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US08259978B2	Sound box and portable electronic device using the same A sound box (10) accommodating a loud speaker (20) mounted in a housing (30) of electronic device (100) is described. The sound box (10) comprises a metal element (12) and a rubber element (14). The metal element (12) defines a receiving space (123) for accommodating the louder speaker (20), and the metal element (12) has a planar wall (122) surrounding the receiving space (123). The rubber element (14) can be formed with the planar wall (122).
US08259977B2	Connector assembly comprising a first part and a second part attachable to and detachable from each other An connector assembly for use in, for example, a hearing aid, the assembly having a first connector and a second connector adapted to be detachably attached and being able to transport both sound and electric signals. The invention also relates to an assembly comprising the connector assembly and having a first part comprising an electrical input and a sound providing receiver as well as both an audio output and an electrical output. The two outputs are connected to a second element, normally for positioning inside an ear canal of a person, the second element having a receiver for receiving the electrical signal from the first elements and providing a corresponding sound which is mixed with the sound output by the second element, the mixed sound being output from the second element. The receiver of the first element may be a woofer, and the receiver of the second element may be a tweeter.
US08259976B2	Assembly comprising a sound emitter and two sound detectors The invention relates to an assembly comprising a sound emitter and at least two sound detectors fixed to each other, wherein each detector has a sound receiving opening. The sound receiving openings of at least two of the detectors point in opposite directions.
US08259975B2	Hearing aid with an attenuation element A shielding element and a decoupling element are integrated into a combined attenuation element. The shielding element may be a shielding foil, preferably made of copper. The attenuation element may include a flexible backing foil, preferably a plastic backing foil which supports the shielding foil. It may also include an adhesive layer with which the electronic component is affixed to a housing. The physical properties of all elements of the attenuation element are attuned to one another such that it simultaneously attenuates both electromagnetic alternating fields as well as mechanical oscillations.
US08259970B2	Adaptive remastering apparatus and method for rear audio channel Provided is an adaptive remastering apparatus and method for a rear channel, which emphasizes only signals of the rear channel while maintaining signals of other channels of a multi-channel audio signal. According to the adaptive remastering apparatus and method for a rear channel, virtual rear left and right channel audio signals are generated by multiplying a predetermined gain by ambient signals extracted from front left and right channel audio signals and are combined with input rear left and right channel audio signals, thereby increasing powers of signals of the rear channel.
US08259968B2	Thermoacoustic device A thermoacoustic device. The thermoacoustic includes a carbon nanotube structure. The carbon nanotube structure is at least partly in contact with a liquid medium. The thermoacoustic device is capable of causing a thermoacoustic effect in the liquid medium.
US08259967B2	Thermoacoustic device A thermoacoustic device includes a signal device and a sound wave generator. The sound wave generator includes a base structure and a conductive material located on the base structure. The base structure includes nano-scale elements. The signal device is capable of transmitting an electrical signal to the sound wave generator. The sound wave generator is capable of converting the electrical signal into heat. The heat is capable of being transferred to a medium to cause a thermoacoustic effect.
US08259966B2	Acoustic system An acoustic system includes a sound-electro converting device, a electro-wave converting device, and a sound wave generator. The electro-wave converting device is connected to the sound-electro converting device. The sound wave generator is spaced from the electro-wave converting device and includes a carbon nanotube structure. The sound-electro converting device converts a sound pressure to an electrical signal and transmits the electrical signal to the electro-wave converting device. The electro-wave converting device emits an electromagnetic signal corresponding to the electrical signal and transmits the electromagnetic signal to the carbon nanotube structure. The carbon nanotube structure converts the electromagnetic signal into heat, and the heat transfers to a medium causing a thermoacoustic effect.
US08259962B2	Audio system configured to fade audio outputs and method thereof An audio system configured to fade audio outputs and method thereof are provided, wherein the audio system includes a first speaker, a second speaker, a low-frequency output speaker, wherein the low-frequency output speaker is proximate the at least one second speaker, and a receiver configured to alter a signal communicated to the first speaker, the second speaker, and the low-frequency output speaker, such that the audio outputs thereof are faded. The audio system further includes a filter in communication between the receiver and the first speaker, wherein the filter is configured to limit a frequency of the signal communicated from the receiver to the first speaker, and a processor configured to alter a frequency limit of the filter, such that a low frequency portion of the signal is received by the first speaker, and a low-frequency output of the first speaker is increased approximately proportionately to the fade of the second speaker, the low-frequency output speaker, or a combination thereof.
US08259955B2	Fan noise canceling system In a fan noise canceling system, a feedforward signal generated when a fan speed change occurs and a feedback signal read by a sensor are sent to a signal amplifying unit for signal amplification, and the amplified signals are then sent to a signal converting unit for converting into a digital signal. A hybrid controller receives and corrects the digital signals sent thereto, and conducts rapid convergence algorithm to derive a reverse digital signal. The reverse digital signal is sent back to the signal converting unit for converting into a reverse analog signal, which is then sent to the signal amplifying unit for power amplification and generating a control signal to drive a loudspeaker to produce a reverse acoustic wave, which cancels out wave of fan noise to effectively reduce fan noise without adversely affecting the heat dissipation effect of the fan.
US08259953B2	Thermal protection of electro dynamic transducers used in loudspeaker systems Electro dynamic transducers can fail due to either excessive voice coil excursion, causing mechanical clipping, or by overheating of the voice coil causing degradation of the materials. The disclosed invention relates to protection against excess voice coil temperature in such transducers. The current through the transducer voice coil and the voltage across its terminals, are measured. The resistive part of the impedance of the transducer is then estimated based on the measurements of current and voltage. When the resistive impedance for the given type of transducer is well known at one temperature it is then possible to calculate the temperature when the resistive impedance changes. The estimated voice coil temperature is then fed to a signal attenuator or controller, which attenuates the output signal to the transducer.
US08259940B2	Method for broadcasting digital data to a targeted set of reception terminals This invention relates to a method for broadcasting digital data to a targeted set of reception terminals in which said data are previously scrambled by a series of control words transmitted in a conditional access control message.This method comprises the following steps: on transmission, particularise said access control message using a reversible function F for which the inverse function F−1 is executable only in terminals in the targeted set, and on reception, redetermine the original access control message in each terminal in the targeted set using said inverse function.
US08259939B2	System and method for allowing copying or distribution of a copy protected signal A copy protection system and method for allowing copying or distribution of a copy protected signal is disclosed. One embodiment includes an apparatus and method for receiving a content signal via a WiFi communications channel, the content signal including a control signal; and using a modifying circuit coupled with the WiFi communications channel to generate an analog copy protection signal based on the control signal, the control signal causing the modifying circuit to add or delete the analog copy protection signal to or from the content signal.
US08259934B2	Methods and devices for a chained encryption mode An encryption chaining mode takes plaintext block N, generates encryption key N by combining, preferably by XOR, encryption key N-1 and plaintext block N-1 and encrypts plaintext block N using an encryption algorithm with encryption key N to output ciphertext block N. Encryption key for the first plaitnext block is generated by XOR-ing a random Initialization vector and a random intialization key K. In a preferred embodiment, initialization key K is subkeys resulting form a key schedule algorithm and encryption key N-1 is only one of the subkeys. Encryption key for the first plaintext block is generated by XOR-ing a random Initialization vector and one subkey resulting form a key schedule algorithm. Also provided is a corresponding decryption method, an encryption device, a decryption device.
US08259932B2	Computing modular polynomials modulo large primes Systems and methods for computing modular polynomials modulo large primes are described. In one aspect, the systems and methods generate l-isogenous elliptic curves. A modular polynomial modulo a large prime p is then computed as a function of l-isogenous elliptic curves modulo p. In one aspect, the modular polynomial may be used in a cryptosystem.
US08259929B2	Methods and apparatuses to provide a back up power supply for a network interface device Various methods, apparatuses, and systems in which a back up power supply is provided to a network interface device are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a network interface device (NID) located outside a building and a power supply unit located inside the building. The power supply unit has one or more ports that couple via a phone line to the NID to provide a power signal to the NID. The apparatus further includes a direct current (DC) back up power unit located in the NID. The DC back up power unit provides back up power to the NID. The NID is configured to periodically switch between receiving the power signal from the power supply unit and the DC back up power unit even when no fault condition exists in the power supply unit.
US08259925B2	Service wait time notification A system for communicating service information to a potential customer is provided. The system includes one or more potential customer devices, one or more session initiation protocol (SIP) client devices, and a SIP server. The SIP server is operable to determine an estimated service wait time based on information received from the one or more SIP client device and communicate the estimated wait time to the one or more potential customer devices.
US08259924B2	System for creation and dynamic management of incoming interactions A communications center system includes unsolicited inbound transaction traffic for routing to agents, one or more channels engaging visitors to the communication center other than interaction with a live agent, a profiling function for gathering information about the visitors to the communications-center, during the time the visitors are engaged in other than interaction with a live agent, a ranking function for ranking the visitors as to desirability for interaction, according to the information gathered, and an invitation function for sending invitations to transact to the visitors according to the ranking. The system monitors agent availability and the unsolicited inbound transaction traffic, and manages the invitation function to balance total traffic with agent availability.
US08259921B2	Method of VoIP number portability using wireless device A method of processing a number portability call, the method including: transmitting a call request message to a donor network server based on dialed number information of a called terminal; receiving a response message according to number portability of the called terminal from the donor network server, in correspondence to the call request message; detecting routing number information of the called terminal based on the dialed number information, according to reception of the response message; and performing call setup to a recipient network server associated with the called terminal based on at least one of the dialed number information and the routing number information is provided.
US08259919B2	Answering system and method of a communication device A communication device having an answering system sets task names, task schedule times of one or more tasks, predetermined ring settings when an incoming call is received during one of the task schedule times, and setting predetermined recorded message. The answering system is configured for determining if the incoming call is received during one of the task schedule times, ringing using the predetermined ring setting if the incoming call is received during one of the task schedule times, replying to the incoming call with the predetermined recorded message if the incoming call is received during one of the task schedule times and if the incoming call has not been answered.
US08259918B2	Method and system for placing a communication session on hold An approach is provided for placing a real-time communication session (e.g., a voice call or a video call) on hold before the called party answers the call. After receiving a communication session request, the communication session is placed on hold until a predetermined time period expires, the called party answers the communication session, or the calling party elects to be directed to an answering service.
US08259916B2	Musical caller ID apparatus and method An incoming call prompting method is provided. The method receiving an incoming call decoding the phone number of the incoming call so as to obtain a digit set from the phone number stored in the data storage system. The method further includes determining a call number character of the incoming call and assigning musical notes associated with the numbers of the digit set according to the musical note table. Furthermore, the method includes obtaining corresponding audio clip of each note from an audio clip database and outputting the audio clips with the corresponding rhythm of the call number character of the incoming call through a music output apparatus.
US08259911B1	Call processing and subscriber registration systems and methods The present invention relates to telecommunications, and in particular, to systems and processes for processing telephone calls and providing telephony services. In one embodiment, a call processing system, compromises a first telephony interface configured to receive a call from a caller, a storage device configured to store a greeting, and a call answering system. The call answering system is configured to play the greeting in response to receiving the call, record a voice message from the caller, determine when the caller has completed recording the voice message, after determining that the caller has completed recording the voice message, play a prompt regarding the caller becoming a subscriber to call services provided by the call processing system, receive from the caller information used to establish a call services account, and establish a call services account for the caller.
US08259910B2	Method and system for transcribing audio messages A transcribing method may include receiving an audio message from a customer via a telephone, determining whether one of the agent transcribers is available, storing the audio message when an agent transcriber is not available, continuing to determine whether a transcriber is available, streaming in real time a streamed portion of the audio message to a first available agent transcriber for facilitating the transcription of the streamed portion of the audio message into a first portion of a transcription text file, providing subsequently a pre-streamed recorded portion of the audio message to a subsequently available second agent transcriber for facilitating the transcription of the pre-streamed recorded portion of the audio message into a second portion of the transcription text file while the streaming in real time is continuing with the first agent transcriber, and combining the first and second portions of the transcription text file into a consolidated text file.One embodiment of the system and method relates to streaming in one portion of the audio message to a first available agent transcriber for transcription purposes, and to providing a pre-streamed recorded portion of the same audio message to a subsequently available second agent transcriber to provide rapid transcription of the audio message.
US08259904B2	Radiographic image capturing system, radiation converter, processor, selector for selecting radiation converter and processor, program, method of selecting radiation converter and processor, and radiographic image capturing method A radiographic image capturing system comprises a radiation converter for converting radiation that has passed through a subject into a radiographic image, a processor for processing the radiographic image, and a selector for, when a plurality of the radiation converters and/or a plurality of the processors are provided, selecting one radiation converter and one processor that have the most appropriate communication state and associating the selected one radiation converter with the selected one processor.
US08259903B1	Dynamically computed X-ray input power for consistent image quality Presented is a system and method for dynamically adjusting X-ray power levels to achieve consistent image quality. The method comprises estimating power and photon density based on current process parameters, comparing those estimates with reference values associated with desirable image quality, adjusting the X-ray power level in response to the operation of comparing, and then performing the operations of estimating, comparing, and adjusting so that the estimates approach the reference values. In embodiments, the estimating, comparing, and adjusting operations are performed dynamically as process parameters, such as X-ray spot size and distance to the target, dynamically change. The system comprises a database for storing the reference values and a processor for estimating the photon and power density based on current process parameters, comparing the reference values with the estimates, and outputting a signal to adjust one of the current process parameters such as X-ray power level.
US08259901B1	Intelligent machines and process for production of monocrystalline products with goniometer continual feedback The present invention consists of an x-ray goniometer which is positioned directly adjacent to processing machines used in the cutting, milling, drilling and shaping of crystal boules and crystal ingots, used in conjunction with an adjustable tilt platform capable of pitch, yaw and roll movement, to allow in-situ measurement and automatic adjustment of crystal orientation with respect to the processing machine. The goniometer may be secured to either the tool itself or a portion of the machine which is adjacent the piece to be worked. Various embodiments include an x-ray goniometer and adjustable tilt platform incorporated into a core drilling machine, wire saw, surface grinder, polishing apparatus, or orientation flat or notch grinder. Incorporating an x-ray goniometer and adjustable tilt platform directly into a crystal processing machine results in a significant decrease in overall processing time and labor, and a significant increase in precision when processing crystal ingots into a final product, such as a notched wafer.
US08259900B1	Adaptive scanning of materials using nuclear resonance fluorescence imaging A method for detecting nuclear species in a sample by adaptive scanning using nuclear resonance fluorescence may comprise illuminating the target sample with photons from a source; detecting a signal in an energy channel; determining a scan evaluation parameter using the signal detected; determining whether the scan evaluation parameter meets a detection efficiency criterion; adjusting one or more system parameters such that the scan evaluation parameter meets the detection efficiency criterion; and comparing the signal in an energy channel to a predetermined species detection criterion to identify a species detection event. In another embodiment, detecting a signal in an energy channel may further comprise detecting photons scattered from the target sample. In another embodiment, detecting a signal in an energy channel may further comprise detecting photons transmitted through the target sample and scattered from at least one reference scatterer.
US08259896B2	Efficient correction of polychromy effects in image reconstruction A method for determining absorption coefficients corrected with polychromy artifacts for an object composed of a plurality of material types differentiated with absorption attributes is provided. A plurality of x-ray beam projections of the object are recorded with monochrome x-rays from different positions. The recorded projections are reconstructed to determine a first set of absorption coefficients. The projections are calculated by reprojection. The recorded projections are corrected by the calculated projections. A second set of absorption coefficients corrected with polychromy artifacts is finally determined by reconstructing the corrected projections. A formula-based description of a rule taking account of polychromy is used in the calculation. The rule includes parameters to be determined by the reprojection in the course of the calculation of projections. The method combines steps of conventional methods and is thus more efficient.
US08259890B2	Phase-locked loop circuit and related phase locking method A phase-locked loop circuit, including: an operating circuit for detecting a difference between a reference signal and a feedback oscillating signal to generate a detected result, and generating a first control signal according to the detected result, an auxiliary circuit for generating a second control signal that is asynchronous with the first control signal, and a controllable oscillator coupled to the operating circuit and the auxiliary circuit for generating an output oscillating signal according to the first control signal and the second control signal, wherein the feedback oscillating signal is derived from the output oscillating signal.
US08259888B2	Method of processing signal data with corrected clock phase offset The present invention provides a method of processing signal data comprising generating a first clock signal and a second clock signal and processing the signal data using the first clock signal and the second clock signal. While processing the signal data, the phase difference between the first clock signal and the second clock signal is measured and corrected for so that a target phase difference between the first clock signal and the second clock signal is maintained.
US08259887B2	Systems and methods for detecting a specific timing from a synchronization channel A method for detecting a specific timing from a synchronization channel is described. A signal with a known sequence is received. Two or more correlation values between the received signal and the known sequence are calculated at two or more positions. The two or more correlation values are compared. A determination is made whether the position of the known sequence has been shifted based on the comparison. A specific timing of a synchronization channel is detected based on the determination.
US08259886B2	Communication apparatus A communication apparatus including a clock generation circuit outputting a plurality of clocks, each clock having a different phase from the other, a synchronization detection block receiving a sync word and a payload having a predetermined length after receiving the payload, sampling the sync word by using each of the plurality of clocks and to output a first signal indicating a clock or clocks capable of sampling the sync word successfully, the synchronization detection block being capable of sampling the payload by using a clock or clocks, a clock phase selection block coupled to the synchronization detection block to receive the first signal, and a clock gate unit to receive each of the plurality of clocks and the second signal to output the selected one of the plurality of clocks, and not to output a rest of the plurality of the clocks based on the second signal.
US08259883B2	Timing recovery circuit and method thereof In the implementation of timing recovery in conventional communication systems, significant errors are generated from modulo operations under certain extreme conditions by taking input signals of a slicer as datum points. In order to prevent such errors, the input signal of a modulo processing circuit is taken as the datum point in place of the input signal of a slicer. This technique could also be applied to communication systems adopting the minimum mean-square error algorithm, the zero-forcing algorithm, or other relevant algorithms.
US08259881B2	Interference-weighted communication signal processing systems and methods A level of interference affecting signal components of received communication signals is estimated and used to weight the signal components. The signal components in a each of a number of groups of signal components are weighted based on respective interference estimates to thereby adjust signal components for colored interference, which may vary significantly between different groups of signal components. Each group of signal components may include a single component or components within a relatively narrow sub-band of the communication signals, such as a coherence bandwidth of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) signal.
US08259878B2	Apparatus and method for receiving signal in wireless communication system using multi antenna Provided are apparatus and method for receiving signals in a wireless communication system. A receiving apparatus including a plurality of variable gain amplifier units configured to respectively control the gains of radio frequency (RF) signals received respectively through a plurality of antennas, and a plurality of analog-to-digital converters configured to respectively convert the output signals of the respective variable gain amplifiers into digital signals, includes: an automatic gain controller configured to calculate the gain values of the respective gain control amplifier units by receiving the digital signals outputted from the respective analog-to-digital converters, select the minimum gain value among the calculated gain control values, and calculate the differences between the minimum gain value and the other gain values; and a noise matching amplifier configured to attenuate the digital signals outputted from the respective analog-to-digital converters according to the calculated difference values.
US08259876B2	System and method for tuning a radio receiver A system for tuning a radio receiver includes a radio receiver configured to provide a downconverted digital error signal, a digital synthesizer circuit configured to generate a first local oscillator control signal, a digital automatic frequency control (AFC) circuit configured to generate a second local oscillator control signal, wherein the digital synthesizer circuit is enabled to generate the first local oscillator control signal when the digital AFC circuit is disabled, the first local oscillator control signal corresponds to an estimate of a desired local oscillator frequency, the digital AFC circuit is enabled to generate the second local oscillator control signal when the digital synthesizer circuit is disabled and the second local oscillator control signal corresponds to the desired local oscillator frequency.
US08259872B2	Nonlinear post-processors for channels with signal-dependent noise A non-linear post-processor for estimating at least one source of signal-dependent noise is disclosed. The post processor may receive a set of preliminary decisions from a sub-optimal detector along with the sampled data signal. The post-processor may then compute the transition jitter and white noise associated with each preliminary decision in the set and assign a cost metric to each decision based on the total signal noise. The post-processor may output the decision with the lowest cost metric as the final decision of the detector.
US08259869B2	Transmitting/receiving system and method of processing broadcast signal in transmitting/receiving system A receiving system and a method of processing broadcast signal are disclosed herein. The receiving system includes a signal receiving unit, an equalizer, an inner decoder, a reliability adjustor, and an outer decoder. The signal receiving unit receives a broadcast signal and demodulates the received broadcast signal, wherein the broadcast signal comprises a data group including mobile service data and multiple known data sequences. The equalizer uses the known data sequences to channel-equalize data group included in the demodulated broadcast signal. The inner decoder matches mobile service data within the data group, which are inputted in a block-size for turbo-decoding, with mobile service data being symbol-decoded and fed-back, thereby performing trellis-decoding. The reliability adjustor adjusts a reliability level of the mobile service data based upon positions within the data group of the trellis-decoded mobile service data. The outer decoder performs symbol-decoding on the mobile service data outputted from the reliability adjustor.
US08259867B2	Methods and systems for turbo decoding in a wireless communication system Certain embodiments provide methods and apparatus for decoding a string of data bits, encoded with a turbo encoding scheme, in a wireless communication system. One or more a-priori bit values corresponding to expected bit values at one or more identified bit locations in the string of data bits may be identified. One or more branch metrics used in a turbo decoding scheme may be manipulated to effectively remove decoding paths, from a collection of possible decoding paths, based at least on the identified one or more a-priori bit values, resulting in one or more remaining decoding paths. The string of data bits may be decoded by selecting a decoding path from the one or more remaining decoding paths.
US08259866B2	Decoding scheme using A-priori information about transmitted messages A method and apparatus for decoding encoded data bits of a wireless communication transmission are provided. A set of a-priori bit values corresponding to known bit values of the encoded data bits may be generated. Decoding paths that correspond to decoded data bits that are inconsistent with the a-priori bit values may be removed from the possible decoding paths to consider, and decoding the encoded data bits by selecting a decoding path from remaining decoding paths of the possible decoding paths that were not removed.
US08259864B2	Methods and systems for fourier-quadratic basis channel estimation in OFDMA systems Certain embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a Fourier-Quadratic (FQ) method for channel estimation that may help improve error rate performance of existing techniques, with only moderate increase in computational complexity. The proposed FQ scheme according to certain embodiments may provide a viable solution to the difficult channel estimation problem encountered in the Vehicular B channel with a long delay spread. Furthermore, a robustness of the proposed FQ channel estimation scheme to accommodate errors in a channel delay profile and to errors in a channel power profile is demonstrated through simulations.
US08259861B2	Methods and systems for providing bandwidth adjustment Systems and methods are disclosed for providing bandwidth adjustment. The disclosed systems and methods may include receiving an input signal having at least one attribute and an input bandwidth. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods may include producing a first adjusted signal. The first adjusted signal may comprise the input signal with a first adjusted bandwidth. The first adjusted bandwidth may comprise the input bandwidth adjusted based on the at least one attribute and at least one first preference. In addition, the disclosed systems and methods may include providing the first adjusted signal to a first end use device.
US08259860B1	Identification of target signals in radio frequency pulsed environments A system, method of processing and method of manufacturing related to a signal processing scheme which receives multiple inputs and performs signal correlation to identify a predetermined signal based on a specific modulation type such as phase shift key or quadrature modulation related signal characteristics.
US08259858B2	Carrier detect system, apparatus and method thereof A method of detecting an on-channel signal and synchronizing signal detection with correcting for DC offset errors in a direct conversion receiver is presented. A received signal is digitized, and a state machine operates to detect the presence of an on-channel signal. If the signal is not detected, a mixed mode training sequence is initiated in which the DC offset errors in both an analog and digital received signal path are corrected. While training, processing of the digitized samples by a digital signal processor and a host controller is suspended (while they are put into battery save mode) and the gain provided to subsequently received signals is minimized. The DC offset correction circuitry is bypassed and put into battery save mode at predetermined periods when DC offset correction is not performed.
US08259856B2	Method, apparatus, and computer program product for decoding signals in a wireless communication environment An apparatus for decoding a received plurality of multi-path signals to recover the data content of transmitted signals may include an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit may be configured to generate a logarithm likelihood ratio based on a received plurality of multi-path signals, where the received plurality of multi-path signals is representative of transmitted data content. The integrated circuit may be further configured to arrange coefficients of an expression generated based on the received plurality of multi-path signals and integrate the expression. The integrated circuit may be further configured to divide the integrated expression by prior information. As a result, the integrated circuit may be configured to receive the plurality of multi-path signals and decode the signals via integration. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided.
US08259853B2	Digital broadcast receiving device A receiving apparatus includes a demodulation means for demodulating a transmission signal to output a demodulation output having a predetermined number of bits; a reliability calculation means for calculating reliability of the transmission signal to output reliability information; a conversion processing means for reducing the number of bits of the demodulation output on the basis of the reliability information, and for multiplexing the demodulation output having the reduced number of bits and the reliability information to output the multiplexed result; and a deinterleave means for deinterleaving the output of the conversion processing means.
US08259852B2	Method and system for satellite communication Certain aspects of a method and system for satellite communication are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include a receiver that handles digital video broadcasting. The receiver may be enabled to dynamically vary spacing between one or more pilots within at least one frame based on a determined symbol rate. The size of each of a plurality of received programs may be determined and the spacing between one or more pilots may be dynamically varied based on the determined size of each of the plurality of received programs.
US08259849B2	Wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication method, computer program, and wireless communication system There is provided a wireless communication apparatus including: a matrix estimating unit that estimates a channel matrix of N rows and M columns (N and M are natural numbers); a selecting unit that selects S rows (S is a natural number, and S
US08259844B2	Method for setting cyclic shift considering frequency offset A method for a user equipment to transmit a random access preamble sequence to a base station includes transmitting the random access preamble sequence generated from a Constant Amplitude Zero Auto Correlation (CAZAC) sequence to the base station, wherein the CAZAC sequence is cyclic shifted according to one of applicable cyclic shift values defined considering a value (M) representing a Doppler shift of one subcarrier spacing and a cyclic shift unit length (T), and wherein when the value (M) meets a condition of ‘PT≦M <(P+1)T’ where (P) is an integer, one or more adjacent cyclic shift values among the applicable cyclic shift values are defined as a group and a number of the adjacent cyclic shift values within the group equals to (P).
US08259842B2	Successive codebook and feedback in precoding systems Methods and apparatus are disclosed for applying successive multi-rank beamforming strategies (e.g., successive precoding strategies) for the design of precoders over a set of parallel channels. Successive beamforming is applied to a narrow band channel model and is also applied for finer quantization of a single beamforming vector (e.g., recursive beamforming). A first embodiment provides the optimal approach with high complexity. An alternative embodiment provides successive beamforming for near optimal precoding selection with medium complexity. A low complexity method for precoder selection is also provided wherein a channel representative matrix for the set of parallel channels is determined and successive beamforming on the calculated channel representative is applied.
US08259837B2	Communication apparatus and communication method Modulated signal A is transmitted from a first antenna, and modulated signal B is transmitted from a second antenna. As modulated signal B, modulated symbols S2(i) and S2(i+1) obtained from different data are transmitted at time i and time i+1 respectively. In contrast, as modulated signal A, modulated symbols S1(i) and S1(i)′ obtained by changing the signal point arrangement of the same data are transmitted at time i and time i+1 respectively. As a result the reception quality can be changed intentionally at time i and time i+1, and therefore using the demodulation result of modulated signal A of a time when the reception quality is good enables both modulated signals A and B to be demodulated with good error rate performances.
US08259835B2	Variable codebook for MIMO system A MIMO wireless communication system employing a variable size preceding codebook is provided. The size of the codebook may be determined by the quality of the wireless transmission channel between a transmitter and a receiver associated with the MIMO wireless communication systems or some other codebook selection criteria. A larger codebook can be employed when the channel quality is high, allowing for significant gains in overall system throughput. In contrast, a smaller codebook can be employed when the cannel quality is poor, so that the added channel overhead associated with a larger code book does not reduce the channel efficiency under circumstances in which a larger codebook would not significantly improve system throughput.
US08259834B2	Method and system for OFDM based MIMO system with enhanced diversity Certain aspects of a method and system for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) based multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system having enhanced diversity are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include selecting a group of antennas from a plurality of antennas within a radio frequency (RF) system. Data may be communicated via the selected group of antennas. The selected group of antennas may comprise at least one polarized antenna that is orthogonally polarized with respect to adjacent polarized antennas. The plurality of coherently polarized antennas may be placed at a particular distance from each other.
US08259831B2	Subband indexing methods and systems Methods and systems for indexing subband selections are disclosed. The selected subbands can be represented as a binary sequence and the index can be determined by employing a choose function, where a choose function value for a particular selected bit position is defined by a selection occurrence count of the selected bit position that is chosen from a bit position count of the selected bit position. In particular, the index can be the summation of choose function values for each selected bit position.
US08259829B2	Method for estimating the time of arrival in ultra wideband systems Method and device for estimating the time-of-arrival of a received signal y(t), said method comprising the step of: generating a plurality of frequency-domain samples from the received signal y(t); estimating a correlation matrix (Formula I) from said plurality of frequency-domain samples; from said correlation matrix (Formula I), calculating a signal energy distribution with respect to different propagation delays; finding a delay value (Formula II) at which said signal energy distribution exceeds a certain threshold Pth, said delay value representing the time-of-arrival estimation.
US08259821B2	xDSL multistandard driver circuit An electric circuit for amplifying an xDSL signal comprises an operational amplifier and a signal monitoring circuit. The operational amplifier is configured to amplify the xDSL signal, is powered by a variable voltage supply and has a gain which is adjustable by an operating mode control signal. The signal monitoring circuit is activated by the operating mode control signal and is configured, when activated by the operating mode control signal, to generate a control signal to adjust the voltage of the variable voltage supply in order to adjust the maximal signal swing of the output signal of said operational amplifier. The control signal is generated by comparing the amplitude of the xDSL signal applied to the electric circuit with an amplitude threshold value.
US08259819B2	Method and apparatus for improving video quality by utilizing a unified loop filter The present invention relates to method and apparatus for improving video quality. The present invention provides a unified loop filter including: a pixel determining unit which determines the type of a pixel based on boundary strength; a similarity transforming unit which transforms a nonlinear filter into a nonlinear similarity-ordered statistics filter; and an integrating unit which integrates the nonlinear similarity-ordered statistics filter with a linear image filtering portion. The unified loop filter is applicable to filter reconstructed frames when an encoder or a decoder is processing a video signal.
US08259818B2	Deblocking apparatus and associated method A deblocking apparatus is provided. The deblocking apparatus includes a filter, a blocking detection module and a blending unit. The filter receives a target pixel of a pixel matrix to generate a filtered target pixel. The blocking detection module generates a deblocking intensity factor according to the pixel matrix. The blending unit receives the target pixel and the filtered target pixel, and dynamically blends the target pixel and the filtered target pixel to output an output pixel according to the deblocking intensity factor.
US08259814B2	Processing of a video program having plural processed representations of a single video signal for reconstruction and output In one embodiment, a method that includes receiving a single video stream, wherein the video stream includes plural processed representations of a video signal, wherein each of the plural processed representations of the video signal (PPROTVS) includes a respective sequence of processed latticed pictures, wherein each processed latticed picture of each of the PPROTVS represents a corresponding respective picture of the video signal, wherein each respective picture of the video signal is represented by at most one processed latticed picture in each of the PPROTVS, wherein plural consecutive non-overlapping segments of one of the PPROTVS are received in a single video stream, each separated by one or more consecutive, non-overlapping segments of the other PPROTVS received in the single video stream; and outputting the plural segments in decompressed format in output picture order.
US08259813B2	Method and system for improving color sharpness in video and images A method in a decoding process for determining full-resolution chroma pixel information (Cx) corresponding to a spatial fraction of a still-image or a video-frame represented by full-resolution luma pixel information (Y) and decimated chroma pixel information (Cxd) decimated by a decimation process, including: receiving the full-resolution luma pixel information at video or image processing apparatus; decimating, at the video or image processing apparatus, the full-resolution luma pixel information (Y) by said decimation process resulting in a decimated spatial luma fraction (Yd); determining, with the video or image processing apparatus, if the decimated chroma pixel information (Cxd) at least approximately can be expressed by {(Yd+shift1)scale−shift2}; storing, in an electronic memory of the video or image processing apparatus, values of scale, shift1, and shift2 that result in a minimum deviation between {(Yd+shift1)scale−shift2} and Cxd; and calculating, with the video or image processing apparatus, {(Y+shift1)*scale−shift2} as a first candidate (Cx1) for the full-resolution chroma pixel information (Cx).
US08259812B2	PVR-support video decoding system A system and method for video decoding, including decoding video data from an input Transport Stream (TS) bitstream, variable-length-decoding the decoded video data, and restoring pixel values of an original picture through an Inverse Quantization process, an Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform process, and an Motion Compensation process from the variable-length-decoded video data; analyzing characteristics of video data based on error information, header information, and macroblock information extracted from the decoded video data to generate analysis information and generating thumbnail image; storing the generated thumbnail image; generating meta data information based on the generated analysis information and controlling to store the generated meta data information; controlling to search the stored input TS bitstreams in the storage medium according to the stored meta data information; and controlling to store the generated thumbnail image, read the stored image, and display an Electronic Program Guide with the read thumbnail image.
US08259810B2	MPEG decoder and MPEG encoder A moving picture decoding apparatus includes one or more variable-length decoding units, a data buffer configured to store data output from the one or more variable-length decoding units, and a plurality of image decoding units configured to read the data from the data buffer and to perform image decoding the data.
US08259807B2	Fast detection and coding of data blocks A method of encoding a block of data. A first plurality of data in the block of data is assigned a worth based on a first algorithm. A second plurality of data, which is lower in frequency than the first plurality of data, in the block of data is assigned a worth according to a second algorithm. The block of data is assigned a worth based on the worth of the first plurality of data and the second plurality of data. The worth of the block of data is then compared to a threshold value, and subsequently one or more data values of the block of data are adjusted based on the comparison.
US08259804B2	Method and system for signal prediction in predictive coding A method (and system) for coding a signal includes comparing a first prediction which is based upon a previously reconstructed signal to an actual signal to determine a first prediction error, comparing a second prediction which is based upon temporal filtering to the actual signal to determine a second prediction error, and selecting one of the first prediction error and the second prediction error.
