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| US07805763B2 |
Method for distributing values for networks with mobile nodes
A method (100, 200, 300, 400, 600) for sharing values among nodes (processors) (900, 1004, 1006, 1008, 1010) in a network (1000) that includes mobile nodes that is resistant to corruption by faulty nodes. Movement of nodes triggers special messages forwarding processor values to and from nodes that have moved. Movement also triggers initialization of a round counter associated with each message forwarding the processor values in each node that handles the special messages that are triggered in response to movement. The round counter provides additional time for values to be distributed to nodes in the network. |
| US07805761B2 |
Disposable red partitions
A system and method are provided, whereby data that is easily re-created is separated from data that is not easily re-created, such that the easily re-created data can be disposed of based on a variety of events and the not easily re-created data can be kept in its original state. In one aspect of the invention, such easily re-created data is disposed of based on a “panic button” being pushed by a computer system user, such as when a user becomes aware that some malware has infected the computer system. In other aspects of the invention, such data is disposed of every time the computer system boots up, or detects via its anti-virus program that some malware is present. In other aspects of the invention, the easily re-created data can be rolled back or rolled forward without affecting the non-easily re-created data. |
| US07805757B2 |
Control of communication session attributes in network employing firewall protection
Techniques are disclosed for centralized control of one or more attributes associated with a communication session in a network containing firewalls. By way of example, a technique for controlling an attribute associated with a communication session in a data communication network includes the following steps. The attribute associated with the communication session is monitored at a first computing device, wherein the first computing device includes a functionally centralized controller. The first computing device determines which computing devices in the data communication network are to be made aware of the monitored attribute. At least one of the computing devices to be made aware of the monitored attribute includes a firewall. The first computing device sends a message to each computing device identified in the determining step. |
| US07805756B2 |
Microchips with inner firewalls, faraday cages, and/or photovoltaic cells
A system comprising a personal computer configured to operate with another computer connected to a network of computers. The personal computer includes a microchip having a microprocessor with a control unit and at least two processing units, the control unit being configured to allow a user of the personal computer to control the two processing units, and the microchip including a power management component. The personal computer includes an internal firewall configured to allow and/or deny access to portions of the microchip both to the user of the personal computer and to a user of the microchip from the network of computers during a shared use of the microchip; and the internal firewall is configured to deny access to portions of the microchip from the network of computers. |
| US07805752B2 |
Dynamic endpoint compliance policy configuration
Techniques are disclosed for implementing dynamic endpoint compliance policy configuration. In one embodiment, a security service is provided that automates endpoint compliance policy configuration. A customer identifies its deployed client security products, and specifies the desired level of security. This security product and level information is used by the security service to generate endpoint compliance policies tailored to that customer's current network and/or security scheme. The security service can incorporate data obtained from early warning services that deliver timely and actionable security alerts into its policy generation process. In this way, the security service can provide endpoint compliance policies that protect its customers' machines from the very latest threats at any moment in time. |
| US07805750B2 |
Storage control system
A storage control system for a decoder. A decoder with a hardware platform for receiving and decoding coded data and a storage system for temporarily holding the decoded data from the hardware platform. A transport stream containing a global control data stream is used to manage the storage system. The global control data stream has an acquisition table (ACT) for providing a schedule of contents to be recorded, a playout control table (PCT) for providing a schedule of content that is to be played out by the decoder, and a content control table (CCT) for listing content that exists on the decoders. |
| US07805740B2 |
System and method for providing advertisement based on speech recognition
This invention relates to a system and method for providing dedicated television advertisements based on speech recognition of telephone conversations. The home user makes telephone calls using a landline, cellular phone or VoIP phone. The user may also be watching TV. While doing so, the user is able to see advertisements on part or all of his TV screen, based on words and phrases he may have used during his telephone conversation(s). The system and method may be provided by a triple play or quad play service provider which associates its users' telephone calls with TV advertising. Once the user sees the advertisement he can get more information concerning the advertisement by clicking on it with a pointing device, e.g., a mouse or TV remote control, or by using any other navigation method the TV system provides, to see additional details concerning the advertisements. |
| US07805736B2 |
Process and implementation for dynamically determining probe enablement using out of process correlating token
The present invention addresses the problem of linking cross-process and cross-thread subtransactions into a single user transaction. The mechanism of the present invention employs bytecode inserted probes to dynamically detect out of process correlating tokens in an inbound request. The bytecode inserted probes retrieve the correlating token in the inbound request. Based on the correlating token retrieved, the bytecode inserted probes are then used to dynamically determine if the inbound user request should be recorded and linked to a transaction that began in another thread or process. |
| US07805735B2 |
System and method of representing data entities of standard device applications as built-in components
A system and method for developing a standard data component for coupling with a plurality of components of a component-based application to access a stored data entity of a non-component-based native application, the applications for executing in a runtime environment of a device. The system and method comprises an application module configured for storing a model of the component-based application including features of data and message component definitions expressed in a structured definition language. Also included is a native module configured for storing properties of the data entity of the native application and a standard module for generating the standard data component definition based on the features of the component-based application and the properties of the data entity of the native application. The standard data component definition is expressed in the structured definition language. |
| US07805733B2 |
Software implementation of hardware platform interface
A computer program product and a system are provided for implementing the Hardware Platform Interface (HPI) specification for platform management of computer systems. Software, implemented by the computer program product includes a user library, a resource program, a domain program and a bridge program. The user library accepts calls from user application programs for accessing management data and management capabilities incorporated in a running instance of the resource program. The running instance of the resource program provides access to the management data and the management capabilities. This access is through restrictions to a set of running instances of the domain program. In addition, access to the user application programs is indirect through a set of running instances of the domain program. A running instance of the domain program provides access of a set of running instances of the resource program to a pre-defined set of user application programs, based on access restrictions defined for the domain program. The bridge program enables communication with remotely-connected computer systems. |
| US07805723B2 |
Runtime virtualization and devirtualization of memory by a virtual machine monitor
A virtual machine monitor can be used to commence virtualization of computer memory at runtime. The virtual machine monitor can also be used to devirtualize computer memory at runtime. |
| US07805722B2 |
Software install program product, installation method, and software install system
A software install program product causes a computer to execute: acquiring version information of an operating system used with the computer; acquiring compatible OS information of the software program stored in the recording medium; determining whether or not the operating system is a compatible operating system corresponding to the compatible OS information based on the compatible OS information and the version information; determining that the software program can be installed in the computer if determined that the operating system is the compatible operating system; acquiring location information stored in the recording medium if determined that the operating system is not the compatible operating system; accessing a database server on a network based on the location information; acquiring installation information stored in the database server; determining whether or not the software program can be installed in the computer based on the installation information; and installing the software program into the computer if determined that the software program can be installed in the computer. |
| US07805720B2 |
Autorun for integrated circuit memory component
Autorun functionality is incorporated into an integrated circuit memory device such as any USB peripheral, which has a memory component interfaced to a USB microcontroller. This provides autorun of one or more executables or application installers from a memory component with a USB interface without an intermediate hardware-based autorun feature. USB peripheral devices internally include a USB microcontroller that performs the functionality associated with identifying the device to a host computing device, such as a personal computer. Autorun firmware is embedded into the USB microcontroller. The autorun firmware enables autorun of an installable or executable application stored on the memory component of the USB device. The firmware acts as bridge component translating all commands and interactions between a host PC and the memory component. |
| US07805718B2 |
Optimisation of a compiler generated program code
In a method for the optimisation of compiler-generated program code, the compiler-generated program code is searched for program code fragments which correspond, at least in their effect, to respectively one library code fragment contained in a predefined library. The program code fragments found thereby are replaced by respectively one call of the corresponding library code fragment. A computer program product comprises program instructions for the execution of this method. A portable data carrier contains both the program code optimised according to this method and the library. |
| US07805717B1 |
Pre-computed dynamic instrumentation
A system and method for instrumenting program instructions. A processing system includes a compiler and a profiler. The compiler is configured to notify the profiler of a compilation event corresponding to first program instructions. In response to detecting the event, the profiler is configured to intercept compilation of the first program instructions, determine whether an instrumented version of the first program instructions is currently available, instruct the compiler to compile the instrumented version of the first program instructions if available, and retrieve and instrument the first program instructions if not available. The profiler may maintain an instrumentation cache for storing instrumented versions of program instructions. The instrumentation cache may further include metadata which identifies portions of program code which have been instrumented and their location. The profiler may generally instrument program instructions once during the resident life of a corresponding application. |
| US07805713B2 |
Transaction processing architecture
One aspect of the invention is a transaction processing system comprising a software service operable to receive a transaction request and to generate a first object associated with the transaction request. An object generator may convert the first object into a first document written in a self-describing language. A document generator may convert the first document into a first transaction message according to a schema associated with a first transaction type determinable from the first document. |
| US07805712B2 |
System and method for multi-threaded resolver with versioning
A method for resolving a type in a programming language to a resolve stage is provided. The method includes determining whether a version at the resolve stage of the type exists. The method further includes, if the version at the resolve stage does not exist, allowing a thread exclusive access to the type, resolving the type from an original resolve stage to the resolve stage, by the thread, by adding resolution information for the resolve stage to the type, and creating the version of the type based on the resolving by creating a copy of the type, where the copy of the type is at the resolve stage. Two or more versions are associated with the type, and the two or more versions are at different resolve stages. |
| US07805711B2 |
Redirection interface system and method for CIM object manager provider
System and method are described for an I/O redirection provider for rapidly adapting legacy services, such as Linux services, into CIM management space. In one embodiment, a method of implementing an I/O redirection provider in a management system including a Common Input Model Object Manager (“CIMOM”) comprises, for each of a number of script files, determining whether a class corresponding to the script file exists; responsive to a determination that a class corresponding to the script file does not exist, selectively using at least one template to generate a new schema for the script file; and compiling the new schema within the CIMOM. |
| US07805706B1 |
Process for optimizing software components for an enterprise resource planning (ERP) application SAP on multiprocessor servers
In a three-tier ERP implementation, multiple servers are interconnected through one or more network infrastructure. Users may observe poor performance due to the complexity and the number of interconnected components in the implementation. Herein is devised a process for tuning the software component by applying tuning techniques to the OS, SAP application and Database Management System software. For each component, the process identifies potential tuning opportunities of various subcomponents. The process is iterated numerous times through all software components while applying the tuning techniques to derive the most optimal performance for the ERP implementation. |
| US07805705B2 |
Graphically depicting program code depth
Systems and methods for graphically depicting program depth are provided. Systems and methods can include generation of an edit pane and a ribbon column. The edit pane displays the program code, while a ribbon column displays the depth of an associated row of program code. |
| US07805700B2 |
Physical-resist model using fast sweeping
A method for determining a surface in a material is described. During this method, arrival times of a wavefront at a first depth in the material are calculated using an Eikonal equation. Note that the first depth is proximate to an outer surface of the material. Next, arrival times of the wavefront at a second depth in the material are calculated using the Eikonal equation and the calculated arrival times at the first depth. Then, the surface in the material is determined based on the calculated arrival times at the first depth, the calculated arrival times at the second depth, and a given time interval. Note that arrival times at a given depth in the material, which includes the first depth or the second depth, are calculated by directly determining a steady-state solution of the Eikonal equation. |
| US07805699B2 |
Shape-based photolithographic model calibration
A method and apparatus for determining how well a photolithographic model simulates a photolithographic printing process. A test pattern of features is printed on a wafer and the shape of the printed features is compared with the shape of simulated features produced by the model. A cost function is calculated from the comparison that quantifies how well the model simulates the photolithographic printing process. |
| US07805698B1 |
Methods and systems for physical hierarchy configuration engine and graphical editor
In one embodiment a new method to address configuring a logical design and libraries of design elements with additional information is proposed that may be used to create a physical design from that logical design. Logical designs may be generic, while physical design libraries are normally targeted towards specific technology. Consequently, there can be a mapping from the cells in a logical library to cells which correspond to their implementation in a physical library. In one embodiment, annotations required to map from logical design to physical design may be stored in a separate design view. In one embodiment the user can modify the physical mapping attributes of cells, instances, and occurrences in the logical design and save the modifications back to the physical configuration view. |
| US07805688B2 |
Memory construction apparatus for forming logical memory space
A logical memory construction-processing section reads several kinds of physical memories and registers prepared in advance as libraries, generates candidates for each logical memory, by combining only the physical memories or only the registers, or both the physical memories and the registers, with each other, so as to construct the logical memory that satisfies a logical condition defining a memory space, and selects highest priority candidates for the logical memories from the candidates according to priorities. An optimum construction extraction-processing section extracts optimum logical memories satisfying the respective logical conditions from the highest priority candidates such that the limit numbers of usable physical memories and usable registers are satisfied. A circuit description-processing section executes circuit description by using the physical memories and the registers that construct each of the extracted optimum logical memories, to thereby generate a circuit description file. |
| US07805685B2 |
Method and apparatus for displaying a gain control interface with non-linear gain levels
A method for displaying a gain control interface having a gain level display with non-linear gain levels. The gain level display has a first end having an associated first pixel offset value and a second end having an associated second pixel offset value. A range of pixel offset values span from the first pixel offset value through the second pixel offset value. The method includes receiving a plurality of pixel offset values in the range of pixel offset values, calculating a gain level value for each of the plurality of pixel offset values (whereby a difference between two pixel offset values of two gain level values having a gain level difference is not equal to a difference of two pixel offset values of any other two gain level values having the same gain level difference), and mapping a gain level value to a pixel offset value. |
| US07805684B2 |
Mobile communications terminal
A mobile communication apparatus including a display and means for navigating among items displayed on the display, arranged to display a first list of items belonging to a higher hierarchical level on the display and being capable of enabling selection of a first item among the higher hierarchical level items by the means for navigation is disclosed. Upon selection of the first item, being arranged to insert and display a second list including at least one item belonging to a lower hierarchical level between the first item and subsequent higher hierarchical level items for enabling selection of a second item from the second list, wherein the second list is hierarchically associated with the first item. A corresponding application, apparatus and computer program is also disclosed. |
| US07805683B2 |
Action pad
Integration techniques for bridging business management software systems with external objects and data. An action pad application program window provides an interface to these integration techniques, and includes a drop area to receive external objects by drag-and-drop, an information area to display information about received external objects and data, and an action menu to display actions responsive to the received external objects and data. When an external object is received in the drop area, a determination is made as to what actions are associated with the object type, and the actions are displayed in the action menu. The content of the external object is also examined, and additional actions, dependent on the content, are displayed. The action pad application program also actively monitors a user's e-mail and calendar, importing messages and events into the business management systems. |
| US07805682B1 |
Method and apparatus for editing a playlist
Techniques for editing a list of items are disclosed and may be used advantageously in portable devices without the drag-and-drop utility. According to one aspect of the present invention, a highlighting bar is provided to facilitate the selection of the item(s), the selected item(s) are then moved to a desired position, and released thereto to produce an edited list, all of which are achieved by using a finger pointing sensor (e.g., a scroll wheel) and one or more designated keys or buttons. |
| US07805681B2 |
System and method for generating a thumbnail image for an audiovisual file
A system and method for generating a thumbnail image for an audiovisual file. The thumbnail image may be used to convey information about the content of the audiovisual file to a user. With respect to audio files, the information may be the type of audio content, a musical genre, a tempo of the audio content, and one or more indications of the popularity of the audio content. |
| US07805679B2 |
Apparatus and method for generating slide show and program therefor
When slide show image data sets are generated from a plurality of image data sets, the image data sets, DVD-Video files representing the slide shows generated from the image data sets, and information representing reproduction order are stored in a manner that allows a user to access them so that pleasure of the slide shows for the user is not ruined. The user changes the images to be included in the DVD-Video files and the reproduction order, while referring to the image data sets, the DVD-Video files, and the information. A digitalization center newly generates DVD-Video files according to the changed images and the changed reproduction order. |
| US07805678B1 |
Editing within single timeline
Video clips are depicted both in an overall layer and in a set of individual tracks, or rows. The user can cause the display to be expanded or collapsed, as desired, so as to reveal or hide the individual tracks. Video clips are fully editable in either the expanded or collapsed viewing modes. When the collapsed mode is in effect, bars representing individual video clips are still visible, and can be individually selected and manipulated. When the expanded mode is in effect, separate tracks are shown for each individual clip, but the overall layer remains visible, and the individual video clips also remain visible, selectable, and manipulable within the overall layer. |
| US07805677B2 |
Information recording medium, devices and methods with playlist information
An information recording medium (100) on which there are recorded: a series of content information which includes an image portion which can be a background image; button information (301) for defining a button menu which allows an operation as for the content information and which is displayed during the reproduction of the content information; and play list information (120) for defining reproduction sequence of the content information by a unit of item, which constitutes the content information and which is accessible upon reproduction, the button information including a plurality of button pages (301p) each of which can constitute the button menu and whose display can be changed to each other. |
| US07805674B2 |
System for controlling the display size of a formula bar in a spreadsheet
The present invention discloses a system for controlling the display size of a formula bar in a spreadsheet. The system for controlling the display size of the formula bar and a formula bar module are parallel in a main window module of a spreadsheet application, and the system includes a sub-system I which controls the display state of the formula bar and a sub-system II which controls the display range of the specific content in the formula bar. The system continuously executes real-time detecting and measuring of the aforementioned formula bar module while the application is running, and acquires data on the size of the formula bar from the aforementioned formula bar module. If the acquired data exceed the prescribed range, then it issues a command to the aforementioned formula bar module requesting a change in the size of the formula bar. In the mean time, it issues a command to the aforementioned sub-system I and the aforementioned sub-system II. |
| US07805671B1 |
Style sheet generation
Methods and apparatus, including computer program apparatus, implementing techniques for processing a formatted computer-readable source document to create a style sheet. The techniques include partitioning the formatted text into multiple groups of words; deriving an element style a predefined element that is assigned to two or more groups of words; and creating an electronic document including a style sheet defining the element style. |
| US07805670B2 |
Partial rendering of web pages
The updating of an original version of a Web page without having to download the entire Web page. After accessing an original version of a Web page, a browser client detects that the accessed original version of the Web page is to be updated. The browser client then requests an updated version of the Web page from a page server computing system. Thereupon, the page server determines that only a portion of the updated version of the Web page is to be downloaded to the browser client, identifies that portion, and sends a response to the browser client that includes at least the portions of the Web page that have changed, but less than all of the Web page. The browser client then partially renders the updated version of the Web page using the portions of the Web page provided in the response. |
| US07805668B2 |
Work specification correcting apparatus, and work specification correcting program storage medium
A work specification correcting apparatus comprises: a keeping section that keeps a correction rule to a work specification representative of a work content in a predetermined form, which is to be applied to a work apparatus for performing a work in accordance with the work specification, the correction rule being associated with a making source where the work specification is made; an obtaining section that obtains the work specification created by the making source; and a correcting section that applies a correction to the work specification obtained by the obtaining section in accordance with the correction rule kept in the keeping section in an association with the making source of the work specification, and transmits the corrected work specification to the work apparatus. |
| US07805666B2 |
Multi-layered data model for determining image choice across a set of audience-specific documents
A multi-layered data model for determining image choice across a set of audience-specific documents comprising language, regional, regulatory and/or cultural differences. Enables generation of audience-specific documents with audience specific images and audience-specific image placement based on inheritance of images and image metadata associated with hierarchical audiences. For data entry, enables a user to rapidly determine if images in an audience specific document conform to the expectations or requirements of an intended audience. The data entry and edit interface distinguishes between current and inherited audience levels through the use of color or any other mechanism that allows a user to quickly identify data that is missing and needs to be populated, changed or remain unchanged if the inherited image or image title or placement is suitable for the given audience. Documents are generated to any number of media types such as HTML, XML and paper. |
| US07805664B1 |
Likelihood metric generation for trellis-based detection and/or decoding
Systems and methods for generating likelihood metrics for trellis-based detection and/or decoding are described. In some embodiments, likelihood metrics for a first subset of bit locations in an error pattern (e.g., bit locations that fall within the error event update window) are updated based on a first metric, such as the path metric difference, associated with an alternate path that converges to the same trellis state as the decoded sequence. In some embodiments, likelihood metrics for a second subset of bit locations in the error patterns (e.g., bit locations that do not fall within the error event update window) are updated based on a second metric, such as a predetermined value of zero, a small metric, or the path metric difference for a path that does not converge into the same winning state as the decoded sequence for the particular error update window of interest. |
| US07805661B2 |
Method of formatting and encoding uplink short length data in a wireless communication system
A method of encoding and transmitting at least one short length data in a wireless communication system is provided. More specifically, a user equipment (UE) attaches at least one error detection code to the at least one short length data. Thereafter, the UE encodes for error correction the short length data and the attached error detection code using at least one block encoder. Here the short length data and the attached error detection code are independently encoded. Lastly, the UE transmits the encoded short length data and the encoded error detection code. |
| US07805653B2 |
LDPC-code generating method, communication apparatus, and code-string generating method
An order-ensemble searching unit classifies a distribution of reception signals at each bit position of a modulation symbol, and searches an order ensemble of a parity check matrix that minimizes an SNR threshold value. A code generating unit generates a parity check matrix and a generation matrix, based on the order ensemble obtained as a search result. |
| US07805652B1 |
Methods for generating and implementing quasi-cyclic irregular low-density parity check codes
A device includes a supernode generator module, a supernode splitting module, and a control module. The supernode generator module generates S supernodes each comprising d symbol nodes, where S and d are integers greater than 1. The supernode splitting module splits each of the S supernodes into d derived symbols, wherein a total number of symbol edges of the d derived symbols is equal to a predetermined number of symbol edges of each of the S supernodes. The control module generates a quasi-cyclic irregular low density parity check (LDPC) code based on S*d derived symbols, wherein S equals the S supernodes and d equals the d derived symbols. |
| US07805651B2 |
Phase shifter with reduced linear dependency
A method is disclosed for the automated synthesis of phase shifters—circuits used to remove effects of structural dependencies featured by pseudo-random test pattern generators driving parallel scan chains. Using a concept of duality, the method relates the logical states of linear feedback shift registers (LFSRs) and circuits spacing their inputs to each of the output channels. The method generates a phase shifter network balancing the loads of successive stages of LFSRs and satisfying criteria of reduced linear dependency, channel separation and circuit complexity. |
| US07805649B2 |
Method and apparatus for selectively compacting test responses
A method and apparatus to compact test responses containing unknown values or multiple fault effects in a deterministic test environment. The proposed selective compactor employs a linear compactor with selection circuitry for selectively passing test responses to the compactor. In one embodiment, gating logic is controlled by a control register, a decoder, and flag registers. This circuitry, in conjunction with any conventional parallel test-response compaction scheme, allows control circuitry to selectively enable serial outputs of desired scan chains to be fed into a parallel compactor at a particular clock rate. A first flag register determines whether all, or only some, scan chain outputs are enabled and fed through the compactor. A second flag register determines if the scan chain selected by the selector register is enabled and all other scan chains are disabled, or the selected scan chain is disabled and all other scan chains are enabled. Other embodiments allow selective masking of a variable number of scan chain outputs. |
| US07805648B2 |
Shift-frequency scaling
There is provided a method that includes, (a) determining a first clock frequency for shifting a first section of a scan pattern set through a path in a digital circuit such that a first power dissipated by the digital circuit while shifting the first section does not exceed a power limit, (b) determining a second clock frequency for shifting a second section of the scan pattern set through the path such that a second power dissipated by the digital circuit while shifting the second section does not exceed the power limit, (c) shifting the first section through the path at the first clock frequency, and (d) shifting the second section through the path at the second clock frequency, where first and second clock frequencies are different from one another. There is also provided a system that performs the method. |
| US07805640B1 |
Use of submission data in hardware agnostic analysis of expected application performance
Hardware independent performance metrics for application tasks are assembled and submitted to a central repository from multiple installations in the field. These metrics are requested by and provided to specific computing devices, and used to calculate expected performance times for given application tasks on specific hardware configurations. Computing devices can automatically identify performance problems by comparing actual performance times of application tasks to calculated expected performance times. Events that take longer than expected to execute indicate a computing device performance issue. |
| US07805638B2 |
Multi-frequency debug network for a multiprocessor array
A debug network on a multiprocessor array having multiple clock domains includes a backbone communication channel which communicates with information nodes on the channel. The information nodes store and access information about an attached processor. The nodes are also coupled to registers within the attached processor, which operate at the speed of the processor. A master controller solicits information from the information nodes by sending messages along the backbone. If a message requires interaction with a processor register, the node performs the action by synchronizing to the local processor clock. |
| US07805636B2 |
Bootable post crash analysis environment
A data processing system and computer program product for analyzing data from a crash of the data processing system. A portion of the memory in the data processing system is preserved in response to the crash of the data processing system. The data processing system is rebooted with an environment suited for analyzing trace data in the portion of the memory. |
| US07805633B2 |
Optimized reconstruction and copyback methodology for a disconnected drive in the presence of a global hot spare disk
The present invention is a system for optimizing the reconstruction and copyback of data contained on a failed disk in a multi-disk mass storage system.A system in accordance with the present invention may comprise the following: a processing unit requiring mass-storage; one or more disks configured as a RAID system; an associated global hot spare disk; and interconnections linking the processing unit, the RAID and the global hot spare disk.In a further aspect of the present invention, a method for the reconstruction and copyback of a disconnected RAID disk utilizing a global hot spare disk is disclosed. The method includes: disconnecting a RAID component disk; reconstructing data from the disconnected RAID disk onto a global hot spare disk; reconnecting the disconnected RAID component disk; and copying the reconstructed data from the global hot spare disk back to the reconnected RAID component disk. |
| US07805624B2 |
Electronic device, and external device control method using said electronic device
The present invention realizes lower power consumption of an entire system in a case in which a battery operated electronic device such as an image pickup apparatus is used as a USB host machine. When a battery powered electronic device is connected via a cable to an external device that receives a supply of power from a host machine, which is the electronic device, the present invention provides a function to switch the external device to a low power consumption state under a predetermined condition, and a function to allow the external device to recover to an ordinary state. Also, a function is provided to check whether or not the low power consumption state of the external device satisfies the predetermined condition. |
| US07805623B2 |
Power-save circuit for computer
A circuit adopted in a computer includes a power supply (20) with an output (PS_+5VSB) for providing a standby voltage, a motherboard (10) with a pin (MB_+5VSB) for receiving the standby voltage, a switch circuit (30) connected between the output of the power supply and the pin of the motherboard. The switch circuit has a control terminal fed with a S5# signal which is at high level to turn on the switch circuit, and at low level to turn off the switch circuit when the computer is in a S5 power state to cut off the standby voltage supply from the power supply to the motherboard for reducing power consumption of the motherboard; the control terminal of the switch circuit further being supplied with an inverted PWRBTN# signal for turning on the switch circuit when the PWRBTN# signal is at low level for switching on or off the computer. |
| US07805622B2 |
Pluggable transceiver module
A pluggable module connected to the backplane or other connection interface of an information system unit so as to provide additional functionality thereto (such as a communications interface to an electrical or fiber optics cable), and arranged to draw electrical power from the system. In order to prevent excessive in-rush current on connection, the module is provided with power control circuitry which is adapted to incrementally increase the supply voltage to components within the module in a manner so as to avoid power supply glitches in the system, such as a substantial voltage drop, and/or excessive current flow. |
| US07805620B2 |
Highly energy-efficient processor employing dynamic voltage scaling
Provided is a highly energy-efficient processor architecture. The architecture employs 2-stage dynamic voltage scaling (DVS) and a sleep mode for high energy efficiency, dynamically controls the power supply voltage and activation of an embedded processor with instructions, and thus can prevent performance deterioration while reducing power consumption.A highly energy-efficient processor employing the processor architecture includes: a function unit block for performing an operation according to instructions input from the outside; at least one peripheral unit block for performing data communication with an external device; an instruction decoder for interpreting the input instructions and determining operation modes of the function unit block and peripheral unit block required for executing the interpreted instructions; a function unit block driver for applying a different power supply voltage according to the operation mode of the function unit block to the function unit block; and a peripheral unit block driver for applying a different power supply voltage according to the operation mode of the peripheral unit block to the peripheral unit block. |
| US07805616B1 |
Generating and interpreting secure and system dependent software license keys
A technique is provided for generating and interpreting secure and system dependent software license keys. According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, a device executing an encoding algorithm may generate a software license key by applying several layers of security. Illustratively, the device may initially define a license data representing a software license for the software. The device may also compute an authentication code based on a unique identification of hardware upon which the software is configured to operate. The license data and authentication code may be combined and encrypted into an encrypted result, which may be transformed into a software license key (e.g., human readable). Also, the device may apply a predetermined encryption technique (e.g., cipher) during the transformation as an additional layer of security. Conversely, a device configured to operate the software may execute a decoding algorithm to interpret the software license key similarly in reverse. |
| US07805615B2 |
Asymmetric cryptography with user authentication
A device uses a user authentication factor to generate a decryption key for use in asymmetric cryptography. An encryption key is generated from the decryption key using a one-way function. |
| US07805614B2 |
Secure local or remote biometric(s) identity and privilege (BIOTOKEN)
A method for secure identity processing using biometrics is provided. A public key and a unique serial number are received from a BIOTOKEN. A random number is generated. The random number and the unique serial number are transmitted to the BIOTOKEN. A serial number received from the BIOTOKEN is compared with the unique serial number and if there is a match, an encrypted symmetric key, transmitted by the BIOTOKEN, is decrypted using the public key. An encrypted random number and encrypted biometric data associated with a user are decrypted using the decrypted symmetric key. The decrypted random number is compared with the transmitted random number, if there is a match, the decrypted biometric data is validated and the received serial number and the public key are transmitted to a certification authority if the biometric data is validated. An authentication certificate associated with the BIOTOKEN is issued by the certification authority. |
| US07805612B2 |
Use of global clock to secure and synchronize messages in XM and SMS messages to a vehicle
A system and method for providing secure one-way transmissions in a vehicle wireless communications system. The system and method rely on a clock signal to assure that the vehicle and server receive proper messages. The vehicle and the server will periodically synchronize their internal clocks to a global clock signal. The server will add its local time to the body of a message including a vehicle identification number and a function code. The server will then encrypt the message and transmit it to the vehicle. The vehicle will decrypt the message and compare the transmitted vehicle identification number with its identification number. If the identification numbers match, the vehicle will then see if the time in the message is within a predefined window of the vehicle time. If the transmitted time is within the predefined window of the vehicle time, the vehicle will accept the message and perform the function. |
| US07805609B2 |
Data management
A method of charging for secure data management and item authentication. The method includes charging an initiation fee to a customer to create an entry for an item owned or manufactured by the customer. The entry may include (i) information associated with the item, and (ii) information about a security feature associated with that item. The method also includes charging an annual maintenance fee to maintain the entry for the customer; and charging an authentication fee each time the customer requests authentication of the item. The method may also include charging a lease fee to a customer for each secure reader the customer leases, where a secure reader is required to request authentication of an item. |
| US07805607B2 |
Method for the anonymous authentication of a data transmitter
The invention relates to a method to verify that data received by a receiver has been sent by a transmitter authorized by a trusted third party, the transmitter and the receiver being connected to a digital network. An identifier is associated with the data sent by the transmitter and, on receipt of the data by the receiver, the receiver generates a random number and diffuses the same on the network. The transmitter that receives the random number calculates a response by applying a first function to the random number and to the identifier, and sends the response to the receiver which verifies the response received by applying a second function to the response received, the random number and the identifier. The first function is delivered first to the transmitter by the trusted third party. The second function is a function for checking the result of the first function which is delivered first to the receiver by the trusted third party. |
| US07805603B2 |
Apparatus and method of protecting management frames in wireless LAN communications
Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, an apparatus comprising Management Frames utilized in wireless communications associated with the apparatus, and the Management Frames being protection-capable or non-protection-capable and wherein the Management Frames indicate whether or not they are protection-capable. |
| US07805599B2 |
Expansion device for BIOS chip
A BIOS chip expansion card for starting a computer when the computer needs to be tested, includes a BIOS chip for starting the computer a first connector configured for connecting with a motherboard of the computer, and a switch member connected to the BIOS chip and the first connector for controlling communication therebetween, thereby controlling communication between the BIOS chip and the motherboard of the computer. Wherein when the BIOS chip communicates with the motherboard, the computer is started via the BIOS chip so that the computer can be tested. |
| US07805597B2 |
Parallel link reset in link based system
A link based system including a plurality of processors is reset when transitioning from a slower speed to a higher speed mode during a booting process. One processor may coordinate the simultaneous establishment of link resetting of a plurality of other processors. In one embodiment, the processors may operate beginning with the farthest processor to reset their local links. Each processor sets its local links and if it determines, based on the speed of the link that the link has already been reset, it moves on to the next link. |
| US07805595B2 |
Data processing apparatus and method for updating prediction data based on an operation's priority level
A data processing apparatus has processing circuitry for performing processing operations including high priority operations and low priority operations, events occurring during performance of those processing operations. Prediction circuitry includes a history storage having a plurality of counter entries for storing count values, and index circuitry for identifying, dependent on the received event, at least one counter entry and for causing the history storage to output the count value stored in that at least one counter entry, with the prediction data being derived from the output count value. Update control circuitry modifies at least one count value stored in the history storage in response to update data generated by the processing circuitry. The update control circuitry has a priority dependent modification mechanism such that the modification is dependent on the priority of the processing operation with which that update data is associated. |
| US07805587B1 |
Memory addressing controlled by PTE fields
