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US08817552B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device comprises a plurality of memory layers arranged in multilayer, each memory layer including a cell array, the cell array containing a plurality of first parallel lines, a plurality of second parallel lines arranged crossing the first lines, and a plurality of memory cells connected at intersections of the first lines and the second lines; a pulse generator operative to generate pulses required for data access to the memory cell; and a control means operative to control the pulse generator such that the pulse output from the pulse generator has energy in accordance with the memory layer to which the access target memory cell belongs.
US08817548B2	Semiconductor memory device having an electrically floating body transistor A method for performing a holding operation to a semiconductor memory array having rows and columns of memory cells, includes: applying an electrical signal to buried regions of the memory cells, wherein each of the memory cells comprises a floating body region defining at least a portion of a surface of the memory cell, the floating body region having a first conductivity type; and wherein the buried region of each memory cell is located within the memory cell and located adjacent to the floating body region, the buried region having a second conductivity type.
US08817545B2	Semiconductor memory devices, systems including non-volatile memory read threshold voltage determination A semiconductor memory system can include a memory device having a memory cell array that includes a plurality of memory cells. A memory controller can be configured to perform domain transformation on data written to and/or read from the plurality of memory cells to provide domain-transformed data and configured to perform signal processing on the domain-transformed data to output processed data or a control signal.
US08817542B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device in an embodiment includes a semiconductor layer, a memory cell array, word lines, bit lines, a source line, and a control circuit. The memory cell array has memory strings, each of the memory strings having memory cells. The word lines are connected to the control gates of the memory cells. The control circuit controls a voltage applied to the semiconductor layer, the control gates, the bit lines, and the source line. When executing a read operation, the control circuit begins application of a first voltage to the source line at a first time, the first voltage having a positive value. The control circuit begins application of a second voltage to unselected word lines at the first time or thereafter, the second voltage setting the memory cells to a conductive state regardless of retained data of the memory cells.
US08817530B2	Data-masked analog and digital read for resistive memories An analog read circuit measures the resistance of each of a plurality of bits in an array of resistive memory elements. Data stored within a latch determines whether to selectively enable the analog read circuit. In an alternate embodiment, a sense amplifier is coupled to the latch and the array, and the data stored in the latch determines whether to selectively enable the sense amplifier.
US08817520B2	Two capacitor self-referencing nonvolatile bitcell A system on chip (SoC) provides a memory array of self referencing nonvolatile bitcells. Each bit cell includes two ferroelectric capacitors connected in series between a first plate line and a second plate line, such that a node Q is formed between the two ferroelectric capacitors. The first plate line and the second plate line are configured to provide a voltage approximately equal to first voltage while the bit cell is not being accessed. A clamping circuit coupled to the node Q. A first read capacitor is coupled to the bit line via a transfer device controlled by a first control signal. A second read capacitor coupled to the bit line via another transfer device controlled by a second control signal. A sense amp is coupled between the first read capacitor and the second read capacitor.
US08817519B2	Integrated circuit including e-fuse array circuit An integrated circuit includes a high voltage generator generating a high voltage, a negative voltage generator generating a negative voltage, a divided voltage generator generating a divided voltage by dividing the power source voltage and supplying it to a read voltage terminal, a first power gate supplying the high voltage or the divided voltage to a program voltage terminal, a second power gate supplying the negative voltage or the ground voltage to a deactivation voltage terminal, a third power gate supplying the ground voltage or the divided voltage to an activation voltage terminal, and an e-fuse array circuit operating using voltage of the program voltage terminal as a program voltage, voltage of the divided voltage terminal as a read voltage, voltage of the activation voltage terminal as an activation voltage, and voltage of the deactivation voltage terminal as a deactivation voltage.
US08817510B2	Apparatus and method for controlling a power inverter An apparatus and method for controlling a DC-to-AC inverter is disclosed. The DC-to-AC inverter may be configured to convert DC power received from an alternative energy source to AC power for supplying an AC grid or load. The inverter may determine whether the power presently supplied by the alternative energy source is less than a predetermined amount of power and, if so, disable an output converter of the inverter. Additionally, the inverter may predict the voltage of a DC bus of the inverter at a future point in time and, if the predicted DC bus voltage is greater than a predetermined maximum DC bus voltage, enable the output converter to transfer energy from the DC bus to the AC grid to reduce the DC bus voltage.
US08817509B2	High frequency power supply device There is provided a high frequency power supply device. The power control unit comprises an impedance adjuster that includes a variable reactance element and adjusts a load side impedance by changing a reactance value of the variable reactance element, and an impedance control unit that controls the variable reactance element of the impedance adjuster in response to a power value detected by a power detection unit so as to perform control of approximating the power value of the high frequency power, which is fed from the high frequency power generation unit to the load, to the setting value or control of maintaining the power value within the set allowable range by changing a resistance of the load side impedance in response to the power value detected by the power detection unit.
US08817506B2	Converter circuit, and motor drive control apparatus, air-conditioner, refrigerator, and induction heating cooker provided with the circuit A converter circuit including a step-up converter including a rectifier, a step-up reactor, a switching element, and a reverse current prevention element; a step-up converter having a step-up reactor, a switching element, and a reverse current prevention element and connected in parallel with the step-up converter; a switching control unit that controls switching elements; and a smoothing capacitor that is provided at the output of the step-up converters. The switching control unit switches the current mode of the current flowing through the step-up reactors into any of a continuous mode, a critical mode, and a discontinuous mode based on a predetermined condition.
US08817505B2	Three-phase rectifier with bidirectional switches A three-phase rectifier converts three-phase alternating current (AC) power supplied from a three-phase AC power supply into direct current (DC) power. The three-phase rectifier includes a full-wave rectifier circuit, a bidirectional switch circuit, and a controller. The full-wave rectifier circuit rectifies three-phase AC power to DC power. The bidirectional switch circuit switches on and off inputs of respective phases from the three-phase AC power supply to the full-wave rectifier circuit. The controller detects voltages of the respective phases of the three-phase AC power supply, generates switching patterns for the respective phases to switch the bidirectional switch circuit on and off based on the detected voltages of the phases, and controls switching of the bidirectional switch circuit based on the switching patterns.
US08817502B2	Switch control device, multi-channel converter including the same, and switch controlling method The present invention relates to a switch control device, a multi-channel converter including the same, and a switch control method thereof. A multi-channel converter includes at least two converters, and each converter includes at least one power switch. The multi-channel converter supplies the sum of the output power of at least two converters to the load. The switch control device generates at least two gate signals switching operation of each of at least one power switch of at least two converters. The switch control device modulates a switching frequency of at least one power switch according to the load, determines the number of phases of the multi-channel converter according to the load, and generates a gate signal for the phase difference corresponding to the number of the determined phases between at least two gate signals to be generated.
US08817501B1	Reconfigurable switched capacitor power converter techniques An apparatus for converting a first voltage into a second voltage includes a reconfigurable switched capacitor power converter having a selectable conversion gain. converter includes a cascade multiplier switched capacitor network having capacitors, each of which electrically connects to a stack node and to a phase node. A controller causes the network to transition between first and second operation modes. In the first mode, at least one capacitor is isolated from a charge transfer path of the reconfigurable switched capacitor power converter. Consequently, in the first mode of operation, the power converter operates with a first gain. In the second mode, the power converter operates with a second conversion gain. Meanwhile, a third voltage across the at least one capacitor is free to assume any value.
US08817500B2	Power supply apparatuses for preventing latch-up of charge pump and methods thereof A power supply apparatus and a power supply method are disclosed. The power supply apparatus may include an internal power supply including a first voltage generator configured to generate a first voltage based on a pulse width modulation control signal, a charge pump configured to receive the first voltage and generate a second voltage, and an inrush current controller configured to be connected between the charge pump and the internal power supply and configured to generate the pulse width modulation control signal based on a target signal and a selection reference voltage.
US08817498B2	Hybrid control techniques for series resonant converter A DC to DC converter system, includes inverter circuitry having a first and a second switch, the inverter circuitry further configured to generate a first and a second gate control signal, the signals configured to open and close the first and second switch, respectively, and generate an AC signal from a DC input signal. The system further includes transformer circuitry configured to transform the AC signal into a sinusoidal AC signal, second stage circuitry configured to rectify the sinusoidal AC signal to a DC output signal, and hybrid control circuitry configured to modulate the first and second gate control signals, wherein the modulation comprises pulse frequency modulation (PFM) and pulse width modulation (PWM).
US08817496B2	Primary-side sensing arrangements for power converters A sensing arrangement and method a sense winding is used to provide a voltage which represents the voltage appearing across an in-circuit magnetic component. In a flyback phase, when the component is supplying the output, that voltage represents an output voltage and in a supply phase, the supply voltage. This arrangement provides a solution to the problem of the disparity in magnitude of sense winding output during the two phases by proving a pull-up resistor arranged to apply bias to the voltage measured, the pull-up being to a first level during the supply period and to a second value during the flyback period, the first and second levels being selected such that the voltage across the sense winding is scaled differently during the supply period and the flyback period. The invention is suitable for use in a transformer based flyback power converter in which the magnitude disparity problem may be exacerbated by a turns ratio.
US08817495B2	Ultralow no-load conduction loss DC power converter An ultralow no-load conduction loss DC converter includes a DC power source, a transformer having a first winding, a first MOSET and a PWM controller at the primary side and a second winding, a third winding, a drive control unit, a rectifier unit and a second MOSFET at the secondary side. The second MOSFET, the drive control unit and the rectifier unit constitutes a combination circuit electrically coupled between one end of the second winding and one end of the third winding. The second MOSFET has set therein a body diode. The second winding and the second MOSFET forms a combination circuit electrically connected to a load. Thus, the decision to turn off the drive control unit is made at the secondary side so that non-load conduction loss can be minimized.
US08817494B2	PFC AC/DC converter reducing harmonics, switching loss, and switching noise A converter includes a rectifying circuit of an AC voltage of an AC power source into a rectified voltage, an input smoothing capacitor Ci, a first series circuit connected to the input smoothing capacitor and including a first and a second switching elements, a second series circuit connected to a connection point of the first and second switching elements and a first end of the input smoothing capacitor and including a primary winding of a transformer and a first capacitor Cri, a controller to alternately turn on/off the first and second switching elements, a rectifying-smoothing circuit (D1, Co) to rectify and smooth a high-frequency voltage of a secondary winding of the transformer into a DC output voltage, and a second capacitor connected between a connection point of the primary winding of the transformer and the first capacitor and a first end of the AC power source.
US08817493B2	Controlling an adapter transformer voltage Embodiments of an adapter are disclosed that include a transformer with a primary coil coupled to an H-bridge. The H-bridge is controlled by a control circuit that controls a voltage across the primary coil using the H-bridge, and the control circuit is configured to control the H-bridge so that during each of one or more intervals, a first voltage pulse is applied across the primary coil in a start direction, wherein the start direction alternates between a first direction and a second direction each interval. Then, a direction of subsequent voltage pulses across the primary coil is alternated between the first direction and the second direction a predetermined number of times. After the predetermined number of times, a last voltage pulse is applied across the primary coil; then, voltage across the primary coil is reduced to zero for a predetermined time.
US08817490B2	DC-DC converter A DC-DC converter is configured with a voltage-source power converter at a primary side of a transformer, a current-source power converter at a secondary side of the transformer, and a controller. First and second voltage detection circuits respectively detect first and second voltages of the voltage-source and the current-source power converters. A current detection circuit detects an input-output current of the current-source power converter. The controller controls the voltage-source and the current-source power converters to transfer power between the primary side and the secondary side of the transformer. The controller includes a calculation unit that performs calculations based on the first voltage, the second voltage and the input-output current, and a table unit that include a plurality of parameter sets. The calculation unit performs the calculations based on one of the plurality of parameter sets that is selected from the table unit.
US08817482B2	In-vehicle electronic device An in-vehicle electronic device includes a circuit board in which a preamplifier circuit, and the like are provided, and a holding case, which stores the circuit board. The holding case is configured by combining a lower case which is fixed to a glass surface in which an antenna radiation conductor is arranged, and an upper case which is detachably mounted on the lower case so as to cover the lower case, so that a connection terminal held in the lower case is brought into press-contact with an electrode of the circuit board. When the upper case is removed from the lower case, an elastic piece is bent by pushing a tip of a protruded portion to a base end side, or a snap claw is separated from a locking hole by inserting a tool such as a driver, in between a tongue piece and the elastic piece.
US08817481B2	Assembly with a printed circuit board An assembly (10) comprises a housing (11) and a printed circuit board (14) received in the housing. The housing includes a housing body (12) and a cover (16). The housing body (12) has a first surface (26) supporting the printed circuit board (14) and also has a portion defining a second surface (22) receiving the cover (16). At least the portion of the housing body is formed of a material that is meltable by a laser welder. The second surface (22) is spaced from the first surface (26) by a distance that is at least as great as a thickness of the printed circuit board (14). The printed circuit board (14) is at least partially held in place by melted material from said portion.
US08817479B2	Thin-film transistor forming substrate, semiconductor device, and electric apparatus A thin-film transistor forming substrate includes a substrate that has flexibility or elasticity and at least one electronic component that is disposed so as to be buried inside the substrate. The electronic component is configured so as to include one or more types of an IC, a capacitor, a resistor, and an inductor.
US08817477B2	Audio/video appliance of improved ergonomics and extractability for incorporating in a motor vehicle, in particular a car radio The assembly comprises: a car radio with a housing and a removable half front plate; a mounting sheath; means for securing the housing in the sheath; and means for unlocking the housing, said means comprising a tool suitable for being inserted in at least two orifices formed in the front face of the housing. These two orifices are formed in a central zone of the housing that is hidden by the front plate when it is mounted on the housing, and that is visible when the front plate is separated from the housing. The assembly has essentially no peripheral cover fitted thereto. The U-shaped tool makes it easy to extract the car radio using one hand in a single movement.
US08817476B2	Apparatus, add-on module, and a system comprising a host apparatus and an add-on module An apparatus (102) comprises a mechanical interface configured to mechanically receive a module (101) into an assembled configuration. Within said mechanical interface, the apparatus comprises a first connector configured to receive a first matching counterpart in a first insertion direction (103), and a second connector configured to receive a second matching counterpart in a second insertion direction (104), which second insertion direction is the direction of a curvilinear motion and different from said first insertion direction (103). The apparatus (102) comprises a hinge joint between said first connector and a body of the apparatus. The hinge joint has an axis of rotation, which is essentially perpendicular against said second insertion direction (104).
US08817469B2	Heat transfer using a durable low-friction interface A system includes a removable module to process data when installed in the system, where the module includes a first surface via which heat, that is generated by the module, is transferred. The system also includes a port into which the module is installed; and a heat sink, associated with the port, to dissipate the heat received from the first surface, where the heat sink includes a second surface on which a material is applied, and where the material makes contact with the first surface when the module is installed that allows the heat to be received from the first surface, conforms to an American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM)-B607-91 standard or a United States military specification-C-26074, and transfers the heat to the second surface that allows the module to operate at a temperature that is less than a threshold.
US08817468B2	Switching power supply A switching power supply has electronic parts that configure a switching circuit. The electronic parts are accommodated in a casing. A seat member is formed unitarily with the casing on which the electronic parts are mounted. A coolant channel is formed through the seat member so as to be open at least at two positions of an outer wall surface of the casing. Coolant that flows through the coolant channel cools the electronic parts mounted on the seat member.
US08817462B2	Electronic device with interchangeable electronic module An electronic device includes a body, an electronic module, and an elastic element, wherein the body has at least an accommodating space and a first connector. The electronic module is accommodated in the accommodating space and has a plurality of connection ports and a second connector electrically connected to the plurality of connection ports. The second connector is electrically connected to the first connector, and the plurality of connection ports is exposed on the outer surface of the body. The elastic element surrounds the junction between the first connector and the second connector, wherein the electronic module presses the elastic element against the body.
US08817461B2	Fixing mechanism for fixing a detachable module and related electronic device A fixing mechanism for fixing a detachable module is disclosed. The fixing mechanism includes a frame for covering the detachable module. The frame includes a frame body and a pivoting portion connected to the frame body. A pivoting hole is formed on the pivoting portion. The fixing mechanism further includes a casing. The casing includes a lateral plate whereon a slot is formed, a shaft portion extended from the lateral plate in a first direction and disposed on a side of the slot, and an engaging portion extended from the lateral plate in a second direction and disposed on another side of the slot for inserting into the pivoting hole of the pivoting portion so that the pivoting portion is capable of pivoting from a first position to a second position as abutting against the shat portion.
US08817460B2	Bracket of electronic device, draw set assembly of electronic device, and computer case A bracket is used for an electronic device into a frame. The frame includes two opposite wall surfaces and at least one pair of guiding rails disposed on the two wall surfaces. The bracket includes a main connection portion, two main elastic arms, and main engaging posts. The main elastic arms respectively extend from two ends of the main connection portion. The two main elastic arms extend towards the same direction with a clamping space defined between the two main elastic arms for accommodating the electronic device. The main engaging posts are respectively disposed on sides of the two main elastic arms facing each other, so that the main engaging posts extend towards the clamping space for engaging lateral surfaces of the electronic device. The two main elastic arms respectively slide along the two guiding rails, so as to fix the electronic device into the frame.
US08817457B1	Reversible folio for tablet computer with reversible connection for keyboard and reading configuration A reversible folio for a tablet computer has a tablet shell with a cavity removably receiving the tablet computer. A proximal edge of the tablet shell has a symmetrical profile different from a non-symmetrical profile of the table computer. A keyboard pivotally and removably coupled to the tablet shell. A channel is pivotally coupled to an edge of the keyboard. An interior of the channel removably receiving the proximal edge of the tablet shell, and has a symmetrical profile mating with the symmetrical profile of the tablet shell. The channel and proximal edge have first and second symmetrical magnet arrays, respectively. The proximal edge of the tablet shell physically mates with the channel of the keyboard, and the second magnet array of the tablet shell magnetically mates with the first magnet array of the channel, in both a first orientation and an opposite second orientation.
US08817452B2	High performance carbon nanotube energy storage device Embodiments of the present invention are directed to an energy storage device and a method for manufacturing the energy storage device. The method includes accessing a metal substrate and forming plurality of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) directly on a metal substrate. The method further includes removing substantially all amorphous carbon from said plurality of CNTs and coupling the plurality of CNTs to an electrolytic separator.
US08817451B2	Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture thereof Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture thereof are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, a capacitor plate includes a first propeller-shaped portion and a second propeller-shaped portion. A via portion is disposed between the first propeller-shaped portion and the second propeller-shaped portion.
US08817442B2	Switch comprising a testable current transformer, and method for testing a current transformer of a switch A switch and a method for testing the power transformers of a power supply of the switch are provided, wherein each power transformer generates an analog transformer voltage corresponding to the alternating current, wherein an electronic trip unit, to which each transformer voltage is applied, compares a current derived from each transformer voltage with a current condition, and wherein a rectifier circuit connected to the power transformer charges a capacitor which feeds the power supply of the trip unit. A switching device short-circuits each rectifier circuit when a predefined capacitor voltage is reached. To provide the protective function of the switch, a monostable multivibrator is connected to one pole of each power transformer, wherein each monostable multivibrator is set by the respective transformer voltage and reset after a predefined time, and wherein the level at the output of each monostable multivibrator is used to test the respective power transformer.
US08817439B2	Power delivery circuit having protection switch for reverse battery condition According to one disclosed embodiment, a power delivery circuit includes a switch for protection of a load in a reverse battery condition. The load is coupled in cascade with the protection switch, where the protection switch disconnects the load from the battery in the reverse battery condition. The protection switch does not include p-n junction diodes present in conventional protection switches using FETs. The protection switch utilizes, for example, a GaN HEMT, that does not include a p-n junction diode. Thus, the threat of internal conduction in the protection switch during a reverse battery condition is eliminated. The power delivery circuit also protects the load in a load dump condition.
US08817437B2	High voltage open-drain electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device A high voltage open-drain electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device is disclosed, which comprises a high-voltage n-channel metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (HV NMOSFET) coupled to a high-voltage pad and a low-voltage terminal and receiving a high voltage on the high-voltage pad to operate in normal operation. The high-voltage pad and the HV NMOSFET are further coupled to a high-voltage ESD unit blocking the high voltage, and receiving a positive ESD voltage on the high-voltage pad to bypass an ESD current when an ESD event is applied to the high-voltage pad. The high-voltage ESD unit and the low-voltage terminal are coupled to a power clamp unit, which receives the positive ESD voltage via the high-voltage ESD unit to bypass the ESD current.
US08817435B2	Integrated electrostatic discharge (ESD) device A method for making a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate of a first conductivity type and having a surface region, forming a well region of a second conductivity type and having a first depth in the substrate, adding a gate dielectric layer overlying the surface region, adding a gate layer overlying the gate dielectric layer, forming a first LDD region of the first conductivity type and having a second depth within the well region, forming an emitter region of the second conductivity type within the first LDD region, and forming a second LDD region of the first conductivity type with the well region, a channel region separates the first and second LDD regions. The method further includes forming a source region being of the first conductivity type within the second LDD region and adding an output pad coupled to both the drain and emitter regions.
US08817434B2	Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device An exemplary ESD protection device is adapted for a high-voltage tolerant I/O circuit and includes a stacked transistor and a gate-grounded transistor e.g., a non-lightly doped drain type gate-grounded transistor. The stacked transistor and the gate-grounded transistor are electrically coupled in parallel between an I/O pad and a grounding voltage of the high-voltage tolerant I/O circuit.
US08817431B2	System and integrated method for a parallel and series arc fault circuit interrupter To prevent property fires, electrical circuits need to be protected from arc faults due to line-to-line, line-to-neutral and line-to-ground conductivity, known as high current parallel arcing, and protected from arc faults occurring along line-to-line, line-to-load, load-to-load, load-to-neutral and neutral-to-neutral conductor configurations, known as low current series arcing. Devices that protect electrical circuits from these arc faults is known as a combination-type arc fault circuit interrupter (AFCI). Unlike prior art AFCI designs that meet the UL 1699 standard requirement for series arc fault detection down to 5 amps, the present AFCI invention employs a bi-directional Hall-effect current sensor (HECS) integrated circuit, a HECS measurement phase shift correction circuit, and a microprocessor with an integrated method to detect high current parallel arcing and low current series arcing, while also mitigating false arcing circuit detections and interruptions due to normal arcing electric motor-driven appliances like ceiling fans.
US08817430B2	AC voltage controller An AC voltage controller has two transistors which can be positioned between two AC voltage terminals in series with a load. The two transistors are connected in series in such a way that their respective source terminals are connected to one another. The AC voltage controller also contains a signal generator for generating a switching signal for actuating the two transistors, a buffer which is connected downstream of the signal generator and which is set by the signal generator in order to actuate the two transistors. An actuation circuit or driver circuit is connected downstream of the buffer, for the purpose of actuating the two transistors in accordance with the set state of the buffer. A current-limiting circuit is provided for limiting or switching off the current through the two transistors in the case of an excessively large current through the load.
US08817427B2	Current limitation system for limiting the effects of a fault in a DC grid and a method of operating a current limitation system A current-limitation system for limiting a current through an DC connection in case of a fault occurring in a DC grid of which the DC connection forms a part is provided, as well as a method of operating a current-limitation system for limiting a current through an DC connection in case of a fault occurring in a DC grid of which the DC connection forms a part.
US08817419B2	Magnetic recording head and magnetic recording apparatus According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording head includes a main magnetic pole generating a recording magnetic field in a magnetic recording medium, a return yoke paired with the main magnetic pole, and a spin torque oscillator interposed between the main magnetic pole and the return yoke and including a spin injection layer, an oscillation layer, a nonmagnetic metal layer, and spin assist layer stacked in this order, wherein the nonmagnetic metal layer includes at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Au, Ag, Al, Pd, Pt, Os, and Ir, and the spin assist layer is a soft magnetic layer whose saturation magnetic flux density (Bs), diamagnetic field coefficient (N) and gap magnetic field (Hg) show a relationship expressed by Bs×N>Hg.
US08817418B1	Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording having a write shield A magnetic head includes first and second coils, a main pole, a write shield, a return path section, and a core part. The write shield includes first and second shield portions located on opposite sides of the main pole in a track width direction. The return path section includes first and second yoke portions located on opposite sides of the main pole in the track width direction. The core part is magnetically connected to a part of the main pole located away from a medium facing surface. The first coil surrounds at least part of the entire outer periphery of the main pole. The second coil surrounds at least part of the core part.
US08817417B2	Perpendicular magnetic write head and magnetic recording device A trailing shield is provided on a trailing side of a magnetic pole with a non-magnetic gap layer in between, and an intermediate layer having negative uniaxial magnetocrystalline anisotropy is provided between the non-magnetic gap layer and the trailing shield. The intermediate layer has a magnetic property in which an easy axis of magnetization is provided in an in-plane direction and thus magnetization is likely to occur in that direction, whereas a difficult axis of magnetization is provided in a direction intersecting the in-plane direction and thus magnetization is less likely to occur in that direction. Accordingly, magnetic flux becomes difficult to excessively flow from the magnetic pole into the trailing shield.
US08817415B2	Erasure of magnetic storage media having perpendicular anisotropy Magnetic storage tape and techniques for erasing and writing to magnetic storage tape having a perpendicular squareness greater than 50 percent and a longitudinal squareness less than 50 percent are described. In general, the magnetic tape may be biased with a remanence magnetization, or magnetic orientation, in any direction. One or two head systems may use various magnetic field patterns to create the desired remanence magnetization. Servo marks may have a remanence magnetization in an opposite magnetic orientation than that of the remaining bias on the servo track, e.g., substantially perpendicular to the magnetic tape. In some examples, a write head may alternate the direction of the magnetic field to continuously bias and write servo patterns to the magnetic tape. In addition, a symmetrical servo mark may be created in the magnetic tape with a write head having a gap width approximately equal to the length of the servo mark.
US08817409B2	Magnetic data eraser The magnetic data eraser includes: a mounting and immobilizing tray on which a magnetic recording medium is mounted, the mounting tray being inclined at an angle of 60±10 degrees to the horizontal; a magnetizer that is encircled by a magnetizing coil, the magnetizer having a hollow portion into which the mounting and immobilizing tray is inserted; and a controller that causes an electric current to flow as an excitation current through the magnetizing coil, the excitation current generating a magnetic field that erases data stored in the magnetic recording medium.
US08817406B2	Magnetic-recording head with touch-down detector incorporating a carbon nano-tube A magnetic-recording head with touch-down detector incorporating a carbon nano-tube (CNT). The magnetic-recording head includes a write element, a read element and a touch-down detector. The write element is configured to write data to a magnetic-recording disk. The read element is configured to read data from the magnetic-recording disk. The touch-down detector includes a thermal sensor, and a CNT portion. The thermal sensor is configured to convert heat to a voltage signal. The CNT portion is configured to touch down on the magnetic-recording disk. The CNT portion is also coupled to the thermal sensor, and is configured to transfer heat generated by contact between the CNT portion and the magnetic-recording disk to the thermal sensor. A hard-disk drive (HDD) including the magnetic-recording head with touch-down detector incorporating a CNT, and a method for detecting contact between the magnetic-recording head and a recording surface of a magnetic-recording disk are also provided.
US08817405B1	Magnetic recording disk drive with frequency adjustment for misaligned servo patterns A magnetic recording hard disk drive has a servo clock that provides a varying frequency to the sync mark detector as a function of the radial position of the head as it crosses a servo section. The varying frequency compensates for circumferential misalignment of the sync marks in the servo sections. As the head moves radially across the tracks in a servo section during a seek, the frequency of the servo clock is continually adjusted based on the known radial velocity of the head and the known sync mark circumferential misalignment. The sync mark misalignment as a function of radius is measured as part of a calibration process, typically during disk drive manufacturing. The adjusted frequency adjusts the sample rate at which the sync mark detector samples the incoming sync marks.
US08817404B1	Systems and methods for data processing control The present inventions are related to systems and methods for data processing, and more particularly to systems and methods for improving performance and/or resource utilization based upon channel characteristics.
US08817402B2	Tag multiplication via a preamplifier interface An apparatus having a controller and a preamplifier is disclosed. The controller may be configured to generate information on a serial bus coupled to a preamplifier interface. The preamplifier may be configured to (i) generate a count value in response to a clock signal synchronized to a recording medium and (ii) generate a plurality of tag signals based on the information and the count value. The tag signals may gate a read operation and a write operation of the preamplifier.
US08817400B1	Storage device interface for shingled magnetic recording system A data storage device includes a storage medium on which data is stored in overlapping tracks, and a medium controller that directs storage of data on, and reading of data from, the storage medium, including encoding data being stored and decoding data being read. The decoding includes, when reading a first track, cancelling interference from a second track that overlaps the first track. The data storage device also includes a host controller in communication with the medium controller. The host controller includes memory that stores data decoded, and data to be written, by the medium controller. Communication between the medium controller and the host controller includes signals derived from data on said first and second tracks for facilitating the cancelling. A method of operating a data storage device includes, when reading a first track, facilitating the cancelling by communicating signals derived from the data on the first and second tracks.
US08817399B2	Lens barrel and lens assembly This lens barrel includes a lens-receiving surface that extends in an intersection direction intersecting the central axis; a side frame portion that is arranged further outward than the lens-receiving surface in the intersection direction and that protrudes in the direction of the central axis from the lens-receiving surface; and a plurality of caulking portions that are formed at a tip portion of the side frame portion in the protruding direction and are deformed by external pressure to caulk and fix a lens between the caulking portions and the lens-receiving surface. The lens-receiving surface is formed so as to be axisymmetrical to the central axis.
US08817398B2	Mount assembly, which is adjustable in a plurality of steps, for two optical components Adjustable mount assembly having two mount parts which are adjustable relative to one another and which themselves form adjustable mounts respectively comprising an outer mount frame and an inner mount frame. The mount assembly permits a highly precise adjustment of two optical components relative to one another in a plane perpendicular to an axis and an adjustment of the two mutually adjusted optical components relative to a reference base.
US08817396B2	Imaging lens unit and production method of the same Disclosed is an imaging lens unit that prevents the detachment of a cover from a holder. The imaging lens unit (200) is provided with a combination lens (6) and an external covering that is formed from at least the holder (2) and the cover (4) and covers the combination lens (6) from the outside, wherein the holder (2) and the cover (4) are connected by means of fitting members (70) that are integrally formed from a resin material and have, on both ends, a first fitting (78) that fits with a section of the holder (2) and a second fitting (80) that fits with a section of the cover (4).
US08817393B2	Imaging lens and camera module Provided is an imaging lens and a camera module, the device including in an orderly way from an object side, a first lens with positive (+) refractive power; a second lens with negative (−) refractive power; a third lens with negative (−) refractive power; a fourth lens with negative (−) refractive power; and a fifth lens with negative (−) refractive power, wherein the lens is concavely formed at an object side surface.
US08817391B2	Optical system An optical system comprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group includes a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; and a second lens group in order from the object side to the image side includes a second lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface, a third lens element with positive refractive power having a convex image-side surface, and a fourth lens element with negative refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, wherein the image-side surface of the fourth lens element changes from concave at a paraxial region to convex at a peripheral region, and both of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fourth lens element are aspheric.
US08817387B2	Imaging lens An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; and a fourth lens having negative refractive power, arranged from an object side to an image plane side. In the first lens, a curvature radius of an image-side surface is positive. In the second lens, curvature radii of the object-side surface and the image-side surface are both negative. In the third lens, a curvature radius of the object-side surface is positive and a curvature radius of the image-side surface is negative. When a whole lens system has a focal length f and the first lens has a focal length f1, the imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expression: −3.0
US08817383B2	Zoom projection lens for projector A zoom projection lens for a projector includes a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power, and a third lens group having a positive refractive power in order along an optical axis from an object side to an image side. The first lens group has an aspheric lens. The third lens group has an aspheric lens and an aperture stop. F-number of the zoom projection lens in wide-angle is less than 2.1, i.e. enlarging a diameter of the aperture stop, to increase the optical efficiency of the projector. Besides, the aspheric lenses may reduce the aberration because of the large aperture stop.
US08817382B2	Optical projection system and projector including the same A light modulation device side lens group has different powers in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction of a liquid crystal panel. Therefore, as the entire system of the optical projection system, the light modulation device side lens group has different magnification in the longitudinal and lateral directions. Therefore, it is possible to make the aspect ratio of an image of the liquid crystal panel different from the aspect ratio of an image projected on a screen. That is, conversion can be performed on an aspect ratio. At this time, a distance p between each focus or a diaphragm and the screen SC side end surface of the light modulation device side lens group satisfies the conditional expressions, so it is possible to achieve a predetermined or higher telecentricity in both states, that is, a first operating state and a second operating state.
US08817381B2	Full field membrane design for non-round liquid lens assemblies An optical and mechanical design of a sealed, non-round fluid-filled lens capable of providing variation of optical power. The fluid lens includes at least three optical components: at least one mostly rigid optical disc, at least one mostly flexible optical membrane and a layer of a transparent fluid that is in communication via a fluid channel with a reservoir of excess fluid contained in a reservoir that can be accessed to augment the fluid volume inside the fluid lens to change the power of the fluid lens. The fluid lens is capable of providing correction of spherical and astigmatic errors, and utilizes contoured membranes to provide for a substantially constant desired spherical power over a substantially full field of view of a user.
US08817380B2	Emitting and negatively-refractive focusing apparatus, methods, and systems Apparatus, methods, and systems provide emitting and negatively-refractive focusing of electromagnetic energy. In some approaches the negatively-refractive focusing includes negatively-refractive focusing from an interior field region with an axial magnification substantially greaters than one. In some approaches the negatively-refractive focusing includes negatively-refractive focusing with a transformation medium, where the transformation medium may include an artificially-structured material such as a metamaterial.