US08259800B2	Method, device and system for effectively coding and decoding of video data Methods and devices for video encoding and decoding, where video data is obtained, followed by generating a base layer based thereon, the base layer comprising at least one picture, generating at least one enhancement layer based on the obtained video data, the enhancement layer comprising at least one picture, generating a dependency identifier for each of the base and enhancement layers, each dependency identifier being associated with a reference number; determining a respective sequence parameter set for each of the base layer and the enhancement layer having different dependency identifier values, wherein for a number of base and enhancement layers having sequence parameter set parameters substantially the same, using one sequence parameter set; and encoding the base layer and the at least one enhancement layer by using determined sequence parameter sets.
US08259792B2	Method and apparatus for illumination compensation in multi-view video coding Disclosed is a method of determining illumination compensation in a multi view video coding. The method includes determining when a current block performing illumination compensation is in a B skip mode and deriving a predicted illumination compensation value of the current block by using information regarding neighbor blocks of the current block and when the derived predicted illumination compensation value is not determining, setting the current block not to perform the illumination compensation; and when the derived predicted illumination compensation value is determining, setting the current block to perform the illumination compensation.
US08259786B2	Channel estimation filter for OFDM receiver A channel smoothing filter with a finite impulse response (FIR) has a controller which reads parallel sample data out of an FFT memory in such a manner as to generate an even function, the sample data applied to a preamble equalizer accompanied by a preamble sign and zero, the preamble outputs coupled to three filter processors, each filter processor having four filter engines whose outputs are summed, the channel smoothing filter generating an a register output, the register input coupled to a summer which has as inputs: the first filter processor shifted by four, the second filter processor shifted by two, the third filter processor, and the register output. Coefficients for an edge filter and a central filter are provided in Zero Sign Shift (ZSS) format, and by selection of coefficients using a canonical signed digit (CSD) algorithm, no multipliers are required for the channel smoothing FIR filter.
US08259784B2	High-speed continuous-time feedback equalizer for serial link receiver An apparatus is disclosed, the apparatus comprising: a broad-band continuous-time adjustable weight summing cell for summing an input signal and a feedback signal into an intermediate signal in accordance with a weight factor for the feedback signal; a broad-band continuous-time delay cell for receiving the intermediate signal and outputting the feedback signal; a broad-band variable gain amplifier for amplifying the feedback signal into an output signal in accordance with a gain factor; and an adaptation circuit for adjusting the weight and the gain factor in accordance with the output signal and a timing defined by a clock signal so as to minimize an interference form a previous data to a present data embedded in the output signal.
US08259781B2	Radio communication device and constellation control method Provided is a radio communication device which can improve the negative acknowledgement (NACK) error rate characteristic. The device includes: a scrambling unit (214) which multiplies a response signal after modulated, by a scrambling code “1” or “−1” so as to inverse a constellation for each of response signals on a cyclic shift axis; a spread unit (215) which performs a primary spread of the response signal by using a zero auto correlation (ZAC) sequence set by a control unit (209); and a spread unit (218) which performs a secondary spread of the response signal after subjected to the primary spread, by using a block-wise spread code sequence set by the control unit (209).
US08259778B2	Method and transceiver apparatus for transmitting paging information in orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing systems The present invention provides a method for transmitting paging information in orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) systems as well as the transmitter and receiver apparatus for its application. The method features itself in the following aspects: An auxiliary paging channel is employed dedicatedly for spread-spectrum modulation or digital modulation of the paging information. When the receiver is in a standby state, paging information can be obtained by means of spread spectrum demodulation or digital demodulation with no need to conduct FFT. This leads to a great reduction in power consumption and less power is consumed when the receive devices are in standby state, hence achieving aim to lengthen the usable time of a battery in a mobile phone.
US08259776B2	STBC based transmission method considering number of symbols in slot An STBC based signal transmission method considering the number of symbols within a slot. In transmitting a signal using two or more transmission antennas in a mobile communication system using a structure in which one subframe includes two slots and each slot includes a plurality of symbols, transmission symbols are paired in units of two consecutive symbols within each subframe by an STBC scheme. The transmission symbols are mapped to a frequency region in units of slots and the mapped transmission symbols are transmitted. One symbol within a slot in which the number of symbols excluding symbols for transmitting a reference signal is an odd number is not paired by the STBC scheme.
US08259769B1	Integrated total internal reflectors for high-gain laser diodes with high quality cleaved facets on nonpolar/semipolar GaN substrates A laser diode device operable at a one or more wavelength ranges. The device has a first waveguide provided on a non-polar or semipolar crystal plane of gallium containing material. In a specific embodiment, the first waveguide has a first gain characteristic and a first direction. In a specific embodiment, the first waveguide has a first end and a second end and a first length defined between the first end and the second end. The device has a second waveguide provided on a non-polar or semipolar crystal plane of gallium containing material. In a specific embodiment, the second waveguide has a second gain characteristic and a second direction. In a specific embodiment, the second waveguide has a first end, a second end, and a second length defined between the first end and the second end. In a specific embodiment, the second waveguide has the first end being coupled to the first end of the first waveguide. The second length is in a different direction from the second length. In a specific embodiment, the device has a cleaved region provided on the second end of the second waveguide, the cleaved region being perpendicular to the second direction of the second waveguide.
US08259763B2	Laser gain medium and laser oscillator using the same A laser gain medium includes an optical medium configured to transmit a laser beam and having an incident face, a first face, a second face opposing to the first face; and gain media configured to amplify the laser beam while reflecting the laser beam. At least one of the gain media is joined on a first face of the optical medium as a first face gain medium, and at least one of the remaining gain media is joined on a second face of the optical medium as a second face gain medium. The laser beam is incident into the optical medium, and is amplified by the first face gain medium and the second face gain medium while being alternately reflected by the first face gain medium and the second face gain medium.
US08259762B2	Symmetrical clock distribution in multi-stage high speed data conversion circuits Provided is a high speed bit stream data conversion circuit that includes input ports to receive first bit streams at a first bit rate. Data conversion circuits receive the first bit streams and produce second bit stream(s), wherein the number and bit rate of the first and second bit stream(s) differ. Symmetrical pathways transport the first bit streams from the input ports to the data conversion circuits, wherein their transmission time(s) are substantially equal. A clock distribution circuit receives and symmetrically distributes a clock signal to data conversion circuits. A central trunk coupled to the clock port and located between a first pair of circuit pathways with paired branches that extend from the trunk and that couple to the data conversion circuits make up the clock distribution circuit. The distributed data clock signal latches data in data conversion circuits from the first to the second bit stream(s).
US08259758B2	Network slave node and time synchronization method in network applying the same Provided are a network slave node and a time synchronization method using precision time protocol-like (PTP-like) in a network. The network slave node includes a packet detection unit for detecting whether the slave node receives or sends a synchronization protocol packet and recording a synchronization protocol packet receiving time and a synchronization protocol packet sending time; a hardware clock; and a control unit controlling the packet detection unit and the hardware clock. The control unit reads out the packet receiving time and the packet sending time from the packet detection unit and informs a local master node. The local master node calculates a time offset between the local master node and the slave node, and informs the control unit. The control unit adjusts the hardware clock based on the time offset so that the local master node and the slave node are time synchronized.
US08259757B2	Method and analysis of synchronized data traffic of a packet and address-oriented data network and configuration of such a data network for the implementation of the method In a method and network for the analysis of synchronized data traffic, at least one network participant stores sent and/or received data packets in a mirror memory, and the data in the respective mirror memories are frozen and made available for evaluation via the entire data network, upon the occurrence of a trigger event in at least one of the active network participants, while maintaining the synchronized data traffic.
US08259756B2	Method and arrangement in a mobile telecommunication network The present invention is based on the idea to allocate HS-DSCH power at TTI based on the HS-SCCH allocation of UI and an estimation of the HS-SCCH allocation of TTI+1. The estimation of the HS-SCCH allocation of TTI+1 is based on estimation of which users that will be scheduled at the time denoted TTI+1. i.e., the users that have a high probability to be selected for transmission by the scheduler at the time denoted TTI+1 are determined. That is performed by calculating for each user the probability that the user will be selected for transmission by the scheduler. The users that have a high probability to be scheduled at the time TTI+1 are included in a candidate set according to the present invention.
US08259754B2	Line termination arrangement with combined broadband and narrowband services A combined line termination arrangement (1) for an access system supporting broadband transmission mode and narrowband transmission mode, the combined line termination arrangement (1) comprising a common interface device (4) having a common port (6) for receiving or transmitting a signal in said transmission modes and being connected to a first line card (2) and second line card (3). The common interface device further comprises a first switching means (10) for selectively closing and/or opening coupling paths to said first and second line cards and at least one bi-directional low pass filter (8) for and one bi-directional high pass filter (9) selective filtering the broadband and the narrowband signals to and from respective line terminations (LT1, LT2).
US08259746B2	Network access mechanism and method A communications system includes a network that is coupled to a number of terminals, at least some of which are capable of audio or other forms of real-time interactive data communications over the network. Each of the terminals includes a network adapter that is capable of detecting a collision with another terminal on the network. If a collision is detected, transmission of a data frame is aborted, and a backoff time delay is selected. The backoff time delay is selected from a group of delay periods that vary at a rate different than exponentially with a number of collisions. The group of one or more delay periods can contain delay periods that increase linearly with the number of collisions, delay periods that increase according to some power of n, where n is the number of collisions, or a delay period that is selected at random based on a predetermined mean backoff delay. Alternatively, the selected backoff time delay is selected from a group of delay periods that increases exponentially with the number of collisions, but with a maximum value set that is less than the maximum set according to conventional backoff algorithms.
US08259743B2	Methods for sending small packets in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network An improved mechanism is provided that facilitates transmission of small packets within an ad hoc peer-to-peer network. A small packet is identified to a receiver within a control channel so that its lower power can be considered in an interference management protocol implemented among local peer devices. In a traffic slot, a transmitter voluntarily backs down on the transmitter power as a smaller packet will require much lower signal-to-noise ratio. This will improve the signal energy per bit per noise power density for the transmission as well as minimize the interference caused to other wireless communications happening in the same spectrum.
US08259742B2	Hybrid channel assignment method and router thereof A hybrid channel assignment method comprising the steps of negotiating among routers to select one router to act as a central server; collecting, at the selected router, information on an entire network transmitted from the other routers, and assigning channels based upon the information on the entire network; and reassigning channels of respective routers based upon dynamically-changing traffic characteristics. The hybrid channel assignment method can assign channels using both centralized processing and distributed processing in order to ensure optimally correct channel assignment consistent with present traffic characteristics. This as a result can prevent network resources from being wasted and also increase network capacity, thereby optimizing effective use of the network resources.
US08259741B2	Content adaptive data path logic processing Adaptive data processing systems and methods, comprising functions of preparing a primary input from a preliminary primary input, preparing a secondary input from a preliminary secondary input, and producing an output from the primary and secondary inputs, wherein preparing the secondary input is adaptive to contents of the preliminary primary input that is advanced in timing w.r.t. the primary input. Adaptive data processing techniques thus cause the secondary input to be in same frame phase as the primary input for producing the output, even though the secondary input is formed (in part) based on primary input contents, while such forming of the secondary input consumes multiple clock cycles. Moreover, the techniques enable preparing the primary input from the preliminary primary input while the preliminary primary input is used for preparing the secondary input, which, in turn, is used, along with the primary input, in producing the adaptive data processor output.
US08259740B2	Method and an apparatus for processing packets The present invention discloses a packet processing method, which applies to a high-performance and scalable flow processing system architecture. The service board performs security processing for packets received from external devices by using the firewall function before sending them to the main CPU; similarly, the service board also performs security processing for packets sent from the main CPU by using the firewall function before the main CPU sends them to external devices. The methods of the present invention utilize high performance and good scalability of the new architecture. In a network with heavy and high-speed traffic, the service board performs security processing for packets by using the firewall function and then transmits the valid packets to the main CPU. Thus, the main CPU is protected by the firewall function against attack packets.
US08259739B2	Scatter and gather scheme for aggregating multiple high speed point-to-point interfaces A mechanism for combining plurality of point-to-point data channels to provide a high-bandwidth data channel having an aggregated bandwidth equivalent to the sum of the bandwidths of the data channels used is provided. A mechanism for scattering segments of incoming data packets, called data chunks, among available point-to-point data channel interfaces is further provided. A decision as to the data channel interface over which to send a data chunk to can be made by examining a fullness status of a FIFO coupled to each interface. An identifier of a data channel on which to expect a subsequent data chunk can be provided in a control word associated with a present chunk of data. Using such information in control words, a receive-end interface can reassemble packets by looking to the control word in a currently processing data chunk to find a subsequent data chunk.
US08259737B2	Enhanced encapsulation mechanism using GRE protocol Wireless gateway nodes are enabled to support mobile node services, such as content based billing, when a data treatment server is present in the system. Using one of a defined Content Flow Label (CFL), an Application Program Interface (API), and a compression protocol header, content based billing is provided such as by exchanging content and byte count information with the data treatment server.
US08259734B2	Method and device for sending upstream transfer frame in passive optical network The present invention relates to the Passive Optical Network (PON) technology, and a method for sending an upstream transfer frame in a PON is provided, so as to improve flexibility of a system and satisfy a requirement that an error probability is reduced as low as possible. The method includes: after success of link, sending a preamble according to an allocated time slot, sending a burst synchronization delimiter, and then sending successively a burst header, a Gigabit-Capable Passive Optical Network (GPON) Transmission Convergence (GTC) frame header, and GTC frame data. In the sent synchronization delimiter, the number of non-zeros is the same as the number of zeros, and in a delimiter sequence, the number of non-zeros on odd bits is equal to the number of zeros on even bits, and the number of non-zeros on even bits is equal to the number of zeros on odd bits, the number of zeros on the odd bits is N, the number of non-zeros on the odd bits is M, a relation \|N−M\|≦1 is satisfied, the number of zeros in a continuous zero group is X, the number of non-zeros in a continuous nonzero group is Y, and a relation \|X−Y\|≦1 is satisfied. A device for sending an upstream transfer frame in a passive optical network is further provided.
US08259732B2	Medium access control priority-based scheduling for data units in a data flow A data communication having at least one data flow is established over a wireless interface between a radio network and a user equipment node (UE). A medium access control (MAC) layer located in a radio network node receives data units from a higher radio link control (RLC) layer located in another radio network node. Some or all of a header of a RLC data units associated with the one data flow is analyzed at the MAC layer. Based on that analysis, the MAC layer determines a priority of the data unit relative to other data units associated with the one data flow. The MAC layer schedules transmission of higher priority data units associated with the one data flow before lower priority data units associated with the one data flow. The priority determination does not require extra priority flags or signaling.
US08259731B2	System and method of fast adaptive TCAM sorting for IP longest prefix matching A system and method are provided for sorting IP routing table entries in a TCAM for longest IP prefix matching LPM of destination IP addresses. The IP routing table is divided into logical blocks, for each block an associated routing entry IP prefix length. Each block is of a respective size whose proportion of the total size of the routing table is determined by the associated IP prefix length. The blocks are ordered so that the TCAM returns an LPM when queried. Starting block sizes can be initialized to proportions which reflect actual expected numbers by proportion of routing entries by IP prefix length. The blocks also grow and shrink as entries are added and deleted so as to more closely mirror real-world populations of expected entries having the IP prefix length in question.
US08259728B2	Method and system for a fast drop recovery for a TCP connection Methods and systems for a fast drop recovery for a TCP connection are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include a receiving device on a network receiving an out-of-order data. The receiving device may then signal to a transmitting device on the network, which sent the out-of-order packet, to enter a congestion alleviation mode without waiting for a delay period. The network packet transfer may be via TCP protocol, for example. The delay period may comprise a retransmission time-out period if the receiving device does not save isles. If the receiving device does save one or more isles, the delay period may be a period associated with delayed ACK. The signal may comprise a TCP option and/or an available TCP flag. The signal may also comprise, for example, three duplicate ACKs. Other similar signals may be used for networks that use other protocols than TCP. Upon receiving out-of-order data, the receiving device may, for example, send the signal and then assert a signal-sent flag if it is not already asserted. When a new packet is received in order, the signal-sent flag may be de-asserted.
US08259727B2	Switching network employing a user challenge mechanism to counter denial of service attacks A communication infrastructure includes an intermediate routing node that routes a plurality of packets between a source device and a plurality of destination devices, a plurality of templates stored on the intermediate routing node and a service function. The intermediate routing node, e.g., a switch, router, access point, bridge, or gateway, identifies packets containing requests for a webpage, the requests being a service attack attempt by comparing the packet with the plurality of templates. Then, the intermediate routing node denies service attack by interacting with the server and client devices. That is, the intermediate routing node sends messages with challenge mechanism to the server, based on the response or otherwise, sends messages and anti-service attack downloads to the client devices and receives response.
US08259726B2	Method and apparatus for forwarding table reduction A LAN includes a router that is connected to two or more racks of servers and each of the servers can support a plurality of virtual machines. The router is configured to forward data packets based on IP destination addresses or based on destination MAC addresses and builds and maintains forwarding tables in support of data packet forwarding in the layer 3 and the layer 2 network environment. In support of layer 2 forwarding, the router builds and maintains an aggregated MAC switching table that is comprise of a subset of the table entries typically needed to switch packets to their destination, and in support of layer 3 forwarding, the router or switch builds and maintains an aggregated ARP forwarding table that is comprised of a subset of the table entries typically needed to forward packets to their destination.
US08259725B2	Method, system and device for removing media access control addresses The present invention discloses a method, system and device for removing Media Access Control (MAC) addresses. The method includes: sending, by a first User-facing Provider Edge (UPE), a MAC Address Withdraw message, when a handover happens on an access network; receiving, by a network provider edge (NPE), the MAC Address Withdraw message; and removing, by the NPE, a Backbone Media Access Control (B-MAC) address table corresponding to a Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) network and forwarding the MAC Address Withdraw message, if the message carries no specific identifier; or directly forwarding, by the NPE, the MAC Address Withdraw message, if the message carries a specific identifier. In the present invention, a specific identifier is added to a MAC Address Withdraw message so as to avoid unnecessary MAC address learning by NPE and UPE devices and to reduce the impact, caused by MAC address learning, on network devices.
US08259724B2	Data transmitting apparatus and data retransmitting method A data transmitting apparatus makes it possible to send out a retransmitting packet at early timing even when a delivery tree structure is unclear. A transmitting terminal device including this data transmitting apparatus is includes a retransmitting request receiver that receives a data retransmitting request, a receiving terminal device relevancy updater that stores a past history of the number of reception of a retransmitting request transmitted from a first data receiving device and a past history of the number of reception of a retransmitting request sent from the other data receiving devices, wherein the subject of the retransmitting request sent by the other data receiving devices is the same as the object of the retransmitting request sent by the first data receiving device, and a retransmitting destination selector that estimates a delivery tree from the history stored by the receiving terminal device relevancy updater when the retransmitting destination selector receives the retransmitting request from the first data receiving device and selects, another data receiving device positioned downstream of the first data receiving device in the estimated delivery tree.
US08259721B2	Time-based authorization of internet protocol (IP) multicast subscription services A switching device (e.g., router, bridge) provides time-based authorization of multicast services. When a message is received to request the delivery of a multicast service or a first message is sent to a multicast group, a subscription policy for the IP multicast subscription service is retrieved. This subscription policy includes one or more limitations which allow the IP multicast subscription service during some predefined time of day/week or duration but prevent the IP multicast subscription service during some predefined time of day/week or duration. The switching device is configured to enforce these time-based authorization of multicast services policies.
US08259719B2	Method and apparatus for imposing preferences on broadcast/multicast service An apparatus for imposing preferences on broadcast/multicast service for an end-user is described herein. The apparatus includes a first tuner that receives a first set of data transmitted from a currently selected broadcast/multicast station, wherein the first set of data includes time, station identification, and program information; a second tuner that receives a second set of data from a plurality of broadcast/multicast stations, wherein the second set of data includes individually, for each broadcast/multicast station that is available, time, station identification, and program information; a decoder that decodes the first and second sets of data received by the first and second tuners and sends this decoded data to a decision engine for further processing; and a persona database that stores a plurality of user preference profiles. Further, the decision engine is periodically operative to evaluate the currently selected station, and choose a different station if applicable, based on a preference profile selected by the end-user.
US08259713B2	Systems and methods for network routing in a multiple backbone network architecture Embodiments of a network architecture include a backbone node having a plurality of independent routers or switches connected in a matrix, wherein the matrix includes a plurality of stages of routers or switches, to form a node having a node switching capacity that is greater than the node switching capacity of the individual routers or switches. A method includes assigning one of a plurality of backbone networks to a destination network address, associating a next hop loopback address with the destination network address, and advertising the destination network address in combination with the next hop loopback address through the selected backbone network address.
US08259712B2	Methods and apparatus for interconnection of media gateways An apparatus that includes W interfaces to a circuit-switched network, where W is an integer number that equals the product of smaller integer numbers X and N. The apparatus also includes X discrete switching apparatus each having N ones of the W network interfaces, as well as a plurality of switching-expansion interconnects each interconnecting ones of the X switching apparatus, such that the W network interfaces are collectively interconnected in a non-blocking manner.
US08259707B2	Wireless access point network system supported through existing transmission lines A system for establishing a universal or overlapping wireless broadband network composed of a plurality of Access Points (AP). These APs may be coupled to existing copper transmission lines, and may work alone or in groups to provide wireless network access. Different types of APs may be utilized to perform various communication-functions, and these nodes may obtain power and/or communication resources from the existing copper transmission lines. Further, peripheral devices may be coupled to nodes to provide ancillary functionality to the system.
US08259701B2	Wireless communication system, its base station and mobile station, communication synchronization management method and timer control program therefor A wireless communication system is provided for reducing the probability that latency before data transmission increases when a mobile station that is actually in sync is judged to be out of sync. A base station causes the timing calculation part to calculate the timing advance (TA) of a transmit timing from the mth mobile station; causes the timer adaptive control part to obtain the traveling speed or the time variation in TA of the mth mobile station and, adaptively determines and outputs as the timer update information the length of the mth first timer within an M number in total of synchronization timers and the length of the second timer of the mth mobile station and update the length of the mth first timer; and transmits from the downlink transmission part a downlink signal which contains timer update information.
US08259699B2	Method and system for target positioning and tracking in cooperative relay networks A method and system locates a position of a transceiver in a cooperative relay network of nodes. A primary node broadcasts a range request (RREQ) message. A target node, in response to receiving the RREQ message, broadcasts a range reply (RREP) message, wherein the RREP message includes a time difference between receiving the RREQ message and broadcasting the RREP message. A secondary node, in response to receiving the RREQ message and the RREP message, broadcasts a range data (RDAT) message, wherein the RDAT message includes a time difference between receiving the RREQ message and the RREP message. Then, a position solver can determine a location of the target node based on the time differences in the RREP message and the RDAT message.
US08259696B2	Wireless communication system using HARQ and method of operating the system A method of operating a wireless communications system, comprises encoding (12) information into a low rate code word, providing (20) at least two spatial sub-streams comprising different combinations of bits remaining after puncturing of the low rate code word, simultaneously transmitting (22) each of the at least two spatial sub-streams by way of a respective radio channel, receiving (24) the at least two spatial sub-streams, applying (28) a decoding process to the received at least two spatial sub-streams, and, if the decoding process is unsuccessful, transmitting simultaneously further spatial sub-streams comprising different combinations of bits remaining after puncturing of the low rate code word, at least one of the further spatial sub-streams being a not previously transmitted combination of bits remaining after puncturing of the low rate code word, receiving the further spatial sub-streams and applying the decoding process to the originally received at least two spatial sub-streams and the further sub-streams.
US08259693B2	HARQ process restriction and transmission of non-scheduled control data via uplink channels The present invention relates to a method and mobile terminal for performing a data allocation process for scheduled data, non-scheduled user data and non-scheduled control data obeying restrictions on the resource utilization defined by a scheduling grant and at least one non-scheduled grant. Further, the invention relates to a method for transmitting control signaling from a network entity in a radio access network of a mobile communication system controlling the radio resources of mobile terminals to at least one of said mobile terminal and the network entity in a radio access network. In order to reduce the delays to control signaling implied by a conventional HARQ process restriction mechanism the present invention suggests a new categorization of uplink data into scheduled data, non-scheduled user data and non-scheduled control data and a new HARQ process restriction mechanism disabling certain HARQ processes for non-scheduled user data only.
US08259692B2	Method providing positioning and navigation inside large buildings Positioning and/or navigation of an electronic device within a building when GPS signals are unavailable is provided. The electronic device scans for available Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Access Points (APs) upon, e.g., entering a building. The electronic device detects a signal (e.g., beacon) from at least one available WLAN AP, whereupon the electronic device retrieves the indoor location of the available WLAN AP. The location information can be directly downloaded from the WLAN AP while in state-1 via, e.g., a Native Query Protocol which includes an extension to currently defined Native Query info elements that returns location information. Alternatively, the Media Access Control (MAC) address of the WLAN AP can be read from the beacon signal, which is then used to retrieve the location of the WLAN AP from an associated database. Additionally, various embodiments may be implemented with or via a mapping application or service, where the mapping application is able to display any floor's floor plan of a building and determine/obtain the position of the electronic device inside the building relative to the floor plan.
US08259684B1	Seasonality optimization of wireless networks What is disclosed is a method of detecting a current seasonal transition from fall to winter or from winter to spring in a geographic area. The method includes receiving a plurality of wireless signals from a plurality of wireless communication devices in the geographic area, generating signal strength data for the received wireless signals, processing the signal strength data to generate current signal strength data patterns indicating current signal strength changes over a time period, and comparing the current signal strength data patterns to historical signal strength data patterns associated with past seasonal transitions in the geographic area. The method also includes detecting the current seasonal transition in the geographic area based on the comparison, and generating an indicator when the current seasonal transition is detected.
US08259683B2	Attribute driven mobile service control logic The disclosed embodiments enable service policies to be provisioned for a Mobile Node dynamically. A network device receives a message including at least one of one or more attributes of a Mobile IP session and one or more user preferences associated with the Mobile Node. One or more rules to be applied to the Mobile Node may then be identified. One or more of the identified rules are executed according to at least one of one or more of the attributes of the Mobile IP session and one or more of the user preferences associated with the Mobile Node.
US08259682B2	Framework of media-independent pre-authentication This application describes, among other things, a framework of Media-independent Pre-Authentication (MPA), a new handover optimization mechanism that has a potential to address issues on existing mobility management protocols and mobility optimization mechanisms. MPA is a mobile-assisted, secure handover optimization scheme that works over any link-layer and with any mobility management protocol. This application also shows, among other things, an initial implementation of MPA in our testbed and some performance results to show how existing protocols could be leveraged to realize the functionalities of MPA.
US08259679B2	Signal quality measurement in a time division duplex system The invention discloses a method (600) for use in a wireless communications system (100) in which there is at least one node (110-115) which controls the traffic to and from all user terminals (130) in a cell (120) within the system. In the system (100), use is made of the TDD principle for communication between said controlling node (110-115) and its user terminals (130), and according to the method (600), the controlling node transmits (610) a beacon signal for use as a signal quality indicator by the user terminals, said beacon signal being transmitted in a first TDD time slot (232). The user terminals (130) measure (620) the signal quality of the beacon signal and the signal quality in at least a second TDD time slot (234), and report (630) measurements of the signal qualities in both said first and second time slots to the controlling node.
US08259678B2	Method for performing uncontrolled handover A device, system and method for performing an uncontrolled handover in a mobile station, a ranging request message including an identifier of a serving base station and a first identifier used in the serving base station is transmitted to a first target base station to perform network (re)entry to the first target base station, and a ranging response message including security information and a second identifier for identifying the mobile station is received from the first target base station.
US08259676B2	Methods and apparatus for securing proxy mobile IP Various security mechanisms may be used independently, or in combination with one another, to authenticate the identity of a node during the Mobile IP registration process. First, an Access Point receiving a packet from a node verifies that the source MAC address identified in the packet is in the Access Point's client association table. In addition, as a second mechanism, the Access Point ensures that a one-to-one mapping exists for the source MAC address and source IP address identified in the packet in a mapping table maintained by the Access Point. As a third mechanism, a binding is not modified in the mobility binding table maintained by the Home Agent unless there is a one-to-one mapping in the mobility binding table between the source MAC address and the source IP address. Similarly, the Foreign Agent may also maintain a mapping between the source IP address and the source MAC address in its visitor table to ensure a one-to-one mapping between a source IP address and the associated MAC address.
US08259674B2	Mobile communication method, mobile communication system, and mobile terminal A mobile communication method which allows a mobile station and a base station to communicate based on an HSDPA communication mode with a possibility of erroneous base station switching due to erroneous detection of a signal reduced to improve reliability of a mobile communication system, in which, when the mobile station moves from one base station into an area of other base station (S203), other base station as a moving destination transmits a dummy signal for notifying base station switching to the mobile station prior to transmission of actual information (S307), and the mobile station, in response to reception of the dummy signal, decodes an HS-SCCH signal up to part 2 information (S210), examines CRC included in the part 2 information, and when the CRC is normal (YES at S211), switches the base station (S213, S217).
US08259671B2	Attracting access terminals Disclosed is a method that includes determining an identifier of an access terminal authorized to use an access point, and transmitting a service redirection message including the identifier. The method also includes transmitting a parameter that instructs the access terminal to wake up during the particular time slot in the repeating interval.
US08259670B2	Handover method and handover apparatus A handover apparatus and a handover method performing a fast handover in an environment of various communication networks having different communication standards, the handover method, which is performed in a mobile node (MN) that moves between different types of networks, including determining whether a signal received from a node that connects the MN to a first type network contains network information indicating that the MN moves from the first type network to a second type network; and selectively performing a handover between the first and second type networks based on the determination results. Therefore, the MN can predict whether it moves to a new network, thereby performing a fast handover.
US08259664B2	Method and apparatus for resource allocation in a communication system A base station capable of communicating with a plurality of subscriber stations is configured to allocate a plurality of resource units to at least one subscriber station. The base station includes a controller configured to allocate a plurality of resource units from a two-dimensional logical matrix of resource units. The controller is configured to generate at least two indicator values, wherein the two indicator values are configured to identify the allocated resource units. The base station also includes a transmitter configured to transmit the two indicators to the subscriber station. The base station also is configured to construct the two-dimensional logical matrix that is adapted to enable contiguous and diverse resource unit allocations.
US08259660B2	Method and node for providing a quality of service support in multihop communication systems A method and apparatus according to the technique wherein support of a quality of service is provided for transmissions between at least one node (N) and at least one mobile station (MS1) in a multihop communication environment. Support is ensured by checking the quality of service class of each transmission prior to transmission. Once the checking has been performed, depending on the class of the checked transmission a multihop transmission or a direct transmission is selected for the transmission to the at least one mobile station, whereby a transmission having a quality of service class belonging to a first class of quality of service classes is transmitted using the direct transmission, whereas a transmission having a quality of service class belonging to a further class of quality of service classes is transmitted using the multihop transmission.
US08259655B2	Medium access method for contention and non-contention In a medium access method for contention and non-contention, a poll number for stations, or wireless terminals for communication, is managed by a base station so as to guarantee smooth traffic and improved Quality of Service (QoS). A first group of stations is provided for the non-contention, and a second group of stations is provided for the contention. The method includes (a) preparing a contention-free access message attempting access of the first group, (b) detecting a transmission time of a contention access message attempting access of the second group, (c) embedding the contention-free access message in the contention access message so as to transmit the embedded message to at least one of the first and second groups, and (d) receiving the contention access message, in which the contention-free access message is embedded, at the at least one of the first and second groups, and endowing any one of the first and second groups with a priority to attempt access to a medium in turn. Thereby, a poll number control-based multi-polling distributed coordination function (MP-DCF) mechanism is shared with the commercial stations to which no MP-DCF module is provided, so that it is possible to solve a drawback in that all stations should have the MP-DCF module provided therein, as well as to constantly maintain throughput even though the number of stations is gradually increased.
US08259653B2	Apparatus and method for supporting MCBCS proxy selection for MCBCS and macro diversity in wireless communication system An apparatus and method for supporting MultiCast and BroadCast Service (MCBCS) proxy selection for MCBCS and macro diversity in a wireless communication system is provided. The apparatus and method selects a first MCBCS proxy among MCBCS proxies in the plurality of ASNs as a master MCBCS proxy, and selects other MCBCS proxies except for the first MCBCS proxy as slave MCBCS proxies, and the first MCBCS proxy transmits information for macro diversity to the slave MCBCS proxies, wherein the master MCBCS proxy first receives an MCBCS join message from a Mobile Station (MS) in one Multicast and Broadcast Service (MBS) zone.
US08259652B2	Location-based network detection A mobile device establishes communication with a number of wireless cellular networks at particular locations and records the locations and network information associated with the wireless cellular networks. The network information can be used to narrow a search for an available wireless cellular network from a plurality of potentially available wireless cellular networks when the mobile device is operating at a stored location. In one aspect, a Radio Frequency (RF) receiver on a mobile device can receive a broadcast radio signal from a transmitter and use the signal to determine an approximate location of the device based on a known location of the transmitter. A match between the approximate device location and wireless cellular network transmitters in communication range of the mobile device can be used to narrow a search for wireless cellular networks.
US08259644B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data in a communication system according to a location of a mobile station A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data in a Base Station (BS) of a communication system are provided. A controller determines a location of a Mobile Station (MS), and determines a transmission/reception scheme for data transmission and reception to/from the MS according to the location of the MS. A transceiver transmits and receives data to/from the MS using the determined transmission/reception scheme. Preferably, the MS is located in any one of a cell's inner region and a cell's outer region, the cell's inner region has a radius which varies according to interference between adjacent cells, and the cell's outer region is a region defined by excepting the cell's inner region from the entire cell region.
US08259643B2	Apparatus and method for codeword to layer mapping in MIMO transmission wireless systems A mobile station capable of communicating via an uplink transmission to at least one base station in a Multiple Input Multiple Output wireless network can map codewords to a plurality of layers. The mobile station includes a plurality of transmit antenna and a controller coupled to the plurality of transmit antenna. The controller is configured to map at least one codeword to a plurality of layers. The codeword includes a plurality of code blocks. The controller is configured to generate the plurality of code blocks from a transport block such that the number of code blocks generated correspond to an integer multiple of a number the plurality of layers.