Embodiments of the present invention enable virtual-to-physical memory address translation using optimized bank and partition interleave patterns to improve memory bandwidth by distributing data accesses over multiple banks and multiple partitions. Each virtual page has a corresponding page table entry that specifies the physical address of the virtual page in linear physical address space. The page table entry also includes a data kind field that is used to guide and optimize the mapping process from the linear physical address space to the DRAM physical address space, which is used to directly access one or more DRAM. The DRAM physical address space includes a row, bank and column address. The data kind field is also used to optimize the starting partition number and partition interleave pattern that defines the organization of the selected physical page of memory within the DRAM memory system. |
| US07805584B2 |
Method and system for restoring data
One aspect of the invention is a method for restoring data, which for example, includes receiving a request for at least a portion of the data. This example also includes creating a directory entry for the data in a virtual file system, and allocating storage space for the data. This example further includes initializing a block virtualization indicator to a value indicating that the data is not available. This example additionally includes writing a subset of the data to the storage space, and changing the block virtualization indicator to a value indicating that the data is available. |
| US07805579B2 |
Methods and arrangements for multi-buffering data
Embodiments may comprise logic such as hardware and/or code within a heterogeneous multi-core processor or the like to coordinate reading from and writing to buffers substantially simultaneously. Many embodiments include multi-buffering logic for implementing a procedure for a processing unit of a specialized processing element. The multi-buffering logic may instruct a direct memory access controller of the specialized processing element to read data from some memory location and store the data in a first buffer. The specialized processing element can then process data in the second buffer and, thereafter, the multi-buffering logic can block read access to the first buffer until the direct memory access controller indicates that the read from the memory location is complete. In such embodiments, the multi-buffering logic may then instruct the direct memory access controller to write the processed data to other memory. |
| US07805577B1 |
Managing memory access in a parallel processing environment
An integrated circuit comprises a plurality of tiles. Each tile comprises a processor, and a switch including switching circuitry to forward data received over data paths from other tiles to the processor and to switches of other tiles, and to forward data received from the processor to switches of other tiles. The integrated circuit further comprises one or more memory interface modules including circuitry to access an external memory, each memory interface module coupled to a switch of at least one tile. At least some of the tiles are configured to send a message to a memory interface module to determine whether previous memory transactions associated with a tile have been completed. |
| US07805575B1 |
Caching in multicore and multiprocessor architectures
A multicore processor comprises a plurality of cache memories; a plurality of processor cores, each associated with one of the cache memories; and a plurality of memory interfaces providing memory access paths from the cache memories to a main memory, at least some of the memory interfaces providing access paths to the main memory for multiple of the cache memories. Each of the memory interfaces is associated with a corresponding portion of the main memory, and includes a directory controller for the portion of the main memory. |
| US07805562B2 |
Microcomputer with configurable communication interfacing
A microcomputer capable of on-board programming of dedicated user communication protocols without requiring a serial interface on the mounted board, and that will not destroy the dedicated user communication protocol code even if the system runs out of control. A user boot mat other than a user mat is provided for programming control programs for the user in the on-chip non-volatile memory of the microcomputer. The user boot mat serves as the mat for programming the dedicated user communication protocol and also provides a user boot mode for running the program. The user boot mat cannot program or erase in this user boot mode. By separating the user boot mat and user mat, an interface capable of programming and erasing the user-specified programming can be achieved without having to program a dedicated communication protocol on the user mat. |
| US07805559B1 |
USB repeater for on board aircraft installations
A USB repeater assembly is provided for connecting a vehicle passenger entertainment system to a seat electronics box that may be at some distance from the entertainment system. The assembly comprises a host connector that connects with the seat electronics box and a device connector that connects with the passenger entertainment system. The passenger entertainment system comprises a USB personal control unit. The repeater assembly is housed within a shell, preferably a hardened one, enclosing a portion of the connectors as well as USB repeater circuitry and through-connects for connections associated with other components of the passenger entertainment system. |
| US07805554B2 |
Methods and structures for testing SAS transceiver training options in SAS-2 training windows
Method and structures provide for testing a SAS link in association with participating in training windows to determine success/failure in using a negotiated speed using one or more configured sets of transceiver training options. For each device linked to a master SAS device, each possible set of transceiver training options is configured and one or more SCSI requests are forwarded from the master device to the attached device. The SCSI requests may be non-destructive of data stored on the attached device. Results of the tests may be used to select a preferred set of transceiver training options for communication between the master device and that attached device. The transceiver training options to be varied and tested may include: amplitude, slew rate, de-emphasis, and spread spectrum clocking. |
| US07805552B2 |
Partial packet write and write data filtering in a multi-queue first-in first-out memory system
A multi-queue memory system is configured to operate in a packet mode. Each packet includes a SOP (start of packet) marker and an EOP (end of packet) marker. A packet status bit (PSB), is used to implement the packet mode. The packet status bit enables partial packet write and partial packet read operations, such that a queue switch can be performed in the middle of packet write or packet read operations. The packet status bit also enables data filtering to be performed between an activated EOP marker and a subsequently received SOP marker (i.e., between the end of one packet and the start of the next packet). Packet mark and re-write and packet mark and re-read operations are also enabled. |
| US07805549B2 |
Transfer apparatus and method
There is provided a transfer apparatus having a bridge that transfers a transaction between a first and a second bus, and a data transfer unit that performs a data transfer by DMA between the first and second bus. The transfer apparatus controls a transfer sequence of transaction transfers by the bridge and data transfers by the data transfer unit, in which transaction transfers by the bridge are based on bus sequencing rules and data transfers by the data transfer unit are based on a data transfer activation condition. |
| US07805548B2 |
Method, medium and system setting transfer unit corresponding to a minimum overhead in a data processing system
A method, medium and system for setting a transfer unit in a data processing system. The method comprises setting a transfer unit in a data processing system which repeatedly performs a process of transmitting data stored in a first memory to a second memory in a predetermined transfer unit, processing the transmitted data stored in the second memory, and transmitting the processed data to the first memory. The method includes computing overhead on the data processing system according to the size of each of a plurality of data units available as the transfer unit; and setting a data unit, which corresponds to a minimum overhead from among the computed overheads, as the transfer unit. Accordingly, it is possible to set an optimum transfer unit according to an environment of a data processing system in order to improve the performance of the data processing system. |
| US07805544B2 |
Device of identifying host protocol and smart card including the same
The present invention provides an integrated circuit chip which includes a processor; a contact pad unit connected to a host through a plurality of contact pads; a host interface detector including at least one pull-up resistor and one pull-down resistor, for selectively connecting the pull-up resistor and the pull-down resistor to the contact pad unit to detect a host interface status; and an interface unit including a plurality of interface protocols, for communicating with the host using a part or all of the plurality of contact pads, wherein the processor receives a status of the host from the host interface detector, identifies a protocol of the host based on the received status of the host, and controls the interface unit so as to enable an interface protocol that is used to communicate with the host. |
| US07805540B1 |
Method and system for reprogramming instructions for a switch
The method and system for reprogramming instructions for a switch includes programming a redirection memory to associate a routing parameter set in a routing memory for the switch with a first line card. The routing parameter set includes a plurality of routing parameters to be provided to the switch to service the first line card. In response to an event initiating activation of a second line card in place of the first line card, the redirection memory is reprogrammed to associate the routing parameters set in the routing memory with the second line card. |
| US07805535B2 |
Parallel data link layer controllers in a network switching device
The present invention features a data link layer processor for performing VLAN tagging operations, policing, shaping, and statistics acquisition integrally with one or more media access controllers (MACs). When a plurality of data link layer processors are operated in parallel in a switching device, the computational burden carried by the route engine is significantly reduced. Moreover, the data link layer processor in its several embodiments may be used to introduce various forms of pre-processing and post-processing into network switching systems that employ route engines that do not posses such functionality. |
| US07805529B2 |
Method and system for dynamically changing user session behavior based on user and/or group classification in response to application server demand
A system for dynamically changing session behavior based on user and/or group classification in response to server demand. The system operates to dynamically alter current session behavior experienced by individual users and/or groups of users in response to monitored server demand. An intelligence server provides application servers with actions to be taken to dynamically change current user sessions, in response to current server demand, for example based on rules known by a rules engine within the intelligence server. A ranking system within the intelligence server takes its input from a monitoring system also in the intelligence server, and dynamically keeps track of individual user's relative ranks against other users that are actively being monitored. |
| US07805528B2 |
User interface apparatus for context-aware environments, device controlling apparatus and method thereof
A user interface apparatus, a device controlling apparatus and a method thereof are disclosed. The user interface apparatus includes: a button input unit for sensing activation of a button; a wireless communication unit for transferring a control message through a wireless network to control electronic appliances; and a controlling unit for sensing a button activation pattern, creating the control message with the button activation pattern and user information, and transmitting the control message to a device controlling apparatus through the wireless communication unit to control corresponding electronic appliances according to a time/environment based user pattern. |
| US07805527B2 |
Using a variable identity pipe for constrained delegation and connection pooling
Example embodiments provide for a system configured to provide constrained delegation and connection pooling for a back-end server by providing a variable identity pipe between it and a front-end server. A client will authenticate to the front-end process using credentials that are typically non-delegable by default, e.g., a token, certificate, or the like. The front-end is configured to extract client identity information and use this information to request changing an identity associated with the variable identity pipe. In addition, requests for actions on resources received from the client can be transformed into remote procedural calls and used by the back-end server to process the requests. A response is then sent back over the variable identity pipe to the client via the front-end server. The variable identity pipe is left open to allow other requests from other clients to be sent over the variable identity pipe in a similar manner. |
| US07805523B2 |
Method and apparatus for partial updating of client interfaces
A method and apparatus for partial updating of client interfaces in a client-server environment. The client updates the corresponding server-side through a middleware “engine.” Individual interface element change requests may be queued. Programmatically defined events may trigger processing of the change request queue on the client, resulting in partial updating of an interface container, such as a Web page or XML document, in the client interface context. Processing may occur on the server, where resultant client update requests are likewise queued. Alternative programmatically defined events may trigger the return of the server change queue to the client. Only those elements of the interface container affected by changes in the queue are updated. This partial updating method replaces the need for refreshing an entire interface, thus affording a more desktop-like look and feel. |
| US07805522B2 |
Method for the transmission of user data objects
Disclosed is a method for transmitting user data objects from a data-supplying component or a data server to a telecommunication device of a user via a connection component. The data-supplying component is informed via profile information in a profile object what types of user data objects the connection component or the telecommunication unit is able to process on its own such that the data supplying component can specifically transmit user data objects to the telecommunication device, which belong to the type that the telecommunication device can process. Hence, the data-supplying component is prevented from sending user data objects of a type that has to be converted by the connection component on the transmission path in order to be able to processed by the telecommunication device. |
| US07805519B2 |
Method and system for sending video signal between different types of user agents
A method for scaling a display size between different types of user agents. The method includes exchanging session initiation protocol messages including media information when performing a call setup for setting up a media session between the user agents; determining any one of the user agents to scale the display size from the exchanged media information; and scaling, by the determined user agent, the display size on the basis of the media information, and sending video data subject to the scaling to the other user agent(s). |
| US07805518B1 |
Method and system for reputation management in peer-to-peer networks
Methods to minimize the impact of malicious peers on the performance of a peer-to-peer system. The system computes a global trust value for a peer by calculating the left principal eigenvector of a matrix of normalized local trust values, thus taking into consideration the entire system's history with each single peer. Algorithms for performing such computations in a scalable and distributed manner are provided. Rewarding highly reputable peers with better quality of service encourages non-malicious peers to share more information and to self-police their own information. |
| US07805516B2 |
Enabling throttling of resources on a virtualization enabled information handling system
A system for enabling throttling of resources, including central processing units (CPUs) and peripherals, on a virtualization-enabled information handling system such as a CE type information handling system is set forth. With the system for enabling throttling of resources, each virtual appliance within an information handling system is configured with its resource needs. |
| US07805508B1 |
Communications network
A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) includes an identifier part that identifies the URL as being for a resource on a circuit-switched network, a service parameter part and an address part. A terminal reads on the URL and establishes a connection to the resource. Properties of the connection, such as the bandwidth or the connection topology, are determined by values of service parameters in the service parameter part. |
| US07805503B2 |
Capability requirements for group membership
A method and apparatus for adding a node to a group of nodes is provided. Group capability data is stored in volatile memory of a group manager for a group. The group capability data identifies capability requirements for members of the group. The group manager provides notification services for members of the group. A request to add a particular node to a group is received. In response to receiving the request, a determination is made as to whether the particular node satisfies the capability requirements identified by the group capability data. Upon determining that the particular node does satisfy the capability requirements identified by the group capability data, the particular node is added to the group. The capability requirements for members of a group may initially be based on the capabilities of the first node that is added to a group. |
| US07805502B2 |
Extensible network services system
Automatically finding and using network services. An extensible framework is defined which allows any network service, new or old, to be defined. A base schema is defined that defines existing network services, and extension schemes may also be defined which are specific to new network services. A vendor can define the schemas in XML, as well as using software plug-ins and configuration data. The information is stored on a network provider's server. Clients can browse the network providers server for available services. Any available services can be accepted. When this happens, a form is provided to the client; the client fills out the form; and returns it. The information on the form is associated with the XML schemas and used to select and automatically configure the network service. |
| US07805498B2 |
Apparatus for providing remote access redirect capability in a channel adapter of a system area network
An apparatus for providing remote access redirect in a host channel adapter of a system area network are provided. The apparatus provides a mechanism by which a host channel adapter, in response to receiving a marker message, places selected channel(s) of the host channel adapter in a remote access redirect (RAR) mode of operation. During the RAR mode of operation, memory access messages received by the host channel adapter that are destined for portions of an application memory space marked as being protected are converted to RAR receive messages and redirected to a queue pair associated with an operating system rather than the queue pair for the application. The operating system is responsible for serializing access to application memory pages outside of the host channel adapter. The mechanisms of the present invention may be used to perform a checkpoint data integrity operation. |
| US07805496B2 |
Automatic generation of hybrid performance models
A method for simulating a computer system includes defining a set of building blocks including models of components of the computer system. The set of building blocks is interconnected to produce a topological model of the computer system. A client transaction model is derived based on historical data, for generating simulated client requests to be processed by the topological model. A resource requirement model is produced based on the topological model and on the historical data, the resource requirement model simulating a resource utilization of the components of the computer system responsively to the generated client requests. A performance metric of the computer system is estimated by simulating the computer system using the simulated client requests and the resource requirement model. |
| US07805494B1 |
System for transferring desktop computer configuration
A method of transferring user preferences from one computer to another is based upon a transportable data storage medium. Information relating to the user's computer configuration preferences are recorded on the medium at a first computer, which is then loaded at a second computer, so as to at least temporarily configure the second computer in accordance with the information stored on the transportable medium. The information stored on the medium may effectuate various configuration changes at the second computer, including the generation of a preferred desktop graphical interface. The storage medium may also include information relating to wired or wireless network or dial-up communications preferences, application programs, one or more user files or information relating thereto. The method may further include the step of accessing a remote location to at least temporarily configure the second computer in accordance with the information stored on the transportable medium. For example, a remote location may be accessed to download data or an application program desired by the user at the second computer. The configuration of the second computer may occur by re-booting the second computer or through a different user log-on without restarting the second computer. The medium may be based on magnetic, optical, magneto-optical, or semiconductor storage, and may be in the form of a disk or card. |
| US07805491B2 |
E-mail management for hidden recipients
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to e-mail message reply handling and provide a method, system and computer program product for hidden recipient management in e-mail replies. In an embodiment of the invention, a hidden recipients e-mail reply management method can be provided. The method can include composing an e-mail message in a message thread by a composer, identifying and displaying hidden recipients previously blind carbon copied on a progenitor e-mail message for the message thread by the composer, and routing the composed e-mail message to selected ones of the hidden recipients. |
| US07805490B2 |
Deleting mechanism in SIP multimedia services
A method of deleting an item from a user account in a SIP multimedia environment. When an item such as an instant message is to be deleted, a SIP REFER message is transmitted from a user device to delete the item from the user account, with the message including a unique identifier for the item. In response to the transmitted request, an SIP INVITE session is established between a virtual agent and a network-based deleted items location. After the SIP INVITE session is established, the item is transferred from the user account to the network-based deleted items location and is deleted from the user account. |
| US07805487B1 |
System, method and apparatus for communicating via instant messaging
A system, method and apparatus for facilitating communication among a number of distributed clients in a distributed network is disclosed. A user, such as through a personal digital assistant device, may select one or more instant messages for transmission to one or more other users in the network. The instant messages may be sound instant message and/or text instant messages. During messaging, message status indicators provide users with the status of their respective messages. In one embodiment, the messages may be deemed to be either pending or received as distinguished by a pending status indicator and a received status indicator. |
| US07805485B2 |
Web services interface extension channel
A Web Services interface extension channel exposes new operations for a Web Service without requiring changes to the WSDL definitions for the Web Service. In some embodiments, extended operation requests and responses are transmitted over the extension channel using SOAP methods reserved for extended operation requests and responses, respectively. |
| US07805484B2 |
Information delivery system and method using positional information
A personal digital assistant includes an input section for designating, when a user requests information based on positional information, whether user desires to acquire wide-area information or narrow-area information. If acquisition of narrow-area information is desired, a managing server removes noise by a noise removal processing section which makes a check to determine whether or not the wide-area information is noise. Hence, information desired by the user is preferentially displayed. |
| US07805480B2 |
Randomized modular polynomial reduction method and hardware therefor
A cryptographically secure, computer hardware-implemented binary finite-field polynomial modular reduction method estimates and randomizes a polynomial quotient used for computation of a polynomial remainder. The randomizing error injected into the approximate polynomial quotient is limited to a few bits, e.g. less than half a word. The computed polynomial remainder is congruent with but a small random multiple of the residue, which can be found by a final strict binary field reduction by the modulus. In addition to a computational unit and operations sequencer, the computing hardware also includes a random or pseudo-random number generator for producing the random polynomial error. The modular reduction method thus resists hardware cryptoanalysis attacks, such as timing and power analysis attacks. |
| US07805477B2 |
Computing circuits and method for running an MPEG-2 AAC or MPEG-4 AAC audio decoding algorithm on programmable processors
The present invention relates to computing circuits and method for running an MPEG-2 AAC or MPEG-4 AAC algorithm efficiently, which is used as an audio compression algorithm in multi-channel high-quality audio systems, on programmable processors. In accordance with the present invention, the IMDCT process which takes large part of the amount of the operations in implementation of an MPEG-2/4 AAC algorithm can be performed in efficient. In addition, while the architecture of the existing digital signal processor is still used, the performance can be improved by means of the addition of the architecture of the address generator, Huffman decoder, and bit processing architecture. After all, to design and change the programmable processor is facilitated. |
| US07805476B2 |
Extended Haar transform
A shared lossless Haar transform and an appended Haar transform are combined to form a lossless extended Haar transform in a pipeline architecture for providing fast lossless compressed data that is reversible. The extended Haar transform also provide intrinsic decorrelation for decorrelating corrected randomly generated numbers. |
| US07805475B2 |
Contents distribution system, terminal apparatus, contents distribution method, and recording medium on which is recorded a program used therein
A terminal apparatus in a contents distribution system stores previously connected terminal apparatus, correlated to a contents channel. Also, the terminal apparatus, in the event that an instruction to change a contents channel is issued, selects a terminal apparatus, from among the previously connected terminal apparatus, corresponding to the contents channel for which the change instruction has been issued, and requests of the selected terminal apparatus a connection destination candidate corresponding to the contents channel for which the change instruction has been issued. Then, the terminal apparatus selects the requested connection destination candidate corresponding to the contents channel, and notifies the terminal apparatus which has requested the connection destination candidate. Then, the terminal apparatus receives, and connects to, the reported connection destination candidate. |
| US07805470B2 |
Methods and apparatus for managing the storage of content in a file system
One embodiment of the invention is directed to the containerization of content units that are accessed using an identifier. Applicants have appreciated that file systems sometimes impose limits on the number of files that may be stored therein that are too restrictive. Thus, in one embodiment, multiple content units may be stored in a single file, called a container file, in a file system. Each content unit may have an identifier associated with it. When an accessing entity requests access to a previously-stored content unit and provides the identifier for the content unit, the identifier may be used to locate the container file in which the content unit is stored. |
| US07805466B2 |
Storing and loading data in an array-based computing environment
A schema that enables a user to store data generated in an array-based computing environment in a scientific data file is disclosed. The schema may provide a mapping between the data types of the array-based computing environment and the data types of the scientific data file format. The schema may also apply when data is loaded from the scientific data file into the array-based computing environment. When the data is stored in the scientific data file, the file contains descriptions of the data as the variables of the array-based computing environment so that the data in the file can be loaded into the array-based computing environment without additional user input. The loaded variables (name and value) are identical to their state before the data is stored in the file. |
| US07805462B2 |
Portfolio management methods, systems, and computer programs
Portfolio management methods, systems, and computer programs are provided for allowing users to extract content out of an online transaction processing system into a portfolio management system database using a data warehouse as a filtering device in an integrated database system. Data sets from the online transaction processing system may be received into the data warehouse, where the received data sets are filtered. The filtered-out data sets may then be provided to the portfolio management system database, where they may be stored. |
| US07805460B2 |
Generating a hierarchical data structure associated with a plurality of known arbitrary-length bit strings used for detecting whether an arbitrary-length bit string input matches one of a plurality of known arbitrary-length bit string
Generating and using a high-speed, scalable, and easily updateable data structure are described. The proposed data structure provides minimal perfect hashing functionality while intrinsically supporting low-cost set-membership queries. In other words, in some embodiments, it provides at most one match candidate in a set of known arbitrary-length bit strings that is used to match the query. |
| US07805459B2 |
Extensible controls for a content data repository
An extensible control interface is provided to simplify access to the content management repository. Developers can write extension interfaces associated with new data types, where the extension interfaces extend the extensible control and are annotated with the control extension annotation. These new interfaces can specify the repository name and declare various methods annotated with annotations. Parameters of the various methods can also be annotated to supply needed information. Using an annotation process tool (APT), the developer can generate the bean and implementation classes and the methods can subsequently be called upon to perform operations on types in the repository. For example, the extensible control can take care of interacting with the type manager to perform the needed actions within the repository in order to create the new object classes and nodes. Object classes can be created on the first call, while node instances upon each call of the create method. |
| US07805458B2 |
Cellular phone and mail security processing method
Methods and apparatuses consistent with the present invention relate to a cellular phone having a mailing function and a mail security processing method for the same. The user inputs a secret number and then selects a mail folder to display a security setting/releasing mail folder list. When the user selects a mail folder, the security processing is executed for the mail folder. The folder is not shown in an ordinary mail folder list. To release the setting of security implemented by the security processing, the user displays the security setting/releasing screen, inputs a secret number, and selects a mail folder. In a security setting/releasing mail folder list, the mail folder for which the security processing has been executed is displayed. The user selects the folder, and as a result, the setting of security is released. |
| US07805456B2 |
Query pattern to enable type flow of element types
The claimed subject matter relates to a formalization of operator patterns that can facilitate type flow of element types between an operator in a first clause of an expression to an operator in a next clause of the expression. The type that flows to, and the operator extant in, the next clause can be combined to infer the element type of the next clause. As such, type-checking, autocompletion and other advantageous features can be accomplished incrementally without the need for a prior full translation of the expression. |
| US07805453B2 |
Method, system, and apparatus for receiving, processing and rendering content responsive to user and device parameters
Content is received by a device through a port and is analyzed based on a set of predetermined criteria to determine if it matches the characteristics of the device and/or the preferences of a user. The content characteristics are recognized by analyzing the content itself or from tags attached to, associated with or embedded into the content. Acceptable content is then rendered to the user. |
| US07805451B2 |
Ontology-integration-position specifying apparatus, ontology-integration supporting method, and computer program product
Attribute mapping information is stored, in which a superclass of an associated class in an integration-source ontology already associated with an integration-destination ontology, an attribute of the superclass, and an integration destination attribute of a class in the integration destination are associated with each other. An integration target class in the integration source is specified to acquire an attribute of a superclass of the integration target class. An associated class having the shortest distance from the integration target class is specified, to specify an integration-destination-associated class associated with the specified associated class. An inheritance relation is followed from the integration-destination-associated class to specify a class having the integration destination attribute corresponding to the attribute in the mapping information as a position where the class associated with the integration target class is present. |
| US07805450B2 |
System for determining the geographic range of local intent in a search query
A system determines the geographic range of a search query. A search query may include local intent which influences the results and advertisements that are displayed in response to the search query. The geographic range associated with the local intent may vary depending on the search query. The geographic range may be determined using probabilistic models that analyze historical searches to determine the geographic range of search queries. |
| US07805444B2 |
Method and system for responding to user-input based on semantic evaluations of user-provided resources
A method for processing user input includes the step of receiving, during a first session between a user and an interaction environment, via one of a plurality of media gateways, from the user, a resource including a plurality of predefined markers and at least one expression. An expression type is identified, responsive to an evaluation of the semantic structure and to one of the predefined markers. A determination is made as to whether to store at least one of: an identification of the user and the at least one expression. The resource is displayed in a viewable display format, responsive to a second predefined marker. A second expression is received. An expression type is identified, responsive to an evaluation of a semantic structure of the second expression. Based on the expression type and on the resource received during the first session, a response to the second expression is generated. |
| US07805443B2 |
Database configuration analysis
To determine a configuration for a database system, a plurality of queries may be sampled from a representative workload using statistical inference to compute the probability of correctly selecting one of a plurality of evaluation configurations. The probability of correctly selecting may determine which and/or how many queries to sample, and/or may be compared to a target probability threshold to determine if more queries must be sampled. The configuration from the plurality of configurations with the lowest estimated cost of executing the representative workload may be determined based on the probability of selecting correctly. Estimator variance may be reduced through a stratified sampling scheme that leverages commonality, such as an average cost of execution, between queries based on query templates. The applicability of the Central Limit Theorem may be verified and used to determine which and/or how many queries to sample. |
| US07805437B1 |
Interactive SAR table
Source data is analyzed and visualized for a user. As the user adjusts graphical query devices, the displayed data is filtered and the visualization is updated accordingly. The invention is particularly useful where the data relates to chemical compounds in that a SAR table is preferably generated, presented in the visualization, and updated according to the query device settings. The displayed SAR table entries may also be clustered as a function of similarity with respect to a chosen property, such as molecular weight or some topological characteristic. A hierarchy of similarity may then be indicated in the SAR table using, for example, a dendrogram. |
| US07805434B2 |
Performing a non-invasive runtime simulation for a database system
Mechanisms for evaluating at least one setting for a database system are disclosed. The mechanisms include providing at least one configuration derivative including the at least one setting. The configuration derivative is uncommitted. The mechanisms also include running the database system for a period of time. The database system is run using a committed configuration including a plurality of settings for the database system. The mechanisms also include collecting data on performance of the database system based on the at least one configuration derivative during the running of the database. |
| US07805429B2 |
Personalized ad delivery when ads fatigue
A method is disclosed for diminishing user advertisement fatigue to increase click efficiency, including receiving a search query or browsing action from a user; analyzing a plurality of advertisements available for delivery to a search results page in response to the search query or browsing action; arranging the plurality of advertisements in a queue so that, when delivered sequentially from the queue, no advertisement is viewable more than once on a search results page, to thereby reduce advertisement fatigue of the user; and delivering the queued plurality of advertisements sequentially to the search results pages of the user. |
| US07805426B2 |
Defining a web crawl space
Provided are techniques for defining a web crawl space to be crawled. A seed list including one or more seed names is received from a user, wherein each seed name represents a website. In response to receiving the seed list, a web crawl space for the received seed list is generated by generating one or more allow rules. |
| US07805423B1 |
System and method for quiescing select data modification operations against an object of a database during one or more structural operations
The invention is a reorganization system having a reorganization application, a database management system, and one or more database files. The reorganization application communicates with the database management system and the one or more database files to reorganize an object, such as, for example, a table or index, while providing one or more clients substantially continuous access to the object. The reorganization application employs one or more trigger locks to synchronize the data in an original table and a reorganized table. The one or more trigger locks block select data modification operations while allowing one or more read-only operations and structural modification operations. |
| US07805421B2 |
Method and system for reducing a data set
System and methods are provided for applying a dimensionality reduction process to a data set. The method includes obtaining a data set including a first set of variables and identifying collections of the first set of variables for replacement by a second set of variables. The method also includes replacing the collections of the first set of variables with the second set of variables and eliminating the first set of variables from the data set. |
| US07805419B2 |
System for tracking and analyzing the integrity of an application
The invention is a method for tracking and analyzing an application for modifications and changes. The method is used to ensure the integrity of the application remains intact. The application is inventoried upon setup. The application is then subsequently re-inventoried on a regular basis. Each new inventory is examined against the original inventory to determine if any changes have taken place. When a change is detected, the change is highlighted to be approved or examined to determine the specifics of the change in order that corrective action can be taken if deemed necessary. |
| US07805416B1 |
File system query and method of use
An improved policy enforcement architecture includes several components that improve the performance of policy enforcement in a hierarchical storage environment. A File System Query instruction permits a richer set of queries to be expressed by a policy engine, thereby permitting more complex policies to be implemented with ease. The File System result is generated at the file server, and only files of interest are forwarded to the policy engine. The file system query advantageously may be applied against a pre-generated index having one more characterizing attributes to further reduce the processing required to retrieve policy data. An Index Build instruction, added to a programming interface, allows a policy engine generate the characterizing indices in advance of use. Index maintenance techniques maintain consistency between the index and the file system to ensure that the policy can be enforced using accurate file information. |
| US07805415B1 |
Systems and methods for sharing data between entities
The present invention is generally directed to methods and apparatus for sharing data. A system maintains the integrity of the data by controlling access to and from the data. For example, one entity may wish to cooperate with another entity by sharing information with the other entity. The sharing entity may, however, wish to block access to certain portions of the data. The system, therefore, includes a processor configured for processing stored rules that, when processed, control transfer of the data to the other entity. The processor maintains integrity of the data because, among other reasons, the processor can determine that certain portions of the data to be transferred should be excluded from an intended recipient based upon a processed rule. Examples of such data sanitization include the deletion of information regarding the data owner, the data provider and/or other entity specific sensitive portions of the data. |
| US07805411B2 |
Auto-tuning SQL statements
Auto-tuning can be performed by receiving a database query language statement and performance information related to the statement, determining whether one or more performance statistics of the statement are available or missing in the performance information, and determining an auto-tuning hint for each missing statistic. |
| US07805410B2 |
Load estimating system and computer load estimating method
A load estimating system which estimates a load of a database, includes a storage unit, a record number calculating module, and an access number calculating module. The storage unit includes structure information defining a structure of a table in said database, first distribution information indicating probability distribution of condition variables of a query for said table, and second distribution information indicating probability distribution of values in said table. The record number calculating module calculates the average number of selected records which meet conditions defined by-condition variables, based on said structure information, said first distribution information and said second distribution information. The access number calculating module calculates the number of block accesses for said query based on the average number of selected records. |
| US07805408B2 |
Unified mechanism for presenting and resolving grouped synchronization conflicts
Conflicts detected during synchronization of replicas are enumerated and resolved according to a specified policy, comprising conditions and actions or simply a specified action. Specified actions may be drawn from a set of standard actions and custom actions may also be composed. The conflicts are enumerated and resolved in logical groups. A logical group is a collection of one or more item envelopes, each comprising entities, such as items, links, and/or extensions. In an example configuration, both constraint-based conflicts, such as a name collision, and non-constraint-based conflicts are handled via the same application programming interface. |
| US07805405B2 |
Network-extensible reconfigurable media appliance
Extensible reconfigurable media appliance for security and entertainment captures images digitally for storage. Digital effects and filters are applied to incoming video stream on-the-fly or to video data stored in memory. Digital effects and filters are dynamically stored, modified, updated or deleted, providing extensible reconfigurable effects studio. Digital media appliance communicates wirelessly with other media appliances, computers, security systems, video storage, email, chat, cellular services or PDAs to provide seamless integration of captured video stream. |
| US07805403B2 |
Synchronization methods and systems
Synchronization architectures, methods, systems, and computer readable media are described. One exemplary embodiment includes a first software component which is configured to cause retrieval and storage of structured data for a first data class from a first store of the structured data on a device, such as a first data processing system, and is configured to synchronize structured data for the first data class in the first store with structured data of the first data class in a second store on a host, such as a second data processing system. The first software component is separate from an application software which provides a user interface to allow a user to access and edit the structured data. The first software component synchronizes the structured data through a second software component which interfaces with the host and the device and which controls an order of synchronizing and a plurality of data classes including the first data class. |
| US07805402B2 |
List building system
A system implementable using a programmable processor includes a plurality of pre-stored commands for building an inventory of audio, musical, works or audio/visual works, such as music videos. A plurality of works can be collected together in a list for purposes of establishing a play or a presentation sequence. The list can be visually displayed and edited. A plurality of lists can be stored for subsequent retrieval. A selected list can be retrieved and executed. Upon execution, the works of the list are presented sequentially either audibly or visually. The works can be read locally from a source, such as a CD, or can be obtained, via wireless transmission, from a remote inventory. If desired, establishment of a predetermined credit can be a pre-condition to being able to add items to the list for presentation. |
