrostatic discharge (ESD) effect is mitigated.
US08928077B2	Superjunction structures for power devices In one general aspect, a power device includes an active region having a plurality of pillars of a first conductivity type alternately arranged with a plurality of pillars of a second conductivity type where the plurality of pillars of the second conductivity type in the active region each have substantially the same width. The power device includes a termination region surrounding at least a portion of the active region and having a plurality of pillars of the first conductivity type alternately arranged with a plurality of pillars of the second conductivity type where the plurality of pillars of the second conductivity type in the active region each have substantially the same width and are smaller than each width of the pillars of the second conductivity type in the termination region. The power device includes a transition region disposed between the active region and the termination region.
US08928075B2	Power integrated circuit including series-connected source substrate and drain substrate power MOSFETs A semiconductor device containing a high voltage MOS transistor with a drain drift region over a lower drain layer and channel regions laterally disposed at the top surface of the substrate. RESURF trenches cut through the drain drift region and body region parallel to channel current flow. The RESURF trenches have dielectric liners and electrically conductive RESURF elements on the liners. Source contact metal is disposed over the body region and source regions. A semiconductor device containing a high voltage MOS transistor with a drain drift region over a lower drain layer, and channel regions laterally disposed at the top surface of the substrate. RESURF trenches cut through the drain drift region and body region perpendicular to channel current flow. Source contact metal is disposed in a source contact trench and extended over the drain drift region to provide a field plate.
US08928070B2	Trench type power transistor device with super junction The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a trench type power transistor device with a super junction. First, a substrate of a first conductivity type is provided, and then an epitaxial layer of a second conductive type is formed on the substrate. Next, a through hole is formed in the epitaxial layer, and the through hole penetrates through the epitaxial layer. Two doped drain regions of the first conductivity type are then formed in the epitaxial layer respectively at two sides of the through hole, and the doped drain regions extend from a top surface of the epitaxial layer to be in contact with the substrate.
US08928068B2	Vertical semiconductor device with thinned substrate A vertical semiconductor device (e.g. a vertical power device, an IGBT device, a vertical bipolar transistor, a UMOS device or a GTO thyristor) is formed with an active semiconductor region, within which a plurality of semiconductor structures have been fabricated to form an active device, and below which at least a portion of a substrate material has been removed to isolate the active device, to expose at least one of the semiconductor structures for bottom side electrical connection and to enhance thermal dissipation. At least one of the semiconductor structures is preferably contacted by an electrode at the bottom side of the active semiconductor region.
US08928047B2	MOSFET with source side only stress An integrated circuit contains a transistor with a stress enhancement region on the source side only. In a DeMOS transistor, forming the stress enhancement region on the source side only and not forming a stress enhancement region in the drain extension increases the resistance of the drain extension region enabling formation of a DeMOS transistor with reduced area. In a MOS transistor, by forming the stress enhancement region on the source side only and eliminating the stress enhancement region from the drain side, transistor leakage is reduced and CHC reliability improved.
US08928042B2	Structure having plural conductive regions and process for production thereof A structure having a plurality of conductive regions insulated electrically from each other comprises a movable piece supported movably above the upper face of the conductive region, the movable piece having an electrode in opposition to the conductive region, the structure being constructed to be capable of emitting and receiving electric signals through the lower face of the conductive region, the plural conductive regions being insulated by sequentially connected oxidized regions formed from an oxide of a material having through-holes or grooves.
US08928039B2	Semiconductor device including heterojunction field effect transistor and Schottky barrier diode According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device has a first nitride semiconductor layer, a second nitride semiconductor layer provided on the first nitride semiconductor layer and formed of a non-doped or n-type nitride semiconductor having a band gap wider than that of the first nitride semiconductor layer, a heterojunction field effect transistor having a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode, a Schottky barrier diode having an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, and first and second element isolation insulating layers. The first element isolation insulating layer has a first end contacting with the drain electrode and the anode electrode, and a second end located in the first nitride semiconductor layer. The second element isolation insulating layer has a third end contacting with the cathode electrode, and a fourth end located in the first nitride semiconductor layer.