US08259641B2	Feeder link configurations to support layered modulation for digital signals Systems and methods are disclosed for feeder link configurations to layered modulation. One feeder link system employs feeder link spot beam to antennas in distinct coverage areas to enable frequency reuse. Another system employs narrow beam width feeder link antenna to illuminate individual satellites also enabling frequency reuse. Yet another system uses layered modulation in the feeder link. Another feeder link system employs a higher order synchronous modulation for the satellite feeder link than is used in the layered modulation downlink signals.
US08259635B2	Automatic clustering of wireless network nodes toward selected mesh access points In one embodiment, a method comprises detecting by a mesh access point a number of wireless network nodes that are attached to the mesh access point within a mesh network; calculating by the mesh access point an attachment preference factor that enables at least one other wireless network node to determine whether to attach to the mesh access point, wherein the mesh access point increases the attachment preference factor based on a corresponding increase in the number of wireless network nodes that are attached to the mesh access point; and outputting by the mesh access point the attachment preference factor, enabling the at least one other wireless network node to determine whether to attach to the mesh access point.
US08259633B2	Wireless LAN communication device and beacon transmitting method A wireless LAN communication device is provided for making it possible to set beacons including DTIM information elements not to be synchronous in the case that the timing for generating the beacons including DTIM information elements is the same among access points, so that it is avoidable that only a terminal device under a specific access point among access points using the same channel is subjected to a delay and jitters, while anxiety about mutual interference of the terminal devices is removed in the case of broadcast and multicast service, so that a fair broadcast and multicast service can be received. In the device, a wireless LAN control unit (202) detects beacons of other stations received in a prescribed period of time before the transmission of its own station (200). A beacon analyzing unit (203) analyzes the beacons of the other stations and adjusts transmission intervals of its own DTIM beacon.
US08259630B2	Method and system for subcarrier allocation in relay enhanced cellular systems with resource reuse A method and system for assigning subcarrier frequency resource for a relay enhanced cellular communication system including a base station, one or more mobile stations and one or more relay stations, is provided. Subcarrier assignment involves allocating subcarriers to one or more relay communication links between the base station and relay stations, to accommodate minimum data rate requirements of the access communication links; and allocating subcarriers to one or more access communication links between relay stations and mobile stations to approximate the data rates achieved on the corresponding relay communication links, wherein allocating subcarriers to one or more access communication links includes reusing subcarriers among access communication links in different relay cells.
US08259627B2	Method and apparatus of composing uplink control channel in wireless communication system A method and apparatus of composing an uplink control channel in a wireless communication system is provided. Uplink radio resources including a plurality of symbols and a plurality of subcarriers is divided into a plurality of Feedback Mini-Tiles (FMTs) each having two consecutive subcarriers. Reordering FMTs (RFMTs) is selected from the plurality of FMTs. And a feedback channel is composed using the plurality of consecutive RFMTs.
US08259626B2	Telecommunication system and method for generating and sending a telecommunication session message A telecommunication system, method, and terminal, the terminal having a telecommunication session message generation unit adding to at least one generated telecommunication session message a message validity information item indicating whether or until when the telecommunication session message or another telecommunication session message identified in the telecommunication session message is valid.
US08259625B2	Method, system, and device of video communication A method, a system, and a device of video communication are provided. A sub-picture in a synthetic picture corresponding to each audio stream received is marked. Position information of each audio stream is obtained according to a position of each sub-picture in the synthetic picture. The audio stream and the corresponding position information are sent to a terminal. The terminal processes an audio signal according to the received position information of the audio stream, so that the audio stream carries the position information. During the video communication, the terminal receives the audio stream and the position information, and performs position information sense processing to the audio stream according to the position information. This reduces the frequent communication between the terminal and a device for processing position information and improves the flexibility of the system.
US08259622B2	System and method for providing packet network-based multimedia ringback tone service Disclosed herein is a system and method for providing a packet network-based MRBT service. In the method, when an originating MSC (110) requests call termination location information from an HLR (120), the HLR transmits an MRBT service request message, including a calling number and a called number, to an MRBT server (140). The MRBT server returns an MRBT service response message, including URL of MRBT content, to the HLR. The HLR transmits a call termination location information response message to the originating MSC, with MRBT service ID information and called party MRBT content URL information included in the call termination location information response message. The originating MSC (110) transmits called party MRBT content URL information to an originating MS (100) on a basis of the MRBT service ID information. The originating MS accesses the MRBT content URL, downloads relevant MRBT content, and plays and stores the MRBT content.
US08259618B2	Method for managing the power in the wireless network In wireless network communication, the present invention provides a method of checking whether information on a request for a mode change is received for a prescribed channel time in a manner that a device configuring a network enters a power save mode in the course of not performing data transmission/reception and that a modem enters an awake state from a sleep state for the prescribed channel time. And, the prescribed channel time is determined to correspond to a time for transmitting a beacon. According to one preferred embodiment of the present invention, a modem of a device in a power save mode enters an awake state for a channel time period for broadcasting a beacon and then checks whether information on a power management mode change is received. If the information does not exist, a sleep state is reentered. If the power management mode change information is received, a power is managed by performing data transmission/reception in a manner of switching to a normal mode.
US08259617B2	Method and system for timely delivery of multimedia content via a femtocell Aspects of a method and system for timely delivery of multimedia content via a femtocell are provided. In this regard, a femtocell may receive data via an upstream path and transmit data via a downstream path. One of the upstream path and downstream path may comprise a cellular path and the other may comprise a non-cellular path. One or both of the upstream path and the downstream path may be audio video bridging (AVB) paths. Data may be stored in the femtocell based on timing characteristics of one or both of the upstream path and the downstream path. Data may be delivered to the femtocell utilizing best effort delivery and the data may be forwarded by the femtocell with guaranteed quality of service. Resources in the femtocell may be reserved and/or synchronized, utilizing AVB protocols, for communication of one or more data streams.
US08259616B2	Decomposition of networking device configuration into versioned pieces each conditionally applied depending on external circumstances A method of configuring a networking device comprises: collecting data regarding the networking device; conveying the data to a remote server; selecting configuration slice instances based on the data using the server, wherein templates for the slice instances are stored on the server; compiling the configuration slice instances using the server; and delivering the compiled configuration slice instances to the networking device; wherein the slice instances are coherent sub-sections of configuration settings for the networking device.
US08259612B2	Method of routing multicast traffic A method of routing multicast traffic in a computer network is disclosed. The method comprises associating a plurality of multicast group addresses on a network device with respective multicast routing topologies. A network device and a network are also disclosed.
US08259611B2	System and method for controlling configuration settings for mobile communication devices and services A wireless mobile communication device includes a processing system, a memory device and software. The software is stored on the memory device and executable by the processing system to receive a policy setting, authenticate a sender of the received policy, and automatically apply the policy setting on the communication device based on a successful authentication of the sender.
US08259610B2	Power consumption management in a MIMO transceiver and method for use therewith A mobile communication device includes a first wireless transceiver that receives a first inbound RF signal and that transmits a first outbound RF signal based on a first power supply signal. A second wireless transceiver receives a second inbound RF signal and that transmits a second outbound RF signal based on a second power supply signal. A processing module generates at least one power mode signal based on first transmit power control data received via the first inbound RF signal. A power management circuit adjusts a first power consumption parameter of the first power supply signal and a second power consumption parameter of the second power supply signal based on the at least one power mode signal.
US08259602B2	Method of transmitting control signal in wireless communication system A method of transmitting a control signal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes acquiring a resource index, the number of cyclic shifts (CSs) and a CS interval, wherein the number of CSs is an integer multiple of the CS interval, determining a CS index based on the number of CSs and the CS interval, generating a cyclically shifted sequence by cyclically shifting a base sequence by a CS amount obtained from the CS index, generating a modulated sequence based on the cyclically shifted sequence and a symbol for a control signal and transmitting the modulated sequence after mapping the modulated sequence to a resource block obtained from the resource index.
US08259601B2	Interference measurement mechanism for frequency reuse in cellular OFDMA systems Under adaptive frequency reuse technique, mobile stations in a cellular orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) system are served by different radio resource regions with appropriate frequency reuse patterns to mitigate inter-cell interference and improve system capacity. In a first novel aspect, the mobile stations measure interference statistics and obtain interference measurement results. The mobile stations report the obtained interference measurement results to serving base stations. The serving base stations determine adaptive frequency reuse patterns based on the received interference measurement result. In a second novel aspect, a radio resource control element receives the interference measurement results, determines frequency reuse patterns and configures radio resource allocation based on the received interference measurement results. In a third novel aspect, the base stations obtain the interference measurement results and schedule the mobile stations to be served with appropriate radio resource regions.
US08259596B1	Method for managing IP addresses in a network gaming environment Disclosed are systems and methods for managing Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses in a network gaming environment comprising a plurality of electronic gaming machines, having one or more in-game network devices. In particular an in-game switch is provided, which is configured to receiving an external IP address from a centrals DHCP server and to determine a scope of internal IP addresses associated with the one or more in-game network devices. Once the scope is determined, the in-game switch is configured to lease IP addresses from the address scope block to the associated in-game network devices.
US08259590B2	Systems and methods for scalable and rapid Ethernet fault detection The present invention provides scalable and rapid Ethernet fault detection which eliminates the requirement to contiguously send heartbeat frames at regular intervals to detect connectivity faults for each Ethernet Path. The present invention generates Continuity Check Message (CCM) frames only when a fault occurs, continues generating CCM frames while the fault remains, and discontinues when the fault clears. The present invention can be utilized with Ethernet Protection Switching to rapidly detect faults. Additionally, the present invention can be used in any Ethernet topology including point-to-point, rings, and the like.
US08259588B2	System and method for processing communications using service interceptors A gateway is described that performs processing of communications by employing a series of service interceptors. The interceptors can be registered in the gateway by using a configuration file. Once registered, the interceptors can be invoked in a particular sequence for the requests coming into the gateway. Each interceptor can deny the request, allow the request, abstain from processing the request and pass the request to the next interceptor specified by the sequence. The interceptors can also modify the various data associated with the request. There can be dependencies between multiple interceptors. In addition, new custom interceptors can be created and registered at the gateway to process incoming requests.
US08259586B2	Routing network packets based on electrical power procurement arrangements In general, this disclosure describes techniques of selecting routes for network packets through a computer network based, at least in part, on electrical power procurement arrangements of devices in the computer network. As described herein, there may be a plurality of routes through a computer network from a first device to a second device. Each of these routes may include one or more devices that consume electrical power. A route selection device may make a determination regarding how network packets are to be routed among these routes based, at least in part, on arrangements made to procure the electrical power consumed by the devices along the routes. After the route selection device makes this determination, the route selection device may cause network packets to be routed among these routes in accordance with this determination.
US08259585B1	Dynamic link load balancing Techniques are described for load balancing packet flows across parallel data paths. For example, a network device includes a plurality of parallel network interfaces and a control unit that applies each of a first set of hash functions to a packet and one of a second set of hash functions to the packet. Bins of each of the first set of hash functions are mapped to bits of a bit vector. Bins of each of the second set of hash functions are mapped to the plurality of parallel network interfaces. The control unit selects the one of the second set of hash functions to apply to the packet based on values of the bits of the bit vector. The control unit forwards the packet through the network interface that is identified by applying the selected one of the second set of hash functions to the packet.
US08259584B2	Dynamic reroute of network traffic In an example embodiment, a method is provided that receives a broadcast of available bandwidth from a first routing device. A congestion of traffic is detected along a downstream path to a second routing device. This second routing device is an immediate downstream neighbor. As such, an alternate path is established to the second routing device by way of the first routing device based on the available bandwidth in the network and a portion of the traffic is transmitted along the alternate path.
US08259582B2	Method and apparatus to manage per flow state A method and apparatus to reduce memory required in a network interface controller to store per flow state information associated with a network connection is provided. Instead of storing per flow state information for a connection in the network interface controller at an endpoint of the connection, the per flow state information for the connection is stored in memory external to the network interface controller. The stored state information is conveyed in a packet by the network interface controller between the endpoints of the connection. For a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection, the state information is conveyed between the endpoints of the TCP connection in a TCP option included in the TCP header in the packet.
US08259579B2	Method for data flow control in a mobile communications system The invention relates to a method for controlling the flow of data between an RNC (R) and a base station (BS) of a UMTS mobile communications system with HSDPA capability via an lub interface (I2), where an HS-DSCH Frame Protocol mechanism is implemented in the lub interface (I2) to provide control and data services for the communication of HSDPA user data between the RNC and the base station, wherein a capacity overload control entity (COCU) monitors information about actual lub interface data transport flow (IDF), and when a determined lub interface (I2) transport capacity value is reached, the data transport flow is reduced in the lub interface (I2).
US08259577B2	Packet forwarding device A packet forwarding device reads each packet from a common buffer at a predetermined band velocity and transfers the readout packet; detects passage of a re-transmission request packet requesting re-transmission of a packet having been transmitted, from a receiving terminal to a packet transmission source; and limits a writing band of writing a packet transmitted from the packet transmission source terminal, which is a receiving terminal to which the re-transmission request packet is destined, into the common buffer when the re-transmission request packet is detected.
US08259575B2	Internet network apparatus and method of transferring data using the same An Internet network apparatus and a method of transferring data are provided. An encoder encodes source data and then generates communication unit input data. A communication unit sequentially transmits the communication unit input data to a client via, in order, an application layer, a transport layer, an IP layer, and a network connection layer. A transmission rate determination unit compares the communication unit input data with communication unit output data or a client input data, wherein the communication unit output data is transferred via at least the transport layer and is output from the communication unit, and the client input data is transferred to at least one client. A transmission rate controlling unit controls the encoder in response to a comparison result of the transmission rate determination unit. The transmission rate can be correctly determined so as to effectively transmit data to a plurality of clients.
US08259569B2	Differentiated services for unicast and multicast frames in layer 2 topologies In one embodiment, a method includes receiving information on layer 2 topologies at a network device in a core network, mapping one or more Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) to the layer 2 topologies to provide differentiated services in said layer 2 topologies, defining multiple paths for each of the layer 2 topologies, and forwarding a packet received at the network device on one of the multiple paths. An apparatus for providing differentiated services in layer 2 topologies is also disclosed.
US08259566B2	Adaptive quality of service policy for dynamic networks A close-loop quality of service system is provided that collects real-time network performance indicators at the physical, data link and network layers. Using those indicators, the system dynamically controls the network traffic in order to achieve improved performance according to the priority and policy defined by a data user or system/network administrator. Several features of this quality of service system includes (1) dynamic maximum bandwidth reallocation, (2) dynamic maximum packet sizing, (3) adaptive policing, and/or (4) real-time link status feedbacks to make more efficient use of available bandwidth and adjust to transmission requirements.
US08259564B1	Egress protection for label switched paths This disclosure describes techniques for protecting an endpoint of a label switched path. In one embodiment, a system includes an ingress router, a primary egress router, backup router, and a point of local repair (PLR) router. The ingress router, the PLR router, and the first egress router form a first label switched path. The backup router provides protection for the primary egress router such that the backup router provides routing services for the first egress router when the first egress router is not available. The primary egress router and the backup router share an anycast IP address. The backup router advertises a route to reach the primary egress router, but upon receiving a packet intended for the primary egress router, the backup router identifies the destination of the packet and forwards the packet to the destination instead of the primary egress router along a different route.
US08259562B2	Wiring closet redundancy Systems and method for providing redundancy of communications and/or inline power to a powered Ethernet device are disclosed. A redundancy device is configured to receive in-line data and/or power from a plurality of Ethernet relay uplinks and to monitor communications between the relay uplinks. One of the relay uplinks is established as an active state uplink and passes data and/or power to the power device. Responsive to a switchover communication from a redundant uplink, the redundancy device establishes the redundant uplink as the active uplink, thereby passing data and/or power from the redundant uplink to the power device. The relay uplinks may use packet-based communication to sense when there is a failure in a link, and replace a failed device with a redundant device.
US08259559B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data in an orthogonal frequency multiplexing system A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system are provided, in which a Base Station (BS) generates a signal of a broadcast channel, determines whether the broadcast channel signal includes Reference Symbols (RSs) used for channel estimation, determines to apply a maximal puncturing pattern to a Resource Block that defines the broadcast channel, if the broadcast channel signal includes Rs, includes puncturing information about a downlink signal in the broadcast channel signal, maps the broadcast channel signal including the puncturing information to Resource Elements according to the maximal puncturing pattern, and transmits the mapped broadcast channel signal.
US08259557B2	Recording and reproduction control of optical disc, optical disc driving apparatus, optical disc driving method, data processing apparatus, and optical disc recording/reproducing apparatus using version of specification information included in the optical disc By avoiding the problem that in a hybrid optical disc, an optical pickup suitable for a standard-density recording area cannot operate as desired in a high-density recording area, damage to the disc drive or optical disc is prevented and optimal control is enabled. Access operation identification information such as reproducing identification information indicating whether or not information recorded in the user data area of the optical disc can be reproduced under the reproducing conditions of the optical disc driving apparatus is recorded in the lead-in area. The optical disc driving apparatus reads this type of access operation identification information, compares it with access operation identification information possessed by the optical disc driving apparatus, and if they do not correspond, does not carry out access operations by the optical head to the user data area, because reproducing or recording compatibility with the optical disc is lacking.
US08259551B2	Optical recording medium, manufacturing method for optical recording medium, information recording/reproducing method and information recording/reproducing device An optical recording medium (disk) capable of preventing a back focus at a face thereof and reducing the interference between beams reflected by each recording surface, thereby improving a quality of a servo signal and a reproductive signal. In a disk having (N−1) layers, if N is a natural number (more than three), and if a cover-layer thickness and intermediate-layer thicknesses are d1, d2, . . . dN, then a difference of 1 μm or above is set between the sum of di to dj and the sum of dk to dm for arbitrary natural numbers i, j, k, m (i≦j≦k≦m≦N). If refractive indexes are different from a standard value or different for each layer, then the thickness of each layer is converted based on a spread width of light according to the thickness.
US08259549B2	Deflection reference adjustment for variable track pitch media Apparatus and method for generating an analog waveform, such as a deflection signal used to deflect a write beam during the writing of data to a rotatable medium having a variable track pitch (TP). In accordance with various embodiments, a first digital to analog converter (DAC) is configured to output a deflection signal having an analog voltage level corresponding to a magnitude of a first multi-bit digital input value applied to the first DAC. A second DAC is configured to supply a rail voltage to the first DAC having an analog voltage level corresponding to a magnitude of a second multi-bit digital input value applied to the second DAC. The deflection signal is used to deflect a write beam supplied by a write beam generator.
US08259544B2	Drive device A drive apparatus of the present invention includes: a recording/reproduction section and a drive control section. The drive control section performs a process including: receiving a recording instruction including a location at which data is to be recorded; determining a track among at least one tracks corresponding to the location included in the recording instruction; controlling the recording/reproduction section to record data at a replacement location in the user data area instead of the location included in the recording instruction; determining whether or not the recording of the data at the replacement location in the user data area has succeeded; and when the recording of the data at the replacement location in the user data area has failed, controlling the recording/reproduction section to record the data at a location in the spare area.
US08259540B1	Heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) heads including components made of nickel alloys A magnetic device that includes a write pole having a write pole tip; a read pole having a read pole tip; an optical near field transducer; and a contact pad. The contact pad includes Ni100-aXa, wherein X is chosen from Ru, Re, Zr, Cr, and Cu; and a is the atomic percent of the element X, and can range from about 20 to about 90. The optical near field transducer is positioned between the read pole and the write pole and the contact pad is positioned adjacent the write pole opposite the optical near field transducer.
US08259535B2	Wake up stimulus control system The invention relates to a wake up stimulus control system, comprising a control unit (1) arranged to receive a user-determinable wake up time input and to control at least one stimulus source (11), a coupling for operably coupling at least one stimulus source (11) to said control unit, wherein the stimulus source (11) is controllable by the control unit (1) in such a way that the stimulus source (11) provides a gradually increasing stimulus output in dependence on said input wake up time, at least during a time period before the input wake up time, and at least one stimulus sensor (7) that is operably coupled to the control unit (1). The sensor allows a much better control of the supplied stimulus level to account for various ambient influences. The stimulus is preferably light. The invention also provides a socket, a stimulus source and a control unit for use in the system.
US08259533B2	Method and device for determining ultrasonic detecting cycle A method for determining an ultrasonic detecting cycle is provided. Firstly, an initial detecting cycle T is set. Then, a first sensing wave is generated. Then, a first time-of-flight value is calculated corresponding to the first sensing wave. After the first sensing wave has been generated for the initial detecting cycle T, a second sensing wave is generated. Then, a second time-of-flight value is calculated corresponding to the second sensing wave. Afterwards, the second time-of-flight value is compared with the first time-of-flight value. If a difference between the second time-of-flight value and the first time-of-flight value is smaller than a threshold value, the initial detecting cycle T is determined as the ultrasonic detecting cycle.
US08259531B2	Method for reflection time shift matching a first and a second set of seismic reflection data A method is disclosed for reflection time shift matching a first and a second set of seismic reflection data (10,30) comprising first and second seismic reflection traces (1,3) with series of generally corresponding seismic reflections (11,31). The second set of seismic data (30) comprises at least one laterally extending series (40) of new seismic events (4) not present in the first set of seismic data (10). Reflection time shifts (22) are calculated as required for matching seismic reflections (31) of the second reflection traces (3) of the second seismic reflection data (30) with corresponding seismic reflections (11) of the first reflection traces (1). The calculation of the time shifts (22) are made by calculating coefficients of basis function estimates such as Legendre polynomials in order to save calculation effort.
US08259530B2	System for generating a beam of acoustic energy from a borehole, and applications thereof In some aspects of the invention, a device, positioned within a well bore, configured to generate and direct an acoustic beam into a rock formation around a borehole is disclosed. The device comprises a source configured to generate a first signal at a first frequency and a second signal at a second frequency; a transducer configured to receive the generated first and the second signals and produce acoustic waves at the first frequency and the second frequency; and a non-linear material, coupled to the transducer, configured to generate a collimated beam with a frequency equal to the difference between the first frequency and the second frequency by a non-linear mixing process, wherein the non-linear material includes one or more of a mixture of liquids, a solid, a granular material, embedded microspheres, or an emulsion.
US08259528B2	Semiconductor memory device and a method of controlling a semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes a first anti-fuse element and a second anti-fuse element, respectively composed of a transistor, wherein the first anti-fuse element and the second anti-fuse element are configured so as to be concomitantly programmable, respectively formed in P-wells on a substrate, and the adjacent P-wells are isolated by N-wells of an opposite conductivity type, formed therebetween.
US08259527B2	Self-refresh test circuit of semiconductor memory apparatus A self-refresh test circuit includes a test clock generation unit, a pulse generation unit, a period signal selection unit, and a self-refresh pulse control unit. The test clock generation unit divides a clock signal to generate a plurality of divided clock signals having different periods when a test enable signal is enabled, and outputs one of the plurality of divided clock signals as a selected clock signal. The pulse generation unit generates a test period signal in response to the selected clock signal. The period signal selection unit outputs one of the test period signal and a self-refresh period signal as a selected period signal. The self-refresh pulse control unit generates a self-refresh pulse in response to a self-refresh exit signal and the selected period signal.
US08259519B2	Synchronous semiconductor memory device A synchronous semiconductor memory device includes a data alignment reference pulse generation unit configured to generate a data alignment reference pulse in response to a data strobe signal, a data alignment suspension signal generation unit configured to generate a data alignment suspension signal in response to the data alignment reference pulse, a data strobe termination signal, and a write pulse, and a data alignment unit configured to align input data in response to the data alignment reference pulse and stop aligning the input data in response to the data alignment suspension signal.
US08259518B2	Low voltage and low power memory cell based on nano current voltage divider controlled low voltage sense MOSFET A memory cell has at least two word lines and at least two bit lines. The cell also has a first select device being connected to at least one word line and one bit line and a gate capacitor element connected to at least one word line and the first select device. The cell also has a sense device being connected in series to the gate capacitor element and the first select device. The sense device is connected to at least two bit lines.
US08259515B2	Circuitry for reading phase-change memory cells having a clamping circuit A read circuit for reading at least one memory cell adapted to storing a logic value, the at least one memory cell including: a storage element made of a phase-change material; and an access element for coupling the storage element to the read circuit in response to a selection of the memory cell, the read circuit including: a sense current supply arrangement for supplying a sense current to the at least one memory cell; and at least one sense amplifier for determining the logic value stored in the memory cell on the basis of a voltage developing thereacross, the at least one sense amplifier comprising a voltage limiting circuit for limiting the voltage across the memory cell for preserving the stored logic value, wherein the voltage limiting circuit includes a current sinker for sinking a clamping current, which is subtracted from the sense current and depends on the stored logic value.
US08259513B2	Internal voltage generator An internal voltage generator according to an embodiment generates a reference voltage used for detecting data stored in a semiconductor memory. A first AD converter is configured to convert an external voltage supplied to the semiconductor memory into a first digital value. A second AD converter is configured to convert a temperature characteristic voltage that changes depending on a temperature of the semiconductor memory into a second digital value. An adder is configured to receive a reference voltage trimming address that specifies the reference voltage, the first digital value, and the second digital value, and to output a third digital value obtained by performing a weighted addition of the reference voltage trimming address, the first digital value, and the second digital value. A driver is configured to output the reference voltage responding to the third digital value.
US08259511B2	Phase change memory device generating program current and method thereof A phase change memory device may include a memory cell array, a write driver, and/or a control unit. The memory cell array may include a plurality of memory cells. The write driver may be configured to provide a program current to the memory cell array for setting a state of a phase change material to program a selected memory cell. The write driver may be configured to provide the program current such that the program current has a plurality of steps. The control unit may be configured to receive step information for adjusting a magnitude and a width of each step of the program current during a test operation and provide the step information to the write driver during a normal operation.
US08259508B2	Erase operation control sequencing apparatus, systems, and methods Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to receive an external erase command at a control circuit coupled to an erasable memory array located on a substrate. A global select gate voltage may thereafter be enabled for application to wordline transistors coupled to the erasable memory array after a voltage applied to the substrate has reached a preselected initiation voltage level between about zero volts and an ultimate erase voltage.
US08259505B2	Nonvolatile memory device with reduced current consumption A nonvolatile memory device includes one or more reference cell transistors, one or more memory cell transistors, and a current source circuit including three or more field effect transistors that have gates thereof connected together, the three or more field effect transistors including two or more field effect transistors and another field effect transistor, currents flowing through the two or more field effect transistors being combined to flow through the one or more reference cell transistors, and another field effect transistor having a drain thereof connected to one of the one or more memory cell transistors.
US08259504B2	Method of programming/erasing the nonvolatile memory Multi-stage pulses are used to program/erase the memory so as to reduce the slow program/erase bit issue. A first predetermined voltage bias is applied to a memory cell for a predetermined number of times. Each time the voltage bias is applied to the memory cell the memory is verified against a criterion. If the verification failed after the predetermined number of times applying the first predetermined voltage bias, a second predetermined voltage bias is applied to program/erase the nonvolatile memory. If the verification failed after applying the second predetermined voltage bias, a third predetermined voltage bias is applied to program/erase the nonvolatile memory.
US08259501B2	Flash memory system operating in a random access mode A memory system includes a memory and a memory controller operating to control the memory. The memory includes a random accessible memory including a memory cell array operable in a random access mode, a NAND flash memory, and a selection circuit making the memory controller operate either one of the random accessible memory or the NAND flash memory.
US08259500B2	Non volatile memory circuit with tailored reliability A non-volatile memory (NVM) circuit is provided, that includes at least a first and second NVM sub-array. The first sub-array is built from first memory cells. The second NVM sub-array is built from second memory cells that are constructed differently from the first memory cells. The NVM sub-arrays share a support circuit. In some embodiments the sub-arrays can be constructed, so that they exhibit different characteristics tailored to their intended use. For example one sub-array might be tailored for data retention, while the next sub-array for programming endurance, still another for write disturb immunity.
US08259499B2	Method and apparatus of performing an erase operation on a memory integrated circuit Various discussed approaches improve the over erase issue and the coupling effect, and include (A) multilevel contacts between (i) the first outer selected word line of an erase group, and (ii) the first unselected word line outside the ease group neighboring the first outer selected word line; (B) a sufficient separation distance between (i) the first outer selected word line of an erase group, and (ii) the first unselected word line outside the ease group neighboring the first outer selected word line. These are examples of electrically isolating (i) the first outer selected word line of an erase group, from (ii) the first unselected word line outside the ease group neighboring the first outer selected word line.
US08259497B2	Programming schemes for multi-level analog memory cells A method for data storage includes storing first data bits in a set of multi-bit analog memory cells at a first time by programming the memory cells to assume respective first programming levels. Second data bits are stored in the set of memory cells at a second time that is later than the first time by programming the memory cells to assume respective second programming levels that depend on the first programming levels and on the second data bits. A storage strategy is selected responsively to a difference between the first and second times. The storage strategy is applied to at least one group of the data bits, selected from among the first data bits and the second data bits.
US08259496B2	Semiconductor memory device A plurality of contact plugs to be connected to a drain region or a source region of each of transistors constituting a sub-word line driver that drives a sub-word line are formed, by using a SAC line technique of selectively etching an insulation layer that covers each of the transistors by using a mask having line-shaped openings provided across a portion in which the contact plugs of each of the transistors are to be formed.
US08259495B2	Semiconductor memory device and method for driving semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory cell transistors arranged in a matrix; a plurality of word lines commonly coupling the control gates of the plural memory cell transistors present in a identical first direction; a plurality of source lines commonly coupling the sources of the plural memory cell transistors present in the identical first direction; a plurality of bit lines commonly coupling the drains of the plural memory cell transistors present in a identical second direction intersecting the first direction; a first transistor having a drain coupled to the source line; a second transistor having a drain coupled to a source of the first transistor, a gate coupled to the word line and a source grounded; and a control line commonly coupling the gates of the plural first transistors.
US08259493B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor storage device and method of testing the same A nonvolatile semiconductor storage device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells arranged at intersection positions of word lines and bit lines in a matrix form, and a row decoder including a row sub-decoder to which a lower address for selecting a word line is input, wherein one unit of the row sub-decoder for selecting one word line is constituted of a first transistor of a first conduction type, and a second transistor of a second conduction type, and a gate electrode of each of the first and second transistors is arranged in a direction in which the bit lines are arranged.
US08259491B2	Coarse and fine programming in a solid state memory Memory devices adapted to receive and transmit analog data signals representative of bit patterns of two or more bits facilitate increases in data transfer rates relative to devices communicating data signals indicative of individual bits. Programming of such memory devices includes initially programming a cell with a coarse programming pulse to move its threshold voltage in a large step close to the programmed state. The neighboring cells are then programmed using coarse programming. The algorithm then returns to the initially programmed cells that are then programmed with one or more fine pulses that slowly move the threshold voltage in smaller steps to the final programmed state threshold voltage.
US08259488B1	Phase-change memory temperature sensitive detector A Phase-Change Memory (PCM) having a temperature detector with a dedicated PCM bit programmed to an amorphous state and a circuit to determine that the dedicated PCM bit is no longer in the amorphous state. A temperature exposure signal is asserted to indicate that a high temperature has altered PCM device programming integrity.
US08259487B2	Semiconductor memory device and semiconductor device The semiconductor memory device includes an initialization memory cell having a first inverter circuit including a first transistor and a second transistor, and a second inverter circuit whose input portion is connected to an output portion of the first inverter circuit and output portion is connected to an input portion of the first inverter circuit, and including a third transistor and a fourth transistor. An absolute value of a threshold voltage of the third transistor is smaller than that of the first transistor.
US08259483B1	Non-volatile memory module The present invention may be used in systems for non-volatile memory storage of electronic data. A first substrate member may have a first and second surface with a first and second substrate connector spaced apart and attached to the first surface and a first and second spacer element spaced apart and attached to said second surface. A NAND flash controller device may be mounted on the first surface and connected to the substrate connectors and spacer elements. Multiple NAND memory devices may be mounted on the second surface and be connected to the NAND flash controller device. A second substrate member may have a first and second surface with multiple NAND flash memory devices mounted on at least one of the surfaces. The second substrate member may be attached to the spacer elements on the first surface and said multiple NAND flash memory devices may be connected to the NAND flash controller device.
US08259477B2	Multiphase resonant converter for DC-DC applications The various embodiments and example provided herein are generally directed to novel multiphase resonant converters. In an embodiment, a multiphase resonant converter comprises N unit resonant converters having inputs and outputs connected in parallel, respectively. Each unit converter comprises an inverter, a LLC series resonant tank, and a rectifier. In a preferred embodiment, the inverters of the N unit converters are driven by N drive signals phase-shifted 2π/N degrees apart. During operation, the current of the multiphase converter is shared among the unit converters, resulting in a smaller current in each unit converter. The smaller current in each unit converter reduces conduction losses, thereby increasing the efficiency of the multiphase converter. In addition, the smaller current in each unit converter reduces the amount of stress placed on individual components of the converter allowing for the use of lower tolerance components. Further, the multiphase converter has automatic current sharing ability.
US08259475B2	Power supply circuit having AC power discharging functions There is provided a circuit for discharging AC power including: a first rectifier rectifying AC power inputted from an AC power line; an electro-magnetic interference (EMI) removing unit installed between the AC power line and the first rectifier to suppress EMI of the AC power; a discharging signal generator generating a discharging signal from the AC power; and a discharging unit including a discharging resistor for discharging a voltage charged in the EMI removing unit according to the discharging signal, whereby standby power consumption may be reduced when the AC power is inputted and the voltage charged in a capacitor for removing EMI may be discharged to meet a predetermined safety standard when the AC power is blocked.
US08259474B2	Pulse width modulation control of a matrix converter A matrix converter includes a plurality of switching elements and is adapted to receive a multi-phase alternating current (AC) input signal having an input frequency and to generate a multi-phase AC output signal having an output frequency. The phases of the input signal are sorted as a function of their instantaneous voltage amplitude (60). A reference signal is generated from output reference voltages that correspond to each phase of the output signal (56). Duty cycles are calculated for each phase of the output signal based on the sorted input signal phases and the reference signal (62). Switching functions, which each control one of the switching elements, are then generated based on the duty cycles for each phase of the output signal (64, 66).