| US07805400B2 |
Report generation using metadata
A system for use in rendering a report for a client application, client server application or multi-tier applications. The system includes a report definition generator that is configured to generate a report definition using metadata located in a metadata store. A database in the application configured to receive a query and to provide a data set. A design engine is configured to render the report based on the report definition, parameters and the data set. |
| US07805397B2 |
Intelligent data management system and method
An intelligent data management system and method are disclosed. The system includes a database of stored data, a middleware layer having access to the stored data, and at least one client device for remotely accessing a provided course of action. The middleware layer includes a fuzzy logic knowledge base for generating, updating, or firing fuzzy logic rules and a fuzzy logic inference engine for processing the stored data guided by the fuzzy logic rules to provide the course of action. |
| US07805396B2 |
Computerized identification of normal and abnormal diurnal cortisol secretion patterns and levels of testosterone from human saliva samples
Normal and abnormal diurnal cortisol secretion patterns are identified from human saliva samples by an in vitro method. First and second saliva samples are taken from one human individual at first and second predetermined times during the same day. A first cortisol concentration is determined in the first saliva sample, and a second cortisol concentration is determined in the second saliva sample. An abnormal secretion pattern is then compared to a normal secretion pattern with the help of a fuzzy logic algorithm. A function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is then determined for the human individual. Optionally, a testosterone level is determined from one of the samples and is used in combination with the cortisol concentrations to provide a redefined determination. |
| US07805395B2 |
System and method for automated population splitting to assist task management through analytics
Task management supported by analytics has enhanced effectiveness through automated population splitting for generating models that predict task associated outcomes. Subpopulations are automatically analyzed for adequate sample size and selectively recombined based on characteristics of the subpopulations, such as to combine homogeneous subpopulations or to optimize a subpopulation characteristic. As an example, outbound calling campaign models are generated for time periods by splitting a sample population into time period subpopulations and combining subpopulation time periods having inadequate sample size so that combined subpopulations have a minimized total time period or greater similarity relative to other subpopulations. |
| US07805394B2 |
Apparatus and method for the analysis of a process having parameter-based faults
An apparatus for the analysis of a process having parameter-based faults includes: a parameter value inputter configured for inputting values of at least one process parameter, a fault detector, configured for detecting the occurrence of a fault, a learning file creator associated with the parameter value inputter and the fault detector, configured for separating the input values into a first learning file and a second learning file, the first learning file comprising input values from a collection period preceding each of the detected faults, and the second learning file comprising input values input outside the collection periods, and a learning file analyzer associated with the learning file creator, configured for performing a separate statistical analysis of the first and second learning files, thereby to assess a process status. |
| US07805389B2 |
Information processing apparatus and method, program and recording medium
Herein disclosed an information processing apparatus including converting means and retrieval means, wherein the converting means converts content feature quantities using functions adapted to convert a plurality of feature quantities attached to a plurality of pieces of content so that the distance between pieces of content defined by the plurality of feature quantities coincides with the distance suited for a user-entered similarity relationship between the plurality of pieces of content, the functions being further adapted to map the pieces of content laid out in a feature quantity space defined by the plurality of feature quantities into a new feature quantity space by the conversion of the plurality of feature quantities, and wherein the retrieval means retrieves similar pieces of content based on converted feature quantities. |
| US07805387B2 |
Morphological genome for design applications
This invention deals with a morphological genome for design applications. This genome encodes all forms. It comprises a finite set of morphological genes, where each gene specifies a distinct group of morphological transformations defined by a group of independent topological, geometric or other parameters. The morph genes and their parameters are mapped within an integrated higher-dimensional framework with each parameter represented along an independent vector in higher-dimensional Euclidean space. Each distinct number associated with a parameter or a group of parameters is represented by a distinct point in this space referenced by its higher-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinates which represent the genetic code for the specific form being mapped. The morph genome can be used as an interactive design tool to generate known and new forms for applications in all design fields as well as for fabricating these forms when linked with digital fabrication devices within an integrated computational environment. |
| US07805384B1 |
Postal printer driver system and method
There is disclosed a printer control system and method for abstracting the data flow to a printer, or other device, and for using the abstracted information for controlling additional processes with respect to the printer. In one embodiment, the abstracted information is used to print envelope information, such as addressee and/or a postage indicia. The postage indicia can be either generated from the abstracted data or the indicia itself can be abstracted from the data stream. In another embodiment, the process to be controlled is as downline process, such as a folding operation or the printing of information related to the original printed document. |
| US07805383B2 |
Price planning system and method including automated price adjustment, manual price adjustment, and promotion management
The present invention discloses a method, program, product and system for managing the sale of a product. The system can determine if the product is a slow seller, determining a markdown to be applied to a price of the product, reconciling a markdown budget with the determined markdown to be applied to the price to determine whether the markdown will be applied, and adjusting the price of the product by the markdown. The system can also apply manual pricing data and promotion pricing data. The system integrates several tasks required for selling articles and services. |
| US07805381B2 |
Competency self-assessment approval
A method, system, and computer-readable medium for using competency-related information for individuals to provide a variety of benefits is described. In some situations, individuals may propose self-assessments of competencies that they believe that they possess, such as specified skill levels of specified skills. Various techniques to independently approve proposed self-assessed competencies can be provided, such as by defining groups of appropriate reviewers (e.g., supervisors, peers and/or subordinates) for self-assessed competencies and by automatically retrieving and processing validation information from such reviewers upon receipt of a competency self-assessment in order to determine whether to approve the self-assessed competency. Various approval criteria for a proposed competency self-assessment can also be specified, such as agreement of a majority of reviewers, unanimous validation by some or all of the specified reviewers, and/or a threshold for a weighted average of reviewers' assessed skill levels for the proposing individual. |
| US07805377B2 |
Information record infrastructure, system and method
A method for controlling access to a medical record of a patient hosted by at least one medical record repository, comprising a plurality of sub-records, each sub-record having an associated different patient-controlled access control criteria, comprising: receiving, by an intermediary, a request for a medical record from a requester, said request comprising a medical record identifier, a requester identifier, requester authentication information, and patient-provided access control authorization; automatically processing, by the intermediary, the request for the medical record to authenticate the requester and determine sufficiency of the patient-provided access control authorization to meet the patient-controlled access control criteria for each respective sub-record encompassed by the request; and selectively communicating, from the intermediary to the at least one medical record repository, an identification of each sub-record for which access control criteria are determined to be sufficient for access by the requestor. An electronic payment authorization associated with the request may be generated, for compensation of at least one of the intermediary and a medical record repository. |
| US07805375B2 |
Digital license migration from first platform to second platform
A digital license is migrated from a source platform to a target platform. At the source platform, a migration image is produced to include the license and corresponding data therein, and the license is deleted from such source platform. At the target platform, permission is requested from a centralized migration service to migrate the license in the migration image to the target platform. The migration service determines whether to permit migration of the license based on predetermined migration policy. Upon receiving the requested permission as a response from the migration service, the migration image is applied to the target platform by un-tying the license from the source platform and re-tying the license to the target platform. |
| US07805368B2 |
Debit purchasing of stored value card for use by and/or delivery to others
A method of issuing a purchase card is provided. The method includes the steps of presenting a purchaser with the opportunity to buy the purchase card, determining whether the purchaser has sufficient funds to pay for the purchase card, creating a purchase card account for a recipient designated by the purchaser, and issuing the purchase card. The purchase card may also be issued in connection with another credit card, for example as a rebate for purchases on the credit card. The purchase card may also be converted to a credit card. |
| US07805367B2 |
System and method for pricing of merchant accounts
A system for managing merchant payment transaction processing accounts is provided. The system includes a merchant initialization system that receives merchant account data from a user, such as to provide a quote to the merchant for payment processing. A transaction pricing system receives the merchant account data and provides transaction pricing data for payment transaction processing in response to the merchant account information. User access to one or more merchant account pricing algorithms that are used generate the merchant account pricing data in response to the merchant account data is restricted to a predetermined set of users, so as to prevent unauthorized users from obtaining access to the merchant account pricing algorithms. |
| US07805365B1 |
Automated statement presentation, adjustment and payment system and method therefor
A system and method are provided which accept orders from customers located at distributed locations, manages the ordering process by presenting a consolidated invoice to the seller, allows the seller to indicate which items are being paid along with a reason code for items for which payment is being withheld, accepts a consolidated payment, and allocates that payment to the appropriate selling subsidiary. In general, one or more orders are received from a buyer in which each of the orders corresponds to at least one seller subsidiary. The orders are consolidated into a consolidated invoice. The consolidated invoices are then made available to the buyer. An indication is received from the buyer as to which of the orders a payment is being approved. The payment, once received, is allocated to a corresponding at least one seller subsidiary for which the payment has been made. |
| US07805361B2 |
System and method for event driven virtual workspace
A system and method for an event driven virtual workspace are described. According to one example method, a trader can define a plurality of windows to be associated with a virtual workspace. Also, the trader could define one or more triggering events, the combination of which may be used to activate the virtual workspace. In such an embodiment, when the system detects the one or more triggers, the system can attempt to activate the virtual workspace. According to the example method, the trader may place a number of limiting conditions before any states of the currently displayed windows are modified such that the triggered virtual workspace could be displayed. If no limiting conditions are detected, the system can display the triggered virtual workspace. |
| US07805358B2 |
System and method for limiting aggressive trading in a electronic trading system
A system for managing trading orders comprises a memory operable to store a trade credit associated with a trader. The system further comprises a processor operable to receive a trading order from the trader and determine the trade credit associated with the trader. If the received trading order is a passive trading order, the processor is further operable to increase the trade credit and submit the received trading order for execution. If the received trading order is an aggressive trading order, the processor is further operable to calculate a decrease of the trade credit. If subtracting the calculated decrease from the trade credit would not cause the trade credit to be less than a configurable threshold, the processor is further operable to submit the received trading order for execution and subtract the calculated decrease from the trade credit. If subtracting the calculated decrease from the trade credit would cause the trade credit to be less than the configurable threshold, the processor is further operable to prevent the execution of the received trading order. |
| US07805355B2 |
Graphical user interface to facilitate rapid and reliable electronic trading assessment and execution
An electronic trading user interface allows a trader to react to market conditions very quickly in order to give the trader an improved probability of trading at a desired price and volume. The electronic order process is made faster, more efficient, and more reliable. The construction and sending of orders may be performed using a simple “click” of a mouse or other input device. The current market data is presented dynamically and in a user-friendly way to allow a trader to quickly assess the current market situation, including the trader's own orders, and to send orders quickly and reliably. Different embodiments are presented that ensure that the trader sends the order at the price intended, which is particularly desirable when the market is moving simultaneously or very close in time with when the trader is selecting and placing an order. |
| US07805352B2 |
System and method for managing and administering a lifetime income share plan
The present invention provides a system and method for administering an investment option known as a lifetime income share. Lifetime income shares mitigate survival risk, the risk that an individual will outlive his or her assets. More specifically, the purchase of a plurality of lifetime income shares certifies that an individual is entitled to receive a predetermined, periodic income payment for the life of the purchaser. Additionally, the lifetime income shares of the present invention may be purchased and distributed to participants by a third party (e.g. commingled fund). The third party wishing to provide the lifetime income shares of the present invention to participants may purchase a predetermined amount of shares of an annuity from the underwriting organization and distribute it to the participants. This plan has an investment phase, a distribution phase, and a payout phase. Once the payout phase begins, the stream of monthly income commences at a specified age or date. |
| US07805351B2 |
Participation systems and methods
Techniques, including computer-implemented methods, systems, and apparatus, for establishing a contractual relationship between two parties based on a segregated contract participation unit. The techniques include offering to a set of potential investors, on an electronic exchange, a segregated contract participation unit to purchase an economic participatory interest associated with a specific aspect of an issuer operation, and upon purchase of the segregated contract participation unit by a specific investor of the set of potential investors, establishing a contractual relationship between the issuer and the specific investor that binds the issuer to execute a set of obligations according to terms specified in the segregated contract participation unit. |
| US07805344B2 |
System providing methodology for consolidation of financial information
A system providing methodology for consolidation of financial information is described. In one embodiment, for example, a system is described for consolidating financial transaction information from multiple sources for presentation to a user, the system comprises: a file importer for importing data files from a first source and processing each data file to create parsed information for each transaction present in the data file and represent any additional information present in the data file in Extensible Markup Language (XML) format; a data consolidator for receiving parsed information from the file importer, consolidating the parsed information with transaction information from a user-accessible system to create consolidated transaction records, assigning a unique identifier to each consolidated transaction record for an account, and storing the consolidated transaction records; and a reporting module for receiving a request for financial transaction information for a particular account and presenting consolidated transaction records for the particular account to the user in response to the request, wherein the user may navigate through the consolidated transaction records based upon the unique indentifier. |
| US07805342B2 |
Systems and methods for identifying and processing telecommunications billing exceptions
Systems and methods for management and processing a plurality of types of telecommunication invoices at a user's site involving importiog the plurality of types of telecommunication invoices to identify and process telecommunications billing exceptions by performing an automated reasonability test on comparable telecommunication billing elements are provided. |
| US07805340B2 |
Performing an on-demand book balance to physical balance reconciliation process for liquid product
Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer program products for performing an on-demand book balance to physical balance reconciliation process for liquid product. The method can include receiving an indication that a delivery of product is about to occur at a retail facility. Based on the received indication, and optionally while fuel is dispensed from one or more storage tanks, a first book balance to physical balance reconciliation can be initiated for one or more storage tanks at the retail facility prior to receiving a delivery of liquid product. Following completion of the first book to physical balance reconciliation, an amount of liquid product as indicated on a delivery document is delivered and then the system automatically performs a second book to physical reconciliation process to identify one or more discrepancies between the amount of liquid product in the storage tanks and a physical amount of liquid product actually delivered. |
| US07805339B2 |
Systems and methods for facilitating internet shopping
Systems and methods for facilitating online comparison shopping, including a similarity engine, a navigational system, and a step skipping system. The systems and methods according to the invention include a method for determining similarity between two preferably disparate products. The systems and methods also preferably include a method of increasing efficiency of navigation in a comparison shopping site based on product coverage and product entropy. The systems and methods further include a method of step-skipping to quicken user navigation through a comparison shopping site. |
| US07805337B1 |
Method for determining product variants and merging product image information
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises methods and computer systems for creating a cross-variation, cross-vendor view of a plurality of products. In the exemplary embodiment the exemplary computer system comprises a computer device programmed to identify a first relationship between a plurality of variations of a first particular product; and associate a first particular product identifier with the plurality of variations of the first particular product. The computer device would be further programmed to identify a second relationship between a plurality of variations of a second particular product; and associate a second particular product identifier with the plurality of variations of the second particular product. The exemplary embodiment would associate critiques input by various critiquing users regarding various variations of the first particular product with the first particular product. The exemplary embodiment would associate critiques input by various critiquing users regarding various variations of the second particular product with the second particular product. In response to a user requesting information about a variation of the first particular product, the exemplary embodiment would present a display of the critiques regarding various variations of the first particular product. In response to a user requesting information about a variation of the second particular product, the exemplary embodiment would present a display of the critiques regarding various variations of the second particular product. |
| US07805334B1 |
Method and system for processing retail data
A system for communicating retail data from a point of sale system to a data warehouse independent of a merchandising system. The system includes an inbound data interface configured to receive the retail data from the point of sale system, an inbound processing engine configured to apply one or more retail data processing rules to the retail data to generate processed retail data, and an outbound data interface configured to send the processed retail data to the data warehouse. |
| US07805331B2 |
Online advertiser keyword valuation to decide whether to acquire the advertiser
A method for valuating an advertiser considered for acquisition includes capturing click-related data by users with reference to a plurality of advertisements owned by a plurality of advertisers in a keyword market; calculating a marginal value of each of the plurality of advertisers as a function of a plurality of averaged market factors, wherein the marginal value of an additional advertiser is also calculated to result in at least an estimated displaced revenue if at least one advertisement of the additional advertiser for at least one keyword were competitively included in the keyword market; and deciding whether to pursue the additional advertiser based on the marginal value of the additional advertiser as associated with the at least one keyword. |
| US07805328B2 |
Method and system of managing production quantity
There is provided a method of managing production quantity that includes determining a standard inventory quantity of products to be stocked in the single delivery center for a time of at least one predetermined cycle ahead based on a shipment record of the single delivery center, and determining a total assembly quantity of products to be assembled by the at least one factory for a time of at least one predetermined cycle ahead based on the determined standard inventory quantity of the single delivery center and an actual inventory quantity of the at least one factory. |
| US07805327B1 |
Transformations between combined and individual workflows
Techniques for making transformations between combined and individual workflows are described. For example, a first party, such as a first enterprise, may have a pre-determined workflow designed to implement a plurality of tasks. Similarly, a second party may have its own pre-determined workflow designed to implement a separate plurality of tasks. All of the tasks associated with the first workflow and the second workflow may be combined into a combined workflow having a task order that, when executed, provides a desired result of a business collaboration between the first party and the second party. Ordering tasks operable to implement the order of the combined workflow also may be added to achieve the desired result. Conversely, a workflow, such as a combined workflow associated with the first party and the second party, may be split into separate workflows that are individually associated with the first party and the second party, to thereby better allocate resources for completion of the combined workflow. |
| US07805326B2 |
System to resolve scheduling constraints
A system may associate a first activity of a group of activities with a first resource, a first start time on the first resource, and a first end time on the first resource, associate a second activity of the group of activities with a second resource, a second start time on the second resource, and a second end time on the second resource, and resolve a maximum constraint of the first activity and a maximum constraint of the second activity after the association of the first activity with the first resource and the association of the second activity with the second resource. Further aspects may include determination of one or more maximum constraints of the first activity, determination of one or more maximum constraints of the second activity, and determination that at least one of the one or more maximum constraints of the first activity and the one or more maximum constraints of the second activity should be resolved after the association of the first activity with the first resource and before the association of the second activity with the second resource. |
| US07805323B2 |
System and method for processing trip requests
A system and method for planning trips and for processing trip requests that utilizes a centralized network for facilitating travel reservations and/or services. The system includes multi-purpose point of service terminals that provide a plurality of modules for various travel related applications such as an integrated e-mail booking module, a computer telephony integration module, a super passenger name record database, a customer database, a trip planning module, a customer relationship management module, a workflow module, and a low fare search module. |
| US07805321B2 |
Computerized method and system for estimating liability for an accident from an investigation of the accident
Computer-implemented methods and systems for estimating liability for a vehicle accident are provided. In one embodiment, a question may be generated on one or more topics relating to the accident. A set of answers corresponding to the question may be provided to the computer system. In an embodiment, the set of answers may include one or more answers obtained from one or more sources. An answer from the set of answers may be selected for use in estimating liability in the accident. The effect of the selected answer on liability may be estimated. |
| US07805310B2 |
Apparatus and methods for implementing voice enabling applications in a converged voice and data network environment
Human speech is transported through a voice and data converged Internet network to recognize its content, verify the identity of the speaker, or to verify the content of a spoken phrase by utilizing the Internet protocol to transmit voice packets. The voice data (4) entered is processed and transmitted in the same way as Internet data packets over converged voice and data IP networks. A voice-enabled application sends a message (5), which is decoded by the speech API (2) and the appropriate control and synchronization information is issued (7) to the data preparation module (9) and to the speech engine (3). Standard voice over IP includes a speech compression algorithm and the use of RTP (Real Time Protocol), enabling additional processing of the human voice anywhere in the network to perform speaker verification, with or without the knowledge of the speaker. |
| US07805309B2 |
Conversational user interface that mimics the organization of memories in a human brain
A conversational user interface (CUI) is implemented in a computer by mimicking the organization and retrieval of linguistic memories of human conversation. To mimic the organization of linguistic memories in a human brain, the artificial memories are stored as sequences of patterns, are stored in invariant form, are organized hierarchically, and are recalled auto-associatively. To mimic the recall of linguistic memories in a human brain, the same algorithm performs the recall of the various memories. Each artificial memory is a pairing of the invariant representation and an associated responsive message. When a received utterance is determined to match the invariant representation of a memory, the memory is evoked and the associated responsive message is presented to the person. |
| US07805308B2 |
Hidden trajectory modeling with differential cepstra for speech recognition
A novel system for speech recognition uses differential cepstra over time frames as acoustic features, together with the traditional static cepstral features, for hidden trajectory modeling, and provides greater accuracy and performance in automatic speech recognition. According to one illustrative embodiment, an automatic speech recognition method includes receiving a speech input, generating an interpretation of the speech, and providing an output based at least in part on the interpretation of the speech input. The interpretation of the speech uses hidden trajectory modeling with observation vectors that are based on cepstra and on differential cepstra derived from the cepstra. A method is developed that can automatically train the hidden trajectory model's parameters that are corresponding to the components of the differential cepstra in the full acoustic feature vectors. |
| US07805304B2 |
Speech recognition apparatus for determining final word from recognition candidate word sequence corresponding to voice data
A speech recognition apparatus and a method are provided in which even when a speech recognition grammar is employed independently or alternatively, speech recognition response is improved. Voice data is received. Then, an output suspended state for a speech recognition result is maintained until the duration of a silence interval that follows the utterance part reaches a criterion time. Information indicating whether a last word of a word sequence is a final word is stored. On the basis of the language model, a recognition candidate word sequence is extracted. When the last word of the extracted word sequence is determined as being a final word, the speech recognition result is output in a time shorter than the criterion time, while when determined as not being a final word, the speech recognition result is output at the time that the criterion time has elapsed. |
| US07805299B2 |
Method and apparatus for improving the transcription accuracy of speech recognition software
A virtual vocabulary database is provided for use with a with a particular user database as part of a speech recognition system. Vocabulary elements within the virtual database are imported from the user database and are tagged to include numerical data corresponding to the historical use of the vocabulary element within the user database. For each speech input, potential vocabulary element matches from the speech recognition system are provided to the virtual database software which creates virtual sub-vocabularies from the criteria according to predefined criteria templates. The software then applies vocabulary element weighting adjustments according to the virtual sub-vocabulary weightings and applies the adjustment to the default weighting provided by the speech recognition system. The modified weightings are returned with the associated vocabulary elements to the speech engine for selection of an appropriate match to the input speech. |
| US07805297B2 |
Classification-based frame loss concealment for audio signals
A system and method for performing frame loss concealment (FLC) when portions of a bit stream representing an audio signal are lost within the context of a digital communication system. The system and method utilizes a plurality of different FLC techniques, wherein each technique is tuned or designed for a different kind of audio signal. When a frame is lost, a previously-decoded audio signal corresponding to one or more previously-received good frames is analyzed. Based on the result of the analysis, the FLC technique that is most likely to perform well for the previously-decoded audio signal is chosen to perform the FLC operation for the current lost frame. In one implementation, the plurality of different FLC techniques include an FLC technique designed for music, such as a frame repeat FLC technique, and an FLC technique designed for speech, such as a periodic waveform extrapolation (PWE) technique. |
| US07805294B2 |
Wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method
When a sound presence/absence detector (12) detects a sound absence interval, a non-modulated carrier signal is outputted in an area used to transmit speech data that are included in transmission data having a frame structure and that correspond to the sound absence interval. That is, an FSK modulator (14) causes a transmitting circuit (15) to output the non-modulated carrier signal from a wireless communication apparatus (100) in the area used to transmit the speech data corresponding to the sound absence interval. In the meantime, a four-level FSK modulated wave signal is outputted in the areas other than the one of the sound absence interval. A non-modulation discriminating data for allowing the sound absence interval to be determined are included in an area of channel identifying information included in the transmission data having the frame structure, and allow a communication terminal apparatus at the receiving end to avoid any unstable operations. The present invention is suitable for narrowed bands of communication paths and reduces the affections on adjacent channels. |
| US07805287B1 |
Node emulator
System, methods and apparatii are provided for emulating the performance effect on network traffic flow traversing a node in a communications network. According to one illustrative embodiment, a method of emulating the performance effect on network traffic through a node is provided that includes generating foreground traffic through the node; simulating background traffic at the node; determining an effect of the background traffic on the foreground traffic; and making a forwarding decision with respect to the foreground traffic based on the effect. |
| US07805286B2 |
System and method for sound system simulation
A sound system design/simulation system includes background noise to provide more realistic sound renderings of the designed space and more accurate quality measures of the design space. The background noise may be provided as a library in the design system that allows the user to select a background noise profile. The user may also provide a recording of a background noise from the built space or from a similar space. The design system converts the recorded background noise to a background noise profile and adds the profile to the library of background noise profiles. The user can select a background noise profile and associate the profile with a specified space. The user can adjust the noise level of the background noise and the design system automatically updates one or more quality measures in response to the change in background noise level. |
| US07805282B2 |
Process, software arrangement and computer-accessible medium for obtaining information associated with a haplotype
The present invention relates to a method, system and software arrangement for determining the co-associations of allele types across consecutive loci and hence for reconstructing two haplotypes of a diploid individual from genotype data generated by mapping experiments with single molecules, families or populations. The haplotype reconstruction system, method and software arrangement of the present invention can utilize a procedure that is nearly linear in the number of polymorphic markers examined, and is therefore quicker, more accurate, and more efficient than other population-based approaches. The system, method, and software arrangement of the present invention may be useful to assist with the diagnosis and treatment of any disease, which has a genetic component. |
| US07805281B2 |
Vibration analysis
The present invention relates to vibration analysis and in particular, but not limited to, the derivation of multiple types of vibration signals from one vibration signal for vibration analysis. In the preferred method of the invention the vibrations of an object are measured using at least one vibration sensor, wherein the vibration sensor converts vibrations into an electrical vibration signal. The electrical vibration signal is digitized based on a first frequency, wherein the first frequency is selected from a plurality of possible frequency values. A first type of vibration signal is derived from the digitized vibration signal. A second type of vibration signal is then derived from the digitized vibration signal based on a second frequency. The second frequency is rationally determined from, and lower than, the value selected for the first frequency. The invention also provides apparatus for deriving multiple types of vibration signals from one measured vibration signal for vibration analysis. |
| US07805278B1 |
Optimal sampling system on populations of collectives
A system and method for generating and implementing a sampling plan on populations of collectives involve implementing a 2-stage sampling process. Based on an analysis of at least one of historical data and user-defined data, the system generates a sampling plan by determining the number n of collectives to sample from a population of collectives and an optimal number m of members to sample from each collective of the n sampled collectives. The system then in two stages randomly samples n collectives and then randomly samples m members from each randomly sampled collectives. |
| US07805277B2 |
Step number measuring apparatus
To provide a step number measuring apparatus in which a reduction in electric power is intended by a simple constitution, and which can correspond to plural movements. A CPU calculates a moving motion pitch on the basis of a detection signal from sensors that a switching circuit has selected, calculates the moving motion pitch by performing a processing having been selected from among plural kinds of processings, which have been stored in a memory, on the basis of the detection signal from the sensors that the switching circuit has selected, calculates the moving motion pitch by selecting the other processing among the plural kinds of processings when both the moving motion pitches differ, and performs a step number measurement by the selected processing when both the moving motion pitches become the same. |
| US07805271B2 |
Evaluation system for amount of emission gases through fuel supply chain
The object of the present invention provides an evaluation system for evaluating accurately emission amount of environmental influence substance of fuel in a fuel supply facility for supplying stored fuel to a consumer.An evaluation system evaluates the emission amount of environmental influence substance of fuel in which the environmental properties (greenhouse gas emissions) accumulated in the process of drilling a first energy, transporting and storing, producing fuel, and supplying the fuel are taken into account. The evaluation system enables to present the environmental properties of the sold fuel to the fuel consumer and allows the fuel consumer to select, thereby promoting the reduction of emission amount of the greenhouse gas of the fuel supplier and the fuel consumer. |
| US07805269B2 |
Device and method for ensuring the accuracy of a tracking device in a volume
The invention provides a system and method for testing and correcting the accuracy of a tracking device in a volume using an accuracy device. The invention may include placing a rigid object into an experimental volume and sampling position and orientation information regarding one or more position indicating elements at known positions relative to a frame of reference of the tracking device. The position and orientation information may then be compared to known baseline position and orientation information. If a difference between the experimental position and orientation information and the baseline position and orientation information exceeds a predetermined threshold, a correction map enabling adjustment of the tracking device to correct for the distortion in the experimental volume may be generated, and the tracking device may be adjusted accordingly. |
| US07805267B2 |
Apparatus, method and program for verification of transmission margin
The present invention relates to verification of a transmission margin of various transmission lines transmitting a signal such as a high-speed digital signal and ensures improved verification accuracy. A transmission margin verification apparatus according to the present invention is configured with a measurement unit (e.g., LSI tester 4, network analyzer 6, pulse generator 8, oscilloscope 10) operable to measure a transmission loss and a leading edge waveform of pseudo transmission lines (e.g., transmission lines 56, 62, 66) corresponding to a target device 44 to be verified, and a calculation unit (tester controller 12) operable to reference the transmission line loss and the leading edge waveform measured by the measurement unit, calculate a transmission waveform of the target device, and associate the transmission waveform with a mask of the target device to calculate a transmission margin of the target device. |
| US07805266B1 |
Method for automated detection of data glitches in large data sets
Embodiments of the invention allow the efficient detection of glitches in a set of data. In one embodiment, a set of datapoints is received. The datapoints are transformed into a transformed space, and the transformed space is segmented into a plurality of regions. For each datapoint, a time series is generated representing the trajectory of the transformed datapoint through regions of the segmented transformed space. Data corresponding to transformed datapoints whose trajectories exhibit an unusual pattern are transmitted. |
| US07805264B2 |
Method of calculating internal resistance of secondary battery for vehicle
A current Ibe and a voltage Vbe before a large current discharge in a secondary battery are stored in a memory. Plural voltage-current pairs are detected and stored in the memory during the large current discharge. Next, a regression curve (or a regression line) is obtained based on the plural voltage-current pairs stored in the memory using a well-known method. A discharge current Ip which exceeds a current-sensor detectable range is input in the regression curve to obtain a voltage Vp. A maximum discharge coordinate is set using the discharge current Ip and the voltage Vp. An internal resistance Rin of the secondary battery is calculated based on an inclination of a line that connects the coordinates (Ibe, Vbe) and (Ip, Vp). |
| US07805261B2 |
Meter electronics and methods for rapidly determining a mass fraction of a multi-phase fluid from a coriolis flow meter signal
Meter electronics (20) for determining a mass fraction of flow components in a flow material flowing is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The meter electronics (20) include an interface (201) for receiving a frequency response of the flow material and a processing system (203). The processing system (203) receives the frequency response from the interface (201) and breaks out the frequency response into at least a gas frequency component and a fluid frequency component. The processing system (203) determines an overall density from the frequency response and determines a gas density from the gas frequency component. The processing system (203) determines the void fraction of gas from the frequency response and one or more of the gas frequency component and the fluid frequency component. The processing system (203) determines the mass fraction from the void fraction of gas multiplied by a ratio of the gas density divided by the overall density. |
| US07805257B2 |
Comparison of molecules using field points
A method of comparing two conformers in which an overlay score is obtained, comprises providing a set of field points representing field extrema of a first molecule, wherein each field point has a position and a field size value; determining at the position of each of the field points of the first molecule the field of a second molecule to obtain a set of field sample values; and combining the field sample values with the field size values to obtain a score indicative of the field similarity of the first molecule to the second molecule. The method overcomes a limitation of conventional pseudo-Coulombic scoring in which a low score is achieved when extrema of large extent overlap but have their minimum points widely separated. The method can be applied to molecular mechanics modeling using atom centered charges (ACCs) and extended electron distributions (XEDs) as well as to quantum mechanics models. |
| US07805255B2 |
Deriving fixed bond information
Fixed bond information is derived. A fixed bond representation of a chemical structure is derived from a delocalized representation. A path is conceptually traced through the represented structure and an examination is conducted, for each atom, of each possible electronic and bonding state that is consistent with what has come before along the path. A result is found by extensively or exhaustively examining all possible states and orders in a semi-recursive procedure that is directed early towards likely answers. If there is more than one possible solution, the best solution is chosen by use of a rating function. |
| US07805249B2 |
Method for performing controlled source electromagnetic surveying with multiple transmitters
Method for separating responses of multiple transmitters m a controlled source electromagnetic survey by using mutually orthogonal transmitter waveforms and transforming the combined response to the frequency domain (144) The mutual orthogonality can be based disjoint frequency spectra or on phase encoding of a common waveform element (FIG. 14). |
| US07805247B2 |
System and methods for well data compression
Systems and methods in which data compression techniques are utilized to fill a predetermined channel capacity are shown. According to one configuration, event data points within test data are selected for communication via the data communication channel and a data decimator is utilized to identify other data points within the test data to fill or substantially fill the predetermined channel capacity. The foregoing data decimator may employ one or more variables for selecting data for communication, wherein one or more of the variables are preferably adjusted in decimator iterations to select an optimum or otherwise desirable subset of data for communication. Data decimators may additionally or alternatively implement a suitable “growth” function to select the particular data for communication and/or the amount of data communicated. |
| US07805246B2 |
View-independent tagging of geospatial entities in images
In some aspects, locations of geospatial entities in a map image are identified. A record of entity model-to-tag mappings is accessed so that tag data corresponding to a geospatial entity in the map image can be identified. Both the tag data and an outline surrounding the location of the geospatial entity corresponding to the tag data is displayed on the map image. In other aspects, a user selection of a location on a map image is received. A record of entity models is accessed to identify an entity model corresponding to a geospatial entity at that location on the map image. An outline of the geospatial entity is displayed on the map image and tag data for the geospatial entity is identified. The tag data is also displayed on the map image, and a record mapping the tag data to the identified entity model is created. |
