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US08983669B2	System, method, and data packets for messaging for electric power grid elements over a secure internet protocol network Systems, methods, and messages of the present invention provides IP-based messages associated with the grid elements, wherein each IP-based message includes an internet protocol (IP) packet that is generated autonomously and/or automatically by the grid elements, intelligent messaging hardware associated with the grid elements, at least one coordinator, and/or a server associated with the electric power grid and its operation, energy settlement, and/or financial settlement for electricity provided or consumed, transmitted, and/or curtailed or reduced. The IP packet preferably includes a content including raw data and/or transformed data, a priority associated with the IP-based message, a security associated with the IP packet, and/or a transport route for communicating the IP-based message via the network.
US08983668B2	Household appliance having an air drying device and/or fluid heating unit, and associated method A household appliance, particularly a household dishwasher, washing machine, clothes dryer, or the like, includes an air drying device and/or fluid heating device, connected to an electrical energy supply network. At least one control/monitoring unit is provided to detect any deviation of an actual value of at least one characteristic of the electrical energy supply network from a target value and to generate at least one control signal for setting an electrical component of the member in response to a detected deviation of the actual value.
US08983666B2	Active network management A method for defining one or more ANM zones in an electricity network that has at least one energy producing/consuming device that has an output that has to be regulated. The method comprises determining the maximum power and/or current transmittable to or from a node or branch in the network at which an energy producing/consuming device that has to be regulated is to be added; determining the maximum capacity of power and/or current transmittable through that node or branch; and defining a zone (zone 1, zone 2) including the node or branch and regulated energy producing/consuming device that requires to be actively managed, in the event that the maximum power and/or current transmittable to the node or branch exceeds the maximum capacity of power and/or current transmittable through it.
US08983663B2	Self-guided portable medical diagnostic system The present invention provides a medical diagnostic device with an automatic moving mechanism. The device comprises an input interface for receiving instructions from an operator or from a remote device. A motion controller is coupled to the input interface for controlling movements of the diagnostic device based on the instructions received through the input interface. A moving assembly is coupled to the motion controller for moving the diagnostic device under control of the motion controller. In an embodiment, a method of guiding a portable imaging system through various locations in a hospital is disclosed. Also the invention discloses a self-guided portable imaging system.
US08983659B2	Robot system A robot system according to the embodiments includes a robot that includes a hand including a gripping mechanism that grips a thin plate-shaped work and an arm that moves the hand, and a robot control apparatus that controls the robot. The robot control apparatus, when causing the robot to transfer the work at a predetermined work transfer position by controlling the robot, performs a presence/absence confirmation of the work by operating the gripping mechanism while causing the hand to retract after the hand reaches the work transfer position.
US08983651B2	Zone controller for modular conveyor system Method and apparatus for controlling a conveyor system including a conveyor zone having a plurality of conveyor regions. A zone controller is configured to track the position of one or more articles within a controlled zone. The zone controller may be operatively coupled to controllers of adjacent zones, and may receive and transmit data relating to the position of articles in the controlled zone and whether the zone is accepting articles from the other controllers. Articles are moved within the controlled zone by selectively activating the zone based on determined positions of articles within the controlled zone, the positions of articles within adjacent zones, and/or the operating mode of the zone. The zone controller may thereby operate cooperatively with adjacent zones to manage spacing between articles by selectively positioning multiple articles within the zone, and may accumulate or discharge articles from the conveyor system in a desired arrangement.
US08983649B2	Automated storage system and transport vehicle An automated storage system for vehicles or the like is provided with a guidance system that interacts with a remote-controlled transport system that transports a vehicle between an access location, such a drive-up location, and a storage location. More particularly, in one embodiment, an omni-directional, battery-powered, wirelessly-controlled, transport system or so-called automated guided vehicle (“AGV”) is designed to follow magnetic field generating wires and RFID chips on the floors of the parking facility to move forward, backward and side to side underneath cars that are parked on a flat surface. In one embodiment, the AGV automatically contracts and expands its body to slide its arms under the wheelbase of a car, lift the car, and roll with speed and precision in any direction on to a waiting lift, that will then raise and lower the AGV and its automobile payload toward its ultimate destination.
US08983648B2	Method and device for sorting two types of objects in multiple sorting passes Two types of objects are sorted in multiple sorting passes, for instance flat mail items are precisely sorted into a delivery sequence. Objects of a first object type are fed to a sorting system from a first feeding device. Objects of a second object type are fed from a second feeding device. The sorting system sorts the objects in at least two successive sorting passes. A first sorting plan and a second sorting plan are used in each sorting pass except in the last sorting pass, where a sorting plan is used. Each first sorting plan assigns a sorting end location of a first sorting end-location region and each second sorting plan assigns a sorting end location of a second sorting end-location region. A sorting end location is selected for each object using a sorting plan in each sorting pass, and the object is transferred into the selected sorting end location.
US08983647B1	Inventory system with climate-controlled inventory An inventory system includes a first inventory holder positioned in a first climate-controlled zone of a workspace that is at a below-freezing temperature. The system also includes a second inventory holder positioned in a second climate-controlled zone that is at an above-freezing refrigerated temperature. The system also includes a third inventory holder positioned in a third climate-controlled zone that is at ambient conditions. The system also includes a management module operable to receive an order for the first inventory item, an order for the second inventory item, and an order for the third inventory item. The management module instructs a first mobile drive unit to transport the first inventory holder to an inventory station, instructs a second mobile drive unit to transport the second inventory holder to the inventory station, and instructs a third mobile drive unit to transport the third inventory holder to the inventory station.
US08983646B1	Interactive digital drawing and physical realization A system and method for interactively producing a 3D representation of a vector graphic is disclosed. A vector graphic representing a 2D graphic having a number of endpoints joined by vector segments is automatically or interactively converted into a triangulated mesh in a form readable by a 3D printer. The conversion from vector graphic to a triangulated mesh is accomplished by generating an n-sided polygon in the vicinity of each endpoint of the vector graphic. Each of the vertices of the polygon are then be joined by a line to a corresponding vertex on the next adjacent polygon. Each vertex is also joined to an adjacent vertex on the next adjacent polygon. The process is continued until all polygons are joined, resulting in a triangulated mesh, which is then converted into a format readable by a 3D printer and sent to a 3D printer to produce the 3D representation.