US08817375B2	Correction-lens-moving voice coil motor, anti-vibration device, interchangeable lens unit and optical apparatus A voice coil motor for moving a correction lens including a magnet unit having a pair of yokes and at least one permanent magnet for defining a magnetic gap, and a coil disposed in the magnetic gap. The permanent magnet having different magnetic poles adjacent to each other along the movement direction on a surface opposing the magnetic gap; the width of the permanent magnet in the movement direction being two times the width Wm of the magnetic poles; the width Wa of the coil in the movement direction being smaller than the width 2Wm of the permanent magnet; and the effective conductor width Wb of the coil, the magnetic pole width Wm of the permanent magnet and the longest movement distance St of the correction lens meeting the conditions of Wm=(Wb+St)×K, wherein K is a constant meeting 1
US08817369B2	Three dimensional display device and method of controlling parallax barrier A three-dimensional display device includes a display unit that displays a left eye image and a right eye image by dividing the images thereof into a plurality of vertically elongated stripes of images and by alternately arranging the divided left eye image and the divided right eye image in a horizontal direction, a barrier formation unit that forms a parallax barrier in front of the display unit, the parallax barrier including a pattern of a plurality of slits to selectively transmit the left eye image and the right eye image towards spatially different points, respectively, that correspond to a left eye and a right eye of the viewer, and a distance measurement unit that measures a distance between the display unit and a viewer viewing the display unit, wherein the barrier formation unit changes the pattern of the slits in the parallax barrier in accordance with the distance measured by the distance measurement unit.
US08817366B2	Optical fiber amplifier with improved transient performance An optical amplifier with improved transient performance has two amplifier stages and a dispersion compensating fiber inserted between the amplifier stages. A control unit generates a pump control signal for a common pump source pumping both amplifier stages via a power splitter. The pump control signal has a feedforward component with a delayed reaction. A feedforward delay time is adjusted to minimize gain variations resulting from input power drops. In a preferred embodiment, the splitting ratio of the power splitter is adjustable to achieve, for instance, either optimum steady-state performance or optimum transient performance.
US08817363B2	Wavelength conversion device and method of fabricating the same A wavelength conversion device includes a base substrate having a transparent electrode on one surface thereof and a ferroelectric single crystal substrate provided with an optical waveguide. The ferroelectric single crystal substrate has an insulating film formed on one surface and is bonded to the base substrate such that the insulating film faces the transparent electrode.
US08817350B1	Optical displays An apparatus for providing an optical display includes an optical substrate for propagating light received from a light source, a first set of one or more switchable diffractive elements in the substrate, and a second set of one or more switchable diffractive elements in the substrate. Each diffractive element in the second set corresponds to a diffractive element in the first set. Each of the diffractive elements in the first and second sets is configured to switch between on and off states. One of the states is for diffracting light and the other state for allowing light to pass through. Each of the first set of diffractive elements is configured to diffract the light at an angle for propagation in the substrate. Each of the second set of diffractive elements is configured to diffract the light for display.
US08817346B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image forming apparatus for reading code data rotated at 180 degrees First storage stores code data each of which is formed by arranging identification at head of line code data obtained by coding image in a line unit, from first to last line of the image. Second storage recognizes the identification from the code data read by First reader to store the code data in a line unit. Third storage stores decoded image obtained by decoding the code data read from the second storage by Second reader in a line unit. When the image is rotated 180 degrees, First reader reads the code data from First storage from the last to the first line and reads each line from an end to a head of the line, Second reader reads the code data from Second storage from the identification to the end of the line, and Third reader reads the decoded image from the end to the head of the line.
US08817344B2	Scanner apparatus A scanner apparatus includes: a holder configured to hold a line sensor unit; a first spacer and a second spacer disposed on both sides of the line sensor unit in a longitudinal direction and configured to come into contact with the transparent plate; and a biasing unit configured to press the holder toward the transparent plate between the first spacer and the second spacer in the longitudinal direction. The line sensor unit and the holder are coupled together on both sides of the biasing unit in the longitudinal direction. A force applied to the holder by the biasing unit is transmitted from the holder through two coupling portions to the line sensor unit, thereby biasing the first spacer and the second spacer to the transparent plate.
US08817343B2	Image reading apparatus and method for controlling the same An image reading apparatus capable of reading documents includes a reading unit including a light emitting element, a mechanism configured to move the reading unit, and a control unit configured to control the reading unit and the mechanism both to carry out reading by turning on the light emitting element and moving the reading unit and to temporarily stop moving the reading unit upon occurrence of a predetermined factor. The control unit sets a first current value which is caused to flow through the light emitting element when reading is carried out and sets a second current value which is less than the first current value and which is caused to flow through the light emitting element when the reading unit is temporarily stopped.
US08817340B2	Large-format scanning system The invention relates to a large-format scanning system (1) comprising at least two image acquisition elements (2) in a cascade arrangement, at least one platen, preferably a glass plate (3), arranged upstream thereof, and at least two reflector rolls (5) arranged opposite the at least two image acquisition elements (2) in a cascade arrangement, said reflector rolls being pressed against the glass plate (3) and/or a copy (4) to be scanned by means of resilient elements (6) that are arranged at the sides of the reflector rolls (5). According to the invention, the side portions (7) of the reflector rolls (5) are designed such that they touch the glass plate (3) only outside the reading area of the image acquisition elements (2) for the copy to be scanned (4) and that the copy to be scanned (4) rests on the glass plate (3) in the center area (8) of the reflector rolls (5).
US08817339B2	Handheld device document imaging A method of stitching frames of a video sequence to image a target document. The method comprises capturing a group of frames of a video sequence using an image sensor of a handheld device having a display, during the capturing, analyzing the video sequence to select iteratively a group of the frames, each member of the group depicts another of segments of a target document, during the capturing, sequentially presenting a plurality maneuvering indications, each the maneuvering indication is presented after a certain frame depicting a certain of the segments is captured and indicative of a maneuvering gesture required for bringing the image sensor to capture another frame depicting another segment of the segments, the another segment being complementary and adjacent to the certain segment, and stitching members of the group to create a mosaic image depicting the target document as a whole.
US08817323B2	Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer program product An image forming apparatus includes: a request signal generating unit that generates a predetermined timing signal and transmits a request signal for a specified number of times for requesting line-by-line image data during a time interval at which the timing signal is generated; and a memory control unit that sequentially saves, in a memory unit, line-by-line image data transmitted in response to the request signal and reads line-by-line image data saved in the memory unit to transmit the line-by-line image data to a drive control unit. Upon receiving a predetermined increase request, the request signal generating unit shifts a generation timing of the timing signal so that, during the time interval, the request signal can be transmitted for an increased number of times than the specified number of times, and gradually shortens the timing signal by a predetermined shortening time period.
US08817322B2	Image processing apparatus for generating distortion free image data with screen angle using dither matrix An image processing apparatus includes: a change processing unit configured to execute change processing of changing a pixel-number ratio S for distortion-free image data expressing a distortion-free image to acquire distorted image data expressing a distorted image having the pixel-number ratio of p×S; and a halftone processing unit configured to execute halftone processing for generating dot data for the distorted image data having the pixel-number ratio of p×S by using a dither matrix so as to generate distorted dot data expressing a distorted dot image having the pixel-number ratio of p×S, wherein a distortion-free dot image is to be obtained by enlarging the distorted dot data in at least the first direction, the distortion-free dot image having the pixel-number ratio S, and wherein a screen angle of the dither matrix is set to be about arctan((tan θ)/p)) when a screen angle in the distortion-free dot image is θ.
US08817321B2	Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and recording medium An image forming apparatus includes a controller that provides control in which, if image formation processing by a single unit is executed first since a density adjustment condition for adjusting a density of an image is satisfied, a density adjustment value is changed by a predetermined basic change amount, and a first image is formed in a corresponding image formed region with a density that is adjusted in accordance with the changed density adjustment value, and control in which, if a single image other than the first image is formed in the corresponding image formed region, the current density adjustment value is changed by a predetermined fine change amount that is smaller than the basic change amount, and the single image is formed in the corresponding image formed region with a density that is adjusted in accordance with the changed density adjustment value.
US08817317B2	Method and system for two sided printing In one embodiment, printing, on a first side of a media, of a first plurality of plots and a plurality of associated fiducials is caused. For each of a second plurality of plots, using data from a sensor, a distance to one of the plurality of associated fiducials is measured to discern a reference for printing that plot on a second side of the media. Printing of the second plurality of plots on the second side is caused so that each of the second plurality of plots is substantially in registration with one of the first plurality of plots.
US08817316B2	Printing method and printing apparatus There is provided a method of printing a plurality of printing materials on a medium for producing a printing material in which a second image is printed on a first image. The method includes alternately repeating printing the first image in a first area included in a print area and printing the second image in a second area that is included in the print area and is located on the downstream side of the first area in the transport direction, based on image data that includes the first image and the second image that are printing targets, and transporting the first image that is printed in the first area to the second area.
US08817315B2	Integrating targeted ads in faxes A system and method for inserting an advertisement for a document to be faxed. In this embodiment, a processor may be configured to determine a category associated with content in a document being faxed. The processor may select at least one advertisement that is related to the associated category. A determination may be made for a location within the document being communicated for one or more advertisements to be positioned. The processor may be further configured to place one or more selected advertisement into the determined location in the document being communicated.
US08817313B2	Image forming apparatus and control method of image forming apparatus A technique can prevent a parameter that is not to be read and set from history information and related to image formation from being read and reset from the history information. A method for controlling an image forming apparatus, includes setting a parameter for an adjustment item related to image formation, determining whether the adjustment item corresponding to the set parameter includes a storage inhibition item, performing control to store the set parameter as history information in a storing unit in a case where it is determined that the adjustment item does not include the storage inhibition item, and not to store the set parameter unit as the history information to the storing unit in a case where it is determined that the adjustment item includes the storage inhibition item, and setting the parameter stored in the storing unit to the adjustment item related to the image formation.
US08817311B2	Integrated task management systems and methods for executing rule-based operations A system for integrating multiple software modules configured to produce output according to established business rules is provided. The system in one embodiment coordinates the printing of a variety of labels and reports according to a set of complex business rules. Complex output tasks may be distributed to remote computers in a network for optimum efficiency. The system may be configured to comply with one or more standard database connectivity standards in order to provide a generic interface with foreign systems. The method in one embodiment includes acquiring an input, sending a query to a database, retrieving business rules and associated tasks, and building scripts or commands for each task.This Abstract is provided to comply with the rules, which require an abstract to quickly inform a searcher or other reader about the subject matter of the application. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US08817310B2	Global enterprise printing and mailing Systems, devices, and methods for global enterprise workflow management are disclosed. The system may include a communications module, memory, and processor for executing a method of managing job information. The system receives job information and uses a model to identify a desirable resource to execute the job. Then the system sends the job information to the identified resource for execution. The resource may send back information associated with the running and/or completion of the job. Various models may be used in identifying a desirable approach, including a cost model, a staffing model, and other models.
US08817308B2	Image processing apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium An image processing apparatus of this invention converts image data into a predetermined transmitting format in turn from a read page before images are read from all pages of originals. Upon completion of reading operations of all the pages of the originals, the image processing apparatus controls a transmitting unit to transmit image data in association with the image data of a page, which has already been converted into the transmitting format, and controls to convert image data into the transmitting format and then controls the transmitting unit to transmit the image data, in association with the image data of a page, which has not been converted into the transmitting format.
US08817302B2	Printing system, image forming apparatus, image forming method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with image forming program for facilitating registration of a user The print server includes: a registration portion to register the image forming apparatus; a spool portion to store a set of print data and user identification information; a virtual data transmitting portion, and a print data transmitting portion. The registered image forming apparatus includes: a distribution control portion to cause the image forming portion to form an image of the print data, and store the received set, and further, when the virtual data is received, store the received virtual data; an authenticated printing portion to, cause the image forming portion to form an image of print data that makes a pair with the user identification information of the authenticated user; and an acquisition request transmitting portion to transmit an acquisition request to the print server.
US08817299B2	Methods and apparatus for automatic hostname generation Methods and apparatus for automatic generation of a hostname for a network printer embedded in or associated with a gaming machine are provided. An identification number is received at the printer from the gaming machine. The printer can then generate a unique Hostname for the printer by modifying the identification number. Once the Hostname is generated, the printer is able to connect to the network using the generated Hostname. For example, a connection of the printer to the network may be delayed after initial power up of the printer until print data for a game generated ticket has been received at the printer from the gaming machine. The identification number may be extracted from the print data at the printer and used to generate the Hostname.
US08817296B2	Banner pages generated within a printing system Printing systems and associated methods of generating banner pages for print jobs are disclosed. A printing system in one embodiment includes a banner page system for generating the banner pages. The banner page system includes a memory that stores content representing selectable banner messages for banner pages. The banner page system further includes a page generator that receives print jobs. For each of the print jobs, the page generator selects a banner message from the stored content per print job based on criteria defined in the printing system, and generates a banner page that includes the selected banner message. Because the banner messages are selected on a per print job basis, the banner page for each print job is customized for that print job.
US08817284B2	Image forming apparatus having user-operable display device, method of controlling image forming apparatus, and non-transitory storage medium storing program for image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus, including: a display device; a coordinate detecting portion which detects a directed coordinate in a display area including a first area in which is displayed a hierarchy image including uppermost-level images and lower-level images; a first display control section; a second display control section to display at least one first button image; and a third display control section, the uppermost-level images including: a first image in which is displayed at least one second button image; a second image in which is displayed at least one third button image; and a third image, wherein, where the directed coordinate is one of coordinates corresponding to the first through third button images, the third control section displays a lower-level image corresponding to a button image corresponding to the directed coordinate, and wherein the first control section executes processing to display the one uppermost-level image so as to be changed.
US08817283B2	Transmitting module and multi-functional printer using the same A transmitting module and a multi-functional printer (MFP) using the same are provided. The transmitting module includes at least two shafts and a conveyer belt. Each shaft has a circumference surface and multiple first fixing structures, and the first fixing structures are arranged in a row encircling the circumference surface. The conveyer belt encircles the shafts, and the conveyer belt has a body and multiple second fixing structures, where the fixing structures are arranged in a row on a bottom of the body. When the conveyer belt rotates along with the shafts, the second fixing structures engage with the first fixing structures correspondingly.
US08817276B2	Image processing apparatus and data processing method for managing log information related to a job processing request A data processing system includes a thin-client machine, a management server configured to manage the thin-client machine, an image processing apparatus configured to process job information, and a job management apparatus configured to manage a processing result of the job information. In the data processing system, when the job information is processed according to an instruction from the thin-client machine, the job management apparatus receives the processing result of the job information and information for identifying image data related to the job information from the management server and manages the received processing result and the information for identifying the image data related to the job information as a job log.
US08817270B2	Optical testing apparatus and methods An apparatus and associated method for testing a non-symmetric (e.g., phi-polynomial) surface. The apparatus uses several simple (singlet) optical elements (e.g., an Offner null configuration) and a tilted optic under test in combination with an active optical element (e.g., actuated, deformable membrane mirror, optical phase modulator, etc.) that together form a null or quasi-null that allows for conventional null-based interferometry. This solution solves the problem of exceeding the dynamic range of a conventional interferometer when trying to test non-symmetric optical surfaces.
US08817267B2	Optical filter, optical filter module, spectrometric instrument, and optical instrument An Etalon filter includes a first substrate, a second substrate which faces the first substrate, a first optical film which is provided on the first substrate, and a second optical film which is provided on the second substrate to face the first optical film. The reflective characteristic of the first optical film determined by the reflectance of light of each wavelength in a reflective band is different from the reflective characteristic of the second optical film determined by the reflectance of light of each wavelength in the reflective band. The first optical film can have a reflective characteristic with a first wavelength λ1 as a center wavelength, and the second optical film can have a reflective characteristic with a second wavelength λ2 different from the first wavelength as a center wavelength.
US08817260B2	Modulated reflectance measurement system using UV probe A modulated reflectance measurement system includes lasers for generating an intensity modulated pump beam and a UV probe beam. The pump and probe beams are focused on a measurement site within a sample. The pump beam periodically excites the measurement site and the modulation is imparted to the probe beam. For one embodiment, the wavelength of the probe beam is selected to correspond to a local maxima of the temperature reflectance coefficient of the sample. For a second embodiment, the probe laser is tuned to either minimize the thermal wave contribution to the probe beam modulation or to equalize the thermal and plasma wave contributions to the probe beam modulation.
US08817253B2	Hyper-spectral imaging and analysis of a sample of matter, for identifying and characterizing an object of interest therein Method for hyper-spectral imaging and analysis of a sample of matter, for identifying and characterizing an object of interest therein. Preparing test solution or suspension of the sample, including adding thereto a spectral marker specific to object of interest, such that if object of interest is in test solution or suspension, object of interest becomes a hyper-spectrally active target which is hyper-spectrally detectable and identifiable; adding to test solution or suspension a background reducing chemical, for reducing background interfering effects caused by presence of objects of non-interest in test solution or suspension, thereby increasing hyper-spectral detectability of hyper-spectrally active target in test solution or suspension; generating and collecting hyper-spectral image data and information of test solution or suspension; and, processing and analyzing thereof. Exemplary objects of interest are biological agents—bacteria (Bacillus anthracis), viruses, fungi, toxins, or, chemical agents—nerve agents (sarin, tabun, soman), and chemical poisons.
US08817249B2	Device and method for inspecting moving semiconductor wafers Device for inspecting defects in semiconductor wafers, comprising a member for detecting surface defects using variations in the slope of a surface of the wafer, a member for detecting surface defects using variations in the light intensity reflected by a surface of the wafer, at a plurality of points, a member for detecting light intensity scattered by the surface of the wafer, a light source, and a detecting and classifying mechanism connected upstream of said detecting members.
US08817247B2	Precision approach path indicator measurement systems and methods Precision approach path indicator (PAPI) measurement systems and methods are described herein. One system includes a number of light sensor modules, wherein each light sensor module is configured to determine an intensity of a beam of light from a PAPI unit, a memory, and a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to determine a transition angle of the beam of light from the PAPI unit, an elevation angle of the beam of light with respect to horizontal, and a width of a transition region of the beam of light, based, at least in part, on the intensity of the beam of light determined by each light sensor module.
US08817245B2	High-powered optical module safety systems and methods A method, optical module, and optical amplifier are configured to detect fiber discontinuities at or near a port from which high powered optical signals are input into a fiber span. These fiber discontinuities can include fiber pinches, and are detected by monitoring for slight changes in a backscatter signal. Detection is quick and efficient based on the backscatter signal being attenuated by the fiber discontinuities twice, namely once as the high powered optical signals and again as the associated backscatter signal of the high powered optical signals returning to the port. Various remedial actions can be taken upon detecting fiber pinches at or near the port.
US08817241B2	Oil in water analyzer An oil in water analyzer for measuring the concentration of hydrocarbons in an effluent stream. The oil in water analyzer has a valve system for acquiring a sample from an effluent stream. An extraction device is used for mixing a known volume of a solvent and the sample to produce a hydrocarbon/solvent mixture. A second valve is used for transporting the hydrocarbon/solvent mixture to a spectroscopic cell. It is at the spectroscopic cell where the concentration of hydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon/solvent mixture is evaluated.
US08817235B2	Lithographic apparatus and method involving a pockels cell A lithographic apparatus is disclosed that includes an illumination system configured to condition a beam of radiation, the illumination system having a Pockels cell arranged to control the polarization of the radiation beam, and an array of individually controllable reflective elements arranged to control the pupil plane distribution of the radiation beam.
US08817228B2	Cooling arrangement and lithographic apparatus comprising a resilient wall creating a gap between a detector module housing and a heat sink of the cooling arrangement A cooling arrangement is described and includes a heat sink having a first thermal contact surface, an object having a second thermal contact surface and a resilient wall. The first thermal contact surface and the second thermal contact surface face each other and define a gap. The resilient wall is part of an enclosure that surrounds a space at least comprising the gap, and the cooling arrangement includes a facility to maintain a pressure difference between the space and an environment of the cooling arrangement. Additionally, a lithographic apparatus comprising such a cooling arrangement is described.
US08817216B2	Liquid crystal display device with a built-in touch screen and method for manufacturing the same A liquid crystal display device with a built-in touch screen comprising a substrate having a pixel region, a thin film transistor formed at the pixel region, the thin film transistor including at least an active layer, a gate electrode, an insulating layer, and a data electrode, a first passivation layer formed on the thin film transistor, a first contact hole formed through a portion of the first passivation layer to expose the data electrode, a common electrode formed on at least one portion of the first passivation layer including inside the first contact hole, the common electrode operable to sense touch, a conductive line formed on at least one portion of the first passivation layer including inside the first contact hole, a second passivation layer formed on the common electrode and the conductive line, a second contact hole formed through a portion of the second passivation layer to expose the conductive line corresponding to the data electrode, and a pixel electrode electrically connected with the conductive line, the pixel electrode formed on the second passivation layer and inside the second contact hole, wherein the data electrode and the pixel electrode are electrically connected via the common electrode and the conductive line.
US08817214B2	Liquid crystal display and fabricating method thereof A liquid crystal display comprises a gate line formed on a first substrate, a data line formed on the substrate intersecting the gate line to define a pixel area, a common line partially surrounding the pixel area and formed along with the gate line by the same process, a thin film transistor formed at the intersection of the gate line and the data line, a common electrode having a common electrode horizontal section connected to the common line, and a common electrode finger section extending from the common electrode horizontal section with a finger shape, and a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and generating a horizontal electric field along with the common electrode, wherein a part of the common electrode finger section overlaps the data line with a first passivation layer having a low dielectric and placed between the common electrode and the data line.
US08817208B2	Display apparatus and liquid crystal display device A display apparatus and a liquid crystal display device are provided. The display apparatus comprises a display device for displaying an image and a diffractive optical element. The diffractive optical element comprises pixel unit regions. Each of the pixel unit regions has a long pixel side and a short pixel side adjacent to each other. The diffractive optical element is disposed on a light emitting side of the display device and comprises first grating regions and second grating regions. The first grating regions have a first diffraction grating. The second grating regions have a second diffraction grating. An azimuth angle of the first diffraction grating is different from an azimuth angle of the second diffraction grating.
US08817206B2	Backlight module and display apparatus thereof A backlight module is for providing light to a liquid crystal panel having a visible region. The backlight module includes a light guide plate, light emitting units, a mesh dot layer, and a diffusing tape. The light emitting units are disposed at a position corresponding to a light entrance surface of the light guide plate for emitting light to the light entrance surface. The mesh dot layer is disposed on a bottom surface of the light guide plate. A side of the mesh dot layer corresponding to the light entrance surface is shifted inward by a first distance relative to a side of the visible region corresponding to the light entrance surface. The diffusing tape is attached onto the bottom surface corresponding to the light entrance surface for diffusing light in the light guide plate to a light exit surface of the light guide plate.
US08817205B2	Display device and planar light source device The present invention relates to a technique which makes a backlight used in a liquid crystal display device thin and light-weight. The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which includes a display panel and a backlight arranged behind the display panel, wherein the backlight includes a film-like light guide member, a film-like light semi-transmissive member adhered to a first surface of the light guide member which faces the display panel in an opposed manner, a film-like reflective member adhered to a back surface of the light guide member opposite to the first surface, and a spot light source arranged at a position of the light guide member at which light is incident on the light guide member from the first surface or the back surface. A refractive index of the light semi-transmissive member is set smaller than a refractive index of the light guide member.
US08817201B2	Display panel, array substrate and manufacturing method thereof An array substrate comprises data lines, gate lines, thin film transistors and pixel electrodes formed on a base substrate. Pixel units are defined by intersecting the data lines and the gate lines, the thin film transistors are formed at the intersections of the data lines and the gate lines, and the data lines extend across each of the pixel units in the middle of the pixel units. At least two thin film transistors for controlling a same pixel electrode are respectively formed on both sides of the data line in each pixel unit.
US08817200B2	Liquid crystal display device comprising a TFT with a barrier metal formed of a first layer and a second layer wherein the first layer is denser than the second layer A contact resistance in a through-hole with a source or a drain electrode connected to a TFT is decreased, thereby improving the operation efficiency of a display device.In the through-hole, a source portion of the TFT is connected to a source electrode 8. The source electrode 8 is formed of three layers comprising a barrier metal, an Al alloy 82, and a cap metal 83. The barrier metal is divided into a lower layer 81a in contact with the semiconductor layer and an upper layer 81b in contact with the Al alloy. The lower layer 81a of the barrier metal is formed by sputtering, the lower layer 81a is heat-treated and, subsequently, an upper layer 81b of the base metal, the Al alloy 82, and the cap metal 83 are formed continuously by sputtering. Since the upper layer 81b of the barrier metal in contact with the Al alloy 82 is not oxidized, increase in the contact resistance in the through-hole can be prevented.
US08817199B2	Twisted nematic (TN) based 3D display system and method A 3D display apparatus includes a display device, a liquid crystal panel, and a lens unit. The display device is configured to output polarized lights of one or more images with a first polarization direction. The liquid crystal panel is coupled to the display device and contains a plurality of pixel display areas to receive the polarized lights. The display areas can be individually controlled by corresponding active switches to a first state in which the first polarization direction is transformed into a second polarization direction or a second state in which the first polarization direction is maintained. Further, the lens unit is coupled to the liquid crystal panel and is configured to guide the polarized lights with the second polarization direction to pass through for 2D display and to guide polarized lights with the first polarization direction into predetermined transmitting directions for 3D display.
US08817196B2	Optical shuttering device based on liquid crystals with attenuation of switching noises of said liquid crystals, corresponding viewing goggles and display device An optical shuttering device is provided, which includes an optical cell with a liquid crystal material between first and second transparent substrates and controlled by an electronic switching circuit. The switching circuit includes a power supply module, providing a control voltage, and a switching element mounted in series between the power supply module and the cell, making it possible to switch the cell between an on state and an off state. The electronic switching circuit furthermore includes a current source mounted in series between the power supply module and the switching element. The substrates preferably have different thickness and material.
US08817191B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes: an enlarged-image generation module configured to generate enlarged image information that is enlarged with a predetermined magnification ratio from input image information; a depth characteristic calculator configured to calculate, from the input image information, a depth characteristic amount indicating a change level of depth of field for each a plurality of areas comprised in the input image information; and a generation module configured to compose image information comprising a predetermined high-frequency component onto the enlarged image information, based on the depth characteristic amount calculated by the depth characteristic calculator to generate output image information.
US08817190B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program A general moving image includes a plurality of objects in a frame image. At the time of playback, the temporal visual characteristic is taken into consideration uniformly in the overall frame image. It is therefore impossible to perform playback while particularly considering an object of interest. In this invention, when playing back a moving image including a plurality of time-divided frame images, the object adaptation time of each object image is acquired first in the frame image of interest of the plurality of frame images. An adaptation weight is calculated based on the acquired object adaptation time, and a low-pass image reflecting the adaptation weight is generated for each object image. Color adaptation conversion using the low-pass image makes it possible to perform, for the frame image of interest, color conversion based on the adaptation time of each object image and perform color conversion particularly considering an object of interest.
US08817189B2	Digital television with improved input selection functionality An apparatus comprising a switching circuit and a display. The switching circuit may be configured to present an output signal in response to a plurality of input signals. The output signal may be generated in response to an active one of the input signals. A user prompt may appear prior to switching to the active one of the input signals. The user prompt may allow a user to confirm or reject switching to the active input. The display circuit may be configured to display information from the output signal.
US08817188B2	Systems and methods for automatic adjustment of text Systems and methods for automatic adjustment of text in a video are described. At least one embodiment includes a system for automatic adjustment of text in a video on a display comprising a ratio detector configured to detect an original aspect ratio of the video, an edge locator configured to identify edges of the video based on the original aspect ratio detected, wherein regions between the edges of the video and edges of the display define unused regions, a size assessment module configured to determine size of the text, wherein the size assessment module determines the size of the text by examining at least one of light portions within the text and a bounding rectangle which surrounds the text. The system further comprises a text adjuster configured to move the text to the unused region above or below the video, wherein the text adjuster further aligns the text to at least one of the edges of the video and the edges of the display device.
US08817187B2	Digital broadcast receiver apparatus and image display method In a launcher display state, a launcher image is displayed on a screen. The launcher image includes a display frame. An application image, which has been reduced based on application video data at the time of startup previously stored in a main memory, is displayed in the display frame. In an intermediate display state, an intermediate launcher image is displayed on the screen. The intermediate launcher image includes an intermediate frame. In the intermediate frame, an application image, which has been reduced based on the application video data at the time of startup previously stored in the main memory, is displayed in the intermediate frame. In an application display state, an application image during startup is displayed on the whole screen of a monitor.
US08817184B1	Point to multi-point clock-forwarded signaling for large displays A system for forwarding a sample rate clock along with data. In one embodiment, a sample rate clock is sent by a transmitter, along with data, to one or more receivers. The receivers sample the received data using the received sampling clock. Delay adjust circuits in the transmitter adjust the delay of each transmitted data stream using delay error sensing and correction implemented in a back channel between the receivers and the transmitter.
US08817182B2	Transmission system, transmission apparatus, and transmission method for transmitting video data An HDMI® source determines whether or not an HDMI® sink can receive a sub-signal based on VSDB of E-EDID. When the HDMI® sink can receive the sub-signal, the HDMI® source adds a sub-signal to pixel data of a main image composed of pixel data whose number of bits is smaller than that of transmission pixel data transmitted by a transmitter, thereby constructing transmission pixel data. This data is transmitted by the transmitter through TMDS channels #0 to #2. Furthermore, the HDMI® source transmits a general control packet containing sub-signal information indicating whether or not the sub-signal is contained in the transmission pixel data in the control period of a vertical blanking period. The present invention can be applied to, for example, HDMI®.
US08817178B2	Camera mount adapter for multiple devices The present invention provides a means for mounting a distance magnification device such as binoculars and a visual recording device such as a camera, simultaneously on a single recording device mount. The embodiment provides a means of configuring the distance magnification device and the visual recording device such that both may be trained on a common focal point. An example embodiment comprises a primary mounting means having a base and a substantially vertical, longitudinal member. A secondary vertical member is engaged with the primary mounting means and includes an interference means to engage the members along a longitudinal range of motion. The secondary vertical member includes a horizontal shaft including a knob at the proximal end and an engagement means at the distal end, providing engagement with a common fitting found on many binoculars. The secondary vertical member further comprises an engagement means for engaging with the visual recording device.
US08817175B2	Dome camera and housing for dome camera A dome camera (1A) includes a camera (2), a base (4A), and a dome cover (5). The base (4A) has a reference surface (P1) and a cover-support surface (P2) tilted relative to the reference surface (P1). A semispherical cover (9) having a semispherical shape and a partial spherical cover (10) having a partial spherical shape are joined together at a joint surface (P3). A cover-supported surface (P4) of the partial spherical cover (10) is supported on the cover-support surface (P2) of the base. The camera (2) is placed so that the optical axis (X1) thereof passes through the spherical center (C). The dome cover (5) is supported so as to be rotatable on the cover-support surface (P2) around a rotational axis (X2) passing through the spherical center (C). Thereby, the direction of the visual range of the camera can be adjusted.
US08817174B2	Information recording apparatus and power-saving method therefor An information recording apparatus for recording information obtained from a sensor, comprises: a face detecting unit for detecting a face of a person among the information obtained from the sensor; a face detection switching unit for switching a control of the face detecting unit between valid and invalid; a face detection setup information obtaining unit for obtaining information of whether face detection set up by the face detection switching unit is valid or invalid; a face detection observation unit for observing on whether detection is made on the face or not, when the face detection is valid; a power-saving controller unit for executing a power-saving control; a recording unit for record the information inputted from the sensor onto a recording medium; a recording observation unit for observing on whether recording of the information is conducted or not by the recording unit; a memory unit for memorizing information necessary for controlling the information recording apparatus; and a controller unit for controlling each constituent elements mentioned above, wherein the controller unit executes a control for reducing an electric power consumption of the information recording apparatus, by the power-saving controller unit, when determining that: the control of the face detection unit is valid from the face detection setup information obtaining unit; face detection is not made on the face of the person from the face detection observation unit; and recording of the information is not made from the recording observation unit.
US08817173B2	Photographing apparatus capable of flash emission A photographing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: an accumulation control section controlling an accumulation operation in an imaging section; an accumulation start timing setting section setting a timing of accumulation start in the imaging section; and a flash light emission control section controlling the start and stop of light emission in the flash light emission section, wherein the accumulation control section instructs the flash light emission control section to start the flash light emission and causes the imaging section to start the accumulation based on an output of the accumulation start timing setting section, and the flash light emission control section causes the flash light emission to be started in response to the flash light emission start instruction of the accumulation control section and causes the flash light emission section to stop the light emission based on an appropriate light emission amount output by an exposure calculation section.
US08817172B2	Illumination of an object There is provided an improved solution for illuminating an object by means of an optical component. In use, the optical component is integrated with a hand-held camera unit. The optical component comprises a light-diffusing element. In addition, the optical component may also comprise at least one light source and an end element that directs the light to the object.
US08817171B2	Imaging apparatus with automatic exposure adjusting function In an imaging apparatus having LED 1j for emitting light toward an object, an imaging unit 1 having CCD 1d generates a first object image with LED 1j emitting light and a second object image with LED 1j emitting no light. Average brightness of the first object image and average brightness of the second object image are calculated. Brightness difference between the average brightness of the first object image and the average brightness of the second object image is calculated. Brightness difference of the object is obtained using the calculated brightness difference between the first and second object images, and under control of CPU 9, a process is executed for adjusting exposure conditions based on the brightness difference of the object.
US08817167B2	Imaging device with a plurality of depths of field An imaging device includes an image sensor that includes a first group of pixels and a second group of pixels disposed on a semiconductor die. The first group of pixels are arranged to capture a first image and the second group of pixels are arranged to capture a second image. The imaging device also includes a first lens configured to focus image light from a first focus distance onto the first group of pixels. The imaging device further includes a second lens configured to focus the image light from a second focus distance onto the second group of pixels and not the first group of pixels. The first lens is positioned to focus the image light from the first focus distance onto the first group of pixels and not the second group of pixels. The first focus distance is different than the second focus distance.