| US07805245B2 |
Inertial measurement unit fault detection isolation reconfiguration using parity logic
A method of implementing a fault-tolerant-avionic architecture in a vehicle includes using parity logic to monitor the functionality of at least three non-fault-tolerant inertial measurement units during a parity check and calculating a threshold from expected inertial measurement unit performance during a parity check. If a failure of an inertial measurement unit is detected based on the calculated threshold, then the method further includes identifying the failed inertial measurement units based on a direction of a parity vector in parity space. Each inertial measurement unit comprises at least one triad of sensors. |
| US07805243B2 |
Personal digital assistant having satellite communications capacity
Systems and methods are disclosed for utilizing personal digital assistants in a portable communications system. A personal digital assistant includes a global positioning system module, an L-band transceiver, and a processing system. The global positioning system module produces location information associated with the position of the personal digital assistant. The L-band transceiver broadcasts the location information to a network of at least one other personal digital assistant and receives location information from at least one other personal digital assistant within the network via a communications satellite. The processing system provides messages to the L-band transceiver and updates a display associated with the personal digital assistant according the received location information and the location information produced at the global positioning system module. |
| US07805241B2 |
Route setting device and route setting method
A route setting device includes a current location detecting section, a transit point setting section, a recommended route calculating section and a transit point determining section. The transit point determining section is configured to determine whether the user selected transit point is a disposable type of transit point and whether the transit point set is a substitutable type of transit point based on the user setting instruction. The recommended route calculating section is configured to calculate a non transit point recommended route without requiring the user selected transit point to be along the non transit point recommended route when the user selected transit point is the disposable type, and an alternative transit point recommended route with the alternative transit point located along the alternative transit point recommended route when the user selected transit point is the substitutable type. |
| US07805240B2 |
Driving behavior prediction method and apparatus
A driving behavior prediction apparatus includes, for accurately predicting a driving behavior, a position calculation unit for a subject vehicle position calculation, a route setting unit for setting a navigation route, a distance calculation unit for calculating a distance to a nearest object point, a parameter storage unit for storing a template weighting factor that reflects a driving operation tendency of a driver, a driving behavior prediction unit for predicting a driver's behavior based on vehicle information and the template weighting factor, a driving behavior recognition unit for recognizing driver's behavior at the object point, and a driving behavior learning unit for updating the template weighting factor so as to study the driving operation tendency of the driver in a case that a prediction result by the driving behavior prediction unit agrees with a recognition result by the driving behavior recognition unit. |
| US07805239B2 |
Method of operating a navigation system to provide parking availability information
A method of operating a navigation system includes obtaining a destination location and identifying a parking facility proximate said destination location. The method further includes providing historic parking availability information for the identified parking facility. The historic parking availability information is based on past parking availability at the identified parking facility. The method may also calculate a route from an origin to the parking facility and provide guidance for following the route. Additionally, the method obtains a reservation for parking at the parking facility. |
| US07805238B2 |
Hybrid vehicle propulsion system utilizing knock suppression
A hybrid propulsion system for a vehicle and method of operation are provided. As one example, the system comprises an engine including at least one combustion chamber, a motor configured to selectively propel the vehicle via the drive wheel, a fuel system configured to deliver a first substance and a second substance to the combustion chamber in varying relative amounts, wherein the first substance includes a fuel and the second substance includes a greater concentration of a knock suppressing substance than the first substance; and a control system configured to operate the fuel system to vary the relative amounts of the first substance and the second substance delivered to the combustion chamber in response to an operating condition while operating the motor to propel the vehicle. |
| US07805237B2 |
Method for operating an internal combustion engine
A method for operating an internal combustion engine having a combustion method with homogeneous auto ignition. A driver's demand, predetermined by the gas pedal, is converted into a desired torque to be given off by the engine. A reference charge value for the air charge is determined by a working-point-dependent lambda value (λopt) that can be predetermined. Based on this, a throttle valve position is set. Parallel to this, a desired torque is calculated for the fuel path with a reference lambda value, and an actual charge is calculated to yield a fuel amount to be injected. The reference lambda value results from an optimal lambda value for the mode of operation of homogeneous compression ignition, as long as the lambda value is within the rich and lean limits, respectively, of the combustion method of homogeneous compression ignition. The fuel mass is varied within the rich and lean limits to compensate dynamic processes. |
| US07805235B2 |
System and method for controlling a flow of intake air entering an internal combustion engine
A system and method are provided for controlling a flow of intake air entering an internal combustion engine. At least some of the intake air is diverted away from the engine in response to detection of a first operating condition that is indicative of a minimum engine fueling rate. A second operating condition that is indicative of a flow rate of the intake air entering the engine is monitored, and diverting at least some of the intake air away from the engine is discontinued if the second operating condition indicates that the flow rate of the intake air entering the engine is within a threshold value of a target flow rate. |
| US07805233B2 |
Antiskid control unit and data collection system for vehicle braking system
A wheel speed transducer including a magnetic device associated with a wheel and a sensor device associated with the axle of the wheel provides data indicative of the velocity of the wheel. A processor located at the axle receives the wheel speed data and processes it to perform antiskid control functions. The velocity data is stored in a data concentrator also associated with the axle. A tire pressure sensor, a brake temperature sensor and a brake torque sensor, each associated with the wheel, send data to the processor at the axle, for storage in the data concentrator. A transmitting antenna associated with the axle and in communication with the data concentrator transmits stored data to a receiving antenna associated with the wheel. A data port at the wheel and in communication with the receiving antenna provides an interface to an external device for receiving the data. |
| US07805226B2 |
Hierarchical strategy for singularity avoidance in arrays of control moment gyroscopes
A control system for adjusting the attitude of a spacecraft comprises a set of control moment gyroscopes (CMGs) configured to allow null space maneuvering. The control system further comprises a momentum actuator control processor coupled to the set of CMGs and configured to determine a mandatory null space maneuver to avoid singularities and determine an optional null space maneuver to increase available torque. The mandatory null space maneuver can be calculated based upon certain gimbal angles, and can be implemented by augmenting the inverse-Jacobian control matrix. |
| US07805218B2 |
Robot device and control method of robot device
A locomotion control system is constructed to input the quantity of materials in the real world, such as the quantity of motion state of a robot, external force and external moment, and environmental shapes, measured with sensors or the like. By integrating all calculations for maintaining a balance of the body into a single walking-pattern calculating operation, both a locomotion generating function and an adaptive control function are effectively served, the consistency of dynamic models is ensured, and interference between the dynamic models is eliminated. Calculations for generating a walking pattern of the robot can be performed in an actual apparatus and in real time in a manner in which parameters, such as a boundary condition concerning the quantity of motion state, external force and external moment, and the trajectory of the sole, are settable. |
| US07805217B2 |
Pharmacy dispensing system and method
A system for filling a prescription order for a patient includes a plurality of trays each having an RFID tag for storing a unique identifier corresponding to the prescription order, and a plurality of workstations operatively linked to one another, each workstation having an antenna for detecting the unique identifier in one of the plurality of trays, where the detecting is operative to trigger displaying a profile of at least one prescription item for the corresponding prescription order. |
| US07805212B2 |
Control for an assembly machine with spatial positioning control
An assembly machine includes a support structure having a plurality of selectively moveable support members that facilitate manually manipulating a tool relative to a work piece. A controller continuously gathers position information regarding the support members to determine every position of the tool. The controller includes a teach mode that allows for storing selected tool activation positions in particular sequences for subsequent control of the tool according to necessary procedures for completing a variety of assembly processes. One example machine designed according to this invention includes selectively controlled biasing members that maintain a zero balance on the tool, provide an operator assist to moving the tool or both. |
| US07805208B2 |
System for positioning a control element
A system is provided for positioning a control element. The control unit positions the control element. A limit signal transmitter monitors achievement of an expected position of the control element. The control unit and the limit signal transmitter are each electrically powered separately from each other. A sensor for sensing a position of the control element is connected to both the control unit and the limit signal transmitter such that at least one position signal of the sensor is received by the limit signal transmitter and the control unit. |
| US07805207B2 |
Method and apparatus for adaptive parallel proportional-integral-derivative controller
An adaptive parallel proportional-integral-derivative controller produces a fixed controller output including a fixed proportional-integral-derivative and a fixed feedforward controller command, and an adaptive controller output including an adaptive parallel PID and an adaptive feedforward command all from a reference command. The fixed controller output and the adaptive controller output are added to produce a control command for a controlled system, which provides a measure of an output and a rate of change of the output as feedback for the controller. |
| US07805206B2 |
Method for increasing the capacity of an installation used to carry out an industrial process
The invention relates to a method for increasing the capacity of an installation used to carry out an industrial process in an economical and sustainable manner. Said method consists of the following steps: process variables relevant to the capacity of the installation are determined; said process variables are monitored during variable operating conditions of the installation; and a very small control reserve of the control loops of the installation is established on the basis of the monitored process variables. |
| US07805203B2 |
Method for surgically implanting an electrode device
A method is provided that includes surgically implanting an electrode device having a cuff and one or more electrodes mounted in the cuff, by placing the electrode device around a nerve such that the electrodes face the nerve. Conductive solution is introduced into the electrode device such that the solution is in contact with both the electrodes and the nerve. During implantation of the electrode device, an impedance is measured between one or more of the electrodes and an electrical contact point in electrical communication with the electrode device. Responsively to the impedance measurement, it is determined whether the electrode device is correctly sized for the nerve, and, if not, the electrode device is removed and another electrode device having a different size is implanted. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US07805202B2 |
Implantable electrodes and insertion methods and tools
An insertion kit for implanting an electrode in a patient can include a handle; an insertion member coupled to the handle at a proximal end of the insertion member and configured and arranged to be inserted into a patient; an alignment member coupled to the handle and disposed over the distal end of the insertion member; and an electrode configured and arranged to be inserted into the patient using the insertion member. In some instances, the insertion kit may also include one or more of a marker that cooperates with the alignment member to mark a position of the electrode on the skin of the patient; a pointer that cooperates with the alignment member to find the marked position on the skin of the patient; and a second electrode and a second insertion member configured and arranged for detachably coupling to the handle in place of the insertion member. |
| US07805193B2 |
Combined remodeling control therapy and anti-remodeling therapy by implantable cardiac device
A method and device for delivering ventricular resynchronization pacing therapy in conjunction with electrical stimulation of nerves which alter the activity of the autonomic nervous system is disclosed. Such therapies may be delivered by an implantable device and are useful in preventing the deleterious ventricular remodeling which occurs as a result of a heart attack or heart failure. The device may perform an assessment of cardiac function in order to individually modulate the delivery of the two types of therapy. |
| US07805192B2 |
Apparatus and method for pacing mode switching during atrial tachyarrhythmias
A method for operating a cardiac pacemaker in which the mode of operation of the pacemaker is altered in response to detecting an episode of atrial tachycardia. In accordance with the invention, the pacemaker's pacing mode is altered in a manner that attempts to maintain hemodynamic stability during the atrial tachycardia. Such a mode switch is particularly applicable to pacemaker patients suffering from some degree of congestive heart failure. |
| US07805191B2 |
CPR time indicator for a defibrillator data management system
A system is disclosed wherein patient data, such as an electrocardiogram (“ECG”) signal or a chest impedance measurement signal, collected by a defibrillator device during a resuscitation event is analyzed and processed by a computing device to provide an assessment of CPR administered during the event. The CPR assessment results in one or more CPR figures of merit that relate to temporal characteristics of the CPR relative to the duration of the event. In one embodiment, the CPR figure of merit represents a percentage of the event period during which chest compressions were administered to the patient. |
| US07805186B2 |
System for monitoring and predicting physiological state under physical exercise
The invention relates to a system for monitoring a cumulative physiological state and for predicting a target state under physical exercise, which system includes means for measuring a variable depicting the intensity of the exercise and for registering it relative to time, the control unit consisting of a user-interface device, which includes an input device and output device. Software means calculate the current value of the said cumulative physiological variable while second software means calculate the value of a selected output variable, which output variable is one of the following three variables: target state, future intensity, or duration of future exercise, the two other variables being given as initial variables. |
| US07805185B2 |
Posture monitoring using cardiac activation sequences
Cardiac monitoring and/or stimulation methods and systems that provide one or more of monitoring, diagnosing, defibrillation, and pacing. Cardiac signal separation is employed to detect, monitor, track and/or trend a patient's posture using cardiac activation sequence information. Devices and methods involve sensing a plurality of composite cardiac signals using a plurality of implantable electrodes. A source separation is performed using the composite cardiac signals, which produces one or more cardiac signal vectors associated with all or a portion of one or more cardiac activation sequences. A change in a patient's posture is detected using the cardiac signal vectors. Further embodiments involve sensing the plurality of composite cardiac signals during the patient's predominant cardiac rhythm before detecting the change in the patient's posture. Other embodiments involve discriminating between one of a postural related change and a cardiac rhythm related change using the cardiac signal vectors. |
| US07805178B1 |
Device, system and method of receiving and recording and displaying in-vivo data with user entered data
The present invention discloses a system comprising an in vivo imaging device able to transmit in vivo data via a wireless medium, a receiver to receive in vivo data via the wireless medium, input means for entering to the receiver indications by a user, an indication storage unit to store the indications and to store data representing entering time at which the indications was entered by the user and information identifying in vivo data portions corresponding to that entering time, and a display unit to display the indications concurrently with the in vivo data portions corresponding to the entering time at which the indications was entered. The indications entered by the user may be indicative of activities of the user, condition of the user, environmental conditions next to the user and the like. |
| US07805177B2 |
Method for determining the risk of rupture of a blood vessel
There is provided a method and apparatus for determining the risk of rupture of a blood vessel using a set of 2-D slice images obtained by scanning the blood vessel. The invention includes elements and steps for generating a mesh model of the blood vessel using the set of 2-D slice images, conducting finite element stress analysis on the mesh model to calculate the level of stress on different locations on the mesh model and determining the risk of rupture of the blood vessel based on the calculated levels of stress on different locations on the mesh model. |
| US07805173B2 |
Tape manufacturing system
A tape manufacturing system and a tape-surface-inspection unit are disclosed. The tape-surface-inspection unit is capable of continuously characterizing the surface of a non-transparent tape that is usable with or without a tape manufacturing system. The tape-surface-inspection unit includes a surface illuminator, an imager, an image processor, a tape guide, and, optionally, an indexer. The surface illuminator provides a tape surface located by the tape guide in a manner that allows the imager to capture images for characterization by the image processor. The indexer facilitates a correlation of locations along the tape and a characterization of the locations on the tape. The tape manufacturing system, in addition to at least one tape-surface-inspection unit, includes a tape-processing unit, a tape handler, and a controller. |
| US07805171B2 |
Earmounted electronic device and method
Disclosed is a wireless communication device capable of being positioned in a wearable position adjacent a user's head. The wireless communication device may include a housing and an arcuate earmount coupled to the housing. The earmount may be configured so that it includes an overhanging portion and a hinge portion, the hinge portion electrically and mechanically coupling the earmount to the housing. A proximity sensor can be positioned on the overhanging portion and configured to detect proximity of a user's skin behind the user's ear. The sensor location for earmounted devices can provide that the sensor may be trapped between the user's ear auricle and the user's head as the earmount sits down on the top portion of the ear, which may result in accurate sensing activation. The device may be further configured to, for example, change a state based on whether the proximity sensor detects proximity. |
| US07805166B2 |
Initialization method of mobile terminal
An initialization method for a mobile terminal having an Integrated Circuit (IC) card is provided. The method comprises updating frequency information of the mobile terminal when power is applied to the mobile terminal based on information stored in the IC card; and searching a cell on the basis of the updated frequency information. |
| US07805164B2 |
Foldable cellular telephone
A cellular phone includes a first case and a second case, which are connected in a foldable manner through a hinge. When the cellular phone is in a folded state, a second display unit displays an image with the side (upper side) closer to the hinge as the upper side. Accordingly, the user can hold the second case of the cellular phone in his/her hand regardless of whether the cellular phone is in a folded state or in an open state. The user can easily switch between a folded state and an open state with respect to the first case and the second case. |
| US07805163B2 |
Mobile communication terminal, computer-readable recording medium, and computer data signal
Upon detection to connection to a cradle, a control section of a mobile communication terminal accesses a storage section to determine whether setting information indicating operation settings of various functions is stored therein. When setting information is stored therein, the control section turns on power of the mobile communication terminal and controls the respective sections to execute an operation according to the setting information. While, no setting information is stored therein, the control section performs a charging operation without turning on power of the mobile communication terminal. Then, upon detection of release of connection to the cradle, the executed operation is finished based on the setting information. |
| US07805155B2 |
Method of determining neighbor cell selection
A mobile terminal selects neighbor cell(s) to use in receiving a broadcast or multicast by deriving an estimate of cell quality for each neighbor cell; comparing the estimated quality with a minimum acceptable quality; and choosing those neighbor cells having the highest quality from the acceptable neighbor cells. The estimate of cell quality is based on a parameter of the difference between a common pilot channel transmit power and a secondary common control physical channel transmit power that is transmitted to the mobile terminal on a multimedia broadcast multicast control channel. |
| US07805151B2 |
System for substantially simultaneous alerts
Provided, inter alia, is a system for generating substantially simultaneous alerts, in which a plurality of user devices is accessible via at least one publicly available network. Each such user device has installed on it an alert-based client. A server is configured to download identical alert information, including a message that has been encrypted, to the plurality of user devices. The alert-based clients are configured to receive the alert information and, in response: (i) to store the message in encrypted form until just prior to a specified delivery time; and (ii) to decrypt and deliver the message substantially at the specified delivery time. By virtue of the foregoing arrangement, substantially simultaneous delivery of the message to the user devices is achieved. |
| US07805145B2 |
Information search system using radio portable terminal
Information search system includes terminal having speech communication function and packet communication function and center for selectively performing speech communication and packet communication with the terminal. Center includes speech control section, speech recognition section, information search section, speech conversion section, and packet control section. Speech control section performs speech communication with the terminal packet communication. Speech recognition section recognizes speech signal received by speech control section and sent from the terminal. Information search section searches for information on the basis of speech information recognized by speech recognition section. Speech conversion section converts speech information of the information searched out by information search section into speech signal and outputs it to speech control section. Speech signal from speech conversion section is transmitted to the terminal by speech control section. Packet control section transmits image/character information of the information searched by information search section to the terminal by packet communication. |
| US07805144B2 |
Channel assignment based on spatial strategies in a wireless network using adaptive antenna arrays
Channels are assigned based on co-spatial constraints in wireless network using spatial division multiple access. In one example, the invention includes assigning a co-spatial constraint to each of a plurality of conventional traffic communications channels of a base station, and receiving a request from a user terminal to communicate using a traffic communication channel of the base station. The invention further includes measuring a quality parameter of the request deriving a co-spatial constraint for the user terminal, assigning the user terminal co-spatial constraint to the user terminal, and assigning the user terminal to a traffic communication channels having a channel co-spatial constraint that is no less than the user terminal co-spatial constraint and that has no more assigned radios than permitted by the channel co-spatial constraint. |
| US07805143B2 |
Mobile video internet, cellular and location finder system
Mobile video internet, cellular and location finder system for receiving and processing a Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) signal into a processed video baseband signal and a processor and transmit filter for processing and filtering a video signal for providing a processed and filtered Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) video or a video Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) signal for transmission in a mobile cellular system.A receiver, and demodulator for receiving demodulating and processing a location finder signal into demodulated processed location finder baseband signal and a modulator and a transmitter for modulation and transmission of provided location finder and TDMA signal comprising two distinct amplifiers, one amplifier is operated in a linearly amplified mode and the other amplifier is operated in a non-linearly amplified mode. A receiver for receiving an OFDM or a TDMA transmitted signal having a receiver filter for filtering of the TDMA signal and providing received baseband cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase TDMA signal. |
| US07805138B2 |
Network support for roaming optimization
An apparatus in one example has: a home network and at least one partner network; a mobile terminal associated with the home network; a high threshold for use when the mobile terminal roams from the home network to the partner network; and a minimum threshold for use when the mobile terminal roams from the partner network to the home network. |
| US07805137B2 |
Cordless telephone system with IP network application
A cordless telephone system includes a base station operable to connect to an internet protocol (IP) network and at least one handset running a short messaging service (SMS) application. The at least one handset is operable to transmit and receive both voice data and SMS data to and from the base station. The voice data is transmitted from the base station via a multimedia terminal adapter (MTA) to the IP network and the SMS data is transmitted from the base station via a modem to the IP network. |
| US07805133B2 |
Automatic application definition distribution
A new master application definition is installed at a server. Responsively, the server determines the identity of a user associated with the server-side application related to the master application definition. The server may then generate an application definition file specific to the application and to the remote wireless device associated with the identified user. The application definition file may contain definitions for: a user interface format; a format for network messages; and a format for storing data. Using these definitions, the wireless device may receive data generated by the server-side application and formatted in accordance with the definitions. The wireless device may then present a user interface for the application. Preferably, the application definition file is an XML file. Advantageously, when changes occur to previously established server-side applications, automatic updating of devices is efficiently accomplished. |
| US07805128B2 |
Authentication based on future geo-location
An apparatus and methods are disclosed for authenticating users of wireless telecommunications terminals. A user is authenticated by instructing the user to travel to a geo-location, where the geo-location is referred to by an identifier that the user has previously associated with the geo-location. When the user chooses identifiers that are meaningful to the user, but that do not indicate the associated geo-locations to other people, the user can be securely authenticated via the following procedure: (i) select one of the identifiers that the user has defined, (ii) instruct the user to “go to |
| US07805126B2 |
Charging in a communication system
A method for charging for services in a communication system comprises a charging entity. The method comprises a step of sending a first message to the charging entity. The method also comprises a step of generating a charging identity at the charging entity if it is determined that the first message does not include a charging identity. |
| US07805125B2 |
Method and system of managing emergency alarms in a wireless communication system
A system for managing emergency alarm messages in a wireless communications system is disclosed. A first subscriber is assigned an emergency alarm responder role to send an acknowledgement message and present information from a received emergency alarm message to a user of the first subscriber, when the first subscriber receives the emergency alarm message. A second subscriber is assigned an emergency alarm monitor role to present information from the received emergency alarm message to a user of the second subscriber. |
| US07805123B2 |
RF transceiver using hopping frequency synthesizer
A technique of frequency hopping communication capable of high-speed switching of a plurality of signals having ultra-wide band 528 MHz bandwidth at high-speed and setting and switching a band center frequency and the number of bands arbitrary is provided. A radio transceiver has a frequency hopping communication function of UWB system for switching the ultra wide band signal. In the device, high-speed frequency hopping is realized by controlling an SSB mixer in a local oscillator circuit and switching the frequency of a DDS. The device sets NCO data to the DDS and switches a quadrature phase signal of an output, and switches a signal input of an input terminal of the SSB mixer by a control of a phase switching switch. One of a sum component and a difference component of a mixture of first and second quadrature phase signals is outputted from the output terminal of the SSB mixer. |
| US07805115B1 |
Variable filter systems and methods for enhanced data rate communication systems
A radio frequency output power control system is disclosed for use in communication systems that use a modulation scheme having a non-constant amplitude envelope. The system includes a power amplifier having a radio frequency input node for receiving a radio frequency input signal, a power control node for receiving a filtered power control signal, and an output for providing an amplified output signal. The system also includes a variable filter that receives a power control signal at a power control input and a receives a trigger signal at a trigger input, and provides a filtered power control signal to the power control node of the power amplifier responsive to the power control signal and the trigger signal. |
| US07805111B1 |
Fast log-radial wireless terrain propagation prediction method
Wireless system electromagnetic propagation or attenuation design or analysis is performed by determining (by calculation or empirically) the attenuation between all sets of grid points of a terrain. To make the information readily available, the results of the determinations are stored in computer memory. The information is stored in the form of bytes representing integer values of decibels, and the information is stored only for those grid points corresponding to a log-radial (log-polar) mapping. In order to use the data for analysis or design, the desired values are estimated from the log-radial mapping. |
| US07805110B2 |
Employing different signal thresholds based on type of information transmitted
A method is disclosed for determining whether to transmit from a first unit to a second unit, where the transmission is one of a first type and a second type. In the method, a signal from the second unit is received at the first unit, and the strength of the signal as received at the first unit is measured. A determination is made of whether the transmission is of the first type or the second type, and a first threshold is selected if the transmission is of the first type, or else a second threshold is selected if the transmission is of the second type. The measured signal strength is then compared to the selected threshold, and the transmission proceeds only if the measured signal strength exceeds the selected threshold. |
| US07805102B2 |
Heating device and image formation apparatus
On a sliding surface of a heating support body positioned in a downstream side in a film body moving direction wherein the heating temperature is comparatively high and the fluidity of a lubricant agent is good, fluid guiding grooves which uniformly disperse the lubricant agent are provided, thereby well dispersing the lubricant agent over the entire region from a center region to both-end regions of the heating support body and the film body and maintaining good slidability of the film body over a long period of time. |
| US07805101B2 |
Multi-color printing system and method for high toner pile height printing
Methods are presented in which one or more pages of a print job are segmented into two or more parts, with the first part being transferred and affixed to the printed medium prior to transferring and affixing the second part, in order to facilitate high TMA (pile height) printing while mitigating adverse retransfer, blur, fusing, and hollow character effects. |
| US07805098B2 |
Development device and image forming apparatus comprising same
The development device of the present invention has a rotating shutter supported rotatably between a supply opening formed on a toner supply device and a receiving opening formed on a developing tank. The rotating shutter has an open section extending in the axial direction of the roller-shaped main section as well as opened in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction thereof, opening and shutting the supply opening in conjunction with attachment and detachment operation of the developing tank. The rotating shutter shuts the supply opening by covering the supply opening with the outer surface of the roller-shaped main section, and opens the supply opening by communicating the supply opening and the receiving opening through the open section. Thus, it is possible to prevent the leakage of toner even after repetitively performing the attachment and detachment operation of the developing tank. |
| US07805092B2 |
Toner container, toner feed device and image forming apparatus
A toner container that is removably attached to a toner feed device for feeding toner to a developing unit provided for an image forming apparatus, includes: a container body filled with toner; and a supporting structure, which supports the container body in a rotatable manner by enclosing the outer peripheral surface along the rotational direction of the container body so as to include the area where a toner feed recess is formed, and has a toner feed aperture for feeding the toner discharged from a toner discharge aperture of the container body into the toner feed recess, to the outside. The supporting structure includes a shutter opening and closing mechanism having a shutter element that is movable along a fixed direction to open and close the toner feed aperture. This shutter opening and closing mechanism in the supporting structure is formed with an anti-slide portion for restraining the movement of the shutter element before the toner container is mounted to the toner feed device. |
| US07805091B2 |
Image forming apparatus detecting state of apparatus to display message
A message display portion is provided on each of a plurality of faces of an image forming apparatus. A state of the image forming apparatus is detected, and a message is displayed on a message display portion facing in the direction of a user to whom a notification should be given. Therefore, the state of the apparatus can be shown to each user in a user-friendly manner. |
| US07805089B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus performs a control sequence in which an AC voltage having a peak-to-peak voltage is applied to a charging member so that a relationship between an absolute value of a surface potential of an image bearing member at a portion under a transfer residual toner remaining on the image bearing member which has been electrically charged by the charging member during non-image formation and an absolute value of a surface potential of a developer carrying member is reversed with respect to a relationship between these absolute values during image formation. |
| US07805085B2 |
Optical reception apparatus
An optical reception apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a branching section that branches an optical signal input thereto into two; first and second delay interferometers arranged on optical paths through which the branched lights are propagated; first and second photoelectric converting sections that receive the output lights from the delay interferometers; a clock recovery circuit for recovering a clock signal based on a data signal output from one of the photoelectric converting sections; a multiplexing section that multiplexes data signals from the photoelectric converting sections in accordance with the clock signal; and a delay interferometer control section that resets operating conditions of the delay interferometers when the frame synchronization is not achieved. Thus, it becomes possible to perform the demodulation processing on the signal light which is differential phase shift keying modulated using a quadrature phase component, utilizing a general-purpose framer. |
| US07805083B2 |
Method and apparatus for data recovery in an optical transmission system
Method and apparatus for data recovery in optical transmission systems include parallel detection subcircuits for determining output values of sequentially provided optical data bits such that sequentially provided optical data bits are alternately processed by respective ones of the parallel detection subcircuits. For example, in one embodiment of the present invention, clock values to be used for timing provided to the first parallel detection subcircuit are 180° out of phase with clock values provided to the second parallel detection subcircuit, such that the first parallel detection subcircuit and the second parallel detection subcircuit alternately process input optical data bits according to odd valued clock signals and even valued clock signals. Furthermore, the outputs of the parallel detection subcircuits are connected crosswise to provide control signals for their parallel counterparts. In principle, various decisions are made using decision circuits and desired output values are selected based on the previously decided bits. |
| US07805082B1 |
Optical laser control for optical communications systems
An optical communications system comprises a transmitter, a receiver and an optical communications link between the transmitter and receiver. The transmitter comprises a current-driven directly modulated laser for providing a modulated optical signal and a current controller for controlling the current waveform applied to the laser. The current waveform applied to the laser is determined to compensate for the effects of the laser non-linearities and the fiber chromatic dispersion. This system applies pre-compensation to the directly modulated laser input current waveform to provide both pre-compensation for chromatic dispersion and compensation for the non-linearities of the directly modulated laser. These are two of the main limiting factors in providing a low cost high data rate and long reach optical communications system. |
| US07805081B2 |
Methods and systems for monitoring multiple optical signals from a single source
Methods and systems for monitoring a plurality of different optical signals from a single source of such signals, where each such different optical signal is spatially separated from other such signals and directed to different detectors or locations upon a single detector, which direction is generally accomplished through the use of a small number of optical components and/or manipulations. |
| US07805076B2 |
High-capacity packet-switched network
A packet-switched WDMA ring network has an architecture utilizing packet stacking and unstacking for enabling nodes to access the entire link capacity by transmitting and receiving packets on available wavelengths. Packets are added and dropped from the ring by optical switches. A flexible credit-based MAC protocol along with an admission algorithm enhance the network throughput capacity. |
| US07805075B2 |
Methods of restoration in an ultra-long haul optical network
A method includes receiving a restoration indicator associated with a path that includes an optical cross-connect (OXC). The OXC is reconfigured from a standby configuration to a restoration configuration in response to the restoration indicator. An optical signal received in a first direction at a first wavelength is optically regenerated to produce an optical signal in the first direction at a second wavelength. An optical signal received in a second direction at the second wavelength is optically regenerated to produce an optical signal in the second direction at the first wavelength. |
| US07805071B2 |
Camera module and electronic device
There is provided an inexpensive camera module 1 having shieldability. The camera module 1 has a housing 2 which is molded from resin so that layers of the resin are formed on both sides of a metal plate 5 and in which an inside space for accommodating a group of lenses 6, 7 is formed and which is opened at least in one direction, a lid 3 for sealing the opened part of the housing 2, and a substrate 4 on which an imaging element 10 is mounted. In the housing 2, the metal plate 5 is partially exposed, and the lid 3 composed of conductive material and ground patterns 22 on the substrate 4 are in conductive contact with exposed parts 19, 21 of the metal plate 5. |
| US07805070B2 |
Image sensor inspection device
An inspection device for visually inspecting an image sensor of a digital recording device, such as a digital camera. The inspection device includes a tubular housing and a lens mounted therein. The housing is configured to engage a lens interface of a camera body. A lighting assembly is provided that is configured to illuminate the image sensor when the inspection device is coupled to a digital camera body so that the image sensor may be visually inspected for contamination. |
| US07805064B2 |
Rapid thermal firing IR conveyor furnace having high intensity heating section
Isolation IR heat lamp module and method of firing multi-zone IR furnaces for solar cell processing comprising lamps disposed in individual parallel channels in a reflector/insulator body to provide a cooling air channel surrounding each tube; the channels are covered with IR-transmissive plate material to isolate each lamp from adjacent lamps and the process zone. Cooling air is exhausted and recycled upstream for energy conservation. Lamp spacing can be varied and power to each lamp individually controlled to provide infinite control of temperature profile in each heating zone. For a spike zone, and in combination with downstream quench control and annealing zones, steep heating and cooling curves with very short dwell (sharp) peak temperature profiles permit faster throughput due to operation of the lampsm at essentially 100% rated capacity, at a 2× or greater heating and throughput rate without compromising lamp life, while producing solar cells with improved output efficiency. |
| US07805062B2 |
Transmitting and recording method, reproducing method, and reproducing apparatus of information and its recording medium
A method of reproducing data from a recording medium, each of the data including reference time information indicating a reference time and including packet data, the method including: reproducing the data from the recording medium; obtaining a difference between respective reference times indicated by the reference time information of the reproduced adjacent data; rearranging the data on a time axis such that a time interval between adjacent data is equal to the obtained reference time difference; and outputting the rearranged data. |
| US07805054B2 |
Signal compressing apparatus
An input signal is quantized into a quantization-resultant signal. The quantization-resultant signal is compressed into a compression-resultant signal. The compression-resultant signal is formatted into a formatting-resultant signal corresponding to a predetermined format for a digital recording disc. The formatting-resultant signal includes segments corresponding to user data areas prescribed in the predetermined format. The compression-resultant signal is placed in the segments of the formatting-resultant signal. The formatting-resultant signal is encoded into an encoding-resultant signal of a CD format. The encoding-resultant signal is recorded on a recording medium. |
| US07805051B2 |
System and methodology for utilizing a portable media player
A low-cost portable digital video player receives proprietary compressed data from a source such as a personal video recorder (PVR), and displays the data on an integral display. A rewritable non-volatile memory of the player stores the data and a media decoder of the player transforms and decompresses the data. According to one embodiment the decoder transforms the data to a non-proprietary format, prior to storing the data. According to a second embodiment, the memory stores the data in the proprietary format, and decoder transforms and decompresses the data in response to an instruction from a user input device, and transfers the decoded data to a display. A cradle for the player provides communications to the PVR, a power supply and optionally further storage capacity. |
| US07805050B2 |
Mobile video entertainment system
A mobile video system comprising a video player having a hinge and a display pivotally attached on the hinge. The video player and the display are contained by a bag which is preferably suspended from and fastened to seats with adjustable straps for viewing by a user, the bag having extensible mesh side panels to facilitate air circulation around the video player and a flap cover that can be opened to access the display.The video player includes a display pivotally attached to a video player that can be flipped up and adjusted to a desired angle for viewing by the user and flipped down when not in use. |