US08983643B2	Method for generating and building support structures with deposition-based digital manufacturing systems A method for generating data for a support structure to be built with a deposition-based digital manufacturing system, the method comprising generating a convex hull polygon based on a boundary polygon of a layer of the support structure, offsetting the convex hull polygon inward, offsetting the boundary polygon outward, and generating an intersection boundary polygon based at least in part on the offset boundary polygon and the offset convex hull polygon.
US08983642B2	Systems and methods for the identification and/or distribution of music and other forms of useful information The present invention relates generally to the field of telecommunications systems and methods. More specifically, the present invention is directed to systems and methods for identifying and/or distributing music and other types of useful information for users in a very simple and convenient manner. A variety of systems and methods are disclosed which provide users with quick and convenient access to various forms of information, such as, for example, audio information including music and news items as well as coupons and other information. The systems and methods allow users to store data representative of a time of transmission and preferably a source of transmission so that data of interest may be identified for ordering an/or downloading.
US08983638B2	Automatic audio track setup Embodiments for automatic audio track setup are disclosed.
US08983637B2	Determining authenticity of reported fitness-related activities An activity tracking system is configured to receive an activity report identifying a fitness-related action that is reported to have been completed by a participant. Upon receipt of the activity report, the activity reporting system verifies the workout, e.g., by obtaining data that can be used by the activity reporting system to determine whether the activity report represents actual activity as reported by the participant or, in the alternative, suspect activity. Based on the data obtained from the one or more data sources and the information in the activity report, the activity tracking system determines a probability that the activity report represents legitimate fitness activity. This probability determination may then be output or reported to other systems (e.g., fitness history databases, websites, and the like, third party systems (e.g., incentive systems, reward systems, and the like).
US08983636B1	Client configuration tool A client configuration tool configured to program a universal master control station to allow expansion of an existing oil field, monitoring and controlling of subsea/topside field equipment provided by multiple vendors, or combinations thereof.
US08983635B2	System and method for protection system design support A method and system for examining, auditing, and safely evaluating process systems, including fluid pressure systems and nuclear plant systems, to aid overpressure design and/or sizing of overpressure equipment. The system includes a server subsystem, a storage subsystem, an assessment subsystem, and optionally a report generation subsystem, including computer hardware and application software for supporting these subsystems.
US08983633B2	Electrical equipment control device, electrical equipment control method and electrical equipment An equipment control device has: a reception unit for receiving desired time information indicating a desired operation start time or a desired operation termination time, operation period information and electrical power information; a time-shift period setting unit for setting a time-shift period indicating a period which has a time range including the desired time information and during which the operation start time or the operation termination time of a household appliance is shiftable; an electrical power charge information acquisition unit for acquiring electrical power charge information; an operation time computing unit for computing the operation start time or the operation termination time, on the basis of which the electricity charge that is billed when the household appliance is operated within the time-shift period falls to or below a predetermined charge; and a transmission unit for transmitting the operation start time or the operation termination time to the household appliance.
US08983627B2	Medical probe for electro-stimulation and bio-feedback training of pelvic floor musculature A probe system for electro-stimulation and bio-feedback training of muscles in the pelvic floor region, in particular for pelvic floor physiotherapy and diagnosis, includes a probe having a probe body which is insertable into a vagina or a rectum, and a plurality of electrodes which are positioned at several locations along the length and around the circumference on the outer surface of the probe, the probe system further includes a control unit, operationally coupled to the probe, adapted for receiving EMG signals from each of the electrodes and for processing each of the signals for mapping the response of the muscles in the pelvic floor region.
US08983626B2	Stimulation cuff and implantation tool Various embodiments concern wrapping a stimulation cuff around a nerve. The cuff can comprise a main body and at least one electrode. The main body can comprise an inner tab, an outer tab, and an intermediate portion extending between the inner tab and the outer tab, the at least one electrode disposed on the intermediate portion, the main body biased such that the cuff assumes the coiled arrangement. The cuff can be uncoiled by pulling on a first elongate element attached to a first tubular member, the first tubular member encircled within the cuff. The nerve can be engaged with an inner surface of the main body along the intermediate portion while the inner tab is releaseably attached to the first elongate element. The first elongate element can be released to allow the cuff to wrap around the nerve.
US08983625B2	Systems and methods for electrically stimulating patient tissue on or around one or more bony structures An implantable lead assembly for providing electrical stimulation to a patient includes a lead body; a terminal disposed along a proximal end of the lead body; and an orthopedic implant coupled to a distal end of the lead body. The orthopedic implant is configured and arranged for anchoring to a bony structure. At least one mounting region is disposed along the orthopedic implant. The at least one mounting region is configured and arranged for anchoring the orthopedic implant to the at least one bony structure. An electrode is disposed along a stimulation region of the orthopedic implant. A conductor electrically couples the terminal to the electrode.
US08983617B2	Method and apparatus for controlling neurostimulation according to physical state A neurostimulation system senses a signal indicative of a patient's physical state such as posture and/or activity level. In various embodiments, a stored value for each of stimulation parameters controlling delivery of neurostimulation is selected according to the patient's physical state. In various embodiments, values of the stimulation parameters are approximately optimized for each of a number of different physical states, and are stored for later selection.
US08983610B2	Hybrid method for modulating upper airway function in a subject A hybrid method is provided for modulating upper airway function in a subject. The method includes applying first and second therapy signals to the subject to modulate at least one extrinsic laryngeal muscle and at least one intrinsic laryngeal muscle to synergistically control laryngeal motion and vocal fold movement, respectively.
US08983603B2	Methods and systems for identifying and using heart rate variability and heart rate variation A heart rate variability or heart rate variation can be identified using sensed and/or paced heart beats. One or more patient metrics, such as a variability index or a variation index, can correspond to the identified heart rate variability or heart rate variation. The patient metrics can be used to identify a need for a particular therapy, such as a rate-responsive pacing therapy. The patient metrics can be used to identify patients at an elevated risk of death. Methods and systems to identify therapy indications or at-risk patients are provided. In an example, a patient risk profile can be adjusted, such as in response to an identified patient heart rate variability or heart rate variation. In an example, a rate-responsive pacing mode can be used to adjust the patient risk profile.
US08983598B2	System for neurally-mediated anti-arrhythmic therapy According to an embodiment of a method, a predetermined cardiac activity indicated for an antitachycardia shock is detected. Neural stimulation is applied to lower a defibrillation threshold in preparation for the shock, and the shock is subcutaneously delivered. According to one embodiment, neural stimulation is applied as part of a prophylactic therapy. A predetermined cardiac activity indicated for an antitachycardia shock is detected, and the shock is subcutaneously delivered. Other aspects and embodiments are provided herein.