US08259473B2	Method for operation of a converter circuit and apparatus for carrying out the method A method and apparatus are provided for operation of a converter circuit, which includes a converter unit having a multiplicity of controllable power semiconductor switches, and which is connected via a transformer to a three-phase electrical AC voltage power supply system. The method includes controlling the controllable power semiconductor switches by means of a control signal which is formed from a regulating signal. In order to damp oscillations of a power supply system voltage above the fundamental frequency, a filtered power supply system current is formed by filtering a power supply system current using a low-pass filter characteristic. A filtered transformer inductance voltage is formed by filtering a transformer inductance voltage, which is formed from the power supply system current, using a low-pass filter characteristic. A filtered power supply system voltage is formed by filtering a power supply system voltage using a low-pass filter characteristic. The regulating signal is formed by addition of a regulator voltage, the filtered transformer inductance voltage, and the filtered power supply system voltage, where the regulator voltage is formed by regulating the filtered power supply system current at a power supply system current nominal value.
US08259469B2	Current ripple reduction power conversion circuits A circuit used to convert DC input to AC output comprises a transformer and three series sub-circuits. The first series sub-circuit is connected in parallel with the DC input and comprises first and second capacitors connected in series. The secondary series sub-circuit is connected in parallel with the DC input and comprises a first primary winding of the transformer, a clamping capacitor and a second primary winding of the transformer sequentially connected in series. The third series sub-circuit connected in parallel with said clamping capacitor and comprises first and second switches connected in series. The center nodes of the first and third series sub-circuits are connected together. Thus, while a secondary winding of the transformer provides AC voltage, the circuit is able to effectively reduce current ripple and decrease voltage stress on semiconductor switch with minimum component count. Similar topologies may be used for rectification instead of inversion.
US08259468B2	Three-phase inverter for converting DC power from a generator into three-phase AC power A three-phase inverter for converting DC power from a generator into three-phase AC power comprises a transformer for transforming two single phase alternating voltages with a fixed phase offset present at corresponding two primary windings into a three-phase alternating voltage present at secondary windings of the transformer. An inverter circuitry for receiving a direct voltage of the generator between two input lines and for supplying the two single phase alternating voltages to the two primary windings of the transformer is included in the three-phase inverter and comprises a split DC link having a center point connected to both input lines via corresponding capacitors and connected to a first terminal of each primary winding of the transformer, and two inverter half-bridges connected to both input lines, wherein a center point of each half bridge is connected to a second terminal of a corresponding one of the primary windings of the transformer.
US08259467B2	Multi-piece board and fabrication method therefor A method of fabricating a multi-piece board includes: adhering a first frame element connected to multiple piece portions to a second frame element, the first frame element forming a board main portion of a multi-piece board, the first frame element and the second frame element forming a frame portion of the multi-piece portion, thereby yielding the multi-piece board; mounting multiple electronic components on the piece portions, respectively; separating the piece portions from the frame portion; separating, from the first frame element, the second frame element adhered thereto; and adhering the second frame element to a first frame element of another board main portion.
US08259466B2	Tool-less backplane retention for computer hardware An apparatus is provided and includes a housing, including a housing mating device, through which an installation path for an assembly is defined with a space in which a first part is positioned, a backplane body having opposing faces on which a second part and a backplane mating device are respectively disposed, and a hub, in which a hub mating device is defined, and from which a two-stage mating device extends, the two-stage mating device including first and second elastically coupled stages. The hub and the backplane body are coupled to form the assembly and the assembly is installed/removed in/from the space with the second stage of the two-stage mating device elastically hooked by the housing mating device or released from the housing mating device and the first and second stages of the two-stage mating device biasing the hub and the backplane body to remain coupled.
US08259464B2	Wafer level package (WLP) device having bump assemblies including a barrier metal WLP semiconductor devices include bump assemblies that have a barrier layer for inhibiting electromigration within the bump assemblies. In an implementation, the bump assemblies include copper posts formed on the integrated circuit chips of the WLP devices. Barrier layers formed of a metal such as nickel (Ni) are provided on the outer surface of the copper posts to inhibit electromigration in the bump assembly. Oxidation prevention caps formed of a metal such as tin (Sn) are provided over the barrier layer. Solder bumps are formed over the oxidation prevention caps. The oxidation prevention caps inhibit oxidation of the barrier layer during fabrication of the bump assemblies.
US08259457B2	Formed shielding feature An metal housing comprising an electrical device includes electrical pins that protrude from the metal housing, and the metal housing formed with a compressible protrusion around the pins.
US08259456B2	Environmentally sealed inductive sensor assembly An exemplary embodiment of an inductive electrical sensor assembly includes a hollow housing structure defining an open space within the housing structure and a circuit board mounted in the open space. The circuit board includes an inductive sense area. A flexible metal domed spring structure is mounted over the inductive sensor area. A stem portion extends from a actuator area of the housing structure and having a distal end disposed adjacent to or in contact with the spring structure. The domed spring structure is adapted to be flexed toward the inductive sensor area by force exerted by the stem portion when a user exerts force on the actuator area, the flexing of the domed spring structure resulting in a change of inductance of the inductive sensor area which may be sensed to indicate an actuator push. An exemplary embodiment of the sensor assembly may include a resiliently deformable potting material substantially filling open spaces in the hollow housing structure between the top surface and the circuit board, and an open space below the circuit board, enabling flexure of the domed spring structure while providing environmental protection.
US08259454B2	Interconnect structure including hybrid frame panel An electronic component includes a base insulative layer having a first surface and a second surface; at least one electronic device having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the electronic device is secured to the base insulative layer; at least one I/O contact located on the first surface of the electronic device; and a frame panel defining an aperture, wherein the electronic device is disposed within the aperture, and the frame panel is a multi-functional structure having a first region comprising a first material, wherein a surface of the first region secures to the base insulative layer; and a second region comprising a second material, wherein the first material and the second material differ from each other and have differing adhesability to the base insulative layer.
US08259450B2	Mobile universal hardware platform A mobile container may include a bottom element, a top element, a front element, a back element, and two side elements defining a containment volume. The two side elements may have a length longer than a length of either the front element or the back element. The containment volume may be configured to include a plurality of rack frames. Each rack frame may include a module insertion area on a first side of the rack frame, a universal backplane area, and a power bus. The universal backplane area may be positioned on a second side of the rack frame opposite to the first side and may include at least one mounting surface configured to mount two or more backplane boards. At least two of the backplane boards may be configured to couple to two respective modules that each have at least two different functions and are insertable through the module insertion area. The at least two different functions of at least one backplane board may include rack power and management functions. The power bus may provide power to the two or more backplane boards mounted in the universal backplane area.
US08259445B2	Enclosure mechanism for a computing device A computing device that includes a housing, an accessory interface, and a self-closing enclosure mechanism for the accessory interface. The self-closing enclosure mechanism is positioned over the accessory interface and is pivotable to move between a closed and open position.
US08259443B2	Tilting portable electronic device A tilting mechanism includes a fixing plate, a sliding plate, a swing member rotatably connecting to the fixing plate and the sliding plate; The tilting mechanism includes a first connecting plate rotatably connecting to the fixing plate, a second connecting plate rotatably connecting to the sliding plate, and a hinge having a pivoting portion and a fixing portion rotatably connecting to the pivoting portion, the pivoting portion is secured with the second connecting member and the fixing portion is secured with the first connecting member. The disclosure includes a portable electronic device using the tilting mechanism.
US08259442B2	Computer bezel A computer bezel includes a main body, a door secured to the main body, a pushing member slidably secured to the main body, and a driving member rotatably secured to the main body. The main body defines a through opening. The door is rotated between a closed position, where the door covers the through opening, and an open position, where the door is rotated away from the main body to expose the through opening. The pushing member is slid between a first position, where the pushing member is disengaged from the driving member, and a second position, where the pushing member rotates the driving member. When the driving member is slid from the first position to the second position, the driving member is capable of sliding a tray of a disk drive out of the disk drive, and the door will rotate from the closed position to the open position.
US08259439B2	Computer mouse A computer mouse is provided and has a mouse main body, a rubber cover and a foot pad. The mouse main body has engagement holes. The rubber cover is covered on the mouse main body and formed with an opening. The foot pad has a flat foot-pad main body which has engagement members, each of which has a connection portion. The connection portion has a first end connected to the engagement member and having a height matched with that of the engagement hole, and a second end protruded to form an umbrella-like engagement portion. When installing the computer mouse, the connection portion passes through the opening and is then received in the engagement hole, and the engagement portion is engaged against an inner edge of the engagement hole, so that the foot pad is firmly mounted on the computer mouse. Thus, the computer mouse has simpler installation and aesthetic appearance.
US08259436B2	Mechanically robust solid electrolytic capacitor assembly An integrated capacitor assembly that contains at least two solid electrolytic capacitor elements electrically connected to common anode and cathode terminations is provided. The capacitor elements contain an anode, a dielectric coating overlying the anode that is formed by anodic oxidation, and a conductive polymer solid electrolyte overlying the dielectric layer. The capacitor elements are spaced apart from each other a certain distance such that a resinous material can fill the space between the elements. In this manner, the present inventors believe that the resinous material can limit the expansion of the conductive polymer layer to such an extent that it does not substantially delaminate from the capacitor element. In addition to possessing mechanical stability, the capacitor assembly also possesses a combination of good electrical properties, such as low ESR, high capacitance, and a high dielectric breakdown voltage.
US08259435B2	Hermetically sealed wet electrolytic capacitor A wet electrolytic capacitor that contains a hermetically sealed lid assembly is disclosed. More specifically, the lid assembly contains a lid (e.g., titanium) that defines an internal orifice. A conductive tube may extend through the orifice that is of a size and shape sufficient to accommodate an anode lead. An insulative material is also provided within the orifice to form a hermetic seal (e.g., glass-to-metal seal), such as between the conductive tube and the lid. The lid assembly also includes a liquid seal that is formed from a sealant material. The liquid seal coats a substantial portion of the lower surface of the lid and hermetic seal to limit contact with any electrolyte that may leak from the casing. To help achieve such surface coverage, the sealant material is generally flowable so that it can be heated during production of the capacitor and flow into small crevices that would otherwise remains uncoated.
US08259427B2	Power transistor circuit A power transistor has a first current electrode coupled to a first power supply terminal and a second current electrode as an output of the circuit. A driver control circuit is coupled between a first and a second internal power supply node and is coupled to a control electrode of the power transistor. A first switch selectively couples the first power supply terminal to the first internal power supply node. A second power supply terminal is coupled to the second internal power supply node. A diode has an anode coupled to the second internal power supply node. A second switch is coupled between the diode and the output of the circuit such that, when the circuit is in active mode, it selectively couples the cathode of the diode to the output of the circuit based on whether or not the second power supply terminal is coupled to an external ground.
US08259424B1	Thin-oxide device protection circuits for data converters One embodiment features an electrical circuit comprising: a high-voltage input configured to receive a high voltage into the electrical circuit; a low-voltage input configured to receive a low voltage into the electrical circuit; a thin-oxide circuit comprising a thin-oxide metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET); and a protection circuit configured to protect the thin-oxide circuit from the high voltage, wherein the protection circuit comprises a thick-oxide MOSFET clamp circuit, and an adaptive voltage reference circuit configured to provide an adaptive reference voltage, wherein the thick-oxide MOSFET clamp circuit is biased by the adaptive reference voltage.
US08259423B2	Automotive vehicle charge port with fault interrupt circuit An automotive vehicle includes a charge port integrated with the vehicle. The charge port includes electrical contacts configured to receive electrical power from an electric grid, and a fault interrupt circuit electrically connected with the electrical contacts.
US08259422B2	Switching power supply protection system, mother board and computer By using switching power supplies a, b, and n, which have detection function of over-current, over-voltage and low voltage, in the case where a short-circuit occurred in a load which is connected to output of a switching power supply, and in the case where a MOSFET of the switching power supply is in a short-circuit state and broken, a main power is forced to be off, and a failure log of the switching power supply is stored in a non-volatile memory unit EEPROM; and also in the case where the main power was turned off and on, even if an abnormal log of the switching power supply logged in the non-volatile memory unit, reclosing of the main power is suppressed and which of the switching power supply occurred failure is notified to the outside.
US08259419B2	Magnetoresistance effect element with a layer containing an oxide as a principal component and containing a magnetic transition metal element which does not bond to oxygen There are provided a magnetoresistance effect element, a magnetic head, a magnetic head assembly and a magnetic recording system, which have high sensitivity and high reliability. The magnetoresistance effect element has two ferromagnetic layers, a non-magnetic layer provided between the ferromagnetic layers, and a layer containing an oxide or nitride as a principal component, wherein the layer containing the oxide or nitride as the principal component contains a magnetic transition metal element which does not bond to oxygen and nitrogen and which is at least one of Co, Fe and Ni.
US08259415B2	Slider bond pad with a recessed channel A slider includes a slider body and a bond pad. The bond pad is positioned on the slider body and has a bonding surface with a recessed channel for directing solder flow. Separately related, an assembly includes a suspension assembly including a suspension mounting surface and a suspension pad on the suspension mounting surface. A slider is positioned adjacent the suspension mounting surface, with a slider pad aligned with the suspension pad. A recessed channel is in at least one of the slider pad or the suspension pad. A solder joint is formed between the suspension pad and the slider pad and extends into the recessed channel.
US08259414B2	Magnetic recording disk having aligning pattern and method for aligning thereof Embodiments of the invention provide patterned media in which the center and the direction of the disk can be detected. According to one embodiment, patterned media has a bit pattern including convex portions of a magnetic material on one surface or both surfaces of a nonmagnetic substrate having a central hole. A diffraction grating pattern is formed as an alignment pattern in the inner circumference (or outer circumference) of the patterned media. The diffraction grating pattern is a pattern having a repetitive configuration, and includes a pattern with a repetitive pitch different from that in other portions, or a portion having no pattern, at least one region on a circumference. The diffraction grating pattern is irradiated with detection light and diffracted light is detected, thereby a center and a direction of the disk can be detected.
US08259411B2	Fabrication of trapezoidal pole for magnetic recording A method for forming a magnetic write pole with a trapezoidal cross-section is described. The method consists of first forming a magnetic seedlayer on a base followed by depositing a removable material layer on the seedlayer, and then a resist layer on the removable material layer. A trench is then formed in the resist, and the resist is heated to cause the cross-sectional profile of the trench to assume a trapezoidal shape. The resist is then capped with another resist layer and further heated to cause the width of the trapezoidal trench to become narrower. The cap layer and removable material layer at the bottom of the trench are then removed and the trench filled with magnetic material by electroplating. The resist and seedlayer external to the trench are finally removed to form a write pole with a trapezoidal cross-section.
US08259410B1	Method and system for providing a magnetic head using a composite magnetic material in the recording transducer A method and system for providing a magnetic transducer for recording to media is described. The method and system include providing a first pole, a main pole, at least one coil and at least one auxiliary pole. The main pole is for providing a magnetic field for recording to the media. The coil(s) are for energizing the main pole. The auxiliary pole is magnetically coupled with the main pole. The shield(s) are for magnetically isolating a portion of the magnetic transducer. At least one of the first pole, the auxiliary pole, and the at least one shield includes a composite magnetic material including a plurality of ferromagnetic grains in an insulating matrix.
US08259408B2	Spindle motor having magnetic circuit for stator and rotor magnet, and storage disk drive having the same A spindle motor for use in a 2.5 inch 7 mm high disk drive apparatus includes a base portion; a stator arranged above the base portion; a rotor hub including a cover portion positioned above the stator, and a side wall portion arranged to extend downward from an outer edge of the cover portion; a rotor magnet positioned radially outward of the stator, and fixed to an inner circumferential surface of the side wall portion of the rotor hub; and a bearing mechanism arranged to support the rotor hub and the rotor magnet such that the rotor hub and the rotor magnet are rotatable with respect to the base portion and the stator. A height of the rotor magnet as measured in an axial direction is preferably in a range of about 2 mm to about 3 mm (both inclusive), and a height of a stator core of the stator as measured in the axial direction is preferably in a range of about 50% to about 75% (both inclusive) of the height of the rotor magnet. A torque constant of a torque produced between the stator and the rotor magnet is in a range of about 3 mNm/A to about 5 mNm/A (both inclusive).
US08259407B1	Speed control systems and methods for decreasing power consumption in rotating storage devices A system for controlling a rotational speed of a platter in a storage device. The system includes a mode selection module configured to select a mode operation for the storage device, in which the mode of operation includes at least i) a read/write mode in which data is to be read from or written to the platter, ii) a standby mode during in which data is not to be read from or written to the platter, or iii) a shutdown mode. The system further includes a speed control module configured to control the rotational speed of the platter based on the selected mode of operation for the storage device.
US08259404B2	Lens barrel and imaging device The lens barrel includes a first lens unit, a second lens unit, and a drive unit. The first lens unit includes a first lens element and a first lens support frame supporting the first lens element. The second lens unit includes a second lens element and a second lens support frame supporting the second lens element. The second lens unit is supported by the first lens unit to be movable in the optical axis direction of the first lens element with respect to the first lens unit. The drive unit is arranged to be used to drive the second lens unit with respect to the first lens unit, and is fixed to the first lens unit. When viewed in the optical axis direction, the drive unit is fixed to the first lens unit so that a first profile line formed by the first lens unit and the drive unit is substantially circular.
US08259401B2	Castellated optical mounting structure An optical assembly has a lens element having a plurality of radially extending tabs and a mounting structure having a plurality of retaining members. The retaining members extend in a direction substantially parallel to an optical axis defined by the mounting structure and are positioned complementary to the radially extending tabs of the lens element. A portion of the mounting structure is in an interference fit with the a portion of the lens element.
US08259400B2	Zoom lens system, imaging apparatus, and method for manufacturing zoom lens system A zoom lens system including, in order from an object, a first lens group G1 having negative refractive power, a second lens group G2 having positive refractive power, a third lens group G3 having negative refractive power, and a fourth lens group G4 having positive refractive power, upon zooming from a wide-angle end state W to a telephoto end state T, varying respective distances between adjacent lens groups G1, G2, G3, G4, shifting at least one portion of the third lens group G3 in a direction including a component perpendicular to the optical axis, and satisfying given conditional expressions, thereby providing a zoom lens system having a lens capable of moving in a direction including a component perpendicular to the optical axis, and realizing a high zoom ratio and excellent optical performance.
US08259393B2	Polarization-modulating optical element An optical element includes a support plate composed of optically active material having an optic axis and at least two planar-parallel portions supported by the support plate, each of the at least two planar-parallel portions composed of optically active material having an optic axis. When a first linearly polarized light ray passes through a first section of the optical element along a direction parallel to the optic axes, a plane of oscillation of the first linearly polarized light ray is rotated by a first angle and when a second linearly polarized light ray passes through a second section of the optical element along a direction parallel to the optic axes, a plane of oscillation of the second linearly polarized light ray is rotated by a second angle different from the first angle.
US08259384B2	Illumination device and display device An illumination device is provided and includes: a light guide member; a light source provided on one or more side faces of the light guide member; and a light modulating element including a pair of transparent substrates disposed to oppose each other with a gap therebetween, a first electrode provided on a surface of one of the transparent substrates, a second electrode provided on a surface of the other of the transparent substrates, and a light modulation layer provided in the gap and expressing a scattering property or a transparency to light from the light source in accordance with a magnitude of an electric field. The first electrode, the second electrode, or both thereof is patterned, and a density of pattern of the first electrode, the second electrode, or both thereof to which the patterning is applied is varied depending on a distance from the light source.
US08259383B2	Beam combiner and a light source with such a beam combiner A beam combiner for combining at least two light beams (1, 2) into one combined light beam (3), in particular in the beam path of an optical arrangement, preferably of a microscope, is with respect to a flexible beam combination with structurally simple means characterized by an acousto-optical element (4) in which a mechanical wave or sound wave for deflecting or bending light beams can be generated, so that a first light beam (1) entering the acousto-optical element (4) and at least a second light beam (2) entering the acousto-optical element (4) exit the acousto-optical element (4) in a collinear manner as a combined light beam (3). Further, a light source with such a beam combiner is specified.
US08259379B2	Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus An optical scanning device, which scans a surface to be scanned by light, includes a light source, a coupling optical system, which changes light from the light source into approximately parallel light, a light control reflection member which is disposed in an optical path of the light from the coupling optical system, the light control reflection member defining a diameter of a beam of the light which scans the surface to be scanned, and reflecting a part of the light which is not used for the scanning toward the coupling optical system, and a light detector which receives the light reflected by the light control reflection member via the coupling optical system.
US08259377B2	Delayed optical logic gates for boolean algebra A system, method, and apparatus for delayed optical logic gates based on slow light and enhanced nondegenerate four-wave mixing processes, where a single or multiple delayed optical routers are utilized for dark resonance interactions in which two-color lasers interact with a three-level nonlinear optical medium comprised of two ground states and one excited state through the nondegenerate four-wave mixing processes. The delayed optical logic mechanism is based on combination of single or multiple dark resonance-induced two-photon coherence conversion via slow light phenomenon. The two-photon coherence induced on the ground states is optically detected via nondegenerate four-wave mixing processes. The nondegenerate four-wave mixing generation is enhanced owing to dark resonance or electromagnetically induced transparency. The delayed optical logic gates have potential to keep up ultra-high-bandwidth optical information processing using relatively slow electronic processing devices.
US08259373B2	Soft proofing method and apparatus to perform color matching between input image data and a printed output image An image processing method of reproducing an image displayed on a screen of a display unit on a printing medium used by an image forming device includes displaying a preview window on the screen of the display unit, displaying the image in the preview window, and printing the image having the same colors as those displayed in the preview window using the image forming device. In addition, an image processing apparatus usable with a display unit and an image forming device includes a data capture unit to capture data of at least a portion of an image displayed on a screen of the display unit, and a color adjustment unit to convert the image displayed on the screen of the display unit to an image having the same colors as those of an image displayed in a preview window by adjusting the colors of the image displayed on the screen of the display unit based on the image data captured by the data capture unit, and to output the converted image to the image forming device.
US08259371B2	Image reading apparatus, image reading method, program and recording medium for color processing parameter adjustment using a first color processing step on an image read from a front side of a document and a second color processing step on an image read from a back side of the document There are provided a first color processing step of performing color processing on an image read from a front side of a document and a second color processing step of performing color processing on an image read from a back side of the document. A color of the image color-processed in the first color processing step is set as an initial target. A color processing parameter used in the second color processing step is adjusted such that a color of the image color-processed in the second color processing step matches the initial target. The color processing parameters used in the first and second color processing steps are adjusted in multiple steps such that both the color obtained by the parameter adjustment and the color of the image color-processed in the first color processing step become closer stepwise to the color of the image color-processed in the second color processing step.
US08259359B2	Image processing device and image forming apparatus equipped with the image processing device A band plotting processing unit analyzes input data to plot in pixel units an image of RGB data corresponding to a character image to be printed, analyzes the input data to generate micropixel RGB data of a low resolution and micropixel shape information (DOT information) of a high resolution. The low resolution image is then converted to a high resolution output image based on the RGB data, the DOT information, and the micropixel RGB data stored in a main memory.
US08259358B2	Apparatus for eliminating moire in scanned image and method for the same A method for eliminating moire in scanned digital image comprises the steps of using an average circuit for taking weighted average and error diffusing a gray level difference between an error diffusion pixel Gij and neighbor pixels to neighbor to obtain output image pixel Y′ij; using a second adder for subtracting the error diffusion pixel Gij from the output image pixel Y′ij to obtain a neighbor image error dij; using a error filter H(z) to process the neighbor image error dij to obtain a corrected pixel error H(d(i,j)); and using a first adder for adding the corrected pixel error H(d(i,j)) and the input image pixel Yij to obtain the corrected error diffusion pixel Gij, and then jumping to first step until all pixels being processed. The method provides real time treatment for eliminating moire and provide smooth image.
US08259357B2	Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image processing method, and computer readable recording medium An error diffusion process section performs an error diffusion process on a pixel value of each of processing object pixels and outputs the processed pixel value to an output selection section. A blue noise mask process performs a blue noise mask process on a pixel value of each of processing object pixels and outputs the processed pixel value to the output selection section. The output selection section selects and outputs the pixel value outputted from the error diffusion process section when a segmentation class signal indicates a character (text) area or a halftone dot area, namely an edge area, and selects and outputs the pixel value outputted from the blue noise mask process section when a segmentation class signal indicates an area other than the character area or the halftone dot area, namely non-edge area.
US08259354B2	Calibration of a recording apparatus The present invention relates to a method for changing a calibration of a recording apparatus (10) to adjust for geometric distortion comprising: providing a media support (12) for receiving recording media (17); operating a recording head (16) comprising a plurality of individually addressable recording channels (23) to form at least one image feature on the recording media while the recording media is positioned with a first orientation (50A) on the media support; positioning the recording media with a second orientation (50B) on the media support, wherein the second orientation is different from the first orientation; detecting distortion in the at least one image feature while the recording media is positioned with the second orientation on the media support; and adjusting activation timing of a portion of the recording channels in accordance with the detected distortion.
US08259353B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is provided. A first cleaning unit is configured to collect a particle deposited on an object. An applying unit is configured to apply a voltage to the first cleaning unit. A first detector is configured to detect a first current flowing between the first cleaning unit and the object. A controller is configured to control the applying unit. When the detected first current becomes equal to or greater than a first predetermined value, the controller controls the applying unit to reduce the voltage applied to the first cleaning unit so as to make the first current smaller than the first predetermined value.
US08259349B2	Document conversion for overprints A printing system includes a converter for replacing graphic elements of a document (100) that is subject to subsequent processing such as color matching. Conversion involves using multiply transparency in place of overprint and creating transparency groups (21, 23) to replace elements (1-4) that have subsequent elements that meet an overlapping overprint criteria. An element transparency group (21, 23) includes multiple elements based on the original element (1, 3) but with geometry and selected colorant channels modified based on the relationship between the original element (1, 3) and each subsequent original element (1-4) meeting the criteria.
US08259346B2	Selective extended gamut printing system and method Various embodiments of a system and method for selectively printing with an extended color gamut are disclosed.
US08259341B2	Information processing apparatus, control method, storage medium A host computer executes an application to create variable print data. Then, the host computer executes an application to optimize the created variable print data. Then, the host computer executes a device driver to send the optimized variable print data to an image forming apparatus.
US08259339B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a memory that stores therein a control program, a central processing unit that executes the control program stored in the memory, a print engine controlled by the central processing unit, and a unit that is selected from a plurality of units. An identification signal generating unit generates identification data indicating a type of the unit. An exclusive OR unit allocates an exclusive OR data of an address data for the central processing unit to access the memory and the identification data to the memory.
US08259338B2	Image forming apparatus and method of file conversion An image forming apparatus having a file-format conversion function and a method thereof. The image forming apparatus is capable of performing a data communication with an external memory device. The image forming apparatus includes an interface unit to receive a first file from the external memory device and to transmit a second file to the external memory device, and a file converter to convert a format of the first file from a first format into a second format according to information on the first and second files. Thus, the format of the received file can be converted in the image forming apparatus in a simple and speed way.
US08259337B2	Method and apparatus for switching high-speed facsimile to ordinary facsimile A method applied to T.38 gateway for making high-speed facsimile fall back to ordinary facsimile, including: detecting a call menu signal from a calling high-speed facsimile machine; intercepting the call menu signal when the call menu signal containing high-speed facsimile service information is detected; detecting a digital identification signal from a called high-speed facsimile machine; setting V.8BIT in the digital identification signal to zero. The method of the invention is a reliable and effective method for identifying a facsimile service and making a high-speed facsimile process fall back to an ordinary facsimile process.
US08259336B2	Print control apparatus and method, and print system In this invention, a combined job obtained by combining a plurality of jobs is authenticated as a single job. According to the arrangement of this invention, when print jobs are to be spooled, these jobs are transferred from a dispatcher to a spooler where the jobs are combined. Upon reception of a print instruction, the print job is read out from a spool file, transferred from a despooler to a graphic engine again, and transferred from the dispatcher to a printer driver. At this time, the printer driver issues an authentication request in printing to a job accounting client. Thus, only one authentication request suffices for one combined job.
US08259332B2	Printing apparatus and printing system In a conventional system, an eventing method and status inquiry method based on one-to-one communication are not suitable for notifying many unspecified network-connected hosts of the status of an apparatus in accordance with the WSD and UPnP protocols. A multicast packet capable of notifying many unspecified apparatuses of the status using one packet cannot transmit statuses other than connection and disconnection of an apparatus. To solve these problems, when the status of an apparatus changes, an identifier which is contained in a multicast packet and indicates the apparatus itself is sent after being replaced in accordance with the apparatus status without changing a format defined by a standard protocol. Upon receiving the packet, an apparatus determines, from the identifier contained in the multicast packet, whether to acquire information of the apparatus.
US08259328B2	Apparatus for transmitting image An image transmitting apparatus transmits an image of a document in which an information disclosure level is set. A transmission operation to a specified destination is performed when an information disclosure level set in the specified destination is higher than the information disclosure level set in a document to be transmitted.
US08259325B2	Data communication apparatus and data processing method for controlling transmission of a print completion notification In a data communication apparatus having a printing function of printing, for example, received emails, and a function of transmitting print completion notifications, if received data is a print completion notification, it may be printed out, but a print completion notification indicating that the printing of the received data has been completed is not transmitted. Then, wasteful transmission of print completion notifications is prevented. Alternatively, the printing itself of the received data is inhibited, which prevents wasteful consumption of printing resources.
US08259323B2	Mobile print planning system, mobile print planning program, and mobile print planning method There is provided a mobile print planning system for making a mobile print plan, in which a plurality of mobile objects having an operation execution unit performing a printing or post-printing operation are communicably connected to each other and the mobile print plan allows the plurality of mobile objects to perform the printing or post-printing operation. The system includes a delivery instruction information acquisition unit acquiring delivery instruction information including a specification of the printing or post-printing operation; and a management unit making a movement plan and an operation execution plan for the plurality of mobile objects on the basis of the delivery instruction information acquired by the delivery instruction information acquisition unit.
US08259318B2	Printing apparatus and information processing apparatus A printing apparatus including a reception unit configured to receive print data, a first identification unit configured to identify user information contained in the received print data, a first determination unit configured to determine whether there is any user currently logged onto the printing apparatus, a second identification unit configured to identify user information corresponding to a currently logged on user, a second determination unit configured to determine whether the user information is identical, a suspending unit configured to suspend print processing when the user information are not identical to each other, a printing unit configured to print the print data when the user information are identical to each other, and print the print data in response to a log-out action of the currently logged on user when the print data is suspended by the suspending unit, and an inhibition unit configured to inhibit a log-in action based on different user information.
US08259316B2	Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus having a light adjusting member An image reading apparatus includes a reading unit, a first guide member, a second guide member, a light adjusting member and a light adjusting control unit. The reading unit reads an original document. The first guide member places the original document thereon when the reading unit reads the original document. The second guide member is disposed opposite to the first guide member. The light adjusting member is disposed between the first guide member and the second guide member and adjusts permeation of light irradiated from the reading unit. The light adjusting control unit controls in such a manner to adjust the light permeating through the light adjusting member when the reading unit reads the original document.
US08259314B2	Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer program product An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of functions related to an image forming process. The image forming apparatus includes a presentation layer, a logic layer, and a device layer. The presentation layer manages information received from a user and output for the user. Based on information received from the user in the presentation layer, the logic layer specifies a specific function from among the functions. The device layer controls the functions, and performs the specific function specified by the logic layer.
US08259313B2	Image processing apparatus, method, and computer-readable medium storing the program thereof An image processing apparatus receives page description data, converts the page description data, thereby generating first intermediate data that is described for each object, converts the first intermediate data, thereby generating second intermediate data that is described with edge information of an object, stores, in a storage area, data representing drawing position information of an object, determines whether the object overlaps with and is located behind another object, in the case where it is determined that the object is located behind another object, performs character recognition processing on the first intermediate data, whereas in the case where it is determined that the object is not located behind another object, performs character recognition processing on the second intermediate data.
US08259311B2	Method for determining position, laser beam detector and detector-reflector device for a system for determining position The invention relates to a system for determining a position by emitting a first laser beam (7) by a laser source (6) positioned in a reference system onto a detector (1) and simultaneously detecting the first laser beam (7) by the detector (1), thus defining an emission direction of the laser source (7). The detector (1) has a segmented detection area comprising a plurality of discrete partial detection areas (17), each having a defined partial detection direction and at least two partial detection directions thereof being different. When detecting the first laser beam (7), an impingement point (9) of the first laser beam (7) on the detector (1) is detected by means of at least one partial detection area (17), and when determining the incidence direction (10), said direction is derived from the at least one partial detection direction. The location of the detector (1) relative to the laser source (6) and the reference system is then determined using the emission direction and the incidence direction (10).
US08259310B2	Position detection apparatus, exposure apparatus, and method of manufacturing device A position detection apparatus includes an imaging system, an illumination system including a rotary table having first and second aperture stops, both of which can be positioned on the pupil plane of the illumination system, a first image sensor that detects the image of the mark formed by the imaging system, a second image sensor that senses an image of the aperture stop for the imaging system and that of the first aperture stop, and a controller. The controller corrects the first aperture stop so as to reduce the adverse influence of a displacement of the first aperture stop, based on sensed images of the aperture stop for the imaging system and the first aperture stop. Based on the detected position of the image of the mark, the apparatus detects the position of an object to be detected using the illumination light having passed through the corrected first aperture stop.
US08259304B2	Broadband discrete spectrum optical source A new broadband discrete spectrum light source comprising a gain medium placed in a feedback cavity is disclosed. A design for a feedback cavity including reflectors having raised-edge reflectivity is presented. Bandwidth enhancement is achieved by selectively enhancing the intensity of the discrete emission lines near the band edges of the gain medium spectrum. The bandwidth of a broadband discrete spectrum light source is further enhanced by digitally applying a spectral correction to each detected signal according to a predetermined correction profile. A combined effect of using a broadband discrete spectrum light source and applying spectral correction to the detected signal in an imaging system such as a Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT) imaging system, results in a desired spectral profile and a bandwidth necessary to achieve higher depth resolution for obtaining high quality diagnostic images.
US08259299B2	Gas scanning and analysis Systems and methods for scanning and analyzing characteristics of a gas sample utilizing electromagnetic radiation are disclosed. More particularly, the systems and methods utilize an electromagnetic radiation source connected to a transmitter and an analyzer connected to a receiver. A sample gas volume to be analyzed is placed between the transmitter and receiver and a frequency sweep of electromagnetic radiation is transmitted through the sample to create a series of spectral data sets, which are developed into a composite spectrogram by the analyzer and processed to determine the one or more characteristics of the sample. A magnetic field can alternatively be applied around the transmitter, receiver and sample to enhance some characteristic analysis applications and to make other characteristic analysis applications possible.