| US07805045B2 |
Optical fibre cleaving device
A mechanism for cleaving optical fibers, comprising fiber cleaving means and gripping members arranged to grip an optical fiber and to apply a pulling force to put the fiber under tension whilst the fiber is cleaved, wherein the gripping member(s) C are arranged to eject a cleaved-off part of the fiber F into a receptacle 49 once the fiber has been cleaved, and/or the fiber F is bent during cleaving by means of a rotatable double anvil 47 widely separated from the gripping members. |
| US07805044B2 |
Fiber drop terminal
A drop terminal includes an enclosure having a housing and a base attached to the housing. The housing includes an outer surface containing a plurality of receptacles and cooperatively defines an inner cavity with the base. The drop terminal further includes a splitter incorporated into the enclosure. |
| US07805037B1 |
Multiplexer having improved efficiency
The multiplexer includes multi-mode waveguides positioned on a base such that a plurality of the waveguides serve as input waveguides and one or more of the waveguides serve as an output waveguide. The waveguides intersect one another such that light signals traveling along a plurality of the input waveguides are combined onto an output waveguide. At least a portion of the input waveguides including a taper configured to taper the width of a light signal traveling along the input waveguide toward the output waveguide. |
| US07805035B2 |
Forming method of refractive index matching film
A forming method of a refractive index matching film comprises steps: one end of an optical fiber is brought into contact with a liquid surface of a photo-curable refractive index matching solution; curing reaction light is made incident to the opposite end of the optical fiber and is emitted through the one end of the optical fiber so as to cure preliminarily the photo-curable refractive index matching solution in contact with the one end of the optical fiber; the curing reaction light is tentatively stopped; the one end of the optical fiber is separated from the liquid surface of the photo-curable refractive index matching solution; and the curing reaction light is made incident again from the opposite end of the optical fiber so as to cure the preliminarily cured photo-curable refractive index matching solution and form a refractive index matching film. |
| US07805034B2 |
OCT probe for eliminating ghost images
An OCT probe has a sheath to be inserted into a subject; and an optical system within the sheath, for changing the direction of light which propagates from a light source through an optical fiber to irradiate the light onto the subject through a transparent portion of the sheath, and for reflecting the light beam, which is reflected by the subject, to guide the light into the optical fiber. A light output surface, for causing the light to be output from the reflecting surface in a direction obliquely inclined with respect to the inner surface of the sheath, and a reflected light sheath entrance preventing portion, for preventing light reflected by the inner surface of the sheath from entering the optical fiber, are provided in the optical system. The reflected light sheath entrance preventing portion may be formed by providing a cut planar surface portion on the lens. |
| US07805032B1 |
Remote monitoring of undersea cable systems
A method and system are provided for remotely monitoring undersea cable systems. Upon receiving a fault alert message, an optical cross-connect is set up between the subject cable station and a testing platform. Testing is conducted and a determination is made whether the fault is in the undersea portion of the network, or in the terrestrial backhaul. By making that determination early, unnecessary technician travel is reduced. |
| US07805026B2 |
Resonator-assisted control of radio-frequency response in an optical modulator
In one embodiment, an optical modulator has a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) and an optical resonator coupled, via a tunable optical coupler, to one of the MZI internal arms. The optical resonator induces in the MZI frequency-dependent optical losses characterized by a comb of spectral resonances. The coupling strength between the optical resonator and the MZI set by the optical coupler controls the magnitude of the loss due to the resonances, while one or more optical phase shifter located in the optical resonator controls the spectral position of the resonances. Either the optical coupler or the optical phase shifter, or both, can be tuned to adjust the modulator's radio-frequency response curve. |
| US07805025B2 |
System and method for creating, storing and utilizing images of a geographic location
A system and method synthesizing images of a locale to generate a composite image that provide a panoramic view of the locale. A video camera moves along a street recording images of objects along the street. A GPS receiver and inertial navigation system provide the position of the camera as the images are being recorded. The images are indexed with the position data provided by the GPS receiver and inertial navigation system. The composite image is created on a column-by-column basis by determining which of the acquired images contains the desired pixel column, extracting the pixels associated with the column, and stacking the columns side by side. The composite images are stored in an image database and associated with a street name and number range of the street being depicted in the image. The image database covers a substantial amount of a geographic area allowing a user to visually navigate the area from a user terminal. |
| US07805023B2 |
Image evaluation method and microscope
Image evaluation method capable of objectively evaluating the image resolution of a microscope image. An image resolution method is characterized in that resolution in partial regions of an image is obtained over an entire area of the image or a portion of the image, averaging is performed over the entire area of the image or the portion of the image, and the averaged value is established as the resolution evaluation value of the entire area of the image or the portion of the image. This method eliminates the subjective impressions of the evaluator from evaluation of microscope image resolution, so image resolution evaluation values of high accuracy and good repeatability can be obtained. |
| US07805018B2 |
Dynamic detection of blocking artifacts
The present invention relates to a method of processing a sequence of digital images, intended to detect, in a dynamical manner, a grid comprising blocking artefacts. Said method comprises the steps of, a) detecting (100) a current spatial grid (SG(t)) within a portion of the image constituted by a current field (FLD(t)), b) determining (200) a current reference grid (RG(t)) from a current spatial grid (SG(t)) and a preceding reference grid (RG(t-1)) supplied by a memory MEM (150), the current reference grid (RG(t)) being subsequently stored temporarily in the memory MEM (150), and c) correcting COR (300) blocking artefacts which are present in the current field (FLD(t)) from the preceding reference grid (RG(t-1)) so as to supply a processed field (PPP(t)). |
| US07805014B2 |
Image-encoding controlling apparatus for using a table reflecting statistical frequency of quantization parameter selection and method thereof
An image-encoding method and apparatus is provided for using a table statistically reflecting a selection frequency of a quantization parameter. The method includes the steps of preparing a table representing a relationship among a target bit quantity, a quantization parameter and a selection frequency as a table for statistically reflecting a frequency of selecting a quantization parameter according to a target bit quantity. The method further includes the steps of searching for a maximum selection frequency among the selection frequencies corresponding to an input target bit quantity by referring to the table, and selecting a quantization parameter corresponding to the input target bit quantity and the searched maximum selection frequency as an optimized quantization parameter to thereby prevent inadequate image-encoding due to large amounts of computations and provide a target bit rate and uniform image quality. |
| US07805010B2 |
Cross-ontological analytics for alignment of different classification schemes
Quantification of the similarity between nodes in multiple electronic classification schemes is provided by automatically identifying relationships and similarities between nodes within and across the electronic classification schemes. Quantifying the similarity between a first node in a first electronic classification scheme and a second node in a second electronic classification scheme involves finding a third node in the first electronic classification scheme, wherein a first product value of an inter-scheme similarity value between the second and third nodes and an intra-scheme similarity value between the first and third nodes is a maximum. A fourth node in the second electronic classification scheme can be found, wherein a second product value of an inter-scheme similarity value between the first and fourth nodes and an intra-scheme similarity value between the second and fourth nodes is a maximum. The maximum between the first and second product values represents a measure of similarity between the first and second nodes. |
| US07805009B2 |
Method and apparatus for measuring motion of a subject using a series of partial images from an imaging system
A line scan imager is used to determine the motion of a subject. Each line of image data from the line scan imager is compared with a reference image. The location of a matching line in the reference image reveals the displacement of the subject. The current subject displacement can be determined based on each line of image data. The resulting displacement information can be used to correctly place other optical beams on the subject. The method can be applied to tracking the human eye to facilitate measurement, imaging, or treatment with a beam of optical radiation. |
| US07805007B2 |
Systems and methods for image processing
A facility is provided for recognizing blank and nearly blank images. In various embodiments, the facility receives an indication of an image, creates an analysis image based on the received image by detecting edges, determines an edge ratio for the analysis image, determines whether the edge ratio exceeds a threshold and, when the edge ratio does not exceed the threshold, identifies the received image as a blank image. The facility can include an edge detector component that creates an analysis image based on a selected image by detecting edges in the selected image, a calculator component that calculates an edge ratio for the analysis image, and an analysis component that determines whether the calculated edge ratio exceeds a threshold. |
| US07805006B2 |
Image processing apparatus
An image processing apparatus is made up of a processing target area specification section for specifying a processing target area; a circumferential direction specification section for specifying the circumferential direction of a contour circle in the processing target area; an edge detection region specification section for specifying three or more regions made different in position in the circumferential direction in the processing target area as edge detection regions based on the processing target area and the circumferential direction; an edge position identification section for identifying edge positions with respect to the radial direction based on the intensity distribution in the edge detection regions; and a contour circle determination section for determining a contour circle based on the edge positions identified relative to the edge detection regions. |
| US07805003B1 |
Identifying one or more objects within an image
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for identifying one or more objects within an image. The techniques include receiving an image that includes at least one object; identifying a plurality of edge pixels in the image, an edge pixel being a pixel that borders two contrasting areas of the image, the plurality of edge pixels including both inner edge pixels and outer edge pixels; and finding a substantially connected component correlated with each object, the substantially connected component comprising a set of the edge pixels that are connected by traversing substantially only edge pixels. |
| US07804993B2 |
Method and apparatus for detecting defects in wafers including alignment of the wafer images so as to induce the same smear in all images
A method for inspecting a wafer including a multiplicity of dies, the method including dividing an image of at least a portion of the wafer into a plurality of sub-images each representing a sub-portion of the wafer and selecting at least one defect candidate within each sub-image by comparing each sub-image to a corresponding sub-image of a reference including a representation, which is assumed to be faultless, of the portion of the wafer. |
| US07804992B2 |
Cardiovascular risk assessments using aortic calcification information derived from x-ray measurements taken with a dual energy x-ray densitometer
Methods and systems for computer assisted detection of arterial calcification, for example in the abdominal artery, by using measurements such as those conventionally taken with a dual x-ray energy bone densitometers at single energy or dual energy, and for using the calcification assessment either alone or with other information to assess and report a risk of a cardiovascular event. |
| US07804991B2 |
Apparatus and method for measuring anatomical objects using coordinated fluoroscopy
Two fluoroscopic images taken from two different angles of the same anatomical feature are registered to a common three-dimensional coordinate system. A dimension of the anatomical feature is determined by specifying with reference to the two registered fluoroscopic images two constrained points within the three-dimensional coordinate system that correspond to the boundaries of the anatomical feature, and calculating a straight-line distance between the two. Additionally, a three-dimensional virtual model of an implant is projected into each of two, registered fluoroscopic image, and a surgeon manipulates the projections to adjust the size and shape of the virtual model, and thereby determine parameters for the implant. |
| US07804989B2 |
Object recognition system for medical imaging
An improved system and method (i.e. utility) for segmentation of medical images is provided. The utility fits an estimated boundary on a structure of interest in an automated selection and fitting process. The estimated boundary may be a model boundary that is generated actual boundaries of like structures. In one arrangement, the boundaries may be selected based on the age and/or ethnicity of a patient. In further arrangements, narrow band processing is performed to estimate the actual boundary of the structure of interest. |
| US07804985B2 |
Circuit module having force resistant construction
Impact resistant circuit modules are disclosed for enclosing a die having a sensor area. Preferred modules include a flexible circuit and a die coupled thereto. The flexible circuit is preferably folded over compressible material to help absorb applied forces. A gap may be provided between sides of the die and the compressible material to help prevent peeling. A metal reinforcing layer may be bonded to the back of the die. A low modulus material including a patterned gap underneath the die may be used to absorb forces. A dry film adhesive may be placed between at least part of the upper surface of the die and the flexible circuit, preferably to provide further point impact resistance and protection. High and low modulus material may be combined in ruggedizing structures. Consumer devices employing such circuit modules are also taught, as well as module construction methods. |
| US07804983B2 |
Digital image acquisition control and correction method and apparatus
An unsatisfactory scene is disqualified as an image acquisition control for a camera. An image is acquired. One or more mouth regions are determined. The mouth regions are analyzed to determined whether they are frowning, and if so, then the scene is disqualified as a candidate for a processed, permanent image while the mouth is completing the frowning. |
| US07804980B2 |
Environment recognition device
A color information creating part calculates the average color of captured image data in units of macro blocks, and determines to which color index the average color of each macro block corresponds. Color arrangement information formed by associating color information with the macro blocks is stored in a color index memory. A histogram creating part creates color histograms representative of the distribution of macro blocks added with color information corresponding to aimed color indexes. Based on the color arrangement information and the color histograms, a color application execution part recognizes objects, surroundings, or the situation of a driver's own vehicle without performing area splitting (shape acquisition) of an image. |
| US07804969B2 |
Silicon microphone with impact proof structure
Improved impact proof capability of a silicon microphone sensing element is achieved with a stopper element that limits the maximum vibration of moveable parts. The stopper has a lower anchor portion and upper finger portion that is elevated a certain distance above the diaphragm and overhangs the outer edges of the perforated plates. The stopper is formed on a stack consisting of a lower substrate, a middle dielectric layer, and an upper membrane layer. There is a back hole in the substrate and an air gap in the dielectric layer to allow sound to impinge on the diaphragm. The number of fingers and composition of the stopper is variable. Optionally, the stopper has a center support design and is formed on a center anchor within an opening in the diaphragm. An upper finger region overhangs the diaphragm near the center opening and thereby prevents breakage due to large vibrations. |
| US07804968B2 |
Condenser microphone
The occurrence of noise caused by external electromagnetic waves is prevented and a high voltage is prevented in a microphone case, so that the possibility of an electrical shock is eliminated. A condenser microphone, comprising a microphone case (shield case) 10 including a circuit board 11 having a ground circuit 13 and an electronic circuit 12 for a condenser microphone unit MU, and a 3-pin output connector 20 which is mounted on the microphone case 10 and connected to a microphone cable 30 from an external power unit (for example, a phantom power source), the output connector 20 including a first grounding pin connected to the ground circuit 13 and the microphone case 10, wherein the ground circuit 13 and the microphone case 10 are electrically connected at multiple points via conductive connecting means 40, which can be brought into surface contact, to prevent a ground loop current path caused by a stray capacitance between the ground circuit 13 and the microphone case 10. |
| US07804965B2 |
Microphone system and microphone apparatus
A microphone system including a main unit for controlling the entire system and microphones having cascade connections from the main unit assuming the main-unit side upstream and the opposite side downstream. The microphone includes communication control means for controlling data transmitted between the main unit and microphones, sound input means for converting collected sound into a digital signal, echo cancellation means for eliminating an echo component in the sound signal, and sound-information generation means for updating the sound information by adding the sound signal of the self-microphone to the sound information of the downstream microphones and upstream transmitting the up data including the updated sound information. The microphone transmits the down data transmitted from the main unit to the down-most microphone in sequence in accordance with the cascade connection and transmits the up data from the down-most microphone to the main unit in reverse sequence. |
| US07804963B2 |
Method and device for comparing signals to control transducers and transducer control system
A method of comparison between pieces of information characterizing reference values and pieces of information characterizing current values of sound-reproducing systems of a system of (n) microphones mi and (p) speakers hpj for the control of said sound-reproducing systems characterized in that: A: for each speaker hpj, at least one sound signal S is sent on the speaker hpj, for each microphone mi, a piece of information hpjmi is retrieved, this piece of information characterizing the sound-reproducing system comprising the speaker hpj and the microphone mi, B: a reference matrix Qr is saved, this reference matrix being constituted by all the pieces of reference information hpjmi obtained following the sending of the sound signal S, C: as soon as a comparison is to be made, the step A is run with a sound signal S′ to obtain current information on a matrix Q, D: the matrices Q and Qr are compared. |
| US07804957B2 |
Copy protection method, cablecard module, and video system of digital cable broadcasting channel according to predetermined digital cable broadcasting standard
A copy protection method of a digital cable broadcasting channel according to a predetermined digital cable broadcasting standard is provided which comprises changing a channel to a first digital cable broadcasting channel and exchanging a copy protection value of the digital cable broadcasting standard between a CableCARD module and a video device corresponding to the channel change operation of the first digital cable broadcasting channel without regard to at least one former channel with respect to the first digital cable broadcasting channel. |
| US07804954B2 |
Infrastructure for enabling high quality real-time audio
Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that improve media communications. In one embodiment, a media server receives a media communication with a first quality from a personal computer with VoIP telephone capabilities. The media server translates the media (e.g., audio, visual, etc.) communication into a second quality, and forwards the media communication to a communication gateway. The translation to improve communications can also be done when receiving the media communication from the communication gateway for forwarding to the personal computer having VoIP telephone capability. In some embodiments, a media server sits in the communication channel between a personal computer with VoIP telephone capabilities and a communication gateway and is able to translate communications into codec protocols they each understand. |
| US07804952B2 |
Prioritized call load balancing
This invention provides the ability to load balance calls in a communications network using a certain criterion, such as a user-specified call priority, or the call class of service. The method is applied when selecting a route for a new call or for re-balancing the calls across a network. When the user-specified call priority is used, the aggregated number of calls with the same priority or class of service is calculated for all possible routes the new call may use. The aggregated number of calls is then divided by the number of hops in the respective routes; the route with the smallest ratio is selected for the new call. Re-balancing is performed by re-routing the calls in such a way as to obtain a similar number of calls of the same priority, or class of service, along all possible routes. |
| US07804949B2 |
Client-based integration of PBX and messaging systems
This invention integrates instant messaging, presence, and other collaborative capabilities with conventional PBX functionality through use of a PBX-Messaging Integration Client (PMIC). The invention in its several embodiments features a method and system for using the PMIC-based computer interface to perform off-hook/on-hook presence notification for a PBX phone, establish media sessions concurrent with PBX telephonic communication, execute custom call treatment in conjunction with a PBX phone, implement call transfer capability between a PBX phone and numerous other devices, and provide PBX call control. The PBX is generally enabled with computer telephony integration (CTI) and, depending on the embodiment, a Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) such as Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). The invention empowers enterprise workers with a diverse, unified and integrated set of both PBX functions and SIP-based collaboration tools. |
| US07804942B2 |
Tone detector judging a detection of a predetermined tone signal by comparing a characteristic quantity of the tone signal with characteristic quantities of other signals
A tone transmission part transmits a tone signal. A tone signal detection part detects data representing an echo signal of the tone signal transmitted by the tone transmission part, and detects data representing a predetermined tone signal targeted to be detected. The tone signal detection part also detects data representing tone signals of all of input signals. A tone judgment part excludes the data representing the echo signal from the data representing the tone signals of all of the input signals so as to judge a detection of the predetermined tone signal. |
| US07804938B2 |
X-ray imaging apparatus and fluoroscopic image display apparatus
An X-ray imaging apparatus and a fluoroscopic image display apparatus are provided for displaying postural information of a subject on a fluoroscopic image. The X-ray imaging apparatus detects an X-ray irradiated from an X-ray irradiator and passing through a subject and takes a fluoroscopic image. The X-ray detector includes a visible indicator at a corner of an X-ray incidence plane, a display device that displays a fluoroscopic image based on a detection signal from the X-ray detector together with an orient mark corresponding to the indicator, and a writing device that enables a mark indicating the posture of a subject on the displayed fluoroscopic image. |
| US07804934B2 |
Accurate measurement of layer dimensions using XRF
A method for inspection of a sample includes directing an excitation beam to impinge on an area of a planar sample that includes a feature having sidewalls perpendicular to a plane of the sample, the sidewalls having a thin film thereon. An intensity of X-ray fluorescence (XRF) emitted from the sample responsively to the excitation beam is measured, and a thickness of the thin film on the sidewalls is assessed based on the intensity. In another method, the width of recesses in a surface layer of a sample and the thickness of a material deposited in the recesses after polishing are assessed using XRF. |
| US07804932B2 |
Double-feedback flexible non-integer frequency division circuit
An embodiment of this invention combines feed-forward and feedback frequency division circuits in a such a way, to provide greater flexibility in choosing the non-integer division ratios at the output, with little added complexity. Alternate embodiments include additional divider(s) in signal or feedback paths providing additional flexibility and design simplification. An embodiment uses in-phase/quadrature signals to select the desired modes at feedback-path and signal-path mixers. Various alternatives are also described. |
| US07804931B2 |
Spacer and a fuel unit for a nuclear plant
The invention refers to a spacer for holding a number if elongated fuel rods intended to be located in a nuclear plant and to a fuel unit having such spacers. The spacer encloses a number of cells, which each has a longitudinal axis and is arranged to receive a fuel rod in such a way that the fuel rod extends in parallel with the longitudinal axis. Each cell is formed by a sleeve-like member. Each sleeve-like member is manufactured in a sheet-shaped material that is bent to the sleeve-like shape. |
| US07804926B2 |
PLL using unbalanced quadricorrelator
A Phase Locked Loop (1) used in a data and clock recovery comprising a frequency detector (10) including a quadricorrelator (2), the quadricorrelator (2) comprising a frequency detector including double edge clocked bi-stable circuits (21, 22, 23, 24) coupled to a first multiplexer (31) and to a second multiplexer (32) being controlled by a signal having a same bitrate as the incoming signal (D), and a phase detector (DFF) controlled by a first signal pair (PQ, PQ provided by the first multiplexer (31) and by a second signal pair (PI, PI) provided by the second multiplexer (32). |
| US07804921B2 |
System and method for decoupling multiple control loops
A method for adjusting a signal includes applying a compensation for distortion to a signal to generate an output signal and sampling the output signal to generate data values and boundary values. The method further includes monitoring the sampled values for a first set of data patterns, detecting in the sampled values one of the first set of data patterns, and adjusting the compensation based on the sampled data values and boundary values associated with the detected data pattern in the first set of data patterns. The method further includes, after adjusting the compensation, monitoring the sampled values for a second set of data patterns, detecting in the sampled values one of the second set of data patterns, and adjusting the compensation based on one or more of the sampled data values and boundary values associated with the detected data pattern in the second set of data patterns. |
| US07804919B2 |
Run length limiting apparatus and run length limiting method
According to one embodiment, a run length limiting apparatus comprises an input section configured to input, a digital data string including a predetermined number of symbols which have the same number of bits, a search section configured to search for a specific symbol having a pattern that does not match any of the symbols included in the input digital data string, a calculation section configured to perform an exclusive OR operation between the specific symbol searched for and each of the symbols included in the input digital data string, and an output section configured to output the calculated digital data string together with the specific symbol. |
| US07804918B2 |
Apparatus for independently extracting streams from hierarchically-modulated signal and performing soft-decision, and method thereof
An apparatus for independently extracting streams from a hierarchically-modulated signal and performing a soft-decision, and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes: a synchronizing unit for receiving a hierarchically-modulated signal configured of an I-channel signal and a Q-channel signal from an external device and performing a synchronizing process on the received signal; a divaricating unit 410 for divaricating the synchronized signal configured of the I-channel signal and the Q-channel signal from the synchronizing unit; a high priority (HP) stream extracting and soft-decision unit for extracting a HP stream from one of the divaricated signals, and performing a soft-decision; a processing unit for processing the other of the divaricated signals to allow constellation points to be distinguished; and a low priority (LP) stream extracting and soft-decision unit for extracting a LP stream from the processed signal from the processing unit and performing a soft-decision. |
| US07804916B2 |
Detector for detecting a frequency-shift keying signal by digital processing
A frequency-shift keying (FSK) signal detector includes a binarizing circuit for receiving an FSK signal and expressing amplitude of the FSK signal in binary; a correlator for receiving the FSK signal expressed in binary and acquiring a correlation of the FSK signal; and an arithmetic unit for performing an arithmetic operation on the output of the correlator to detect and output the FSK signal. The correlator includes plural stages of shift register for sequentially shifting the FSK signal in response to a clock signal; a correlation filter for obtaining the correlation by a correlation signal sequence and a window function signal sequence which obtain a correlation value at one of two frequency components generated by frequency-shift keying; and another correlation filter for obtaining the correlation by a correlation signal sequence and a window function signal sequence which obtain a correlation value at the other of the two frequency components. |
| US07804915B2 |
Distortion compensation circuit and method
The invention relates to methods and circuits for compensating linear in-band distortions such as those occurring in RF circuits of broad band communication systems. A low-rate sampling is used to collect statistical information about a modulated signal after it passed through the distorting circuits, which is then compared to reference statistical information for the modulated signal to iteratively adjust a frequency response of an equalizing linear filter inserted into the signal path so as to compensate for the distortions. |
| US07804907B2 |
Radio-frequency receiver device
A radio-frequency receiver device including an adaptive processing portion for controlling weights to be given to respective received signals respectively received by a plurality of antenna elements, wherein the adaptive processing portion includes a plurality of frequency analyzing portions operable to convert the received signals received by the antenna elements, into frequency signals, and is operable to control the weights on the basis of the frequency signals obtained by conversion from the received signals by the frequency analyzing portions. |
| US07804905B2 |
Fast fourier transform processors, methods and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing receivers including memory banks
A signal converter having a memory bank and radix-2 Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) transforms an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) signal having a long preamble and data into an OFDM signal in the frequency domain, and outputs the transformed OFDM signal. The radix-2 FFT has a linear systolic array architecture, transforms the long preamble stored in the memory bank by FFT, then stores the transformed long preamble into the memory bank, transforms data input through a buffering process and data input directly by FFT, and stores the transformed data in the memory bank. The memory bank has four memories, stores the long preamble transformed or not transformed and outputs the stored long preambles or the transformed data for the purpose of demodulation as the transformed data is input. Data-processing delay and/or power consumption may be reduced during the operation of the FFT processor. |
| US07804903B2 |
Hardware-based CABAC decoder
A method of decoding a stream of compression-encoded image data. The method includes supplying at least two values to an adder. At least one of the values is determined based at least in part on a type of a current syntax element in the stream of compression-encoded image data. The method also includes adding the at least two values at the adder to produce an index value. The method further includes using the index value to access a look-up table. |
| US07804901B2 |
Residual coding in compliance with a video standard using non-standardized vector quantization coder
This disclosure describes residual coding techniques that use vector quantization coding, which relies on template matching. However, rather than transmit vector quantization codebook indexes (or codewords) that may have no meaning to standard compliant CODECs, the techniques described herein map the residual templates to pre-computed compressed residual blocks that are compliant with a video standard. The standard compliant compressed residual blocks can then be transmitted to another device, which complies with the standard. The techniques can exploit the advantages associated with vector quantization coding, such as the ability to perform more parallel processing, while still maintaining compliance with a video coding standard. |
| US07804897B1 |
Method for implementing an improved quantizer in a multimedia compression and encoding system
Some embodiments limit the changes to a buffer occupancy accumulator with respect to a target number of bits of the current frame. Limiting the change of the buffer occupancy accumulator will prevent one odd significantly different frame from significantly changing the quantization. Some embodiments improve upon the quantizer adjustment by making more accurate estimates of the amount of information needed to encode each macroblock. Specifically, some embodiments estimate the bits per macroblock in a manner that varies from frame type to frame type. Specifically, for frame types with motion compensation, some embodiments exploit the correlation between the complexity of the macroblock and the number of bits needed. In the case of frame types without motion compensation, some embodiments impose a model that biases bit allocation towards smaller activity macro blocks. |
| US07804895B2 |
Apparatus and method for detecting letter box, and MPEG decoding device having the same
In a device and a method for detecting a letter box for an MPEG decoder, the method includes performing processing area filtering for selecting a processing area of an image used to detect the letter box; performing intra-macroblock filtering for determining the letter box area based on a change level of pixels in macroblocks in one line of the image from the processing area; performing impulse data filtering for excluding the line being detected a high frequency component from the determined letter box area; performing inter-macroblock filtering for determining the letter box area based on a change level of lines between macroblocks of the image; performing inter-line filtering for determining a boundary of the letter box based on an average of the pixel values of the lines; and performing inter-picture filtering for outputting a boundary value of the letter box that has the highest frequency number as the boundary of the letter box in successive images. |
| US07804886B2 |
Wearable system for data transmission and reception and method of using the same
System having wearable components operable in mobile outdoor conditions and methods of using the same are presented. A system may include at least one speaker, a microphone, a first transceiver coupled to a first antenna, a second transceiver coupled to a second antenna, the first and second transceivers operating under first and second protocols, respectively. A controller and a power source are also provided. In one embodiment, a system may include an audio assembly, a housing assembly, a resilient seal, and a housing receptacle. The housing assembly may be in releasable engagement with the receptacle. A method of controlling a user device in accordance with one embodiment of the invention may include receiving data transmitted according to a second protocol, decoding the data and encoding the decoded data according to a first protocol, different from the second, and then transmitting the encoded data to the user device. The method may also be practiced in the reverse direction. |
| US07804885B2 |
Iterative vector equalization for CDMA communications systems on the MIMO channel
The invention relates to a reception method for communication over frequency-selective channels with a plurality of send antennas and a plurality of receive antennas, to process data received by the receive antennas that, on sending, was successively modulated and spread.To this end, reception uses: filtering by means of a single linear filter (202, 202′) adapted to process the received data to generate a vector corresponding to an evaluation (Ŝ) of the sent modulated data before spreading; subtracting interference using an estimate of multi-antenna interference (MAI), intersymbol interference (ISI), and multi-user interference (MUI) previously regenerated on the basis of the vector (Ŝ) generated by previous filtering (202); processing to generate an interference estimate for the data received from information computed on the basis of the vector (Ŝ). The invention relates further to a reception system adapted to implement the method and a transmission system including the reception system. |
| US07804883B2 |
Method and system for frequency hopping radio communication
A transmitter shown in FIG. 3 inputs to a mixer 36 an IF band modulation signal generated from transmission data and a frequency hopping signal obtained by a hopping synthesizer 38 controlled by a hopping pattern generator 37, thereby obtaining a frequency hopping radio signal to be transmitted. In a receiver shown in FIG. 4, a received signal is amplified and an unnecessary wave is removed from the signal, and the resultant signal is input to a mixer 44. The mixer 44 receives an output signal of a hopping synthesizer 47 controlled by a signal obtained by adding a fixed frequency offset signal to the hopping pattern generator 45. A signal downconverted to a first IF band without frequency hopping corresponding to the offset signal with a radio frequency band signal maintaining the relative spectrum relationship appears in the output of the mixer 44. An unnecessary wave of the signal is removed, a square unit 49 performs square detection, and a modulation signal in the intermediate frequency band used by the source is regenerated. The obtained IF band signal is modulated, thereby receiving desired data. |
| US07804880B2 |
Nitride semiconductor laser device and nitride semiconductor laser apparatus
In one embodiment of the present invention, a long-life nitride semiconductor laser element is disclosed wherein voltage characteristics do not deteriorate even when the element is driven at high current density. Specifically disclosed is a nitride semiconductor laser element which includes a p-type nitride semiconductor and a p-side electrode formed on the p-type nitride semiconductor. In at least one embodiment, the p-side electrode has a first layer which is in direct contact with the p-type nitride semiconductor and a conductive second layer formed on the first layer, and the second layer contains a metal element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, W, Mo and Nb, and an oxygen element. |
| US07804878B2 |
Nitride semiconductor laser device and method of producing the same
A method of producing a nitride semiconductor laser device includes: forming a wafer including a nitride semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, an active layer of a nitride semiconductor, a nitride semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, and an electrode pad for the second conductivity type stacked in this order on a main surface of a conductive substrate and also including stripe-like waveguide structures parallel to the active layer; cutting the wafer to obtain a first type and a second type of laser device chips; and distinguishing between the first type and the second type of chips by automatic image recognition. The first type and the second type of chips are different from each other in position of the stripe-like waveguide structure with respect to a width direction of each chip and also in area ratio of the electrode pad to the main surface of the substrate. |
| US07804874B2 |
Multibeam laser apparatus and image forming device using the same
A multibeam laser apparatus and an image forming device using the same. The multibeam laser beam apparatus includes a common electrode unit, a plurality of light source units to emit light using the common electrode unit, and an isolating unit to interconnect the common electrode unit and the plurality of light source units. With such configuration for example, the laser apparatus can reduce distances between the respective light source units and the number of the electrodes, and thus reduce the number of wires and legs to produce a compact chip. |
| US07804873B2 |
Electrically pumped surface emitting organic laser device with coupled microcavity
Electrically pumped surface emitting organic laser device having a multi-layer of organic materials disposed between a highly reflective microcavity mirror and a highly reflective mirror to thereby form a coupled microcavity. More specifically, the organic laser device includes a substrate; a bottom mirror over the substrate; a layer of spacer over the bottom mirror; a coupling mirror over the spacer layer; an anode over the coupling mirror; an active layer over the anode; a cathode over the active layer; and a top mirror over the cathode. The combination of the electrode and the mirror leads to low optical absorption and highly reflective electrical contacts at organic-electrode interfaces. Electroluminescent emission efficiency is improved due to the realization of efficient electron-injection and hole-injection. A low loss organic laser device with a coupled microcavity structure is realized that can produce surface emitting laser output under electrical pumping. |
| US07804872B2 |
Nitride semiconductor laser element
A nitride semiconductor laser element comprises; a nitride semiconductor layer that includes a first nitride semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second nitride semiconductor layer, and that has a cavity with end faces, and a first protective film that is in contact with at least one end face of the cavity, wherein the first protective film has a film structure in which bright and dark parts comprising a region in contact with the active layer and a region in contact with the first and second nitride semiconductor layers are observed under scanning transmission electron microscopy, or the first protective film has a film structure in which the crystallinity at a portion adjacent to the active layer is different from that at portions adjacent to the first and second nitride semiconductor layers. |
| US07804871B2 |
Semiconductor laser
A semiconductor laser is provided which emits laser light in which the intensity center of the far-field pattern in the horizontal direction does not vary with variation of the optical output and in which the shape of the far-field pattern in the horizontal direction is stable. The width of trenches is determined so that the magnitude (E1) of the electric field at the center of a ridge and the magnitude (E2) of the electric field at the edges of the trenches provide a ratio E1/E2 that is larger than 0.0001 and smaller than 0.01. In a semiconductor laser with a double-channel ridge structure, layers having a larger equivalent refractive index than the trenches exist outside the trenches. Accordingly, the semiconductor absorbs the light distributed outside the trenches and it is possible to obtain laser light in which the intensity center of the far-field pattern in the horizontal direction does not vary with variation of the optical output and in which the shape of the far-field pattern in the horizontal direction is stable. |
| US07804870B2 |
Semiconductor optical device and manufacturing method thereof
In a p-type clad layer, not only a p-type dopant Zn but also Fe is doped. Its Zn concentration is 1.5×1018 cm−3 and the Fe concentration is 1.8×1017 cm−3. In a semi-insulating burying layer, Fe is doped as an impurity generating a deep acceptor level and the concentration thereof is 6.0×1016 cm−3. The Fe concentration in the p-type clad layer is thus three times higher than the Fe concentration in the burying layer. |
| US07804868B2 |
Chip carrier apparatus and method
A chip carrier having improver thermal properties, wherein the chip carrier may be formed having waist section, and a first transverse end portion joined to the waist section. A first surface of the carrier being configured to receive a chip thereon, and a second surface of the carrier configured to be coupled to a thermal control unit to provide cooling of the carrier and chip. The chip carrier may have a second transverse end portion joined to the waist portion in certain embodiments. |
| US07804867B2 |
Apparatus for dissipating heat in electro-optical communications systems
A laser mounted in a casing is driven by and mounted close to its driving circuit. To reduce the effect on the laser of heat generated by the driver circuit, the casing includes a passive heat sink element on which the driver circuit is mounted whereby heat generated by the driver is dissipated by the passive heat sink element. |
| US07804863B2 |
Laser system
The invention concerns a laser system with a frequency comb generator for generating a comb of optical frequencies having an offset frequency and a plurality of equidistant modes. The laser system further preferably includes at least one stabilizer for stabilizing the frequency comb onto a certain offset frequency and/or onto a certain mode spacing. The laser system further includes an optical amplifier for amplifying the frequency comb coupled out of the frequency comb generator, the amplification factor of this amplifier being variable; and the amplifier is followed by a Raman medium for generating a Raman shift of the frequency comb. |
| US07804848B2 |
Setting a forwarding address in an internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) routing protocol domain at a boundary with a different routing protocol domain