US08983597B2	Medical monitoring and treatment device with external pacing A non-invasive bodily-attached ambulatory medical monitoring and treatment device with pacing is provided. The noninvasive ambulatory pacing device includes a battery, at least one therapy electrode coupled to the battery, a memory storing information indicative of a patient's cardiac activity, and at least one processor coupled to the memory and the at least one therapy electrode. The at least one processor is configured to identify a cardiac arrhythmia within the information and execute at least one pacing routine to treat the identified cardiac arrhythmia.
US08983596B2	Electro-optical tissue stimulator and method of use An electro-optical tissue stimulator for administering therapy to a body is disclosed comprising a housing and an active tip. The electro-optical tissue stimulator includes a microcurrent electrostimulation therapy unit which delivers current through a first and a second electrode in the active tip. The electro-optical tissue stimulator also includes an optical radiation therapy unit which delivers optical radiation through a light output port in the active tip. The active tip is shaped for administering myofascial tissue release therapy. The device can administer microcurrent electrostimulation therapy, optical radiation therapy, and myofascial tissue release therapy to tissues of a body. A method of treating pain is disclosed which includes the steps of identifying a treatment area on a body to receive therapy, and contacting the treatment area with the active tip, wherein the treatment area receives microcurrent electrostimulation therapy, optical radiation therapy, and myofascial tissue release therapy.
US08983594B2	Electronic control of drug delivery system In an exemplary embodiment, a drug delivery device for driving an electrotransport current through a body surface of a user is provided. The device includes a patch with two electrodes and one or more reservoirs storing a therapeutic agent. The one or more reservoirs release the therapeutic agent into the body surface of the user when the reservoirs are positioned over the electrodes to form an electrical path for the electrotransport current. The device includes a controller which controls a controllable power supply to drive the electrotransport current through the body surface of the user in a predetermined profile.
US08983593B2	Method of assessing neural function A method of determining a change in nerve function attributable to a surgical procedure includes assessing the nerve function via a first, induced mechanomyographic muscle response prior to the surgical procedure, and reassessing the nerve function via a second, induced mechanomyographic muscle response after the surgical procedure. Each mechanomyographic muscle response may be induced through an electrical stimulus provided directly to the nerve of the subject.
US08983590B2	Medical device and method for determining a dyssynchronicity measure technical field In an implantable medical device, such as a bi-ventricular pacemaker and a method for detecting and monitoring mechanical dyssynchronicity of the heart, a dyssynchronicity measure indicating a degree of mechanical dyssynchronicity of a heart of a patient is calculated. A first intracardiac impedance set is measured using electrodes placed such that the first intracardiac impedance set substantially reflects a mechanical activity of the left side of the heart and a second intracardiac impedance set is measure using electrodes placed such that the second intracardiac impedance set substantially reflects a mechanical activity of the right side of the heart. The measure of a dyssynchronicity is calculated based on a resulting parameter set from a comparison between at least a subset of the first and the second impedance sets, respectively, the subsets containing information of the mechanical systole, wherein a reduced dyssynchronicity measure corresponds to an improved synchronicity between the right side and the left side of the heart.
US08983589B2	Automatic measurement of ischemic levels in coronary segments to determine artery responsible therefor A method for localizing ischemia in segments of a heart in a patient under test includes attaching a plurality of electrodes to the patient to form a plurality of leads, capturing electric signals at each of the leads, determining a normalized vector magnitude for each lead as is inherent in a normal heart, calculating an output for each cardiac segment as a percentage of the left ventricle (LV) by adding up the contributions for all of the leads in the direction of each segment at the J point based on the normalized vector magnitudes and a correct calibration factor for conversion to the percent of LV and taking a dot product of each lead vector and each segment vector to identify a normalized response for each lead at each segment center and using the dot products to multiply the ST J-point signal for each lead.
US08983586B2	Beat-morphology matching scheme for cardiac sensing and event detection A medical device and associated method for classifying an unknown cardiac signal that includes sensing a cardiac signal over a plurality of cardiac cycles, determining a template of a known cardiac signal in response to the cardiac signal sensed over the plurality of cardiac cycles, sensing an unknown cardiac signal over an unknown cardiac cycle, determining a fourth order difference signal, determining a template alignment point and an unknown cardiac signal alignment point in response to the fourth order difference signal; determining an R-wave onset and an R-wave offset in response to the fourth order difference signal of the unknown cardiac cycle signal, determining an R-wave width as the difference between the R-wave onset and the R-wave offset, determining a morphology analysis window in response to the R-wave width, and determining a first morphology match metric across the morphology analysis window.
US08983580B2	Low-coherence interferometry and optical coherence tomography for image-guided surgical treatment of solid tumors A method of forming an image of tissue. The method includes beginning an invasive procedure on a patient exposing tissue. The method then includes acquiring OCT data from the exposed tissue and converting the OCT data into at least one image. The method also includes ending the invasive procedure after the converting of the data.
US08983579B2	Syringe with visual use indicator Systems and methods are presented for the visual indication of whether a power injector has discharged fluid from a power injector syringe in a previous medical procedure. In this regard, the systems and methods generally provide for a power injector and a syringe for use with the power injector. The syringe includes a visual indicator that moves between a first state and a second state at approximately the same time that the power injector discharges fluid from the syringe such that an operator may view the change in state.
US08983578B2	System and method for transducer placement in soft-field tomography A system and method for transducer placement in soft-field tomography are provided. One system includes a plurality of transducers configured for positioning at a surface of an object in a non-soft-field tomography configuration. The system also includes an interface and a processor communicating with the plurality of transducers via the interface. The processor is configured to perform soft-field sensing using soft-field data acquired by the plurality of transducers.
US08983577B2	System for determining the orientation of a catheter The present invention relates to a system for determining the orientation of a catheter (2). The system comprises a catheter (2), an asymmetric marker (11) attached to the catheter (2), and an imaging unit (25) for generating a projection image of the asymmetric marker (11), wherein the imaging unit (25) comprises a radiation source for generating radiation for projecting the asymmetric marker (11) in a projection plane and a detection unit for generating the projection image of the asymmetric marker (11) projected in the projection plane. The system comprises further an orientation determination unit for determining the orientation of the asymmetric marker (11) from the projection image of the asymmetric marker (11) and for determining the orientation of the catheter (2) from the determined orientation of the asymmetric marker (11). The asymmetric marker (11) is adapted such that the orientation of the asymmetric marker (11) is determinable from the projection image of the asymmetric marker (11) alone.