US08259297B1	Scanning focal length metrology An optical metrology system collects data while scanning over the focal range. The data is evaluated to determine a peak intensity value from the data. In one embodiment, only data from one side of the peak value is used. The characteristic of the sample is determined based on the peak value. In one embodiment, monochromatic light is used. In another embodiment, polychromatic light is used and peak intensity values for a plurality of wavelengths are determine and combined to form a measured spectrum for the sample, which can then be used to determine the sample properties of interest. In one embodiment, the peak intensity is determined using curve fitting.
US08259296B1	Scanning focal length metrology An optical metrology system collects spectral data while scanning over the focal range. The spectral data is evaluated to determine a plurality of peak intensity values for wavelengths in the spectra. The peak intensities are then combined to form the measured spectrum for the sample, which can then be used to determine the sample properties of interest. In one embodiment, the peak intensity is determined based on the measured maximum intensity and a number n of intensity values around the measured maximum intensity, e.g., using curve fitting. If desired, the number n may be varied as a function of wavelength to vary the effective spot size of the metrology system while optimizing noise performance. The peak intensity may also be derived as the measured maximum intensity or through a statistical analysis.
US08259292B2	System and method for providing scanning polarized reference sources A method of providing a polarized radio frequency scanning source is provided. The method including amplitude modulating at least two synchronized polarized radio frequency (RF) carrier signals with a predetermined relationship between their amplitude modulation of their electric field components and their polarization states to provide a scanning polarized RF reference source with a desired scanning range, pattern and frequency. The two or more synchronized polarized RF carrier signals with the predetermined relationship between their amplitude modulation can obtain a periodic or non-periodic scanning range, rate and frequency.
US08259290B2	Diffractive optical device, and aligner comprising that device The invention relates to a pupil filter used for the illumination optical system of a semiconductor aligner or the like that can prevent a decrease in the quantity of light having transmitted through it, enhance the efficiency of semiconductor exposure, reduce loads of correction by the optical proximity effect and yield a stable yet high-resolution optical image without engendering size fluctuations of a pattern imaged on a wafer depending on a mask pattern pitch. Specifically, the invention provides a diffractive optical device for the formation of a pupil filter used for the illumination optical system of an aligner adapted to direct light emanating from a light source to a mask via an illumination optical system and project a pattern on the mask onto an alignment substrate and exposing it to light via a projection optical system. The pupil filter formed by the diffractive optical device is a dipole pupil comprising two light transmissive areas (11). The two light transmissive areas (11) are in a fan-form configuration symmetric at a given distance from the center of the pupil filter, between them there is an area (12) of low light transmittance, and outside the two light transmissive areas (11) and the area (12) of low light transmittance there is a light block area (13).
US08259289B2	Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method In optical maskless lithography, scanning of a single substrate is typically much slower than in conventional lithography. Solutions are described for the adoption of immersion lithography techniques into optical maskless lithography and in particular provides one or more solutions to reduce the amount of time which the immersion liquid is in contact with any given part of the top surface of the substrate during imaging.
US08259287B2	Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A liquid supply system for an immersion lithographic apparatus provides a laminar flow of immersion liquid between a final element of the projection system and a substrate. A control system minimizes the chances of overflowing and an extractor includes an array of outlets configured to minimize vibrations.
US08259284B2	Exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method An exposure apparatus of the present invention includes a vacuum container accommodating a structure, a vacuum pump configured to increase the degree of vacuum achieved inside the vacuum container, a radiation unit configured to perform a heat exchange through radiation for the structure, a temperature detecting unit configured to detect the temperature of the structure, and a control unit configured to control the radiation unit based on the detected temperature, wherein the radiation unit is arranged at a position determined so that the radiation unit does not interfere with a heat exchange achieved through radiation between the vacuum pump and the structure.
US08259278B2	Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display includes; first and second substrates facing each other, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates and including liquid crystal molecules, a first subpixel electrode disposed on the first substrate, the first subpixel electrode receiving a first data voltage, a second subpixel electrode disposed on the first substrate, the second subpixel electrode receiving a second data voltage; and a short protrusion disposed on the second substrate and simultaneously facing the first and second subpixel electrodes, wherein the liquid crystal layer is vertically aligned and has positive dielectric anisotropy.
US08259276B2	Active device array substrate with plurality of marks in a peripheral area and liquid crystal display panel An active device array substrate includes a substrate, a pixel array, a peripheral circuit, and a number of marks. The substrate has an active area and a peripheral circuit area that is connected to the active area. The pixel array is disposed on the active area of the substrate. The peripheral circuit is disposed on the peripheral circuit area of the substrate. Besides, the peripheral circuit includes a number of driver bonding pads, a number of fan-out lines, and a number of connecting lines. The fan-out lines are electrically connected to the pixel array. Each of the connecting lines connects one of the driver bonding pads and one of the fan-out lines. Additionally, the connecting lines are arranged in different pitches. Each of the marks is disposed between two adjacent connecting lines.
US08259271B2	Color filter substrate and liquid crystal display panel including the same A color filter substrate includes a substrate, a black matrix disposed on the substrate, a color filter on a sub-pixel area partitioned by the black matrix, a common electrode disposed on the color filter to receive a common voltage, and an anti-reflective layer configured to prevent the reflection of light in the color filter substrate.
US08259270B2	Color washout reducing liquid crystal display panel and LCD device using the same A color washout reducing LCD panel including a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer sealed between the first and second substrates is provided. The first substrate includes several thin film transistors (TFTs) arranged in an array and several pixel electrodes each electrically connected to one TFT. Each pixel electrode has a first and a second electrode blocks. The first electrode block has several first slits, wherein a first interval of the first electrode block is perpendicular to the first slits, and a first width of the first electrode block is between any two neighboring first slits. The second electrode block has several second slits, wherein a second interval of the second electrode block is perpendicular to the second slit and not equal to the first interval, and a second width of the second electrode block is between any two neighboring second slits.
US08259269B2	Liquid crystal display device with pixel electrode or common electrode having slit like aperture with increasing width A VA liquid crystal display device is capable of performing display under the wide environments including a bright place and a dark place, transmission display with a wide viewing angle and a high image quality, and improves the gray scale productivity in an oblique direction. An alignment control structure (projection structure) is disposed in a direction orthogonal to the slits of a common electrode (comb-like electrode), a lateral electric field is applied to a liquid crystal layer that is vertically aligned by the comb-like electrode, and the alignment of the liquid crystal is controlled to a different direction to make multi-domains in the VA liquid crystal display device. Also, the multi-domains are performed by continuously changing the pitches of the slits.
US08259266B2	Liquid crystal display device having particular dual adhesive layer module An LCD device having a backlight module, a display module and an adhesive layer is provided. The backlight module has an inner fringe for holding the display module. The display module sequentially includes a lower polarizer, a display panel and an upper polarizer. The edge of the upper surface of the display panel is exposed because the area of the upper polarizer is smaller than the area of the display panel. The adhesive layer has a first adhesive film and a second adhesive film. The display module is disposed on the inner fringe of the backlight module by using the adhesive layer wherein the first adhesive film is on the side wall of the backlight module and portion of the edge of the upper surface of the display panel, the second adhesive film is on the portion of the first adhesive film and the exposed edge of upper surface of the display panel.
US08259264B2	Liquid crystal display device with viewing angle control areas having a black matrix that does not overlap with the data lines The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that can electrically control the viewing angle. A liquid crystal display device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a first electrode group on the lower substrate and a first region of liquid crystals in image drive areas controllable according to an applied voltage, and a second electrode group on the lower substrate and a second region of liquid crystals in viewing angle control areas controllable according to an applied voltage, wherein the first region and the second region may be controlled separately.
US08259263B2	Roll of optical film laminate, and method and system for manufacturing the same A roll of optical-film laminate that increases accuracy, speed and yield in the production of liquid-crystal display elements. The roll of optical film laminate is for use in an apparatus for continuously producing liquid-crystal display elements. The optical film comprises a polarizing composite film of a laminate having a continuous web of polarizer and a protective film superposed on one side of the continuous polarizer, an adhesive layer disposed on one side of the laminate; and a carrier film superposed on the adhesive layer of the polarizing film in a peelable state. Defective and normal regions in the polarizing film are determined. According to these determined regions, coded information that specifies positions of slit lines to be formed in the optical-film web are recorded on the continuous web.
US08259261B2	Liquid crystal display device comprising a tempered glass plate with an anti-reflection layer preventing static electricity A liquid crystal display device is provided. The liquid crystal display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes a backlight unit; a liquid crystal display panel located on the backlight unit; a polarization plate located on the liquid crystal display panel; and a tempered glass plate located on the polarization plate, the tempered glass plate including an anti-reflection layer having at least one of a non-conductive oxide film and a conductive oxide film, wherein a conductive tape is connected to a portion of the anti-reflection layer.
US08259260B2	Reflective display devices and methods of manufacturing the same A reflective display device may include pixels. Each pixel may include sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel may include first and second substrates spaced apart from each other; a driving unit formed on a top surface of the first substrate; a reflective layer, acting as a first electrode to which a voltage is applied by the driving unit, disposed above the driving unit; a second electrode formed on a bottom surface of the second substrate; a color filter layer disposed between the reflective layer and the second electrode; and a polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) layer. If the color filter layer is formed on the reflective layer; then the PDLC layer may be disposed between the second electrode and color filter layer. If the color filter layer is formed on a bottom surface of the second electrode, then the PDLC layer may be disposed between the reflective layer and color filter layer.
US08259259B2	Liquid crystal display device comprising an optically anisotropic film having at least one species of liquid crystal compound which exhibits a nematic phase or a smectic phase An optically anisotropic film comprising at least one species of liquid crystal compound which exhibits a nematic phase or a smectic phase, the liquid crystal phase showing birefringence Δn(λ) at wavelength λ which satisfies the numerical expression (1) below is disclosed. Δn(450 nm)/Δn(550 nm)<1 (1)
US08259258B2	Liquid crystal display having a field emission backlight An LCD display has a programmable backlight device that produces multiple different color fields from multiple different phosphor elements. The backlight device can be a low resolution FED device. The phosphor is applied by an electrophotographic screening process or direct electrostatic screening process. The FED device can further incorporate a wide gamut phosphor.
US08259256B2	Liquid crystal display In a liquid crystal display device of a transflective type, the viewing angle characteristics of displaying in the transmission mode can be sufficiently improved, and yet bright displaying in the reflection mode can be realized. The liquid crystal display device is a liquid crystal display device of a transflective type including a liquid crystal display panel and an illuminator. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first light diffusing element disposed at the viewer's side of a liquid crystal layer and a second light diffusing element disposed at the opposite side of the liquid crystal layer from the viewer.
US08259254B2	Electronic paper device and manufacturing method thereof This present invention provides an electronic paper display device. The electronic paper display device includes a thin film transistor array substrate and a display panel disposed on one side of the thin film transistor array substrate. The thin film transistor array substrate comprises a first substrate, a first metal layer, a dielectric layer, a second metal layer, a channel layer, a pixel electrode layer, a protection layer, a first resin layer and a second resin layer. The display panel includes a second substrate, a transparent electrode layer disposed on the second substrate, and an electronic ink material layer between the transparent electrode layer and the thin film transistor array substrate.
US08259250B2	Liquid crystal display apparatus and method for grounding liquid crystal display apparatus Disclosed is a liquid crystal display apparatus, including: a liquid crystal display panel; a polarizing plate which is processed to be conductive and is attached to a surface of the liquid crystal display panel; and a conductive frame, wherein the polarizing plate includes a projecting area which projects outward from the edge of the liquid crystal display panel, and wherein the conductive frame presses the projecting area of the polarizing plate in order to ground the polarizing plate. A method for grounding a liquid crystal display apparatus is also disclosed.
US08259247B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate having a first portion and a second portion; a pad formed in the first portion; a second substrate facing the second portion; a conductive film formed on the opposite face of the second substrate from the face facing the first substrate; liquid crystal arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate; a conductive resin disposed on the pad so as to extend on the conductive film and electrically connecting the pad with the conductive film; and an insulating layer formed on the first substrate and including a dam part arranged next to the conductive resin in the first portion. The height from the surface of the pad to the surface of the conductive film is 0.31 mm or less in a position avoiding the insulating layer.
US08259243B2	Controllable device for phase modulation A controllable device for phase modulation of coherent light with modulator cells comprising liquid crystal molecules is provided which realizes a large number of phase steps per modulator cell and whose switching delay is shorter than 1 ms. The device can include a spatial light modulator with a modulator matrix having regularly arranged controllable LC modulator cells, a light source which illuminates the modulator matrix, and control means for controlling the phase modulation in the LC modulator cells. The modulator matrix can be configured to comprise a controllable λ/2 plate disposed between two non-controllable λ/4 plates; the controllable LC modulator cells can be PSS liquid crystal; each LC modulator cell is controllable locally with a positive or negative voltage value, depending on the actual phase values to be written; and the control means generate a globally constant phase offset for the phase values to be written in every other frame.
US08259240B2	Multi-touch sensing through frustrated total internal reflection High-resolution, scalable multi-touch sensing display systems and processes based on frustrated total internal reflection employ an optical waveguide that receives light, such as infrared light, that undergoes total internal reflection and an imaging sensor that detects light that escapes the optical waveguide caused by frustration of the total internal reflection due to contact by a user. The optical waveguide when fitted with a compliant surface overlay provides superior sensing performance, as well as other benefits and features. The systems and processes described provide true multi-touch (multi-input) and high-spatial and temporal resolution capability due to the continuous imaging of the frustrated total internal reflection that escapes the entire optical waveguide. Among other features and benefits, the systems and processes are scalable to large installations.
US08259234B2	System and method to insert a person into a movie clip Disclosed is a method for replacing people in a scene of a film with other people by removing the original people with video space-time completion of the film and inserting the other people with video processing software with user input. The method segments automatically the film with the original people and segments automatically the film with the other people.
US08259227B2	Scaling process system, video output apparatus and replay apparatus Disclosed is a scaling process system including a replay apparatus and a video output apparatus which are connected via a HDMI, wherein each of the video output apparatus and the replay apparatus respectively comprises a between-pixel interpolation method table for deciding a superiority/inferiority of a between-pixel interpolation method which is used when carrying out a scaling process in the scaling process system, wherein the video output apparatus including a version request signal transmission device, a version information receiving device, a determining device, a control device, a between-pixel interpolation method table receiving device and a first update execution device, wherein the replay apparatus including a version request signal receiving device, a version information return device, a receiving device, a between-pixel interpolation method table transmission device and a second update executing device.
US08259222B2	Portable multi position magnifier camera Disclosed is a portable magnifier camera that can be selectively positioned into a variety of configurations. At least four distinct viewing configurations are provided: a reading mode wherein the camera rests flatly upon the viewed object; a writing mode wherein the camera rests at an angle upon the viewed object; a hand-held mode wherein the user holds the camera relative to a distant object; and an inspection mode wherein the user holds the viewed object relative to the camera. These configurations enable a user to effectively view objects of differing size and at varying distances.
US08259221B1	System and method for charging rechargeable batteries in a digital camera One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a digital camera configured to be powered by rechargeable nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries. The digital camera includes one or more rechargeable NiMH batteries, and first internal circuitry configured to receive power from a universal serial bus (USB) port associated with an external power source and to charge the rechargeable NiMH batteries without removing the rechargeable NiMH batteries from the digital camera.
US08259218B2	Photographing module with optical zoom This invention provides a photographing module with optical zoom, which at least includes a focusing lens assembly, a zoom lens assembly, a focusing lens actuator, a zoom lens actuator, a photo sensor and a vibration sensor. The focusing lens actuator at least includes a first movable member, a first fixed member and a first electric unit, wherein the first electric unit can drive the first movable member to proceed axial displacement and incline at an angle with respect to at least one axis. The zoom lens actuator at least includes a second movable member, a second fixed member and a second electric unit, wherein the second electric unit can drive the second movable member to proceed axial displacement. Alternatively, the axial inclination driven by the first electric unit of the focusing lens actuator may be driven by the second electric unit of the zoom lens actuator.
US08259215B2	Image pickup apparatus having focus control using phase difference detection The image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup element including image pickup pixels and focus detection pixels, and first and second focus information calculating parts respectively calculating first focus information based on outputs from the focus detection pixels and second focus information based on an output from a light-receiving element which is provided separately from the image pickup element. The focus information indicates a focus state of an image pickup optical system. The apparatus further includes a correction value calculating part calculating a correction value based on the first focus information and the second focus information, and a controlling part performing focus control of the image pickup optical system based on the second focus information corrected using the correction value.
US08259212B2	Multiscale optical system A means of enabling an imaging lens system that overcomes some of the costs and disadvantages of the prior art is disclosed. A lens system in accordance with the present invention reduces or eliminates one or more aberrations of an optical input by separating image collection functionality from image processing functionality. As a result, each function can be performed without compromising the other function. An embodiment of the present invention comprises a collection optic that provides a first optical field, based on light from a scene, to a processing optic that comprises a plurality of lenslets. The processing optic tiles the first optical field into a plurality of second optical fields. Each lenslet receives a different one of the plurality of second optical fields, reduces at least one localized aberration in its received second optical field, and provides the corrected optical field to a different one of plurality of photodetectors whose collective output is used to form a spatially correlated sub-image of that corrected optical field. The sub-images are readily combined into a spatially correlated image of the scene.
US08259205B2	Solid-state image pickup device There is provided a solid-state image pickup device comprising a plurality of pixel units, each of which includes a photoelectric conversion element, a signal line which reads out signals from said plurality of pixel units, a first capacitor element which has a first electrode connected to the signal line, an amplifier which has an input terminal connected to a second electrode of the first capacitor element, and a second capacitor element connected between the input terminal and an output terminal of the amplifier, wherein the first capacitor element has a capacitance value which is smaller at the time of execution of an adding mode than at the time of execution of a non-adding mode, and thereby making an amplification factor of the amplifier smaller at the time of execution of the adding mode than at the time of execution of the non-adding mode.
US08259197B2	Imaging device An imaging device includes an imaging sensor, a switching section, and a controlling section. The imaging sensor includes a light receiving surface to which light receiving elements capable of addressing reading are arranged, and having, on the light receiving surface, an imaging area capturing a subject image and an optical black area outputting a signal of a dark current component, the optical black area which the light receiving elements are covered with a light shielding member. The switching section switching a first state and a second state. The controlling section reads a signal level by each partial area at the optical black area when a dark image is captured in the second state after capturing a normal image in the first state, sequentially compares with the signal level at a corresponding position of the normal image, and controls a exposure time of the dark image according to the comparison result.
US08259196B2	Comparator, method of calibrating comparator, solid-state imaging device, and camera system A comparator includes: a signal input terminal; a capacitor connected between the signal input terminal and a signal line; and a switching transistor for calibration which is turned on/off to periodically charge the capacitor with a voltage difference between a signal voltage and an operating point of the comparator, wherein an on-resistance of the switching transistor which is turned on when performing the charging is dynamically controlled by a control pulse having a limited amplitude.
US08259193B2	Image file reproduction apparatus and image data reproduction apparatus An image file reproduction apparatus includes a reproduction unit that reads an image file from a storage medium storing image files capable of storing plural pieces of image data and reproduces the read image file, a first operation unit that receives a command for selecting any one of image files stored in the storage medium, and a second operation unit that receives a command for selecting any one of image data stored in the image file selected by the command received by the first operation unit. The reproduction unit controls selection of image data to be reproduced in a different way according to the operation made on the respective operation units.
US08259192B2	Digital image processing apparatus for playing mood music with images, method of controlling the apparatus, and computer readable medium for executing the method A digital image processing apparatus including an image storage medium arranged to store an image; a display unit arranged to display the image; a mood determination unit arranged to determine the mood of the image. The apparatus is arranged to select music that matches the determined mood of the image and arranged to play the selected music while displaying the image. A method of controlling a digital image processing apparatus, the method including (a) determining a mood of an image; and (b) playing music with a mood that matches the determined mood of the image while displaying the image on a display unit.
US08259190B2	Image processing file setting system A system setting an image processing parameter in an imaging apparatus and an information processing apparatus, downloads a parameter file from an external apparatus, and sets in the imaging apparatus an image processing parameter included in the parameter file downloaded from the external apparatus. In the information processing apparatus, image data is processed using the image processing parameter included in the parameter file. Thus, the information processing apparatus and the imaging apparatus can perform image processing using an image processing parameter obtained from one downloaded parameter file.
US08259185B2	Terminal device, connectable position information display method and program A terminal device includes: a communication means radio communicatable to access points; a storage means for storing a database associating identification information and position information of an access point connected with the communication means in association with each other; a position information acquiring section that acquires current position information; and a control section that causes a display section to display related information of the access point based on the database when the communication means does not detect a connectable access point.
US08259180B2	Method and apparatus for estimating the imaging capability of an image-formation optical system The invention is concerned with an imaging capability estimation method and apparatus for an image-formation optical system, which can match the results of direct estimation of an actually visible image to the visibility of that image and is less vulnerable to image processing. According to the method and apparatus, an image of a random pattern 1 is formed through an image-formation optical system S to be inspected. A texture attribute is calculated from the picked-up random pattern image, and the obtained texture attribute is used to make an estimation of the imaging capability of the image-formation optical system S.
US08259179B2	Compensating for non-uniform illumination of object fields captured by a camera Techniques for modifying data of an image that can be implemented in a digital camera, video image capturing device and other optical systems are provided to correct for non-uniform illumination appearing in data obtained using one or more illumination sources from a two-dimensional photo-sensor. In order to correct for these variations, a small amount of modification data is stored in a small memory within the optical system. According to a specific embodiment, non-uniform illumination correction factors are derived during a calibration procedure by illuminating a surface having uniform optical properties with the non-uniform illumination source and imaging that illuminated surface onto the photo-sensor.
US08259176B2	Information provision apparatus, information provision system and information provision method According to an aspect of the present invention, it is possible to visually show both of information which is originally visually recognizable and information which is originally not seen that have been provided from equipment on the same image, so that it is possible to grasp the content of information and the source of providing the information corresponding to or in association with each other. Furthermore, it is possible to view information difficult to visually recognize together with visually recognizable information, and it is possible to clearly grasp, in addition to information which can be visually obtained at the place where a user currently stays, information related to the visually obtained information, from an image visually indicating the association.
US08259175B2	Optimizing video stream processing The present invention involves implementation of an intelligent switching program, whereby the processing power required to monitor check-out stations is considerably reduced. The present invention monitors a subset of check-out stations at any given time, instead of monitoring all check-out stations at all times. The subset of check-out stations is determined dynamically according to, but not limited to, cashier records, input parameters from the user, current lane activity, past lane activity, time of day, etc. Statistical models (e.g., effective population sampling and/or population hypothesis tests) are developed along these lines that guide the lane selection process, whereby increases in the false-negative rate due to failure to monitor particular lanes when events of interest occur are controlled. By monitoring fewer check-out stations, while maintaining target performance accuracy, the amount of data that end users must deal with is significantly reduced.
US08259172B2	Picture searching apparatus The picture input section 12 fetches image data from the storage device 11, and then, inputs image data on sequential n images into the section 13 for measuring correlation between sequential images and the section 14 for measuring correlation between sampled images. The section 13 for measuring correlation between sequential images measures the correlation between sequential images based on video data. The section 14 for measuring correlation between sampled images measures the correlation between sub-sampled images. The short shot determining section 15 determines short cut points by using the correlation between the sequential images and the correlation between the sub-sampled images. Otherwise, short cut points may be determined in consideration of motion amount between the sequential images or the sub-sampled images.
US08259171B2	Digital camera system for microscope and microscope system, where output depends on change in observation magnification after measurement value is displayed An imaging system for a microscope comprises: an imaging unit imaging an optical image from a microscope; a display unit displaying the imaged image; a specifying unit specifying at least a given position on the displayed image to set a measurement target; a measurement and drawing unit performing measurement of the measurement target and drawing of the measurement target, as well as making a measurement value obtained by the measurement displayed at a predetermined position on the screen; a magnification change determination unit determining whether there has been a change in an observation magnification of the microscope; a control unit performing, when it is determined that there has been a change in the observation magnification of the microscope after the measurement value is displayed, an output in accordance with the change.
US08259166B2	Image capture and display device A display device for capturing and displaying images along a single optical axis, having an image capture device for capturing the objective image through the display panel when the display device is in a second transmissive state; an image supply source for providing an image to a display panel when the display panel is in a first display state; a mechanism for alternating placing the display panel between the first display state and second transmissive state such that an image can be viewed on the display screen and the object can be captured such that the alternating between the first display state and the second transmissive state is substantially imperceptible to a user of the display panel; and a mechanism for providing digitally image processing for captured images prior to display.
US08259164B2	Image display apparatus The image display apparatus includes first and second display elements displaying partial images of a single image, and first and second optical elements each having first, second, and third surfaces. The first and second optical elements respectively allow light fluxes from the first and second display elements to enter the first and second optical elements through the first surface, and then respectively causing the light fluxes to be reflected by the second and third surfaces to emerge from the first and second optical elements through the second surface toward an exit pupil. The second surface of the second optical element has an overlap area facing or contacting the third surface of the first optical element. The second optical element causes the light flux from the second display element to emerge toward the exit pupil through a non-overlap area in the second surface.
US08259163B2	Display with built in 3D sensing Information from execution of a vision processing module may be used to control a 3D vision system.
US08259158B2	Method for improving image quality and color compensating device and image processing device A method for improving image quality in an image processing device comprises receiving an image signal comprising a plurality of field signals corresponding to a plurality of fields, each field signal comprising a plurality of pixel signals corresponding to a plurality of pixels, and each pixel signal comprising an original chrominance value and a compensating chrominance value; replacing the compensating chrominance value of a pixel signal in every field signal by the original chrominance value of another pixel signal of a same position in another field signal, and generating a primary compensating result corresponding to every pixel signal; calculating a primary weighted sum of a pixel signal corresponding to every pixel and a primary compensating result corresponding to the pixel signal according to a degree of variation corresponding to every pixel of every field; and outputting the primary weighted sum corresponding to every pixel, to output primary compensating field signals.
US08259156B2	Videoconference arrangement A television and camcorder combination include an acoustic echo canceller and a videoconference protocol stack in order to provide videoconferencing capabilities using only a television in combination with an attached camcorder. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
US08259154B2	Mobile terminal and method of creating multimedia contents therein A mobile terminal including a camera configured to capture a first video image of a user using the mobile terminal, a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal, an audio output module configured to output currently played music, a display configured to display at least one of the first image of the user using the mobile terminal and a second video image of a user using said at least one other terminal during a video communication call operation between the mobile terminal and the at least one other terminal, a user input unit configured to input a key signal requesting a music video be created, and a controller configured to create a music video file including at least one of the first video image and the second video image together with the currently played music if the key signal requesting the music video be created is input during the video communication call operation.
US08259152B2	Video call distributor A Video Call Distributor, including systems and methods, for distributing high quality real time video calls over an IP Packet-Based Wide Area Network and for routing those calls based on an ability to communicate and leverage existing routing rules and logic of a call management system, such as a traditional PBX-based.
US08259148B2	Image forming apparatus A measuring section that measures the position shift in the main scanning direction of a plurality of light sources, a signal generating section that generates synchronized INDEX signals that in which the writing timing of the different light sources has been adjusted according to the position shifts, a signal generating section that generates the signals for driving the light sources based on the synchronized INDEX signals and image data, and a measuring section that detects the timing shift component in the main scanning direction included in the synchronized INDEX signal generated in the condition in which adjustments have been made according to the position shift, and further shift correction is carried out in the main scanning direction based on the timing shift component, for the synchronized INDEX signal which are adjusted and generated in accordance with the position shift of a plurality of light sources.
US08259146B2	Image forming apparatus, control method therefor, and program The image densities of images formed with a plurality of laser beams on the basis of image data are measured. The quantity of each of the plurality of laser beams is adjusted in accordance with the measurement result.
US08259136B2	Mobile terminal and user interface of mobile terminal A method of controlling a mobile terminal and which includes displaying contents on a display screen of the terminal, receiving a signal indicating a portion of the display screen on the mobile terminal has been designated, and executing, via a control unit, a preset function corresponding to an output mode of information contained in the designated portion of the display screen.
US08259135B2	Rotated rendering and locking support for tablet computers and portrait displays Apparatus, systems and methods for handling portrait mode oriented display surfaces without requiring expensive hardware in the display sub-system are disclosed. For example, an apparatus is disclosed such that the rendering of graphics data to the portrait mode display surfaces is redirected at rendering time such that there is no need for adding complicated hardware in the display part of the graphics adapter in order to handle conventional displays—all of which have no circuitry to deal with data natively stored in a portrait mode surface. Additionally, an apparatus to handle direct surface access of a surface through a surface lock which has already been rotated is already described. This can either be done by copying of surface data or by an optimized proposed apparatus which eliminates this copy. Other implementations are also disclosed.
US08259134B2	Data-driven model implemented with spreadsheets Visual items may each be constructed and placed in position using logic defined by a view component corresponding to each visual item, where that logic may depend on one or more values populated into parameter(s) of the view component. Some of those parameter values may correspond to known model parameter values. Others, however, may have been solved for using a model that defines analytical relationships between the model parameters. In one embodiment, which of the model parameters are known, and which are unknown, may not be predetermined. Accordingly, a solver might be prepared for multiple solve operation paths even using a single model. The view composition process may be entirely data-driven, with the solve and/or the visual items implemented using spreadsheets.
US08259133B2	Image display apparatus and image display method An image display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a moving unit configured to move a display position of an image displayed on a display screen; a setting unit configured to set a compressed image display area in the image; and a compression unit configured to, when a nondisplay area that is not displayed on the display screen is created in the image by the moving unit, compress the nondisplay area so that the nondisplay area fits within the compressed image display area and is displayed on the display screen.
US08259131B2	Adaptive sub-sampling for reduction in issued rays According to one embodiment of the invention, by increasing the number of rays issued through adjacent pixels with colors of high contrast while maintaining the number of rays issued through adjacent pixels which do not have colors of high contrast, a ray tracing image processing system may render an anti-aliased image while minimizing the increase in workload experienced by the image processing system. Additionally, according to another embodiment of the invention, by maintaining the number of rays issued through adjacent pixels which have colors of low contrast while increasing the number of rays issued through adjacent pixels which do not have colors of low contrast, the image processing system may reduce workload experienced while performing ray tracing while maintaining the quality of the rendered image.
US08259130B2	Color buffer contrast threshold for adaptive anti-aliasing According to one embodiment of the invention, by increasing the number of rays issued through adjacent pixels with colors of high contrast while maintaining the number of rays issued through adjacent pixels which do not have colors of high contrast, a ray tracing image processing system may render an anti-aliased image while minimizing the increase in workload experienced by the image processing system. Additionally, according to another embodiment of the invention, by maintaining the number of rays issued through adjacent pixels which have colors of low contrast while increasing the number of rays issued through adjacent pixels which do not have colors of low contrast, the image processing system may reduce workload experienced while performing ray tracing while maintaining the quality of the rendered image.
US08259129B2	Dynamic theme color palette generation There is provided a method of changing a theme for a user interface of a computer system comprising receiving an identification of an image with which to define a color palette of a theme for rendering elements of a user interface on a color display of the computer system; analyzing the image to determine at least one predominant color; and defining the color palette in response to the analysis. The image may comprise a background image selected by a user for display by the computer system. Dynamic generation of the color palette matches the user interface to colors to provide flexible and appealing themes. A computer readable memory having recorded thereon instructions to carry out this method is also provided, as well as a device comprising such memory.
US08259128B2	Image processing method for increasing the blurring of pirated images The image is broken down into a breakdown color space. For each broken down source pixel, if a source point PS0j is used to represent the end of the color source vector OPS0j associated with said source pixel, component points P1j, P2j, . . . , Pkj, . . . , Pnj are used to represent the ends of the color component vectors OP1j, OP2j, . . . , OPkj, . . . , OPnj associated with the component pixels, if a limit sphere of radius LS0j is defined, centered on the point PS0j, then said breakdown is such that the following applies: PS0Pj1, PS0Pj2, PS0Pjk, . . . , PS0Pjn≧KS0j×LS0j, with KS0j≧0.5. The effectiveness of the scrambling is then significantly enhanced.
US08259120B2	Seamless switching between graphics controllers A system and method for resolving the blank screen issue when switching between graphics processing units. The system and method provide a graphics adapter LCD timing controller (Tcon) with a frame buffer specifically dedicated to storing previously presented screen data for use when switching graphic processing units. The system further includes a protocol comparator unit within a serial-to-parallel converter and a memory controller coupled to the protocol comparator.
US08259118B2	Event based interactive animation A client device receives a user interface event corresponding to a spline curve associated with an object displayed on a mobile device. The user interface triggers creation of a new spline curve based on computation of a new spline tangent associated with the spline curve and phase space-based dynamics of a new state. A scene graph having state information associated with the new state is maintained. A rendering event triggers repainting of the object associated with the spline curve using the scene graph.
US08259117B2	Avatar eye control in a multi-user animation environment In a multi-participant modeled virtual reality environment, avatars are modeled beings that include moveable eyes creating the impression of an apparent gaze direction. Control of eye movement may be performed autonomously using software to select and prioritize targets in a visual field. Sequence and duration of apparent gaze may then be controlled using automatically determined priorities. Optionally, user preferences for object characteristics may be factored into determining priority of apparent gaze. Resulting modeled avatars are rendered on client displays to provide more lifelike and interesting avatar depictions with shifting gaze directions.
US08259107B2	Storage medium having stored thereon image processing program and image processing apparatus A virtual plane surface PL is divided into a plurality of square regions such that the closer distance to a virtual camera VP a square region is located at, the smaller areas the square region is divided into. Distance information 41 indicative of distances of respective vertices composing each of the square regions from the virtual plane surface PL is read from the internal main memory 11e. Further, coordinate points of positions, which are distanced from respective vertices, which compose polygonal shape regions included in each of the square regions, by distances indicated by the read distance information in a direction perpendicular to the virtual plane surface PL, are used as polygon vertices, which define polygons, whereby the polygons corresponding to the curved surface SF are generated. From each of the square regions, substantially a common number of polygons are generated. In this manner, appropriate polygon information of the curved surface SF which is capable of securing a drawing quality can be generated.