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a neighbor discovery message and a border routing message through an interface at a particular router. The interface communicates with a border network segment between first nodes routing with IPv6 using a first routing protocol and different second nodes routing using a different routing protocol. The messages are received from an alien router. The border routing message includes foreign routing data that indicates a route among the second nodes. If the alien router's interface on the border segment does not have a global IPv6 address, then a fictive IPv6 address is generated, which includes a global prefix of an IPv6 address for the particular router and an interface identifier associated with the alien router. The fictive IPv6 address and the foreign routing data are inserted into a domain scope external advertisement message that is sent to the first nodes. |
| US07804847B2 |
Interface and related methods for rate pacing in an ethernet architecture
An interface and related methods for rate pacing in an Ethernet architecture are described herein. In an embodiment, an effective data rate of communication channel with a remote network device is reduced based, at least in part, on an identified processing capability of the remote network device. In one embodiment, to reduce the effective data rate, one or more idle control elements are inserted between at least two frames of substantive content based, at least in part, on the processing capability of the remote network device. Other embodiments are also disclosed. |
| US07804844B1 |
Dataflow pipeline implementing actions for manipulating packets of a communication protocol
A processor is specified for implementing actions for manipulating the fields of the packets of a communication protocol. A cluster specification is input specifying clusters of independent actions. A constraint specification is input of dependencies constraining performance of the actions, including a dependency between a first action from a first cluster and a second action from a second cluster. Each cluster is assigned to a stage of a dataflow pipeline of the processor, and the dependencies are satisfied by performing each stage in an order of the dataflow pipeline. The first action is transferred between the stages of the first and second clusters. A timeframe is scheduled for performing each action in each stage of the dataflow pipeline. The timeframe is scheduled for performing of the first and second actions in the stage of the second cluster in accordance with the dependencies. A specification of the dataflow pipeline is output. |
| US07804842B2 |
Carrier sense multiple access method and wireless terminal apparatus
A carrier sense multiple access method capable of improving throughput in a wireless network is disclosed. This method is implemented in a wireless network—for example, a wireless LAN (100)—having an AP (110) that is equipped with a multi-beam antenna (111) that forms a directional beam and that is capable of SDMA, and a STA (120, 130, 140) that communicate with the AP (110). With this method, the AP (110) allots the STA (120 to 140) to a beam group defined by a coverage area of the directional beam, according to the location of the STA (120 to 140). Then, the allocated STA (120 to 140) is assigned a signature signal for group identification, the signature signal being unique to the group. |
| US07804840B2 |
Combined FCoE network device
Embodiments of the present invention are related to a device and a method for more efficiently processing Ethernet communications that include FCOE communications. In some embodiments the device is a single device including a combination of an aggregator, a filter and a gateway. Such a combination can be more practical, affordable and efficient than the usual arrangement of a several separate devices. In other embodiments, the device of the present invention can be a combination of a switch and a gateway. In yet other embodiments other types of devices can be used. More generally, embodiments of the present invention can apply to a device or method for processing communications involving a set of two network protocols (first and second protocols) as well as a third protocol, the third protocol being compatible with the first protocol and used to define how to tunnel the second protocol over the first protocol. |
| US07804837B2 |
Changing of channel capabilities
In a telecommunications system, in which a connection comprises a part with an interworking function at both ends, a channel is allocated to the connection between the interworking functions. The required channel capabilities may vary during the connection, whereby the channel capabilities should be changed. When the first interworking function detects that a channel capability must be changed, a first message, which indicates the desired capability change, is transmitted (2-1) to the second interworking function; and the channel capability is changed (2-3,2-5) into the desired one at both ends of the part. |
| US07804836B2 |
Processing encoded real-time data
A processing device and method for processing packets of encoded real-time data to perform a gradual fade-out and fade-in of a signal. Upon detecting the beginning of a packet loss period, a last correctly received packet is repeated with gradually increased attenuation to slowly fade out, for example, an audio signal. At the end of the packet loss period, the device slowly fades in the signal by attenuating the first or a number of packets received following the loss period. The method may be performed with low complexity by decrementing segment numbers of samples of data packets such as in a lookup operation. |
| US07804821B2 |
Circuit switched cellular network to internet calling with internet antennas
A call routing system for use with a wireless telephone systems is disclosed. The system, which monitors the subscriber's current physical location, determines the device to which a call should be terminated, and routes the call. The device can be any IP telephone, including a cable television system adapted to IP telephony. The system routes calls without direct subscriber actions, without a second telephone number, regardless of the time of day and day of week. Various options can also apply to a call, determined by subscriber-established preferences, when specified criteria are met, or calls can be limited to/from specified telephone numbers. The system and method uses signaling techniques that will allow routing of the call, along with any authorization or restrictions, to be done remotely from the actual switching of the call. Call events are transmitted to the call routing system while the communications path of the call is held at the switching system awaiting call routing information. The identity of the subscriber is established using existing means that are used to authenticate the user. The wireless phone user does not have to enter any additional codes or identification to obtain access to the call routing system. |
| US07804817B1 |
Delayed onset of voice activity detection for jitter adaptation
Disclosed are various systems and methods for controlling a voice activity detector. In one example approach, a method is provided in which a voice over internet protocol (VOIP) session is initiated in a first gateway with a second gateway. A plurality of jitter adaptation packets are transmitted from the first gateway to the second gateway. Also, the voice activity detector is disabled in the first gateway during the transmission of the jitter adaptation packets. The voice activity detector is enabled in the first gateway after the transmission of the jitter adaptation packets. |
| US07804816B2 |
Method and apparatus for accessing communication data relevant to a target entity identified by a number string
Service resource items (49) for use in call setup in a telephone system are held on servers (58) that are connected to a computer network which is logically distinct from the telephone system infrastructure; this computer network may, for example, make use of the Internet. Each service item (49) is locatable on the network at a corresponding URI and is associated with a particular telephone number. A mapping is provided between telephone numbers and the URIs of associated service resource items. When it is desired to access a service resource item (49) associated with a particular telephone number, this mapping is used to retrieve the corresponding URI (step 55) which is then used to access the desired service resource item (56, 57, 59). |
| US07804812B2 |
Methods and devices of error control with feedback resource allocation scheme
There is disclosed a method and a device of controlling transmission errors in a network comprising at least one transmitter, at least one receiver and a Radio Resource Management (RRM) unit for allocating transmission resource dedicated to the transmitter and/or the receiver. A FeedBacK (FBK) function is introduced to manage transmission of feedback information which is transmitted by the receiver to the transmitter to indicate transmission errors. The FBK function comprises a transmitter FBK instance and a receiver FBK instance. At first, the transmitter FBK instance transmits Protocol Data Units (PDUs) to the receiver FBK instance. The FBK function monitors transmission errors on the receiver FBK instance side and/or on the transmitter FBK instance side to determine a transmission quality level out of a set of given transmission quality levels. The FBK function selects one feedback operational mode out of a predetermined list of feedback operational modes based on the determined transmission quality level, each one of feedback operational modes defining a feedback resource allocation scheme for the transmitter FBK instance and the receiver FBK instance. The receiver FBK instance transmits to the transmitter FBK instance feedback information via a resource allocated based on the selected feedback operational mode. |
| US07804811B2 |
Method of detecting error of control information to be transmitted by downlink channel of radio communication and mobile terminal
An error detection method for detecting an error of control information (parameters) of a physical channel and a mobile terminal are provided. In a receive side (mobile terminal), the size of each bit string generated in the transport channel HS-DSCH (High-Speed Downlink Shared Channel) processing (e.g. rate matching processing) in HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) is compared, so that an error of the control information, transmitted from the transmission side (base station) via the physical channel for control information HS-SCCH (High-Speed Shared Control Channel), is detected. |
| US07804806B2 |
Techniques for peer wireless switch discovery within a mobility domain
Techniques and technologies are provided for enabling wireless switches in a mobility domain to discover other wireless switches in a mobility domain across layer 3 (L3) subnets. |
| US07804803B2 |
Neighbor based TDMA slot assignment
Non-overlapping time slots are allocated to a plurality of nodes in a network by a mobile agent that moves from node to node of the network. At a current node of the network, the mobile agent accesses neighbor information that includes time slot information relative to neighbor nodes of the current node. The neighbor nodes are neighbors of the current node. At the current node of the network, the mobile agent also assigns mutually exclusive time slots for the neighbor nodes. |
| US07804802B2 |
Establishing parameters for transmissions in wireless communications network
In a wireless network comprising at least a first and a second wireless communication devices, a method is provided for determining at least one characteristic for communication between a base station and a subscriber terminal, based on information derived by affecting an exponential effective signal to interference ratio mapping (EESM) upon one or more signals transmitted by the base station and received by the subscriber terminal. |
| US07804800B2 |
Efficient training schemes for MIMO based wireless networks
Schemes are disclosed for efficiently training MIMO channels in wireless networks. In at least one embodiment, multiple STAs in a network may share a single channel sounding packet to develop corresponding beamforming matrices or CSI. |
| US07804790B1 |
Aggregate multicast trees for virtual private local area network (LAN) service multicast
Principles of the invention are described for providing virtual private local area network service (VPLS) multicast instances across a public network by utilizing multicast trees. In particular, the VPLS multicast instances transport layer two (L2) multicast traffic, such as Ethernet packets, between customer networks via the public network. The principles described herein enable VPLS multicast instances to handle high bandwidth multicast traffic. The principles also reduce the state and the overhead of maintaining the state in the network by removing the need to perform snooping between routers within the network. |
| US07804789B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer program products for organizing, managing, and selectively distributing routing information in a signaling message routing node
Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing and selectively distributing routing information in a routing node are disclosed. In one implementation, a method for selectively distributing routing information in a routing node includes organizing internal signaling resources are organized so as to facilitate the efficient mapping of signaling system 7 (SS7) message transfer part (MTP) signaling protocol attributes to Internet protocol (IP)-based signaling resources. A routing status information sharing hierarchy is defined, which enables routing status information to be efficiently shared among members of a signaling mateset group. Members of a signaling mateset replicate and distribute SS7 MTP network management information across non-MTP signaling connections, such as IP connections. |
| US07804788B2 |
Ring type network system including a function of setting up a path
A node for configuring a ring type network system in such a mode that a plurality of physical links belonging to difference rings exists between nodes opposite to each other, has a storage unit stored with link associated information representing an associated relationship between ports of physical links and a port of a virtual link virtually set up to at least one physical link, ring configuration information representing a paired relationship of the ports of the physical links configuring the different ring, port numbers of both ends of the physical link and port numbers of both ends of the virtual link, and a processing unit executing a process of transmitting, to other nodes, such information that one virtual link is associated with the plurality of physical links belonging to the different ring, and setting up, when receiving a signaling message for setting up a path, the path passing through the same ring on the basis of pass route information in the message and the storage information stored in the storage unit. |
| US07804786B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining path loss by combining geolocation with interference suppression
The instant disclosure generally relates to a method and apparatus for determining path loss by combining geolocation with interference suppression. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a method for determining a path loss value between a receiver at a first location and a wireless mobile device at a second location. The method includes the steps of: (a) locating the mobile device at the second location and (b) at the receiver: (i) receiving a first signal transmitted by the mobile device at the second location; (ii) determining a received signal level of the first signal; (iii) receiving a second signal comprising data from which a transmitted signal level of the mobile device at the second location can be determined; and (iv) determining from the first and second signals the path loss value between the receiver and the mobile device at the second location. |
| US07804782B2 |
Method and apparatus for programmable generation of traffic streams
Methods and apparatus provide single or multi-port, flexible, cost-effective, built-in self-test capabilities for network communications equipment, such as for example switches, and programmably generate, and subsequently analyze, one or more sequences of test packets, wherein the test packets simulate at least two flows of traffic. Such test packets can have programmable headers, payloads, and duty cycle. A line card embodying the present invention may generate its own traffic pattern, which may be similar or identical, to traffic patterns observed on Internet backbones. These traffic patterns may contain a bimodal distribution of control packets interspersed with data packets wherein the control packets and data packets are relatively short and long respectively. A plurality of test packet generators/receivers can be deployed in a network communications device having a plurality of ports. In such a configuration, test generator/receiver is associated with each of the plurality of ports. Under software control, test packets can be sent from at least any one of the plurality of ports to at least any other one of the plurality of ports. In this way, an in-circuit testing procedure may be implemented without having to disconnect line cards from the switch and connect the switch to expensive external test equipment. |
| US07804776B2 |
System and method for variable data transmission rate resolution
A system and method for variable data transmission rate resolution is provided. The system implements a method comprising incrementing a port transmission rate using a variable resolution; and transmitting data through the port using the incremented port transmission rate. |
| US07804770B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing a graceful restart in a NSF-capable router without enhancing link state routing protocols
A graceful restart is provided in a NSF capable router. When a switchover to a standby controller is required, the standby controller receives replicated link state message headers from an active controller. The standby controller generates a link state request (LSR) message from the link state message headers and transmits the LSRs to neighboring routers. The standby controller receives a link state update that includes the link state messages. By using the LSRs, the standby controller can be quickly synchronized with its neighbors well within the grace period, thereby maintaining adjacency. |
| US07804769B1 |
Non-stop forwarding in a multi-chassis router
State information is synchronized between a plurality of routing engines in a multi-chassis router according to a synchronization gradient. An example multi-chassis router is described that includes a primary routing engine and a standby routing engine in each chassis. According to the synchronization gradient, the primary routing engine of a control node updates state information on the standby routing engine of the control node prior to updating the primary routing engines of the other chassis. The primary routing engines of the other chassis update state information in respective standby routing engines prior to updating state information in consumers. If a primary routing engine fails, the corresponding standby routing engine assumes control of the primary routing engine's duties. Upon assuming control, a standby routing engine resumes updating state information without having to resend state information or interrupt packet forwarding. |
| US07804766B2 |
Devices, systems, and/or methods regarding virtual routing forwarding
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a method that can comprise automatically rendering information indicative of a cause of a failure in a Virtual Private Network (VPN) that comprises one or more routers that utilize Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) tables to route traffic via the VPN. The cause of the failure can be automatically determined. |
| US07804765B2 |
High rate OFDM communications with a variable cyclic prefix
Messages transmitted between a receiver and a transmitter are used to maximize a communication data rate. In particular, a multicarrier modulation system uses messages that are sent from the receiver to the transmitter to exchange one or more sets of optimized communication parameters. The transmitter then stores these communication parameters and when transmitting to that particular receiver, the transmitter utilizes the stored parameters in an effort to maximize the data rate to that receiver. Likewise, when the receiver receives packets from that particular transmitter, the receiver can utilize the stored communication parameters for reception. |
| US07804761B2 |
Multiplexing separately modulated channels
A method of data transmission which includes providing a plurality of data streams, having different content, modulating the different data streams by respective modulators, multiplexing the modulated data streams into a single data stream alternately in time, such that the resultant stream includes at any specific time signals from fewer than all the data streams and transmitting the multiplexed single data stream onto a transmission channel. |
| US07804759B2 |
Contactless optical writing apparatus
A single mode laser beam output from a single mode semiconductor laser and a multimode laser beam output from a multimode semiconductor laser are combined with each other by a polarization beam splitter, the combined laser beam is used by a deflection scanning mechanism to perform main scanning, and an image of the combined laser beam is formed on a surface of a thermal recording medium by a scanning lens. |
| US07804756B2 |
DVD−R/RW and DVD+R/RW recorders
A method and apparatus for recording data at specific locations on a DVD includes selectively detecting the occurrence of wobble sync during a window computed from previous occurrences of wobble sync and eight-to-fourteen modulation sync. The method and apparatus also uses a phase-locked loop to recover the wobble signal, including wobble sync, and computes phase drift between wobble sync and eight-to-fourteen modulation sync and applies a compensation profile, compatible with a read clock phase-locked loop, to the wobble phase-locked loop. |
| US07804755B2 |
Method for determining characteristics of signal and apparatus using the same
A method of determining characteristics of a signal and an apparatus using the method. The apparatus for determining characteristics of a signal includes: a level detector receiving sample values of a radio frequency (RF) signal and binary data obtained by binarizing the RF signal, generating selection signals based on the binary data, classifying each of the sample values of the RF signal into one of a plurality of levels using the selection signals, and outputting average values of sample values of each level; and a signal characteristics determiner determining a characteristics value that indicates the characteristics of the RF signal using the average values of the sample values belonging to each level. |
| US07804754B2 |
Optical information recording/reproducing method
In three consecutive cells consisting of a preceding cell, a center cell, and a subsequent cell, a possible change rate of the amplitude of a reproduced signal for the center cell with respect to the sum of the multiple values of the preceding and subsequent cells is obtained in advance. Then, for reproduction, the sum of the multiple values of the adjacent preceding and subsequent cells is obtained with respect to each cell. The amplitude of the reproduced signal obtained at the center cell is corrected to be closer to a reference value on the basis of the obtained change rate and sum. |
| US07804753B2 |
Optical disk drive for discriminating types of optical disks
After an optical disk drive according to the present invention has been loaded with an optical disk and before the operation of recognizing the type of the given disk is finished, the drive presumes one of multiple types of candidate optical disks, from/on which data is readable and writable using a light beam with the shortest wavelength among the candidate disks, to be the disk being driven by the motor now and gets the beam for the presumed type of disk radiated from a light source (Step (A)). Next, the drive gets the disk spun at a rotational velocity that realizes a linear velocity equal to or higher than a standardized normal velocity when data is read from the presumed type of disk (Step (B)). Thereafter, the drive starts a focus control in a situation where the spot of the beam being formed on the disk is moving on the disk at the linear velocity equal to or higher than the normal velocity (Step (C)). And then the drive performs the operation of recognizing the type of the disk by the light beam reflected from the disk under the focus control (Step (D)). |
| US07804752B2 |
Focal offset recording system and method
The present invention is embodied in a recording device and media for storing computer readable data on a removable storage medium that includes using a first wavelength to write data to the removable storage medium and creating marks while writing the data that have predetermined wide spot sizes so that the marks can be read with a second wavelength, different from the first wavelength, of another computer readable storage device. |
| US07804749B2 |
Optical information storage medium and method of and apparatus for recording data thereon
An optical information storage medium and a method of recording thereon. The optical information storage medium has a lead-in area, a user data area and a lead-out area, and data indicating a maximum and/or a minimum writing speed, maximum and minimum writing speeds, or compatible writing speeds is recorded in a recordable region of at least one of the lead-in area and the lead-out area. The optical information storage medium and the method of recording on the media enable a disc drive to reliably record data on a disc which cannot achieve a prescribed recording speed due to manufacturing conditions, at an optimal speed considering the pre-recorded writing speed data. |
| US07804748B2 |
Method and system for time stamp in optical media manufacturer allocated area
An optical medium storage device improves the usable life of re-writable optical storage mediums, such CD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD-RAM disks, by adjusting write parameters to compensate for time between an initial write on the optical storage medium and the current time, with adjusted write parameters fine-tuning signal-to-noise ratios and improving the number of reliable overwrites for the optical storage medium. A time compensator determines the time delta between an initial write on the optical storage medium, such as formatting of the medium, and the current time, and then applies the time delta to determine a time compensation factor that adjust the write parameters of a focused laser beam that writes information to the optical storage medium |
| US07804747B2 |
Optical pickup which is compatible with multiple types of media
A compatible optical pickup can be used with advanced optical discs (AODs), blu-ray discs (BDs), digital versatile discs (DVDs), and compact discs (CDs). The compatible optical pickup comprises a first light source unit for independently projecting first and second short-wavelength laser beams which have different polarizations, a second light source unit for independently projecting first and second long-wavelength laser beams which have different wavelength-range, a first objective lens that has a high numerical aperture suitable for a high density optical information recording medium, a second objective lens that has a low numerical aperture suitable for a low density optical information recording medium, and a light path changing unit for guiding the first short-wavelength laser beams to the first objective lens and guiding the second short-wavelength laser beams, the first long-wavelength laser beams, and the second long-wavelength laser beams to the second objective lens. The first short laser beams of, for example, P-polarized light are for use with a BD, the second short-wavelength laser beams of, for example, S-polarized light, are for use with an AOD, the first long-wavelength laser beams are for use with a DVD, and the second long-wavelength laser beams are for use with a CD. |
| US07804744B2 |
Optically-readable disk with copy protection device
An optically-readable disk includes a device that disrupts readability of the disk when the disk is spun at an angular velocity substantially greater than required to play the disk in its intended playing device, or when a defined integral of velocity and time is exceeded. The device may include a fluid container that disperses a data-disruptive fluid. The device may include a membrane or layer that is disrupted when the disk is rotated above a defined angular velocity, or when a defined integral of velocity and time is exceeded. The device may include an electro-optical material that is activated by an electrical signal from a controller in response to an input from a sensor responsive to motion of the disk. |
| US07804743B2 |
Thermally assisted magnetic recording head and method of manufacturing the same
In order to prevent deterioration of floating characteristics of a slider due to deformation of a slider floating surface by thermal expansion of a coil, the followings are performed. A recessed portion is formed in a part of the slider, and a device for generating an optical near-field and the coil for generating a magnetic field are formed in the recessed portion. The optical near-field generation device is formed on a surface facing a recording medium, and the magnetic field application coil is formed on an upper surface of the recessed portion. The optical near-field generation device and the magnetic field application coil are respectively exposed to the surface. |
| US07804742B2 |
Ultrasonic transducer for a proximity sensor
An ultrasonic transducer assembly for use in sensing the location of objects in proximity to the transducer. The ultrasonic transducer assembly includes a substrate member, a piezoceramic resonator plate supported on a planar surface of the substrate member adjacent to a peripheral edge of the substrate member, and a coupler connected to a surface of the resonator plate for acoustically coupling the resonator plate to a medium in contact with the coupler. |
| US07804740B2 |
Processing seismic data using interferometry techniques
Method for processing seismic data. In one implementation, the method includes converting a common midpoint (CMP) gather of seismograms into one or more interferogram common midpoint (ICMP) gathers, generating a semblance spectrum for each ICMP gather, stacking the semblance spectrum from each ICMP gather to generate a combined semblance spectrum and deriving a normal moveout (NMO) velocity profile from the combined semblance spectrum. |
| US07804735B2 |
Dual channel memory architecture having a reduced interface pin requirements using a double data rate scheme for the address/control signals
Apparatuses and methods for dual channel memory architecture with reduced interface pin requirements are presented. One memory architecture includes a memory controller, a first memory device coupled to the memory controller by a shared address bus and a first clock signal, and a second memory device coupled to the memory controller by the shared address bus and a second clock signal, where the polarity of the second clock signal is opposite of the first clock signal. A method for performing data transactions is presented. The method includes providing addressing signals over a shared address bus to a first memory device and a second memory device, providing clock signals to the memory devices which are reversed in polarity, where the clock signals are derived from a common clock signal, and transferring data to the memory devices over separate narrow data buses in an alternating manner based upon the clock signals. |
| US07804732B2 |
Memory control with selective retention
The present invention relates to a memory circuit and a method of controlling data retention in the memory circuit, wherein a supply signal is selectively switched to a respective one of at least two virtual supply lines (24) each shared by a respective one of a plurality of groups (30-1 to 30-n) of memory cells (C0,0 to Cy,z). The selective switching is controlled based on a global activity control signal (A), used for setting the memory circuit either into a standby state or into an active state, and a local data retention indication signal (DR1 to DRn) allocated to a dedicated group of memory cells. Thereby, the data retention part of the memory circuit can be adapted to the application and its state, and standby mode leakaged power is only dissipated in those memory cells for which data retentions actually required. |
| US07804731B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and driving method therefor
This disclosure concerns a semiconductor memory device comprising memory cells including floating bodies and storing therein logic data; bit lines and word lines connected to the memory cells; sense amplifiers connected to the bit lines; a refresh controller instructing a refresh operation for restoring deteriorated storage states of the memory cells; and a refresh interval timer setting a refresh interval between one refresh operation and a next refresh operation to a first interval in a data read mode or a data write mode, and setting the refresh interval to a second interval longer than the first interval in a data retention mode, the data read mode being a mode in which the data stored in the selected memory cell is read to an outside of the device, the data write mode being a mode in which data from the outside is written to the selected memory cell. |
| US07804729B2 |
Temperature compensation circuit and method for sensing memory
A temperature compensation circuit includes a voltage generator, a comparator and an emulation cell array. The voltage generator provides a predetermined voltage and a reference voltage. The comparator has a first terminal for receiving the predetermined voltage, and a second terminal for receiving the reference voltage. The emulation cell array is coupled to the first terminal of the comparator. When a voltage of the first terminal of the comparator is discharged, via the emulation cell array, to be lower than the reference voltage, the comparator outputs a read timing control signal to control a sense amplifier to perform a sensing operation. |
| US07804726B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for multi-bit programming
Multi-bit programming apparatuses and methods are provided. A multi-bit programming apparatus includes a page buffer configured to store first data of the page programming operation, an input control unit configured to determine whether to invert the first data based on a number of bits having a first value and a number of bits having a second value. The input control unit is further configured to invert the first data to generate second data if the number of bits having a first value is greater than the number of bits having a second value and store the second data in the page buffer. The multi-bit programming apparatus further includes a page programming unit configured to program the second data stored in the page buffer in at least one multi-bit cell. |
| US07804723B2 |
Semiconductor memory device with signal aligning circuit
A signal aligning circuit includes a plurality of pads receiving input signals in parallel 1 bit by 1 bit; a first transferring unit for transferring the input signals as first signals in synchronization with a first clock signal of an internal clock, and transferring the input signals as second signals in synchronization with a second clock signal of the internal clock; a second transferring unit for transferring the first signals in synchronization with the second clock signal of the internal clock; and an aligning unit for aligning the first and second signals transferred from the first and second transferring units and outputting the aligned signal as output signals. |
| US07804718B2 |
Partial block erase architecture for flash memory
A method and system for increasing the lifespan of a flash memory device by selectively erasing sub-blocks of a memory block. Each physical memory block of the flash memory device is dividable into at least two logical sub-blocks, where each of the at least two logical sub-blocks is erasable. Therefore, only the data of the logical sub-block is erased and reprogrammed while unmodified data in the other logical sub-block avoids unnecessary program/erase cycles. The logical sub-blocks to be erased are dynamically configurable in size and location within the block. A wear leveling algorithm is used for distributing data throughout the physical and logical sub-blocks of the memory array to maximize the lifespan of the physical blocks during programming and data modification operations. |
| US07804709B2 |
Diode assisted switching spin-transfer torque memory unit
A memory unit includes a magnetic tunnel junction data cell electrically coupled to a bit line and a source line. The magnetic tunnel junction data cell is configured to switch between a high resistance state and a low resistance state by passing a polarized write current through the magnetic tunnel junction data cell. A transistor is electrically between the magnetic tunnel junction data cell and the bit line or source line and a diode is in thermal or electrical contact with the magnetic tunnel junction data cell to assist in resistance state switching. |
| US07804708B2 |
Integrated circuit including an array of memory cells and method
An integrated circuit including an array of memory cells and method. In one embodiment, each memory cell includes a resistively switching memory element and a selection diode for selecting one cell from the plurality of memory cells. The memory element is coupled with its top to a first selection line and with its bottom side to the selection diode, the diode further being coupled to the bottom side of a second selection line. |
| US07804704B2 |
PMC memory with improved retention time and writing speed
A PMC memory including: a memory cell, the memory cell including, an active zone, a heating element disposed outside of the active zone, and at least two contacts that apply a writing voltage to the memory cell, wherein the heating element transitionally heats the memory cell-during a writing process in the memory cell to a writing temperature higher than an operating temperature of the memory cell outside the writing process. |
| US07804697B2 |
History-independent noise-immune modulated transformer-coupled gate control signaling method and apparatus
A history-independent and noise-immune modulated transformer-coupled gate control signaling method and apparatus provides robust design characteristics in switching power circuits having a transformer-coupled gate drive. A modulated control signal at a rate substantially higher than the switching circuit gate control rate is provided from the controller circuit to a demodulator via transformer coupling. Codes specified by relative timing of transitions in multiple periods of the modulated control are assigned to gate-on and gate-off timing events that control the switching transistor gate(s) and unassigned patterns are decoded as gate-off events, reducing the possibility that a switching transistor will be erroneously activated due to noise. The modulated signal is constructed so that signal history is not required for decoding, eliminating any requirement of a reference clock. Blanking may be employed to conserve power between codes and to avoid mis-triggering due to noise events during power switching. |
| US07804695B2 |
System for interconnecting two substrates each comprising at least one transmission line
The present invention relates to an interconnection system of a first substrate (1) comprising at least one first transmission line (3) with a second substrate (10) comprising at least one second transmission line (11), the orientation of the first substrate with respect to the second substrate being arbitrary. The first substrate (1) comprises at least one metallized hole at one extremity of said first line and the second substrate (10) comprises a projecting element extending said second line and a ground saving, said projecting element being inserted into the metallized hole. The invention notably applies in the domain of microwaves and can interconnect a substrate comprising a printed antenna with a substrate receiving the processing circuits of the signal. |
| US07804691B1 |
Assembly for protecting PC cards and peripheral connectors
An assembly for protecting a PC card and a USB device that are connected to an electronic device in corresponding ports includes a PC card protector and a USB connector clip. The PC card protector includes a base plate and at least two side plates connected thereto to substantially surround the PC card. The PC card protector may include a housing having a recessive area surrounding the port, with a recess cover detachably attached to the housing to surround the recessive area and allow transmission and reception of a signal via the PC card. A USB protector clip may be connected to the PC card protector, with the USB protector clip having a USB protector base, two side plates connected to said USB protector base, two side walls connected to said USB protector base, and an extension connected to the electronic device. |
| US07804689B2 |
High-power thyristor module having cooling effect
A high-power thyristor module includes a housing configured with an inner receiving space, and a thyristor unit disposed in the inner receiving space in the housing and including a mounting frame, and a plurality of high-power thyristors mounted on the mounting frame. Each thyristor has a gate. The mounting frame includes a dielectric top plate disposed on a top side of the housing, and a plurality of electrodes mounted on the top plate so that the electrodes are exposed outwardly of the housing, and coupled respectively to the gates of the thyristors. Cooling oil is contained in the inner receiving space so that the thyristors are submerged thereby. |
| US07804687B2 |
Liquid-cooled rack with pre-cooler and post-cooler heat exchangers used for EMI shielding
A cooling system for a rack-mount server includes a fan disposed within the rack-mount server and configured to produce an airflow through the rack-mount server, and a heat exchanger disposed within the rack-mount server in a path of the airflow through the rack-mount server. The heat exchanger includes a liquid circulation path structure and an airflow path structure. The airflow path structure is configured to shield electromagnetic interference. |
| US07804686B2 |
Thermal control system for rack mounting
A thermal control system of a 3U height includes various modules for providing temperature control in a rack environment. The modules may be, for example, a power module, user interface module, various different pump assemblies, various different models of fan assemblies, HTAs, and/or a serial communication interfaces. |
| US07804684B1 |
Cooling system for a data processing unit
A data processing unit includes a chassis configured to contain a line card. The chassis defines, at least in part, a portion of a first flow pathway and a portion of a second flow pathway. The chassis is configured such that a first portion of a gas can flow within the first flow pathway between an intake region and the first end portion of the line card such that the first portion of the gas flows across a first end portion of the line card in a first direction. The chassis is configured such that a second portion of the gas can flow within the second flow pathway between the intake region and a second end portion of the line card such that the second portion of the gas flows across the second end portion of the line card in a second direction opposite the first direction. |
| US07804683B2 |
Electronic device component eject mechanism
Disclosed herein is a portable electronic device component eject mechanism. The portable electronic device component eject mechanism includes a first member and a second member. The first member is configured to contact a first portable electronic device component. The second member is movably connected to the first member. The second member is configured to release a second portable electronic device component when the second member is moved in a first direction. The first member is configured to eject the first component when the second member is moved in a second direction. The first component and the second component comprise a removable electronic module and a battery. |
| US07804682B2 |
Positioning device
A positioning device includes a fixing component including an arc slot with an end. A positioning plate is connected to the fixing component in a rotatable manner relative to the fixing component. The positioning plate includes a pillar positioned within the arc slot. The positioning device further includes a stopper positioned near on the end for stopping the pillar when the pillar slides near the end. A portion of the stopper protrudes over the arc slot to limit a rotational range of the positioning plate relative to the fixing component. |
| US07804680B2 |
System and method for connecting information handling system with a unified keyboard and mouse cable
A portable information handling system keyboard cable integrates keyboard and point stick conductors in a common membrane to communicate user inputs from a keyboard and point stick to processing components. The cable terminates at a motherboard end with a ZIF connector to connect with processing components at the motherboard and terminates at keyboard end with a connector for keyboard and point stick conductors. In one embodiment, the keyboard and point stick conductors terminate in a common connector having conductive pads arranged in a V shape to connect with conductors extending from a keyboard membrane. In alternative embodiments, the point stick conductors extend out from the common membrane to align with point stick conductors extending from a keyboard assembly. |
| US07804677B2 |
Electronic component and method for producing the same
An electronic component is provided which includes external electrodes having a multilayer structure of first and second sintered electrode layers that are densely sintered and have less possibility of causing poor appearance and decreased reliability in electrical connection. The external electrodes include a first sintered electrode layer and a second sintered electrode layer containing different metals. The first and second sintered electrode layers contain a borosilicate glass containing an alkali metal. |
| US07804675B2 |
Electrostatic holding apparatus and electrostatic tweezers using the same
To provide an electrostatic holding apparatus which is capable of performing handling for a long period of time even when a direct current high-voltage power supply is separated from the electrostatic holding apparatus. The electrostatic holding apparatus holds a workpiece to be held with an electrostatic force by applying prescribed voltages from the direct current high-voltage power supply to a plurality of electrode groups having the electrode groups as a holding section. The electrostatic holding apparatus is provided with an electrode potential drop modifying apparatus which modifies drops of potentials applied to the electrode groups by being separated from the direct current high-voltage power supply by switches. The electrode potential drop modifying apparatus includes, for instance, capacitors. |
| US07804673B2 |
Intelligent, self-aware powerline conditioning and communication node
Powerline networks are inherently noisy and subject to power surges, spikes, and other events. Devices exist to combat these issues and protect electrical appliances that are connected downstream from the power sources for theses devices, but these devices usually also severely limit data communication that may also be desired on this network. This invention provides an intelligent, self-aware powerline conditioning and communication node that allows for, or even improves, data communication on the network, and still provides for noise reduction, line filtering, and surge protection for downstream electrical appliances. |
| US07804672B2 |
System and method for power good monitor for multiple information handling system power supplies
A switched power rail monitor compares voltages provided by a switched power rail and a power source to detect a predetermined differential indicative of a fault at the switched power rail. A switched power rail fault is communicated to a power manager to take corrective action, such as cutting off power to information handling system components. In one embodiment, a pair of bipolar junction transistors monitor the voltage differential to send an enable signal if the differential is within limits and a disable signal if the differential exceeds limits. |
| US07804671B2 |
Electrostatic discharge protection circuit
An electrostatic discharge protection circuit has a substrate; a first P-well installed on the substrate and having a first P+-doped region and a first N+-doped region, both of which are connected to ground; a second P-well installed on the substrate and having a second P+-doped region and a second N+-doped region, both of which are connected to a power supply voltage; and a third P-well installed on the substrate and having a third N+-doped region, a third P+-doped region, and a fourth N+-doped region, all of which are for input/output signals. |