US08983575B2	Device and method for the determination of the position of a catheter in a vascular system The invention relates to a device and a method for the determination of the position of a catheter in a vascular system (8). In this, the measured positions (r1, r2) of two magnetic localizers at the tip of a catheter are displaced by correction vectors (k1, k2) while optimizing a quality dimension. The quality dimension includes a component taking account both of the deviation of the measured positions (r1, r2) from the vascular layout and of the deviation of the associated orientation (r2−r1) from the orientation of the vascular layout according to a vascular map. In addition, the quality dimension may include components which evaluate the measured shape of the catheter compared to the vascular map. An additional correction step can further ensure that the corrected positions (r1′, r2″) correspond to the preset fixed distance (d) of the localizers (4, 5).
US08983573B2	Radiation therapy system A radiation therapy System comprises a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus and a linear accelerator capable of generating a beam of radiation. The linear accelerator is immersed in and oriented with respect to the MRI magnetic field to expose the linear accelerator to magnetic force that directs particles therein along a central axis thereof.
US08983572B2	System and method for patient selection in treating sleep disordered breathing A system and method provides for determining patient eligibility for receiving an implantable upper airway stimulation system. Images and sensed data are obtained regarding an upper airway of a patient. Based on the obtained image and sensed data, an obstruction vector is determined according to a location, a pattern, and a degree of obstruction along the upper airway. A patient candidate filter is applied against a patient health profile. Patient eligibility is determined based on the obstruction vector and application of the patient candidate filter.
US08983569B2	Comfortably securing physiological sensors onto a person during sleep A physiological sensor apparatus comprises a physiological sensor, a headband and an eye mask. In one example, the physiological sensor includes a plurality of electroencephalography (EEG) electrodes that are used to sense a signal indicative of a sleep stage (e.g., REM sleep or non-REM sleep) of a user. Each end of the headband attaches to respective ends of the sensor and eye mask such that when the sensor is disposed on the forehead of the user, the eye mask shields the eyes of the user from visible light. The diameter of the headband is adjustable by the user to secure the sensor to the forehead of the user. The sensor accurately determines the sleep stages of the user over a period of sleep of the user because the adjustable headband and eye mask prevent the electrodes from being displaced from the forehead of the user during the period of sleep.
US08983564B2	Perfusion index smoother An embodiment of the present disclosure seeks to smooth a perfusion index measurement through use of a baseline perfusion index measurement and/or through the use of multiple PI calculations. The combination of the baseline perfusion index measurement reduces an error between a calculated measurement of PI and actual conditions.
US08983549B2	Method of acquisition by a mobile terminal of complementary information related to at least one poster present on a display panel A method of acquisition by a mobile terminal (20) situated in proximity to a display panel (10), of complementary information related to at least one poster (11) present on the display panel (10), the method including the following steps: acquisition of the identification data (S1) making it possible to identify the display panel (10), transmission of the identification data (S2) to a processing service by way of a communication network; and reception, from the processing service, of the complementary information relating to the poster (11) presented on the display panel (10) identified by the processing service on the basis of the identification data.
US08983546B2	Rectifier circuit management system, for use in cell site power systems Systems, apparatus, methods, and manufactures for conserving power in a communications system such as a communications service cell site or cell site. The methods include adjusting the RF coverage of the cell site antenna, selective control of the RF output transmit power, selective control of the communications bit rate, transfer of communications to other cell sites, adjustment of indicators such that mobile devices transfer communications to other cell sites, and reallocation of logical slots between radios in the cell site. In some examples, the cell site employs a power controller. The power controller may utilize a switching circuit to produce two different voltages from a single battery string during a commercial power failure with improved conversion efficiencies. In another example, a power controller may manage multiple rectifiers so that the rectifiers operate more efficiently, such as with approximately equal runtime and with regular testing.
US08983545B2	Automatic selection of SIM card for multi-SIM mobile devices A mobile device includes multiple subscriber identification module (SIM) cards. When a user of the mobile device requests to call a phone number, the mobile device determines a mobile telecommunications service provider of the phone number, based on service provider information received for the phone number from a service mapping server. The mobile device selects for the call a SIM card from the multiple SIM cards that is associated with the determined service provider of the phone number. The mobile device places the call to the phone number using the selected SIM card.
US08983544B2	Communication system and communication method The present invention relates to a communication system and a communication method. The communication system includes a micro IC card, a radio frequency (RF) card sleeve and a multi-frequency card reader. The micro IC card is used to communicate with the RF card sleeve through a contact interface. The multi-frequency card reader is used to perform an RF communication with the RF card sleeve. The communication method includes exchanging data with a micro IC card through an RF channel; and the micro IC card sleeve exchanges data with the micro IC card by a contact communication. The communication system and method provide operators a working environment to adapt cards with different frequencies. Thus, telecommunication operators and financial service providers are able to independently issue their own cards, which lowers difficulties of promoting mobile payment services, and aids to boost the popularization and applications of the mobile payment services.
US08983543B2	Methods and apparatus for managing data within a secure element Apparatus and methods for managing and sharing data across multiple access control clients in devices. In one embodiment, the access control clients comprise electronic Subscriber Identity Modules (eSIMs) disposed on a embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC). Each eSIM contains its own data. An Advanced Subscriber Identity Toolkit application maintained within the eUICC facilitates managing and sharing multiple eSIMs' data for various purposes such as sharing phonebook contacts or facilitating automatic switch-over between the multiple eSIMs (such as based on user context).
US08983538B1	Cellular communication device with wireless pointing device function A method and apparatus receive first input through a touch screen and communicate over a cellular network responsive to the first input. The method and apparatus receive second input through the touch screen and use the second input to control, through a wireless network other than the cellular network, an image displayed on a screen of a second device.
US08983533B2	Multimode communication terminal and multimode communication implementation A method for enabling a MIMO operation mode in a multimode communication terminal includes switching a first channel module to have parameter characteristics consistent with those of a second channel module, so that the multimode communication terminal enables the MIMO operation mode by using the first channel module and the second channel module at the same time. The method also includes extracting corresponding parameters from the second channel module and configuring the first channel module to be switched with the extracted parameters, such that the first channel module and second channel module enable the multimode communication terminal to perform MIMO communication. The method further includes issuing, upon determination of a switch, notification instructions to means in channel switch layer means and changing a data channel associated with the first channel module, such that the first channel module and second channel module can be adapted to the MIMO operation mode.