US08928036B2	High operating temperature barrier infrared detector with tailorable cutoff wavelength A barrier infrared detector with absorber materials having selectable cutoff wavelengths and its method of manufacture is described. A GaInAsSb absorber layer may be grown on a GaSb substrate layer formed by mixing GaSb and InAsSb by an absorber mixing ratio. A GaAlAsSb barrier layer may then be grown on the barrier layer formed by mixing GaSb and AlSbAs by a barrier mixing ratio. The absorber mixing ratio may be selected to adjust a band gap of the absorber layer and thereby determine a cutoff wavelength for the barrier infrared detector. The absorber mixing ratio may vary along an absorber layer growth direction. Various contact layer architectures may be used. In addition, a top contact layer may be isolated into an array of elements electrically isolated as individual functional detectors that may be used in a detector array, imaging array, or focal plane array.
US08928031B2	Nanotube semiconductor devices Semiconductor devices are formed using a thin epitaxial layer (nanotube) formed on sidewalls of dielectric-filled trenches. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device is formed in a second semiconductor layer disposed on a first semiconductor layer of opposite conductivity type and having trenches formed therein where the trenches extend from the top surface to the bottom surface of the second semiconductor layer. The semiconductor device includes a first epitaxial layer formed on sidewalls of the trenches where the first epitaxial layer is substantially charge balanced with adjacent semiconductor regions. The semiconductor device further includes a first dielectric layer formed in the trenches adjacent the first epitaxial layer and a gate electrode disposed in an upper portion of at least some of the trenches above the first dielectric layer and insulated from the sidewalls of the trenches by a gate dielectric layer.
US08928025B2	LED lighting apparatus with swivel connection Disclosed is a LED lighting apparatus with one or more swivel connections. The LED lighting apparatus includes a housing with at least one end, at least one light emitting diode extending along the housing and at least one end cap. The end cap has an opening with a sidewall to cap the end of the housing and a surface opposite the opening and spanning the sidewall. At least two pin connectors extend from the surface and are connectable to a standard fluorescent or incandescent light fixture. Various configurations are described such that the housing will rotate within the end caps with application of a rotational force after connection of the pin connectors to the light fixture to adjust the light output direction of the LED lighting apparatus.
US08928023B1	Arrangement of solid state light sources and lamp using same Arrangements of solid state light sources for color-mixing, and light sources including the same, are provided. A substrate has a plurality of different color LED chips coupled thereto. The emitted light is mixed to produce a white light output. The LED chips are arranged on the substrate in a manner that improves color-mixing, for example, by forming LED sets including one or more LED chips of different colors, by skewing the LED chips, and/or by forming a non-rectangular array or a circular array of LED sets and/or chips. The color-mixing LED arrangement may be used in a lamp or other light source together with collimating optics to collimate and further mix the color-mixed light output from the LED arrangement. The color-mixing LED arrangement may be provided as a single package with multiple LED chips or as multiple packages of one or more LED chips.
US08928014B2	Stress relief for array-based electronic devices In accordance with certain embodiments, an electric device includes a flexible substrate having first and second conductive traces on a first surface thereof and separated by a gap therebetween, an electronic component spanning the gap, and a stiffener configured to substantially prevent flexing of the substrate proximate the gap during flexing of the substrate.
US08928011B2	Light-emitting device and lighting device A highly reliable light-emitting device or lighting device is provided. Further, a light-emitting device or lighting device with a high manufacturing yield is provided. Provided is a light-emitting device having a contact structure which includes a separation layer having a shape typified by a reverse tapered shape in which an outline of the bottom portion is inside an outline of an upper portion and which utilizes the difference between an amount of a light-emitting layer extending inside the outline and that of an upper electrode extending inside the outline. Further, when the outline of the separation layer which forms the contact portion has a depression and a projection, the length of the contact portion can be increased, and thus, contact resistance can be reduced.
US08928005B2	Light-emitting device A semiconductor light-emitting device that is high in luminous efficiency and that emits light which is high in color rendering property includes a semiconductor light-emitting element that emits blue light; a green fluorescent substance that absorbs the blue light and emits green light; and an orange fluorescent substance that absorbs the blue light and emits orange light, fluorescence emitted by the green fluorescent substance and the orange fluorescent substance having an emission spectrum that has a peak wavelength of not less than 540 nm and not more than 565 nm and that satisfies the relation of 0.70>PI(90)/PI(MAX)>0.55, where PI(MAX) represents an emission intensity at the peak wavelength, and PI(90) represents an emission intensity at a wavelength 90 nm longer than the peak wavelength.