| US07804669B2 |
Stacked ESD protection circuit having reduced trigger voltage
A stacked gate-coupled N-channel field effect transistor (GCNFET) electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit involves a stack of stages. Each stage has an NFET whose body is coupled to its source. A resistor is coupled between the gate and the source. A current path is provided from a supply voltage node to the gate of each NFET such that during an ESD event, a current will flow across the resistor of the stage and induce triggering. In one embodiment, an NFET stage that is isolated from the supply voltage node by and other stage has an associated capacitance structure. During the transient voltage condition of the ESD event, current flows from the supply voltage node, through the capacitance structure and to the gate, and then through the resistor, thereby initiating triggering. The GCNFET ESD protection circuit has a trigger voltage that is less than twenty percent higher than its holding voltage. |
| US07804667B2 |
Magnetoresistive element with a Heusler alloy layer that has a region in which an additive element changes in concentration
An MR element incorporates a nonmagnetic conductive layer, and a pinned layer and a free layer that are disposed to sandwich the nonmagnetic conductive layer. Each of the pinned layer and the free layer includes a Heusler alloy layer. The Heusler alloy layer contains a Heusler alloy in which atoms of a magnetic metallic element are placed at body-centered positions of unit cells, and an additive element that is a nonmagnetic metallic element that does not constitute the Heusler alloy. At least one of the pinned layer and the free layer includes a region in which the concentration of the additive element increases as the distance from the nonmagnetic conductive layer decreases, the region being adjacent to the nonmagnetic conductive layer. |
| US07804663B2 |
High frequency interconnect signal transmission lines
A micro-electromechanical signal transmission line is made from an electrically conductive material. It has a first distal end and a second distal end. The second distal end is free to move with respect to said first distal end. There exists an unsupported region between the first distal end and the second distal end. The unsupported region is juxtaposed at a controlled distance from at least one grounded conductive surface. |
| US07804658B1 |
Biasing RMR with constant power
An RMR is biased with constant power. Voltages are applied across at least two variable resistors, which are coupled on opposing ends of the RMR, to establish a current to the RMR, wherein the current is based on the voltages and on resistance values of the at least two variable resistors. A voltage corresponding to the established current of the RMR is amplified. The amplified voltage is compared to a reference voltage, wherein the reference voltage is based on a target power for the RMR. The resistance values of the at least two variable resistors are modified so that the amplified voltage approaches the reference voltage. Modifying the resistance values of the at least two variable resistors in this manner is seen to bias the RMR with constant power, since the reference voltage is based on a target power for the RMR. |
| US07804655B2 |
Thermally assisted magnetic head
A thermally assisted magnetic head has a slider having a medium-facing surface, and a light source unit having a light source support substrate, and a light source disposed on the light source support substrate. The slider has a slider substrate and a magnetic head portion disposed on a side of the medium-facing surface in the slider substrate; the magnetic head portion includes a magnetic recording element for generating a magnetic field, and a waveguide for receiving light through an end face opposite to the medium-facing surface, and guiding the light to the medium-facing surface; the light source support substrate is fixed to a surface opposite to the medium-facing surface in the slider substrate so that light emitted from the light source can enter the end face of the waveguide. |
| US07804652B2 |
Zoom lens system
A zoom lens system includes a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, and a rear lens group which is provided on the image side of the negative second lens group, and has a combined positive refractive power, in this order from the object; and the zoom lens system satisfies the following conditions: 5.0 |
| US07804651B2 |
Flat field eyepiece
A lens system includes a first lens axially aligned with a second lens, where the first and second lenses are configured to be sequentially positioned from a pupil image of a viewer. The second lens is formed as a triplet having three cemented elements. The second lens includes a convex surface facing the first lens, and a flat surface opposing the convex surface of the second lens. The first lens includes a concave surface opposing a flat surface of the first lens; the second lens includes a concave surface and a convex surface; and the concave surface of the first lens and the concave and convex surfaces of the second lens have equal radii of curvatures. |
| US07804646B2 |
Method for decomposition of a customized DOE for use with a single exposure into a set of multiple exposures using standard DOEs with optimized exposure settings
A method of determining diffractive optical elements to be utilized in an imaging process. The method includes the steps of defining a customized diffractive optical element which is based on a target pattern to be printed during the imaging process; decomposing the customized diffractive optical element into one or more standard diffractive optical elements; and defining an exposure dose to be assigned to each of the one or more standard diffractive optical elements. |
| US07804644B2 |
Optical level control device, method for controlling same, and laser application device
The optical level control device independently controls the intensities of two beams having different wavelengths that are emitted from a laser oscillator, and the optical level control device includes a wavelength-dependent wavelength plate and a polarization beam splitter. The wavelength-dependent wavelength plate functions as a half-wave plate with respect to the first light wave and as a full-wave plate with respect to the second light wave. Only the rotation angle of the polarization beam splitter about the optical axis is adjusted to set the intensity of the second light wave transmitted rectilinearly through the polarization beam splitter. The polarization beam splitter is then fixed at the adjusted angle, and the rotation angle of the wavelength plate about the optical axis is adjusted to set the intensity of the first light wave. |
| US07804641B2 |
Focusing system and method
A method of automatically focusing a microscope in which a beam of light is directed from a light source through an objective of the microscope system to an object whereby light is reflected from the surface thereof; reflected light is collected and directed to an imaging system. The incident beam of light is limited in spatial extent by imaging an aperture to form an illumination pupil, the centroid of illumination of the illumination pupil is aligned with the incident optical axis of the instrument. The reflected light is split in the imaging system into at least one pair of images from eccentric sections of an imaging pupil displaced from the optical axis in opposite directions. The separation of the images thereby produced is determined to provide an indication of the object distance. A focusing system implementing the method and a microscope fitted with such a system are also described. |
| US07804634B2 |
Fluidic multi color display
The apparatus claimed by the invention uses as the display medium colors in the form of colored fluids which are transported by means of transport in a system of compartments within a fluidic chain, whereby they are visible from the direction of an observer only through a single one these compartments (image compartment). Depending on the position of the individual colored fluids, a different color impression is received by the observer. The invention thereby teaches the presence of a fluidic chain in a subpixel and the combination of a plurality of these subpixels in a pixel. The display claimed by the invention consists of a plurality of pixels. With the use of eight colors in connection with an optically created color mixing effect, a color space can be displayed which is sufficient at least for the display of the information typically used on advertising signs. |
| US07804630B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
An object of an input print job is discriminated, and color conversion processing is applied to the object of the print job based on the discrimination result and information which is set in correspondence with the print job and is used to designate color conversion processing. When the object is a transparent object, the color conversion processing is executed on a rendering color space, and when the object is a gradation object, the color conversion processing is executed on a device color space. |
| US07804629B2 |
System and method for estimating toner usage for a printing system
A method for determining a toner usage estimate for a print job to be performed by a printing system having at least one print engine and at least one controller includes determining a set of print conditions for the print job and selecting a set of parameters associated with the print conditions. The method further includes estimating a total amount of toner usage for each of the print job's pages. The set of parameters may include image rendering, job dependent and engine dependent parameters. |
| US07804628B2 |
Image forming apparatus with an open-close regulation mechanism of the automatic document feeder
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording sheet; an image reading unit provided above the image forming unit so as to open and close with respect to the image forming unit; an automatic document feeder provided above the image reading unit so as to open and close with respect to the image reading unit; and an open-close regulation mechanism that regulates opening and closing movements of the automatic document feeder so that when the image reading unit is closed with respect to the image forming unit, the automatic document feeder is capable of opening with respect to the image reading unit, and when the image reading unit is opened with respect to the image forming unit, the automatic document feeder is prevented to open with respect to the image reading unit. |
| US07804627B2 |
Image reading device
An image reading device is provided with a contact glass on which a document is to be placed; a group light source in which a plurality of point light sources are linearly arrayed; and a light source unit having the group light source mounted therein and adapted to optically scan a document surface via a contact glass with reading lights emitted from the group light source. The group light source is constructed such that at least one of the plurality of point light sources is a detecting light source for emitting a detection light toward the contact glass to detect the presence or absence of a document on the contact glass. |
| US07804626B2 |
Electronic imaging apparatus
In an electronic imaging apparatus, image information of an image signal photoelectrically converted from an image incident is stored in image information storing means in a format dependent upon a type of the applied storage device. Provided therein are communication means for transmitting and/or receiving image information generated in this apparatus or the other equivalent apparatuses while an operation mode of the apparatus is set for communication and switch means for causing the communication means to start a communication mode operation. |
| US07804625B2 |
Scanning units and image reading devices
A scanning unit is configured to slide along a guide shaft that extends in a predetermined direction. The scanning unit includes a carriage configured to slide along the guide shaft, a bearing which is disposed on a carriage and through which the guide shaft passes, and an elastic deformation allowance mechanism which permits elastic deformation of the external shape of the bearing in the predetermined direction at a predetermined time. For example, a contact image sensor unit includes a box equipped with a contact image sensor. The box has a bearing through which a guide shaft is inserted. The bearing has a pair of bosses, bushings that fit therein, and a coil spring that is disposed between the bushings. The bushings are urged by the coil spring, so that the bushings continually protrude outwards. As the contact image sensor unit slides along the guide shaft, the bushings insert in between the bosses when the bushings abut the wall surface of the frame, so that the bearing is deformed elastically. An image reading device may include a scanning unit. |
| US07804623B2 |
Method for correction of a trapezoidal distortion of images
A method for correction of a trapezoidal distortion of images in image processing for improved medium-image registration and also for controlling a printing device by performing the method for correction of a trapezoidal distortion of images in image processing for improved medium-image registration. Also included is a printing device comprising a controller for performing the present methods. |
| US07804621B2 |
Printing or copying system for processing single sheets and method for controlling such a printing or copying system
The method or system for controlling a printing or copying system for processing single sheets, a first single sheet and at least a second single sheet immediately following the first single sheet is processed with aid of n processing units. A required minimum distance between the first and the second single sheet is determined for each processing unit. A delay distance is determined for the first and at least for each of the n−1 following processing units. A difference between the minimum distance of a processing unit and a sum of the delay distances of the preceding processing units is formed. A smallest possible distance with which the second single sheet is fed to the first processing unit after the first single sheet is determined by a highest value of the determined minimum distance of the first processing unit and the determined differences. |
| US07804611B2 |
Method for redirecting a print job, negotiation apparatus, printing system, and article of manufacture
A printing system includes printers capable of redirecting print jobs to one another. A negotiator associated with each printer negotiates print job redirections. If a printer is unable to execute a print job, the negotiator seeks to outsource the print job by communicating an outsource request to other negotiators. In formulating an outsource request, the negotiator utilizes one or more constraint services. A negotiator which receives the outsource request includes an insource mechanism which determines whether to make an offer in which the associated printer is to execute at least a portion of the print job to be outsourced. If negotiator determines to make the offer, the insource offer is communicated to the first negotiator. The negotiators may each contemporaneously conduct a plurality of negotiations for a particular print job to be outsourced and/or contemporaneously conduct a plurality of negotiations for different print jobs to be insourced. |
| US07804608B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and computer-readable storage medium
There are provided an information processing apparatus and information processing method, which can implement a job or printer device monitoring scheme that allows the user to easily detect status of printing apparatus in advance. The status of a physical printer device corresponding to a predetermined logical printer, which is set as an object to be monitored, is monitored, and a result based on monitoring is displayed on a computer display as a resident display. For example, when the resident display is displayed as an icon on the task tray on the computer display, it does not disturb display of windows of other document creation applications. Also, the user need not purposely instruct to launch a monitor utility upon printing. Hence, a job or printer device monitoring scheme which is very convenient for the user can be implemented. |
| US07804607B2 |
Group printer for multiple member printers
In an arrangement of printing set-up of a virtual printer, which is associated with a plurality of member printer drivers, the optimum user interface control is executed according to the arrangement of a plurality of member printer drivers. |
| US07804600B1 |
Ring-laser gyroscope system using dispersive element(s)
A ring-laser gyroscope system includes a ring-laser gyroscope (RLG) and at least one dispersive element optically coupled to the RLG's ring-shaped optical path. Each dispersive element has a resonant frequency that is approximately equal to the RLG's lasing frequency. A group index of refraction defined collectively by the dispersive element(s) has (i) a real portion that is greater than zero and less than one, and (ii) an imaginary portion that is less than zero. |
| US07804597B2 |
Method for matching paint
A method for matching colour properties and texture properties of a repair paint to colour properties and texture properties of a paint film on a substrate to be repaired is provided. In the method, the texture of the paint film is imaged with a digital imaging device, the imaged texture is analyzed using image analysis software, texture data is calculated, and the repair paint is formulated on the basis of the concentrations of paint modules, wherein each paint module is associated to specified texture data and colour data. |
| US07804594B2 |
Method and apparatus for rapidly counting and identifying biological particles in a flow stream
A method for increasing the throughput, or the precision, or both the precision and the throughput, of a flow cytometer, or of a hematology analyzer employing a flow cytometer, by utilizing the technique of laser rastering. Laser rastering involves sweeping a laser beam across a flowing sample stream in a hematology analyzer. An apparatus suitable for carrying out the method of this invention comprises an optical module comprising a source of light, a scanning device, a lens or system of lenses, a flow cell, detectors, and filters; and an electronic module comprising preamplifiers, analog signal conditioning elements, analog-to-digital converters, field-programmable gate arrays, digital signal processing elements, and data storage elements. |
| US07804592B2 |
Method for measuring a surface plasmon resonance and noble metal compound used for the same
The present invention provides a method for measuring a surface plasmon resonance, the method enabling easy detection of the existence of a phosphorylated peptide (protein) and determination whether a peptide is phosphorylated or not in biological materials. The present invention also provides a noble metal compound having high capability of coordination to a phosphorylated peptide, and being conveniently usable in the method. A first method for measuring surface plasmon resonance of the present invention comprises: placing a noble metal compound on a bottom face of a prism, irradiating a light to the prism to detect a reflected light, wherein, the noble metal compound has substituents of following formula (I) on a side opposite to a side contacting the prism, and a subject sample is added to a side having the substituent groups (I) in the noble metal compound. [wherein, X represents a linker group] |
| US07804587B2 |
System for the recognition of an optical signal and materials for use in such a system
A system and method for distinguishing a first light source from other light sources utilizes an image receiver that can selectively engage and disengage a filter. The filter can be configured to either block bands of light corresponding to the light being emitted by either the first source or the other sources. By sequentially engaging and disengaging the filter from the image receiver, the first light source may be distinguished from other light sources. |
| US07804579B2 |
Control system, lithographic projection apparatus, method of controlling a support structure, and a computer program product
A control system is provided for controlling a support structure in a lithographic apparatus. The control system includes a first measurement system arranged to measure the position of a substrate supported by the support structure, the position being measured in a first coordinate system. The control system further includes a second measurement system for measuring the position of the support structure in a second coordinate system, the first measurement system having a presumed position in the second coordinate system. The control system further comprises a controller configured to control the position of the support structure based on measurements by the second measurement system, to convert the measured position of the substrate into a converted position of the support structure in the second coordinate system, to position the support structure based on the converted position, to receive a position error signal indicative of a difference between the presumed position and an actual position of the first measurement system in the second coordinate system, and to position the support structure in a manner dependent upon the position error signal. |
| US07804576B2 |
Maintenance method, maintenance device, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method
An exposure apparatus is provided with a nozzle member that has at least one of a supply outlet which supplies the liquid and a collection inlet which recovers the liquid. By immersing the nozzle member in cleaning liquid LK stored in container, the nozzle member is cleaned. |
| US07804572B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and fabrication method thereof
A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes providing a first substrate including a pixel portion and a circuit portion, the circuit portion having first and second regions; forming an active pattern and a first gate insulation film at the pixel portion and the circuit portion and forming a storage electrode on a portion of the active pattern of the pixel portion; forming a second gate insulation film on the first substrate; forming a gate electrode at the first region and forming p+ source and drain regions at portions of the active pattern of the first region; forming a gate electrode at the pixel portion and the second region, and forming a common line at the pixel portion; forming n+ source and drain regions at the pixel portion and at a portion of the active pattern of the second region; and joining the first and second substrates. |
| US07804568B2 |
Homeotropic alignment type liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate having one surface on which a first electrode is provided, a second substrate which is provided with a second electrode, and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the first and second substrates. Negative dielectric anisotropy homeotropic aligning films are formed on mutually faced surfaces of the first and second electrodes, respectively. A pair of polarizing plates are arranged on a side of the other surface opposite to the one surface of each substrate. And a pair of optical compensation layers are arranged respectively between the other surfaces of the substrates and the polarizing plates, and give a retardation having a value which is substantially ¼ of a wavelength λ of transmitted visible light to the transmitted visible light. |
| US07804564B2 |
Wide angle diffuser having a plurality of microlenses and a plurality of prisms having a truncated pyramid shape and LCD employing the same
Provided is a wide angle diffuser including a plate-shaped body, a plurality of microlenses, and a plurality of prisms. The plate-shaped body has an incident surface on which light is incident and an exit surface through which light is emitted form the plate-shaped body. The microlenses and the prisms are respectively disposed on one of the incident surface and the exit surface. Also provided is a liquid crystal display including a liquid crystal panel, a backlight unit, provided on a rear surface of the liquid crystal panel, which emits collimated light to the liquid crystal panel, and the wide angle diffuser diffusing light passing through the liquid crystal panel. |
| US07804559B2 |
Display device
A display device with a higher contrast ratio is provided. The display device is provided with stacked polarizing plates arranged displaced from a parallel nicol state. Moreover, in the display device, at least one of a pair of stacked polarizing plates is displaced from a parallel state. The pair of stacked polarizing plates is arranged in a cross nicol state. A retardation plate may be provided between the polarizing plate and the substrate. As a result, the contrast ratio can be increased. |
| US07804557B2 |
Trigger mechanism for fluorescent tubes
The invention relates to a control system for at least two light tubes connected to a common transformer circuit. The control system comprises a control circuit which is provided with at least two detection inlets (a2, a3) used for detecting lamp currents (I1, I2) passing through the first and second light tubes, respectively. The detected lamp currents (I1, I2) can be regulated to a day mode with a high current intensity, and in a night mode with a low current intensity by the control circuit. The lamp currents (I1, I2) can be detected individually in day mode and in a common manner in night mode. The control system reduces instability of the tubes, in particular flicker. |
| US07804555B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and mobile station having the same
An LCD includes a transmissive liquid crystal panel, a front light unit placed in front of the transmissive liquid crystal panel and providing light for image display, and a light control unit placed at the rear of the transmissive liquid crystal panel and reflecting or transmitting incident light. A mobile station includes: an LCD having a transmissive liquid crystal panel, a front light unit placed in front of the transmissive liquid crystal panel and providing light for image display and a light control unit placed at the rear of the transmissive liquid crystal panel and reflecting or transmitting incident light, a communication unit for communicating with an exterior, and a control unit controlling the communication unit and the image display of the LCD. |
| US07804552B2 |
Electro-optical device with light shielding portion comprising laminated colored layers, electrical equipment having the same, portable telephone having the same
An object of the present invention is to provide a pixel structure capable of shielding light between a TFT and a pixel without using a light shielding mask (black matrix) in an electro-optical display device. The present invention has a feature in that, as one of means for shielding light, a lamination film consisting of two colored layers (a lamination layer of a red-colored layer and a blue-colored layer) is formed on an opposing substrate as a light shielding portion so as to overlap with a TFT formed on a device electrode. |
| US07804543B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing on screen display (OSD) data at a computer for display on a monitor over a transmission link
A method for receiving OSD data over from a computer for display on a monitor over a transmission link that includes, launching an OSD application on the computer; receiving an OSD control command at the computer; encoding the OSD control command by the OSD application; converting the encoded OSD control command into an OSD data packet; converting the OSD data packet into at least two OSD pixel patterns, sending the two OSD pixel patterns over the transmission link to the monitor, and displaying the OSD. |
| US07804542B2 |
Spatio-temporal adaptive video de-interlacing for parallel processing
A method including, in some embodiments, comparing a preceding field and a succeeding field of a video signal for motion at a locus of a current pixel in a current field to be interpolated, in an instance of no motion determining which of a current pixel location in the preceding field and the succeeding field is closer to an estimate of a neighbor pixel and using the result of the determination to decide which of the preceding and succeeding fields to use to interpolate the current pixel based on symmetric spatial neighbors of the current pixel, and in an instance of motion interpolating the current pixel based on symmetric spatial neighbors of the current pixel at a line above and a line below the current pixel in the current frame. |
| US07804540B2 |
Image pickup apparatus having a plurality of different readout modes
An image pickup apparatus includes horizontally and vertically arranged charge-generating pixels, vertical charge transfer elements reading out charges generated by the pixels of vertical pixel lines, a horizontal charge transfer element reading out charges read out by the vertical transfer elements, in the horizontal direction, and a controller controlling a first mode dividing the pixel charges into fields and sequentially reading out the fields to form an image of one frame, and a third mode thinning out the pixel charges of a first field and reading them out to the vertical transfer elements, thinning out charges of the pixels of a third field to read them out to the vertical transfer elements, adding together the charges read out to the vertical transfer elements in the first and third fields and reading out the added charges to the horizontal charge transfer element to form an image of one frame. |
| US07804538B2 |
Solid state image pickup device having a time pulse generator, and method for replacing signals from a switch
A solid state image pickup device being provided with a photoelectric converter portion being composed of a plurality of pixels disposed in a row, a charge transfer portion for transferring the charges generated in the photoelectric converter portion, and a charge/voltage converter portion for converting the charges transferred by the charge transfer portion into voltages, comprising; a timing pulse generator portion for generating at least more than one pulse signal from among the followings: a first pulse signal for driving the charge transfer portion, a second pulse signal for reading out the charges generated in the photoelectric converter portion, a third pulse signal for sweeping out the charges generated in the photoelectric converter portion and a fourth pulse signal for discharging the charges transferred to the charge/voltage converter portion, and a switch circuit for switching over at least one pulse signal out of the abovementioned pulse signals to a predetermined fixed potential or a floating level. |
| US07804536B2 |
Variable pixel clock electronic shutter control
CMOS image sensor with a rolling shutter that uses two separate clocks. One of the clocks is used during normal operation. When timing is changed, the other clock is started and used during an interim period to avoid distortion in the image. After that interim period, the new clock timing is coupled to the original clock circuit. |
| US07804535B2 |
AD conversion method and semiconductor device for use in physical quantity distribution detection
In a solid-state imaging device meeting color image pickup, which an AD converter is mounted on the same chip, the circuit scale and the number of transmission signal lines are reduced and a reference signal suitable for color image pickup is fed to an AD conversion comparing portion. DA converter circuits for two pixels of a repeat unit of a separation filter in the horizontal row direction in a unit of readout are prepared as a functional portion to generate a reference signal for AD conversion. The DA converter circuits generate the reference signals having a tilt in accordance with a color property and varying from an initial value based on a non-color property such as a black reference and a circuit offset. Each reference signal independently outputted from the DA converter circuits is basically directly transmitted through common signal lines to a voltage comparing portion which corresponds to color filters having a common color property through independent signal lines. |
| US07804530B2 |
Picture taking method and apparatus
Method and apparatus is disclosed to enhance the quality and usefulness of picture taking and other image acquisition for pleasure or business purposes. In a preferred embodiment, stereo photogrammetry is combined with digital image acquisition to acquire or store scenes and poses of interest, and/or to interact with the subject in order to provide data to or from a computer. This data may be utilized to maximize the effectiveness of photographic sessions, particularly digital still photography or cine-photography. A further embodiment discloses associated displays and teaching apparatus. |
| US07804528B2 |
Information processing apparatus and method, and program storage medium
Disclosed is an information processing method comprising the steps of: storing measured position information in association with first time information representing times of day at which the measured position information is obtained; storing video information in association with second time information representing times of day at which the video information is obtained; and associating the measured position information with the video information in accordance with degrees of difference between the first time information and the second time information. |
| US07804526B2 |
Auto white balance method using windows of a plurality of windows that form an image and image photographing apparatus using the same
An auto white balance (AWB) method and an image photographing apparatus using the same. The AWB method includes selecting parts of a plurality of windows that form an image, and performing an AWB of the image, based on color difference signals of the selected windows, thereby reducing a time to transmit AWB data to calculate color difference integration, i.e., AWB data to be used to perform the AWB, to reduce the extent of calculation to calculate the color difference integration, and efficiently to perform the AWB of the image. |
| US07804523B2 |
Apparatus and system for camera head determination in an image sensing system
In a head detachable camera comprising a camera head and an image processing unit which does not have an exclusive line for notifying the type of image sensing device used in the camera head, when the power switch is turned on, vertical interval data signal processing units of the camera head and the image processing unit are set to a predetermined communication mode, such as one conforming to the NTSC video mode. Under this situation, identification information showing the number of pixels and the video rate used in the image sensing device is transmitted from the camera head by multiplexing the identification information in a blanking period of an image signal, and the communication mode of the camera head is changed in accordance with the number of pixels and the video rate of the image sensing device, if necessary. In the image processing unit, the communication mode is set to one corresponding to the received identification information, and the image processing unit transmits a clock and synchronizing signals corresponding to the communication mode to the camera head. |
| US07804520B2 |
Image sending and receiving system, image sending apparatus and image receiving apparatus
A printer having a digital camera connected thereto checks whether or not a transfer button of the camera is pressed, and checks the communication mode of the camera in the case where it is pressed. In the case where the communication mode of the camera is a mass storage mode, a conversion command for ordering change to a PTP mode is sent to the camera from the printer. The camera performs a bus reset so as to redo configuration and convert the protocol to the PTP mode. In the case where the communication mode of the camera is the PTP mode or is automatically changed to the PTP mode, the image is transferred to the printer in conjunction with operation of the transfer button. Thus, a desired image is transferred to a host such as the printer according to a transfer instruction of an image by the transfer button, etc. on a device side while a user is not conscious of the state of a communication mode and mode switching of the device such as the digital camera. |
| US07804517B2 |
Three-dimensional image-capturing apparatus
A three-dimensional image-capturing apparatus includes an image-capturing device having a plurality of image-capturing regions and a plurality of optical systems for forming images of a subject in the image-capturing regions. The optical systems includes a plurality of reflectors for reflecting rays from the subject a number of times and at least a lens provided to be closer to the image-capturing device than the reflection means closest to the subject. The reflectors and the lens are used to form, in the image-capturing regions, separate images of the subject which are captured from different viewpoints. |
| US07804515B2 |
Image-forming device with scanner unit
An image-forming device includes: a housing; an endless belt; a plurality of process units; and a plurality of scanner units. Each scanner unit and each process unit are inclined obliquely to a vertical direction. At least a part of each process unit is inserted into and removed from the housing in an obliquely inclined direction. |
| US07804514B2 |
Light beam scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus is provided with a modulator producing a modulated signal of a pulse width decided on given image data and a driver driving an optical generator such as laser to generate a light beam. The image forming apparatus is further provided with a scanner periodically scanning the light beam generated by the optical generator and a power detector detecting information indicative of a power of the light beam scanned by the scanner. A pulse width adjustor uses the information detected by the power detector, in order to adjust the pulse width of the light beam. |
| US07804509B2 |
Method and device for encoding luminance values into subfield code words in a display device
The invention relates to a method and a device for encoding the luminance value of a pixel of a picture into a subfield code word in a display device. It can be applied to every display device using a PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) technology and subfields for displaying video picture. It can be used to compensate for any luminance problem that can be estimated. The general idea of the recursive coding is to encode one sub-field after the other in order to be able to compensate for problems occurring on one sub-field with the other sub-fields. More particularly, the bits of a subfield code word are computed recursively one after the other such that the defects (e.g. line load and/or linearity) in the light emission or luminance generated by a bit of the subfield code word can be compensated by the following bits of the subfield code word. |
| US07804506B2 |
System and method for tracking an object in a video and linking information thereto
An image processing system for use in development and playback of interactive video. In a development mode of operation, pixel or video objects are selected in a frame by way of a development graphical user interface. The system automatically tracks the selected pixel objects in the preceding and succeeding video frames by determining range limits for various color variables of the selected pixel object to compensate for the effects in lighting changes and decompression effects. The system automatically locates pixel objects within the calculated range limits in the preceding and succeeding video frames and generates a pixel object file which identifies the coordinates of the selected pixel object in each frame. The pixel object file is linked to a data object file which links the selected pixel objects to data objects. The pixel object file and data object file, collectively “linked video files,” are created during a development mode of operation. During a playback mode of operation, the linked video files are imported to a video hosting platform which includes a video playback application and a common media player application programming interface (API) for playback of the video content. The video playback application supports processing of the linked video files to enable pixel objects to be selected by a pointing device and linked to data objects by way of a client side graphical user interface. |
| US07804497B2 |
Display driving circuit, display device, display system and method of driving display devices
A display driving circuit includes a first interface unit, a signal discriminating circuit, a signal distributing circuit, a driver logic circuit and a synchronization processing unit. The first interface unit receives a first signal through a first interface from a host. The signal discriminating circuit discriminates whether the first signal corresponds to a first video signal or a second video signal. The signal distributing circuit divides the first signal into the first and second video signals based on a discrimination result of the signal discriminating circuit. The driver logic circuit drives a first display panel based on the first video signal. The second interface unit converts the second video signal into a second signal and provides the second signal through a second interface to an external display device. The synchronization processing unit receives a synchronization signal from the external display device and provides the synchronization signal to the host. |
| US07804494B2 |
Pointing device with integrated audio input and associated methods
A mobile personal digital assistant (PDA) allows a user to enter information using both a touch screen and voice commands with a stylus. The stylus includes a microphone positioned at one end, and a transmitter for transmitting received voice signals to either a personal computer (PC) or the PDA. In one embodiment, a wireless stylus also includes a power supply and an activation control switch. The PC is used to translate the voice signals into translated voice data which is transmitted to the PDA for storage and display. If the user and the PDA are located remotely from the receiving PC, voice signals are stored in the PDA until a later time when the PC can translate the received voice signals. Where the PDA contains a processor to translate received voice signals, the stylus transmits directly to the PDA, and the PDA translates the received voice signals. |
| US07804488B2 |
Method of employing a switch assembly to provide input, and handheld electronic device
An improved method of employing a switch assembly for use in providing input to a handheld electronic device comprises employing a capacitive sensing system having a capacitive slider input device that detects navigational inputs. The switch assembly further provides a pair of switches mounted to the slider on an underside thereof to provide selection or escape inputs as desired. |
| US07804487B1 |
Housing for a computing device
Improved housing for a computing device is disclosed. The improved housing is provided with one of an illuminable connector, a touch pad arrangement, and a palm rest stiffening plate. Normally, the illuminable connector and the touch pad arrangement are provided on external portions of a housing of the computing device such that they are available for user interaction. The palm rest stiffening plate is provided internal to a housing to provide stiffness or rigidity to a palm rest region of the housing. |
| US07804484B2 |
Embedded text input
An input device includes a plurality of character input keys and is operable in a single alphabetic character input mode and a multiple alphabetic character input mode. In the single alphabetic character input mode, an individual character input key is assigned a single alphabetic character, and activating the individual character input key inputs the alphabetic character. In the multiple alphabetic character input mode an individual character input key is assigned multiple alphabetic characters, and the specific character that is input as a result of activating the individual character input key depends upon the number of times the individual character input key is activated. |
| US07804478B2 |
Feedback control device for photo-colorimetric parameters for a light box with color LEDs
The field of the invention is that of light boxes used for illuminating optical-valve displays, especially matrix liquid-crystal displays (or LCDs). The illumination from light boxes can at the present time be produced by light-emitting diodes that emit in various spectral bands so as to reconstruct white illumination. For a number of applications, in particular aeronautical applications, it is necessary to maintain the photometric and colorimetric characteristics of this illumination independently of the environmental and ageing conditions of the components. The invention provides an electronic feedback control device for maintaining the photometric and colorimetric characteristics of this illumination at given setpoint values without introducing disturbing optoelectronic devices into the light box. Several possible technical solutions are described. |
| US07804471B2 |
Liquid crystal display and driving method and driving circuit thereof
An exemplary driving circuit (250) of an LCD (200) includes: gate lines (210) that are parallel to each other and that each extend along a first direction; data lines (202) that are parallel to each other and that each extend along a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction; a gate driving circuit (210) connected to the gate lines; a data driving circuit (220) connected to the data lines; and a pre-charging voltage circuit (240). The pre-charging voltage circuit is configured to provide a pre-charging voltage to each of the data lines before the gate driving circuit scans the gate lines. |
| US07804470B2 |
Temperature adaptive overdrive method, system and apparatus
A method and system for calculating an overdrive parameter for a liquid crystal within an LCD device to compensate for temperature variations. An example system includes a temperature sensor for measuring an ambient temperature near a liquid crystal and a memory for storing a lookup table containing a plurality of overdrive parameters. Each overdrive parameter corresponds to a graylevel transition between a previous frame and a current frame, and represents a level at which a liquid crystal is driven in order to achieve a desired response time for the graylevel transition at a reference temperature. A processor extracts the appropriate overdrive parameter from the lookup and calculates an adapted overdrive parameter that adjusts for the difference between the measured ambient temperature and the reference temperature. |
| US07804466B2 |
Display device and driving method thereof
Red, green, and blue organic electroluminescent (EL) elements formed on a pixel in an organic EL display are driven by a driving transistor. A capacitor is coupled between a gate and a source of the driving transistor to maintain a voltage for a predetermined time. Emission control transistors are coupled between the driving transistor and the red, green, and blue organic EL elements, respectively. One field is divided into three subfields, and one of the red, green and blue organic EL elements in each pixel starts to emit light in each subfield to thus represent a full color screen. The red, green and blue organic elements sequentially start to emit light in each subfield such that a color separation phenomenon caused by start emitting organic EL elements of one color during each subfield is reduced or eliminated. |
| US07804463B2 |
Antenna-carrying assembly
An antenna-carrying assembly for facilitating wireless communication using an electronic device is disclosed. The antenna-carrying assembly may include a body and one or more antenna elements carried by the body. The antenna-carrying assembly may also include a first attraction element carried by the body. The first attraction element is configured to magnetically couple the antenna-carrying assembly with a track and to slide along the track. At least one of the first attraction element and the track includes one or more magnetic elements. |
| US07804462B2 |
Antenna cover and antenna apparatus
After a receiving antenna (A1) is inserted from a slot (B16) into a housing portion (B14) formed between cover members (B11, B12), the slot (B16) is pasted so as to secure the receiving antenna (A1). The receiving antenna (A1) is thus housed. Further, a tab (B17) which extends from one side of a pasted edge portion, holes (B20, B21) that penetrate opposing surfaces of the cover members (B11, B12), and perforated lines (B22, B23) running from the slot (B16) to the holes (B20, B21), respectively, are provided. Therefore, the receiving antenna (A1) can be easily attached to the antenna cover (B1) and to an outer surface of a subject (1), and the receiving antenna (A1) can be easily removed from the antenna cover (B1) and from the outer surface of the subject (1). |