US08817164B2	Solid-State imaging device and imaging apparatus having offset optical waveguides An imaging device includes a basic cell having two or more the pixels that share floating diffusion. The imaging device also includes a transistor shared by the two or more pixels in the basic cell and arranged on the outside of the two or more pixels. The imaging device further includes a light receiving unit connected to the floating diffusion shared by the pixels in the basic cell through a transfer gate. In the imaging device, on-chip lenses are arranged substantially at regular intervals. Also, an optical waveguide is formed so that the position thereof in the surface of the solid-state imaging device is located at a position shifted from the center of the light receiving unit to the transistor and in the inside of the light receiving unit and the inside of the on-chip lens.
US08817162B2	Solid-state imaging device with optical waveguide and blocking member Provided is a solid-state imaging device which can carry out ranging with high precision even when the pixel size is small. The solid-state imaging device including a pixel includes: a photoelectric conversion unit for converting light into an electrical signal; an optical waveguide provided on an light incident side of the photoelectric conversion unit, the optical waveguide being configured so that light entering from a first direction is converted into a first waveguide mode and is guided and light entering from a second direction, which is different from the first direction, is converted into a second waveguide mode and is guided; and a light blocking member provided in the optical waveguide, for reducing more light in the second waveguide mode which is guided to the photoelectric conversion unit than light in the first waveguide mode which is guided to the photoelectric conversion unit.
US08817160B2	Mobile terminal and method of controlling the same A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same are provided. The mobile terminal detects an object in which a ghost may appear through a preview image of an image acquired using a dual camera. The mobile terminal may display an indicator for identifying the detected object. Accordingly, a higher quality high dynamic range (HDR) image can be more efficiently acquired.
US08817155B2	Driving device for solid-state image pickup device capable of selecting parallel number of FETs A driving circuit includes first through N-th selective operation driving portions selectively producing first through N-th selective operation driving signals, a selection circuit selectively driving the first through the N-th selective operation driving portions in response to an input signal and a control signal, and a supplying arrangement combining the first through the N-th selective operation driving signals to supply a combined driving signal to a solid-stage image pickup device. An n-th selective operation driving portion includes (M×2(n-1)) P-channel FETs connected in parallel with each other and (M×2(n-1)) N-channel FETs connected in parallel with each other. The (M×2(n-1)) P-channel FETs have drains connected to drains of the (M×2(n-1)) N-channel FETs.
US08817150B2	Linear image sensor in CMOS technology A time-delay-integration image sensor comprises a matrix of pixels organized in rows and columns. Each pixel comprises a first photosensitive element, a storage node and a first transfer element connected between the first photosensitive element and the storage node, Each pixel further comprises a second photosensitive element, a second transfer element connected between the second photosensitive element and the storage node, and a third transfer element connected between the storage node and the second photosensitive element of an adjacent pixel of the column. A control circuit is configured to simultaneously command the first and second transfer elements to on state and the third transfer element to off state, and, in a distinct phase, to simultaneously command the first and third transfer elements to on state and the second transfer element to off state.
US08817148B2	Method for acquiring data with an image sensor To avoid reset noise in a CMOS chip for direct particle counting, it is known to use Correlative Double Sampling: for each signal value, the pixel is sampled twice: once directly after reset and once after an integration time. The signal is then determined by subtracting the reset value from the later acquired value, and the pixel is reset again. In some embodiments of the invention, the pixel is reset only after a large number of read-outs. Applicants realized that typically a large number of events, typically approximately 10, are needed to cause a full pixel. By either resetting after a large number of images, or when one pixel of the image shows a signal above a predetermined value (for example 0.8 × the full-well capacity), the image speed can be almost doubled compared to the prior art method, using a reset after acquiring a signal.
US08817140B2	Camera set-up and method for ascertaining picture signals having color values A method for ascertaining image signals having color values and a camera set-up, which has: a camera having camera optics, an image sensor for recording an environment and for outputting first image signals, and a color mask applied in front of the image sensor, and an evaluation device, which picks up the first image signals emitted by the image sensor, the image sensor having a plurality of sensor pixels and the color mask having a plurality of filter pixels which are each situated in front of the sensor pixels and include first colored filter pixels and transparent filter pixels; and some of the sensor pixels picking up the light via the colored filter pixels and outputting the first color values, and additional sensor pixels picking up the light via the transparent filter pixels and outputting the intensity values. The evaluation device ascertains second color values from the intensity values and the first color values of various sensor pixels, and forms second image signals from the first color values and the second color values.
US08817137B2	Image processing device, storage medium storing image processing program, and electronic camera An image processing device includes an image input part inputting image data formed of a first type pixel in which a first color element is known, a second type pixel in which a second color element is known, and a third type pixel in which a third color element is known, a first color element interpolating part determining a first interpolation value of the first color element based on the first type pixels, a first convexoconcave structure calculating part calculating a first convexoconcave structure based on either of the second type pixels and the third type pixels, a first convexoconcave addition part adding the first convexoconcave structure to the first interpolation value to determine a second interpolation value, a first color range calculating part determining a range of the first color element based on the first type pixels, and a clip part determining a third interpolation value.
US08817136B2	Image processing utilizing spatially-displaced image data According to certain embodiments, alpha image data of an alpha frame corresponding to an alpha portion of a scene is accessed. Beta image data of a beta frame corresponding to a beta portion of the scene is accessed. The alpha frame and the beta frame have an overlapping region. Alpha-beta pairs are generated for the overlapping region. Each alpha-beta pair comprises an alpha value of the alpha image data and a beta value of the beta image data that both correspond to the same portion of the scene. A function is applied to each alpha-beta pair to determine first frame image data for the overlapping region. The first frame image data comprises information to generate a first frame of the scene.
US08817127B2	Image correction device for image capture device and integrated circuit for image correction device Provided is an image capture device capable of suppressing blurring of images and keeping a subject image at the start of capturing in the picture frame, even when a plurality of objects such as persons are photographed over a long time. The image capture device includes: an imaging optical system 1; an image capture element 2; a feature detector unit (face detector unit 8) for detecting the features of the objects contained in an image represented by an image signal obtained by the image capture element 2; a movement quantity detector unit for detecting the movement quantities of the features including the face regions of the human figures; and a composition change correction unit for correcting a change in the composition of the image based on the movement quantities of the face regions.
US08817126B2	Compilation of images A system for arranging a number of images into a compilation of images a metadata derivation unit (230) configured to derive metadata from the images based on the content of the images, and an image arranging unit (240) configured to arrange the images into a compilation of images based on the metadata derived from the images. A method for arranging a number of images into a compilation of images is also provided.
US08817121B2	Image apparatus and imaging method An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor in which plural pixels having a photoelectric conversion function are arranged; a light guiding unit including plural optical system windows that guide light from an object to the respective pixels of the image sensor; and a signal processing unit that performs signal processing based on imaging information of the image sensor, wherein the signal processing unit obtains distance information of the object based on the imaging information of the image sensor and generates an image in response to a distance of the object based on the distance information.
US08817117B2	Camera system, signal delay amount adjusting method and program A camera system having a plurality of camera pairs is provided. Each pair may have a camera control unit and a camera head unit respectively connected together by way of an asynchronous transmission network. The camera system may also have a central processing unit configured to obtain a video signal delay amount, representative of a time delay between a respective camera control unit and its respective camera head unit, for each of the plurality of camera pairs, and to adjust the video signal delay amount between at least one said camera control unit and its respective camera head unit to be equal to a selected video signal delay amount of another said camera control unit and its respective camera head unit.
US08817109B1	Techniques for capturing and generating a DVI signal Method and modular system for generating and capturing DVI video signals. When generating a video signal, data blocks are arranged in a line parameter memory, each corresponding to a complete video line and containing pointers to specific entries for lines of the video signal in a primary image memory holding a main bit-mapped image, and a video line construct memory holding data enable and blanking patterns. Generation of the video signal is initiated by reading the line parameter memory and extracting pointers from the data blocks for a first line of the video signal being generated. Bits from the primary image and video line construct memories are obtained and combined based on extracted pointers to generate the first line of the video signal. A length of the first line of video signal is monitored to determine when it is complete, and then the process continues for each additional line.
US08817108B2	Method of real-time checking of a matrix imaging device, and associated device A method is for monitoring the electrical integrity of lines of photosites of an imaging device with matrix array of photosites. The control lines of photosites may include for each line of photosites an emission of elementary electrical control signals for the photosites of the line. The method may include diagnosis of the elementary electrical control signals emitted.
US08817106B2	Infrared camera with image processing modes for maritime applications Systems and methods disclosed herein provide an image capture component adapted to capture an infrared image, a control component adapted to provide a plurality of selectable processing modes to a user, receive a user input corresponding to a user selected processing mode, generate a control signal indicative of the user selected processing mode and transmit the generated control signal. The user selected processing modes, for example, may be directed to maritime applications, such as night docking, man overboard, night cruising, day cruising, hazy conditions, and/or shoreline modes. The systems and methods further provide a processing component adapted to receive the generated control signal from the control component, process the captured infrared image according to the user selected processing mode, and generate a processed infrared image, and a display component adapted to display the processed infrared image.
US08817105B2	Information terminal, and method and program for restricting executable processing An apparatus and method for restricting executable processing carried out in an information terminal, the method including: accepting an operation by an operator; in response to the accepted operation, executing processing corresponding to the operation; requesting an input of identification information; performing authentication of the identification information input in response to the request; in the case where an input of identification information is requested in the identification information requesting step, acquiring image data; storing the acquired image data; extracting an area including an image recognized as a person from the acquired image data; enabling execution of processing and deletion of the image data when an authentication succeeds and preventing deletion of the image data when the authentication fails.
US08817103B2	System and method for video image registration in a heads up display A system and method for aligning video images with an underlying visual field are provided. A video camera is coupled with a heads up display, and a computer positions images from the video camera on the heads up display based on the relative orientations of the camera and the display. As the video camera moves with respect to the display, the images are repositioned within the heads up display. The video image, which may, for example, come from a weapon sight, is aligned within the heads up display so that an observer can easily view the camera image without having to shift focus from the larger scene.
US08817099B2	Traffic system for enhancing driver visibility Embodiments described herein comprise a system and method for improving visibility of a roadway using an improved visibility system. The method comprising receiving data from a plurality of fog detectors located proximate a roadway and determining, based on the data from the plurality of fog detectors, that fog is present about the roadway. The method further comprising obtaining, after the determining that fog is present about the roadway, a plurality of images of the roadway by activating a plurality of cameras located proximate the roadway. The method further comprising creating a composite image by combining two or more of the plurality of images, wherein the composite image depicts the roadway unobstructed by fog and transmitting the composite image to a display device located in a vehicle traveling along the roadway.
US08817096B1	Imaging systems and methods for generating image data An imaging system having a first laser emitting a light beam to illuminate the object is provided. The system includes first and second beam splitters. The first beam splitter combines a first light beam portion and a third light beam portion emitted from a second laser to form a first interference pattern. The second beam splitter combines a second light beam portion and a fourth light beam portion to form a second interference pattern. The system includes digital cameras generating raw image data based on the first and second interference patterns, and a computer processing the raw image data to obtain synthetic image plane data.
US08817094B1	Video storage optimization In an illustrative implementation, a system for video storage optimization analyzes user activity to determine how to optimally store video. In a preferred embodiment, a security system records video from a plurality of security cameras and stores the video at the security system and/or a server system, along with associated metadata. The server system monitors user activity, such as live and recorded video viewing behavior, and queries for videos. The server system collects user video viewing behavior statistics, determines trends, and stores both personnel-specific and enterprise-wide settings. An optimization engine analyzes the video info, personnel-specific settings, enterprise-wide settings, and user statistics to determine a storage factor for a video. The optimization engine then determines if a video meets storage factor thresholds and settings for compression or deletion.
US08817090B2	Luminance uniformity compensation of vector projection display A method to display a projected parametric curve upon a substantially transparent windscreen head-up display includes monitoring a desired parametric curve comprising a plurality of control points and a plurality of graphic segments based upon the control points, determining a luminance indicator for each of the segments, and utilizing the luminance indicator to command uniform luminance among the plurality of graphic segments.
US08817087B2	Robust video-based handwriting and gesture recognition for in-car applications A method of receiving input from a user includes sensing a first trajectory of a center of mass of a hand of the user during a gesture made by the hand. A second trajectory of a finger tip of the hand of the user during the gesture made by the hand is also sensed. An alphanumeric character represented by the gesture made by the hand is determined dependent upon both the first trajectory and the second trajectory.
US08817086B2	Image orienting coupling assembly A coupling assembly for a scope and an image sensor housing is disclosed generally comprising an image orientation unit having first and second coupling sections for coupling the unit to a scope and an image sensor housing, such as a camera head, an optical assembly with a rotatable optical element for rotating the images, a rotation sensor for monitoring rotation of the optical element, an accelerometer for monitoring rotation of the unit, and a processor for receiving signals from the rotation sensor and the accelerometer and calculating the orientation of the images relative to the direction of gravity. In certain embodiments, the processor causes an actuator to rotate the optical element to level the images. In some embodiments, the processor activates a visual indicator, such as a diode, to indicate the direction of vertical.
US08817083B2	Image display apparatus and method An image display apparatus for displaying a 3D video signal using a liquid crystal device such as an HIPS or LCOS device comprises a frame rate converter (3) that converts the input video signal to a doubled frame rate, a signal format converter (4) that converts the pixel sequence of the video signal, a light source controller (7) that outputs a light source control signal for turning the light source used for image display on and off, and a 3D glasses controller (8) that generates a glasses control signal (c3) for shutters (64R, 64L) that switch the transmission of the light to the right and left eyes of 3D glasses (64). The risk of crosstalk between the right and left images, due to device response speed is reduced, without requiring a large number of frame memories.
US08817082B2	Autostereoscopic display device An autostereoscopic display device comprises a display (103) having an array of display pixels (105) and a view forming arrangement (109) of elongate elements which have a long axis which is slanted at an angle α to the column pixel direction, and the elements have a pitch of P times the width between pixels of the same color in different columns. The pitch P is selected to be: P=0.5·k·(1+S2) in which S=tan α, and k is a positive integer. This arrangement enables the resulting image projected in respect of each view to have a uniform and regular distribution of pixels across the image. This improves the visual appearance of the views.
US08817079B2	Image processing apparatus and computer-readable recording medium An image processing apparatus acquires camera images captured by cameras mounted in a vehicle, specifies a position of each pixel of an image lower than a horizontal line among the acquired camera images on a bottom surface of a virtual projection plane that is a hemisphere of an infinite circle with a planar bottom surface, specifies a position of each pixel of an image higher than the horizontal line on a hemisphere surface of the virtual projection plane, specifies a position of a pixel of each camera images specified on the virtual projection plane on a stereoscopic projection plane, specifies each position on an image frame corresponding to the position of the pixel of each camera images specified on the stereoscopic projection plane based on a predetermined point of view position and renders a value of a pixel of a corresponding camera images at each specified position.
US08817078B2	Augmented reality videogame broadcast programming There is provided a system and method for integrating a virtual rendering system and a video capture system using flexible camera control to provide an augmented reality. There is provided a method comprising receiving input data from a plurality of clients for modifying a virtual environment presented using the virtual rendering system, obtaining, from the virtual rendering system, a virtual camera configuration of a virtual camera in the virtual environment, programming the video capture system using the virtual camera configuration to correspondingly control a robotic camera in a real environment, capturing a video capture feed using the robotic camera, obtaining a virtually rendered feed using the virtual camera showing the modifying of the virtual environment, rendering the composite render by processing the feeds, and outputting the composite render to the display.
US08817076B2	Method and system for cropping a 3-dimensional medical dataset A method and gesture-based control system for manipulating a 3-dimensional medical dataset include translating a body part, detecting the translation of the body part with a camera system. The method and system include translating a crop plane in the 3-dimensional medical dataset based on the translating the body part. The method and system include cropping the 3-dimensional medical dataset at the location of the crop plane after translating the crop plane and displaying the cropped 3-dimensional medical dataset using volume rendering.
US08817068B2	Digital hologram image display device The present disclosure relates to a digital hologram display device in which the 0th diffraction component is removed for optimizing the reproduction and replay of three-dimensional hologram video data. The present disclosure suggests a digital hologram image display device including a pattern generator generating holography interference patterns; a spatial light modulator receiving the holography interference patterns from the pattern generator and representing the holography interference patterns; a light source positioning at one side of the spatial light modulator and illuminating a reference beam to the spatial light modulator; an optical device controlling the reference beam to be collimated onto the entire surface of the spatial light modulator; and a diffusion sheet disposed between the light source and the spatial light modulator.
US08817066B2	Systems and methods for panoramic imaging A mirror assembly adapted for use in a panoramic imaging system for capturing a panoramic image includes a mirror for optically coupling to a fisheye lens having a first field of view, the mirror configured for reflecting an image of a second field of view through the fisheye lens. A housing has a first end and a second end, the mirror being secured proximate to the first end, and the second end having an engagement portion for securing the mirror assembly to the panoramic imaging system. When the mirror assembly is secured to the panoramic imaging system, the mirror is optically coupled to the fisheye lens and a detector for capturing a first portion of the panoramic image and a second portion of the panoramic image, the first portion of the panoramic image having a portion overlapping the second portion of the panoramic image.
US08817061B2	Recognition of human gestures by a mobile phone In one embodiment, a method includes electronically detecting a gesture of a user listening to a speaker via a communication device, and generating an audible and/or visual response that corresponds to the gesture. The audible and/or visual response is then communicated to the speaker. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure.
US08817057B2	Image erasing device and related methods An image erasing device includes first and second erasing sections. The first erasing section includes a first heating roller and a first pressing roller. The first heating roller and the first pressing roller are disposed on opposite sides of a conveying path. The first heating roller is configured to contact a first side of the sheet. The second erasing section is disposed downstream from the first erasing section, and includes a second heating roller and a second pressing roller. The second heating roller and the second pressing roller are disposed on opposite sides of the conveying path. The second heating roller is configured to contact a second side of the sheet. At least one of the second heating roller and the second pressing roller has a diameter smaller than one of a diameter of the first heating roller and a diameter of the first pressing roller.
US08817054B1	Methods and systems for rendering in a multi-process browser using a shared memory area Systems and methods for rendering web content in a browser are described herein. An embodiment includes a web rendering engine in a rendering engine process to generate one or more requests to selectively redraw one or more regions of content retrieved by a browser process. A renderview then generates a bitmap based on the requests and content retrieved by the browser process. The bitmap may then be stored by the renderview in a shared memory area where it may be accessed by a renderview host in the browser process. The renderview host may then provide the bitmap to a backing store associated with a display device for display to a user. In another embodiment, the shared memory area between the browser process and the rendering engine process may be used to achieve efficient scrolling of a web page through rate limited rendering of content.
US08817052B2	Information processing apparatus, image enlargement processing method, and computer program product with visible data area enlargement features An information processing apparatus includes a display section, a generation section, a determination section, and a control section. The display section includes a screen. The generation section generates an image of content data including visible data. The determination section determines an area surrounding an area in which the visible data is arranged in the generated image and corresponding to a shape of the screen, as a visible data area. The control section generates, by the generation section, an enlarged image obtained by enlarging the image so that a size of the screen and a size of the visible data area become close to each other, determines, by the determination section, the visible data area in the enlarged image, and extracts the visible data area from the enlarged image to display the visible data area on the screen.
US08817047B1	Portable device and method of controlling therefor A portable device is disclosed. The portable device according to one embodiment includes a camera unit configured to capture an image in front of the portable device, a display unit configured to display a virtual image, and a processor configured to control the camera unit and the display unit, the processor further configured to detect a marker object from the image, display the virtual image corresponding to the marker object based on a position of the marker object when the marker object is detected, detect a position change of the marker object in the image, move the virtual image according to the position change when the position change is detected and obtain a first moving speed of the virtual image or a second moving speed of the marker object, when the first moving speed or the second moving speed is faster than a first reference speed, lower the first moving speed to less than the first reference speed.
US08817040B2	Methods for enhancing image quality A magnified image is improved by integrating the wavelength specific component into that image. A magnified images obtained, and at least one wavelength specific component images also obtained. The different images are converted in color space, and different channels, indicative of the different parts of the image shows, are also obtained. For example, the image may be converted to an Lab* color space, and the luminance channel of the wavelength specific component may be used to enhance or replace the luminance channel of the magnified image.
US08817035B2	Texture pipeline context switch Circuits, methods, and apparatus that perform a context switch quickly while not wasting a significant amount of in-progress work. A texture pipeline includes a cutoff point or stage. After receipt of a context switch instruction, texture requests and state updates above the cutoff point are stored in a memory, while those below the cutoff point are processed before the context switch is completed. After this processing is complete, global states in the texture pipeline are stored in the memory. A previous context may then be restored by reading its texture requests and global states from the memory and loading them into the texture pipeline. The location of the cutoff point can be a point in the pipeline where a texture request can no longer result in a page fault in the memory.
US08817032B2	Systems and methods for framebuffer management Methods for managing a framebuffer in a single memory pool comprising frame buffer memory and display list memory on printing devices are presented. In some embodiments, a method for managing at least one pixmap corresponding to an image using equal sized blocks allocated to the pixmap from a memory pool comprises: receiving a request for at least one scanline in the image; securing a pointer to at least one block from the memory pool in response to the request for the at least one scanline, if memory blocks are available in the memory pool; and applying at least one of a plurality of memory freeing strategies, if there are no memory blocks available in the memory pool.
US08817029B2	GPU pipeline synchronization and control system and method A graphics pipeline configured to synchronize data processing according to signals and tokens has at least four components. The first component has one input and one output and communicates output tokens or wire signals after receiving tokens on the input, an internal event occurrence, or receipt of a signal on an input path. The second component has one input and a plurality of outputs and communicates tokens or wire signals on one of the outputs after receiving tokens on the input, an internal event occurrence, or receipt of a signal on an input path. The third component has a plurality of inputs and one output and communicates tokens or wire signals on the output after receiving tokens on one of the inputs, an internal event occurrence, or receipt of a signal on an input path. The fourth component has a plurality of inputs and a plurality of outputs and has the capabilities of both the third and forth components.
US08817028B2	Creating dynamic sets to automatically arrange dimension annotations A computer-implemented method and system creates dynamic sets to automatically arrange dimension annotations in a CAD model. The invention method/product/data storage medium/system determines a location to place a new dimension annotation based on dimension type of the entity selected to annotate. One or more sets of existing dimension annotations are created. The existing dimension annotations in the same set together with the new dimension annotation with similar characteristics as those in the same set are sorted, and then displayed in sorted order in a view of the CAD model on the computer screen.
US08817024B2	Display device for increasing the readability of an instrument image A display device includes a display panel for displaying an instrument image including an index image constituting an index and a pointer image constituting a pointer for pointing the index of the index image and a controller for displaying the instrument image on the display panel. The controller varies at least one of a pointer display mode of the pointer image and an index display mode of the index image so as to increase a readability of the index indicated by the index image when positions associated with the pointer image and the index image coincide.
US08817023B2	Method, medium, and system rendering 3D graphic objects with selective object extraction or culling A method, medium, and system rendering 3-dimensional (3D) graphic objects. According to the 3D rendering method, medium, and system, a minimum number of objects for expressing a current state of a user interface are extracted, and the extracted objects are rendered, thereby enabling the rendering performance of a user interface engine to be improved. Here, according to a method, medium, and system minimizing the number of rendering objects, a minimum number of objects for expressing each state of a user interface are culled, and a list of the culled objects is generated, thereby enabling the minimum number of objects for expressing a current state of a user interface to be extracted using the list of the culled objects.
US08817022B2	Reactive virtual environment A system (and corresponding method) is provided that enables virtual spaces to be created based upon user activity and populated with users associated with, interested in or active within the same areas as the user, thus facilitating serendipitous interactions and exchange of knowledge. The system dynamically binds user representations (e.g., avatars, links) into a virtual space that is associated with an activity or topic. Essentially, the system is capable of dynamically gathering or generating representations of users associated with a workflow or tasks within an activity, project or topic thereby enhancing collaboration between users with regard to communications as well as generation and sharing of data.
US08817020B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method thereof An image processing apparatus and a method of processing an image are provided. The image processing apparatus includes a depth estimation unit for estimating a depth of an input three-dimensional (3D) image; a text area detection unit for detecting a text area included in the 3D image; a mask generation unit for generating a text mask for the text area; and a depth correction unit for correcting a depth of the text area based on the estimated depth of the input 3D image and the text mask.
US08817019B2	Two-dimensional colored projection image from three-dimensional image data A projection image of an object is colored using three-dimensional image data. This may be particularly useful in radiographic imaging applications, for example. In one embodiment, a colored synthetic image is rendered from a colored three-dimensional image of an object, and color components of pixels of the synthetic image are used to determine color components, or color values, for corresponding pixels of a projection image depicting a similar view of the object as the synthetic image. In this way, the two-dimensional projection image is colored similarly to the colored three-dimensional image. For example, the projection image may be colored based upon density (if the three-dimensional image is colored based upon density) so aspects of the object that attenuate a similar amount of radiation but have different densities may be colored differently.
US08817005B2	Reflection-type display apparatus A reflection-type display apparatus includes: scan electrodes and signal electrodes that are provided in matrix form; a setting circuit configured to set at least one of scan electrodes as one of a reset line, a writing line and a non select line, the reset line and the writing line being in a selected state, the non select line being in an unselected state; a supply circuit configured to supply image data to at least one of signal electrodes while shifting the reset line, the non select line or the writing line; an extraction circuit configured to extract a writing line corresponding to a pixel which is not changed to a certain display state based on the image data; and a control circuit to set a first scan speed to the extracted writing line, the first scan speed being different from a second scan speed set to an un-extracted writing line.
US08817003B2	Power supply unit and organic light emitting display device using the same A power supply unit adapted to prevent or reduce damage to devices when the devices receive power with an abnormal voltage, and an organic light emitting display device using the same. An embodiment of the present invention provides a power supply unit, including: a power block including an input terminal for receiving an input power, an output terminal for outputting an output power, and an enable terminal for receiving an enable signal for controlling a driving of the power block; an input power unit configured to concurrently transfer the input power to the input terminal and the enable terminal; and a controller configured to control a voltage of the input power transferred to the enable terminal to determine the driving time point of the power block, and an organic light emitting display device using the same.
US08816998B2	Organic light emitting display An organic light emitting display is disclosed. In one embodiment, the display includes pixels formed in every horizontal line, scan lines coupled to the pixels positioned in two horizontal lines, i data lines coupled to pixels positioned in odd horizontal lines, (i+1) data lines coupled to pixels positioned in even horizontal lines, and first and second emission control lines coupled to the pixels positioned in the two horizontal lines to supply first and second emission control signals, respectively. Each of the pixels includes a pixel circuit coupled to one of the data lines and one of the scan lines, a first organic light emitting diode (OLED) and a second OLED coupled to the pixel circuit to emit light to correspond to current supplied from the pixel circuit, and a selection unit for supplying current from the pixel circuit to the first or second OLED.
US08816991B2	Touch input apparatus including image projection A touch-based input system includes a screen and multiple projectors that project graphics onto the screen. A processor processes user interactions with the screen and generates touch data based upon the interactions.
US08816988B2	Touch sensing apparatus The present invention provides a touch sensing apparatus including a plurality of pins, a logic control module, and at least one driving/sensing control module. The logic control module generates a plurality of control signals having different control timings. Each driving/sensing control module is coupled with the logic control module and the pins, wherein the driving/sensing control module receives a first control signal of the control signals from the logic control module and controls the pins to execute a plurality of pin functions according to a first control timing of the first control signal, so that the pins simultaneously sense a plurality of analog data from a conductive thin film sensor.
US08816984B2	Multipoint touch surface controller A multipoint touch surface controller is disclosed herein. The controller includes an integrated circuit including output circuitry for driving a capacitive multi-touch sensor and input circuitry for reading the sensor. Also disclosed herein are various noise rejection and dynamic range enhancement techniques that permit the controller to be used with various sensors in various conditions without reconfiguring hardware.
US08816983B2	Electronic device According to one embodiment, the electronic device of this embodiment includes a housing, a first substrate provided in the housing and including a sensor region configured to sense a touch of a hand and a translucent portion provided on an inner side of the sensor region, a second substrate separated from the first substrate and includes a light source configured to emit light towards the translucent portion and an elastic member intermediated between the first and the second substrate and including a through hole portion inside of which the light source and the translucent portion are provided, in which an edge portion which defines a circumference of the through hole portion is situated on an outer side to the translucent portion and on an inner side to the sensor region.
US08816981B2	Mount structure of touch panel with vibration function [Object] It is an object to provide a mount structure of a touch panel with a vibration function which is superior in impact resistance, dust-proofness, and drip-proofness, and can effectively transmit a vibration of a vibration element.[Solution to Problem] The mount structure of the touch panel with the vibration function is characterized by including a touch panel body, a design sheet bonded to an upper surface of the touch panel body and having a transparent window part and a decorative part surrounding the transparent window part, a vibration element formed in a back surface peripheral part of the touch panel body and hidden by the decorative part, a casing dented so as to have a level difference to allow the above parts to be externally fitted in and having a recess part or an opening part for a display device, and a frame-shaped support part to support the back surface peripheral part of the touch panel body, in its bottom surface, an elastic member frame arranged on the support part and positioned on an outer edge side of the touch panel with respect to the vibrator, and a vibration control unit arranged inside the casing to apply a drive voltage to the vibration element.
US08816979B2	Method and device for determining a touch or touches A method and device for determining a single touch or multiple touches is disclosed. A touch related sensing information with a single zero-crossing is used for determining a pair of values, and the locations of a pair of centroids are calculated depending on the pair of values. The distance between the locations of the pair of centroids can be used to determine whether the number of touches is one or more.
US08816977B2	Electronic devices with flexible displays Electronic devices may be provided that contain flexible displays and internal components. An internal component may be positioned under the flexible display. The internal component may be an output device such as a speaker that transmits sound through the flexible display or an actuator that deforms the display in a way that is sensed by a user. The internal component may also be a microphone or pressure sensor that receives sound or pressure information through the flexible display. Structural components may be used to permanently or temporarily deform the flexible display to provide tactile feedback to a user of the device.
US08816973B2	Position detection apparatus, display apparatus and electronic apparatus Disclosed herein is a position detection apparatus including: a sensor section having a plurality of detection electrodes laid out on a detection surface; a select section configured to select one or more detection electrodes from the detection electrodes; an oscillation section having an oscillation frequency determined by a capacitance generated in the one or more detection electrodes selected by the select section; a conversion section configured to output an output signal representing the frequency of an oscillation signal generated by the oscillation section; and a control section configured to change the frequency of the oscillation signal generated by the oscillation section in accordance with the output signal output by the conversion section.
US08816969B2	Input apparatus An input apparatus has an input unit for receiving a pressure input, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on the input unit , a vibration unit for vibrating the input unit , and a control unit for controlling drive of the vibration unit such that a click sensation is provided to an object pressing the input unit when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a predetermined standard for receiving an input to the input unit . Thereby, a realistic click sensation similar to that obtained when a push-button switch is operated is provided upon operation of the input unit of a pressure type by an operator.
US08816968B2	Selective monitor control Reducing energy usage by a monitor includes a map manager between a monitor interface and a processor that divides a display area of a monitor into areas and stores display information in a staging area. The map manager distinguishes an active window selected by a user from the remainder inactive, unselected areas of a display, and further determines a used subset of areas within the active window distinguished from the remainder unused areas as a function of a user preference. Accordingly, the map manager drives the monitor at each of the used area active window areas with the processor display information stored in the staging area at a normal luminance specified by the processor display information, and at each of the remainder unused, inactive and unselected areas of the total display area at a reduced luminance lower than the specified normal luminance.
US08816965B2	Predictive force sensitive keypad Devices and methods are described for improving the efficiency of text input by requiring more pressure to select keys on a dynamic keyboard that are improbable key presses. Examples include a text-entry device which has logic for resisting error while the user enters text on a keyboard of the text-entry device. Each key has a lever mechanism which varies the force required to press the key. Keyboard logic on the text-entry device is programmed to change the force required to enter each key within the dynamic keyboard based on the prior entry. The keyboard logic assigns a prediction value to each key based on a statistical probability that the key will be entered next.
US08816960B2	Light detector, optical position detection apparatus, and display apparatus with position detection capability A light detector includes: a light receiving device having a central optical axis and first and second directions perpendicular thereto, the light receiving device detecting incident light; a first light shield provided on a light incident side of the light receiving device and disposed on one side in the first direction with respect to the light receiving device; and a second light shield provided on the light incident side of the light receiving device and disposed on the other side in the first direction with respect to the light receiving device, wherein the first and second light shields form a light incident slit over an angular range including the direction in which the central optical axis of the light receiving device extends, and the width of the slit increases as the angle with respect to the central optical axis of the light receiving device increases.
US08816955B2	Display apparatus and method for improving image quality thereof A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel; a light guide plate disposed at a rear side of the liquid crystal panel; at least one LED module disposed in at least one side of the light guide plate and including a plurality of LEDs; a driver which drives the plurality of LEDs; an image analyzer which analyzes an input image; and a switch unit which turns off at least one LED among the plurality of LEDs while a remainder of the plurality of LEDs are being driven by the driver, according to a result of the analyzing the input image, wherein the at least one LED is disposed closer to a corner of the liquid crystal panel than the remainder of the plurality of LEDs.