US08259105B2	Ray tracing a three-dimensional scene using a hierarchical data structure Ray tracing a three-dimensional scene made up of geometric primitives that are spatially partitioned into a hierarchical data structure. One example embodiment is a method for ray tracing a three-dimensional scene made up of geometric primitives that are spatially partitioned into a hierarchical data structure. In this example embodiment, the hierarchical data structure includes at least a parent node and a corresponding plurality of child nodes. The method includes a first act of determining that a first active ray in the packet hits the parent node and a second act of descending to each of the plurality of child nodes.
US08259104B2	Domain decomposition by the advancing-partition method for parallel unstructured grid generation In a method for domain decomposition for generating unstructured grids, a surface mesh is generated for a spatial domain. A location of a partition plane dividing the domain into two sections is determined. Triangular faces on the surface mesh that intersect the partition plane are identified. A partition grid of tetrahedral cells, dividing the domain into two sub-domains, is generated using a marching process in which a front comprises only faces of new cells which intersect the partition plane. The partition grid is generated until no active faces remain on the front. Triangular faces on each side of the partition plane are collected into two separate subsets. Each subset of triangular faces is renumbered locally and a local/global mapping is created for each sub-domain. A volume grid is generated for each sub-domain. The partition grid and volume grids are then merged using the local-global mapping.
US08259101B2	Sketch-based design system, apparatus, and method for the construction and modification of three-dimensional geometry Methods, apparatuses, and systems for sketch-based design, construction, and modification of three-dimensional geometry, including a computer drawing system, comprising a two dimensional input device, a display device, and a processor connected to the input device and the display device. The processor includes memory containing computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to define a three dimensional shape model, receive from the two dimensional input device an input indicative of a two dimensional hand drawn element, map the two dimensional hand drawn element to a corresponding portion of the three dimensional shape model, and modify the corresponding portion of the three dimensional shape model to resemble the two dimensional hand drawn element.
US08259099B2	Use of three-dimensional data center to support servicing external operations A solution for supporting servicing an outsource operation(s) using a three-dimensional (3D) data center is provided. In particular, a solution is provided in which a 3D data center is created from aggregating information technology (IT) resource data received from a plurality of outsourced operation locations that may be geographically or task distributed amongst multiple IT service providers.
US08259098B2	Display apparatus and drive control method for the same Supplying first and second measuring voltages to a source terminal of a drive transistor to obtain first and second voltage variations at the source terminal of the drive transistor when a parasitic capacitance of a light emitting element is charged by currents flowed through the drive transistor by the supply of the voltages, obtaining first and second current values of the drive current of the drive transistor based on the first and second voltage variations, obtaining characteristic values of the drive transistor based on the first and second measuring voltages and the first and second current values, and outputting a data signal based on the obtained characteristic values and a drive voltage of the drive transistor corresponding to the amount of emission of the light emitting element to the source terminal of the drive transistor.
US08259096B2	Power saving control method and apparatus employing the same An apparatus and method for saving power in an office machine having a display panel are provided. The method comprises setting the apparatus in an operation standby mode, detecting whether an error exists in the apparatus and turning on the display panel to display the error thereon when the error is detected. Furthermore, the apparatus keeps the display panel in an off state when the error is not detected. Thus, the exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a power saving method of an office machine which prevents unnecessary power consumption during an operation of an office machine having a display panel.
US08259093B2	Image processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, computer program, and storage medium One frame period of image data is divided into a plurality of subframes and driven. A first subframe included in one frame and a second subframe following the first subframe are output at opposite polarities. The image data is output while switching a phase mode between a first mode of driving the first subframe at positive polarity and the second subframe at negative polarity and a second mode of driving the first subframe at negative polarity and the second subframe at positive polarity.
US08259092B2	Method for writing motion and trajectory recognition and writing apparatus and recognizing system The present invention provides a method for writing motion recognition, wherein a sound signal generated when a writing apparatus is contacting and moving on a writing surface is acquired. According to the occurrence of the sound signal, the writing apparatus can be determined whether it is on the writing surface or not. In another embodiment, the present invention further provides a method for writing trajectory recognition, wherein the foregoing method and character recognition techniques are combined to convert a writing trajectory into a character. In addition, the present invention further provides a writing apparatus and a recognition system, wherein a device is installed in the writing apparatus for collecting sound signal generated during the writing process and a processing unit which adapts the foregoing method is used to recognize the motion trajectory of the writing apparatus so as to form the corresponding character.
US08259087B2	Touch panel sensing circuit In a capacitance sensing analog circuit of a touch panel sensing circuit, by raising a magnitude of a current flowing through a sensing capacitor to form an amplified sensing capacitance, while sensing the amplified sensing capacitance with the aid of pulse width modulation signals, higher resolution of the original sensing capacitance may thus be achieved. Besides, by using a self-calibrating capacitance sensing circuit on the touch panel sensing circuit, linear errors and DC errors of an output signal of the capacitance sensing analog circuit may be filtered off, and thereby resolution of a capacitance amplifying ratio may be effectively raised so as to relieve errors within the capacitance amplifying ratio caused by noises.
US08259085B2	Information terminal device having a cleaning mode for cleaning touch panel and operation button An information terminal device has a touch panel and a display unit which are integrally configured, and an operation button provided around the display unit, and the information terminal device includes: a touch number counting unit operable to count number of times of touching the operation button; a touch number storing unit operable to store the number of times counted by the touch number counting unit; and a control unit operable to control the information terminal device by switching an operation mode between a normal mode for working the information terminal device according to operations of the touch panel and the operation button and a cleaning mode for cleaning the touch panel, wherein in the cleaning mode, the control unit prohibits an application from being executed according to operations of the touch panel and the operation button, and terminates the cleaning mode when the number of times of touching the operation button counted by the touch number counting unit reaches a predetermined number.
US08259084B2	Embedded type inductive input display device capable of increasing aperture ratio An embedded type inductive input display device capable of increasing aperture ratios, that is realized through parallel-connecting at least two sensing devices of adjacent pixels separated by a gate line, and said sensing devices are connected to a switch transistor, such that said switch transistor is under control of said gate line, and sensor signals output by said sensing devices are transmitted to a read line for detecting touch-control events and positions. As such, the size of said sensing device utilized can be reduced, hereby effectively increasing aperture ratio of a panel, while maintaining a same magnitude of said sensor signals.
US08259083B2	Mobile device having backpanel touchpad The present invention relates to a mobile device having a backpanel touchpad, and more particularly, to a technique for enabling cursor movements and execution instructions on a frontpanel display screen to be inputted through a touchpad positioned at a backpanel of a mobile device. Accordingly, a touchpad is disposed on a back side of a mobile device, so that the mobile device can be controlled through a contact point at which a user's finger is naturally positioned when a user holds the mobile device with a user's hand. Further, a backpanel touchpad is operated, so that a display screen is not covered with the user's finger.
US08259074B2	Key arrangement for a keyboard A key arrangement includes a plurality of keys that are arranged in a regular grid of rows and columns. The columns include a first column, a last column, and at least one middle column. The keys in the first and last columns are smaller than the keys in the at least one middle column. A method for improving the ergonomics of a key arrangement on a keyboard of a fixed size is provided. A method for designing a key arrangement for a mobile communication device is also provided.
US08259072B2	Input control apparatus and an interactive system using the same An input control apparatus and an interactive system using the same are disclosed. The input control apparatus comprises: a switch unit, for selecting an input mode for the input control apparatus selected from the group consisting of a mouse mode, a joystick mode, a keyboard mode and the combination thereof; an interface unit, for generating an input signal according to the input mode selected by the switch unit; a remote control unit, for generating and thus transmitting a control signal according to the input mode and the input signal. By transmitting the control signals of two aforesaid input control apparatuses to an electronic device, such as a computer, an interactive gaming device or an interactive multimedia device, two such input control apparatuses can be integrated as a handheld apparatus with a left-hand unit and a right-hand unit for meeting the control requirements of a comparatively more complicated game executing on the electronic device. However, for those less complicated game, the two input control apparatuses can be configured as independent devices to be operated by different users. Thereby, users are able to interact with the electronic device.
US08259070B2	Display for a keypad and electronic device having the same A display for a keypad and an electronic device including the display that can improve a user interface environment and stability of input in which the display for the keypad includes: a display panel having a first display region and second display regions; a circuit board disposed on the display panel and including a first opening corresponding to the first display region, second openings corresponding to the second display regions, and keys formed adjacent to the second openings; a touch panel, formed in the first display region in a shape corresponding to the first display region and arranged to fill the first opening; and a pad disposed on the circuit board and including pressing units formed to correspond to the keys.
US08259065B2	Tilt-wheel mouse circuit A tilt-wheel mouse circuit is provided. Without adding more I/O pins, the tilt-wheel mouse circuit provides extra scrolling-left and scrolling-right functions through an external-extend circuit and firmware of a micro-controller within the tilt-wheel mouse circuit. It follows that the cost of the manufacturing of the tilt-wheel mouse is accordingly low and the package size of the micro-controller is accordingly small.
US08259062B2	Electrophoretic display device An electrophoretic display device is constituted by a first substrate and a second substrate which are disposed with a spacing therebetween, a partition wall disposed in the spacing, electrophoretic particles sealed in a closed space defined by the first and second substrates and the partition wall, a first electrode disposed at a side surface of the closed space, and a second electrode disposed at a bottom surface of the closed space. In the electrophoretic display device, a distribution state of the electrophoretic particles is changed to effect display, and the first electrode has an area substantially equal to or larger than an area of the second electrode.
US08259061B2	Optical detection device, and image display device Provided is a photodetection device which is small in size and has excellent sensitivity. A photodetection device puts cathode terminals of photodiodes having different spectral characteristics into an open end state, and detects light intensity of a desired wavelength region according to a difference in electric charges that have been stored in those photodiodes in a given period of time. The photodiodes employ a system of storing electric charges, and hence even if a photocurrent is small, the photocurrent may be stored to obtain the electric charges required for detection, and the downsizing and high detection performance of a semiconductor device that forms the photodiodes may be achieved. Further, a wide dynamic range may be realized with an electric charge storage time being variable according to the light intensity, to intermittently drive an element required for difference detection at the time of difference detection so as to suppress electric power consumption, or to average the output so as to reduce flicker.
US08259059B2	Driving system capable of improving contrast ratio for liquid crystal display device, liquid crystal display device including the same, and driving method using the same A driving system for a liquid crystal display device includes a system unit to supply image data to be displayed on a liquid crystal panel, the system unit generating a system dimming signal, an inverter unit to control luminance of a backlight unit, the inverter unit receiving the system dimming signal, and a control unit to control display of images on the liquid crystal panel, the control unit receiving the system dimming signal from the inverter unit and outputting a control dimming signal to the inverter unit, wherein the inverter unit adjusts luminance of the backlight unit using the control dimming signal input from the control unit.
US08259057B2	Liquid crystal display In one embodiment, a liquid crystal display assembly comprises a liquid crystal module, a backlight assembly comprising an array of light emitting diodes, a detector to detect an optical output of at least one light emitting diode, and a controller coupled to the detector wherein the controller comprises logic to record in a memory location a first output value from the detector at a first point in time for a plurality of light emitting diodes in the array of light emitting diodes, measure a second output value from the detector at a second point in time for the plurality of light emitting diodes in the array of light emitting diodes, and adjust at least one input value to the plurality of light emitting diodes based on a relationship between the first output value and the second output value.
US08259056B2	Method and device capable of controlling soft-start dynamically A back light boost converter includes an analog circuit, an enable controller, a logic device, and a digital PWM controller. The analog circuit generates a switch signal and a feedback signal based on a first pulse signal. The enable controller generates an enable signal based on an LED on ratio signal, an LED on cycle signal, a duty cycle signal, and a frequency signal. The logic device generates a second pulse signal based on the feedback signal and the enable signal. The digital PWM controller outputs the first pulse signal with increasing duty cycles in a plurality stages.
US08259052B2	Apparatus and method for driving liquid crystal display with a modulated data voltage for an accelerated response speed of the liquid crystal An apparatus and method for driving a liquid crystal display device are disclosed in which the response speed of the liquid crystal can be increased without using a digital memory. The driving apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel with gate lines and data lines arranged perpendicularly to each other, a gate driver that supplies a gate pulse to the gate lines, and a data driver. The data driver samples an input N-bit digital data signal to generate an analog data voltage, generates a modulated data voltage for acceleration of a response speed of the liquid crystal according to an M-bit data value of the sampled digital data signal, mixes the modulated data voltage with the analog data voltage, and supplies the mixed data voltage to the data lines.
US08259050B2	Liquid crystal display device and video processing method thereof A liquid crystal display device and a video processing method of the same are disclosed. A video processing method of a liquid crystal display device includes a first step determining whether a current frame is a motion picture by comparing data of a current frame with data of a previous frame; a second step converting and outputting a number of bits of a white gradation data of the current frame and outputting data of the other gradations without the bit conversion, if it is determined in the first step that the current frame is the motion picture; a third step outputting the data of the current frame without the bit-conversion if it is determined in the first step that the current frame is a still image; and a fourth step comparing the data of the current frame outputted in the second or third step with data of a previous frame and outputting overdriving control (ODC) data converted based on the result of the comparison.
US08259046B2	Active matrix substrate and display device having the same In at least one embodiment of the present invention, deterioration of display quality is prevented from occurring in a display device provided with an active matrix substrate even when a larger size or a higher resolution is employed and a drive frequency is increased. In an active matrix substrate of a liquid crystal display device, a charge sharing control signal line is disposed so as to be arranged along each gate line and charge sharing TFTs are provided for each source line in numbers equal to the number of the gate lines. The gate terminal of the charge sharing TFT is connected to the charge sharing control signal line and the source and drain terminals are connected with neighboring source lines via connection electrode portions, respectively. Each of the charge sharing control signal lines is provided with a signal which turns on the charge sharing TFT for a predetermined period of every one horizontal period.
US08259044B2	Method and system for programming, calibrating and driving a light emitting device display A method and system for programming, calibrating and driving a light emitting device display is provided. The system may include extracting a time dependent parameter of a pixel for calibration.
US08259042B2	Varying the peak luminance of a display panel with comparison of the mean gradation value of a current frame and mean gradation values averaged over a period of several frames A self-luminous display apparatus capable of varying a peak luminance of a display panel in a unit of one frame, which includes: a mean gradation value calculation section configured to calculate a mean gradation value of a video signal in a unit of a frame for each one frame; a specific condition detection section configured to detect, based on the mean gradation values calculated over a period of several frames, an input of the video signal which satisfies a specific condition in which a drop of a physical peak luminance is not likely to be perceived visually; and a light emission condition control section configured to perform dropping control of the peak luminance in a unit of a frame so that a dropping condition set in advance may be satisfied for a period of time after the frame which satisfies the specific condition is detected until the detection state is canceled.
US08259038B2	Display device and electric apparatus using the same A display device (10) includes an upper substrate (first substrate) (2), a lower substrate (second substrate) (3), and a conductive liquid (16) that is movably sealed in a display space (S) formed between the upper substrate (2) and the lower substrate (3). In the display device (10), a signal electrode (first electrode) (4) made of a material that is electrochemically inert to the conductive liquid (16) is placed in the display space (S). Moreover, a scanning electrode (second electrode) (5) and a reference electrode (third electrode) (6) are provided on the lower substrate (3).
US08259036B2	Plasma display apparatus A plasma display apparatus is disclosed. The plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel and a filter positioned in front of the plasma display panel. The plasma display panel includes a front substrate on which an upper dielectric layer is positioned, first and second electrodes positioned between the front substrate and the upper dielectric layer, and a rear substrate on which a third electrode is positioned to intersect the first and second electrodes. The filter includes a first portion having a first degree of blackness, and a second portion that is positioned in the first portion and has a second degree of blackness larger than the first degree of blackness. A black layer is omitted between the front substrate and the upper dielectric layer.
US08259033B2	Furlable shape-memory spacecraft reflector with offset feed and a method for packaging and managing the deployment of same A shape-memory reflector is provided according to various embodiments. The shape-memory reflector may comprise any of various shapes; for example, the shape-memory reflector may comprise an off-axis paraboloid or a non-asymmetric shape. The shape-memory reflector may include a plurality of panel shape-memory stiffeners and a plurality of longitudinal stiffeners. In a stowed configuration, the shape-memory reflector is stowed with reversing bends in the panel shape-memory stiffeners. In a deployed state, the panel shape-memory stiffeners may be unfolded and/or extended. The reflector transitions between the stowed and deployed states by heating the panel shape-memory stiffeners. Various methods for stowing and deploying the shape-memory reflector are also disclosed.
US08259031B2	Antenna structure This invention provides an improved antenna structure comprising a connecting unit having a connector, a lightning rod, and a signal transmission section. The two ends of the connector has the first and second connecting sections, with the signal transmission section extending out the first and second connecting sections; and a connecting unit connecting to the antenna unit, which contains at least an antenna board fixed to the first connecting section and the signal transmission section, and a set of housing installed at the outer section of the antenna board and connecting to the connector. Through this, the lightning rod, connecting unit, and antenna unit can be integrated together and the effectiveness of simple structure, ease to assemble, and lowered manufacturing cost can be achieved.
US08259023B2	Antenna coil and antenna device An antenna coil is obtained by winding a flexible substrate around a magnetic core. Conductors are provided on the flexible substrate, whereby a first coil portion and a second coil portion are provided on either side of the magnetic core except for in a middle portion. A non-winding portion including no conductors is provided between the first coil portion and the second coil portion on a main surface of the magnetic core.
US08259016B2	Multi-band monopole antenna for a mobile communications device A multi-band monopole antenna for a mobile communications device includes a common conductor coupled to both a first radiating arm and a second radiating arm. The common conductor includes a feeding port for coupling the antenna to communications circuitry in a mobile communications device. In one embodiment, the first radiating arm includes a space-filling curve. In another embodiment, the first radiating arm includes a meandering section extending from the common conductor in a first direction and a contiguous extended section extending from the meandering section in a second direction.
US08259013B2	Protective circuit module and secondary battery pack including the same A protective circuit board including a layered insulating substrate, a printed circuit pattern disposed within the insulating substrate, and a loop antenna electrically connected to the printed circuit pattern. Ends of the loop antenna can be inserted into the insulating substrate and connected to the printed circuit pattern. Portions of the printed circuit pattern may extend out of the insulating substrate, and may be connected to the loop antenna. The protective circuit board can be included in a secondary battery pack comprising a secondary battery. The loop antenna can be adhered to the secondary battery.
US08259011B2	Long term compact satellite models An improved network enabled extended ephemeris navigation system includes a network server able to collect ephemeris, clock, and almanac information from orbiting GPS satellites, and to use that information to build up extended ephemeris predictions that will be valid and useful for at least a week. A mobile client is able to request and use the extended ephemeris predictions to search for and track orbiting GPS satellites visible to it. The improvement is characterized by a satellite position and clock compact model construction and database unit that constructs a compact short-term satellite model to be sent first in response to a request for extended ephemeris predictions from the mobile client, and that constructs several consecutive long-term satellite models each representing a unique portion of a day in at least a seven day series.
US08259010B2	Qualifying coarse position injection in position determination systems A position determining system (PDS) receiver gathers independent location information from multiple sources. These multiple pieces of location information are analyzed to determine consistency of location. If the location is consistent among the various independently gathered location information, then the location information is injected into the PDS positioning process for more efficient acquisition and positioning. Otherwise, if inconsistency is found, then no location information is injected into the PDS positioning process.
US08259007B2	Cell clustering and optimization for space partitioning A partitioning system includes a decomposer module, a supply and cell commonality computation module, a network structure setup module, a seed selection module, an optimization setup module, a solver module, and a boundary creation module. A network structure is created by connecting each cell to each of its neighboring cells using bi-directional arcs. Each bi-directional arc is assigned a flow value and a cell commonality metric. The optimization program is solved to determine the flow value for each bi-directional arc and to determine a plurality of open seeds. Each determined seed represents one partition. Partition boundaries are created by grouping cells when they are connected to each other via one of the updated set of bi-directional arcs into cell clusters. Cells within cell clusters are merged to create the predetermined number of contiguous partitions.
US08259006B2	Interleaved beam coherent radar apparatus and processing method A method for interleaved pulsed-Doppler processing. Radar energy management and associated processing techniques take advantage of spatial degrees of freedom available on modern, short range, wide angle, volume search ESA radar systems. The method creates an advantage in Doppler resolution when compared to currently utilized Doppler processing techniques. An Electronically Scanned Array (ESA) radar system includes one or more processors that may be programmed to read and execute instructional commands including transmit a plurality of synchronized, coherent pulsed transmit beams having substantially repeatable gain and phase pattern characteristics; electronically steer the plurality of transmit beams in a respective, sequential plurality of spatially diverse directions in a temporally-interleaved manner; sequentially collect a respective plurality of receive beams in a respective plurality of time vs. range buffers; determine a range-Doppler output at a selected, common receive position in each of the plurality of buffers.
US08259005B1	True time delay diversity beamforming A true time delay beamforming system and calibration method for transmission and reception of a beam is disclosed. The true time delay beamforming system comprises at least one input signal received by at least one signal conditioning device, wherein the signal conditioning device is adapted to provide selective, independent, and variable control of one of a phase delay, a time delay and an amplitude of the input signal to produce an output signal. A control logic device is adapted to provide a control logic signal to the at least one signal conditioning device for selectively activating and controlling the signal conditioning device. The true time delay beamforming system may further include an automatic calibration system that generates an error correction signal based on errors detected in the output signal, and selectively adjusts the control logic signal based thereon.
US08259004B2	Device for monitoring the position of a tool or machine element In a device for monitoring the position of a tool or machine element on or in a work spindle or tool chuck, in particular, in a machining apparatus, the work spindle or tool chuck has at least one channel that defines a waveguide, which is suitable for propagating electromagnetic waves, that leads from an external surface of the work spindle or tool chuck to the tool or machine element. At least one radar system is provided and arranged outside the work spindle or tool chuck in such a manner that it is capable of irradiating a radar signal from the outer surface into the channel and or receiving a radar signal reflected back from the channel. The radar signal is connected to a signal-processing device that determines a measure of the position of the tool or machine element relative to the work spindle or tool chuck based on at least one radar signal irradiated into the channel and reflected back from the channel.
US08259003B2	High duty cycle radar with near/far pulse compression interference mitigation In conventional pulse compression processing, sidelobes from strong return signals may hide correlation peaks associated with weaker return signals. Example embodiments include methods of mitigating this near/far interference by weighting a received return signal or corresponding reference signal based the return signal's time of arrival, then performing pulse compression using the weighted signal to produce a correlation peak that is not hidden by sidelobes from another return. Multi-frequency processing can also be used to reduce the pulse width of the transmitted pulses and received return signals, thereby mitigating near/far interference by decreasing the overlap between signals from nearby targets. Weighting can be combined with multi-frequency pulse transmission and reception to further enhance the fidelity of the processed correlation peak. Weighting and multi-frequency processing also enable higher duty cycles than are possible with conventional pulse compression radars.
US08258997B2	Radar device for detecting or tracking aerial targets fitted to an aircraft A radar device includes means for emitting microwave-frequency signals; means for receiving signals reflected by a target; computation means; a plurality of antenna systems disposed around the aircraft, an antenna system comprising a set of emission antennas coupled to the emission means and a set of reception antennas coupled to the reception means, each antenna system being dedicated to the coverage of a given angular sector Ω; for a given antenna system, the antenna beam on reception being formed by CBF by the computation means on the basis of the signals received by the reception antennas and the antenna beam on emission is pointed by an electronic scanning system in a number greater than or equal to two of directions inside the given angular sector Ω. The invention applies notably in the field of airborne radars, in particular radars with large angular coverage and short range that are necessary for example for carrying out a function of the “see and avoid” type on drones, which function is also commonly called “Sense & Avoid”.
US08258993B2	Remote-controlled light receiving structure of electric roll screen for blind A take-up pipe 1 is placed along an upper edge of a window of a building and is rotatably supported by side brackets 2R. An upper end of the screen having a weight bar attached to a lower end thereof, is fixed to the take-up pipe, so that the take-up pipe is rotated in forward and reverse directions by a motor 5 to wind up and down the screen. A light receiving unit 27 to receive a pulsed optical signal applied from a remote controller is mounted on the side bracket and is arranged so that it can be switched to two different orientations where the light receiving directions are symmetric with respect to a vertically downward direction and the phases are different from each other. By virtue of this, irrespective of the installation constraint of the electric roll screen, the remote-control of the electric roll screen can be effected.
US08258984B2	Light guide and thin film keyboard having the same A light guide includes a main body and a curved refracting face formed in the main body. As light enters the main body, a bright zone and a secondary bright zone less brighter than the bright zone are formed in the main body. The curved refracting face can be an inner wall face of a curved groove or a cavity disposed in the main body. Through the formation of the curved refracting face, the light in the secondary bright zone can be directed such that, when the light guide is disposed in a thin film keyboard, the brightness of a portion of the keyboard that corresponds to the secondary bright zone has improved brightness.
US08258977B1	Manhole cover with signal transmitter A manhole cover is for use with a system for transmitting data to an above surface receiver. The manhole cover includes a body suitable for covering a manhole. At least a portion of the body is formed from a radio wave penetrable material so that radio waves may pass through the body. A microprocessor is provided for receiving a signal representing at least one environmental parameter inside a manhole enclosure measured by a sensor, and for responding to the signal by directly or indirectly causing a change to a parameter in the enclosure. A transmitting element in communication with the microprocessor transmits the signal to the surface above the manhole cover. Circuitry connects the microprocessor and the transmitting element for driving the transmitting element to transmit the signal. The microprocessor may be programmed to run an energy conservation cycle, which preserves power from the power source. Any one of numerous antenna designs may be embedded in the body of the cover.
US08258972B2	Electronic device and method to prevent falling of the electronic device An electronic device and method to prevent falling of the electronic device include setting one or more alarm means, detecting an acceleration and a moving direction of the electronic device using the three-axis accelerometer, and detecting that the electronic device is in a falling state if the acceleration is larger or equal to the acceleration of gravity and the moving direction is in the gravitational direction. The electronic device and method further include activating one or more of the alarm means if the electronic device is in the falling state or if a clip connected with a strap of the electronic device is not in a tightened state.
US08258969B1	Extended smoke alarm system An extended smoke alarm system and related methods are disclosed. In particular, embodiments of an extended smoke alarm system having wireless-signal-send-and-receive functionalities wherein the system includes one or more flashlights having at least wireless-signal-receiving functionality are detailed. Related methods for system use are also disclosed.
US08258965B2	System for monitoring caregivers and equipment at a patient location A hospital monitoring system for monitoring hospital personnel, a plurality of patient locations for patients, and associated devices is configured to control the associated devices based on the presence of hospital personnel or alarms.
US08258964B2	Method and apparatus to adaptively record data A recording unit includes one or more signal sensors and a recording controller. The recording controller is configured to execute a first recording instruction to record first data received from the one or more signal sensors. The first data is recorded according to first recording rules that specify a first value of a parameter. The recording controller is also configured to, in response to an irregularity detected in the first data, execute a second recording instruction to record second data received from the one or more signal sensors. The second data is recorded according to second recording rules that specify a second value of the parameter, where the second value differs from the first value.
US08258961B2	RFID reader enclosure and man-o-war RFID reader system An apparatus including an enclosure for an RFID reader to be affixed to a storage container; an RFID reader that scans a first storage container using a first antenna and a second storage container using a second antenna; and a networked system of RFID apparatuses including a primary RFID apparatus and secondary RFID apparatuses that are controlled by the primary RFID apparatus.
US08258960B2	Jacket locator A locator system for electronic devices including at least one jacket for a modular wireless communicator, each jacket having a unique identifier, and a modular wireless communicator that attaches to each one of the at least one jacket, including a positioning system for identifying a location of the wireless communicator, a clock for identifying a date & time, a log manager, coupled with the positioning system and with the clock, for recording a plurality of entries in a history log, each entry including (i) a jacket identifier, (ii) a location as identified by the positioning system, and (iii) a date & time as identified by the clock, and a controller coupled with the log manager for notifying the log manager of occurrence of a log trigger event, wherein the log manager records a new entry in the history log when it receives a notification of a log trigger event from the controller. A method is also described and claimed.
US08258955B1	Adaptable detection threshold for RFID tags and chips RFID tags, tag circuits, and methods are provided that reduce at least in part the distortion to received wireless signals, which is caused by interference in the environment. Two or more thresholds are used to digitize the received signal implemented by two or more demodulators. Multiple low pass and digital filters may be implemented with the demodulators, allowing removal of narrow pulses caused by the interference and reduction of beat tone amplitude.
US08258954B2	Frequency selective surface aids to the operation of RFID products The present invention is directed to systems that use frequency selective surfaces (FSS) to aid in the operation of radio frequency identification (RFID) devices and products. In one embodiment, a system for interrogating radio frequency identification (RFID) tags includes a conveyor belt and an RFID reader. The conveyor belt has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is configured to receive an item to which an RFID tag is affixed and the second surface is configured to slide on a metal slide plate. The RFID reader is configured to transmit instructions embodied in a radio frequency (RF) signal to the RFID tag, wherein the metal slide plate is positioned between the RFID reader and the RFID tag and comprises a frequency selective surface that is substantially transparent to the RF signal.
US08258952B2	System for treating at least one plant including a treatment apparatus and an electronic tag interrogator A system for tracking treatments for at least one plant includes an electronic tag associated with the at least one plant, an electronic tag interrogator configured to interrogate the electronic tag, and a treatment apparatus for applying treatments to the at least one plant.
US08258951B2	Method and system for correlating external data to a plant with an electronic tag One or more plants may be associated with an electronic tag including a memory circuit and interrogation interface. The memory circuit in the electronic tag may include data corresponding to the one or more plants. According to an embodiment the data may include at least one data coordinate corresponding to an external database holding data related to the one or more plants. The external database may hold plant care information such as a record of treatments received by the one or more plants and/or plant care instructions, for example. The data may be structured.
US08258946B2	Multifunctional electronic device and method for using the same An electronic device includes a detecting module, a processor module, a reminding module and a parameter module. The detecting module includes at least one detecting sensor installed on the electronic device, such that a user contacts the detecting sensor when operating the electronic device. The parameter module stores predetermined acceptable ranges of physiological parameters of users. The detecting module detects physiological parameters of the user operating the electronic device via the detecting sensor, the processor module compares the detected physiological parameters with the acceptable ranges and controls the reminding module to remind the user to relax when at least one physiological parameter is outside of the acceptable range.
US08258943B2	Ubiquitous sensor network-based system and method for automatically managing food sanitation The present invention relates to a ubiquitous sensor network-based system and method for automatically managing food sanitation. The system includes at least one sensor node (100) configured to measure and store sensing information, compare measured values with preset values, and generate a warning message. A sink node (200) mediates between the sensor node and a management server (400) and between the mobile terminal and the management server. A mobile terminal (300) reads food information using an RFID reader or a barcode reader, transmits the food information, measures and stores sensing information, compares the measured values with preset values, and generates a warning message. The management server (400) generates a control command, transmits the control command to the sensor node or the mobile terminal, and notifies a manager of an urgent situation and a location of the kitchen appliance if received data is a warning message.
US08258942B1	Lightweight portable tracking device A housing holds a microprocessor, a power management system, a pair of communication modules, multiple internal antennas, and a plurality of sensors and interfaces. The housing is connected to a mobile object. One of the communication modules connects to a GPS system through one of the antennas. The other communication module connects to a mobile cellular network or a radio or satellite system through the other antennas. The microprocessor uses the GPS system to determine the position of the object; frequency with which locational fixes are stored is user-determined. The microprocessor can be interactively reprogrammed via the mobile cellular network and creates a data structure for transmission of locational and other environmental data through the mobile cellular or other networks. The microprocessor has the ability to command the unit to separate from the object at an appropriate time to facilitate recovery.
US08258939B2	System and method for controlling one or more vehicle features based on driver status In at least one embodiment, a device for controlling one or more vehicle features for a primary driver and a secondary driver is provided. The device comprises at least one controller that is configured to receive at least one driver status signal indicative of the driver being one of the primary driver and the secondary driver and to determine whether the driver of the vehicle is the one of the primary driver and the secondary driver based on the at least one driver status signal. The controller is further configured to control one or more vehicle features and to prevent the one or more vehicle features from being disabled in response to determining that the at least one driver status signal indicates that the driver of the vehicle is the secondary driver.
US08258932B2	Occupant detection system for vehicle An occupant detection system for detecting an occupant within a vehicle includes a sensor for sensing movement or acceleration of the vehicle, first and second processors and a decider. The sensor generates a sensor output. The first processor processes the sensor output in a first manner and generates a first output indicative of the possibility of the presence of an occupant within the vehicle. The second processor processes the sensor output in a second manner and generates a second output indicative of the possibility of the presence of an occupant within the vehicle. The decider processes the first and second outputs and determines whether the combination of the first and second outputs is indicative of an occupant in the vehicle.
US08258931B2	Method of positioning sensors for twinned wheels of a vehicle The invention relates to a method of positioning sensors on wheels (200 and 300) installed coaxial to the same end of one and the same axle of a vehicle (C) comprising a receiving module (100) associated with the body of the vehicle, noteworthy in that it consists in positioning the sensors (210 and 310) at an angular interval greater than or equal to ninety (90) degrees of a wheel (200) relative to the other (300) so that, when operating in displacement mode, the distance between the receiving module and the sensor varies according to the wheel rotation, and in using a link of low frequency (LF) type so that the creation of a distance between the points of emission makes it possible to vary the power of the signals received, thus rendering them distinct. The invention also relates to a device making it possible to implement the method described hereinabove. Applications: measurement and transmission of data associated with the wheels of a vehicle.
US08258927B1	Method and system for inventorying wireless transponders providing anti-eavesdropping anti-collision The present invention provides one or more powered wireless transponders and/or one or more passive wireless transponder devices communicating with a reader/interrogator and the method of efficiently inventorying these devices without the risk of eavesdropping. A reader transmits a random number and transponders generate their own random number. The transponders whose random number matches all or a part of the random number responds. If a collision occurs, the reader's random number can be changed and retransmitted until almost one transponder response is verified in a tree search algorithm. Specifically, the invention concerns a method for inventorying wireless transponders providing anti-eavesdropping anti-collision.