| US07804460B2 |
Complex elements for antenna of radio frequency repeater and dipole array circular polarization antenna using the same
Provided are complex elements for an antenna of a radio frequency repeater and a dipole array circular polarization antenna using the same. The complex elements for the antenna of the RF repeater include: a plurality of radiation members which are separated from one another by a predetermined angular distance and has a radiation portion and a leg portion, the radiation portion comprising a pair of parallel portions, which are separated from each other in a vertical direction and are disposed to be parallel to each other, and a connection portion, which is disposed to be perpendicular to the pair of parallel portions and connects ends of each of the pair of parallel portions, and the leg portion extending from the radiation portion; and a plurality of feeding members, each of the feeding members connected to each of the radiation members that face each other, among the plurality of radiation members. |
| US07804459B2 |
Transmission line loaded dual-band monopole antenna
Disclosed is a transmission line loaded dual-band monopole antenna, which realizes operation in dual bands with a single antenna. The dual-band monopole antenna includes a monopole antenna and a transmission line load. The monopole antenna has a signal feeding terminal and a load connection terminal. The load connection terminal is connected to the transmission line load. The transmission line load includes a core transmission line, an outer circumferential conductor, and a short-circuit section. The core transmission line has an antenna connection terminal and a short-circuit terminal. The antenna connection terminal is connected to the load connection terminal of the monopole antenna. The outer circumferential conductor circumferentially surrounds and is spaced from the core transmission line and the outer circumferential conductor has an open terminal and a short-circuit terminal. The opening of the open terminal of the outer circumferential conductor faces the antenna connection terminal of the core transmission line so that the outer circumferential conductor forms an open structure facing the monopole antenna. |
| US07804458B2 |
Slot antenna
A communications device for sending and receiving an information signal. The communications device comprising an element having an opening defined therein for receiving an antenna, the element comprising first conductive material disposed proximate the opening and comprising transmitting and receiving circuits. The antenna comprises: a dielectric tubular member, second conductive material forming an exterior surface of the tubular member with the second conductive material defining a slot therein, a slot length approximately equal to one-half of a guided wavelength and a feed connected to the transmitting and receiving circuits and disposed proximate the slot for establishing currents in the second conductive material. |
| US07804457B2 |
Multi-band antenna with inductor and/or capacitor
A multi-band antenna is adapted to operate in a first frequency band and a second frequency band which is lower than the first frequency band. In the multi-band antenna, an antenna element has an electrical length of ¾ wavelength of the first frequency band. The antenna element has a first end adapted to be electrically connected to a power feeding point, and a second end. An inductor is electrically connected between the second end of the antenna element and a ground in a serial manner. The inductor has such an inductance that an electrical length of the antenna element and the inductor corresponds to ½ wavelength of the second frequency band. |
| US07804455B2 |
Antenna apparatus for linearly polarized diversity antenna in RFID reader and method of controlling the antenna apparatus
Provided are an antenna apparatus for linearly polarized diversity antennas in a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader, and a method of controlling the antenna apparatus. The antenna apparatus includes: a plurality of linearly polarized diversity antennas disposed to have different directions to one another; a switching unit connecting the linearly polarized diversity antennas to the RFID reader; and a controller controlling the switching unit to selectively activate the linearly polarized diversity antennas. |
| US07804454B1 |
Active high frequency transmitter antenna assembly
A combined antenna transmitter joined for transmitting a message signal includes a switching signal source modulated by the message signal. The switching signal is provided to a transistor at an operating frequency. The transistor switches a high voltage input through the transistor, a choke inductor and a boost inductor. A bypass capacitor is provided between the inductors for shielding the high voltage input. An antenna is connected between the boost inductor and the transistor for transmitting a radio frequency signal at the operating frequency. There is thus provided a compact, efficient transmitter and antenna assembly for transmitting modulated message signals. |
| US07804446B2 |
Antenna for a fill level radar for applications involving high temperatures and/or high pressures
An antenna for a fill level radar includes a high-temperature process separation device and an attenuation element. The attenuation element is used to improve the measuring signal in the near zone of the antenna and is affixed to the process separation device or in the process separation device. In this way antenna ringing may be significantly reduced. |
| US07804442B2 |
Millimeter wave (MMW) screening portal systems, devices and methods
A millimeter-wave (MMW) based screening system is provided that may operate with an active sensor, a passive sensor, or in a dual mode using both the active and passive sensors. One or more such sensors are mounted so as to rotate along an axis that passes through a target region of detection, in which a person or object is positioned for screening. A reflector is disposed radially outward from the one or more rotating sensors to reflect MMW radiation between the sensors and the target region. The system may be employed as a portal screening system, and may include a structure having a wall and a roof, for rapidly screening persons for concealed objects. Algorithms may be employed to provide data output that avoids privacy issues. |
| US07804439B2 |
Electromagnetic wave absorber
A thin, light and soft electromagnetic wave absorber is disclosed exhibiting an excellent workability. The first conductor element group of a first conductor element layer consists of aligned cross conductor elements and square conductor elements in regions surrounded by cross conductor elements. A radio wave incident from the first conductor element layer side is received by each element, internally subjected to multiple reflection and then absorbed by a first loss material layer. Since the first conductor element group is realized by the cross conductor elements and the square conductor elements, receiving effect is enhanced and the radio wave can be collected with a high collection efficiency. |
| US07804437B2 |
Analog-to-digital converter for accumulating reference voltages successively divided by two
An analog-to-digital converter includes a ½ powered signal generator configured to generate divided signals by successively dividing a full scale signal by 2 and output one of the divided signals, an accumulator configured to update a reference signal according to a current divided signal and a current output bit, and a comparator configured to compare the updated reference signal with an input signal and generate a next output bit. |
| US07804431B1 |
Method and apparatus for generating differential signal
Aspects of the disclosure provide a circuit using digital techniques to generate a differential signal with a low skew. The circuit can include a first switching element configured to receive at least a first logic value and a second logic value, and output a first signal of the differential signal, the second logic value being different from the first logic value. Further, the circuit can include a second switching element configured to receive at least the first logic value and the second logic value, and output a second signal of the differential signal. Additionally, the circuit can include a selection signal generator coupled to the first switching element and to the second switching element, the selection signal generator being configured to provide a selection signal to the first switching element and to the second switching element, the selection signal causing the first signal to transit from the first logic value to the second logic value based on the selection signal, and causing the second signal to transit from the second logic value to the first logic value based on the selection signal. |
| US07804425B2 |
Parking assist system
A vehicle parking assist system for assisting a driver of the vehicle in parking such vehicle in a garage located at a preselected global position. The system includes: a global positioning system mounted to the vehicle having stored therein the global position of the garage, for determining actual global position of the vehicle and providing a signal indicating when the vehicle is proximate the location of the garage; a range sensor for detecting a wall of the garage in front of a direction of motion of the vehicle into the garage; and a processor, responsive to the global positioning system provided by the global positioning system indicating when the vehicle is proximate the garage; the range sensor, for indicating when the vehicle has parked in the garage such that front of the vehicle is forward of the wall while enabling a door of the garage to be closed without striking the vehicle. |
| US07804424B2 |
Automatic guide apparatus for traffic facilities
There is provided an automatic guide apparatus for traffic facilities capable of automatically recognizing the circumstances around the traffic facilities for motor vehicles or the like which change momentarily to automatically guide the operating route of the road or the like. In the automatic guide apparatus for traffic facilities 1, image data, voice data or the like in connection with the circumstances around the traffic facilities to be operated obtained by the input device 2 are compared with image data, voice data or the like stored in advance in a database by the comparison device 4. Where the results obtained by comparing the image data, voice data or the like are coincided, the contents of the data are recognized by the recognition device 5, and the recognized results are informed to an operator or the like in a letter or character, an image, a voice or the like by the output device 6. |
| US07804422B2 |
Lighting device with indicator
A lighting device includes a light-emitting element, an ultrasonic member, a signal processing unit, a light control unit, an indicator and an indicator control unit. The light-emitting element emits a light. The ultrasonic member emits an ultrasonic signal and receives the ultrasonic signal reflected from an object. The signal processing unit is communicated with the ultrasonic member for converting the reflected ultrasonic signal into a control signal. The light control unit is interconnected between the signal processing unit and the light-emitting element for controlling the light-emitting element to emit light in a selected operating mode in response to the control signal. The indicator control unit is interconnected between the signal processing unit and the indicator for controlling the indicator to assert a notification signal indicative of the operating mode in response to the control signal. |
| US07804419B2 |
Programmed dispensing of consumable compositions
Methods and systems for administering consumable compositions according to a programmed dosing schedule are provided. A method for administering a consumable composition may comprise one or more of the following steps: (a) dispensing a first dose of a consumable composition according to a programmed dosing schedule; and (b) detecting at least one ingestion of the consumable composition. A method for administering a consumable composition may comprise one or more of the following steps: (a) dispensing a first dose of a consumable composition according to a programmed dosing schedule; (b) detecting at least one aspect of the consumable composition; and (c) providing a user notification according to the aspect of the consumable composition. A system for administering a consumable composition may comprise: (a) means for dispensing a first dose of a consumable composition according to a programmed dosing schedule; and (b) means for detecting at least one ingestion of the consumable composition. A system for administering a consumable composition may carry out one or more of the following steps: (a) means for dispensing a first dose of a consumable composition according to a programmed dosing schedule; (b) means for detecting at least one aspect of the consumable composition; and (c) means for providing a user notification according to the aspect of the consumable composition. |
| US07804413B2 |
Object awareness determination system and a method for determining awareness of an object
An object awareness determination system includes an external object sensor system to sense objects and generate input data relating to the objects external to a host vehicle, wherein the input data includes an object position (x, y), an object velocity |({dot over (x)}, {dot over (y)})| and an object direction of movement (({dot over (x)}, {dot over (y)})/|({dot over (x)}, {dot over (y)})|) associated with each object in said detecting range. Additionally, the system includes a controller for determining awareness of the user to an object that recently entered the detecting range of the external object sensor system, and a method for determining awareness of the object. |
| US07804407B2 |
Combination EAS and RFID label or tag with controllable read range
A security tag includes an EAS component having a defined surface area, and an RFID component having a defined surface area. The EAS component surface area is configured to at least partially overlap the RFID component surface area. The RFID component includes an antenna which at least partially overlaps the first surface. A substantially planar spacer having a thickness is at least partially disposed between the defined surface areas of the EAS and RFID components. The thickness of the spacer is configured to effect a read range between an RFID reader and the RFID component. The RFID reader is capable of activating the RFID component when the RFID component is within the read range. The antenna has a complex impedance, and the EAS component forms a part of an impedance matching network of the antenna. |
| US07804405B2 |
Tamper-evident bottle overcap for supporting an electronic tag
An overcap structure supports an electronic tag on a container cap. The overcap structure includes an overcap for supporting the electronic tag where the overcap is rotatably positionable about the cap of the container. The overcap includes a planar upper surface and depending annular skirt having an inwardly directed lip for positioning beneath the cap. The overcap is formed of mating components which are attachable about the cap preventing nondestructible detachment of the overcap from the container cap. |
| US07804404B1 |
Circuit for transmitting a RFID signal
The present invention relates to a system for transmitting a signal while conserving battery for a shot tracking device attached to a grip of a golf club. The system comprises a circuit comprising a battery, a resistor, a capacitor, a microprocessor and a radiofrequency component. |
| US07804400B2 |
Thermoformed platform having a communications device
An apparatus has a communications device associated therewith. In another aspect of the present invention, a pallet is made from thermoformed polymeric sheets with an attached communications device. A further aspect of the present invention provides a radio frequency identification device attached to an apparatus. In still another aspect of the present invention, a communications device is incorporated into one or more sheets of a pallet or other container prior to forming. Methods of making and using a thermoformed pallet and container, having a communications device, are also provided. |
| US07804397B2 |
Valve-integrated transponder
A valve-integrated transponder includes an air valve and a casing that are integrated with each other, and is disposed within a tire. The air valve is press-fitted to a valve hole in a wheel rim. The casing houses a substrate having a detecting element mounted thereon, an inverse F antenna element, a supporting member, and the like, and is provided with a partition-like reinforcement rib. The reinforcement rib extends along an extension of an axis of the air valve and is loosely fitted in a recessed slot of the supporting member. The antenna element supported by the supporting member has a substantially line symmetrical shape where a pair of radiation conductors symmetrically extend away from each other. |
| US07804396B2 |
Tire pressure monitoring system having a collapsible casing
A tire pressure monitoring device and system includes a support or housing mounted to a rim of a wheel of a vehicle. A casing is movably secured to the support and a pair of spaced magnets are disposed within the casing. The casing is collapsible for varying the length of the casing in response to changes in the tire pressure to move the magnets relative to each other. A sensor is mounted a distance from the casing for sensing a presence of each of the magnets. A controller is in communication with the sensor to determine the length of the casing and the relative movement between the magnets to calculate any changes in tire pressure. |
| US07804394B2 |
System and method for reporting a status of an asset
A system and method for reporting a status of an asset is described. In one embodiment, an asset status is determined based on configurable parameters to thereby enable accurate reporting of departures and arrivals of an asset. |
| US07804391B2 |
Changing an electrical resistance of a resistor
An electrical structure. The electrical structure includes a resistor having a length L and an electrical resistance R(t) at a time t; and a laser radiation directed onto a portion of the resistor, wherein the portion of the resistor includes a fraction F of the length L, wherein the laser radiation heats the portion of the resistor such that the electrical resistance R(t) instantaneously changes at a rate dR/dt, and wherein the resistor is coupled to a semiconductor substrate. |
| US07804390B2 |
Transformer for power supply
A transformer for use in a power supply has a primary winding, a secondary winding, a bobbin on which the primary and secondary windings are separately wound, and a core subassembly mounted in the bobbin. An opening is formed in the cylindrical portion of the bobbin, and an inside core in the magnetic core insertion hole and an outside core located outside the hole are adhesively bonded together via a spacer through the opening in the cylindrical portion. |
| US07804388B2 |
Transformer
A transformer is provided. The transformer comprises a coil frame, an input coil and an output coil. The input coil and the output coil are both disposed on the coil frame and interlaced with each other. A second voltage outputted by the output coil is induced by a first voltage inputted into the input coil. The output coil comprises at least one metal strip to enhance the output power. The coil frame is formed with a plurality of coil openings with chamfered angles or rounded angles, so that the bended angle formed by the input coil at the location where the input coil passes each of the coil openings is substantially less than 15 degrees. |
| US07804371B2 |
Systems, modules, chips, circuits and methods with delay trim value updates on power-up
Timing measurement is performed by a digital oscillator, using a calibration value which is calculated after chip fabrication is completed, and automatically loaded into selection logic at powerup. |
| US07804368B2 |
Oscillator and charge pump circuit using the same
The present invention provides a current-limited oscillator capable of performing stable operation even when it is driven with a low power-supply voltage, and a charge pump circuit using the oscillator. A current-limited oscillator has a delay section that includes a plurality of series-connected inverters to delay an output pulse on the basis of a current limiting level indication signal, and the oscillator further includes at least one first transistor that limits a first current between the inverters and a high potential power supply and at least one second transistor that limits a second current between the inverters and a low potential power supply, wherein at least one of the plurality of inverters is configured as a first inverter that is connected with the first transistor and is not connected with the second transistor, and at least another of the plurality of inverters is configured as a second inverter that is not connected with the first transistor and is connected with the second transistor. |
| US07804366B2 |
Millimeter wave monolithic integrated circuits
A millimeter wave amplifier constructed on a substrate and configured for use at a frequency of 75 GHz or higher, may include four amplifier stages. A first inter-stage filter, resonant at an operating frequency of the amplifier, may couple the output of the first stage to the input of the second stage. A second inter-stage filter, resonant at the operating frequency, may couple the output of the second stage to the input of the third stage. A third inter-stage filter, resonant at the operating frequency, may couple the output of the third stage to the input of the fourth stage. A plurality of bias supply leads that couple a gate bias voltage and a drain bias voltage to each of the amplifier stages. A plurality of bias line filters, resonant at the operating frequency, may be connected from at least some of the bias supply leads to a ground plane. |
| US07804360B2 |
Dead-time locking circuit
The dead-time locking circuit includes phase detector and a delay-comparator. The delay-comparator includes two input ends for receiving phase adjusting signal and the input-exchanging signal received by the class D amplifier. After comparing, the delay-comparator outputs a gate driving signal. The phase detector detects the phase difference between the output signal of the class D amplifier and the gate driving signal of the power transistor of the class D amplifier, and accordingly adjusts the rising/falling edges of the gate driving signal outputted from and the comparator via the charge-pump. In this way, the dead-time can be locked at the predetermined value. |
| US07804355B2 |
Managed wideband radio frequency distribution system with signal level enabling interface device
A system and method for managing distribution of wideband radio frequency signals includes detecting an impedance signature of a device connected at the end of transmission medium. A switch is opened to apply a wideband radio frequency signal to a transmission medium for distribution. A biasing voltage can be applied to the transmission medium based on the detected impedance signature. A signal conditioning circuit is selected based on the amplitude of the biasing voltage, and the wideband radio frequency signal is distributed to an output device. |
| US07804354B2 |
Circuit architecture for radiation resilience
A system and method for extending the operating life of a device susceptible to defects caused by total ionizing dose radiation and/or bias dependent degradation are described. The device is replicated at least once and at least one switching mechanism is used to cycle between the devices such that only one device is operating normally. While the first device is operating normally, the other devices are biased. The bias condition may slow, eliminate, or even reverse device shifts that occur due to total ionizing dose radiation or bias effects. |
| US07804352B2 |
Multi-level anti-fuse and methods of operating and fabricating the same
Provided may be a multi-level anti-fuse and methods of fabricating and operating the same. The multi-level anti-fuse may include at least three anti-fuses having a plurality of anti-fuses connected in parallel constituting a parallel connection structure and at least one anti-fuse connected to the parallel connection structure in series, wherein the parallel connection structure may have a smaller resistance than the resistance of the anti-fuse connected in series, the plurality of anti-fuses connected in parallel may include dielectric layers having different thicknesses from one another, and the breakdown voltages of each dielectric layer may be different from one another. |
| US07804349B2 |
Timing signal generator providing synchronized timing signals at non-integer clock multiples adjustable by more than one period
A system for providing a plurality of synchronous timing signals having period values that are not even multiples of the clock period including a plurality of local edge generators receiving the clock signals, each local generator including local programmable means to record an absolute time at which to generate a timing signal in the current or future period and the means to generate that timing signal at a synchronous even sub-division of the clock period resolution. A separate time value is maintained allowing generated timing signals to be delayed by more than one period. An output delay circuit generates the timing signal responsive to a future time value and a phase offset. The phase offset can be provided using a clock multiplier and serial parallel converter to simplify hardware realizations. |
| US07804348B1 |
Clock data recovery with high speed level shift
Clock data recovery circuitry with a high speed level shifting circuits and methods are disclosed. One embodiment provides clock data recover with a high speed level shifting circuit that uses an input signal to generate two intermediate signals and uses the intermediate signals to generate an output signal such that voltage stress on individual devices within the level shifting circuit is minimized. In one embodiment, the level shifter includes a first driver and second driver coupled in parallel to provide intermediate signals to an output driver. In a particular aspect, individual transistors of the output driver are subject to voltage stresses that are less than the peak-to-peak amplitude of the output signal. In one embodiment, the first driver includes an n-channel metal oxide semiconductor (“NMOS”) cascode circuit, the second driver includes a p-channel metal oxide semiconductor (“PMOS”) cascode circuit, and the output driver includes a complementary metal oxide conductor (“CMOS”) inverter stage. In one embodiment, the level shifter is implemented in an integrated circuit characterized by 45-nanometer technology. In another embodiment, the level shifter is implemented in an integrated circuit characterized by 65-nanometer technology. |
| US07804346B2 |
Level converting flip-flop and method of operating the same
A level converting flip-flop may include a data input circuit, a clocking circuit, a current mirror circuit, and/or a latch circuit. The data input circuit may be configured to generate a pull-up current in response to an input data signal having one of an input supply voltage smaller than an output supply voltage and a ground voltage. The clocking circuit configured to provide the pull-up current to an internal node in response to a clock signal having the input supply voltage and the ground voltage. The current mirror circuit may be configured to pull-up an output node to the output supply voltage in response to the pull-up current provided to the internal node. The latch circuit may be configured to latch an output data signal generated at the output node. |
| US07804336B2 |
Track-and-hold circuit with low distortion
A track-and-hold circuit is provided. This track-and-hold circuit is adapted to track an analog input signal and hold a sampled voltage of the analog input signal at a sampling instant for processing by other circuitry, in response to a track signal that alternates with a hold signal. Preferably, the track-and-hold circuit includes a bi-directional current source that sources and sinks current through a first output node and a second output node, a unity gain amplifier that is coupled to first and second output nodes of the bi-directional current source and that receives the analog input signal, a resistor coupled to an output of the unity gain amplifier, and a capacitor coupled between the resistor and ground. Of interest, however, is the bi-directional current source, which includes a differential input circuit that is adapted to receive the track signal and the hold signal and that is coupled to the first and second output nodes and an RC network that is coupled to the differential input circuit. The RC network receives the analog input signal and is scaled to change the location of a zero to reduce the signal-dependence of the sampling instant. |
| US07804334B2 |
High signal level compliant input/output circuits
A level detector has an input circuit adapted to accept signals of multiple signal levels for detecting a specific level. The signal levels include a first signal level and a larger second signal level. Electronic components of the input circuit have reliability levels less than the second signal level. A latch circuit is coupled to the input circuit for latching a signal consistent with a detected level of an accepted signal. |
| US07804331B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an output stage circuit including a first conductive type first transistor and a second conductive type second transistor, the first conductive type first transistor being connected between a first power supply terminal and an output terminal, the second conductive type second transistor being connected between a second power supply terminal and the output terminal and having a leak current larger than that of the first transistor, and an input stage circuit outputting a logic value setting the first transistor to a non-conductive state and setting the second transistor to a conductive state in accordance with a logic circuit disable signal input when the output stage circuit is in a disable state. |
| US07804330B2 |
Adaptive keeper circuit to control domino logic dynamic circuits using rate sensing technique
The present invention provides an adaptive keeper circuit to control Domino Logic Dynamic Circuits using Rate Sensing Technique to provide reduced contention and efficient process tracking at given noise robustness with less overhead in area, power and delay, said adaptive keeper comprising, keeper PMOS transistor (M1), wherein the drain of M1 is connected to wide AND-OR logic circuit; the rate controller consisting of reference rate transistor (M4), feedback PMOS transistor (M2), feedback shutoff transistor (M5), clock shutoff transistor (M6), pre-charge PMOS transistor (M3), wherein the input of the rate controller is directly connected to drain of the keeper PMOS (M1) and the output of the rate controller is directly connected to the gate of the PMOS keeper (M1). |
| US07804329B2 |
Internal charge transfer for circuits
The present invention enables fast transition between sleep and normal modes for circuits such as digital circuits. This invention utilizes chip internal charge transfer operations to put the circuit into fast sleep. The invention reduces external power involvement, and it expedites the sleep mode transition time by limiting charge transfers within the circuit. The fast sleep and fast wake-up enable more efficient power management of the system. This functionality also maximizes performance per power, and provides a more energy efficient computing architecture. |
| US07804326B1 |
Voltage level shifter
A voltage level shifter comprises a voltage adjustment circuit, an inverter, a first NMOS transistor, a second NMOS transistor, a first PMOS transistor, and a second NMOS transistor. The voltage adjustment circuit is configured for receiving a first voltage and a second voltage and for generating an adjustment voltage. When the first voltage is higher than the second voltage, the adjustment voltage is substantially equal to the first voltage, and when the first voltage is lower than the second voltage, the adjustment voltage is substantially equal to the second voltage. |
| US07804324B2 |
Dynamically adjusting operation of a circuit within a semiconductor device
Apparatus including a reference circuit configured to provide a particular impedance and having a first plurality of switching devices and a resistive device coupled to each other in parallel; a second plurality of switching devices coupled to each other in parallel and coupled in series with the reference circuit between a supply node and a supply return node; and processing logic coupled to the second plurality of switching devices and configured to selectively enable and disable a combination of switching devices of the second plurality of switching devices that results in an impedance of the enabled switching devices more closely matching the particular impedance of the reference circuit than at least one other combination of enabled and disabled switching devices of the second plurality of switching devices. |
| US07804320B2 |
Methodology and apparatus for reduction of soft errors in logic circuits
The present invention includes a circuit-level system and method for preventing the propagation of soft errors in logic cells. A radiation jammer circuit in accordance with the present invention, including an RC differentiator and a depletion mode MOS circuit, when inserted at the output of a logic cell, significantly reduces the propagation of transient glitches. The radiation jammer circuit is a novel transistor-level optimization technique, which has been used to reduce soft errors in a logic circuit. A method to insert radiation jammer cells on selective nodes in a logic circuit for low overheads in terms of delay, power, and area is also introduced. |
| US07804317B1 |
Test device for determining charge damage to a transistor
According to one exemplary embodiment, a test device includes a transistor situated on a substrate. The test device further includes a protection device coupled by a fuse to a gate of the transistor in an interconnect metal layer, where the interconnect metal layer is formed over the substrate. The fuse allows the protection device to be decoupled from the gate of the transistor prior to testing the transistor. The test device further includes first and second contact pads formed over the substrate and coupled to respective terminals of the fuse to provide access to the fuse. A current can be applied between the first and second contacts pads to cause the fuse to open to decouple the protection device from the gate of the transistor. The test device further includes an antenna coupled to the gate of the transistor with interconnect metal segments for accumulating electrical charge during wafer processing. |
| US07804316B2 |
Pusher, pusher unit and semiconductor testing apparatus
A pusher 200 that pushes a semiconductor device under test 300 against a test socket 500 in a semiconductor test apparatus 20 is provided that includes a main body section 210 that is thermally coupled with the thermal source 400 and a plurality of device pushing sections 220, each of which is physically and thermally coupled to the thermal source 400, is displaced toward the test socket 500 by the pushing force of the main body section 210 to contact a surface to be pushed of a semiconductor device under test 300, pushes the semiconductor device under test 300, and transmits heat from the thermal source 400 to the semiconductor device under test 300. Thermal conductivity between the pusher and the semiconductor device under test is enhanced to provide a pusher that can quickly and accurately test a semiconductor device. |
| US07804314B2 |
Adjustable electrical probes for circuit breaker tester
An electrical probe assembly includes a first probe housing pivotally connected to a base structure and receiving a first probe therein. The first probe is configured to interface with a first contact of an electrical component. A second probe housing is pivotally connected to the base structure and receives a second probe therein. The second probe is configured to interface with a second contact of the electrical component wherein the first and second contacts have a spatial relationship therebetween. An adjustment mechanism is connected to the first and second housing and configured to independently adjust an amount of rotation of the each of the housings to accommodate the spatial relationship. |
| US07804313B2 |
Semiconductor device
Provided is a semiconductor device, in which: patterns for detecting displacement at probing are formed of a plurality of minute conductors formed below a protective film; each of the plurality of minute conductors formed below the protective film is electrically insulated and formed to be smaller than a bottom surface of a tip of a probing needle used for carrying out an electrical measurement of IC chips; and the patterns for detecting displacement at probing are provided in a pair for each of the IC chips. |
| US07804312B2 |
Silicon wafer for probe bonding and probe bonding method using thereof
Disclosed herein are a silicon wafer for probe bonding and a probe bonding method using the same. The silicon wafer for probe bonding is improved in structure to facilitate probe bonding on a probe substrate. The probe bonding method involves bonding supporting beams on the silicon wafer to bumps on the probe substrate. The silicon wafer is formed at a surface thereof with probe tips and supporting beams on an end of each probe tip to have a redetermined arrangement pattern. The silicon wafer is further formed with openings from an upper surface to a lower surface thereof. A portion of each supporting beam opposite to the probe tips protrudes is exposed to the outside through the openings. |
| US07804311B2 |
Electronic machine, connected machine identifying method for electronic machine and control system
An electronic machine connectable to a different apparatus is disclosed. The electronic machine includes a resistance, a connector to be connected to the different apparatus, and a detecting section that detects one state from multiple states based on the resistance value of the resistance and the resistance value of a resistance included in the different apparatus connected to the connector and controls multiple parameters based on the detected one state. |
| US07804308B2 |
Surgical testing instrument and system
The present disclosure describes an instrument for measuring the dielectric properties of biological tissue. The instrument includes a top electrode assembly and a bottom electrode assembly, the top electrode assembly including a top electrode and at least one shaft adjustably positionable to move the top electrode relative to the bottom electrode assembly, the bottom electrode assembly including a bottom test plate and a bottom electrode. The instrument also includes a testing cylinder coupled to the shaft and having an inner cavity defined therein that houses the top electrode and which is designed to enclose the bottom electrode therein. The testing cylinder is configured to reduce at least one of electric current, magnetic current, stray radiative RF fields and external capacitive leakage currents during activation of the top and bottom electrodes. |
| US07804306B2 |
Capacitive distance sensing in semiconductor processing tools
A wireless sensor includes at least one capacitive plate for sensing a distance relative to an object of interest within a semiconductor-processing environment. The sensor includes an internal power source and wireless communication such that distance and/or parallelism measurements effected using the capacitive plate(s) can be provided wirelessly to an external device. |
| US07804304B2 |
Method for measuring the noise figure of a device under test with a network analyser
A method for measuring the noise factor (FDUT) of a device under test, which requires exclusively a network analyzer. The noise factor (FDUT) is calculated from the internal noise (NNWA) of the network analyzer determined in a calibration process, the power amplification (GDUT) of the device under test determined by measuring the S-parameters of the device under test, and the measured value (PNOISE) of the noise output (NNWA) applied at a first gate of the device under test without exciting the device under test with a noise signal. |
| US07804301B2 |
NMR probe
An NMR probe is provided that prevents homogeneity of the static magnetic field from being reduced in a sensitive area of an RF coil used for measuring an NMR signal. The RF coil is wound around a bobbin, and mounted on the NMR probe. In the NMR probe, a substance having a magnetic susceptibility of the same polarity as that of the RF coil is disposed on a surface of the bobbin which is not contacted by the RF coil. Alternatively, the bobbin is formed with grooves, and the RF coil is wound around the grooves. The bulk susceptibility of the bobbin or RF coil winding is adjusted such that the difference between the product of the depth of the groove and bulk susceptibility of the bobbin and the product of winding thickness and bulk susceptibility of the RF coil winding is 5 percent or less. |
| US07804300B2 |
Compact and flexible radio frequency coil arrays
A radio frequency coils array includes a plurality of conductive RF loops (62a, 62b, 62c, 62d, 162a, 162b, 262a, 262b, 362a, 362b, 362c, 462a, 462b, 462c, 562a, 562b) configured to excite or receive magnetic resonance signals, and a plurality of electronics modules (64a, 64b, 64c, 64d, 164a, 164b, 264a, 264b, 364a, 364b, 364c, 464a, 464b, 64c, 564a, 564b) corresponding to the plurality of conductive RF loops. The electronics modules are grouped together in a compact electronics region (66, 166, 266, 366, 466, 66). Each RF coil is operatively connected with a corresponding electronics module. Each electronics module includes at least a pre-amplifier. |
| US07804297B2 |
Methodology for interpretation and analysis of NMR distributions
Pulse sequences are applied to a fluid in an earth formation in a static magnetic field and NMR spin echo signals are obtained. The signals are inverted to give T2 distributions at a plurality of depths. Similarities between logs of the T2 bins with resistivity and/or gamma ray logs are used to identify and subtract contributions to the NMR signal from oil. having internal gradients. From the received signals, relaxation and diffusion characteristics of the fluid are determined. The determination takes into account the internal field gradients. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b). |
| US07804294B1 |
Non contact method and apparatus for measurement of sheet resistance of P-N junctions
A contactless sheet resistance measurement apparatus and method for measuring the sheet resistance of upper layer of ultra shallow p-n junction is disclosed. The apparatus comprises alternating light source optically coupled with first transparent and conducting electrode brought close to the wafer, the second electrode placed outside of illumination area. Using the measurement of the surface photovoltage signals inside illuminated area and outside this area and its phase shifts, linear SPV model describing its lateral distribution the sheet resistance and p-n junction conductance is determined. |
| US07804290B2 |
Event-driven time-interval measurement
An apparatus including a circuit configured to measure timing between features in a first signal only referring to timing information contained in the signal itself. |
| US07804289B2 |
Testing device including low-pass filter with automatically switching function
A testing device including low-pass filter with automatically switching function is disclosed in the present invention, comprising: a control circuit used to control the operation of the testing device and provide a reference frequency (Fr); a frequency detection circuit, connected to the input end and the control circuit and used to output a high frequency control signal; a low-pass filter connected to the frequency detection circuit, used to filter the testing signal of the input end to output a frequency signal; a frequency evaluation circuit connected to the control circuit and to the frequency signal outputted from the low-pass filter, the frequency evaluation circuit outputting a medium frequency control signal to the low-pass filter and outputting a frequency testing value to a display at the same time; and a voltage measuring circuit, connected to the low-pass filter and the control circuit and used to output a voltage measuring value to the display. |
| US07804285B2 |
Control of operation of switching regulator to select PWM control or PFM control based on phase comparison
A switching regulator is disclosed that includes a switching transistor; an inductor; a voltage comparator circuit part comparing a voltage at the connection of the switching transistor and the inductor and a predetermined voltage and outputting a first signal; a phase comparator circuit part comparing the phases of a control signal input to the switching transistor and the output first signal and outputting a second signal; and a control circuit part performing PWM control or PFM/VFM control on the switching transistor in accordance with the output second signal so that a predetermined constant voltage is output from the switching regulator. The control circuit part performs PWM control if the output second signal indicates that the control signal and the output first signal are in phase, and performs PFM/VFM control if the output second signal indicates that the control signal and the output first signal are out of phase. |
| US07804270B2 |
Motor start circuit with capacitive discharge protection
A motor start circuit for an AC induction motor employs a DC relay whose NC contacts are placed in series with the start capacitor. A half full-wave rectifier arrangement has an AC input connected to the junction of the relay switch and the start capacitor, and DC outputs applied across the relay actuator coil. In the event of intermittent application of power to the motor, any residual charge on the start capacitor will feed current to the actuator coil to hold the relay switch open until the residual charge has decayed sufficiently, to avoid damage to the motor from capacitive discharge. A high magnetic retentivity core can be used to hold the relay off for sufficient time for stored energy to dissipate. |
| US07804269B2 |
Control of an electrical machine
A switched reluctance machine has salient poles on the stator and rotor. The windings of the machine are supplied from a converter which provides energization at a chosen rate. The windings of the machine may be energized at the rate at which the rotor poles pass the stator poles, or it may be operated at a fraction of that rate by energizing the windings to cooperate with every second, third or fourth rotor pole. This can extend the output of the machine. |
| US07804267B2 |
Correction method for microprocessor-controlled digital regulation
In a correction method for a microprocessor-controlled digital regulation of a drive motor, wherein the measurement arrangement used for the regulation of the motor is simplified. recognizing that the real value surveying cannot always be implemented periodically by the microprocessor at the requested point in time, making sporadic measurement errors of a simplified measurement arrangement ineffectual, in accordance with the method individual measurement values with a sudden change are read out and correction values are used instead of these for the regulation. |
| US07804266B2 |
Motor control device
A motor control device includes a current detecting portion that detects current flowing between an inverter for driving a three-phase motor and a DC power supply for supplying DC voltage to the inverter, a current estimator that estimates a current vector of the motor on a rotating coordinate that rotates along with rotation of a rotor of the motor. The motor control device detects motor current flowing in the motor by using one of a detecting result of the current detecting portion and an estimation result of the current estimator, so as to control the motor via the inverter based on the detected motor current. The current estimator estimates the current vector based on the motor current detected in the past and a specified voltage value, for example. |
| US07804263B2 |
Control system for a controllable permanent magnet machine
A dynamoelectric machine that has at least one rotor component proximate a stator that is axially displaceable from the stator in response to pressure of lubrication oil delivered to its lubrication system has a system for changing axial displacement of each axially displaceable rotor component from the stator to cause a corresponding change in rotor-stator magnetic flux interaction, comprising: a hydraulic pump for generating a flow of lubrication oil; and means for regulating the flow of lubrication oil to the machine to develop a corresponding lubrication oil pressure that controls axial displacement of each axially displaceable rotor component. |