US08816951B2	Shift register unit, gate drive circuit, and display apparatus A shift register unit, gate drive circuit, and display apparatus. The shift register unit comprises: input module for inputting first and second clock signals, frame start signal, high and low voltage signals, the first clock signal is identical with phase-inverted signal of the second clock signal within one frame; a processing module comprising multiple TFTs, for generating gate drive signal according to the first and second clock signals and frame start signal, controlling voltage of first node formed by TFTs lower than the low level of power supply signal during evaluation period of shift register unit, and resetting second node formed by TFTs to cut off transient DC path formed by input terminals of the high and low voltage signals, and at least one TFT in time; an output module for sending gate drive signal generated by the processing module.
US08816942B2	Luminous display and method for controlling the same A luminous display includes pixels arranged in rows and columns. Control signals that are used for controlling first switches for measuring parameters of pixel cells in a first row are also used to control second switches for programming pixel cells in a second row. In this way it is possible to use a single control signal for selecting one pixel cell for programming and simultaneously selecting another pixel cell for measuring. Programming and measuring are thus performed in a time staggered manner, while the addressing is moved to the respective next row. The programming is preferably voltage programming. In one embodiment the current through the pixel cell that is currently programmed is interrupted. In another embodiment the measuring is performed only after the transient current into signal holding means coupled to current control means has set.
US08816941B2	Display device and driving method thereof A display device includes a scan driver transmitting a plurality of scan signals to a plurality of scan lines, a data driver transmitting a plurality of data signals to a plurality of data lines, a display unit including a plurality of pixels connected to corresponding scan lines and corresponding data lines, and respectively receiving the corresponding data signal when the plurality of pixels are selected with the corresponding scan signal, and a timing controller controlling the scan driver and the data driver, dividing one frame period into a first viewpoint image display period, a second viewpoint image display period, and a black image display period, and generating image data signals corresponding to the first viewpoint image display period, the second viewpoint image display period, and the black image display period, and supplying the respective image data signals to the data driver, wherein the black image display period is shorter than the first viewpoint image display period and the second viewpoint image display period, and the image data signal corresponding to the black image display period is a black image data signal controlling the plurality of pixels not to emit light.
US08816934B2	Antenna assembly having reduced packaging size An antenna assembly is provided, including a first radiative element. The first radiative element is oriented such that a first end of the radiative element is operatively connected to an antenna feed and at least a portion of the radiative element includes a first conical, helical coil. The first conical, helical coil reaches a maximum diameter at a point farthest from the antenna feed. A counterpoise structure includes one of an electrically conductive ground structure operatively connected to a ground associated with the antenna feed and a second radiative element operatively connected to the antenna feed and the first radiative element at the antenna feed.
US08816933B2	Directional diversity receive system Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a directional diversity receive system. The system may comprise a plurality of antennas attached to and fixed with respect to a frame. The system may further comprise a steerable antenna attached to and moveable with respect to the frame. The system may be encapsulated by a cover and may be configured for relocation as an integrated module.
US08816932B2	Radio wave transmitting decorative member and the production method thereof The radio wave transmitting decorative member and the method of producing thereof efficiently and stably of the present invention is provided with radio wave transmitting properties as well as mirror-surface like metallic luster, hardly loses its metallic luster, and can be produced at a low cost. The method of producing a radio wave transmitting decorative member, having a substrate, a transparent organic material layer, and a light reflecting layer formed of an alloy composed of either silicon or germanium and a metal provided between the substrate and the transparent organic material layer; wherein the light reflecting layer is formed from a target having an alloy composed of either silicon or germanium, and of a metal with the use of a DC magnetrons sputtering.
US08816919B2	Wide band antenna, wear, and personal belongings A first plate-like radiating element including a first side and a second side, the first side being a straight line portion and the second side being curved; and a second plate-like radiating element including a third side and a fourth side, the third side being a straight line portion and the fourth side being curved, are included. The first side of the first radiating element and the third side of the second radiating element are disposed to face each other in parallel and to be shifted in a parallel direction. The second side and the fourth side each preferably include a curve portion. The second side or the fourth side or the second and fourth sides is (are) preferably formed by a combination of one or a plurality of curve portions and one or a plurality of straight line portions.
US08816918B2	Antenna array in a motor vehicle An antenna array for a motor vehicle has at least one seal which is composed of a nonconductive material and has an antenna which is mounted in the region of a sealing face of the seal and has the purpose of receiving radio signals. A convertible roof or sun roof or some other metallic vehicle part which is part of the antenna array can be positioned against the sealing face during the operation of the antenna and removed again. The antenna forms, with the metallic vehicle part which bears against the seal, the slot antenna which is effective between at least two metal faces. On the other hand, in the state in which no vehicle part bears against the seal, the antenna forms a flat electrical reception monopole which extends at a distance from a metal face which forms the antenna ground.
US08816917B2	Antenna device A low profile antenna device for use in a vehicle comprises a base unit, and an antenna unit. The antenna unit is supported on the base unit, and is provided with a first helical unit on the side near to the base unit, and a second helical unit on the side far from the base unit. The second helical unit is configured such that the surface area is larger per unit length than that of the first helical unit.
US08816913B2	Mobile terminal An antenna unit and a mobile terminal having the same are provided. the mobile terminal includes a terminal body having a circuit board for processing wireless signals, a first radiator disposed to overlap the circuit board with being spaced apart from the circuit board, a second radiator disposed adjacent to the first radiator, a first feeding connector configured to allow a feeding connection between the first radiator and the circuit board, and a first ground connector configured to allow a ground connection between the circuit board and the second radiator. With this configuration, the antenna unit can satisfy a multiband characteristic even within a space, in which the antenna unit may be interrupted by the circuit board or a display panel inside the terminal body.
US08816902B2	Radar apparatus There is provided a radar apparatus for detecting a target. A detection signal generating unit generates detection signals of the target based on transmission and reception waves of antennas. A detection signal processing unit performs frequency analysis on the detection signals to extract signal components of the target, and performs a predetermined process on the signal components to calculate at least one of a distance to the target, a relative speed to the target, and an orientation of the target. The detection signal generating unit includes a filter unit for giving changes to the detection signals in a frequency bandwidth higher than Nyquist frequency which is a half a sampling frequency. The detection signal processing unit acquires the signal components from the detection signals to which the filter unit gives the changes to determine whether the signal components are generated by replication due to the Nyquist frequency.
US08816899B2	Enhanced target detection using dispersive vs non-dispersive scatterer signal processing A method of target discrimination and identification, on a computer including a processing unit and a non-volatile storage device, from a radar signal having a plurality of radar return signals, is presented. The method includes: modeling, on the computer, the radar return signals by linear prediction to produce linear prediction equations; solving, on the computer, the linear prediction equations by the Burg algorithm to produce linear prediction coefficients for a linear prediction coefficient polynomial; computing, on the computer, roots of the linear prediction coefficient polynomial to produce scattering modes; computing, on the computer, a distance of each of the scattering modes to a unit circle; computing, on the computer, a complex envelope for each mode of the scattering modes; and selecting, on the computer, target scattering modes from among the scattering modes based on the distance of the mode to the unit circle and the complex envelope of the mode.
US08816898B2	Radar apparatus A radar apparatus includes: an array antenna having antenna elements having function of a transmission antenna and a reception antenna and receiving an echo signal which is a reflection of a probe signal from a target, the probe signal being radiated from the antenna elements; a converter for converting the echo signal to a baseband signal; a signal synthesizing unit which generates a synthesized baseband signal vector on the basis of aperture synthesis of the baseband signal generated from a combination of the antenna elements giving an equal spatial phase; a correction data acquiring unit which acquires correction data on the basis of coefficients of terms of a synthesized array polynomial; a correction processing unit which corrects the synthesized baseband signal vector on the basis of the correction data; and an estimating unit which performs angle estimation on the basis of the synthesized baseband signal vector.
US08816897B2	Method for estimating the angular position of a target by radar detection and radar implementing said method A method of estimating the angular position θc of a target detected by a radar equipping a mobile carrier and emitting, via an steerable antenna, a signal, in the form of pulses, towards the target and receiving echoes from the reflection of said signal on the target, comprises: estimating, for each pulse or group of pulses of time index i, the angular position θ(i) of the antenna; estimating, for each pulse or group of pulses of time index i, the Doppler frequency fD(i) of the echo or echoes received; pairing, for each pulse or group of pulses of time index i, the angular position θ(i) and the Doppler frequency fD(i); and, estimating the angular position θc at least by solving the equation λ ⁢ ⁢ f D ⁡ ( i ) 2 = V a ⁢ sin ⁢ ⁢ θ ⁡ ( i ) ⁢ ( θ c - θ ⁡ ( i ) ) + V r , c , where λ is the wavelength of the radar, Va is the norm of the speed of the carrier and Vr,c is the radial speed of the target.
US08816895B2	Target-tracking radar classifier with glint detection and method for target classification using measured target epsilon and target glint information Embodiments of a target classifier and method for target classification using measured target epsilons and target glint information are generally described herein. The target classifier is configured to compare a total epsilon measurement with target glint information to determine whether to the target being tracked corresponds to an intended target type. Based on the comparison, the target classifier may cause target tracking circuitry of a target-tracking radar to either continue tracking the target or break-off from tracking the target. Glint of different target types may be characterized at different ranges and the target's glint characteristics may be used to distinguish intended from non-intended targets. Accordingly, intended targets such as incoming artillery may be distinguished from non-intended targets such as aircraft to help prevent countermeasures from being launched against non-intended targets.
US08816889B2	Current-steering digital-to-analog converter with cancellation of dynamic distortion A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) includes, in a segment of the DAC, a first switch and a second switch. The first switch includes a first pair of transistors having a first set of inputs and has a first output connected to an output of the DAC. The second switch includes second and third pairs of transistors having second and third sets of inputs, respectively, and has a second output that is connected to the output of the DAC. A driver module generates control signals to drive the first, second, and third sets of inputs based on data received by the DAC for conversion from digital to analog format at a conversion rate determined by a clock. The control signals toggle one of the first and second switches during each cycle of the clock.
US08816888B2	Ad conversion circuit, semiconductor device, and ad conversion method A reference voltage generator generates a reference voltage at the time of sampling a received input signal. A sampling time controller detects a change in the reference voltage. When the reference voltage rises to a determined threshold, the sampling time controller determines that sampling is completed, and generates a sampling clock in which sampling time is controlled on the basis of an external clock.
US08816884B2	Vectorized rebinning for fast data down-sampling A rebinning device includes a rebinning engine that transforms signal data from a first format to a second format with vectorized binning. Moreover, a data storage operably coupled to the rebinning engine stores the signal data in the second format. The rebinning device may optionally includes a capturing engine that captures the signal data in the first format and a rendering engine that renders the signal data in the second format.
US08816881B2	Runway digital wind indicator system A runway digital wind indicator system senses wind conditions at multiple locations, aggregates this data, and communicates up-to-date, usable information to pilots. Meteorological information, including wind speed, direction, and change (i.e., gustiness) plus temperature, humidity, barometer, wind shear, etc., can be sensed by three or more sensor pods placed along a runway (at least one at each end and another in the middle of a given runway). Data from these pods is then transferred to a computer receiver that processes the information into a real-time, concise, readable format that can be displayed to air traffic control, sent to runway digital display signs placed in proximity to runways for direct pilot reference, and/or posted to websites/internet locations that can then be used to wirelessly relay the information to any of a plethora of digital devices that can be accessed directly by a pilot.
US08816880B1	Systems and methods for providing navigational assistance to a parking facility A computer-implemented method that includes receiving a request for navigational assistance to a location, identifying a parking facility at or near the location, identifying a first section of the parking facility having parking availability, identifying a first entrance of the parking facility that corresponds to the first section of the parking facility, providing, via a mobile communications device, navigational assistance to the first entrance of the parking facility, monitoring parking availability at the parking facility, and, prior to receiving an indication that a vehicle associated with the mobile communications device has arrived at the first entrance of the parking facility, determining that a second section of the parking facility currently has a parking availability that exceeds the parking availability of the first section of the parking facility, and providing navigational assistance to a second entrance of the parking facility that corresponds to the second section of the parking facility.
US08816878B2	Parking assist apparatus There is provided a parking assist apparatus capable of allowing an automatic steering control to be started smoothly, without requiring any special operation after confirmation of a parking target location. The parking assist apparatus includes a parking target position setting section for setting a parking target position, a guiding path calculating section for calculating a guiding path to the parking target position, a reporting information outputting section for reporting to the driver upon successful establishment of a guiding path that an automatic steering is now possible, a non-holding state determining section for determining whether there is established a non-holding state of the driver not holding a steering device, and a guiding start determining section configured to allow guiding by the automatic steering to be started, provided the guiding path has been established AND the non-holding state has been realized.
US08816876B2	System for providing environmental condition information to vehicles and related methods An apparatus for communicating weather related information to a vehicle has been developed. The invention includes, a navigational positioning system that provides the location of the vehicle and a receiver for receiving weather related data at the vehicle that includes road conditions, atmospheric conditions, weather warnings and watches, and forecast conditions. The weather related data is associated with a geographic grid that is made of a plurality of cells. The invention's processor determines if the weather related data is associated with the vehicle location and displays the weather related data to the vehicle's occupants.
US08816875B2	Electronic thermometer An electronic thermometer includes a hollow probe provided at its longitudinal tip with a temperature measuring unit having a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature, electrodes neighboring to the temperature sensor and arranged in the hollow of the probe, and a determining unit for determining whether temperature measuring unit is in appropriate contact with a measurement target portion of a user or not, based on a change in electrostatic capacity sensed using the electrodes.
US08816870B2	Healthy home graphical user interface method and device A user display for a healthy home or like building structure. The user display includes a hardware housing and a display device coupled to the hardware housing. The user display further includes a plurality of graphical objects corresponding respectively to a plurality of different loads numbered from a through N, where N is an integer greater than 1. The loads can include, among others, air conditioning, water, heat, electricity, swimming pool, and others. Each of the graphical objects is displayed in a common unit of measurement and comprises a total demand portion and a fraction of renewable energy portion.
US08816867B2	Detector A detector includes a smoke detecting section that includes a light-receiving unit at a position at which the light-receiving unit does not directly receive light emitted by a light-emitting unit in a chamber in which a labyrinth for preventing light from directly entering from the outside and an insect net covering the rim of the labyrinth are provided, the light-receiving unit receiving light scattered by smoke flowing into the chamber. An opening hole is formed open in the surface of the cover receiving hot air current, of the detector. In the cover behind the opening hole, an electrochemical gas sensor is placed to bring gas generated by a fire through the opening hole into contact with an electrolyte solution to detect the gas by an electrode.
US08816865B1	Method and system for measuring temperature and pressure in different regions to determine steam quality A method and apparatus for monitoring the quality of steam used in a process is disclosed. A pressure and temperature sensor is exposed to the steam on either side of an inline pressure drop device such as an orifice or pressure reducing valve. The measurements are transmitted to a controller that calculates the steam quality percentage or superheat value. An alarm is issued if the steam quality is beyond a predetermined tolerance.
US08816862B2	Displays for a medical device Embodiments described herein relate to an analyte monitoring device having a user interface with a display and a plurality of actuators. The display is configured to render a plurality of display screens, including a home screen and an alert screen. The home screen is divided into a plurality of simultaneously displayed panels, with a first panel displays a rate of change of continuously monitored analyte levels in interstitial fluid, a second panel simultaneously displays a current analyte level and an analyte trend indicator, and a third panel displays status information of a plurality of components of the device. When an alarm condition is detected, the display renders the alert screen in place of the home screen, the alert screen displaying information corresponding to the detected alarm condition. Furthermore, the actuators are configured to affect further output of the analyte monitoring device corresponding to the detected condition.
US08816855B2	Methods, computer program products, and systems for providing automated video tracking via radio frequency identification Methods, computer program products and systems for providing video tracking. The method includes receiving a first signal from a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. A location of the RFID tag is determined in response to the first signal. An image that includes the location of the RFID tag is recorded. The location of the RFID tag is marked on the image, resulting in a marked image.
US08816851B2	Distributed lighting control of an area Methods and apparatuses of distributed lighting control are disclosed. One embodiment includes a lighting apparatus. The lighting apparatus includes a light, a sensor associated with the light for sensing a change of light intensity per unit of time greater than a sense threshold, and a controller. The controller is operative to determine if the light is within an area, activate the light at a preselected area light intensity if a light associated with the sensor is within the area and the sensed change of light intensity per unit of time is greater than the sense threshold, and if the light is not within the area, then the light only activates if motion is additionally detected, thereby increasing light intensity over a target area.
US08816848B2	Systems and methods for determining location from wireless signals A computer, media player, remote control or other device is configured to determine its relative location within a home, office or other given environment based upon the reception and/or sensing of wireless network signals and/or other electromagnetic signals emitted by other devices present at any time in the environment. The device receives wireless signals from one or more wireless signal sources, and determines a parameter (e.g., signal strength) for the signals received from each source. The location of the portable device within the environment is determined based on the determined parameters. The location may be used for any purpose, such as adjusting a setting on the portable device, identifying another device to be controlled by a portable remote control, or the like.
US08816843B2	Smoke or fire barrier An alarm system for a smoke or fire barrier, including alarm circuits have a normally closed switch position. A control circuit connected to the alarm circuits applies a voltage to create a non-activation situation or remove a voltage to create an activation situation when the switch is open. The alarm circuit further including either a series connected resistance or a normally open switch position in parallel to the normally closed switch position, to create a “fault” condition in the absence of detection of the resistance, or an open switch position and a closed switch position.
US08816838B2	Transmission position indicator for vehicle A transmission position indicator for a vehicle may include a housing, a PCB (printed circuit board) embedded in the housing, wherein a light source may be provided at a predetermined position on the PCB, a light guide plate provided above the PCB and receiving light from the light source, wherein the light guide plate includes light-diffusion-ink patterns printed on a surface thereof, each of the light-diffusion-ink patterns having ink dots, and a cover coupled to an upper end of the housing, wherein the cover may be made of opaque material and includes gear indication characters therein, the gear indication characters being made of transparent material, so that the light transmitted from the light guide plate may be emitted outside the cover through the gear indication characters.
US08816837B2	In-vehicle information delivery system and method An in-vehicle information display system including a GPS receiver that determines the location of a vehicle, and a user interface for communicating information received over a wireless communication network. The information received over the wireless communications network is communicated to a user interface depending on the velocity of the vehicle. Further, the content of the information received over the wireless communications network and communicated to the user depends on the velocity of the vehicle. The system makes use of a head-up display so that content information is only directed to the user. A method communicates information over a wireless communications network to a vehicle.
US08816834B2	Steering angle sensing device for vehicle wheel alignment A steering angle sensing device for vehicle wheel alignment includes a swingable rocking arm. The rocking arm can be located in a predetermined position and slidably connected with a simple wheel alignment calibrator. When a wheel of the vehicle is steered, the wheel alignment calibrator affixed to the wheel is synchronously rotated along with the steering of the wheel. At this time, the rocking arm is driven to swing by a corresponding angle and the steering angle sensing device emits a human-perceivable signal to a calibration worker, whereby the calibration worker can real-time know the steering angle of the wheel for conveniently performing the wheel alignment process.
US08816831B2	Pairing PLC devices A method for pairing a first power line communication device with a second power line communication device is disclosed, the method includes the first device triggering a pairing initiating state responsive to sensing a connection of a data cable with the second device; entering an appropriate pairing initiation state, the pairing initiation state being either an add device state or a join device state; and performing pairing with the second device.
US08816822B2	Method and system for wireless communications in a waveguide environment A system and method of transmitting sensor signals in a waveguide environment are provided. A sensor assembly is configured to wirelessly receive a sensor interrogation signal, determine an input power level of the sensor interrogation signal, and transmit a message including the determined power level. The system also includes a sensor controller configured to transmit a sensor interrogation signal determine an output power of the transmitted sensor interrogation signal at a plurality of frequencies, receive an indication of the received input power level of the sensor interrogation signal from the sensor assembly at the plurality of frequencies, compare the transmitted output power of the sensor interrogation signal to the received power indication, and select a transmit frequency for transmitting messages between the sensor assembly and the sensor controller based on the comparison.
US08816821B2	Tag associating system, tag associating method, and tag moving direction detection system [Problems to be Solved]It is an object to provide a tag associating system that, when a plurality of RFID tags are collected to move as a tag group, associates the RFID tags belonging to the tag group with a representative RFID tag ranked as a representative of the tag group; its associating method; etc.[Means for Solving the Problems]The present system associates an RFID tag (2A) ranked as a representative of the tag group (2). A communication area (J) of a first antenna (4A) to read out data from the representative tag group (2A) is arranged to partially overlap with a communication area (K) of a second antenna (4B) to read out data from each RFID tag (2B) of the tag group (2). When the first antenna (4A) reads out a plurality of times data from the representative RFID tag (2A), the second antenna (4B) reads out data from each RFID tag (2B) of the tag group (2), so as to make the data read out from the representative RFID tag (2A) and the data reads out from the RFID tag (2B) of the tag group (2) into a pair of associated data.
US08816820B2	System for synthetic vision A first mobile device includes a location processor, a communication processor, and a display, and a second mobile device includes a location processor and a communication processor. The first mobile device is configured to wirelessly communicate with the second mobile device, and the first mobile device is configured to display a superimposed icon representing a location of the second mobile device as viewed from the perspective of the first mobile device when the first mobile device is pointed in the direction of the second mobile device.
US08816819B2	Dynamic information radio-frequency identification (RFID) card with biometric capabilities Embodiments of the present invention implement dynamic elements within a RFID card. Specifically, the embodiments update card information dynamically, using a biometric image scanner (e.g., for scanning a fingerprint passively). The scanner is activated only when a user intends to use it with a designated reader by bringing the RFID card within the reader RF field range, thus preventing unauthorized reader's RFID scan. Even if an unauthorized reader comes into contact with the RFID card, the reader cannot read the user's biometric information, unless the user holds the card for use by the reader. Thus, unauthorized biometric information scanning is effectively prevented. The medium owned and controlled by the user collects a biometric fingerprint image for safety and security. When a card is swiped by the user, the biometric imaging array sensor captures user fingerprints and transfers the corresponding image data to a verification system to match and track user biometric information with a predefine accuracy, and track changes of repeated uses.
US08816818B2	Biometric authentication device and method, computer-readable recording medium recorded with biometric authentication computer program, and computer system A computer system checks whether or not an authentication success rate for a registered user shows an over-time reduction based on the history of the results of the previous biometric authentication processes in which the high-speed verification process is executed, when the authentication success rate is determined as showing an over-time reduction for the registered user, the computer system instead executes a precise verification process for verifying input biometric information against registered biometric information to make verification with a higher precision than with the high-speed verification process.
US08816814B2	Systematic distillation of status data responsive to whether or not a wireless signal has been received and relating to regimen compliance Configuration technologies for cost-effectively monitoring indicia of regimen compliance or noncompliance in response to one or more indications of symptoms or actions or other data on data-bearing media or in wireless transmissions, such as implementing techniques for providing or preventing access or otherwise acting on or communicating incremental or definitive indicia of compliance or noncompliance.
US08816813B2	Headset hub remote control system A system comprising a wireless audio headset hub (1), at least two peripheral electronic devices (3, 4, 5) which are wirelessly connected to and controlled via the headset (1). The system further comprises a wireless handheld terminal (2), which is wirelessly connected to the headset (1) and comprising a terminal user interface (7) for receiving user input. The headset (1) and the terminal (2) are adapted so that a user by means of the terminal user interface (7) can control each of the peripheral electronic devices (3, 4, 5) via the headset (1).
US08816806B2	Magnetically coupled device Provided is a magnetically coupled device, a method of assembling the magnetically coupled system, and a method whereby positioning a first arrangement and a second arrangement prevents a magnetic field generated from within a first plurality of magnets and a second plurality of magnets from affecting a magnetically sensitive component.
US08816803B2	Contact mechanism and electromagnetic contactor using same The present invention provides a contact mechanism that is capable of, without enlarging the entire configuration thereof, preventing the generation of an electromagnetic repulsion that opens a movable contact upon application of a current, and also provides an electromagnetic contactor that uses this contact mechanism. A contact mechanism (CM) has a fixed contact (2) and a movable contact (3) that are inserted in a current-carrying path. In the contact mechanism (CM), at least either the fixed contact (2) or the movable contact (3) is formed into an L-shape or a U-shape so as to generate a Lorentz force that acts against an electromagnetic repulsion in an opening direction, which is generated between the fixed contact (2) and the movable contact (3) upon application of a current.
US08816800B2	Relay with an improved contact spring An electromagnetic relay with at least one moveable contact spring, having an assigned normally-open contact, wherein the moveable contact spring is connected electrically-conductively to a first electrical terminal and the normally-open contact is connected electrically-conductively to a further electrical terminal, having a moveably mounted actuating element to move the moveable contact spring as a function of the current flowing through the relay in contact with the normally-open contact. The contact spring is equipped with two abutment surfaces, which are spatially separated from one another, and that the actuating element is equipped with two actuating surfaces, which are brought into active connection with the two abutment surfaces in order to move the contact spring.
US08816799B2	Systems and methods of waveguide assembly using longitudinal features Various embodiments provide for waveguide assemblies which may be utilized in wireless communication systems. Various embodiments may allow for waveguide assemblies to be assembled using tools and methodologies that are simpler than the conventional alternatives. Some embodiments provide for a waveguide assembly that comprises a straight tubular portion configured to be shortened, using simple techniques and tools, in order to fit into a waveguide assembly. For instance, for some embodiments, the waveguide assembly may be configured such that the straight portion can be shortened, at a cross section of the portion, using a basic cutting tool, such a hacksaw. In some embodiments, the straight portion may be further configured such that regardless of whether the straight tubular portion is shortened, the waveguide assembly remains capable of coupling to flanges, which facilitate coupling the straight tubular portion to connectable assemblies, such as other waveguide assemblies, radio equipment, or antennas.
US08816798B2	Apparatus and method for electromagnetic mode suppression in microwave and millimeterwave packages A parallel plate waveguide structure may be configured to suppress spurious propagating modes by including a lossy frequency selective surface (FSS). The electromagnetic material properties of individual layers disposed between the conductive plates of the waveguide may be engineered to extend the suppression band of the fundamental TE mode up to the cutoff frequency of the second TE mode. Examples of mode suppression structures are presented and analyzed by transverse resonance models. Applications include, for example, cavity mode suppression in microwave and millimeterwave assemblies at the board, package, and chip level.
US08816796B2	Multilayer filter A multilayer filter includes a laminate including a plurality of dielectric layers stacked on each other. Inner layer electrodes and outer terminals are provided in the laminate. A second coil electrode constituting a balanced-side inductor is defined by one of the inner layer electrodes. The second coil electrode has a coiled shape, and includes a first end connected to a first coil electrode through a via electrode and a second end connected to a third coil electrode through a via electrode. The second coil electrode is connected at a predetermined position along the winding direction thereof to a ground terminal, as one of the outer terminals, through an electrode for connection to a ground. The position where the ground connection electrode is connected to the second coil electrode is determined based on a balance characteristic in the balanced terminal side.
US08816793B2	Transmission line, impedance transformer, integrated circuit mounted device, and communication device module A transmission line having a plurality of branch lines that respectively include a first end part and a second end part and have a same line length, in which at least part of the plurality of branch lines includes bent shapes, the first end parts of the plurality of branch lines are connected to a common terminal, and the second end parts of the plurality of branch lines are connected to a common terminal. The plurality of branch lines may include two micro strip lines that are formed on substrates having the same dielectric constant and have bent shapes in symmetry with each other with respect to a straight line.
US08816786B2	Method and apparatus of a crystal oscillator with a noiseless and amplitude based start up control loop A large gain is used to start up the oscillation of the crystal quickly. Once the oscillation starts, the amplitude is detected. A control circuit determines based on the measured amplitude to disable a low resistance path in the controlled switch array to reduce the applied gain below the power dissipation specification of the crystal. Another technique introduces a mixed-signal controlled power supply multi-path resistive array which tailors the maximum current to the crystal. A successive approximation register converts the amplitude into several partitions and enables/disables one of several power routing paths to the inverter of the oscillator. This allows a better match between the crystal selected by the customer and the on-chip drive circuitry to power up the oscillator without stressing the crystal. The “l/f” noise of the oscillator circuit is minimized by operating transistors in the triode region instead of the linear region.
US08816784B1	Silicon-based atomic clocks In one embodiment, a silicon-based atomic clock for use in an electronic device includes a single-isotope silicon crystal and energy level transitions within the silicon are used as a frequency resonance of the clock.
US08816783B2	Device for an atomic clock A device for an atomic clock, including: a laser source (102) that generates a laser beam; a splitter (101) that makes it possible to divert and allow a portion of the laser beam to pass therethrough in accordance with a predefined percentage; a quarter-wave plate (105) that modifies the linear polarization of the laser beam into circular polarization and vice versa; a gas cell arranged on the circular polarization laser beam; a mirror (107) sending the laser beam back toward the gas cell (106); a first photodetector (108a), and a polarizer (103) arranged between the laser beam outlet and the splitter in order to protect the laser source from the retroreflections emitted by different optical elements constituting the device.
US08816776B2	Loss of lock detector for clock and data recovery system An apparatus comprises a clock and data recovery system, and a loss of lock detector at least partially incorporated within or otherwise associated with the clock and data recovery system. The loss of lock detector is configured to generate a loss of lock signal responsive to phase adjustment requests generated for a clock signal in the clock and data recovery system. By way of example, the loss of lock signal may have a first logic level indicative of the phase adjustment requests occurring at a first rate associated with a lock condition and a second logic level indicative of the phase adjustment requests occurring at a second rate lower than the first rate. Absolute values of respective phase increments each associated with multiple up and down phase requests may be accumulated, and the loss of lock signal generated as a function of the accumulated phase increment absolute values.
US08816767B2	Amplifier calibration A system and method of calibrating an amplifier are presented. The amplifier has a first amplification path and a second amplification path. A first state of the amplifier is identified defining a first phase shift of the first path and a second phase shift of the second path resulting in a maximum efficiency of the amplifier when an attenuation of the first path and an attenuation of the second path are set to first attenuation values. The attenuation of the first path and the attenuation of the second path is set to achieve a maximum efficiency of the amplifier when the phase shift of the first path and the phase shift of the second path are set according to the first state.
US08816765B2	Coupled inductor and calibrated complementary low noise amplifiers A low noise amplifier (LNA) includes a bank of selectable first transistors and a bank of selectable second transistors complementary to the first transistors. The LNA also includes a plurality of switches to select one or more of the first transistors and to select one or more of the second transistors, the selected first transistors positioned in series with respect to the selected second transistors. The LNA also includes switching logic to control the plurality of switches, to simultaneously vary selection of the first transistors and the second transistors during calibration to substantially match output second-order distortion of the selected first transistors with that of the selected second transistors, to create high second-order intercept points.
US08816758B2	Single amplifier filter for constant group delay in radio frequency transmitters Apparatus and systems are provided for a single amplifier filter capable of a high quality factor. A filter comprises an amplifier having an amplifier input and an amplifier output, wherein the amplifier is configured to produce an output signal at the amplifier output based on a signal at the amplifier input. A first resistive element is coupled between an input node and the amplifier input, a second resistive element is coupled between a first node and the amplifier input, and a third resistive element is coupled between the amplifier output and the first node. A first capacitive element is coupled between the amplifier output and the amplifier input. The filter comprises a second node for an inverse of the output signal, wherein a second capacitive element is coupled between the first node and the second node.
US08816752B2	Adaptive triac controller A low voltage AC power controller uses a line coupled capacitor AC to DC converter circuit to obtain energy from AC line power supplied to an AC load and may be used with an external high voltage AC switching device to control power supplied to the AC load. The line coupled capacitor AC to DC converter circuit provides a low power device that senses characteristics of the power supplied to the load and can communicate sensed information and/or receive control information related to the power supplied to load.
US08816750B2	High frequency mixer with tunable dynamic range A high frequency mixer with a tunable dynamic range is disclosed. One embodiment provides a mixer apparatus including multiple first transistors at an input branch that receive a differential radio frequency (RF) signal, and multiple second transistors at a second branch that receive a differential local oscillator (LO) signal. The second transistors generate an intermediate frequency (IF) differential output signal. The bias current that flows at the input branch and the output branch can be independently adjusted to allow the conversion gain, linearity, or the output noise of the mixer to be controlled.
US08816747B2	Digital input unit A digital input unit for an automation device includes at least one current drawing DC input channel for connecting a transducer operated at a nominal DC voltage, where the input channel is configured to set the current based on an input voltage (UEM) according to an input characteristic curve. Measures are proposed, as a result of which the digital input unit is suitable for connecting transducers of different supply voltages, where the digital input unit is operable with a reduced power loss.
US08816742B2	Adaptive memory calibration using bins An electronic device comprises an electronic component and an integrated circuit, wherein the integrated circuit is configured to generate a system clock and an external clock having a programmable delay from the system clock, provide the external clock to the electronic component, determine a delay range between system clock and the external clock in which the integrated circuit and the electronic component can communicate, and program the external clock with one of a plurality of predetermined delay values based on the delay range.
US08816741B2	State retention power gated cell A state retention power gated (SRPG) cell includes an input control circuit having an input coupled to an input signal and an output. The input control circuit includes has transistors configured as a first inverter transmission gate. The transistors also connect in series at least one transistor controlled by a power gating signal. A first latch has an input coupled to the output of the input control circuit and an output. A transmission gate has an input coupled to the output of the first latch and an output that is an output of the SRPG cell. A second latch has an input coupled to the output of the transmission gate and an output that also is an output of the SRPG cell. A second inverter transmission gate has an input coupled to the output of the second latch.
US08816740B1	Buffer circuit and switching controller A buffer circuit includes a first inverter circuit that inverts an input signal, a second inverter circuit that inverts the output signal of the first inverter circuit, an impedance element connected between the first inverter circuit and the second inverter circuit, a first conductivity type switching element that increases a potential of the output node of the second inverter circuit when the input signal exceeds a first threshold voltage, and a second conductivity type switching element that decreases a potential of the output node of the second inverter circuit when the input signal is lower than a second threshold voltage.