US08258924B2	Merchandise-integral transaction receipt Techniques are disclosed for writing data directly onto a product to record each ownership transfer. As a result, the product itself now carries a traceable, auditable, non-forgeable, non-repudiable proof of ownership (and, optionally, ownership history) that can be used in a variety of ways. This recorded ownership transfer information provides an electronic receipt, which may be used by the present owner to prove his or her ownership. (Optionally, other types of transfers may be recorded in addition to, or instead of, ownership transfers.) A transfer agent or registrar creates a unique transaction identifier to represent the transfer, and preferably creates a cryptographic signature over fields representing the transfer. This information is then recorded in a repository that is external from the product.
US08258923B2	System and method for locating objects and communicating with the same An object locator system utilizes a microtransponder (12) that is used in association with an object to be located. A remote locator (10) transmits an encoded signal in which is embedded an identification code associated with the object to be located. The microtransponder (12) receives the encoded transmitted signal and processes such signal utilizing fast fourier transform techniques. The microtransponder (12) correlates the transformed received signal with a fast fourier transformed version of an identification code associated with the microtransponder (12) and upon detection of a correlation, transmits an acknowledgement signal to the remote locator (10). The remote locator (10) determines the distance to the microtransponder (12) based upon the round trip time from transmission of the coded signal to the microtransponder (12) to the receipt of the acknowledgement signal.
US08258922B2	Electronic device with remote control function A receiving module, checking module, and a controller are provided. The receiving module is configured for receiving external wireless signals. The checking module is configured for checking whether a current wireless signal comprises checking codes of a control signal which is configured for controlling the electronic device and, if yes, generating an activation signal. The controller is configured for switching the electronic device into a power-saving mode if no external wireless signal is received after a predetermined time period and switching the electronic device into a normal mode if the activation signal is received.
US08258921B2	Electronic shelf label system It is an object of the present invention to provide a technique relating to an electronic shelf label system that is capable of suppressing malfunction of an electronic shelf label caused by the increase of internal resistance of a battery. In order to achieve this object, in an electronic shelf label system of the present invention, an electronic shelf label 5 includes a battery 56 for supplying power of this electronic shelf label 5, a to-be-charged part 572 to be charged by power supplied from the battery 56, a light emission part 52 for sending data to a distribution device by using power accumulated in the to-be-charged part 572, and a boost circuit 571 and a control circuit 570 for controlling power supplied from the battery 56 to the to-be-charged part 572. In the electronic shelf label 5, on receipt of change notification data from the distribution device, a charge operation mode of this electronic shelf label 5 is changed from a normal charge mode to a long-term charge mode in which the to-be-charged part 572 is charged in a period of time longer than that in the normal charge mode. Power supplied from the battery 56 to the to-be-charged part 572 is lower in the long-term charge mode than in the normal charge mode.
US08258920B2	Systems, methods, and kits for automatically activating a garage door opener by reading an RFID tag associated with a garage Systems, methods, and kits for automatically activating a garage door opener. A garage door opener system is supplemented with motion sensor technology or RFID technology to allow for automatic activation of a garage door opener. An automobile that is moving near or is proximate to a garage associated with at least one garage door opener can cause the garage door opener to be automatically activated to open or close a garage door that is operatively connected to the garage door opener.
US08258919B2	Mobile device communications management Implementation of mobile device communications (MCD) management is provided. A method includes intercepting an input command received on an MCD, the command intercepted in response to detecting a presence of a fixed communications device (FCD), which is embedded in a vehicle within range of the MCD. The method also includes acquiring biometric data from a user of the MCD. The method includes determining an activity status of the vehicle. If the activity status reflects the vehicle is active, the method includes acquiring biometric data for an operator of the vehicle via a biometric scanner of the vehicle and comparing the biometric data from the vehicle with the biometric data for the user of the MCD. If the biometric data from the vehicle matches the biometric data from the MCD, the method includes retrieving an account record for the user and implementing an action specified in the account record. If the activity status reflects the vehicle is inactive, the method includes executing the command.
US08258914B2	Touch panel and method of manufacturing the same A touch panel includes a first transparent electrode substrate, a second transparent electrode substrate, a first bonding layer, a first transparent substrate, and a second bonding layer. The first transparent electrode substrate includes a first wiring pattern, a first surface, a second surface, and a first path. The second transparent electrode substrate includes a second wiring pattern, a third surface, a fourth surface, and a second path. The second path causes the third surface and the fourth surface to communicate with each other. The first bonding layer includes a first peripheral area, an opening area, and a third path. The first bonding layer bonds the first transparent electrode substrate and the second transparent electrode substrate to each other. The first transparent substrate is opposed to the second surface. The second bonding layer includes a first opening portion.
US08258908B2	Transformer and method of making the same A transformer and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The transformer comprises a magnetic core, a winding coil with a primary winding coil and a secondary winding coil, a bobbin with a primary input port and a bobbin connecting member, and an insulating slipcase. The bobbin is mounted by the winding coil. The insulating slipcase includes a first opening to receive the magnetic core, the winding coil and the bobbin, and includes a first side wall, a second side wall with a slipcase connecting member which is engaged with the bobbin connecting member, and a secondary output port for dealing with the output of the transformer. The first side wall is opposite to the first opening and has a second opening for the output of the secondary winding coil.
US08258906B2	Superconducting magnetizer A magnetizer for magnetizing permanent magnets positioned in-situ a mechanical member is disclosed. The magnetizer comprises at least one primary superconducting coil configured to project a magnetic field flux configuration of a first type to at least a portion of a distal volume of a first type, and at least two auxiliary coils symmetrically disposed about the at least one primary superconducting coil and configured to project magnetic field flux configurations of a second type to at least a portion of a distal volume of a second type. A method of magnetizing a permanent magnet in-situ within a mechanical member is also disclosed.
US08258905B2	Solenoid unit and method for producing said solenoid unit and a magnet housing for such a solenoid unit A solenoid unit for a solenoid valve, including a magnet coil and a ferromagnetic circuit which surrounds the magnet coil and comprises a stationary magnet housing, a movable magnet armature and, if required, an armature antipole, the magnet housing being assembled of a cover, a shell and a bottom in the form of multiplayer transformer sheet metal parts.
US08258903B2	Superconducting, actively shielded magnet A superconducting, actively shielded magnet has a first and second superconducting coil modules that generate a homogeneous magnetic field in a first direction in an operating volume of the magnet and that reduces the scatter magnetic field in an environment of the magnet. A third superconducting coil module is arranged in proximity to the first and second coil modules. The third coil module is fashioned to generate a compensation gradient field given occurrence of an interference gradient field in the environment so that the effect of the interference gradient field in the operating volume is reduced.
US08258896B2	Hairpin microstrip bandpass filter A microstrip filter having a plurality of hairpin microstrip resonators each having two substantially rectangular legs connected at one end and generally configured in a “U” shape. The microstrip filter may comprise a first of the plural resonators operatively connected to a first feed point, a second of the plural resonators operatively connected to a second feed point, and a third of the plural resonators operatively connected between the first and second resonators where an end portion of one of the legs of one of the resonators is tapered so that a thickness of the one leg is greater at one end of the one leg than at another end of the one leg.
US08258886B2	System and method for improved start-up of self-oscillating electro-mechanical surgical devices An oscillating circuit for determining a resonant frequency of an electro-mechanical oscillating device and for driving the electro-mechanical oscillating device at the determined resonant frequency includes a driving circuit and a start-up, impetus injection circuit. The driving circuit is configured to receive one or more reference signals and further configured to provide a driving signal related to the reference signals to the electro-mechanical oscillating device. The start-up, impetus injection circuit is operably coupled to the electro-mechanical oscillating device and configured to selectively provide a start-up excitation signal to the electro-mechanical oscillation device. The start-up, impetus injection circuit is activated upon start-up of the oscillating circuit to drive the electro-mechanical oscillation device and the driving circuit determines a resonant frequency by measuring a parameter related to the resonant frequency of the electro-mechanical oscillating device.
US08258885B2	Frequency-coupled LCVCO In one embodiment, a method includes generating, by a LCVCO, a first signal having a first phase based on a resonant frequency of a first LC tank; generating, by a second LCVCO, a second periodic signal having a second phase based on a resonant frequency of a second LC tank; determining a phase offset between the first LC tank and the second LC tank based on the first and second signals; generating a first output signal and a second output signal based on the determined phase offset; and adjusting the phase offset such that the phase offset is substantially equal to a predetermined phase offset. In one embodiment, the adjusting comprises modulating a first impedance of the first LC tank based on the first output signal, and/or modulating a second impedance of the second LC tank based on the second output signal.
US08258884B2	System for charging a vapor cell A system is disclosed for charging a compact vapor cell, including placing an alkali-filled capillary into a reservoir cell formed in a substrate, the reservoir cell in vapor communication with an interrogation cell in the substrate and bonding a transparent window to the substrate on a common face of the reservoir cell and the interrogation cell to form a compact vapor cell. Capillary action in the capillary delays migration of alkali in the alkali-filled capillary from the reservoir cell into the interrogation cell during the bonding.
US08258865B2	Signal generating apparatus and method thereof A signal generating apparatus comprises an amplifier, which comprises differential input terminals for receiving a first input signal, a common mode output signal adjusting terminal for receiving a second input signal, and an output terminal. The signal generating apparatus may provide two or more differential output signals according to the first input signal, and provide two or more common mode output signals according to the second input signal. The amplifier provides an output signal comprising one of the differential output signals and one of the common mode output signals at the output terminal.
US08258863B2	Circuit and method for reducing input leakage in chopped amplifier during overload conditions A chopper-stabilized amplifier (20A) includes an amplifier (3), an input chopper (2A) having a first input (4) receiving an input signal (VIN+), an output (5) coupled to a first input of the amplifier, and a feedback resistor (9) coupled to an output (6) of the amplifier to couple a feedback signal (VFB+) to a second input of the amplifier (3). The input chopper operates in response to a chopping clock (CHOP_CLK). If the amplifier (3) is unacceptably close to a saturation condition, the chopping clock (CHOP_CLK) is disabled to reduce input leakage current (ILEAKAGE) of the chopper-stabilized amplifier.
US08258862B2	Demodulation circuit and RFID tag including the demodulation circuit An object is to provide a demodulation circuit having a sufficient demodulation ability. Another object is to provide an RFID tag which uses a demodulation circuit having a sufficient demodulation ability. A material which enables a reverse current to be small enough, for example, an oxide semiconductor material, which is a wide bandgap semiconductor, is used in part of a transistor included in a demodulation circuit. By using the semiconductor material which enables a reverse current of a transistor to be small enough, a sufficient demodulation ability can be secured even when an electromagnetic wave having a high amplitude is received.
US08258856B2	Antifuse circuit having protection circuit An antifuse circuit includes a protection circuit. The antifuse circuit receives a program voltage using a non-connection (NC) pin or ball of a semiconductor device. The protection circuit prevents an unintended voltage lower than the program voltage from being applied to the antifuse circuit.
US08258854B2	Devices and methods for reducing effects of device mismatch in temperature sensor circuits A temperature sensor having one or more mirror circuits output temperature dependent output signals is disclosed in one embodiment. The temperature sensor includes a sampling circuit coupled to receive a clock signal that samples the output signals for a duration of a predetermined number of clock cycles. The temperature sensor additionally includes a phase control circuit that receives the clock signal and generates a control signal that enables subsequent sampling operations. Each subsequent sampling operation has a duration of the predetermined number of clock cycles. The control signal from the phase control circuit further enables input and output terminals of respective circuit components in the mirror circuits to be switched for each subsequent sampling operation.
US08258852B2	Bootstrapped high-side driver control without static DC current for driving a motor bridge circuit A motor driver circuit for driving the gate node of a high-side driver transistor to a boosted voltage from a charge pump draws little or no static current from the charge pump. The gate node is pulled to the boosted voltage by a p-channel pullup-control transistor that is driven by p-channel transistors that are pumped by capacitors that cut off current flow to ground from the charge pump. An n-channel output-shorting transistor shorts the gate node to the output when the high-side driver is turned off. A coupling capacitor initializes the shorting transistor for each output transition. A p-channel output-sensing transistor generates a feedback to a second stage that drives the coupling capacitor. P-channel diode transistors and an n-channel equalizing transistor control the voltage on the coupling capacitor.
US08258851B2	Switching circuit and method for testing the same There is provided a method for testing a switching circuit including a first FET connected between input/output terminals, a capacitor connected between one of the input/output terminals and the first FET, and a second FET that is connected in parallel with the capacitor and has a gate electrode connected to a ground terminal. The method includes, applying a potential that sets the second FET to a conducting state to the ground terminal, and testing a DC test for the first FET via the second FET.
US08258847B2	Semiconductor device, electronic device having the same, and driving method of the same A digital circuit which can operate normally regardless of binary potentials of an input signal is provided. A semiconductor device comprising a correcting unit and one or a plurality of circuit elements, the correcting unit including a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a first switch, and a second switch, wherein the first electrode of the first capacitor is connected to an input terminal, the supply of a first potential to the second electrode of the first capacitor is controlled by the first switch, the supply of a second potential to the second electrode of the second capacitor is controlled by the second switch, and a potential of the second electrode of the first capacitor or a potential of the second electrode of the second capacitor is supplied to the one or the plurality of circuit elements.
US08258840B2	Delay locked loop and integrated circuit including the same A delay locked loop includes a first delay unit configured to output an output clock by delaying an input clock by a delay; a replica delay unit configured to output a feedback clock by delaying the output clock with a delay equal to a sum of a first delay amount for a first operational frequency of the delayed locked loop and an additional delay amount for a second operational frequency of the delayed locked loop, wherein the second operational frequency is lower than the first operational frequency; and a delay amount control unit configured to control the delay of the first delay unit by comparing a phase of the input clock with a phase of the feedback clock.
US08258834B2	Lock detector, method applicable thereto, and phase lock loop applying the same A lock detector for a phase lock loop (PLL) includes: first and second pulse width extenders, performing pulse width extension on first and second pulses for generating third and fourth pulses, respectively; first and second delay circuits, delaying the third and the fourth pulses into first and second sampling clocks, respectively; and a cross-sampling circuit, sampling the third pulse based on the second sampling clock and sampling the fourth pulse based on the first sampling clock to indicate whether the PLL is locked.
US08258828B2	Summation circuit in DC-DC converter An integrated circuit includes a saw-tooth generator including a saw tooth node configured to have a saw-tooth voltage generated thereon; and a first switch having a first end connected to the saw tooth node. The integrated circuit further includes a second switch coupled between an output node and an electrical ground, wherein the first switch and the second switch are configured to operate synchronously. A first current source is connected to the saw tooth node. A second current source is connected to the output node.
US08258827B2	Frequency doubler A frequency doubler receiving an in-phase oscillating signal and an inverse oscillating signal and generating an output signal oscillating at a multiplied frequency, accordingly. The frequency doubler has a first transistor, a second transistor, a first inductor and a second inductor. A first terminal of the first transistor and a first terminal of the second transistor are at a common voltage. The frequency doubler receives the in-phase oscillating signal and the inverse oscillating signal via control terminals of the first and second transistors. The first and second inductors couple a second terminal of the first transistor and a second terminal of the second transistor to an output terminal of the frequency doubler, respectively. The first and second inductors may be separate inductance devices or, in another case, be implemented by a symmetric inductor.
US08258825B2	Spread spectrum circuit A spread-spectrum circuit including an inverter, a current source, a control unit and a shaping circuit is provided. An input terminal of the inverter receives an original clock signal. The current source is coupled to a current transmission terminal of the inverter. The control unit includes a control circuit, and changes the current magnitude of the current source according to the original clock signal to control the charging/discharging speed of an output terminal of the inverter, so that the output terminal outputs a voltage signal. The shaping circuit shapes the voltage signal into a spread-spectrum clock signal.
US08258816B2	Integrated circuit comparator or amplifier An integrated circuit comparator comprises a differential amplifier, a source follower circuit coupled to a gate terminal of a first transistor in the differential amplifier, and an output circuit. One or more source follower circuits may be utilized in connection with the differential amplifier, and one or more source follower circuits may be utilized in connection with the output circuit.
US08258811B2	Enhanced field programmable gate array An enhanced performance field programmable gate array integrated circuit comprises a field programmable gate array and other functional circuitry such as a mask-programmable gate array in the same integrated circuit. A circuit interface provides communication between the field programmable gate array, the mask-programmable gate array and the integrated circuit I/O.
US08258809B2	Security circuit having an electrical fuse ROM A security circuit includes an electrical fuse read only memory (ROM) including a plurality of electrical fuse units. The electrical fuse units are arranged to correspond to bit values of an initial security key before the electrical fuse ROM is programmed.
US08258806B2	Self-isolating mixed design-rule integrated yield monitor Assessing open circuit and short circuit defect levels in circuits implemented in state of the art ICs is difficult when using conventional test circuits, which are designed to assess continuity and isolation performance of simple structures based on individual design rules. Including circuit blocks from ICs in test circuits provides a more accurate assessment of defect levels expected in ICs using the circuit blocks. Open circuit defect levels may be assessed using continuity chains formed by serially linking continuity paths in the circuit blocks. Short circuit defect levels may be assessed by using parallel isolation test structures formed by linking isolated conductive elements in parallel to buses. Forming isolation connections on a high metal level enables location of shorted elements using voltage contrast on partially deprocessed or partially fabricated test circuits.
US08258803B2	Test apparatus and test method Provided is a test apparatus and a test method related to the test apparatus for testing a device under test, including: a plurality of test modules that exchange a signal with the device under test; a test control section that outputs a group read instruction for collectively reading data stored in two or more of the test modules; and a control interface section that reads the data from the two or more test modules according to the group read instruction, and collectively sends the read data to the test control section.
US08258802B2	Test apparatus and test method Provided is a test apparatus for testing a device under test, including: a plurality of test modules that exchange signals with the device under test; a bus to which the plurality of test modules are connected; and a test control section that controls the plurality of test modules via the bus, where each of the plurality of test modules includes: a test section that exchanges signals with the device under test, and a module control section that controls the test section, and the module control section of each test module exchanges signals with the module control section of another test module, via the bus.
US08258800B2	Methods for measurement and characterization of interferometric modulators Various methods are described to characterize interferometric modulators or similar devices. Measured voltages across interferometric modulators may be used to characterize transition voltages of the interferometric modulators. Measured currents may be analyzed by integration of measured current to provide an indication of a dynamic response of the interferometric modulator. Frequency analysis may be used to provide an indication of a hysteresis window of the interferometric modulator or mechanical properties of the interferometric modulator. Capacitance may be determined through signal correlation, and spread-spectrum analysis may be used to minimize the effect of noise or interference on measurements of various interferometric modulator parameters.
US08258797B2	Capacitive sensor interference determination In a method of determining interference in a capacitance sensor, a signal is transmitted on a transmitter sensor channel of the capacitive sensor. The signal is received on a receiver sensor channel of the capacitive sensor, the receiver sensor channel being coupled with an amplifier. Behavior of the amplifier is examined for non-linearity to determine if a level of interference has been received by the receiver sensor channel in conjunction with receipt of the signal.
US08258796B2	System for testing electronic devices A system for testing an electronic device comprises a first output, a second output, and a third output connected to a positive input, an identification input, and a negative input of the electronic device, respectively. The system further comprises a switch comprising at least two dynamic contacts, each of which is connected to a resistor for the use of identification.
US08258791B2	Method for subsurface electromagnetic surveying using two or more simultaneously actuated electromagnetic sources to impart electromagnetic signals into a subsurface formation and thereby determining a formation response to each signal A method for electromagnetic exploration includes imparting a first electromagnetic signal into subsurface formations and imparting a second electromagnetic signal into the formations substantially contemporaneously with imparting the first electromagnetic signal. The first and second electromagnetic signals are substantially uncorrelated with each other. A combined electromagnetic response of the formations to the first and second imparted electromagnetic signals is detected. A response of the formations to each of the first and the second imparted signals is determined from the detected response.
US08258790B2	Oscillator sensor for determining a property of an earth formation An apparatus for evaluating an earth formation, the apparatus including: a logging tool configured to be conveyed through a borehole penetrating the earth formation; a coil inductively coupled to the earth formation, the coil being disposed at the logging instrument; and a circuit coupled to the coil wherein the circuit and the coil form an oscillator circuit, the oscillator circuit being configured to oscillate when a circuit parameter of the oscillator circuit satisfies an oscillation criterion, the circuit parameter being related to a property of the earth formation.
US08258789B2	Apparatus and method for decoupling MR coils An apparatus includes a first RF coil integrated into a first printed circuit board (PCB) and a second RF coil integrated into the first PCB. The apparatus also includes a tuning member positioned adjacently to the first PCB and inductively coupled to the first and second RF coils, the tuning member configured to minimize a mutual inductance formed between the first and second RF coils via modification of a coupling constant between the first and second RF coils.
US08258781B2	Rotation sensor A rotation detecting sensor, having excellent sealing capability to prevent water ingress from outside, being so robust that no damage occur in sensor component parts and circuits due to external force and/or thermal strains resulting from self-heating or change in ambient temperature, and inexpensive to manufacture, is provided. The rotation detecting sensor is fixed to a sensor fixing member to be fitted to a wheel support bearing assembly. A sensor unit, including a magnetic sensor element, a cable and a substrate, is fixed to the sensor fixing member through the substrate. A molding segment molded of a molding material bonded with the substrate is provided around the sensor unit. The substrate has a metallic pattern portion formed as a metallic coating on a substrate surface in the vicinity of an electroconductive pattern portion and the molding material is bonded to the metallic pattern portion.
US08258776B2	Sensor system and method A sensing system includes a conductor with a current flow path therethrough configured such that a current flowing through the conductor establishes an inhomogeneous magnetic field. A first pair of sensors is situated a first location having a first sensitivity, a second pair of sensors is situated at a second location having a second sensitivity lower than the first sensitivity. The first and second pairs of sensors are configured to measure the inhomogeneous magnetic field at their respective locations.
US08258775B2	Method and apparatus for determining phase error between clock signals A phase error circuit including phase difference logic and delay and register logic. The phase difference logic provides a pulse difference signal including at least one difference pulse indicative of a timing difference between selected edges of a pair of clock signals. The delay and register logic receives the pulse difference signal and provides a phase error value representing phase error between the clock signals. The delay and register logic may include a delay line with multiple delay cells and taps coupled in series in which each tap provides an output state of a delay cell. The register logic registers a state of each tap to provide delay bits in response to each trailing edge of the difference pulses. Each delay bit may remain set until reset so that the longest pulse difference signal is registered to provide the peak phase error.
US08258773B2	System for detecting lightning strikes on wind turbine rotor blades A system and method for detecting lightning strikes on a wind turbine includes detecting and measuring a parameter that is indicative of a lightning strike, which may be current induced in a conductor as a result of the lightning strike. A current receptor may be located on a component of the wind turbine and electrically coupled to a ground conductor. A current sensor is disposed on the ground conductor and generates a primary current I(p) that is proportional to a lightning strike current flowing through the ground conductor upon a lighting strike on the receptor. A signal converter sub-system is configured to convert the primary current I(p) into a processing signal. A processing sub-system is configured to receive and use the processing signal to determine an actual lightning strike on the wind turbine.
US08258762B2	Computer power measurement device The present invention provides a computer power measurement device, which comprises: a first inductor connected power supply, and the first inductor is provided with a first DC equivalent resistance; a second inductor connected power consumption components, and the second inductor is provided with a second DC equivalent resistance; an input measurement module, which is connected to the first inductor, and measures the input power based on the first DC equivalent resistance; and, an output measurement module, which is connected to the second inductor, and measures the output power based on the second DC equivalent resistance.
US08258756B2	Current breaking method for rechargeable battery and battery pack using the same A current breaking method of a rechargeable battery and a battery pack using the same. The current breaking method includes: measuring a current value of a current flowing through a high current path of a rechargeable battery; measuring a duration time of the current flowing through the high current path; setting a permission time for which the current is permitted to flow; and interrupting the current flow when the duration time exceeds the permission time. Thus, the timing for interrupting the current flowing through the high current path of the rechargeable battery is accurately calculated, thereby preventing overheating and explosion of the rechargeable battery.
US08258755B2	Secondary battery charging method and device A method of charging a secondary battery and a charging device that can improve stability and extend the life span of the battery. When the secondary battery includes a plurality of cells, the charging method is changed when a voltage imbalance from 100 mV to 300 mV occurs among the cells. In that range, the charging method changes from a constant current-constant voltage charging method to a pulse-charging method. When the voltage imbalance is 300 mV or more, the electricity path is blocked, shutting down the battery. When the voltage imbalance is 100 mV or less, the constant current-constant voltage charging method is maintained. The method and device also stop charging when the battery reaches full charge.
US08258754B2	Battery management system and method A battery-management method is performed by a battery-operated device. The method includes allocating a first portion of a battery capacity to a first function and a second portion of the battery capacity to a second function. The method further includes simultaneously displaying a first indicator relating to the first portion of the battery capacity and a second indicator relating to the second portion of the battery capacity.
US08258752B2	Integrated PMOS transistor and Schottky diode and charging switch circuit employing the integrated device The present invention discloses an integrated PMOS transistor and Schottky diode, comprising a PMOS transistor which includes a gate, a source, a drain and a channel region between the source and drain, wherein the source, drain and channel region are formed in a substrate, and a parasitic diode is formed between the drain and the channel region; and a Schottky diode formed in the substrate and connected in reverse series with the parasitic diode, the Schottky diode having one end connected with the parasitic diode and the other end connected with the source.
US08258749B2	Power regulator for use with wireless communication device A power regulator includes an initial input, an output, a feedback input, and a comparison circuit. The initial input is configured to receive loop current at an insertion voltage. The output is configured to deliver charging power. The charging power changes at least partially in response to a change in the loop current. The comparison circuit is in electrical communication with the feedback input and is configured to regulate the insertion voltage. A wireless communication device is in electrical communication with the output of the power regulator and is configured to be powered by the charging power.
US08258748B2	Methods and apparatus for modeling, monitoring, simulating and controlling power consumption in battery-operated devices A computer-based processing system (e.g., host server) is operable for receiving historical device operation information (power consumption data) collected during operation of the remote battery-operated device in accordance with a first set of operating parameters. The first set of operating parameters enable operation of the battery-operated device in a first operating mode. The processing system calculates an observed battery life for the device based on the received historical power consumption data and a power capacity value representing a power capacity of the battery resident in the device. This observed battery life may be output to a user and used to determine whether the device will meet a predetermined operational life. If not, parameters for the device can be modified and a new projected battery life calculated (simulation), with the new modified parameters controlling power consumption in the device.
US08258745B2	Surgical sterilizer with integrated battery charging device A device for charging at least one rechargeable battery of a battery-operated surgical instrument that comprises a sealed container operable to enclose and create a microbial seal around the battery. The sealed container permits surgical sterilization and inductive charging of the battery while the battery is enclosed therein. The device further comprises an inductive charging assembly having a power receiver sub-assembly inside the sealed container and electrically coupled to the battery whereby the power receiver sub-assembly is operable to receive electrical power inductively from outside the sealed container and to charge the battery electrically coupled to the power receiver sub-assembly. A power supply is disposed outside the sealed container and supplies power inductively to the power receiver sub-assembly through the sealed container such that the sealed container is not structurally breached.
US08258744B2	Charging control apparatus for vehicle An oscillator provided in a charging cable outputs a non-oscillating signal when the potential of a pilot signal is around V(1), and outputs an oscillating signal when the potential of the pilot signal is lowered to V(2). A pull-down resistance element provided in the plug-in hybrid vehicle is connected between a control pilot line and a vehicle earth, and changes the potential of the pilot signal from V(1) to V(2). A switch is connected in series between the pull-down resistance element and the vehicle earth. When the charging cable is connected to the vehicle, the switch is turned off and the pull-down resistance element is separated from the vehicle earth.
US08258743B2	Sub-network load management for use in recharging vehicles equipped with electrically powered propulsion systems The E-Grid Sub-Network Load Manager operates to regulate the demands presented by the vehicles to the associated Sub-Network thereby to spread the load presented to the service disconnect over time to enable the controllable charging of a large number of vehicles. The load management can be implemented by a number of methodologies, including: queuing requests and serving each request in sequence until satisfaction; queuing requests and cycling through the requests, partially serving each request, then proceeding to the next until the cyclic partial charging service has satisfied all requests; ordering requests pursuant to a percentage of recharge required measurement; ordering requests on an estimated connection time metric; ordering requests on a predetermined level of service basis; and the like. It is evident that a number of these methods can be concurrently employed thereby to serve all of the vehicles in the most efficient manner that can be determined.
US08258737B2	Electric machine with non-coaxial rotors A rotary electric machine having plural rotary elements in a non-coaxial arrangement is disclosed. The rotary electric machine includes a housing assembly, at least one stator frame mounted in the housing assembly, at least one stator winding wound on the at least one stator frame, and at least two rotors mounted in the housing assembly having axes of rotation that are non-coaxial, wherein each of the at least two rotors is mechanically decoupled from the other rotors such that each of the at least two rotors rotates independent from one another. The rotary electric machine also includes a control unit, with the control unit including at least one electronic control electrically connected to the at least one stator winding. The control unit is configured to control an exchange of power to or from each of the at least one stator windings.
US08258736B2	Fail-safe controls for electric traction drive systems A method for operation of an internal permanent magnet motor having a rotor includes determining whether a neutral point access signal is received from the rotor and operating the internal permanent magnet motor using sensorless signals corresponding to a rotor position and a rotor speed derived by a first sensorless signal estimation method when the neutral point access signal is received, wherein the first sensorless signal estimation method utilizes the neutral point access signal to generate the rotor position and the rotor speed. The method further includes operating the internal permanent magnet motor using sensorless signals corresponding to a rotor position and a rotor speed derived by a second sensorless signal estimation method when the neutral point access signal is not received, wherein the second sensorless signal estimation method does not utilize the neutral point access signal to generate the rotor position and the rotor speed.
US08258734B2	Energy converter and electromechanical apparatus An energy converter includes magnetic coils of N phases (N is an integer of 3 or more), and a PWM drive circuit for driving the magnetic coils of N phases, wherein the magnetic coil of each phase can be independently controlled by the PWM drive circuit.
US08258731B2	Apparatus and method for starting motor A motor starting apparatus includes a driving signal generating unit that generates an open-loop driving signal and a drive circuit that is connected to a motor. The driving signal generating unit includes a data storing unit that stores therein predetermined data, a velocity integrating unit that integrates velocity data, a phase adjusting signal generating unit that generates a phase adjusting signal, a three-phase driving signal generating unit that generates a three-phase applied voltage, and a drive circuit driving unit that generates a driving signal of the motor. The three-phase driving signal generating unit performs open-loop driving by outputting the three-phase applied voltage based on the phase adjusting signal to the drive circuit driving unit.
US08258730B2	Motor driving circuit capable of outputting dual frequency generator (FG) signal A motor driving circuit capable of outputting a dual FG signal includes a control unit, a first Hall unit, a second Hall unit and a logic unit. The control unit is electrically connected to the first Hall unit and configured to generate a first FG signal based on a Hall signal sent by the first Hall unit. The second Hall unit is configured to detect the change in magnetic fields to generate a second FG signal to the logic unit. The logic unit is electrically connected to the control unit and the second Hall unit. The logic unit is configured to perform a logic operation based on the received first and second FG signals to convert them into a dual FG signal for an external system. With the control unit, the first Hall unit, the second Hall unit and the logic unit being integrated in the motor driving circuit, the convenience in use can be improved greatly. Furthermore, the working hours and the production cost can be reduced.
US08258729B1	Down sampling method for hard disk speed control loop Systems, methods and computer program products for removing speed adjustment errors attributed by pole asymmetry are described. In some implementations, the spindle motor speed can be down sampled. Down sampling the spindle motor speed can include determining the spindle motor speed every two (or multiple of two) electrical cycles. Determining the spindle motor speed every two electrical cycles can lead to an accurate determination of the actual spindle motor speed, as the timing and position differences between two adjacent poles can be equalized (e.g., timing and position errors associated with the second pole can be used to cancel out the timing and position characteristics errors with the first pole).
US08258728B2	Rotary electric machine control system A control unit of a rotary electric machine control system includes a stationary switching module and a transitional switching module. The stationary switching module switches over a control mode from a rectangular wave voltage phase control mode to an overmodulation current control mode by using a current phase of a smoothed current produced by filtering of high harmonic components on an actual current in a stationary operation state. The transitional switching module switches the control mode from the rectangular wave voltage phase control mode to the overmodulation current control mode by using the current phase of the actual current in a transitional operation state. The control mode is switched over by comparing the current phase of the actual current with a transitional switching reference line, which is preset separately from a switching reference line used for comparison with a current phase of the smoothed current.
US08258727B2	Regenerative torque shifter The regenerative torque shifter is a system for electric/hybrid electric vehicles that includes a driver-operated control device mounted in the vehicle and a control unit linked to a motor controller. The driver sets a level of regenerative braking desired by manipulating the control device. Based on output from the control device, the control unit directs the motor controller to apply a corresponding level of regenerative braking action by varying the amount of load seen by the motor.
US08258724B2	Variable inductor as downhole tuner A tunable LC circuit is used to trigger an electron discharge from an accelerator device, such as a Betatron. The circuit includes a coil as a first inductor having a first inductance electrically coupled in series with a capacitor. A second inductor having a variable inductance is electrically coupled, either in series or parallel, to the first inductor. The time to capacitor discharge is governed by: τLC=√{square root over ((L+LTUNE)C)}. Adjusting the inductance of the variable inductor (LTUNE) facilitates continuous adjustment of the discharge time. This is particularly useful when the LC values change in response to external stimuli, such as borehole temperature when a Betatron is used to log borehole features.
US08258720B2	Solid state lighting apparatus A lighting apparatus includes a solid state lamp including one or more solid state lighting elements, and a power circuit including a current limiting device electrically connected to the lamp. The current limiting device configured to impose a maximum threshold on the current delivered to the lamp, wherein the current limiting device functions as essentially a constant current source. The lighting apparatus includes a housing for the power circuit and lamp, as a module unit.