US08983531B2	Communication device A first communication device is configured to: transmit first wireless settings for joining to a first type of wireless network to a second communication device in a first case where the second communication device can join the first type of wireless network in a specific mode for performing direct wireless communication with the first communication device; transmit second wireless settings for joining to a second type of wireless network to the second communication device in a second case where the second communication device cannot join the first type of wireless network in the specific mode; perform direct wireless communication with the second communication device using the first type of wireless network in the first case; and perform wireless communication of the target data with the second communication device through a specific relaying device using the second type of wireless network in the second case.
US08983530B2	Data session continuity between wireless networks Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods to provide data session continuity between wireless networks. In a particular embodiment, a method provides receiving a request to create a data session for a wireless communication device exchanging communications with a wireless local area network via a wireless access point. The method further provides determining an access point identifier for the wireless access point and selecting a control system for a cellular communication network of a plurality of cellular communication networks based on the access point identifier. The method further provides anchoring the data session to the control system.
US08983528B2	Device and method for disconnecting download channel of hand-held terminal The disclosure provides a device and method for disconnecting a download channel of a hand-held terminal. The device comprises: a connection/disconnection unit (308), which comprises a fuse module (308-2) and a fusing module (308-4), arranged between a download connection point (302) and a microprocessor (306); when no downloading is needed by the hand-held terminal, the fusing module (308-4) is provided with a level signal through the download connection point, and switch characteristics of a triode or an MOSFET in the fusing module (308-4) are utilized, to control the connection/disconnection of the download channel between the download connection point (302) and the microprocessor (306), thus avoiding generation of new download channel.
US08983525B2	Mobile communication system, base station device, and mobile communication terminal A mobile communication system includes: a plurality of mobile communication terminals; and a first base station device configured to wirelessly communicate with the plurality of mobile communication terminals. The first base station device is configured to report to the plurality of mobile communication terminals that a second base station device allowing only a particular mobile communication terminal access is set to allow all the plurality of mobile communication terminals access, by transmitting using cell broadcast service, identification information of the second station device.
US08983521B2	Pilot power setting method and femtocell using the same A pilot power setting method and a femtocell using the same are disclosed. The pilot power setting method is for using in a femtocell which is operated in a closed mode to provide service to a user equipment (UE). The method includes the following steps. A communication link connecting the UE and the femtocell is established. A command is provided to the UE, which returns n items of path loss information to the femtocell in a pre-determined period according to the command, wherein n is a natural number which is greater than 1. A maximum path loss information between the UE and the femtocell is obtained from the n items of path loss information in the pre-determined period. A predicted pilot power is obtained according to the maximum path loss information. A pilot power of the femtocell is set according to the predicted pilot power.
US08983515B2	Wireless communication system, wireless communication terminal and method of wireless communication A wireless communication system includes: a transmitter to transmit information about cells neighboring to a cell in which a wireless communication terminal exists; a receiver to receive the information about the neighboring cells; a first managing unit to manage a count of not being selected as a transition destination cell for each of the neighboring cells; and a second managing unit to manage a rank of each of the neighboring cells as a transition destination candidate cell based on the count of each of the neighboring cells, the second managing unit selecting the transition destination cell based on the rank.
US08983514B2	Method and device for transmitting and receiving available channel information within white space band The present invention relates to a method for a first station (STA) comprising: obtaining available channel information by accessing a database that manages the available channel information within the white space band, and transmitting a white space map (WSM) generated according to the available channel information to a second STA, the WSM includes a channel map field having a variable length, a length field including the length of the channel map field, and map ID information indicating a type of the WSM and whether the WSM being updated; and if the available channel information obtained from the DB indicates that no available channel exists within the white space band, a map ID is set to indicate that the WSM is the updated WSM, and the first STA transmits the WSM which is set as the length field to indicate that the length of the channel map field is 0.
US08983512B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting messages A method, a base station, a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) Coordination Entity (MCE), and a system for transmitting messages are provided. The method includes the steps of: defining a transmission order for different services in a service area; defining an arranging order of different messages in the same Transport Block (TB); generating and transmitting first messages carrying the transmission order for different services and the arranging order of different messages so as to synchronize contents of the first message TBs. According to the above technical solutions, the content synchronization of the MCCH RRC message TBs may be achieved.
US08983502B2	Measures indicative of wireless data transfer rates for a user equipment A user equipment (26) for wireless communication with a mobile base station (18). The user equipment is configured to: obtain a current location (P4) of the user equipment; receive a set of quality measures indicative of wireless data transfer rates in an area (A) comprising the current location (P4); present on a graphical interface (218) of the user equipment i) a new location (P5) comprised in the area (A), or ii) a direction (D5) to the new location (P5) comprised in the area (A). The new location (P5) is, in comparison with the current location (P4), associated with a relatively higher quality measure indicative of a wireless data transfer rate. A network node for obtaining and providing the set of quality measures is also disclosed, as well as related methods and computer readable mediums.
US08983500B2	Mapping an event location via a calendar application A method of mapping a location of an event that is scheduled in a calendar application includes steps of identifying a contact associated with the event, determining address information associated with the contact, obtaining map data for the address information, and generating a map of the location associated with the contact based on the map data. Meeting or event locations can thus be mapped even if there is no event location or address information specified directly in the meeting request or appointment.
US08983494B1	Processing location information A system for processing location information is disclosed. The location information is received from a mobile device. One or more polygons associated with the received location information are determined. A representation of the mobile device is stored based at least in part on the determined one or more polygons associated with the received location information.
US08983493B2	Method and system for selecting and providing a relevant subset of Wi-Fi location information to a mobile client device so the client device may estimate its position with efficient utilization of resources A method of providing a relevant subset of information to a client device is based in part on scanning for Wi-Fi access points within range of the client device, using a Wi-Fi database that covers a large target region to retrieve information about these access points, using this information to estimate the position of the mobile client device, selecting a limited region in the vicinity of the estimated location of the client device, and providing information about Wi-Fi access points within this limited region to the client. For efficient transfer and maintenance of data, the target region may be divided into a hierarchy of fixed geographical tiles.
US08983491B2	Adaptive location tracking system This document presents a location tracking system comprising a plurality of location tracking nodes disposed to cover an area where the location tracking is to be carried out, at least one mobile tag configured to communicate with at least one of said plurality of location tracking nodes at a time for location tracking purposes, and a control apparatus configured to control operational parameters of the plurality of location tracking nodes and the at least one mobile tag. The control apparatus and the plurality of location tracking nodes are configured to carry out an automatic calibration phase during operation of the location tracking system the location tracking nodes transmit and receive test signals between the neighboring nodes, and report measurement results to the control apparatus. The control apparatus then optimizes the operation parameters of the location tracking system on the basis of received measurement reports.