US08816736B2	Clock signal generators having a reduced power feedback clock path and methods for generating clocks Memories, clock generators and methods for providing an output clock signal are disclosed. One such method includes delaying a buffered clock signal by an adjustable delay to provide an output clock signal, providing a feedback clock signal from the output clock signal, and adjusting a duty cycle of the buffered clock signal based at least in part on the feedback clock signal. An example clock generator includes a forward clock path configured to provide a delayed output clock signal from a clock driver circuit, and further includes a feedback clock path configured to provide a feedback clock signal based at least in part on the delayed output clock signal, for example, frequency dividing the delayed output clock signal. The feedback clock path further configured to control adjustment a duty cycle of the buffered input clock signal based at least in part on the feedback clock signal.
US08816733B2	Delay locked-loop circuit and display apparatus A delay locked-loop circuit includes: a phase comparator detecting a phase difference between an external clock and an internal clock; an up/down counter controlling a delay time in accordance with an output signal from the phase comparator; and a delay line including plural unit delay circuits corresponding to plural bits of a signal output from the up/down counter in order to control the delay of the external clock to conform the external clock to the internal clock, and in which the unit delay circuits controlled by the output from a same bit in the output from the up/down counter are not connected adjacently to each other in the connection of the plural unit delay circuits in series.
US08816732B2	Capactive load PLL with calibration loop A circuit includes a capacitive-load voltage controlled oscillator having an input configured to receive a first input signal and an output configured to output an oscillating output signal. A calibration circuit is coupled to the voltage controlled oscillator and is configured to output one or more control signals to the capacitive-load voltage controlled oscillator for adjusting a frequency of the oscillating output signal. The calibration circuit is configured to output the one or more control signals in response to a comparison of an input voltage to at least one reference voltage.
US08816730B1	Frequency synthesis with gapper Systems and methods for frequency synthesis using a gapper. A frequency synthesizer may comprise a gapper, a first integer divider and a Phase Locked Loop (PLL). When a frequency of an output signal is intended to be greater than a corresponding input signal, a factor can be borrowed by the gapper from the first integer divider to generate a rational divide ratio G that is greater 1 in order for the gapper to be capable of performing the division by G. The PLL is capable of multiplying a gapped signal output from the first integer divider and attenuating jitter from the gapped signal.
US08816720B2	Single power supply logic level shifter circuit A system and method of shifting a data signal from a first voltage domain having a first logic level to a second voltage domain having a second logic level, the second logic level having a second logical high state greater than a first logical high state in the first logic level and a single power supply logic level shifter circuit having a single power supply source, an input node and an output node, the input node coupled to a sender circuit in the first voltage domain and the output node coupled to a receiver circuit in the second voltage domain, the single power supply source being coupled only to a single power grid in the second voltage domain.
US08816719B2	Re-programmable antifuse FPGA utilizing resistive CeRAM elements A re-programmable antifuse field programmable gate array (FPGA) integrated circuit, the FPGA comprising: a plurality of CeRAM resistive switching elements forming a connection block, the switching elements capable of being switched from a conductive (ON) state to a non-conductive (OFF) state and back to a conductive (ON) state; a plurality of logic elements forming a logic block; and a programming circuit for turning the CeRAM switching elements OFF and ON to connect the logic elements to form the FPGA.
US08816718B1	Variable response mode for synchronous data read In one embodiment, a programmable logic device includes a memory and an input/output (I/O) interface adapted to enter a variable response mode responsive to an assertion of a control signal. The I/O interface is operable in the variable response mode to respond to a read command from an external device by retrieving data from the memory and to shift dummy data to the external device until an internal data ready signal is asserted.
US08816717B2	Reactive material for integrated circuit tamper detection and response The present disclosure relates to integrated circuits having tamper detection and response devices and methods for manufacturing such integrated circuits. One integrated circuit having a tamper detection and response device includes at least one reactive material and at least one memory cell coupled to the at least one reactive material. An exothermic reaction in the at least one reactive material causes an alteration to a memory state of the at least one memory cell. Another integrated circuit having a tamper detection and response device includes a substrate, at least one gate on the substrate, and a reactive material between a first well and a second well of the at least one gate. A reaction in the reactive material causes a short in the gate.
US08816716B2	Diagnostic apparatus for erroneous installation of power storage stacks and vehicle A diagnostic apparatus for erroneous installation of power storage stacks includes a first connector portion included in a first power storage stack, a second connector portion included in a second power storage stack capable of connection to the first power storage stack, and a third connector portion included in a third power storage stack which should be prohibited from connection to the first power storage stack, wherein the first connector portion and the second connector portion provides a first circuit when they are connected to each other, and the first connector portion and the third connector portion provides a second circuit when they are connected to each other, the second circuit having a different circuit configuration from that of the first circuit.
US08816713B2	Probe card having adjustable high frequency signal transmission path for transmission of high frequency signal A probe card for high-frequency signal transmission includes a circuit board with transmission lines, a plurality of probes, and a signal path adjuster having first lead wires with a same length respectively connected between the transmission lines and the probes. Each first lead wire is selectively replaceable by a second lead having a length different from that of the first lead wire. As a result, a first high-frequency signal transmitting from one transmission line through the associated first lead wire to the associated probe and a second high-frequency signal transmitting from another transmission line through the associated second lead wire to the associated probe may have a same output timing when the first and second high-frequency signals are synchronously inputted into the circuit board.
US08816709B2	Electronic component testing device and electronic component transport method An electronic component testing device includes a first imaging device for imaging an upper-surface electrode of an electronic component before the electronic component is held by a holding part, a second imaging device for imaging a contact terminal provided to a testing head, a third imaging device for imaging a lower-surface electrode of the electronic component held by the holding part, and a fourth imaging device for imaging a testing socket. A control device controls the position adjustment part of the testing head to adjust the position of the holding part, and thereby controlling, based on images captured by the first and second imaging devices, a holding orientation when the holding part holds the electronic component, and controlling, based on the images captured by the third and fourth imaging devices, a holding orientation of the holding part in relation to the testing socket.
US08816708B2	Electronic test system and associated method Electronic test system and associated method, including a first and a second connection terminals respectively coupled to two pins of a chip under test, a signal source terminal coupled to a signal generator, a first and a second measurement terminals coupled to a tester, a fifth switch, a seventh switch and a switch circuit which has a first and a fourth front terminals coupled to the signal source terminal, has a first and a fourth back terminals coupled to the first and second connection terminals, and controls conduction between the first front terminal and the first back terminal, as well as conduction between the fourth front terminal and the fourth back terminal. The fifth switch is coupled between the fourth back terminal and the first measurement terminal, and the seventh switch is coupled between the first connection terminal and the second measurement terminal.
US08816707B2	Misalignment detection devices A misalignment detection device comprising a first substrate, at least one integrated circuit, a second substrate, a third substrate, and at least one detection unit. The at least one integrated is disposed on the first substrate in a first pressing region. The third substrate is disposed on the first substrate in a second pressing region and on the second substrate on the second substrate in a third pressing region. The at least one detection unit outputs a fault signal in response to a positioning shift occurring in at least one of the first, second, and third pressing regions.
US08816700B2	Portable partial discharge detection device A partial discharge detection device for detecting and measuring partial discharges in electric systems or components, which delivers signals having a form much resembling that of the radiated pulse, for improved identification and analysis. The device is of small size, totally insulated and self-powered, and allows measurements to be performed with the highest safety with no need for direct connection, thereby allowing operators to stand at a distance and avoid any system shutdown while making measurements. Furthermore, it can also detect and deliver the sync signal, which is obtained by picking up the supply voltage of the discharge generating components.
US08816697B2	Trailer connection checking device and method Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems for checking an electrical connection between a vehicle and a trailer. In one embodiment, a trailer light checking system for a vehicle comprises a plurality of exterior vehicle lights and a terminal connection configured to electrically connect each of the plurality of exterior vehicle lights to a respective trailer light. The trailer light checking system also comprises a lighting control system having a trailer connection checking mode configured to check the terminal connection by simulating manual operation of each of the plurality of exterior vehicle lights, such that a respective trailer light will actuate in combination with the simulated manual operation of each of the plurality of exterior vehicle lights if the terminal connection and the respective trailer light are functioning correctly.
US08816695B2	Method and system for interoperability testing A method and system for interoperability testing is provided. Various network communications messages are sent to a device under test (DUT) and a number of similar devices from different sources including different manufacturers. Responses to the test signals from the device under test and the similar devices are compared to expected responses in accordance with the standard, and adjustments are made in the device under test if deviations in responses are detected. The device under test may be a intelligent electronic device or IEC 61850 protocol client device.
US08816692B2	Test system for a battery module A test system for a battery module is provided. The system includes a housing having a bottom plate; and first, second, third and fourth side walls coupled to the bottom plate that defines an interior region. The system further includes a mounting fixture that fixedly holds the battery module thereon. The system further includes first, second, third and fourth coupling members. The system further includes a lid coupled to the housing utilizing the first, second, third and fourth coupling members. The system further includes a battery charging system that charges the battery module.
US08816690B2	Electromagnetic sensor cable and electrical configuration therefor A marine electromagnetic sensor cable system includes a first sensor cable subsystem including at least a first sensor cable segment. The first sensor cable segment includes a plurality of spaced apart electrodes which electrically contact a body of water when the first sensor cable segment is immersed therein, and an electrical conductor coupled to each electrode, each electrical conductor extending from one longitudinal end of the sensor cable segment to the other. The system includes a first signal processing module electrically coupled to a longitudinal end of the first sensor cable segment, and including a voltage measuring circuit electrically connected between two or more electrodes from the first plurality of electrodes. Marine electromagnetic surveys are conducted using the marine electromagnetic sensor cable system.
US08816689B2	Apparatus and method for multi-component wellbore electric field Measurements using capacitive sensors A method and apparatus is provided for collecting reservoir data. The method includes providing one or more electromagnetic sources for generating an electromagnetic field in a reservoir and providing one or more electromagnetic sensors equipped with capacitive electrodes. The electromagnetic source is located separately from the electromagnetic sensor. The electromagnetic sensor may either be located within a well or at the surface, is capable of measuring the electromagnetic field in three dimensions, and may be isolated from the well fluids. The data collected by the electromagnetic sensors can be used to create a model of the oil reservoir, including the water saturation.
US08816685B2	Pulsed EPR detection A method and system for performing pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes generating an excitation pulse train for applying to an object having probes and detecting from the probes an echo response induced by the excitation pulse train.
US08816683B2	Magnetic field sensing methods and megnetic field sensing apparatuses using tunneling magneto-resistor devices Magnetic field sensing method and apparatus of this disclosure uses two tunneling magneto-resistor (TMR) devices. Angles of the free magnetizations of the two TMR devices with respect to a fixed direction are set in a first to fourth period. In the first to fourth period, the two TMR devices act as a TMR sensing unit and a zero-field reference unit by turns, and each of the conductance difference between the sensing unit and the zero field reference unit is also obtained in each of the first to fourth period. Finally, the four conductance differences are summed up.
US08816682B2	Magnetic sensor A magnetic sensor includes a magneto-electric transducer, a switch circuit, an amplifier circuit, a subtractor circuit, and a selector circuit. The subtractor circuit performs a first subtraction process of generating a first subtraction voltage by subtracting an amplification voltage obtained under an immediately prior first bias state from an amplification voltage obtained under a second bias state and a second subtraction process of generating a second subtraction voltage by subtracting an amplification voltage obtained under an immediately prior second bias state from an amplification voltage obtained under a first bias state in a serial and parallel manner. The selector circuit alternately selects the first subtraction voltage and the second subtraction voltage to output a select voltage.
US08816681B2	Method and device for detecting near-surface defects by means of magnetic leakage flux measurement In a method for detecting near-surface defects in a test sample consisting at least partly of a ferromagnetic material, a test volume of the test sample is magnetized and scanned for the detection of magnetic leakage fields caused by defects. The test volume is magnetized by means of a magnetic constant field and simultaneously by means of a magnetic alternating field superposed on the constant field. Leakage field test devices suitable for carrying out the method are described.
US08816680B2	Eddy current array configuration with reduced length and thickness The invention herein disclosed provides a 2D coil and a method of using the 2D wound EC sensor for reproducing the Eddy Current Testing (ECT) response of a prior art 3D orthogonal sensor. The resulting thin-film eddy current array of coils configured to be placed parallel and against the test surface, and a corresponding eddy current circuitry operable to excite and receive eddy current from the array of coils. The array of coils forming at least a first inspection channel and a second inspection channel. The eddy current circuitry is configured and operable in a way that the one of the first pair of driver coils is usable as one of the second pair of driver coils; and one of the first pair of receiver coils is useable as one the second pair of receiver coils.
US08816677B2	Magnetic sensor having a high resolution track with magnets of varying dimensions and a low resolution track A sensing apparatus includes first and second magnet assemblies. The first magnet assembly includes first and second magnets that have respective first and second opposite magnetic fields. The first magnet has a plurality of dimensions including an inner circumferential dimension, an outer circumferential dimension, an inner axial dimension, an outer axial dimension, and a radial dimension, and the second magnet has a corresponding plurality of dimensions. The inner circumferential dimension or outer circumferential dimension of the first magnet is relatively smaller than the corresponding dimension of the second magnet. A second magnet assembly is positioned at a distance from the first magnet assembly and includes a third magnet having a third magnetic field opposite to the first magnetic field. The first magnet assembly is a high-resolution track, and the second magnet assembly is a low-resolution track.
US08816674B2	Method for detecting concentration of particles and device therefor A magnetic particle producing part including magnetic and counterpart members in a path of a particle-includable liquid, at least one of the members being moved to press the other member in the liquid, the magnetic member being worn by particles in the liquid to produce magnetic particles; a magnetic particle measuring part positioned in the path same as in the producing part to measure the magnetic particle concentration in the liquid; and a control part converting the concentration of the magnetic particles detected by the measuring part into a concentration of particles in the liquid on the basis of a calibration line representing a correlation preliminarily measured between the concentrations of the magnetic particles and of the particles in the liquid to detect the concentration in the liquid.
US08816664B2	Power supply unit A power supply unit, which is mounted in a host device for supplying power to a client device through a cable interposed therebetween, includes an output unit configured to generate a first output voltage from an input voltage. A controller is provided in the power supply to perform voltage feedback control on the output unit such that the first output voltage is maintained at a predetermined target value. Also, the power supply unit includes a first correction unit configured to correct the voltage feedback control at the controller such that the first output voltage is increased as a second output voltage finally supplied to the client device becomes lower, and a second correction unit configured to correct the voltage feedback control at the controller such that the first output voltage is increased as an output current supplied from the host device to the client device becomes larger.
US08816663B2	Feedforward digital control unit for switched mode power supply and method thereof To calculate a control signal for the duty cycle of a switched mode power supply (SMPS), a voltage feed forward compensator is integrated into a feedback unit. A control unit has an adder with a first input to receive a signal dependent upon an output voltage. A second input receives a signal from a feedback circuit, and an output outputs a signal comprising the sum of the signals applied to the inputs; another output outputs a control signal for controlling the duty cycle, the control signal is dependent upon the output signal from the adder; a voltage feed forward compensation signal generator calculates a compensation signal to adjust the control signal depending upon an input voltage of the SMPS; and a feedback circuit between the output of the adder and the second input of the adder calculates a compensated feedback signal and to feed the compensated feedback signal to the second input of the adder.
US08816659B2	Low-noise high efficiency bias generation circuits and method Embodiments of signal bias generators and regulators are described generally herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US08816658B1	Low-dropout converters with feedback compensation A low-dropout converter includes a capacitor and a resistor. The resistor is coupled to the capacitor. The resistor includes a fixed resistor and at least one variable resistor. The capacitor and the resistor determine the location of a zero of the transfer function of the low-dropout converter.
US08816657B2	Multi-phase DC-DC power converter A multi-phase DC-DC power converter including a pulse width modulation (PWM) controller and a plurality of output stage circuits is provided. The output stage circuits convert an input voltage into an output voltage. The PWM controller includes a PWM generation module, a ramp generator and a feedback circuit. The feedback circuit generates a trigger signal according to the output voltage and a ramp signal. The PWM generation module generates a PWM signal with a constant on time, and adjusts a duty cycle of the PWM signal according to the trigger signal, the input and output voltages, so as to control phase channels of the multi-phase DC-DC power converter in order.
US08816656B2	Electronic device for switched DC-DC conversion having high-efficiency at high load and low load and method for operating the same An electronic device for switched DC-DC conversion of an input voltage level into an output voltage level, comprising a first power switch and a second power switch, being connected in parallel and having a different gate width, and a driving stage that is configured to selectively drive the first power switch and/or second power switch depending on a load current output.
US08816652B2	Systems and methods for synchronized control of electrical power system voltage profiles Disclosed herein are various embodiments of systems and methods for controlling a voltage profile delivered to a load in an electric power system. According to various embodiments, an electric power system may include an electric power line, a variable tap transformer, and a capacitor bank. The variable tap transformer may include a plurality of tap positions. A tap change controller may be coupled with the variable tap transformer and may control the tap positions of the variable tap transformer. A capacitor bank controller may be coupled with the capacitor bank and may selectively couple the capacitor bank to the electric power line. The tap change controller and the capacitor bank controller may share system information related to the voltage profile along the electric power line and to change the voltage profile along the line using the variable tap transformer and the capacitor bank depending on the system information.
US08816650B2	Modulating current in a dual generator system A dual-generator assembly includes a first generator configured to generate a first current and a second generator configured to generate a second current modulated based on harmonic current in the first current.
US08816643B2	Rechargeable device and power feeding control method Provided is an electronic device which is selectively connectable to two or more power sources thereby to charge the battery therein, and when connection with one power source is discontinued, the electronic device promptly switches connection to another power source thereby to start battery charging. When the external device connection section 290 becomes connected to an external device, while an AC connection section 300 is connected to an AC power source, a control section 210 performs initial communication with the external device thereby to perform charge setting necessary for charging a battery 310 via the external device.
US08816640B2	Battery control system and battery control method When detecting a fault of a master control device, a slave control device refers to master-device-line information, and obtains line information to establish a connection with the other master control device. The slave control device transmits connection request information to the master control device extracted from the other master control devices. The other master control device determines whether or not it is connectable with the slave control device that has transmitted the connection request information, and transmits a determination result as connectability information. The slave control device switches a communication line to the other master control device when the received connectability information indicates the connectable status.
US08816638B2	Increasing efficiency of wireless power transfer Techniques are described herein that are capable of increasing efficiency of wireless power transfer. A wireless power transfer system includes features that allow the system to be deployed in public spaces such as airports or in commercial establishments such as restaurants or hotels to allow a user to recharge one or more portable electronic devices while away from home. To accommodate wireless recharging of a variety of device types and states, the system may receive parameters and/or state information associated with a portable electronic device to be recharged and may control the wireless power transfer in accordance with such parameters and/or state information. For instance, the system may increase efficiency of the wireless power transfer based on such parameters and/or state information. The system may also provide a secure and efficient means for obtaining required payment information from the user prior to the wireless power transfer, thereby facilitating fee-based recharging.
US08816636B2	Console door pocket for electronic devices A wireless power charging or supply system provides a wireless charging coil mounted on or in console in a vehicle interior. Electronic devices placed in or near the console are powered and/or charged by the charging coil. The charging coil may be located in a door having a pocket for receiving the electronic device.
US08816632B2	Radio frequency power transmission system A wireless power transmission system for use in a mobile asset comprising a host transmitter for providing at least one of a microwave or a lightwave energy signal, a receiver configured to receive said signal, a converter for converting said signal to a storable energy form, and a controller to control the transfer of storable energy from said converter to at least one energy storage device.
US08816628B2	Software center and highly configurable robotic systems for surgery and other uses Telerobotic, telesurgical, and/or surgical robotic devices, systems, and methods employ surgical robotic linkages that may have more degrees of freedom than an associated surgical end effector n space. A processor can calculate a tool motion that includes pivoting of the tool about an aperture site. Linkages movable along a range of configurations for a given end effector position may be driven toward configurations which inhibit collisions. Refined robotic linkages and method for their use are also provided.
US08816625B2	Integrated regenerative AC drive with solid state precharging Integrated AC regenerative motor drives and operating methods are presented in which a precharging circuit is provided with an IGBT, a diode and a parallel current limiting component in an intermediate DC circuit between a switching rectifier and an output inverter, and the drive is operated in one of three modes for motoring, regenerating and precharging.
US08816624B2	Motor with rotor-mounted control circuitry A rotating electromechanical machine has a rotor having at least one current-carrying winding and at least one rotor-mounted sensor configured to sense a machine property or parameter during machine operation. Rotor-mounted circuitry dynamically modifies at least one property of the current-carrying winding during machine operation in response to the sensed machine property or parameter.
US08816619B2	Motor control system for a hoist drive A motor control system for a hoist drive having an electric motor operationally connected to a hoisting member for hoisting a load, the motor control system being adapted to generate a final angular frequency reference (ω*s) for control of the electric motor, the motor control system comprising a power limiter means adapted to generate a correction term (ωs,cor) for angular frequency reference. The power limiter means comprises an integrating controller means, the power limiter means being adapted to generate the correction term (ωs,cor) for angular frequency reference using output signal IP of the integrating controller means, initial data of the integrating controller means including information relating to actual value of the power of the electric motor and a power related limit value of the electric motor.
US08816617B2	Three-phase motor controller, three-phase motor system, three-phase motor control method and program A three-phase motor control apparatus 4 controlling a driver which drives a three-phase motor includes: a desired rotation angle generation section 5 which generates a desired rotation angle; a rotation angle detector 2 which detects a detected rotation angle which is the rotation angle of said three phase motor; a feedback controller 6 which generates a q-axis command reference value which controls the q-axis voltage or the q-axis current of the three-phase motor 1 in response to the desired rotation angle and the detected rotation angle; a drive torque correction section and an adder 10 which generate a q-axis command value by correcting the q-axis command reference value; and a two-phase to three-phase transformation section 8 which generates a control signal which controls the driver circuit 3 which drives the three-phase motor in response to the q-axis command. The drive torque correction section 7 includes an angle look-up table 11 which contains elements respectively associated with angle ranges defined for the rotation angle of the three-phase motor, and selects any of the elements in response to the detected rotation angle. The q-axis command is generated by correcting the q-axis command reference value based on the value of the selected element.
US08816615B2	Drive device for railway vehicle In a drive device for a railway vehicle, in which regeneration braking force is increased by adding the output voltage of a voltage adjustment device to a DC power source voltage, operation of the current control device is started prior to the start of the power running operation or the regeneration operation of the inverter device, and the operation of the current control device is stopped later than the stopping of the power running operation or the regeneration operation of the inverter device. Thereby, the current control device is surely operated at least during the operation period of the inverter device, so that the output voltage of the voltage adjustment device is adjusted by the current control device, to thereby prevent the over-discharge of the energy storage device at the time of power running operation or the overcharge of the energy storage device at the time of regeneration operation.
US08816612B2	Controller for multi-phase rotary device A controller includes: an inverter having switching devices for converting by a PWM method and supplying an electric power to a multi-phase rotary device; a duty calculator calculating a duty command value with To; a pseudo duty calculator calculating a N-th update duty value based on N-th and (N−1)-th duty command values according to a ratio of To/Tr with a linear compensation method; a comparator comparing the update duty value with a carrier wave to generate an on-off signal of each switching device; and a detector detecting current of each phase with To. The duty calculator changes an average voltage of each phase to make an on-state time of a detection side switching device equal to or longer than minimum. When the on-state time at one phase is smaller than minimum, the pseudo duty calculator outputs a pseudo duty value to detect the current of other phases.
US08816611B2	Button based color navigation method and device in a lighting or visualization system The invention relates to button based color navigation in a lighting or visualization system, particularly for allowing fast and slow navigation through the colors in a lighting or visualization system only by usage of buttons. For the navigation, a device (10; 50) is provided which comprises several buttons (14,16, 18, 20, 22, 24,- 52, 54) arranged in predetermined order (12,-56), wherein each of the buttons is provided for a certain color of the system to be selected. Presses of one or more buttons (S10) are sensed, parameters of the sensed presses (S12) are evaluated, and a color in the system is changed depending on the evaluation of the parameters (S14, S16, S18, S20).
US08816608B2	Power supply device, luminaire and power source system According to one embodiment, a luminaire includes a lighting circuit configured to light a light source with a power supply from the outside, an accumulated-lighting-time storing section configured to store accumulated lighting time of the light source, and a control circuit configured to control the lighting circuit in a set mode. The control circuit sets, if a pattern for turning on and off the power supply from the outside is a predetermined initial illuminance correction setting pattern, a mode in an initial illuminance correction mode for performing initial illuminance correction corresponding to the accumulated lighting time of the light source. The control circuit sets, if the pattern for turning on and off the power supply from the outside is a predetermined normal setting pattern, the mode in a normal mode for not performing the initial illuminance correction.
US08816605B2	Adaptive sliding-frequency triggering ignition process for electronic ballast of high pressure gas discharge lamp An adaptive sliding-frequency triggering ignition method for electronic ballast of high pressure gas discharge lamp includes the steps of: measuring an accurate value of free oscillation frequency of the ballast load loop by using a single-chip before sliding-frequency triggering ignition, implementing safe and reliable sliding-frequency triggering ignition after calculating the initial frequency and ending frequency of sliding-frequency triggering ignition according to the accurate value. The method can safely and reliably finish sliding-frequency triggering ignition course, thus improving the parameters such as the quality, life of the high pressure gas discharge lamp electronic ballast.
US08816601B2	System for manufacturing power supply unit and method for manufacturing supply unit, and flicker measurement apparatus A method of manufacturing a power supply unit (PSU) is provided. The method includes providing at least one PSU supplying a dimming signal to at least one light source, performing a first test for electrical characteristics of the at least one PSU, detecting light emitted from the at least one light source, measuring a flicker of the at least one light source, and performing a second test for a state of the at least one PSU based on a flicker measurement result, and packing a PSU determined to be in a normal state among the at least one PSU, as a result of the first test and the second test.
US08816592B2	Active damper and driving method thereof An exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to an active damper and a driving method thereof. An AC input passed through a dimmer is transmitted to an active damper through a rectification circuit. The active damper includes a damper resistor connected to the rectification circuit, a damper switch connected to the damper resistor in parallel, and a delay circuit delaying a turn-on time of the damper switch by a predetermined initial period from a turn-on time of the dimmer.
US08816589B2	Light emitting diode driving apparatus Provided is an LED driving apparatus. The LED driving apparatus includes a plurality of LED groups each comprising one or more diodes, a switch group comprising a plurality of switch units connected respectively to the LED groups to drive the connected LED group when a control signal is activated, and a switch controlling unit configured to compare an input voltage of the LED groups with an output voltage of the LED groups, calculate a comparison value, and generate the control signal according to the comparison value. Accordingly, the LED driving apparatus drives the LED groups selectively according to the difference between the input voltage of the LED group and the output voltage of the LED group, thereby overcoming the problem of heat generation by forward voltage distribution.
US08816588B2	Hybrid gas discharge lamp-LED lighting system A lighting system and method combine at least one LED and at least one gas discharge lamp within a common housing. The lighting system includes a control system to dependently operate each LED and each gas discharge lamp during overlapping, non-identical periods of time. In at least one embodiment, the control system can provide light output by activating LEDs during gas discharge preheating operations and thus extend the useful life of each gas discharge lamp. When dimming the lighting system, the control system can reduce current to the gas discharge lamps and one or more gas discharge lamps can be phased out as dimming levels decrease. As dimming levels decrease, one or more of the LEDs can be activated or groups of LEDs can be phased in to replace the light output of the dimmed gas discharge lamps. Thus, the lighting system can reduce power consumption at low dimming levels.
US08816585B2	Light-emitting diode arrangement having a piezo transformer A light-emitting diode arrangement has a frame-shaped piezo transformer having at least one output-side connection, and having a light-emitting diode module that generates electromagnetic radiation, which module is disposed within the frame-shaped piezo transformer and electrically connects to the output-side connection of the piezo transformer by at least one output-side electrical conductor, wherein radiation emitted by the light-emitting diode module in the direction of the piezo transformer is reflected at the latter.
US08816584B2	Light source apparatus Provided is a light source apparatus which include a light emitting unit including a light emitting area of unit of surface, an antenna disposed along the outer periphery so as not to encroach on a light emitting area and a driving unit, and a driving unit processing wireless power received from the antenna and supplying the processed wireless power to the light emitting unit. According to the light source apparatus, miniaturization may be accomplished and a shielding phenomenon of an antenna reception signal caused by the light emitting area may be suppressed.
US08816583B1	Mercury dosing composition An improved mercury dosing composition is described. A method for dispensing mercury with this composition and to discharge lamps containing each composition is also described.
US08816582B2	Photo cathode for use in a vacuum tube as well as such as vacuum tube A photo cathode for use in a vacuum tube including a cathode layer, having an entrance face capable of absorbing photons impinging on the cathode layer, and an exit face for releasing electrons upon impinging of the photons, and an electron exit layer, in facing relationship with the exit face of the cathode layer for improving the releasing of the electrons, and a carbon containing layer, positioned between the exit face of the cathode layer and the electron exit layer, for bonding the electron exit layer to the cathode layer.
US08816580B2	Organic light emitting display There is provided an organic light emitting display capable of increasing an aperture ratio. The organic light emitting display includes red pixels including red emission regions, green pixels including green emission regions, and blue pixels including blue emission regions. In at least one of the red emission regions, the green emission regions, and the blue emission regions, a distance between an emission region and an adjacent emission region above the emission region is different from a distance between the emission region and another adjacent emission region below the emission region.
US08816578B1	Display assembly configured for reduced reflection A display system and method uses a display element. The display element can provide linearly polarized light. A wave retarder film can be configured to adjust the phase of the linearly polarized light so that reflections of the linearly polarized light from a surface in the environment of the display are reduced. A first light control layer is configured to constrain the field of view of the display in at least a first direction.
US08816577B2	Spark plug including electrodes with low swelling rate and high corrosion resistance A spark plug (20) includes a center electrode (24) and a ground electrode (22). The electrodes (22, 24) include a core (26) formed of a copper (Cu) alloy and a clad (28) formed of a nickel (Ni) alloy enrobing the core (26). The Cu alloy includes Cu in an amount of at least 98.5 weight percent, and at least one of Zr and Cr in an amount of at least 0.05 weight percent. The Cu alloy includes a matrix of the Cu and precipitates of the Zr and Cu dispersed in the Cu matrix. The Ni alloy of the clad (28) includes Ni in an amount of at least 90.0 weight percent. The Ni alloy also includes at least one of a Group 3 element, a Group 4 element, a Group 13 element, chromium (Cr), silicon (Si), and manganese (Mn) in a total amount sufficient to affect the strength of the Ni alloy.
US08816576B1	LED bulb, assembly, and method An LED bulb assembly includes a pinion, a plurality of LEDs, an upper heat sink, and a lower base. The plurality of LEDs are configured or arranged around a surface of the pinion, such that the optical axis of the LEDs face outward. An upper heat sink may be configured to provide heat transfer for the LEDs and pinion. The lower base may be configured to provide a connection to the pinion and an upper heat sink. In embodiments, one or more optical elements (e.g., lenses) or LED covers may be included. Further, for some embodiments, the upper heat sink may be upwardly offset a separation distance from an upper surface of the pinion, and may be configured to improve air flow to the upper heat sink.
US08816575B2	Socket and lamp engagement configurations for a luminaire An LED module substrate includes a substrate main body, an LED mounted on one plane of the substrate main body, and a contact mounted at an edge of the one plane of the substrate main body and electrically connected to the LED. A cover section covers the LED module substrate in which the contact and the thermal radiation sheet are exposed. A lamp is attached to a socket. The socket includes a terminal electrically connected to the contact by the attachment of the lamp. A luminaire main body includes a thermal radiator including a contact surface and a recess. The lamp attached to the socket is brought into contact with and thermally connected to the contact surface. The recess is provided in a position opposed to the terminal of the socket.
US08816574B2	Flexural vibration element and electronic component A flexural vibration element according to a first aspect of the invention includes: a vibration element body composed of a plurality of vibrating arms provided in parallel, a connecting part connecting the vibrating arms, and one central supporting arm extending between the vibrating arms from the connecting part in parallel with the vibrating arms at equal distance from the arms; and a frame body disposed outside the vibration element body.
US08816573B2	Piezoelectric vibration piece having improved drive characteristics and components including same A piezoelectric vibration piece that can ensure good drive level characteristics and a piezoelectric vibrator, oscillator, electronic device and radio-controlled timepiece in which the piezoelectric vibration piece is used are provided. The width of the base-end side of the grooves 5 is narrower than that of the tip side of the grooves 5. The base 4 includes: a mount section 4a on the outer surface of which mount electrodes 12, 13 are formed to mount the piezoelectric vibration piece 1; and an intermediate section 4b that is connected to the mount section 4a and the pair of vibrating arms 3a, 3b so as to be positioned between the mount section 4a and the pair of vibrating arms 3a, 3b, on the outer surface of which leading electrodes 14a, 14b that connect the pair of excitation electrodes 10, 11 and the mount electrodes 12, 13 are formed. The width of the mount section 4a is wider than that of the intermediate section 4b. In step parts between the mount section 4a and the intermediate section 4b, side surfaces of the mount section 4a and side surfaces of the intermediate section 4b are connected via tilted surfaces 4c that tilt with respect to a longitudinal direction.
US08816572B2	Resonator element and resonator having a tapered arm next to the base A resonator element includes: at least one resonating arm which performs flexural vibration; a base portion connected to an end of the resonating arm; and a tapered portion which is axisymmetrical with respect to a centerline which bisects the width of the resonating arm, and which has a width increasing toward a portion of the tapered portion connected to the base portion from a portion of the tapered portion connected to the resonating arm, wherein assuming that the length and width of the resonating arm are L and W and the length and width of the tapered portion are Lt and Wt, the shape of the tapered portion is controlled to satisfy a taper length occupancy η=Lt/L and a taper width occupancy ξ=2Wt/W.