US08928001B2	Group III nitride compound semiconductor light emitting element and method for producing the same A group III nitride compound semiconductor light emitting device that inhibits occurrence of dislocation in a strain relaxation layer in forming a group III nitride compound semiconductor layer on a thin GaN substrate, and a method for producing the same are provided. A light emitting device 100 comprises a support substrate 10, a GaN substrate 20, an n-type contact layer 30, a strain relaxation layer 40 (n-type InGaN layer), a light emitting layer 50, a p-type clad layer 60, and a p-type contact layer 70. The GaN substrate 20 has a thickness in a range of from 10 nm to 10 μm. The strain relaxation layer 40 (n-type InGaN layer) has an In composition ratio X in a range of from larger than 0 to 3%.
US08927994B2	Display device Disclosed is a display device and an electronic apparatus incorporating the display device. The display device includes a transistor and a planarization film over the transistor. The planarization film has an opening where an edge portion is rounded. The display device further includes a first electrode over the planarization film and an organic resin film over the first electrode. The organic resin film also has an opening where an edge portion is rounded. The organic resin film is located in the opening of the planarization film. The first electrode and the transistor are electrically connected to each other through a conductive film. The first electrode is in contact with a top surface of the conductive film. Over the first electrode, a light-emitting member and a second electrode are provided.
US08927993B2	Array substrate for fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing an array substrate for a fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display includes: forming an auxiliary insulating layer on a second passivation layer and having a first thickness; forming first and second photoresist patterns on the auxiliary insulating layer and having second and third thicknesses, respectively, the second thickness greater than the third thickness; etching the auxiliary insulating layer, the second passivation layer and a first passivation layer to form a drain contact hole; performing an ashing to remove the second photoresist pattern and expose the auxiliary insulating layer therebelow; performing a dry etching to remove the auxiliary insulating layer not covered by the first photoresist pattern and expose the first passivation layer and to form an insulating pattern below the first photoresist pattern, the insulating pattern and the first photoresist pattern forming an undercut shape; forming a transparent conductive material layer having a fourth thickness less than the first thickness; and performing a lift-off process to remove the first photoresist pattern and the transparent conductive material layer thereon together and form a pixel electrode as a remaining portion of the transparent conductive material layer.
US08927984B2	Rotated channel semiconductor field effect transistor A transistor device, such as a rotated channel metal oxide/insulator field effect transistor (RC-MO(I)SFET), includes a substrate including a non-polar or semi-polar wide band gap substrate material such as an Al2O3 or a ZnO or a Group-III Nitride-based material, and a first structure disposed on a first side of the substrate comprising of AlInGaN-based and/or ZnMgO based semiconducting materials. The first structure further includes an intentional current-conducting sidewall channel or facet whereupon additional semiconductor layers, dielectric layers and electrode layers are disposed and upon which the field effect of the dielectric and electrode layers occurs thus allowing for a high density monolithic integration of a multiplicity of discrete devices on a common substrate thereby enabling a higher power density than in conventional lateral power MOSFET devices.
US08927969B2	Doped graphene electronic materials A graphene substrate is doped with one or more functional groups to form an electronic device.
US08927968B2	Accurate control of distance between suspended semiconductor nanowires and substrate surface A method of forming a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes providing a structure including, a handle substrate, a buried boron nitride layer located above an uppermost surface of the handle substrate, a buried oxide layer located on an uppermost surface of the buried boron nitride layer, and a top semiconductor layer located on an uppermost surface of the buried oxide layer. Next, a first semiconductor pad, a second semiconductor pad and a plurality of semiconductor nanowires connecting the first semiconductor pad and the second semiconductor pad in a ladder-like configuration are patterned into the top semiconductor layer. The semiconductor nanowires are suspended by removing a portion of the buried oxide layer from beneath each semiconductor nanowire, wherein a portion of the uppermost surface of the buried boron nitride layer is exposed. Next, a gate all-around field effect transistor is formed.