US08983489B2	Method for positioning by Wi-Fi signals A method for positioning a terminal using signals received from a plurality of access points of at least one wireless telecommunications network is disclosed. According to some aspects, the terminal first retrieves identifiers of the access points from the received signals, then searches in a first database (BDP) for respective geographical position information for the access points. A first estimation of a position of the terminal or a positioning zone of the terminal is obtained from geographical position information of the access points, then topographical information corresponding to the first estimation of the position or the positioning zone is retrieved from a second database (SIG). A second estimation of the position of the terminal is performed using the topographical information thus obtained.
US08983487B2	Adaptive transmission device using limited feedback information in a mobile communication system, and a method thereof The present invention relates to an adaptive transmitting device using limited feedback information in a mobile communication system, and a method thereof. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the base station transmits a pilot signal to the terminal, the terminal generates channel information by using the pilot signal, generates additional channel information from the channel information, and transmits the channel information and the additional channel information to the base station. The base station determines band allocation, power allocation, and modulation methods for each use by using received feedback information, and transmits modulated traffic data to the terminal according to the determined methods.
US08983486B2	Statistical weighting and adjustment of state variables in a radio A method involving receiving a real time communication signal at a radio receiver involves measuring at least one performance value associated with the radio receiver with an installed set of state variables; at a processor forming a part of the radio receiver: iteratively changing at least one of the state variables within a prescribed range in order to identify an improved value of the state variable that provides an improvement to the at least one performance value; storing the improved value of the state variable; applying a statistical weighting to the improved value and storing the statistical weighting; and adjusting the prescribed range of the state variable based upon the statistical weighting to provide a revised prescribed range that is statistically likely to contain state variable that provides improvement in the at least one performance value. This abstract is not to be considered limiting.
US08983483B2	Management device for serving network or device and resource management method thereof Disclosed is a method of managing resources to allow networks or devices coexist. To this end, a neighbor discovering method of an apparatus including a coexistence manager (CM) includes: receiving, by the CM, a request from a television band device (TVBD) network or device served by the CM; obtaining, by the CM, neighbor information of the TVBD network or device in response to the request; and transmitting, by the CM, the obtained neighbor information to the TVBD network or device, wherein the neighbor information includes an identifier of a neighbor TVBD network or device interfering the TVBD network or device.
US08983482B2	Method for detecting a network or device and a neighbor thereof Provided is a method for detecting a network or device and a neighbor thereof, in order to detect networks or devices which substantially interfere with each other and to manage resources in consideration of the substantial interfering relationships so that the networks or devices can efficiently coexist. To this end, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for detecting a neighbor of a television band device (TVBD) network or device comprises the steps of: transmitting a request to a coexistence manager which serves the TVBD network or device; and receiving neighbor information on the TVBD network or device in response to the request, wherein the neighbor information includes an identifier of a neighbor TVBD network or device which interferes with the TVBD network or device, and the neighbor information is based on operating channels of the TVBD network or device and the neighbor TVBD network or device.
US08983481B2	Apparatuses and methods for measurement reporting in a wireless communications system A mobile communications device with a wireless module and a controller module is provided. The wireless module performs wireless transceiving to and from a first cellular station of a first service network and a second cellular station of a second service network, wherein the first service network is a long term evolution (LTE) network and the second service network is a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network. The controller module receives a measurement request message from the first cellular station via the wireless module, performs a measurement on the second cellular station in response to the measurement request message and reports the measurement result to the first service network via the wireless module, wherein the second cellular station is previously not requested or configured by the first service network to be measured.
US08983480B2	Multiplexing on the reverse link feedbacks for multiple forward link frequencies A method and apparatus for multiplexing reverse link feedback channels on a single reverse link frequency supporting multiple forward link frequencies for forward link channels is provided. The design includes assigning the reverse link frequency to a mobile station, assigning one or more of the forward link frequencies to the reverse link frequency, and code division multiplexing a plurality of the reverse link feedback channels on the reverse link frequency.
US08983478B2	Allocating resources for shared and non-shared downlink wireless resources A wireless network dynamically allocating a timeslot to a downlink dedicated channel to a user equipment (UE) in a cell is disclosed. A call may be reallocated a different timeslot midcall where the different timeslot has a highest quality rank in the cell. The timeslot may then be allocated to a downlink shared channel in the cell. The allocation of the timeslot to the downlink dedicated channel may be prioritized over the allocation of the timeslot to the downlink shared channel.
US08983472B2	Handoff of a multimedia call session using background network scanning A method and system supporting handoff of a multimedia call session using background network scanning is disclosed. A mobile multimedia handset may engage in the exchange of a multimedia information stream via a first wireless network, and may sniff a portion of radio frequency spectrum for a second wireless network. Information about available services and network quality of service for the second network may be received by querying the second wireless network or from advertising by the second wireless network. Hand-off between the two networks may be based upon the results of the comparison and one or more user-defined criteria, and the handoff may be synchronized according to predefined events in the stream of multimedia information.
US08983470B1	Automatic identification of clustered near neighbor cells in wireless networks A networked computer system in a cellular communications network comprises a processor, a memory, and a non-transitory computer readable medium with computer executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to generate a local cluster list by identifying a plurality of cells that are relevant to a maintenance or optimization operation of a reference cell using at least one neighbor cell list, a centroid of the reference cell, radio network planning data, or usage data of the reference cell, the local cluster list including local cluster information for the plurality of cells that are relevant to the maintenance or optimization operation, and store the local cluster list in the memory.
US08983467B2	Method and apparatus for access point selection using channel correlation in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus are provided for access point selection in wireless communication systems, such as wireless LANs. A disclosed wireless communication device includes a roaming process that selects an access point based on a measure of correlation on a channel to one or more surrounding access points. The roaming process selects an access point, for example, having the lowest correlation value. The roaming process may also consider the signal quality, channel delay spread or both in selecting an access point.
US08983465B2	Mobile communication method and mobile station A mobile station UE according to the present invention includes a control unit 12 configured, upon determination based on “EPC-MO-LR support” included in “Attach Accept” or “TAU Accept” received from a mobility management node MME that “EPC-MO-LR” is not supported in a mobile communication system of an E-UTRAN scheme, to switch the E-UTRAN scheme to a UTRAN scheme after establishing a connection in the mobile communication system of the E-UTRAN scheme, and then transmit “NAS MO-LR Request” to a mobile switching center SGSN/MSC.