US08816569B2	Actuator There is provided an actuator that can deform as an electrolyte moves, wherein at least one of a pair of electrode layers contains polymer fibers, and the polymer fibers contain an electroconductive material and are porous.
US08816568B2	Vibration-type driving apparatus A vibration-type driving apparatus includes a vibrator holder, wherein a plurality of vibrators each having at least an electro-mechanical energy conversion element and an elastic member having a contact portion formed therein are connected to a vibrator holding member, for generating an ellipsoidal movement of the contact portion, to move, relative to the vibrator, a driving member contacting the contact portion. The plurality of vibrators are connected to a surface of the holding member at a side at which the contact portion contacts the driving member, and on a surface of the vibrator holding member opposite to the side at which the contact portion contacts the driving member, a pressing member is placed to set the contact portion to be pressed and contacted to the driving member.
US08816564B2	Brushless alternator A brushless alternator of the present invention includes: a yoke whose inner circumferential surface is radially opposite via an air gap to a rotor revolvably supported by brackets; a stator supported by the brackets, for forming a magnetic circuit along with the rotor and the yoke; a bobbin for engaging with the outer circumferential surface of a thin portion of the yoke; a field coil wound around the bobbin, for producing magnetic flux; and a plate joined to the thin portion, for axially holding the bobbin; wherein the thin portion of the yoke and the other portion thereof are integrally formed in one piece using a single member.
US08816563B2	Six-pole DC machine The invention relates to a six-pole DC machine, particularly a DC motor for use in a motor vehicle, having a stator (16) excited preferably by a permanent magnet and a rotor (20) which is rotatably supported in a pole housing (12) and which has a wave winding (23) and a commutator (24), and having a brush carrier (28) for holding the brushes (26) and preferably additional components (30, 31; 32). In contrast to a full equipping, the brush arrangement has less than six brushes (26), which are arranged on the circumference of the commutator (24) at an angular distance of approximately 60° to each other. Thus, the ripple of the rotor current, the torque oscillations, and the noise emission are clearly reduced and free space is created on the brush carrier for accommodating suppressor components (30, 31; 32).
US08816559B2	Squirrel cage induction motor and squirrel cage induction motor driving system A squirrel cage induction motor includes: a stator core (11); a plurality of stator slots (12) radially disposed in a circumferential direction of the stator core (11) with predetermined intervals; a plurality of stator windings (13) housed in the stator slots respectively; a rotor core (21); a plurality of rotor slots (22) radially disposed in a circumferential direction of the rotor core (22) with predetermined intervals; a plurality of rotor conductors (23) housed in the rotor slots (22) respectively. The stator windings (13) and the rotor conductors (23) includes electrically conductive materials mainly composed of copper. An area ratio of a total area of the stator slots (12) to a total area of the rotor slots (22) is not smaller than 2.7 and not greater than 8.0 to provide compatibility between the starting characteristic (starting torque) and the steady characteristic (for a high efficiency) can be provided.
US08816558B2	Insulator for stator assembly of brushless DC motor An insulator for a stator assembly includes at least a first insulator adapted to be mounted to the stator core and structured to insulate the stator core from the coils. The at least one insulator includes structure to perform at least one additional function. For example, the structure may include a support member to support and/or locate the PCBA on the stator core, a wire guide to guide cross-over wires that form a connection between coils, and/or positioning structure to precisely position the PCBA with respect to the coils.
US08816551B2	Rotary actuator A rotary actuator has a connecting member for electrically connecting a terminal to a fixing land. The connecting member is composed of a base portion, a pair of leg portions, a pair of deformation suppressing portions and a pair of holding portions. The terminal is inserted through the base portion. Each of the leg portions extends from the base portion in a radial outward direction. The leg portion is fixed to the land portion by soldering. Each of the deformation suppressing portions extends from an outer-side end of the leg portion toward the terminal. Each of the holding portions extends from an inner-side end toward a forward end of the terminal. The holding portions elastically hold the terminal between them.
US08816549B2	Vehicle AC generator In order to provide a vehicle AC generator capable of easily setting an attachment direction of a battery terminal and reducing the total shaft length of the generator, in the vehicle AC generator including a case composed of a front bracket and a rear bracket, and a rotor and a stator which are arranged in the case, the vehicle AC generator includes a battery terminal arranged on an outer circumferential portion of the rear bracket, an engaging body provided on the battery terminal, and a plurality of fitting portions to which the engaging body is fitted.
US08816544B2	Power tool with a housing including a guide portion for guiding cooling air along a switching circuit board An electric power tool includes a housing, a brushless motor, an output shaft, and a motor driver circuit. The housing defines an axial direction. The brushless motor is accommodated in the housing and having a drive shaft. The output shaft extends in a direction generally perpendicular to the drive shaft. The motor driver circuit is accommodated in the housing for driving the brushless motor. The housing has a cylindrical shape and has a part functioning as a grip portion.
US08816542B2	Slim type stator and method of making the same, slim type motor having the stator, and direct drive apparatus for drum-washing machine A slim type stator includes: a number of division cores; a number of bobbins that partially surrounds the number of the division cores; an electric power terminal block on the outer portion of which a connector is provided in which external electric power is applied through the connector and that has terminal pins that are extended to the inside of the stator from the connector; a wiring box that is integrally formed with each bobbin and that mutually connects a stator coil with the terminal pins per phase; and a stator holder that mutually connects a number of division stator cores around which coils are wound with the outer circumference of the bobbins and supports the number of division stator cores.
US08816539B2	AC adaptor minimization through active platform power consumption management Systems and methods of managing platform power consumption may involve determining a power consumption level of a platform based on at least in part a current supplied by an AC adaptor. A power limit of an integrated circuit in the platform can be determined based on at least in part the power consumption level of the platform, wherein the power level may be applied to the integrated circuit.
US08816537B2	Contactless electric power receiving apparatus, contactless electric power transmitting apparatus, contactless electric power feeding system, and vehicle In a contactless power feeding system using a resonance method, an electric power receiving apparatus or an electric power transmitting apparatus is connected to a self-resonant coil and includes a capacitor having a variable capacitance. When electromagnetic resonance occurs at a prescribed frequency determined by the electric power transmitting apparatus, the capacitance of the capacitor is adjusted so as to maximize the electric power transmission efficiency during electric power feeding. Accordingly, deterioration in transmission efficiency can be suppressed even when the distance between the secondary self-resonant coil included in the electric power receiving apparatus and the primary self-resonant coil included in the electric power transmitting apparatus changes from a reference distance at the time of design.
US08816534B1	System and method for generating, storing and transferring electrical power between a vehicle and an auxiliary application A system of charging and utilizing rechargeable battery packs. A vehicle is provided that has an internal vehicle battery rack with removable battery packs. The vehicle recharges the battery packs when in operation. An auxiliary battery rack is provided that is separate from the vehicle. The auxiliary battery rack can also receive the rechargeable battery packs. A power inverter converts direct current from the rechargeable battery packs to alternating current. To utilize the system, the battery packs are charged by the vehicle. Once charged, at least one of the rechargeable battery packs is moved to the auxiliary battery rack. Once engaged with the auxiliary battery rack, the power inverter converts power from the rechargeable battery packs into alternating current. The alternating current is then used to power circuits in a building or to provide a mobile AC power source that can be used in place of a mobile generator.
US08816533B2	Uninterruptible power supply systems and methods using an isolated neutral reference An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system includes an AC input configured to be coupled to an AC power source, an AC output configured to be coupled to a load and a power converter circuit coupled to the AC input and the AC output and configured to selectively provide power to the load from the AC power source and an auxiliary power source. The UPS system further includes a control circuit operatively coupled to the power converter circuit and configured to generate at least one galvanically isolated neutral reference from the AC power source and/or from the AC output and to control the power converter circuit responsive to the generated at least one neutral reference. In particular, the control circuit may be configured to generate the neutral reference from a three-wire AC connection.
US08816530B2	System and method for managing electrical loads in a vehicle A system and method for managing electrical loads in a vehicle includes a high voltage power source capable of providing electrical power to at least one high voltage load. An electrical converter is operable to receive an input of high voltage power from the high voltage power source and to provide an output of low voltage power to one or more low voltage loads. A control system is in communication with the converter, and it is configured to receive signals from the converter related to the converter output, and cut power to at least one of the low voltage loads when the signals received from the converter indicate that the high voltage power source cannot provide full power to the low voltage loads.
US08816527B1	Phase balancing of power transmission system Phase balancing techniques for power transmission systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a phase balancing protocol (240) includes executing a first phase balancing protocol (350) in relation to a first power transmission section (400a). A second phase balancing protocol (370) may be executed if the first phase balancing protocol (350) is unable to provide a phase balanced condition. The first phase balancing protocol (350) may utilize a first ordering sequence (364) to rank the current flow on the power lines (16) of the first power transmission section (400a), while the second phase balancing protocol (370) may utilize a second ordering sequence (384) to rank the current flow on the power lines (16) of the first power transmission section (400a). The order sequences (364, 384) are opposite of each other—one ranks the current flows from high-to-low, and the other ranks the current flow from low-to-high.
US08816525B2	Electric power supply device for sliding door A power supply apparatus (30) for sliding door includes a flat cable (4), a vehicle body side attachment (1) that supports the flat cable (4) in the vehicle body (19) side, and a door side attachment (2) that supports the flat cable (4) in the sliding door (20) side. The vehicle body side attachment (1) supports the flat cable (4) such that a longitudinal direction of the flat cable (4) has a predetermined first inclination angle relative to a horizontal plane. The door side attachment (2) supports the flat cable (4) such that the longitudinal direction of the flat cable (4) has a predetermined second inclination angle relative to the horizontal plane. The vehicle body side attachment (1) and the door side attachment (2) support the flat cable (4) such that a thickness direction of the flat cable (4) is substantially in parallel with the horizontal plane.
US08816518B2	Scalable portable modular power plant A scalable portable modular power plant that includes an electrical substation module containing a substation container with a first transformer and a second transformer positioned at the first and second ends of the substation container, and a plurality of containerized electric generator modules each positioned relative to a corner of the substation module, where each electric generator module is connected to one of the two transformers.
US08816514B2	Microelectronic assembly with joined bond elements having lowered inductance First and second bond elements, e.g., wire bonds, electrically connect a chip contact with one or more substrate contacts of a substrate, and can be arranged so that the second bond element is joined to the first bond element at each end and so that the second bond element does not touch the chip contact or one or more substrate contacts. A third bond element can be joined to ends of the first and second bond elements. In one embodiment, a bond element can have a looped connection, having first and second ends joined at a first contact and a middle portion joined to a second contact.
US08816510B2	Semiconductor apparatus, substrate design method, and substrate design apparatus A semiconductor apparatus including: a substrate; and a semiconductor chip mounted on the substrate, wherein the substrate has plural holes, and the plural holes are provided such that the density on a substrate surface of the holes in a first area, which is an area of the substrate facing a semiconductor chip peripheral portion, is higher than the density on the substrate surface of the holes in an area excluding the first area on the substrate.
US08816508B2	Integrated lighting apparatus having a control device and method of manufacturing the same An integrated lighting apparatus includes at least a lighting device, a control device comprising an integrated circuit, and a connector that is used to electrically connect the lighting device and the control device. With the combination, the integrated circuit drives the lighting device in accordance with its various designed functionality, thus expands applications of the integrated lighting apparatus.
US08816502B2	Integrated circuit device and method for manufacturing same According to one embodiment, an integrated circuit device includes interconnects and a contact via. The interconnects are arranged parallel to each other. The contact via is connected to each of the interconnects. A protrusion is formed at a portion of the each of the interconnects connected to the contact via to protrude in a direction of the arrangement. A recess is formed at a portion of the each of the interconnects separated from the portion having the protrusion to recede in the direction. The protrusion formed on one interconnect of two mutually-adjacent interconnects among the interconnects is opposed to the recess formed in one other interconnect of the two mutually-adjacent interconnects. In the each of the interconnects, the portion having the recess is separated from portions on two sides of the portion having the recess and is separated also from the portion having the protrusion.
US08816501B2	IC device including package structure and method of forming the same Various embodiments provide semiconductor devices including a package structure and methods of forming the semiconductor devices. In one embodiment, the package structure can include a through-hole at least partially filled by one or more layers of material(s) to form a through-hole interconnect between semiconductor devices in the package structure. The through-hole can be filled by an insulating layer, a diffusion barrier layer, a metal interconnect layer, and/or a protective layer having a total thickness from the sidewall of the through-hole of less than or equal to the radius of the through-hole.
US08816499B2	Electrical interconnections of semiconductor devices and methods for fabricating the same Provided are electrical interconnections and methods for fabricating the same. The electrical interconnection may include a substrate including a bonding pad, a solder ball electrically connected to the bonding pad, a solder supporter on the bonding pad, a portion of the solder ball filling the solder supporter, and a metal layer between the bonding pad and the solder supporter, the metal layer having an ionization tendency lower than the bonding pad.
US08816495B2	Structures and formation methods of packages with heat sinks A device includes a package component, and a die over and bonded to the package component. The die includes a substrate. A heat sink is disposed over and bonded to a back surface of the substrate through direct bonding.
US08816493B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a semiconductor element on the substrate; an interconnection on the substrate and electrically connected to the semiconductor element; a window frame member on the substrate, surrounding the semiconductor element, and in contact with the interconnection; and a sealing window bonded to the window frame member and encapsulating the semiconductor element. The window frame member is a low melting glass and has a sheet resistance of 106-1010 Ω/□.
US08816492B1	Method and apparatus for isolating MEMS devices from external stimuli An isolation mechanism and technique for packaging a MEMS transducer, such as a bulk acoustic wave gyroscope or accelerometer, which allows rotational information to be sensed by the transducer while providing the necessary isolation from externally applied (or internally induced) stress, strain, vibration, shock and thermal transients. The isolation mechanism is constructed of interposing materials that may be implemented with elastomeric-strain-absorbing-materials (ESAM) layers having different elastic moduli, with the most compliant ESAM layer disposed closest to the MEMS transduce. In another embodiment, one or more ESAM layers may have air pockets dispersed therein. The isolation mechanism enables mechanical, thermal and vibrational isolation of the MEMS transducer from the package substrate, while still permitting electrical continuity between the MEMS device and the external environment.
US08816487B2	Integrated circuit packaging system with package-in-package and method of manufacture thereof A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: providing a package substrate, having a component side and a system side; mounting a first integrated circuit die on the component side of the package substrate; mounting a second integrated circuit die on the component side of the package substrate; mounting an internal package, having an internal die, over the first integrated circuit die; coupling chip interconnects between the first integrated circuit die, the second integrated circuit die, the internal die, the component side, or a combination thereof, and forming a stacked package body by encapsulating the component side, the first integrated circuit die, the second integrated circuit die, the internal package, and the chip interconnects.
US08816486B2	Pad structure for 3D integrated circuit An I/O pad structure in an integrated circuit (IC) comprises a first vertical region in the IC including a top metal layer and one or more semiconductor devices formed thereunder, the top metal layer in the first vertical region serving as a first pad, the semiconductor devices being electrically connected to the first pad, and a second vertical region in the IC next to the first vertical region including the top metal layer and one or more through-silicon-vias (TSVs) formed thereunder, the top metal layer in the second vertical region serving as a second pad, and no semiconductor devices being formed beneath the second pad, the TSVs being electrically connected to the second pad, wherein the first and the second pad are electrically connected through at least one metal layer.
US08816480B2	Electronic device packages and methods of manufacturing the same The electronic device package includes a package substrate including a frame portion and a cantilever portion surrounded by the frame portion, at least one semiconductor chip mounted on the cantilever portion, and a molding member disposed on the package substrate to cover the at least one semiconductor chip. The cantilever portion has a first edge connected to the frame portion and declines from the first edge toward a second edge located opposite to the first edge. Related methods are also provided.
US08816478B2	Semiconductor device having penetration electrode penetrating through semiconductor substrate Disclosed herein is a device that includes: a semiconductor substrate having a first surface on which a plurality of circuit elements are formed and a second surface opposite to the first surface; an insulating layer covering the second surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a penetration electrode having a body section that penetrates through the semiconductor substrate and a protruding section that is connected to one end of the body section and protrudes from the second surface of the semiconductor substrate. The second surface of the semiconductor substrate is covered with the protruding section of the penetration electrode without intervention of the insulating layer.
US08816477B2	Semiconductor package having a contamination preventing layer formed in the semiconductor chip A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip having a front surface and a back surface facing away from the front surface; a through electrode formed in the semiconductor chip and passing through the front surface and the back surface; and a contamination preventing layer formed in the semiconductor chip, the through electrode passing through the contamination preventing layer.
US08816474B2	Capacitor structure One or more embodiments relate to a semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate; and a plurality of first conductive vias, the first conductive vias electrically coupled together, each of the first conductive vias passing through the substrate; and a plurality of second conductive vias, the second conductive vias electrically coupled together, each of the second conductive vias passing through the substrate, the second conductive vias spacedly disposed from the first conductive vias.
US08816470B2	Independently voltage controlled volume of silicon on a silicon on insulator chip A semiconductor chip has an independently voltage controlled silicon region that is a circuit element useful for controlling capacitor values of eDRAM trench capacitors and threshold voltages of field effect transistors overlying the independently voltage controlled silicon region. A bottom, or floor, of the independently voltage controlled silicon region is a deep implant of opposite doping to a doping of a substrate of the independently voltage controlled silicon region. A top, or ceiling, of the independently voltage controlled silicon region is a buried oxide implant in the substrate. Sides of the independently voltage controlled silicon region are deep trench isolation. Voltage of the independently voltage controlled silicon region is applied through a contact structure formed through the buried oxide.
US08816469B2	Semiconductor device comprising protection circuit with oxide semiconductor To prevent damage on an element even when a voltage high enough to break the element is input. A semiconductor device of the invention operates with a first voltage and includes a protection circuit which changes the value of the first voltage when the absolute value of the first voltage is higher than a reference value. The protection circuit includes: a control signal generation circuit generating a second voltage based on the first voltage and outputting the generated second voltage; and a voltage control circuit. The voltage control circuit includes a transistor which has a source, a drain, and a gate, and which is turned on or off depending on the second voltage input to the gate and thus controls whether the value of the first voltage is changed based on the amount of current flowing between the source and the drain. The transistor also includes an oxide semiconductor layer.
US08816468B2	Schottky rectifier A semiconductor rectifier includes a semiconductor substrate having a first type of conductivity. A first layer, which is formed on the substrate, has the first type of conductivity and is more lightly doped than the substrate. A second layer having a second type of conductivity is formed on the substrate and a metal layer is disposed over the second layer. The second layer is lightly doped so that a Schottky contact is formed between the metal layer and the second layer. A first electrode is formed over the metal layer and a second electrode is formed on a backside of the substrate.
US08816467B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same A semiconductor device including a Schottky diode of the trench-junction-barrier type having an integrated PN diode, and a corresponding method for manufacturing the device, are provided. An n layer is provided on an nt substrate, and trenches are provided in the n layer. The trenches are provided with p-doped regions. The nt substrate and the n layer carry a contact layer.
US08816463B2	Wafer-level packaged microelectronic imagers having interconnects formed through terminals The following disclosure describes several embodiments of (1) methods for wafer-level packaging of microelectronic imagers, (2) methods of forming electrically conductive interconnects in microelectronic imagers, (3) methods for forming optical devices for microelectronic imagers, and (4) microelectronic imagers that have been packaged using wafer-level packaging processes. Wafer-level packaging of microelectronic imagers is expected to significantly enhance the efficiency of manufacturing microelectronic imagers because a plurality of imagers can be packaged simultaneously using highly accurate and efficient processes developed for packaging semiconductor devices. Moreover, wafer-level packaging of microelectronic imagers is expected to enhance the quality and performance of such imagers because the semiconductor fabrication processes can reliably align an optical device with an image sensor and space the optical device apart from the image sensor by a desired distance with a higher degree of precision.
US08816461B2	Dichromatic photodiodes A dichromatic photodiode and method for dichromatic photodetection are disclosed. A wide bandgap junction comprises a lattice matched junction operable to detect a first light spectrum. A narrow bandgap junction is coupled to the wide bandgap junction, and comprises a photodiode structure. The narrow bandgap junction is operable to detect a second light spectrum.
US08816457B2	Sensor structure for optical performance enhancement The present disclosure provides various embodiments of an image sensor device. An exemplary image sensor device includes an image sensing region disposed in a substrate; a multilayer interconnection structure disposed over the substrate; and a color filter formed in the multilayer interconnection structure and aligned with the image sensing region. The color filter has a length and a width, where the length is greater than the width.
US08816456B2	Magnetoresistive device and a method of forming the same According to embodiments of the present invention, a magnetoresistive device is provided. The magnetoresistive device includes a fixed magnetic layer structure having a fixed magnetization orientation along a first easy axis, a free magnetic layer structure having a variable magnetization orientation along a second easy axis, and an offsetting magnetic layer structure having a magnetization orientation along an axis at least substantially non-parallel to at least one of the first easy axis or the second easy axis, wherein the fixed magnetic layer structure, the free magnetic layer structure and the offsetting magnetic layer structure are arranged one over the other. According to further embodiments of the present invention, a method of forming a magnetoresistive device is also provided.
US08816455B2	Memory devices with magnetic random access memory (MRAM) cells and associated structures for connecting the MRAM cells A memory device includes a magnetic layer including a plurality of magnetic random access memory (MRAM) cells, a first conductive layer, a layer including a strap connecting MRAM cells included in the plurality of MRAM cells, and a second conductive layer. The first conductive layer includes a conductive portion electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of MRAM cells, and a field line configured to write data to the at least one of the plurality of MRAM cells. The second conductive layer includes a conductive interconnect electrically connected to the at least one of the plurality of MRAM cells, where the magnetic layer is disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. At least one of the plurality of MRAM cells is directly attached to the second conductive layer and the strap.
US08816444B2	System and methods for converting planar design to FinFET design A method for generating a layout for a device having FinFETs from a first layout for a device having planar transistors is disclosed. The planar layout is analyzed and corresponding FinFET structures are generated in a matching fashion. The resulting FinFET structures are then optimized. Dummy patterns and a new metal layer may be generated before the FinFET layout is verified and outputted.
US08816441B2	Gate depletion drain extended MOS transistor A drain extended MOS transistor configured to operate in a gate-depletion regime. Devices comprising such transistors are described together with fabrication processes for such devices and transistors.
US08816437B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same Disclosed is a semiconductor device in which an n-channel type first thin film transistor and a p-channel type second thin film transistor are provided on the same substrate. The first thin film transistor has a first semiconductor layer (11), and the second thin film transistor has a second semiconductor layer (20), a third semiconductor layer (21), and a fourth semiconductor layer (22). The first semiconductor layer (11), the second semiconductor layer (20), the third semiconductor layer (21) and the fourth semiconductor layer (22) are formed of the same film, and the first and second semiconductor layers (11, 20) respectively have slanted portions (11e, 20e) positioned at respective peripheries, and main portions (11m, 20m) made of portions other than the slanted portions. A p-type impurity is implanted into the slanted portion (11e) of the first semiconductor layer at a concentration higher than that in the main portion (11m) of the first semiconductor layer and that in the main portion (20m) of the second semiconductor layer.
US08816432B2	Semiconductor devices including a vertical channel transistor and methods of fabricating the same Semiconductor devices having vertical channel transistors are provided. The semiconductor device includes an insulation layer on a substrate and a buried bit line on the insulation layer. The buried bit line extends in a first direction. An active pillar is disposed on the buried bit line. The active pillar includes a lower dopant region, a channel region having a first sidewall and an upper dopant region vertically stacked on the buried bit line. A contact gate electrode is disposed to be adjacent to the first sidewall of the channel region. A word line is electrically connected to the contact gate electrode. The word line extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction. A string body connector is electrically connected to the channel region. Related methods are also provided.
US08816421B2	Semiconductor device with semiconductor fins and floating gate According to one exemplary implementation, a semiconductor device includes a channel, a source, and a drain situated in a first semiconductor fin. The channel is situated between the source and the drain. The semiconductor device also includes a control gate situated in a second semiconductor fin. A floating gate is situated between the first semiconductor fin and the second semiconductor fin. The semiconductor device can further include a first dielectric region situated between the floating gate and the first semiconductor fin and a second dielectric region situated between the floating gate and the second semiconductor fin.
US08816418B2	Semiconductor memory devices and methods of fabricating the same A semiconductor memory device includes at least one supporting pattern on a substrate, a storage node penetrating the supporting pattern, an electrode layer disposed around the storage node and the supporting pattern, and a capacitor dielectric interposed between the storage node and the electrode layer. The supporting pattern includes germanium oxide.
US08816417B2	Semiconductor devices and methods of forming semiconductor devices A semiconductor device includes a back bias dielectric including a negative fixed charge, a gate electrode overlapping the back bias dielectric, a semiconductor layer disposed between the gate electrode and the back bias dielectric, and a gate dielectric disposed between the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode, wherein the negative fixed charge accumulates holes at a surface of the semiconductor layer facing the back bias dielectric.
US08816411B2	Mosfet package A semiconductor device featuring a semiconductor chip including a MOSFET and having a first main surface and a second, opposing main surface, a source electrode pad and a gate electrode pad over the first main surface, a drain electrode over the second main surface, a source external terminal and a gate external terminal, each having a first main surface electrically connected to the source electrode pad and gate electrode pad of the chip, respectively, and a drain external terminal having a first main surface and a second, opposing main surface and being electrically connected to the second main surface of the chip, each of the source, gate and drain external terminals having second main surfaces thereof in a same plane, and, in a plan view of the external terminals, the gate external terminal has a portion located between the source and drain external terminals in at least one direction.
US08816409B2	Metal-oxide semiconductor transistor A method for fabricating a metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a silicon layer on the semiconductor substrate; performing a first photo-etching process on the silicon layer for forming a gate pattern; forming an epitaxial layer in the semiconductor substrate adjacent to two sides of the gate pattern; and performing a second photo-etching process on the gate pattern to form a slot in the gate pattern while using the gate pattern to physically separate the gate pattern into two gates.
US08816400B2	SiGe HBT having deep pseudo buried layer and manufacturing method thereof A silicon-germanium (SiGe) heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) having a deep pseudo buried layer is disclosed. The SiGe HBT includes isolation structures formed in trenches, first pseudo buried layers and second pseudo buried layers, and a collector region. The first pseudo buried layers are formed under the respective trenches and the second pseudo buried layers are formed under the first pseudo buried layers, with each first pseudo buried layer vertically contacting with a second pseudo buried layer. The second pseudo buried layers are laterally connected to each other, and the collector region is surrounded by the trenches, the first pseudo buried layers and the second pseudo buried layers. The cross section of each of the trenches has a regular trapezoidal shape, namely, each trench's width of its top is smaller than that of its bottom. A manufacturing method of the SiGe HBT is also disclosed.
US08816398B2	Semiconductor device and method for producing the same There is provided a vertical GaN-based semiconductor device in which the on-resistance can be decreased while the breakdown voltage characteristics are improved using a p-type GaN barrier layer. The semiconductor device includes a regrown layer 27 including a channel located on a wall surface of an opening 28, a p-type barrier layer 6 whose end face is covered, a source layer 7 that is in contact with the p-type barrier layer, a gate electrode G located on the regrown layer, and a source electrode S located around the opening. In the semiconductor device, the source layer has a superlattice structure that is constituted by a stacked layer including a first layer (a layer) having a lattice constant smaller than that of the p-type barrier layer and a second layer (b layer) having a lattice constant larger than that of the first layer.
US08816390B2	System and method for an electronic package with a fail-open mechanism In accordance with an embodiment, a semiconductor package includes a first surface configured to be mounted on a circuit board, and a region of thermally expandable material configured to push the first surface of the semiconductor package away from the circuit board when a temperature of the thermally expandable material exceeds a first temperature.
US08816389B2	Overvoltage and/or electrostatic discharge protection device An overvoltage protection devices operable to provide protection against overvoltage events of positive and negative polarity, comprising: an N P N semiconductor structure defining: a first N-type region; a first P-type region; and a second N-type region; wherein one of the first or second N-type regions is connected to a terminal, conductor or node that is to be protected against an overvoltage event, and the other one of the first or second N-type regions is connected to a reference, and wherein a field plate is in electrical contact with the first P-type region, and the field plate overlaps with but is isolated from portions of the first and second N type regions.
US08816388B2	Semiconductor device with gate protection diode Disclosed is a semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate; a field effect transistor formed on the semiconductor substrate; and a diode forming area adjacent to a forming area of the field effect transistor, wherein the diode forming area is insulated from the forming area of the field effect transistor on the semiconductor substrate, the diode forming area includes an anode electrode and a cathode electrode arranged side by side in a multi-finger shape, and the anode electrode and the cathode electrode are formed in a direction different from directions of a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode of the field effect transistor arranged side by side in a multi-finger shape.
US08816386B2	Light emitting device and manufacture method thereof A flip-chip LED including a light emitting structure, a first dielectric layer, a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and a second dielectric layer is provided. The light emitting structure includes a first conductive layer, an active layer, and a second conductive layer. The active layer is disposed on the first conductive layer, and the second conductive layer is disposed on the active layer. The first metal layer is disposed on the light emitting structure and is contact with the first conductive layer, and part of the first metal layer is disposed on the first dielectric layer. The second metal layer is disposed on the light emitting structure and is in contact with the second conductive layer, and part of the second metal layer is disposed on the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer is disposed on the first dielectric layer. The first conductive layer includes a rough surface so as to improve a light extraction efficiency.
US08816383B2	High performance light emitting diode with vias High performance light emitting diode with vias. In accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention, an article of manufacture includes a light emitting diode. The light emitting diode includes a plurality of filled vias configured to connect a doped region on one side of the light emitting diode to a plurality of contacts on the other side of the light emitting diode. The filled vias may comprise less that 10% of a surface area of the light emitting diode.
US08816381B2	Light-emitting device, method of manufacturing light-emitting device, and illumination device According to one embodiment, a light-emitting device includes a substrate, a plurality of pads and a plurality of light-emitting elements. The pads has electric conductance, and are arranged on the substrate. A reflecting layer which is formed by electroplating is provided on a surface of each of the pads. The light-emitting elements are mounted on the pads. A depressed part is left on the substrate. The depressed part is formed on the substrate by removing a pattern on the substrate, by which the pads are electrically connected.
US08816379B2	Reflection curved mirror structure of a vertical light-emitting diode A reflection curved mirror structure is applied to a vertical light-emitting diode (LED) which includes a P-type electrode, a permanent substrate, a binding layer, a buffer layer, a mirror layer, a P-type semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer, an N-type semiconductor layer and an N-type electrode that are stacked in sequence. Between the P-type semiconductor layer and the mirror layer is a filler. The filler is located right below the N-type electrode to form a protruding curved surface facing the light-emitting layer. The mirror layer forms a mirror structure along the protruding curved surface. With reflection provided by the mirror structure, excited light from the light-emitting layer is reflected towards two sides, so that the excited light can dodge the N-type electrode without being shielded to increase light extraction efficiency.
US08816378B2	Light emitting element and method for manufacturing same According to one embodiment, a light emitting element, includes: a semiconductor stacked body including a light emitting layer; a first upper electrode being connected directly to the semiconductor stacked body; at least one second upper electrode extending from the first upper electrode, the at least one second upper electrode being connected to the semiconductor stacked body via a first contact layer; a lower electrode; a transparent conductive layer; an intermediate film containing oxygen provided between the semiconductor stacked body and the transparent conductive layer; a light reflecting layer; and a current-blocking layer, at least one slit being provided selectively in the current-blocking layer as viewed from a direction perpendicular to a major surface of the light emitting layer.
US08816375B2	Radiation-emitting semiconductor body, method for producing a radiation-emitting semiconductor body and radiation-emitting semiconductor component A radiation-emitting semiconductor body is provided which, besides an epitaxial semiconductor layer sequence having an active zone that is suitable for generating electromagnetic radiation, has a carrier layer that is intended to mechanically stabilize the epitaxial semiconductor layer sequence. The semiconductor body furthermore has contact structures for electrical contacting of the semiconductor body, which respectively have a volume region and a surface bonding region. The surface bonding region is formed from a material which is different from the material of the volume region.
US08816373B2	Optoelectronic semiconductor chip and method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip In at least one embodiment, the optoelectronic semiconductor chip comprises a semiconductor layer sequence for generating an electromagnetic radiation, and also a silver mirror. The silver mirror is arranged at the semiconductor layer sequence. Oxygen is admixed with the silver of the silver mirror. A proportion by weight of the oxygen in the silver mirror is preferably at least 10−5 and furthermore preferably at most 10%.
US08816372B2	LED package having a covering portion made of silicon-titanate resin for sealing a joint and method for making the same An LED package includes a substrate, an electrode structure, an LED die, a packaging portion, and a covering portion. The electrode structure is formed on the substrate. The LED die is mounted on the substrate, and electrically connected to the electrode structure. The packaging portion covers the LED die. The covering portion surrounds a periphery of the LED package and seals a joint between the substrate, the electrode structure and the packaging portion. The covering portion is made of silicone-titanate resin with reactive monomers, wherein the reactive monomers comprises more than 60% of heptane, 7.0% to 13.0% of allyltrimethoxysilane, 5.0% to 10.0% of tetrabutyl titanate, and less than 0.1% of tetramethoxysilane.
US08816370B2	Light-emitting element Disclosed is a light emitting device. The light emitting device includes a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer on the first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer on the active layer, a passivation layer surrounding the first conductive semiconductor layer, the active layer, and the second conductive semiconductor layer, a first light extracting structure layer having a concave-convex structure on the passivation layer, a first electrode layer electrically connected to the first conductive semiconductor layer through the passivation layer and the first light extracting structure layer, and a second electrode layer electrically connected to the second conductive semiconductor layer through the passivation layer and the light extracting structure layer.