US08258719B2	Method and circuit arrangement for regulating a LED current flowing through a LED circuit arrangement, and associated circuit composition and lighting system The invention provides a method for regulating a LED current (ILED) flowing through a LED circuit arrangement at a mean LED current level. The method includes establishing an oscillating converter current (IL), establishing a first and a second current control indicator representative of a flow of a converter current (IL); regulating a peak and valley current level of the converter current in dependence on the first current control indicator; controlling a converter current period (T) of an oscillation of the converter current in dependence on the second current control indicator to be within a period control range (Tref) and feeding at least part of the converter current to the LED circuit arrangement. The invention also provides a circuit arrangement for regulating a LED current using the method, a LED driver IC using the circuit arrangement, a circuit composition with at least one LED and the circuit arrangement, and a lighting system with the circuit composition.
US08258712B1	Ballast circuit for reducing lamp striations An electronic ballast circuit includes a striation reduction circuit that can create an asymmetry in a lamp power signal that powers a gas-discharge lamp. The striation reduction circuit may have first and second circuit paths to cause the asymmetry in the lamp power signal. The first circuit path transmits the AC component signal of an input signal associated with an AC voltage while the second circuit path transmits a DC component signal. A non-linear component in the second circuit path is utilized to generate a harmonic component signal. AC component signal, DC component signal, and harmonic component signal are superimposed onto one another to cause an asymmetry in the lamp power signal that powers the gas discharge lamp.
US08258711B2	Semiconductor device, LED driving circuit, and apparatus for displaying an image The semiconductor device is included in the LED driving circuit (current regulator) of driving the LED array (with series-connected number m×parallel-connected number n), and is formed of a plurality (n pieces) of LED driving devices of controlling a current (constant-current driving) flowing in each string. A vertical semiconductor device, for example, a vertical MOSFET is used as the LED driving device. Both of a main device functioning as a constant-current driving device and a subsidiary device functioning as a circuit-breaking switch during dimming are formed inside a chip of the device, which are formed of the vertical semiconductor devices. In a first surface of the device, each source region of the main device and the subsidiary device is formed so as to be insulated from each other through an isolation region.
US08258705B2	Scotopically enhanced emergency light and control thereof System and method are provided for controlling emergency lighting where emergency lights turn on when main source of power goes out for controlling emergency lighting to conserve energy utilized by the emergency light, while maintaining good visibility of the emergency lighting. Solid state lighting, such as LED, is used within an emergency light to add light in blue wavelength region matching the light output to the most sensitive of wavelength response of the human eve to increase color perception and allows faster response time. Electrical current to the device and light output are reduced while LED light tends to increase its blue wavelength component as it is dimmed thus increasing effective light output. After a predetermined time, the light is purposefully dimmed to conserve energy and to allow the eye to slowly and safely adjust to the new lighting conditions. By reducing electrical current, energy storage batteries may be smaller than for similar unit that maintains constant light output.
US08258704B2	Vehicle lighting display system A lighting system for vehicles includes a housing having a front panel and a back panel, a reflector positioned adjacent the back panel, a plurality of light sources positioned on sides of the housing transverse to the back panel, a lens positioned the plurality of light sources and the front panel, a faceplate having a transparent pattern is configured to couple to the housing adjacent the front panel, a controller coupled to the light sources having a first input configured to couple to a vehicle ignition switch and a second input configured to couple to an accessory switch, and a color mapping interface coupled to the controller and configured to receive at least one removable color chip. The controller detects at least one color signal from the at least one removable color chip and controls the plurality of light sources in response to the at least one detected color signal.
US08258702B2	Ambient LED lighting system and method In at least one embodiment, an ambient lighting system comprising a lighting module and a controller is provided. The lighting module is configured to drive a light emitting device (LED) arrangement to display a desired ambient color in response to a lighting control signal and to transmit a lighting status signal providing diagnostic information for one of the lighting module and the LED arrangement. The controller is configured to transmit the lighting control signal including first digital data indicative of the desired ambient color and a feed signal for powering the lighting module on a bi-directional data communication bus between the controller and the lighting module. The controller is further configured to receive the lighting status signal on the bi-directional data communication bus.
US08258699B2	Illuminating device An illuminating device comprises one or more luminescent devices (1). The luminescent device comprises a semiconductor light emitting element (10) emitting a excitation light having an peak within a wavelength range from 350 nm to 430 nm, and a luminescent part (20) comprising a sealing member (22) and a phosphor (21) absorbing the light from the semiconductor light emitting element (10) and emitting a light with different emission spectrum. For the luminescent device (1), an excitation light contribution degree ΔE, an index quantitatively representing what extent of a visible component of the excitation light is involved in color mixing of a combined light of the luminescent device (1), is 0.005 or less, and a mean color rendering index Ra is 70 or more.
US08258698B2	Light emitting device having a molded body with a specific barycenter According to one embodiment, a light emitting device includes a first lead, a light emitting element, a second lead and a molded body. The first lead includes a die pad portion having a major surface and a recess provided in the major surface, and a bent portion bent toward above the major surface. The light emitting element is bonded to a bottom surface of the recess. The second lead with one end portion is opposed to one end portion of the first lead. The molded body covers the light emitting element, the bent portion, the die pad portion, and the one end portion of the second lead, and is made of a resin. A position of barycenter of the molded body is set between a lower surface of the die pad portion and a plane including an upper end of the bent portion.
US08258693B2	Top-emitting OLED device with integrated light-scattering and color-conversion layer A top-emitting OLED device, comprising: one or more OLEDs formed on a substrate; a light-scattering layer formed over the one or more OLEDs; a transparent cover; one or more color filters formed on the transparent cover; a color-conversion material layer formed over the color filters, or formed over or integral with the light-scattering layer; wherein the substrate is aligned and affixed to the transparent cover so that the locations of the color filters and color conversion material correspond to the location of the OLEDs, and the color-conversion material layer, color filters, and the light-scattering layer are between the cover and substrate, and a low-index gap is formed between the light-scattering layer and the color filters, with no light-scattering layer being positioned between the color conversion material layer and the low-index gap, wherein the color-conversion material layer is formed integrally with the light-scattering layer.
US08258692B2	Organic light emitting diode display and method for manufacturing the same Aspects of the present invention relate to an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display and a manufacturing method thereof. The OLED display includes: a substrate; pixel electrodes disposed on the substrate; a pixel defining layer disposed on the substrate, having a plurality of openings that expose the pixel electrodes; an organic emission layer formed on the pixel electrodes; and a common electrode formed on the organic emission layer and the pixel defining layer. An electrode cut is formed in the common electrode, around one of the openings of the pixel defining layer, to electrically isolate a portion of the common electrode.
US08258691B2	Organic light emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same An organic light emitting display apparatus using a micro cavity method comprises a first sub pixel, a second pixel and a third pixel, each of which emits different color from an emission layer interposed between two electrodes. The first sub pixel, the second sub pixel and the third sub pixel form a unit pixel. Emission layers of the first and second sub pixels are formed so as to have the same pattern throughout the first and second sub pixels, and an emission layer of the third sub pixel is formed so as to have a pattern separate from the first and second sub pixels. In this structure, three-colored emission layers may be formed using two mask processes so that productivity is improved due to process simplification, and high-resolution is realized due to a decrease in the distance between deposited patterns.
US08258690B2	High brightness inorganic electroluminescence device driven by direct current The present invention is characterized by a DC-driven inorganic EL element useful for mobile and other applications, the EL element including at least plural electrode layers, and a light emitter layer made of an inorganic composition, which is provided between the electrode layers, wherein the attainted brightness in the DC drive is 10000 cd/m2 or more.
US08258688B2	Stylable lamp with bulb including model A stylable lamp with bulb including model of the present invention includes a luminous base, a bulb, and a connecting portion. The bulb includes a model and a covering layer. The covering layer is made of transparent material. The model is embedded in the covering layer substantially. The model has an optical property different from that of the covering layer. As such, patterns and sculptures can be provides with the model. A smooth outer surface can be formed with the covering layer. An artistic lamp provided by the present invention can be cleaned up easily. The connecting portion connects the holder and a lamp adapter together and includes a scalable conjunction portion which is able to keep electric power supply continuing when position of the holder is adjusted.
US08258684B1	Electrode cover assembly A cold cathode lighting system comprising a cold cathode lamp with electrodes on either end of the lamp, oriented such that it includes an electrode extension in order to return the electrode to the same parallel position as the main body of the lamp. The lamp's electrodes are inserted into a casing that is comprised of a casing covers on either ends of the casing which may slid be opened. The casing covers interact with a electrode cover assembly underneath the casing covers, that allows the lamp to be inserted when the casing covers are opened. The closing of the casing covers will safely engage an interconnection with the lamp's electrodes through the electrode cover assembly.
US08258678B2	Short range ultrasonic device with broadbeam ultrasonic transducers An apparatus comprises a first transducer support configured to receive a first transducer in a first opening. A face of the first face of the transducer is located in a first plane. The apparatus also comprises a second transducer support configured to receive a second transducer in a second opening. A face of the second transducer is located in a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane.
US08258662B2	Assembly structure of bearing and holder of brushless DC motor Disclosed herein is an assembly structure of a bearing and a holder of a brushless DC motor. The bearing is forcibly fitted into a hollow space formed through the holder. A beveled mouth edge is formed on the upper end of the circumferential inner surface of the holder through which the bearing enters the holder. Therefore, the assembly structure can enhance the workability of the process of assembling the bearing with the holder.
US08258661B2	Motor A motor includes a tubular housing having flat side walls along each side of rectangular joined with each other by joining sections, a magnet, having magnet poles in the jointing section, disposed along the inner peripheral surfaces of the housing, a shaft inserted along the axis of the housing, an armature fixed to the shaft in such a position as to be opposite to the magnet, a commutator mounted on the shaft, a carbon brush in sliding contact with the outer peripheral surface of the commutator, and electrical components provided within the housing. The electrical components in the longer direction are arranged such that they are not parallel with all the sides of the housing.
US08258660B2	Stator arrangement for an electric motor A stator arrangement for an electric motor. The stator arrangement including a laminated stator core with stator windings running through stator grooves and forming winding overhangs at each end face of the laminated stator core. The stator arrangement also includes an interconnection unit having a switching disk covering the winding overhangs on one end face of the stator. The switching disk further including at least one temperature monitor mounted thereon for monitoring the temperature of the stator windings. The temperature monitor being seated in a holding pocket that is resiliently connected to the switching disk in such a manner that, when positioned in one of the stator grooves, it is resiliently biased into engagement with a stator winding.
US08258659B2	Shaft support system for electric motor, electric motor and method for making same A shaft support system 7 for an electric motor 1, comprising a rolling bearing 17 provided with an inner race 33 and an outer race 34, at least one angular position sensor 20 for detecting the angular position of the inner race, an encoder 19 mounted on the inner race, a flange 16 for supporting the outer race of the bearing, and a processing module 18 supported by the flange.
US08258654B2	Wireless occupancy sensing with portable power switching A portable switching device may include a wireless receiver to receive a wireless signal from an occupancy sensor, and a power switch to control power to a load in response to the wireless signal. In some embodiments, the wireless signal may include an occupancy signal that indicates the occupied state of a monitored space. In other embodiments, the wireless signal may include a detector signal that requires further processing to determine the occupied state of the space.
US08258653B2	Contactless power transmission system Power saving is promoted by oscillating only power transmission coil contributing to contactless charging without using any communication means.
US08258651B2	Methods and circuits for controlling a battery disconnect switch Redundant power supplies and redundant channels of communication maximize the probability that a controller will trigger a battery disconnect switch to open when commanded to do so.
US08258650B2	Electric circuit for automobile The invention relates to an electric circuit for an automobile, that comprises a ground line (M), an onboard network (R) with a battery (1) connected to the network (R) and to the ground (M) by a branch (b1) comprising a switch (K1) and by a second branch (b2) including a switch (K2), an alternator (3) connected to the battery, a starter and consumer members (4) connected to said onboard network and to the ground. The circuit further includes a voltage holding device that comprises a bridge (b3) connecting the branch (b1) to the branch (b2) and a capacitor (2) connected to the bridge (b3) at a location between the third switch (K2) and the second branch (b2), and an internal supply device (8) that allows the current flow in the second branch (b2) only when recharging the capacitor (2).
US08258648B2	Windmill for wind power generator and wind power generator Biasing unit, a spindle member, and a link mechanism of a windmill for a wind power generator vary an angle of a blade in a first stage where the angle is made nearly parallel to the wind so that the blade easily rotates in light winds, a second stage where the angle is made nearly perpendicular to the wind so that the blade easily rotates at high speed when the wind speed increases, and a third stage where the blade is pushed back from the state of being nearly perpendicular to the wind to the state of being nearly parallel to the wind so as to prevent the excessive rotation in strong winds, without electrical control being not required. Accordingly this wind power generator has an excellent starting performance and can control the excessive rotation at low cost.
US08258646B2	Tower for a wind turbine The invention concerns a tower for a wind turbine which tower supports a nacelle with bearings in which a horizontal rotation axis with blades can rotate, the tower comprises a steel wall of circular section, a drive for rotating the nacelle around a vertical axis of the circular section and at the bottom of the tower foundation means for supporting the tower in upright position. In accordance with the invention the foundation means comprises a bearing on a base which bearing supports the tower and a support ring positioned by three or more legs above the base for keeping the tower upright wherein in the support ring rollers or wheels press against the steel wall of circular section.
US08258645B2	Wind turbine with sail extensions A wind turbine (10) includes a turbine wheel (12) with radially extending turbine blades (20) supported between the axis structure (16) and the circular rim (18) of the turbine wheel. Turbine blade extensions (22) are positioned in alignment with the turbine blades and may be pivotally mounted on the circular rim.
US08258642B2	Method and system for resonance dampening in wind turbines A resonance damping system for a wind turbine having a generator connected to a power grid, the resonance damping system comprising an adaptive resonance damper, operable to provide a control signal for the generator, wherein the variable torque signal of the adaptive resonance damper is automatically adjusted according to a parameter which represents a grid condition.
US08258640B2	Power system having transient control A power system is disclosed. The power system may have an engine with a desired operating speed range, and a generator mechanically driven by the engine to produce electrical power directed to an external load. The power system may also have a power storage device associated with at least one of the engine and the generator, and a controller in communication with the engine and the power storage device. The controller may be configured to determine a speed of the engine deviating from the desired operating range, and to activate the power storage device to absorb or supplement at least a portion of the electrical power directed to the external load based on the determination.
US08258638B1	Energy generation using continental shelf mass A system and method for generating electrical energy from continental shelf mass involves moving continental shelf mass onto a conveyor at a first elevation at or near sea level. The mass is moved on the conveyor system to a second elevation well below sea level. Ideally, the second elevation is the bottom of a continental trench. The conveyor is then used to convey a liquid, preferably seawater, to a third elevation higher than the first elevation. The liquid is then passed into a reservoir and through a hydroelectric generator. The conveyor system may include a bucket chain enclosed in a pipeline.
US08258636B1	High refractive index curable liquid light emitting diode encapsulant formulation A curable liquid polysiloxane/TiO2 composite for use as a light emitting diode encapsulant is provided, comprising: a polysiloxane prepolymer with TiO2 domains having an average domain size of less than 5 nm, wherein the curable liquid polysiloxane/TiO2 composite contains 20 to 60 mol % TiO2 (based on total solids); wherein the curable liquid polysiloxane/TiO2 composite exhibits a refractive index of >1.61 to 1.7 and wherein the curable liquid polysiloxane/TiO2 composite is a liquid at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. Also provided is a light emitting diode manufacturing assembly.
US08258631B2	Pad layout structure of semiconductor chip Provided is a pad layout structure of a semiconductor chip capable of preventing lead-broken problems when packaging the semiconductor chip with a high aspect ratio in a tape carrier package (TCP). In the pad layout structure of the semiconductor chip, a plurality pads are arranged along upper, lower, left and right sides of the semiconductor chip with a high aspect ratio, and a longitudinal width of pads arranged at the left and right sides and a transverse width of pads arranged at both edges of the upper and lower sides are greater than a transverse width of pads arranged at centers of the upper and lower sides.
US08258629B2	Curing low-k dielectrics for improving mechanical strength An integrated circuit structure including reflective metal pads is provided. The integrated circuit structure includes a semiconductor substrate; a first low-k dielectric layer overlying the semiconductor substrate, wherein the first low-k dielectric layer is a top low-k dielectric layer; a second low-k dielectric layer immediately underlying the first low-k dielectric layer; and a reflective metal pad in the second low-k dielectric layer.
US08258628B2	System and method for integrated circuit arrangement having a plurality of conductive structure levels An integrated circuit arrangement includes a substrate with a multiplicity of integrated semiconductor components arranged therein, the substrate having a wiring interconnect near to the substrate, a middle wiring interconnect and a wiring interconnect remote from the substrate, which are arranged in this order at increasing distance from the substrate.
US08258621B2	Semiconductor device An exemplary embodiment of the present invention is a semiconductor device having a regular layout region and an irregular layout region formed on one chip, including: a lower conductive layer; an interlayer insulating film formed on the lower conductive layer; an upper interconnect layer formed on the interlayer insulating film; and connection plugs disposed to electrically connect the lower conductive layer and the upper interconnect layer at a substantially shortest distance. In at least part of the regular layout region, the lower conductive layer and the upper interconnect layer are electrically connected to each other through at least two connection plugs and an intermediate connection layer for electrically connecting the at least two connection plugs, the at least two connection plugs being disposed at an immediately above position extending from immediately above the lower conductive layer and a shift position spaced apart from the immediately above position, respectively.
US08258620B2	Circuit device, method of manufacturing the circuit device, device mounting board and semiconductor module A circuit device includes an insulating base provided with a resin layer mixed with a fibrous filler, bumps provided in the insulating base and functioning as electrodes for connection, a semiconductor device that is flip-chip mounted, and an underfill filling a gap between the semiconductor device and the insulating base. By allowing the fibrous filler projecting through the top surface of the resin layer to be in contact with the underfill, strength of adhesion between the underfill and the insulating base is improved.
US08258615B2	Semiconductor device and fabricating method thereof The present invention provides a semiconductor device capable of eliminating voltage (IR) drop of a semiconductor die inside the semiconductor device and a fabricating method of the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device comprises the semiconductor die, and the semiconductor die comprises a first surface area, a plurality of first pads potentially equivalent to each other, a passivation layer, a plurality of first openings, and a first conducting medium layer. The passivation layer is disposed on the plurality of first pads. The plurality of first openings is formed on the passivation layer, and utilized for exposing the plurality of first pads. The first conducting medium layer is formed on the first surface area, and utilized for fulfilling the plurality of first openings to connect the plurality of first pads.
US08258613B1	Semiconductor memory card A semiconductor package for a semiconductor chip, e.g., a memory chip, is disclosed. The semiconductor package includes a substrate having a generally rectangular perimeter with four sidewalls and a chamfer between adjacent first and second ones of the sidewalls. The memory chip is electrically coupled contacts provided on an opposite surface of the substrate. The contacts are in a row along only the one sidewall of the substrate. A body of a plastic encapsulant covers the first surface of the substrate, the memory chip, and at least two of the sidewalls of the package. The entire perimeter of the substrate, including all four sidewalls and the chamfer, are covered by the plastic encapsulant. Alternatively, only two or three of the sidewalls are covered by the plastic encapsulant, with the other sidewall(s) being exposed and vertically coplanar with a respective sidewall of the plastic encapsulant.
US08258611B2	Leadframe structure for electronic packages A leadframe structure for an electronic package is provided, wherein the leadframe structure comprises a die-pad, a barrier area, and a bonding area, wherein the barrier area is arranged between the die-pad and the bonding area, and wherein the barrier area is adapted to electrically connect the die-pad and the bonding area, and is further constructed in such a way that delamination growth between the leadframe structure and a moulding compound fixable to the leadframe structure is reduced.
US08258610B2	Integrated circuit devices including a multi-layer structure with a contact extending therethrough Integrated circuit devices have a first substrate layer and a first transistor on the first substrate layer. A first interlayer insulating film covers the first transistor. A second substrate layer is on the first interlayer insulating film and a second transistor is on the second substrate layer. A second interlayer insulating film covers the second transistor. A contact extends through the second interlayer insulating film, the second substrate layer and the first interlayer insulating film. The contact includes a lower contact and an upper contact that contacts an upper surface of the lower contact to define an interface therebetween. The interface is located at a height no greater than a height of a top surface of the second substrate and greater than a height of a bottom surface of the second substrate layer.
US08258601B2	Power semiconductor device A plurality of cell structures of a vertical power device are formed at a semiconductor substrate. One cell structure included in the plurality of cell structures and located in a central portion CR of the main surface has a lower current carrying ability than the other cell structure included in the plurality of cell structures and located in an outer peripheral portion PR of the main surface. This provides a power semiconductor device having a long power cycle life.
US08258599B2	Electronics package with an integrated circuit device having post wafer fabrication integrated passive components An apparatus and a method for producing passive components on an integrated circuit device. The integrtated circuit device has post wafer fabrication integrated passive components situated on the opposite substrate side of the device's integrated circuitry. Electrical contact pads of the passive components are configured to be coupled to the electronics package contact pads to complete the electronic package.
US08258593B2	Image sensor having dielectric layer which allows first impurity region of photodiode to be isolated from contact plug and second impurity region of the photodiode to contact the contact plug An image sensor and a method of manufacturing the same. An image sensor may include a first interlayer dielectric layer having a first metal wiring and/or a bonding silicon including impurity regions on and/or over a first interlayer dielectric layer. An image sensor may include a second interlayer dielectric layer formed on and/or over a bonding silicon, and/or a first contact plug connected to a first metal wiring. An image sensor may include a third interlayer dielectric layer on and/or over a second interlayer dielectric layer, a second contact plug connected to a first impurity region and/or a second metal wiring on and/or over a second interlayer dielectric layer. An image sensor may include and a color filter layer and/or a microlens. A dielectric layer may be between a first contact plug and a first impurity region. A dielectric layer may be on and/or over a second interlayer dielectric layer.
US08258591B2	Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) device The present invention provides a MEMS device, be implemented on many MEMS device, such as MEMS microphone, MEMS speaker, MEMS accelerometer, MEMS gyroscope. The MEMS device includes a substrate. A dielectric structural layer is disposed over the substrate, wherein the dielectric structural layer has an opening to expose the substrate. A diaphragm layer is disposed over the dielectric structural layer, wherein the diaphragm layer covers the opening of the dielectric structural layer to form a chamber. A conductive electrode structure is adapted in the diaphragm layer and the substrate to store nonvolatile charges.
US08258584B2	Offset gate semiconductor device An offset gate semiconductor device includes a substrate and an isolation feature formed in the substrate. An active region is formed in the substrate substantially adjacent to the isolation feature. An interface layer is formed on the substrate over the isolation feature and the active region. A polysilicon layer is formed on the interface layer over the isolation feature and the active region. A trench being formed in the polysilicon layer over the isolation feature. The trench extending to the interface layer. A fill layer is formed to line the trench and a metal gate formed in the trench.
US08258579B2	Stressed semiconductor using carbon and method for producing the same A stressed semiconductor using carbon is provided. At least one carbon layer containing diamond is formed either below a semiconductor layer or above a semiconductor device. The carbon layer induces stress in the semiconductor layer, thereby increasing carrier mobility in the device channel region. The carbon layer may be selectively formed or patterned to localize the induced stress.
US08258578B2	Handshake structure for improving layout density A semiconductor device includes a gate on a semiconductor substrate. One side wall of the gate may include at least one protrusion and an opposite side wall of the gate may include at least one depression. A contact is formed through an insulating layer disposed over the gate. The contact at least partially overlaps at least one of the protrusions in the gate. A metal layer is disposed on the insulating layer. The metal layer includes a first structure shifted to a first side of the gate. The first structure at least partially overlaps the contact such that the contact electrically couples the first structure to the gate through the insulating layer.
US08258575B2	Isolated drain-centric lateral MOSFET A lateral MOSFET formed in a substrate of a first conductivity type includes a gate formed atop a gate dielectric layer over a surface of the substrate, a drain region of a second conductivity type, a source region of a second conductivity type, and a body region of the first conductivity type which extends under the gate. The body region may have a non-monotonic vertical doping profile with a portion located deeper in the substrate having a higher doping concentration than a portion located shallower in the substrate. The lateral MOSFET is drain-centric, with the source region and a dielectric-filled trench surrounding the drain region.
US08258571B2	MOS semiconductor memory device having charge storage region formed from stack of insulating films The invention provides a MOS semiconductor memory device that achieves excellent data retention characteristics while also achieving high-speed data write performance, low-power operation performance, and high reliability. A MOS semiconductor memory device 601 includes a first insulating film 111 and fifth insulating film 115 having large bandgaps 111a and 115a, a third insulating film 113 having the smallest bandgap 113a, and a second insulating film 112 and fourth insulating film 114 interposed between the third insulating film 113 and the first and fifth insulating films 111 and 115, respectively, and having intermediate bandgaps 112a and 114a.
US08258570B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a first gate insulating film over a first device region, a second gate insulating film over a second device region, a first gate electrode over the first gate insulating film, a second gate electrode over the second gate insulating film, first source and drain regions in the first device region at both sides of the first gate electrode, second source and drain regions in the second device region at both sides of the second gate electrode, and a memory cell memory cell that further includes a tunnel insulating film formed over a third device region, a floating gate formed over the tunnel insulating film, an insulating film formed over the floating gate, a control gate formed over the tunnel insulating film, and third source and drain regions formed in third device region at both sides of the floating gate and the control gate.
US08258569B2	Non-volatile semiconductor memory device A plurality of NAND cells are arranged in a cell array. In each of the NAND cells, a pair of selection gate transistors is connected in series to a plurality of memory cell transistors. An inter-gate connection trench is formed in an insulating film between layers of stacked gates of the selection gate transistors. The stacked gates are electrically connected to each other. At an end part of the cell array in the row direction, an STI area is formed, and dummy NAND cells are formed at an end part in the row direction. A dummy selection gate transistor is connected in series to a plurality of dummy memory cell transistors. No inter-gate connection trench is present in an insulating film between layers of stacked gates of the dummy selection gate transistor, and the stacked gates of the dummy selection gate transistor are not electrically connected to each other.
US08258568B2	Semiconductor device having an oxide film formed on a semiconductor substrate sidewall of an element region and on a sidewall of a gate electrode A first isolation is formed on a semiconductor substrate, and a first element region is isolated via the first isolation. A first gate insulating film is formed on the first element region, and a first gate electrode is formed on the first gate insulating film. A second isolation is formed on the semiconductor substrate, and a second element region is isolated via the second isolation. A second gate insulating film is formed on the second element region, and a second gate electrode is formed on the second gate insulating film. A first oxide film is formed between the first isolation and the first element region. A second oxide film is formed between the second isolation and the second element region. The first isolation has a width narrower than the second isolation, and the first oxide film has a thickness thinner than the second oxide film.
US08258565B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and fabricating the same There is provided a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, including, a tunnel insulator, a floating gate electrode including a first floating gate electrode and a second floating gate electrode being constituted with a nondegenerate state semiconductor, an intergate insulating film formed to cover at least continuously an upper and a portion of a side surface of the floating gate electrode, and a control gate electrode in order, and an isolation insulating film, a lower portion of the isolation insulating film being embedded in the semiconductor substrate in both sides of the floating gate electrode along a channel width direction, an upper portion of the isolation insulating film contacting with a side surface of the first floating gate electrode and protruding to a level between an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate and an upper surface of the first floating gate electrode.
US08258559B2	Image sensor photodiode arrangement The present invention relates to a technology for reducing dark current noise by discharging electrons accumulated on a surface of an image sensor photodiode. In an N-type or P-type photodiode, a channel is formed between the photodiode and a power voltage terminal, so that electrons (or holes) accumulated on a surface of the photodiode are discharged to the power voltage terminal through the channel.
US08258558B2	Image sensor and method of manufacturing the same Provided are image sensors and methods of manufacturing the same. An image sensor includes a metal line and an interlayer insulation layer on a semiconductor substrate including a readout circuit; an image detection unit on the interlayer insulation layer and including stacked first and second doping layers; a pixel separation unit penetrating the image detection unit, separating the image detection unit by pixel; a first metal contact penetrating the image detection unit and the interlayer insulation layer to contact the metal line; a first barrier pattern protecting the first metal contact from contacting the second doping layer, while exposing the first metal contact to the first doping layer; and a second metal contact in a trench above the first metal contact, wherein the second metal contact is electrically connected to the second doping layer while being isolated from the first metal contact by a second barrier pattern.
US08258557B2	Uses of self-organized needle-type nanostructures The invention relates to processes for the production and elements (components) with a nanostructure (2; 4, 4a) for improving the optical behavior of components and devices and/or for improving the behavior of sensors by enlarging the active surface area. The nanostructure (2) is produced in a self-masking fashion by means of RIE etching and its material composition can be modified and it can be provided with suitable cover layers.
US08258554B2	Pressure detector and pressure detector array A pressure detector is disclosed having an organic transistor, a pressure-detecting layer and a first electrode. The organic transistor includes an emitter, an organic layer, a grid formed with holes, and a collector, the organic layer being sandwiched between the emitter and the collector. The pressure-detecting layer is formed on the organic transistor such that the collector is sandwiched between the organic layer and the pressure-detecting layer. The first electrode is formed on the pressure-detecting layer such that the pressure-detecting layer is sandwiched between the collector and the first electrode. The area of the active region of the pressure detector is determined by the overlapped area of the electrodes, thereby reducing the pitch of the electrodes and thus the size of the pressure detector.
US08258552B2	Semiconductor device including at least six transistor forming linear shapes with at least two transistor forming linear shapes having offset ends A cell of a semiconductor device includes a diffusion level including a plurality of diffusion regions separated by inactive regions. The cell includes a gate electrode level including conductive features defined to extend in only a first parallel direction. Adjacent conductive features that share a common line of extent in the first parallel direction are fabricated from respective originating layout features that are separated from each other by an end-to-end spacing having a size that is substantially equal and minimized across the gate electrode level region. Some of the conductive features form respective PMOS and/or NMOS transistor devices. A total number of the PMOS and NMOS transistor devices in the cell is greater than or equal to eight. A width of the conductive features within a five wavelength photolithographic interaction radius is less than a wavelength of light of 193 nanometers as used in a photolithography process for their fabrication.
US08258551B2	Semiconductor device with gate level including transistors of first type and transistors of second type with corresponding gate contact placement restriction A cell of a semiconductor device includes a diffusion level including a plurality of diffusion regions separated by inactive regions. The cell also includes a gate electrode level including conductive features defined to extend in only a first parallel direction. Adjacent ones of the conductive features that share a common line of extent in the first parallel direction are fabricated from respective originating layout features that are separated from each other by an end-to-end spacing having a size that is substantially equal across the gate electrode level region and is minimized to an extent allowed by a semiconductor device manufacturing capability. Some of the conductive features form respective PMOS and/or NMOS transistor devices. A number of the PMOS transistor devices is equal to a number of the NMOS transistor devices in the cell. The cell also includes a number of interconnect levels formed above the gate electrode level.
US08258550B2	Semiconductor device including at least six transistor forming linear shapes including at least two transistor forming linear shapes having different extension distances beyond gate contact A cell layout of a semiconductor device includes a diffusion level layout including a plurality of diffusion region layout shapes. The cell layout also includes a gate electrode level layout defined to include linear-shaped layout features placed to extend in only a first parallel direction. Adjacent linear-shaped layout features that share a common line of extent in the first parallel direction are separated from each other by an end-to-end spacing that is substantially equal across the gate electrode level layout and that is minimized to an extent allowed by a semiconductor device manufacturing capability. The gate electrode level layout includes linear-shaped layout features defined along at least four different lines of extent in the first parallel direction. The cell layout also includes a number of interconnect level layouts each defined to pattern conductive features within corresponding interconnect levels above the gate electrode level of the cell.
US08258549B2	Semiconductor device including two transistors of first type having gates formed by conductors of different length respectively aligned with two transistors of second type having gates formed by conductors of different length A cell of a semiconductor device includes a substrate portion formed to include at least one p-type diffusion region and at least one n-type diffusion region separated by non-active regions. The cell includes a gate electrode level including a number of conductive features defined to extend in only a first parallel direction. Each of the conductive features within the gate electrode level is fabricated from a respective originating rectangular-shaped layout feature. A width of the conductive features is less than a wavelength of light used in a photolithography process for their fabrication. Some of the conductive features form respective PMOS and/or NMOS transistor devices. A total number of the PMOS and NMOS transistor devices in the cell is greater than or equal to eight. The cell also includes a number of interconnect levels formed above the gate electrode level.
US08258548B2	Semiconductor device with gate level including four transistors of first type and four transistors of second type separated by non-diffusion region with restricted gate contact placement over separating non-diffusion region A cell of a semiconductor device includes a substrate portion formed to include a plurality of diffusion regions, including at least one p-type diffusion region and at least one n-type diffusion region separated from each other by one or more non-active regions. The cell includes a gate electrode level including a number of conductive features defined to extend in only a first parallel direction. Each of the conductive features within the gate electrode level is fabricated from a respective originating rectangular-shaped layout feature. Some of the conductive features form respective PMOS and/or NMOS transistor devices. A number of the PMOS transistor devices is equal to a number of the NMOS transistor devices in the gate electrode level of the cell. The cell also includes a number of interconnect levels formed above the gate electrode level.
US08258544B2	Field-effect transistor A field-effect transistor provided with a substrate, a channel layer, a carrier supply layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate electrode, a first insulating layer that is laminated on the carrier supply layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode, and suppresses current collapse, an opening that is formed between an edge of the first insulating layer opposing the drain electrode and the drain electrode, and a second insulating layer that is laminated on the carrier supply layer exposed in the opening.
US08258543B2	Quantum-well-based semiconductor devices Quantum-well-based semiconductor devices and methods of forming quantum-well-based semiconductor devices are described. A method includes providing a hetero-structure disposed above a substrate and including a quantum-well channel region. The method also includes forming a source and drain material region above the quantum-well channel region. The method also includes forming a trench in the source and drain material region to provide a source region separated from a drain region. The method also includes forming a gate dielectric layer in the trench, between the source and drain regions; and forming a gate electrode in the trench, above the gate dielectric layer.
US08258536B2	Light emitting module A light emitting module includes a dielectric substrate, a solar cell unit, a metal pattern layer, light emitting units, and a power storage component. The dielectric substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The solar cell unit is positioned on the first surface. The metal pattern layer is positioned on the second surface. The light emitting units is positioned on the metal pattern layer. The power storage component includes a power charge port electrically coupled to the solar cell unit, and a power supply port electrically coupled to the metal pattern layer.

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