US08927963B2	Semiconductor memory cell, device, and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor memory cell, a semiconductor memory device, and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The semiconductor memory cell may comprise: a substrate; a channel region on the substrate; a gate region above the channel region; a source region and a drain region on the substrate and at opposite sides of the channel region; and a buried layer, which is disposed between the substrate and the channel region and comprises a material having a forbidden band narrower than that of a material for the channel region material. The buried layer material has a forbidden band narrower than that of the channel region material, so that a hole barrier is formed in the buried layer. Due to the barrier, it is difficult for holes stored in the buried layer to leak out, resulting in an improved information holding duration of the memory cell utilizing the floating-body effect.
US08927962B2	Group III nitride semiconductor optical device A group III nitride semiconductor optical device 11a has a group III nitride semiconductor substrate 13 having a main surface 13a forming a finite angle with a reference plane Sc orthogonal to a reference axis Cx extending in a c-axis direction of the group III nitride semiconductor and an active layer 17 of a quantum-well structure, disposed on the main surface 13a of the group III nitride semiconductor substrate 13, including a well layer 28 made of a group III nitride semiconductor and a plurality of barrier layers 29 made of a group III nitride semiconductor. The main surface 13a exhibits semipolarity. The active layer 17 has an oxygen content of at least 1×1017 cm−3 but not exceeding 8×1017 cm−3. The plurality of barrier layers 29 contain an n-type impurity other than oxygen by at least 1×1017 cm−3 but not exceeding 1×1019 cm−3 in an upper near-interface area 29u in contact with a lower interface 28Sd of the well layer 28 on the group III nitride semiconductor substrate side.
US08927961B2	Semiconductor light emitting device and method for manufacturing the same Disclosed is a semiconductor light emitting device including a first conductive semiconductor layer including an n-type dopant, an active layer, and a second to sixth conductive semiconductor layers including a p-type dopant. The third to sixth conductive semiconductor layers includes an AlGaN-based semiconductor on the active layer, and the second conductive semiconductor layer includes a GaN-based semiconductor layer on the sixth conductive semiconductor layer. The active layer includes plurality of quantum barrier layers and plurality of quantum well layers and includes a cycle of 2 to 10. The plurality of quantum well layers include an InGaN semiconductor and at least one of the plurality of quantum barrier layers includes a GaN-based semiconductor. The sixth conductive semiconductor layer has a thickness of about 5 nm to about 100 nm.
US08927959B2	Deep ultraviolet light emitting diode A light emitting diode is provided, which includes an n-type contact layer and a light generating structure adjacent to the n-type contact layer. The light generating structure includes a set of quantum wells. The contact layer and light generating structure can be configured so that a difference between an energy of the n-type contact layer and an electron ground state energy of a quantum well is greater than an energy of a polar optical phonon in a material of the light generating structure. Additionally, the light generating structure can be configured so that its width is comparable to a mean free path for emission of a polar optical phonon by an electron injected into the light generating structure.
US08927956B2	Resistance type memory device A resistance type memory device is provided. The resistance type memory device includes a first and a second conductors and a metal oxide layer. The metal oxide layer is disposed between the first and the second conductors, and the resistance type memory device is defined in a first resistivity. The resistance type memory device is defined in a second resistivity after a first pulse voltage is applied to the metal oxide layer. The resistance type memory device is defined in a third resistivity after a second pulse voltage is applied to the metal oxide layer. The second resistivity is greater than the first resistivity, and the first resistivity is greater than the third resistivity.
US08927952B2	Target for laser produced plasma extreme ultraviolet light source Techniques for generating EUV light include directing a first pulse of radiation toward a target material droplet to form a modified droplet, the first pulse of radiation having an energy sufficient to alter a shape of the target material droplet; directing a second pulse of radiation toward the modified droplet to form an absorption material, the second pulse of radiation having an energy sufficient to change a property of the modified droplet, the property being related to absorption of radiation; and directing an amplified light beam toward the absorption material, the amplified light beam having an energy sufficient to convert at least a portion of the absorption material into extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light.

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