US08816367B2	Semiconductor light emitting device and method for manufacturing same According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes first and second electrodes, first and second semiconductor layers and a light emitting layer. The first electrode includes a first region, a second region, and a third region provided between them. The first semiconductor layer includes a first portion on the first region and a second portion on the second region. The light emitting layer includes a third portion on the first portion and a fourth portion on the second portion. The second semiconductor layer includes a fifth portion on the third portion and a sixth portion on the fourth portion. The insulating layer is provided between the first and second portions on the third region and between the third and fourth portions. The second electrode includes a seventh portion provided on the insulating layer, eighth and ninth portions contacting side surfaces of the fifth and sixth portions.
US08816362B2	Organic light emitting display An organic light emitting display is capable of reducing or minimizing the number of wiring lines to improve an aperture ratio. The organic light emitting display includes scan lines and data lines that cross each other at crossing regions, sub pixels located at the crossing regions that display an image in accordance with an amount of current that flows from a first power source to respective organic light emitting diodes in the sub pixels, and first power source lines that are parallel to the data lines, each of the first power source lines corresponding to at least two of the data lines. The first power source lines include a first group of the first power source lines that receive the first power source and a second group of the first power source lines that receive a second power source.
US08816359B2	Display device and driving method thereof A display device in which not only a variation in a current value due to a threshold voltage but also a variation in a current value due to mobility are prevented from influencing luminance with respect to all the levels of grayscale to be displayed. After applying an initial potential for correction to a gate and a drain of a driving transistor, the gate and the drain of the driving transistor is kept connected in a floating state, and a voltage is held in a capacitor before a voltage between the gate and a source of the driving transistor becomes equal to a threshold voltage. When a voltage obtained by subtracting the voltage held in the capacitor from a voltage of a video signal is applied to the gate and the source of the driving transistor, a current is supplied to a light-emitting element. A value of an initial voltage for correction differs in accordance with the voltage of the video signal.
US08816358B1	Plasmonic nanostructures for organic image sensors Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an optical sensor. The optical sensor includes a first electrode disposed over a semiconductor substrate. A photoelectrical conversion element, which includes a p-type layer and an n-type layer, is arranged over the first electrode to convert one or more photons having wavelength falling within a predetermined wavelength range into an electrical signal. A second electrode is disposed over the photoelectrical conversion element. The second electrode is transparent in the predetermined wavelength range. A color filter element, which is made up of plasmonic nanostructures, is disposed over the second electrode.
US08816357B2	Optical printer head and image forming apparatus An optical printer head has an array of lenses that project light emitted by an array of LEDs onto a charged photosensitive drum to form a latent image on the drum surface. A resin film adhered to the exposed surfaces of the lenses prevents chemical reaction between nitric acid, formed as a consequence of ozone produced during electric charging of the photosensitive drum, and alkali components on the surfaces of the lenses thereby preventing clouding of the lens surfaces and dimming of the projected light. The resin film has a thickness of 10 to 100 microns and may be formed of polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene terephthalate or polymethyl meta acrylate.
US08816352B2	Display device and electronic device Disclosed herein is a display device including: a thin film transistor; and a wiring layer; wherein the thin film transistor includes a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode disposed so as to be opposed to the semiconductor layer, the gate electrode being different in thickness from the wiring layer, and a gate insulating film between the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode.
US08816347B2	Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same The purpose of the present invention is to provide a reliable semiconductor device comprising TFTs having a large area integrated circuit with low wiring resistance. One of the features of the present invention is that an LDD region including a region which overlaps with a gate electrode and a region which does not overlap with the gate electrode is provided in one TFT. Another feature of the present invention is that gate electrode comprises a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer and portion of the gate wiring has a clad structure comprising the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer with a low resistance layer interposed therebetween.
US08816344B2	Thin-film transistor and organic light-emitting display device including the same A thin-film transistor includes a structure for protecting an active layer, and an organic light-emitting display device including the thin-film transistor. The thin-film transistor includes: a gate electrode disposed on a substrate; a first insulating layer disposed on the gate electrode; an active layer disposed on the first insulating layer, and corresponding to the gate electrode; a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer and covering the active layer, the second insulating layer including first and second openings exposing first and second portions of the active layer, respectively; a source electrode disposed on the second insulating layer and connected to the first portion of the active layer via the first opening of the second insulating layer; a drain electrode disposed on the second insulating layer and connected to the second portion of the active layer via the second opening of the second insulating layer; and a dummy member disposed on the second insulating layer and corresponding to at least a third portion of the active layer between the first and second portions of the active layer.
US08816338B2	Electrode foil and organic device There are provided an electrode foil which has all the functions of a supporting base material, an electrode and a reflective layer and also has a superior thermal conductivity; and an organic device using the same. The electrode foil comprises a metal foil, wherein the electrode foil has at least one outermost surface which is an ultra-smooth surface having an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 10.0 nm or less as measured in accordance with JIS B 0601-2001.
US08816335B2	Method for creating serially-connected OLED devices By the invention it is proposed a method of preparing a serial connection of OLED-devices, comprising the steps of providing a carrier substrate; depositing a first electrode material layer on said carrier substrate; depositing a layer of an organic optoelectronic active material on said first electrode material layer; depositing a second electrode material layer on said organic optoelectronic active material layer; ablating at least the second electrode material layer and the organic optoelectronic active material layer at least in selected areas to build a trench forming separated OLED-devices on the carrier surface; electrically interconnecting neighboring OLED-devices by connecting the anode of a first OLED-device to the cathode of a neighboring second OLED-device, wherein in the steps of depositing the organic optoelectronic active material layer and the cathode layer, the carrier substrate surface is covered over its entire functional area with said layers, and wherein the electrical interconnection of the neighboring OLED-devices is performed by at least partially filling the trenches built in the ablating step with an electrical conductive material. Furthermore, an illuminant is provided comprising serial connected OLED-devices.
US08816334B2	N-type materials and organic electronic devices There is presently provided organic compounds of formula I, n-type acceptor materials derived from such compounds and devices comprising such n-type acceptor materials. (An-DprAn I
US08816331B2	Organic light-emitting display apparatus An organic light-emitting display apparatus including: a substrate; a plurality of pixels on a first surface of the substrate, each pixel of the pixels having a first region in which visible rays are emitted and a second region through which external light penetrates, such that the plurality of pixels provide a plurality of first and second regions; a plurality of pixel circuit units in the first region of each pixel, each pixel circuit unit of the pixel circuit units including at least one thin film transistor (TFT); a plurality of first electrodes independently disposed in the first region of each pixel, each first electrode of the first electrodes being electrically connected to each pixel circuit unit; a second electrode facing the first electrodes, the second electrode being electrically connected throughout the pixels; and an intermediate layer including an organic emitting layer between the first electrodes and the second electrode.
US08816330B2	Organic semiconductor composition, and transistor and electronic device including a polymer therefrom An organic composition for a semiconductor device includes a compound for an organic semiconductor device including a structural unit; and a metal-containing compound selected from a transition element-containing compound, a lanthanide-containing compound, and a combination thereof, which results in improved charge mobility due to a reduced grain boundary.
US08816329B2	Radiation-emitting device A radiation-emitting device for emitting electromagnetic radiation which is a mixture of at least three different partial radiations of a first, a second and a third wavelength range. The radiation-emitting device here comprises a substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode, at least one first layer sequence arranged between the first and second electrodes comprising: at least one first layer with a first fluorescent emitter, which emits radiation in the first wavelength range, at least one second layer with a first phosphorescent emitter, which emits radiation in the second wavelength range; at least one second layer sequence arranged between the first and second electrodes comprising: at least one first layer with a second fluorescent emitter, which emits radiation in the first wavelength range, at least one second layer with a second phosphorescent emitter, which emits radiation in the third wavelength range, and at least one interlayer, which is free of emitter material and is arranged between the first and the second layer sequences.
US08816326B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device, which comprises: a semiconductor substrate; a channel region on the semiconductor substrate, said channel region including a quantum well structure; a source region and a drain region on the sides of the channel region; a gate structure on the channel region; wherein the materials for the channel region, the source region and the drain region have different energy bands, and a tunneling barrier structure exists between the source region and the channel region.
US08816325B2	Scalable quantum computer architecture with coupled donor-quantum dot qubits A quantum bit computing architecture includes a plurality of single spin memory donor atoms embedded in a semiconductor layer, a plurality of quantum dots arranged with the semiconductor layer and aligned with the donor atoms, wherein a first voltage applied across at least one pair of the aligned quantum dot and donor atom controls a donor-quantum dot coupling. A method of performing quantum computing in a scalable architecture quantum computing apparatus includes arranging a pattern of single spin memory donor atoms in a semiconductor layer, forming a plurality of quantum dots arranged with the semiconductor layer and aligned with the donor atoms, applying a first voltage across at least one aligned pair of a quantum dot and donor atom to control a donor-quantum dot coupling, and applying a second voltage between one or more quantum dots to control a Heisenberg exchange J coupling between quantum dots and to cause transport of a single spin polarized electron between quantum dots.
US08816320B2	GaN-containing semiconductor light emitting device A GaN-containing semiconductor light emitting device includes: an n-type semiconductor layer formed of GaN-containing semiconductor, an active layer formed on the n-type semiconductor layer, formed of GaN-containing semiconductor, and having a multiple quantum well structure including a plurality of barrier layers and well layers stacked alternately, and a p-type semiconductor layer formed on the active layer and formed of GaN-containing semiconductor, wherein: the barrier layers comprise: a first barrier layer disposed nearest to the n-type semiconductor layer among the barrier layers and formed of a GaN/AlGaN layer, and second barrier layers disposed nearer to the p-type semiconductor layer than the first barrier layer and including an InGaN/GaN layer which has a layered structure of a InGaN sublayer and a GaN sublayer; and the well layers are each formed of an InGaN layer having a narrower band gap than that in the InGaN sublayer.
US08816315B2	Memory cell that employs a selectively grown reversible resistance-switching element and methods of forming the same A memory cell is provided that includes a reversible resistance-switching element above a substrate. The reversible resistance-switching element includes an etched material layer that includes an oxidized layer of the etched material layer above a non-oxidized layer of the etched material layer. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US08816314B2	Contact structure and method for variable impedance memory element A memory element can include an opening formed within at least one insulating layer formed on an etch stop layer that exposes a first electrode portion and the etch stop layer at a bottom of the opening; a second electrode portion, formed on at least a side surface of the opening and in contact with the first electrode portion, the second electrode portion not filling the opening and being substantially not formed over a top surface of the at least one insulating layer; and at least one memory layer formed on a top surface of the at least one insulating layer and in contact with the second electrode portion, the at least one memory layer being reversibly programmable between at least two impedance states. Methods of forming such memory elements are also disclosed.
US08816310B2	Semiconductor relay A semiconductor relay includes two MOSFETs; a light emitting element; a light-receiving drive element for switching on and off the two MOSFETs; two output and two input conductor plates electrically connected to the two MOSFETs and the light emitting element, respectively; and an encapsulating resin encapsulating the two MOSFETs, the light emitting element, the light-receiving drive element, the two output and the two input conductor plates. The two output and two input conductor plates includes terminal portions which protrude outside the encapsulating resin and are mounted on a common printed circuit board. Further, the two output conductor plates includes mount portions on which the two MOSFETs are mounted or on which drain electrodes of the two MOSFETs are connected, and the mount portions are encapsulated by the encapsulating resin in such an orientation that a thickness direction of the mount portions intersects that of the printed circuit board.
US08816304B1	Standard electromagnetic wave field generator with slit A standard EM wave field generator, includes a first tapered region configured to have a first port formed on its one side and be supplied with a source to generate EM field through the first port; and a first untapered region configured to have at least one or more slits in the form of a hole. Further, the standard EM wave field generator includes a second tapered region configured to have a third port formed on its one side and output the EM field generated from the first port through the third port.
US08816303B2	Method of processing of an object A method of processing of an object comprises scanning a particle beam across a surface of the object and detecting electrons emerging from the object due to the scanning; determining a height difference between the surface of the object and a predetermined surface for each of plural of locations on the surface of the object based on the detected electrons; determining a processing intensity for each of the plural locations on the surface of the object based on the determined height differences; and directing a particle beam to the plural locations based on the determined processing intensities, in order to remove material from or deposit material on the object at the plural locations.
US08816292B2	Compact endocavity diagnostic probes for nuclear radiation detection This invention relates to the field of radiation imaging. In particular, the invention relates to an apparatus and a method for imaging tissue or an inanimate object using a novel probe that has an integrated solid-state semiconductor detector and complete readout electronics circuitry.
US08816291B2	Indicia for backscatter detection in portable radiological detectors Embodiments of secondary backscatter indicia; digital radiography detectors and radiographic imaging apparatus using the same; and methods for using the same can detect a secondary backscatter condition for a radiation exposure. In one embodiment, a DR detector can include a housing having first and second surfaces and a plurality of walls to form a cavity; a detector array mounted within the cavity to form an electronic radiographic image; and backscatter absorbing indicia distributed in a prescribed arrangement. Embodiments of methods and/or apparatus according to the application can detect secondary backscatter radiation, can notify a technician when secondary backscatter radiation is detected in an x-ray image or can detect and/or identify portions of an active imaging area of an x-ray detector subjected to secondary backscatter radiation.
US08816287B2	Structures for radiation detection and energy conversion using quantum dots Inorganic semiconducting materials such as silicon are used as a host matrix in which quantum dots reside to provide a radiation detector or energy converter. The quantum dot material may be disposed by incorporating materials sensitive to neutron detection such as boron-containing compounds, or the use of methods such as chemical vapor deposition or atomic layer deposition to insert the quantum dot material. Electrodes may be extended deep into the host matrix material to improve efficiency. Likewise, the host matrix may be machined to create pores in the matrix material. Further, amplification and signal-processing structures may be used in close proximity to the radiation-sensitive region of the device.
US08816286B2	Optical simulation-based time-of-flight compensation and PET system configuration A method of configuring a time-of-flight positron emission tomography (PET) system includes determining a set of parameters of a detector of the PET system. Each parameter is configured to affect photon travel within the detector. The method further includes simulating operation of the detector to generate a photon detection timing data profile for a plurality of depth of interaction (DOI) positions within the detector via a simulation model of the detector configured in accordance with the set of parameters, and determining a time-of-flight correction factor for each DOI position of the plurality of DOI positions based on the simulated operation. The correction factor is indicative of a time offset of the photon detection timing data profile.
US08816285B2	Display device A photosensor-equipped display device is provided having a combination of visible and non-visible light sources where a voltage drop is minimized when the non-visible light sources are turned on. The display device includes: a plurality of infrared LEDs (3b); photosensors (9) provided in a pixel region (4) for detecting reflected light originating from the infrared LEDs (3b); a sensor row driver circuit (7) configured to supply a sensor drive signal to the photosensors (9); an amplifier circuit (6) configured to amplify a signal read from the photosensors (9) in response to the sensor drive signal and output a photosensor signal; a signal processing circuit (20) configured to process the photosensor signal output from the amplifier circuit (6); and a backlight control circuit (13) configured to control on and off of the infrared LEDs (3b). The plurality of photosensors (9) are divided into a plurality of sensor groups in the pixel region (4). The light source control circuit (13) causes separate sets of infrared LEDs (3b), corresponding to the sensor groups, to be on during different time periods.
US08816284B2	Room-temperature quantum noise limited spectrometry and methods of the same In one embodiment, a heterodyne detection system for detecting light includes a first input aperture adapted for receiving first light from a scene input, a second input aperture adapted for receiving second light from a local oscillator input, a broadband local oscillator adapted for providing the second light to the second input aperture, a dispersive element adapted for dispersing the first light and the second light, and a final condensing lens coupled to an infrared detector. The final condensing lens is adapted for concentrating incident light from a primary condensing lens onto the infrared detector, and the infrared detector is a square-law detector capable of sensing the frequency difference between the first light and the second light. More systems and methods for detecting light are described according to other embodiments.
US08816282B2	Multispectral sensor A multispectral sensor which includes a complementary metal oxide semiconductor substrate having a switching circuit, at least one antenna-receiving combination device for detecting terahertz radiation, at least one additional bolometer for detecting mid-range infrared radiation, and at least one diode for detecting radiation in the visible to near-infrared range. A multispectral imaging and/or spectroscopy system, a method for detecting and/or examining life forms, objects, and materials using such a system, and the use of such a sensor and system are also described.
US08816277B2	Pattern evaluation method, device therefor, and electron beam device An amount of pattern position displacement between observation images acquired by irradiating from two different directions is changed depending on beam deflection for moving an image acquisition position. In a pattern evaluation method that measures astigmatic difference or focus position displacement having a small amount of dose at a high speed using parallax caused by the tilted beam, a correction value obtained in advance by measurement is reflected in an amount of pattern position displacement between observation images obtained by irradiating from at least two different directions and generated in accordance with the amount of beam deflection for moving an image acquisition position. A processing unit calculates an amount of correction of an amount of pattern position displacement depending on beam deflection of a beam deflecting unit for moving an image acquisition position on the sample at a high speed.
US08816273B2	Zero dead time, high event rate, multi-stop time-to-digital converter Time-to-digital converters adapted to analog and digital inputs and methods of use are described. A time-to-digital converter has an event frame latches and logic module with memory cells, an analog front-end module connected to the memory cells, and a bin increment generator module connected to the memory cells. The bin increment generator is configured to issue bin increments separated by a time increment, and the analog front end is configured to issue a start event followed by a plurality of stop events. Upon receipt of a first time increment following a start event, the event frame latches and logic module updates a first memory cell with a first bit-type; upon receipt of a second time increment following an intervening stop event, the event frame latches and logic module updates a second memory cell with a second bit-type different from the first bit-type.
US08816269B2	Reflective optical scale for encoder and reflective optical encoder A reflective optical scale for an encoder, in which a first region and a second region are alternately arranged on an underlying member, wherein the first region has a reflecting member on the underlying member, a layer made up of a first material, and a layer made up of a second material, the second region has the layer made up of the second material, the first and the second material have transparency, the first material has a lower refractive index of the light than the reflecting member and the second material, the second material has a lower refractive index of the light than the underlying member, and optical thicknesses of the first and the second material are set so that a reflectance of the light of the first region is higher than the second region.
US08816268B1	Input unit cell circuitry for transducer readout Techniques are disclosed that provide time delay integration (TDI) in detection signal processing (such as a signal generated by an IR sensor). The techniques can be implemented, for example, to provide blanking and/or TDI functionality at the readout integrated circuit (ROIC) level for active focal plane array (FPA) elements or other transducer elements. In one example embodiment, an integrator circuit is configured with one or more switches for allowing integration of multiple input signal events such that reset of the integration is controlled independently and can be reset equal to or less often than the number of single events, thereby allowing one or more detected events to be integrated together within a frame interval.
US08816267B2	DC bias evaluation in an AC coupled circuit via transient gain response A method and system are provided for the monitoring of direct current bias, the system including switching an amplifier of known scale factor from low to high; monitoring a step change in bias generated by the gain change; measuring, the response to the bias change via appropriate peak detection logic; and determining the amount of bias present at an input based on AC response and the amplifier scale factor.
US08816266B2	Solid-state imaging device, method for driving solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatus A solid-state imaging device comprising a plurality of unit pixels each comprising (a) a photoelectric conversion element operative to generate a charge in response to incident light, (b) a first storage element in which the charge generated by the photoelectric conversion element is stored and (c) a second storage element in which a charge based on the charge stored in the first storage element is stored, wherein, for each pixel, the second storage element is located at an opposite side of a light receiving surface of the photoelectric conversion element.
US08816265B2	Solid-state image pickup device and image pickup apparatus A solid-state image pickup device includes a plurality of effective pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element and an OB pixel that is provided outside of an area where the effective pixels are formed and obtains the same output with a dark output of the effective pixel. Each of the effective pixels includes a first signal read-out circuit formed on a semiconductor substrate. The OB pixel includes a second signal read-out circuit formed on the semiconductor substrate and a capacitor connected to an input node of the second signal read-out circuit. The second signal read-out circuit has the same configuration as the first signal read-out circuit. A capacitance value of the capacitor is a value that renders the capacitance value at the input node of the first signal read-out circuit and the capacitance value at the input node of the second signal read-out circuit to be substantially equal to each other.
US08816264B2	CMOS image sensor switch circuit for reduced charge injection A switch circuit including structures to reduce the effects of charge injection. In an embodiment, a first transistor of the switch circuit is to receive a first signal and first and second dummy transistors of the switch circuit are each to receive a second signal, wherein the first transistor is connected between the first and second dummy transistors. The second signal is complementary to the first signal. In another embodiment, the first transistor, the first dummy transistor and the second dummy transistors are each connected via respective body connections to a first low supply voltage.
US08816263B2	Vignetted planar spatial light-field sensor and spatial sampling designs for far-field lensless synthetic imaging via signal processing image formation Methods of implementing light field sensors for lensless synthetic imaging is provided. Relatively tall and short structures are fabricated, wherein the short structures comprise light sensing capabilities. The tall structures and short structures are arranged in an array to create an array of vignetted light sensors that partition an incoming light field into a plurality of vignetted light fields, each uniquely associated with a particular light sensor. Each light sensor generates a measurable electrical quantity responsive to the associated vignetted light field, and the collective measurable electrical quantities are responsive to incoming light field. The short structures can comprise photodiodes, LEDs, or OLEDs, and the resulting light field sensor can respond to color. Tall structures can comprise electronic components, LEDs, OLEDS, or OLETs. In an example implementation, tall structures in the array are light-emitting and act as a light-emitting visual display which further comprises an array of vignetted light sensors.
US08816261B1	Bang-bang control using tangentially mounted surfaces Control surfaces secured tangentially to a round projectile, such that the lift force generated by the control surfaces is generated through the projectiles centerline. This eliminates the need for an opposing fin to counter roll moment. Sizing the control surfaces to form an equilateral triangle gives each panel equal span, and enables the force generated by two panels to be equal and opposite to that of the opposing panel. The end effect is that each panel only has two active states (neutral and positive deflection). Thus, a solenoid and a return spring may be used to control the canards. Additionally, the control panels may fold along the surface of the projectile, which frees up internal volume and minimizes the length of the control section.
US08816257B2	Flexible transparent heating element using graphene and method for manufacturing the same The present invention relates to a flexible transparent heating element using graphene and a method for manufacturing the same. The heating element comprises a flexible transparent substrate; a graphene layer formed to at least one side of the flexible transparent substrate; and an electrode connected with the graphene layer.
US08816256B2	Heat generating body A heat generating body has a first electrode and a second electrode arranged opposed to each other, and also has a mesh-like electrically conductive membrane (mesh-like pattern) mounted in a curved surface shape between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode are arranged so as to satisfy the relationship of (Lmax−Lmin)/((Lmax+Lmin)/2)=0.375, where Lmin is a minimum value of the distance between two opposite points which are on the first and second electrodes and on the electrically conductive membrane and Lmax is a maximum value of the distance.
US08816255B2	Surface heater using strip type surface heating element and fabricating method thereof Provided is a surface heater using a strip type surface heating element and a fabricating method thereof, in which the surface heater can be embodied into a thin film form using a metallic surface heating element which has a specific resistance value appropriate as a heat wire and is formed of a strip style, where the strip type surface heating element can be sequentially produced at an inexpensive cost. The surface heater includes: the strip type surface heating element in which a number of strips which are obtained by slitting a metallic thin film are arranged with an interval in parallel with each other and both ends of each adjacent strip are connected with each other; and an insulation layer which is coated on the outer circumference of the strip type surface heating element in a plate form.
US08816254B2	Apparatus for cooking or heating food or liquids The apparatus of this invention relates to a device for heating or cooking food or liquids such as soup, water, roast, etc. A downwardly curved visor-like deflector is positioned at the upper end of a radiation disk of an infrared heater so as to extend outwardly therefrom. The deflector has an upwardly presented cooking utensil opening formed therein and a horizontally disposed cooking utensil support secured to the deflector at the inner surface thereof below the cooking utensil opening. The cooking utensil support dwells in a plane below the upper end of the radiation disk whereby infrared rays emitted from the radiation disk will impinge upon the cooking utensil support and a cooking utensil positioned on the cooking utensil support to cook or heat the contents thereof.
US08816247B1	Methods for modifying hypotubes A method of modifying a hypotube may include cutting the hypotube with a laser cut pattern, winding the hypotube in a spiral collector, and flowing gas into the spiral collector. Flowing the gas into the spiral collector may include cooling the hypotube. Flowing the gas into the spiral collector may include flowing the gas into the spiral collector at a temperature between 20° C. and 25° C. The gas may include air or inert gas. The method may include holding the hypotube at a height using a bushing, a plurality of collets, and a hypotube clamp. The bushing and plurality of collets may be configured to inhibit sag of the hypotube to be less than 3% of the height. The method may include inhibiting forming fissures in the hypotube. The pattern may include a plurality of patterns each comprising longitudinally-spaced rows.
US08816243B2	Laser beam irradiation apparatus for substrate sealing and method of manufacturing organic light emitting display device using the same A laser beam irradiation apparatus irradiates a laser beam onto a sealing unit disposed between a first substrate and a second substrate so as to seal the first substrate and the second substrate. A center portion of the laser beam comprises a first beam profile having a beam intensity which increases toward a beam center portion, and a center of each of a plurality of peripheral portions of the laser beam is included in an area onto which the first beam profile is irradiated. The plurality of peripheral portions are symmetrically distributed around the first beam profile, and comprise a plurality of second beam profiles having the same beam intensities. The first beam profile and the plurality of second beam profiles are symmetrically distributed around a center point of the first beam profile and move in synchronization with one another.
US08816242B2	Method of fabricating implantable pulse generator using wire connections to feedthrough structures and implantable pulse generators A method of fabricating an implantable pulse generator for generating electrical pulses for application to tissue of a patient, the method comprises: providing one or more housing components adapted to house at least pulse generating and switching circuitry of the implantable pulse generator; providing a feedthrough assembly adapted to be coupled with the one or more housing components, the feedthrough assembly comprising an array of feedthrough pins for providing respective electrical connections from a hermetically sealed enclosure formed within the one or more housing components to a location exterior to the enclosure; providing a plurality of welding components with each welding component comprising a first portion adapted to engage a respective feedthrough pin and a second portion for engaging a conductor wire; performing one or more weld operations for each welding component to connect each welding component with a respective feedthrough pin and a respective conductor wire.
US08816238B2	Electroslag welding with variable balance, constant potential, alternating current, square wave welding power supply A DC balanced square wave power source, controlled in a constant voltage mode, for ESW and ESW-NG welding systems and methods can be matched with variable speed wire electrode feeders, multiple guide tubes, articulated air-cooled cooper welding shoes, and multiple pass ESW welding systems, thus gaining the following advantages, namely, controlling weld bead shape, reducing base metal dilution, reducing total heat input into the parent material, and reduction or elimination of any DC magnetic field in the weld cavity.
US08816233B2	Capacitive touch panel unit A capacitive touch panel unit includes a transparent substrate, a conductive layer and a protection layer. The transparent substrate has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The conductive layer is disposed on the second side. The protection layer is correspondingly attached to one side of the conductive layer, which side is opposite to the transparent substrate. By means of the design of the capacitive touch panel unit, the number of the conductive layer is reduced to lower the manufacturing cost and reduce the total thickness.
US08816229B2	Electrical switch An electric switch, in particular a rocker or toggle switch, includes a manually operable actuating part (12) that is mounted for rotary or swiveling motion and is deflectable from a neutral position to an actuating position. The electric switch further includes an electric switching member (16) that is adapted to be actuated mechanically, and an actuating member (22) that acts upon the switching member (16). The actuating member (22) is coupled to the actuating part (12) and to the switching member (16) such that a rotary or swiveling motion of the actuating part (12) from the neutral position to the actuating position is transformed into a substantially linear motion of the actuating member (22).
US08816227B2	Dust-proof keyboard A dust-proof keyboard includes a keyboard main body and a plurality of keyboard keys (4) buckled on the keyboard main body. The keyboard keys (4) include key caps (41) and contact blocks (42) connected with one side of the key caps (41). The keyboard main body includes a silicone layer (3), a binding layer (5), a circuit board (7) and elastic sheets (8) corresponding to the keyboard keys (4). The elastic sheets (8) are located between the binding layer (5) and the circuit board (7), and the silicone layer (3) is located between the binding layer (5) and the keyboard keys (4). The silicone layer (3) is provided with a plurality of dust-proof rings (31) corresponding to the elastic sheets (8). The dust-proof rings (31) are hollow cylinders, at least one end of which is open, and the open ends are rightly placed opposite to the contact blocks (42). The dust-proof rings (31) do not influence a normal contact between the contact blocks (42) and the circuit board (7) while separating the working surfaces (D) of the contact blocks (42) from the environment, thereby playing a dust-proof and water-proof role, and enabling the operation of the keys of the dust-proof keyboard to be normal.
US08816226B2	Switch device A switch device with a greatly strengthened limit structure where damage in the limit structure can be quickly detected and the structure can be easily replaced. The switch device includes a housing; a rotating shaft supported inside the housing and rotatable around its axis; a sway rod outside the housing, which is mounted at the end of the rotating shaft and configured to sway around the rotating axis of the rotating shaft by an external force applied outside the housing; a movable part outside the housing, which is configured to rotate together with the sway rod around the rotating axis of the rotating shaft; and a limit bearing part outside the housing and fixed relative to the housing, when the movable part is abutted on the limit bearing part, the swaying of the sway rod is limited, and the rotating shaft stops rotating.
US08816225B2	Static pressure anti-stow logic for platform wheelchair lifts A method for detecting weight on a platform lift having a platform, a hydraulic cylinder, and a hydraulic circuit including the steps of measuring a static pressure of the hydraulic circuit, and comparing the measured static pressure to a baseline pressure of the hydraulic circuit. The baseline pressure is a static pressure of the hydraulic circuit without external weight positioned on the platform.
US08816224B2	Droplet discharge device including weight measurement device A droplet discharge device for discharging a liquid material onto a workpiece includes a droplet discharge head, a guide rail, a stage, a maintenance stage and a weight measurement device. The droplet discharge head discharges the liquid material. The guide rail extends in a prescribed direction. The stage, on which the workpiece is mounted, moves on the guide rail along the prescribed direction. The maintenance stage moves on the guide rail along the prescribed direction. The weight measurement device is disposed on the maintenance stage, the weight measurement device measuring weight of droplets discharged from the droplet discharge head and is able to be disposed at a location opposite the droplet discharge head when the maintenance stage moves along the guide rail.
US08816222B2	Strain relief device A strain relief device is disclosed that allows the passage of at least one telecommunication cable therethrough. The exemplary strain relief device has a one-piece, rectangular tubular body, an external strength member securing section to secure strength members from the at least one telecommunication cable to the rectangular tubular body and a sealing member to provide an environmental seal between the at least one telecommunication cable and the strain relief device and between the strain relief device and a mounting structure into which the strain relief device is inserted. The rectangular tubular body has an outer surface and at least one cable channel extending between a first end of the rectangular tubular body and a second end rectangular tubular body.
US08816215B2	Disk with an electrical connection element The present invention relates to a disk with an electrical connection element, having a substrate with a first coefficient of thermal expansion, an electrically conductive structure on a region of the substrate, and a connection element with a second coefficient of thermal expansion.
US08816212B2	Flexible device and fabricating method thereof A flexible device has a flexible panel, a driver, and a restraining component. The flexible panel includes a main region and a driver bonding region outside the main region. The driver is electrically connected to the driver bonding region. The restraining component is disposed adjacent to the driver bonding region. Rigidity of the restraining component is greater than rigidity of the flexible panel, and coefficient of thermal expansion of the restraining component is smaller than coefficient of thermal expansion of the flexible panel.
US08816210B2	Grommet In a grommet 1 including a grommet main body 11 in which an electrical wire insertion hole 12 through which an electric wire is inserted is provided and in which an annular seal portion 13 which abuts against an opening edge 33 of a panel mounting hole 32 is provided, the annular seal portion 13 includes an inner side annular supporting portion 17, an outer side annular supporting portion 18 integrally formed with the grommet main body 11 at the outer circumference of the inner side annular supporting portions 17, and an arc-shaped abutting portion 16 formed so as arcuately to connect tips 17a and 18a of the inner side annular supporting portion 17 and the outer side annular supporting portion 18 and abuts against the opening edge 33 of the panel mounting hole 32.
US08816208B2	Flat cable and cable harness using the same A flat cable includes plurality of electric wires juxtaposed with each other and a fiber member woven along a juxtapositional direction of the electric wires to thread through a plurality of the electric wires. Each of the electric wires includes an outermost layer having a layer with an elongation of 20% or more and 100% or less and a tensile strength of 150 MPa or more. The fiber member is a fiber mainly made of polytrimethylene terephthalate.
US08816207B2	Coaxial cable and manufacturing method of the same The invention provides a coaxial cable including an internal insulating layer formed on an outer periphery of an electric conductor, a conductive layer formed on an outer periphery of the internal insulating layer, and an external insulating layer formed on an outer periphery of the conductive layer. The conductive layer is made of a metal nanoparticle paste sintered body obtained by sintering metal nanoparticles by irradiation of light toward a metal nanoparticles paste.
US08816199B1	Cable routing system A cable routing system includes a longitudinally-expanding body positionable within an IT rack having a frame and two or more NEMA rails coupled to the frame. A pair of mounting brackets are positioned proximate each distal end of the longitudinal-expanding body and configured to directly engage the frame of the IT rack. A cable routing tray is longitudinally affixed to the longitudinally-expanding body and configured to rout cables longitudinally along at least a portion of the longitudinally-expanding body. One or more vertical radiused supports are configured to define a minimum vertical bend radius for cables routed through the cable routing tray.