US08983459B2	Modification of information in a communication network A method for modifying information stored in a mobile communication network includes steps of receiving, in a network element, a request for an operation in the mobile communication network relating to a user equipment; deriving information on the first register on the basis of the request; determining information on a second register for the user equipment in the network element; comparing information on the first register derived on the basis of the request with information on the second register determined for the user equipment in the network element; and if the outcome of the comparison indicates a mismatch between the information on the first and second registers, the second register is requested to initiate the modification of information in a third register. A network element implementing at least part of the steps of the method is also described.
US08983457B2	Policy control architecture comprising an independent identity provider A policy control architecture for handling policies in communication networks. An independent Identity Provider (IDP) generates IDP user terminal entries for policy control information. Policy controllers are logically divided into separate policy control units. Of these, a User Policy Controller (UPC) generates UPC user terminal entries for service subscriptions, and a Business Policy Controller (BPC) applies related policies on the services.
US08983451B2	Wireless communication systems with femto nodes Systems and methods for storing information in a user zone list are described herein. According to the systems and methods herein, the user zone list includes multiple user zone files and the user zone files include information regarding a communication interface type.
US08983449B1	End user controlled temporary mobile phone service device swapping system and method User controlled temporary mobile phone and/or data service device swapping systems and methods including particular implementations and embodiments comprising a plurality of mobile phone user control accounts at least a first telephone number or other registration number registered with each of the plurality of phone service or cellular service user control accounts, and at least two different phone devices registered with each of the plurality of user control accounts, and a mobile phone user interface configured to receive input from the mobile phone user to indicate which of the at least two different mobile phone or cellular devices associated with the mobile phone user control account is to be associated and to transmit data indicating the association to a phone number or other service access number registry.
US08983447B2	Methods, systems and devices for dynamic HPLMN configuration Methods, devices and systems enable the dynamic updating of home public land mobile network (HPLMN) information stored on a subscriber identification module (SIM) to avoid a roaming indication, without requiring any modifications to the mobile device modem, SIM application programming interface (API), the modem software, or the mobile device operating system. A mobile device may scan available public land mobile networks (PLMNs) to identify a participating PLMN to which the mobile device may connect, and receive network values having a mobile country code (MCC) value and a mobile network code (MNC) value from the identified PLMN. The mobile device may overwrite an existing HPLMN value and/or one or more IMSI values on the SIM with the receive network values.
US08983446B2	Systems and methods for the detection and allowance of transmission facilities A method of detecting a transmitting device within a facility is disclosed. The method involves detecting the transmitting device of a wireless transmission detection facility; communicating signal information relating to the detected transmitting device to a central unit where the detected transmitting device is identified; determining whether the detected transmitting device is allowed within the facility and providing instruction to a transmitting device to interfere with the detected transmitting device when the detected transmitting device is not allowed in the facility and providing instructions and methodologies when the detected transmitting device is allowed in the facility.
US08983444B2	Method for controlling portable device by using humidity sensor and portable device thereof A method of controlling a portable device having a humidity sensor is provided. The method includes measuring a humidity level around the portable device using the humidity sensor when a call event occurs, comparing the measured humidity level with a preset threshold value, and controlling on/off of a display unit of the portable device according to a comparison outcome.
US08983443B2	Method for managing multiple radio access bearers in a single handset A method for managing a voice call while simultaneously running a data application on a handset having a display includes determining whether the display on the handset is on or off; and if the display is off, then suspending data transfer supporting the data application. Other conditions for suspending data transfer include whether an application is in the foreground of the display; whether the handset is in proximity to a user's head, or if network reception quality exceeds a threshold.
US08983441B2	Apparatus and method for portable terminal having dual subscriber identity module card A method of operating a portable terminal having a dual Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card is provided. The method includes displaying a message regarding whether to set a dual SIM active function, selecting an area included in the message, and confirming a setting of the dual SIM active function upon the selection of the area included in the message.
US08983438B2	System and method for enabling a mobile communication device to operate as a financial presentation device A provisioning system for enabling a mobile communication device to operate as a financial presentation device (FPD) which is presentable to providers of goods or service is provided. The provisioning system relies on a transaction processing system that normally routes authorization requests from merchants to issuers of FPDs for purposes of authorizing FPD transactions. The transaction processing system already stores security keys of all issuers in order to validate transaction data being sent from the merchants. The provisioning system monitors authorization requests being routed through the transaction processing system and retrieves an authorization request of a financial transaction that was initiated with a particular FPD. The provisioning system then transmits the FPD data contained in the retrieved authorization request and the security key stored in the transaction processing system to a secure memory element of the mobile communication device so as to enable the mobile communication device to operate as a FPD.
US08983432B2	Management systems for multiple access control entities Methods and apparatus for managing multiple user access control entities or clients. For example, in one embodiment, a “wallet” of electronic subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) may be stored and used at a user device and/or distributed to other devices for use thereon. In another embodiment, a networked server may store and distribute eSIM to a plurality of user devices in communication therewith. A database of available eSIM is maintained at the wallet entity and/or at the network which enables request for a particular eSIM to be processed and various rules for the distribution thereof to be implemented. Security precautions are implemented to protect both user and network carrier specific data as the data is transmitted between networked entities. Solutions for eSIM backup and restoration are also described.
US08983428B2	Mobile communication system, home base station, and mobile station In a mobile communication system according to the present invention, the mobile communication system is configured to manage a specific mobile station which is allowed to communicate through a CSG cell under the control of a home base station (Home-eNB); and a general mobile station (UE) other than the specific mobile station is configured to be capable of using the CSG cell as a camped cell, only when broadcast information indicating an allowance of a camping in the specific cell is received.
US08983425B2	Method and apparatus for dynamic location-based message notification In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for dynamic location-based message notification. In one embodiment, a method for providing alerts to a computing device includes identifying, via a set of location-specific computing resources, a current location of the computing device and sending at least one alert to the computing device, based on the current location.
US08983421B2	Semiconductor device and operating method thereof In an organic memory which is included in a radio chip formed from a thin film, data are written to the organic memory by a signal inputted with a wired connection, and the data is read with a signal by radio transmission. A bit line and a word line which form the organic memory are each selected by a signal which specifies an address generated based on the signal inputted with a wired connection. A voltage is applied to a selected memory element. Thus writing is performed. Reading is performed by a clock signal or the like which are generated from a radio signal.