US08816198B1	Stackable and collapsible electrical box An electrical box has a back portion with a back wall and various side walls. Coupled to the back portion is a sliding ring portion having various side walls. The sliding ring portion is slidably mounted on the back portion such that there is an extended position with a first depth and a collapsed position with a second depth where the first depth is greater than the second depth. Prior to installation, the electrical box would be in the collapsed position in order to minimize the space occupied by the electrical box. When installed, the electrical box would be used in the extended position, such that the full depth of the electrical box can be used.
US08816197B2	Pressure balanced connector termination A pressure-balanced electrical cable assembly including a connector body, an electrical conductor positioned within the connector body, an interior chamber defined within the connector body, a dielectric fluid medium contained within the chamber, and a shuttle delimiting at least a portion of the chamber to prevent the escapement of the dielectric fluid from the chamber. The shuttle is moveable in response to differences between a pressure within the chamber and a pressure outside of the chamber.
US08816192B1	Thin film solar cell An improved efficiency thin film solar cell is disclosed. Nanoscale indentations or protrusions are formed on the cross sectional surface of a carrier layer, onto which a thin metal film is deposited. Additional layers, including semiconductor absorber and collector layers and a window layer, are disposed on the metal film, thereby completing the solar cell. The nanostructure underlying the metal film serves to reduce the work function of the metal and thereby assists in the absorption of holes created by solar photons. This leads to more efficient electricity generation in the solar cell. In a further embodiment of the present invention the cross sectional surface of the semiconductor absorber layer is also modified by nanoscale indentations or protrusions. These indentations or protrusions have the effect of altering the size of the semiconductor band gap, thereby optimizing the radiation absorption properties of the solar cell.
US08816191B2	High efficiency photovoltaic cells and manufacturing thereof Novel structures of photovoltaic cells (also treated as solar cells) are provided. The cells are based on nanometer or micrometer-scaled wires, tubes, and/or rods, which are made of electronic materials covering semiconductors, insulators, and may be metallic in structure. These photovoltaic cells have large power generation capability per unit physical area over the conventional cells. These cells will have enormous applications such as in space, commercial, residential and industrial applications.
US08816190B2	Photovoltaic devices and method of making In one aspect of the present invention, a photovoltaic device is provided. The photovoltaic device includes a transparent layer; a first porous layer disposed on the transparent layer, wherein the first porous layer comprises a plurality of pores extending through a thickness of the first porous layer; a first semiconductor material disposed in the plurality of pores to form a patterned first semiconductor layer; and a second semiconductor layer disposed on the first porous layer and the patterned first semiconductor layer, wherein the patterned first semiconductor layer is substantially transparent. Method of making a photovoltaic device is also provided.
US08816188B2	Photovoltaic devices with electrically coupled supports Apparatus and methods related to photovoltaic energy are provided. A device includes electrically conductive supports in electrical contact with one or more photovoltaic cells. The photovoltaic cells are secured with respect to the supports by a clamping force soldering or other means. Optics concentrate and guide photonic energy onto the photovoltaic cells. Generated electrical energy is coupled to a load using the conductive supports. Heat is rejected from the photovoltaic cells using at least one of the supports and a fluid flow, thermal conduction, and so on.
US08816187B1	Stowing or deploying a solar array This disclosure is directed to apparatuses, systems, and methods associated with the stowing, deploying, and deployment of a solar cell array. With reference to some exemplary embodiments this disclosure teaches apparatuses, systems, and methods directed to a solar cell array system that is a relatively lightweight, compact, and self-contained structure that securely stores, protects, and deploys the solar array. With reference to some exemplary embodiments this disclosure teaches apparatuses, systems, and methods for deploying a solar cell array that is held in the deployed configuration by self-contained compressive force and tensile force members such that no loads are carried through the solar cell panels.
US08816183B2	Thermoelectric module and optical transmission apparatus A thermoelectric module includes a first insulated substrate having a first opposing surface, a second insulated substrate having a second opposing surface, the second opposing surface faces the first opposing surface, a plurality of electrodes formed on the first and second opposing surfaces, a plurality of thermoelectric transducers provided between the first insulated substrate and the second insulated substrate, the plurality of thermoelectric transducers electrically connected with one another in series and/or in parallel via each electrode, and a conducting circuit electrically connecting the plurality of electrodes with an external power source, wherein the first insulated substrate includes a substrate body having the first opposing surface and a projecting portion being formed continuously from the substrate body and extending in a direction that intersects the substrate body, and the projecting portion includes a fixing surface extending in the direction that intersects the substrate body.
US08816181B2	Electronic percussion device and method An electronic percussion device includes a drum shell, a drumhead as striking surface, vibration sensors, and a peripheral and a central vibration carrier. The vibration carriers abut against the drumhead to convey vibrations therefrom to the sensor(s). The central vibration carrier is a helicoidal spring. The peripheral vibration carrier is a rigid body of solid material supported by peripheral sensors disposed thereunder. Two electrical leads of each one of the peripheral sensors are correspondingly coupled in parallel to produce only two common output leads. An electronic sound module is configured to sample the sensors and employs software procedures to detect percussion strokes delivered on the drumhead, and to generate sounds accordingly. The software procedures use averaged and aggregated signals to provide accurate detection of position and intensity of a drum stroke. Alternative embodiments of the device use only a peripheral vibration carrier or only a central vibration carrier.
US08816180B2	Systems and methods for portable audio synthesis A method of performing audio synthesis is disclosed. An audio event is input to an audio algorithm along with associated parameters including source sample data. An interpolation function is provided and the source sample data are interpolated to generate one or more interpolated samples based on the source sample data. A filter function is provided and at least one of the interpolated samples is filtered to generate a filtered sample. A gain function is provided and the filtered sample is processed to generate a gained sample. At least one of the interpolation, filter, and gain functions include outputting an earlier-calculated value along with an estimated difference value in lieu of calculating a new value.
US08816179B2	Methods and systems for disambiguation of an identification of a sample of a media stream Systems and methods of synchronizing media are provided. A client device may be used to capture a sample of a media stream being rendered by a media rendering source. The client device sends the sample to a position identification module to determine a time offset indicating a position in the media stream corresponding to the sampling time of the sample, and optionally a timescale ratio indicating a speed at which the media stream is being rendered by the media rendering source based on a reference speed of the media stream. The client device calculates a real-time offset using a present time, a timestamp of the media sample, the time offset, and optionally the timescale ratio. The client device then renders a second media stream at a position corresponding to the real-time offset to be in synchrony to the media stream being rendered by the media rendering source.
US08816174B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH923684 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH923684. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH923684, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH923684 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH923684.
US08816162B2	Soybean variety A1026213 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1026213. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1026213. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1026213 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1026213 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08816160B1	Canola line NS5902BR A novel canola variety designated NS5902BR and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a canola plant that comprise crossing canola variety NS5902BR with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into NS5902BR through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid canola seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the canola variety NS5902BR or a locus conversion of NS5902BR with another canola variety.
US08816159B1	Lettuce variety inferno The present invention provides novel lettuce cultivar Inferno and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce plants of the invention with themselves or another lettuce plant. The invention also provides lettuce plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom.
US08816158B2	Resistance to Nasonovia ribisnigri biotype 1 (nr:1) from Lactuca serriola The present invention relates to lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) plants being resistant against the lettuce aphid Nasonovia ribisnigri (Mosley). The invention further relates to parts of the plants, in particular to the seeds and to other propagation material, and to progeny of the plants.
US08816157B2	Plants and polynucleotides encoding truncated Cry34 proteins This invention provides modified, insecticidal Cry34 proteins with enhanced properties as compared to wild-type Cry34 proteins. The modifications to these proteins were based in part on an analysis of the three-dimensional (3D) structure of this protein and other proteins in the Cry34 class. The subject invention also includes polynucleotides that encode these modified proteins, and transgenic plants that produce these modified proteins. This invention further provides methods of controlling plant pests, including rootworms, with these modified proteins. The modified proteins of the subject invention include chimeric toxins involving exchanged segments, domains, and motifs as discussed herein. The subject invention also provides methods of modifying Cry34 proteins.
US08816152B2	Regulatory polynucleotides and uses thereof The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of transcribable polynucleotides in plant cells, plant tissues, and plants. Compositions include regulatory polynucleotide molecules capable of providing expression in plant tissues and plants. Methods for expressing polynucleotides in a plant cell, plant tissue, or plants using the regulatory polynucleotide molecules disclosed herein are also provided.
US08816150B2	Conditioned culture media Methods of generating modified embryos and mammals by introduction of donor cells into an early stage embryo are provided, such that the resulting embryo and animal generated therefrom has a significant contribution to all tissues from the donor cells and is capable of transmitting the donor cell DNA.
US08816149B2	System for detection and monitoring of body exudates using a gas emitting substance for use in interactive toilet training A system for detection and monitoring of body exudates includes an absorbent article and at least one gas emitting substance incorporated within the absorbent article that can emit a gas after a liquid insult. After an insult, a device incorporating at least one gas sensitive composition can detect the gas and signal that an insult has occurred. The gas may also be detected by a non-contact gas sensor linked to a controller and signaling device which can send visual, auditory, and/or vibratory alerts. The alerts may be perceptible in an area outside the wearer's clothing or at a remote location, such as a watch, radio, computer device and/or smart phone. The system can also determine the fullness of an absorbent article and monitor dry time. The system can be used for interactive toilet training or for caring for an infant, a disabled person, an incontinent youth, or an elderly person.
US08816140B2	Process for producing fluorine-containing alkene compound The present invention provides a process for producing a fluorine-containing alkene of the general formula CF3(CX2)nCF═CH2, wherein X each independently represents F or Cl, and n is an integer of 0 to 2. The process includes a first reaction step of allowing a specific chlorine-containing compound to react with a fluorinating agent under increased pressure in a gas phase in the presence of at least one fluorination catalyst selected from the group consisting of chromium oxide and fluorinated chromium oxide, and a second reaction step of heating the product of the first reaction step in a gas phase under a pressure lower than the pressure in the first reaction step. The process of the present invention can produce a fluorine-containing alkene with a high selectivity with the use of a catalyst that can be easily handled, while suppressing production of by-products that cannot be easily converted into the target or separated.
US08816139B2	Facile and effective method of preparing 1,4-bis(chlorodifluoromethyl)benzene The present invention relates to a facile method of preparing 1,4-bis(chlorodifluoromethyl)benzene, comprising the steps of: (A) providing a reactant liquid of 1,4-bis(difluoromethyl)benzene; optionally (B) providing a light source for UV radiation; and (C) introducing chlorine gas into the reactant liquid at a temperature of 50-90° C. under a pressure above 1 atm to obtain 1,4-Bis(chlorodifluoromethyl)benzene. The invented facile method can be utilized in a batch process or a continuous process for effective production of 1,4-bis(chlorodifluoromethyl)benzene.
US08816138B2	Method for producing 3-chloro-pentafluoropropene The present invention provides a method for producing 3-chloro-pentafluoropropene at a high yield through one reaction step of chlorinating perfluoroallyl fluorosulfate. The present invention directs to a method for producing 3 -chloro-pentafluoropropene, including the step of bringing perfluoroallyl fluorosulfate and an onium chloride compound into contact with each other to produce the 3-chloro-pentafluoropropene.
US08816137B2	Efficient and environmentally friendly processing of heavy oils to methanol and derived products The invention provides for a method for processing heavy oil from any sources including tar sands, oil shales, varied residues in a bi-reforming process utilizing reaction conditions with steam and carbon dioxide sufficient to form a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide to form methanol. Methanol produced can be dehydrated to form dimethyl ether, with water produced being recycled back to the bi-reforming process.
US08816136B2	Method for producing alicyclic alcohol Disclosed is a method for producing an alicyclic alcohol represented by general formula (III) which is useful as a starting material for a flavor mixture or the like at low cost in high yield. The alicyclic alcohol represented by general formula (III) is produced by preparing a cyclohexanecarbonyl compound represented by general formula (II) through the carbonylation of an unsaturated hydrocarbon represented by general formula (I) (preferably a compound obtained through the partial reduction of a diene compound) using carbon monoxide in the presence of HF, and thereafter reducing the cyclohexanecarbonyl compound. In formulae (I), (II), and (III), R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R3 represents an OH group, fluorine, or an OR4 group, and R4 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
US08816135B2	Trisphenol compound A trisphenol compound is expressed by formula (1), wherein R represents an alkyl group or alkoxyl group with 1 to 8 carbon atoms, phenyl group or hydroxyl group; R1 represents an alkyl group or alkoxyl group with 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or phenyl group; R2 represents an alkyl group or alkoxyl group with 1 to 8 carbon atoms; R3 represents a hydrogen atom or alkyl group with 1 to 8 carbon atoms; a represents 0, 1, 2, or 3; b represents 1 or 2; and c and d represent 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4; where the sum of b and c is 5 or less; R's may be either the same or different when a is 2 or more; R1's may be either the same or different when c is 2 or more; and R2's may be either the same or different when d is 2 or more.
US08816131B2	Method for synthesizing polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers catalyzed by an ionic liquid It is related to a method for preparing polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers by a continuous acetalation reaction of trioxymethylene and methanol or methylal catalyzed by an ionic liquid. The processing apparatus used in the method includes a reaction zone, a separation zone, a catalyst regeneration zone and a product dehydration zone. A manner of circulating tubular reaction is used, resulting in a high external heat exchange efficiency, a simple structure of design and a low investment. A film evaporator is used, realizing a rapid separation and recycling of the light component, with a high separation efficiency. The separation of the catalyst solution from the crude product is simple, thereby realizing the regeneration and recycling of the catalyst.
US08816130B2	Heterogeneous catalyst and its use A heterogeneous catalyst that is a combination of rhodium, zinc, iron, a fourth metal and at least one metal selected from alkali metals and alkaline earth metals on a catalyst support (e.g. at least one of silica, alumina, titania, magnesia, zinc aluminate (ZnAl2O4), magnesium aluminate (MgAl2O4), magnesia-modified alumina, zinc oxide-modified alumina, zirconium oxide-modified alumina, and zinc oxide) and use of the catalyst in converting an alkylene to an oxygenate that has one more carbon atom than the alkylene.
US08816127B2	Carboxylation of terminal alkynes The present invention describes a process for converting a terminal alkyne into an alkynoic acid. In this process the alkyne is exposed to carbon dioxide in the presence of a copper (I) species, a base and a complexing agent capable of complexing copper (I).
US08816126B2	Process for preparing isocyanates Process for preparing isocyanates by reacting the corresponding amines comprised in at least one feed stream A with phosgene comprised in at least one feed stream P in a reaction plant comprising at least one mixing zone and at least one reaction zone, wherein feed stream A and/or feed stream P optionally comprise one or more inert materials and,during periods of time in which the flow Sx of the amine used is below the flow S0 of the amines used during operation at the nominal capacity of the reactor plant, (i) the ratio of phosgene to amine is increased and/or (ii) the concentration of the inert material or materials in the amine-comprising feed stream A and/or the phosgene-comprising feed stream P is increased compared to operation at the nominal capacity of the reactor.
US08816123B2	Method for producing alkyl 5-methyl-5-hexenoate A decarboxylation reaction of a (3-methyl-3-butenyl)malonic acid dialkyl ester, carried out by heating in the presence of water and a base, produces an alkyl 5-methyl-5-hexenoate. The decarboxylation reaction produces the alkyl 5-methyl-5-hexenoate inexpensively and effectively. The base can optionally be a tertiary amine compound or a heterocyclic amine compound. Producing the alkyl 5-methyl-5-hexenoate can optionally further include removing an alcohol.
US08816122B2	Prostratin analogs, bryostatin analogs, prodrugs, synthetic methods, and methods of use Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for prostratin analogs, bryostatin analogs, prodrugs of prostratin and prostratin analogs, methods of making prostratin analogs, and methods of making prodrugs of prostratin and prostratin analogs, methods of use of prostratin analogs, bryostatin analogs, and prodrugs thereof, and the like.
US08816120B2	Process for the preparation of N-(4-nitro-2-sulfamoyl-phenyl)-malonamic acid methyl ester and N-(4-amino-2-sulfamoyl-phenyl)-malonamic acid methyl ester The present invention provides a novel method for preparing compounds N-(4-nitro-2-sulfamoyl-phenyl)-malonamic acid methyl ester and N-(4-amino-2-sulfamoyl-phenyl)-malonamic acid methyl ester, which are novel intermediates for preparing a key intermediate N-(4-methanesulfonylamino-2-sulfamoyl-phenyl)-malonamic acid methyl ester, for the preparation of N-(3-{(1R,2S,7R,8S)-3-[(4-fluorophenyl)methyl]-6-hydroxy-4-oxo-3-azatricyclo[6.2.1.02,7]undec-5-en-5-yl}-1,1-dioxo-1,4-dihydro-1λ6,2,4-benzothiadiazin-7-yl)methanesulfonamide, also known commercially as Setrobuvir, a compound useful in treating hepatitis C.
US08816116B2	Hexafluorodimethylcarbinol terminated alkane- and alkenethiols A hexafluorodimethylcarbinol terminated compound, method of making it, and a composition of matter are disclosed. The compound may have the formula (CF3)2C(OH)-L-M-R. The substructure L may be selected from an optionally substituted propenylene group (—CH2CH═CH—) and trimethylene group (—CH2CH2CH2—). The substructure M may be selected from a substituted or unsubstituted methylene chain, a substituted or unsubstituted oxyalkylene chain, and a silicon-containing chain or combination thereof. In one embodiment, M may be selected from —(CH2)n—, —(OCH2CH2)m—, and —(Si(CH3)2O)p—Si(CH3)2—(CH2)q—, wherein n is at least 1, e.g., n is up to 10, m can be at least 1, e.g., m is up to 10, p can be 0 and in one embodiment is from 1 to 10, and wherein q can be 1 and in one embodiment is from 1 to 12. The substructure R represents one of a halogen, —SH, —SZ, —S—S-M-L-C(CF3)2(OH), wherein Z represents a thiol protecting group.
US08816115B2	Metal nanoparticles Provided herein are metal nanoparticles, metal nanopowders, methods of synthesizing the same, and radiation shields using the same.
US08816114B2	Method for manufacturing ruthenium carbene complexes The invention is directed to aryl alkylidene ruthenium complexes and the use of these complexes as catalysts in metathesis reactions.
US08816112B2	Process for making novel chiral phosphorus ligands Disclosed are methods for making chiral phosphorus ligands including chiral phosphines, chiral phosphine oxides, phosphonamides, and aminophosphines. The chiral phosphorus ligands prepared by the methods of the invention are useful as components of chiral catalysts, e.g., transition metal complexes.
US08816111B2	Lipid comprising polyunsaturated fatty acids The present invention relates to extracted plant lipid, comprising fatty acids in an esterified form.
US08816108B2	Process for the purification of a fatty acid alkyl ester by liquid/liquid extraction The present invention relates to a process for the selective extraction of monoglycerides present in a fraction of fatty acid alkyl esters (FAAEs), comprising at least one stage of liquid-liquid extraction by means of a polar solvent (PS) comprising a light alcohol and optionally of a nonpolar solvent (NS) comprising a solvent which is immiscible with the light alcohol.The present invention relates in particular to a fraction of fatty acid alkyl esters (FAAEs) of vegetable or animal origin, used in particular in biodiesels, capable of being obtained according to the process of the invention, so that its content of monoglycerides is less than 0.6%.
US08816105B2	Method and apparatus for purifying crude tall oil The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for purifying crude tall oil. The purification method comprises a first purification step (2) for separating at least solids (8) from the crude tall oil and producing solids free crude tall oil, and after the first purification step (2) a second purification step (4) for separating water (14) from the solids free crude tall oil. The purification apparatus comprises at least one solids separator (3, 5′) for separating at least solids (8) from the crude tall oil and producing solids free crude tall oil, and at least one water separator (5, 9) arranged downstream of the solids separator (3, 5′) in the flow direction of the crude tall oil for separating at least water (14) from the solids free crude tall oil.
US08816104B2	Process A process for activating a reduced manganese copper catalyst comprising treating the catalyst at a temperature of more than 300° C. to about 400° C. with hydrogen.
US08816103B2	Process for the preparation of dronedarone The subject of the invention is a novel process for the preparation of N-[2-n-butyl-3-{4-[(3-di-n-butylamino)-propoxy]benzoyl}benzofuran-5-yl]-methanesulfonamide of formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein the acyl group of the benzofuran derivative of the general formula II: where R represents C1-4 alkyl-, C1-4 alkoxy- or aryl group, is selectively cleaved and if desired, the resulting compound of formula I is transformed into its salt.
US08816102B2	Compounds A method of modulating the flavor of an orally-receivable product, such as a foodstuff, beverage, dentifrice or medicine, comprising the addition thereto of a flavor-modulating proportion of at least one compound of the formula I in which X is selected from CHOH, C═O, CH2—CO and CH═C(OH), Y is selected from C1-C7 linear and branched alkyl and CH2CH2OH, Z is selected from CH3 and a moiety of the formula II in which the wavy bond represents bond linking Z to X and R1 and R2 are selected from the possibilities (i) both hydrogen; (ii) independently OH and OCH3; and (iii) R1 and R2 together with their bonds to the phenyl ring form a ring of the formula —O—CH2—O—; such that, when Z is CH3, X is C═O and Y is CH2CH2OH.
US08816098B2	Organic compound, anthracene derivative, and light-emitting element, light-emitting device, and electronic device using the anthracene derivative Objects of the present invention are to provide novel anthracene derivatives and novel organic compounds; a light-emitting element that has high emission efficiency; a light-emitting element that is capable of emitting blue light with high luminous efficiency; a light-emitting element that is capable of operation for a long time; and a light-emitting device and an electronic device that have lower power consumption. An anthracene derivative represented by a general formula (1) and an organic compound represented by a general formula (17) are provided. A light-emitting element that has high emission efficiency can be obtained by use of the anthracene derivative represented by the general formula (1). Further, a light-emitting element that has a long life can be obtained by use of the anthracene derivative represented by the general formula (1).
US08816097B2	Active ingredient combinations having insecticide and acaricide properties The new active compound combinations comprising compounds of the formula (I) and the active compounds (1) to (3) recited in the description possess very good insecticidal and/or acaricidal properties.
US08816093B2	Processes for producing cycloalkylcarboxamido-pyridine benzoic acids The present invention relates to a process of providing the 3-(6-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)cyclopropanecarboxamido)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)benzoic acid in substantially free form (Compound 1).
US08816092B2	Indazole derivative or salt thereof and production intermediate thereof, and antioxidant using same, and use of indazole derivative or salt thereof A compound represented by formula (1) or salt thereof and a production intermediate thereof are created. The compound exhibited an excellent antioxidation action in a microsome lipid peroxidation measuring system using a rat liver microsome. Therefore, the compound or salt thereof is useful as an antioxidant. The present invention also provides use of a compound represented by the formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for production of an antioxidant.
US08816090B2	Benzisoxazole derivatives This invention relates to compounds of the formula (I): wherein A, B, R1, R4, m, and n are each as described herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and compositions containing such compounds and the use of such compounds in the treatment of a condition mediated by 5-HT4 receptor activity such as, but not limited to, gastroesophageal reflux disease, gastrointestinal disease, gastric motility disorder, non-ulcer dyspepsia, functional dyspepsia, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), constipation, dyspepsia, esophagitis, gastroesophageral disease, nausea, central 10 nervous system disease, Alzheimer's disease, cognitive disorder, emesis, migraine, neurological disease, pain, cardiovascular disorders such as cardiac failure and heart arrhythmia, diabetes and apnea syndrome.
US08816088B2	Diamide compounds having muscarinic receptor antagonist and β2 adrenergic receptor agonist activity This invention relates to a compound of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Such compounds possess both muscarinic receptor antagonist and β2 adrenergic receptor agonist activities. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, processes and intermediates for preparing such compounds, and methods of using such compounds as bronchodilating agents to treat pulmonary disorders.
US08816087B2	Hydroxybenzamide derivatives and their use as inhibitors of Hsp90 The invention provides compounds of the general formula (I) which have activity as Hsp90 inhibitors.
US08816084B1	Crystals of morphinan derivative, manufacturing method thereof, and pharmaceutical composition using the same The present invention relates to a X-form crystal of 17-cyclopropylmethyl-3,14β-dihydroxy-4,5α-epoxy-6β-[N-methyl-trans-3-(3-furyl)acrylamido]morphinan hydrochloride and the manufacturing method thereof, wherein the X-form crystal of the compound has characteristic diffraction peaks at positions of 2θ of 13.6°(±0.2°), 17.2°(±0.2°), 19.1°(±0.2°), 23.2°(±0.2°), and 23.8°(±0.2°) in a powder X-ray diffraction pattern thereof. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the above-mentioned X-form crystal of morphinan derivative hydrochloride.
US08816077B2	Oligomer-protein tyrosine kinase inhibitor conjugates The invention relates to (among other things) oligomer-PTK inhibitor conjugates and related compounds. A compound of the invention, when administered by any of a number of administration routes, exhibits advantages over PTK inhibitor compounds lacking a water soluble, non peptidic oligomer.
US08816076B2	Aryl urea derivatives as N-formyl peptide receptor like-1 (FPRL-1) receptor modulators The present invention relates to novel aryl urea derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of the N-formyl peptide receptor like-1 (FPRL-1) receptor.
US08816073B2	Matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors The present invention relates to β-hydroxy and amino-substituted carboxylic acids, which act as matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors, particularly diastereomerically pure β-hydroxy carboxylic acids, corresponding processes for their synthesis, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of the present invention. Compounds of the present invention are useful in the treatment of various inflammatory, autoimmune, and allergic diseases, such as methods of treating asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, COPD, rhinitis, osteoarthritis, psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis, pulmonary fibrosis, wound healing disorders, pulmonary inflammation, acute respiratory distress syndrome, perodontitis, multiple sclerosis, gingivitis, atherosclerosis, neointimal proliferation, which leads to restenosis and ischemic heart failure, stroke, renal diseases, tumor metastasis, and other inflammatory disorders characterized by the over-expression and over-activation of a matrix metalloproteinase.
US08816068B2	Hydrogenation process for the production of a sugar alcohol The invention relates to an improved process for the production of a sugar alcohol from the corresponding sugar through catalytic hydrogenation. Especially, the invention relates to a process for reducing the interference of sugar-derived aldonic acids in the hydrogenation process by adjusting the hydrogenation conditions so that the activity of the catalyst is maintained. In one embodiment of the invention, the process of the invention is carried out by adjusting the hydrogenation temperature by starting the hydrogenation at a lower temperature and then gradually rising the temperature to the final hydrogenation temperature. In another embodiment of the invention, the process of the invention is carried out by adding small-molecular monocarboxylic acids to the hydrogenation solution.
US08816067B2	Compositions and methods for making alpha-(1,2)-branched alpha-(1,6) oligodextrans Compositions for improving the health of a subject comprise alpha-(1,2)-branched alpha-(1,6) oligodextrans, preferably with an average molecular weight between about 10 kDa and 70 kDa, between about 10% and 50% alpha-(1,2)-osidic side chains, and having at least partial indigestibility in the subject. Methods for improving the health of a subject comprise administering the composition to a subject in an amount effective to improve gut health, or to prevent or treat a gastrointestinal disorder, a cholesterol-related disorder, diabetes, or obesity. Methods for making oligodextrans having controlled size and controlled degree of branching comprise providing alpha-(1,6) oligodextrans having an average molecular weight between 0.5 and 100 kDa and introducing at least 10% alpha-(1,2)-osidic side chains onto the alpha-(1,6) oligodextrans.
US08816063B2	Nucleic acid purification method The present invention relates to a method for purifying a defined amount of nucleic acids from a nucleic acid-containing sample, which has at least the following steps: (a.) contacting the nucleic acid-containing sample with a defined amount of a nucleic acid binding phase with the following features: (i) the nucleic acid binding phase has nucleic acid binding ligands that have at least one protonatable group; (ii) the nucleic acid binding ligands are bound to a carrier; (iii) the nucleic acid binding phase has a surface with a low charge density, wherein the amount of nucleic acids in the sample exceeds the binding capacity of the amount of nucleic acid binding phase used; (b.) binding of the nucleic acids to the nucleic acid binding phase at a pH (binding pH) that is below the pKs value of at least one of the protonatable groups; (c.) elution of the nucleic acids at a pH that is above the binding pH, wherein a defined amount of nucleic acids is obtained. Furthermore, corresponding kits and nucleic acid binding phases, which can be used for the purification of nucleic acids, are disclosed.
US08816061B2	Method to trigger RNA interference A method to generate siRNAs in vivo is described, as are constructs and compositions useful in the method. The method does not depend on the use of DNA or synthetic constructs that contain inverted duplications or dual promoters so as to form perfect or largely double-stranded RNA. Rather, the method depends on constructs that yield single-stranded RNA transcripts, and exploits endogenous or in vivo-produced miRNAs or siRNAs to initiate production of siRNAs. The miRNAs or siRNAs guide cleavage of the transcript and set the register for production of siRNAs (usually 21 nucleotides in length) encoded adjacent to the initiation cleavage site within the construct. The method results in specific formation of siRNAs of predictable size and register (phase) relative to the initiation cleavage site. The method can be used to produce specific siRNAs in vivo for inactivation or suppression of one or more target genes or other entities, such as pathogens.
US08816059B2	Method for predicting and detecting tumor metastasis The invention provides a method of determining the prognosis of cancer in a subject. The method comprises (a) obtaining a sample from the subject, (b) analyzing the sample for the expression level of a carboxypeptidase E (CPE) splice variant, and (c) correlating the expression level in the sample with the prognosis of cancer in the subject. The invention further provides a method of diagnosing cancer, methods of treatment, kits for detecting mRNA expression of a CPE-ΔN, and inhibitors of CPE-ΔN and compositions thereof.
US08816053B2	Methods for treating viral infection using IL-28 and IL-29 cysteine mutants IL-28A, IL-28B, IL-29, and certain mutants thereof have been shown to have antiviral activity on a spectrum of viral species. Of particular interest is the antiviral activity demonstrated on viruses that infect liver, such as hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus. In addition, IL-28A, IL-28B, IL-29, and mutants thereof do not exhibit some of the antiproliferative activity on hematopoietic cells that is observed with interferon treatment. Without the immunosuppressive effects accompanying interferon treatment, IL-28A, IL-28B, and IL-29 will be useful in treating immunocompromised patients for viral infections.
US08816048B2	Skin or hair binding peptides The invention is directed to peptides. Specifically, the invention is directed to peptides which bind skin and do not bind hair. Alternatively, the invention is drawn to peptides which bind hair and do not bind skin.
US08816037B2	Asymmetric dialdimine-containing polyurethane composition The invention relates to moisture-curing compositions which comprise at least one aromatic isocyanate group-bearing polyisocyanate and at least one dialdimine of formula (I). The compositions according to the invention have a longer open time and at the same time a shorter curing time, they are storage-stable and cure without forming bubbles. They are especially suitable as adhesives, sealing agents, potting compounds or coating materials, the use as sealing agents being especially advantageous.
US08816035B2	Photoactive polymers Photoactive polymers comprising first and second co-monomer repeat units, the first co-monomer repeat unit comprising a moiety selected from the group consisting of an alkylthieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione moiety and a 1,3-dithiophene-5-alkylthieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione moiety, and the second co-monomer repeat unit comprising a moiety selected from the group consisting of a 4,4′-dialkyl-dithieno[3,2-b:2′3′-d]silole moiety, an ethylene moiety, a thiophene moiety, an N-alkylcarbazole moiety, an N-(1-alkyl)dithieno[3,2-b:2′3′-d]pyrrole moiety and a 4,8-dialkyloxylbenzo[1,2-b:3,4-b]dithiophene moiety are described herein. These polymers are suitable for use in photovoltaic cells and field effect transistors.
US08816032B1	Copolymer of conjugated diene and 1-vinylcycloalkene The present invention is directed to a copolymer derived from an acyclic conjugated diene monomer and a 1-vinylcycloalkene monomer of formula I where n is an integer ranging from 0 to 4, R is hydrogen or a linear or branched alkyl group of one to four carbon atoms, with the proviso that R may be appended at the 3 to (n+5) positions on the carbon ring.
US08816031B2	Water-soluble polymer and additive for paper manufacture The present invention provides a method for preparing a water soluble polymer, which comprises: a first step of polymerizing: (a) 60 to 99.5 mol % of at least one selected from acrylamide and methacrylamide, (b) 0.5 to 20 mol % of at least one selected from α,β-unsaturated monocarboxylic acid, α,β-unsaturated dicarboxylic acid and salts thereof, and (c) 1 to 20 mol % of at least one selected from a water soluble cationic monomer and a salt thereof, (d) 0.01 to 1 mol % of a chain transfer agent, and (e) 0.005 to 5 mol % of a crosslinkable monomer, in the presence of a persulfate-based catalyst to obtain a prepolymer; and a second step of further adding the persulfate-based catalyst to the prepolymer obtained in the first step and the residual monomer, followed by the polymerization and termination of the polymerization. Consequently, it is made possible to suppress a rapid increase in viscosity during the polymerization thereby to obtain a water soluble branched polymer having high molecular weight and low viscosity.
US08816028B2	Polyisobutylene composition having internal vinylidene and process for preparing the polyisobutylene polymer composition A polyisobutylene composition has polyisobutylene molecules with a first portion having a alpha vinylidene molecules, a second portion having beta vinylidene molecules, and a third portion having internal vinylidene molecules. The first portion has less than 75% of the polyisobutylene molecules of the composition. A total of the first portion and the second portion is less than 90% of the polyisobutylene molecules of the composition. The third portion is more than 3% of the polyisobutylene molecules of the composition. A process for forming this polyisobutylene polymer composition passes an isobutylene through a fixed bed reactor having a boron trifluoride/alcohol complex therein so as to produce the polyisobutylene composition.

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