US08983415B2	Antenna system monitor A system is disclosed for monitoring of individual frequency channels in an RF signal band by configuration of the electronic processor to operate the tunable filter to select desired channel sub bands. Measurement of forward and/or reverse-propagating fields within the selected sub-bands may be performed and corresponding power levels recorded. The records may be used to provide monitoring signals, such as measures of forward and reflected power, as well as VSWR, return loss. Indications or alarms may be activated if any of these quantities, associated with any one or more channels, falls outside a predetermined acceptable operating range.
US08983409B2	Auto configurable 2/3 wire serial interface An automatically configurable 2-wire/3-wire serial communications interface (AC23SCI), which includes start-of-sequence (SOS) detection circuitry and sequence processing circuitry, is disclosed. When the SOS detection circuitry is coupled to a 2-wire serial communications bus, the SOS detection circuitry detects an SOS of a received sequence based on a serial data signal and a serial clock signal. When the SOS detection circuitry is coupled to a 3-wire serial communications bus, the SOS detection circuitry detects the SOS of the received sequence based on a chip select (CS) signal. The SOS detection circuitry provides an indication of detection of the SOS to the sequence processing circuitry, which initiates processing of the received sequence using the serial data signal and the serial clock signal upon the detection of the SOS. As such, the AC23SCI automatically configures itself for operation with some 2-wire and some 3-wire serial communications buses without external intervention.
US08983407B2	Selectable PA bias temperature compensation circuitry Radio frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA) circuitry, which transmits RF signals is disclosed. The RF PA circuitry includes a final stage, a final stage current digital-to-analog converter (IDAC), and a final stage temperature compensation circuit. A final stage current reference circuit may provide an uncompensated final stage reference current to the final stage temperature compensation circuit, which receives and temperature compensates the uncompensated final stage reference current to provide a final stage reference current. The final stage IDAC uses the final stage reference current in a digital-to-analog conversion to provide a final stage bias signal to bias the final stage. The temperature compensation provided by the final stage temperature compensation circuit is selectable.
US08983404B2	Method and apparatus for providing content A method of providing content is provided. The method includes providing an interface for providing a service based on information regarding a wireless transceiver positioned close to an apparatus for providing content, the information being received from the wireless transceiver; requesting a waiting number for providing the service via the interface; and receiving the waiting number for providing the service, a waiting time, and content based on the waiting time.
US08983400B2	Systems and methods for reduction of triple transit effects in transceiver communications Systems and methods for transceiver communication are discussed herein. An exemplary system comprises a first transceiver unit comprising a first attenuator, a filter module, a gain module, and an antenna. The first attenuator may be configured to attenuate a transmission signal from a second transceiver module over a coaxial cable. The transmission signal may comprise a primary component and a triple transit component. The first attenuator may further be configured to attenuate and provide a reflection signal over the coaxial cable to the second transceiver module. The reflection signal may be based on a reflection of at least a portion of the transmission signal. The filter module configured to filter the transmission signal. The gain module may be configured to increase the gain of the transmission signal. The antenna may be configured to transmit the transmission signal.
US08983391B2	Signaling power allocation parameters for uplink coordinated multipoint (CoMP) A method for obtaining multiple path loss parameters by a user equipment (UE) is described. A radio resource control (RRC) signaling message is received from a serving eNode B. A first transmit power corresponding to a first reference signal is obtained from the RRC signaling message. A second transmit power corresponding to a second reference signal is obtained from the RRC signaling message. A first path loss parameter is calculated using the first transmit power. A second path loss parameter is calculated using the second transmit power.
US08983386B2	Remote power distribution A Method and system for remote power distribution and networking for passive devices is provided. In this regard, a sensor comprising a leaky wave antenna may be powered utilizing energy from a radio frequency signal received via the leaky wave antenna. The sensor may be operable to recover a baseband signal from the received radio frequency signal. The sensor may be operable to generate one or more sensor readings in response to the received baseband signal. The sensor may be operable to communicate the sensor reading to a source of the received radio frequency signal via a backscattered signal. The backscattered signal may be generated by controlling spacing between surfaces of the leaky wave antenna. The backscattered signal may be generated by switching a load in and out of a receive path of the sensor and/or by switching between a plurality of feed points of the leaky wave antenna.
US08983382B2	Radio beacon and method for selectively communicating in accordance with 5.8 and 5.9 GHz DSRC standards A radio beacon and a method for selective radio communication with a first onboard unit and a second onboard unit, in which a sequence of first data packet is transmitted to the first onboard unit in a first frequency band in accordance with 5.8 GHz DSRC standards, a sequence of second data packet is transmitted or received to/from the second onboard unit in accordance with 5.9 GHz DSRC standards, wherein the transmission of a data packet of the sequence of first data packet is delayed by the duration of the second data packet if the second data packet appears in the second frequency band.
US08983374B2	Receiver for near field communication and wireless power functionalities Exemplary embodiments are directed to a coexistence of NFC and wireless power functionalities. A device may include an antenna configured to receive a signal. The device may further include a communication circuit configured to selectively couple to the antenna in a default mode of operation. The device may further include a wireless power circuit configured to selectively couple to the antenna in response to detecting that the signal is provided to power or charge a load.
US08983368B2	Wireless bridge device and wireless communication system thereof A wireless bridge device for communicating between a telephone of a public switched telephone network and a wireless transceiver includes a first connecting port, a second connecting port, a first wireless communication module and a first audio conversion module. The first connecting port is coupled to a console base of the telephone. The second connecting port is coupled to a telephonic handset of the telephone. The first wireless communication module outputs wirelessly an incoming signal and receives wirelessly an outgoing signal. The first audio conversion module is coupled between the first connecting port and the first wireless communication module. The first audio conversion module determines whether the incoming signal is received or not. If so, the first audio conversion will convert sound signals transmitted between the telephone and the wireless transceiver.
US08983365B2	Systems and methods for communicating and rendering electronic program guide information via digital radio broadcast transmission Methods and systems for preparing data for broadcast via digital radio broadcast transmission is disclosed comprising the steps of receiving a plurality of content files corresponding to programming information for program content to be broadcast; receiving an index file having a pointer for each of the plurality of content files, wherein the index file is associated with a first logical address; storing the index file and the plurality of content files; scheduling a broadcast rotation of the index file and the plurality of content files (wherein the index file is scheduled for repeated transmission intermittently relative to selected ones of the content files); and transmitting the index file and the plurality of content files to an importer in accordance with the broadcast rotation.
US08983364B2	Methods and apparatus for interoperable satellite radio receivers Methods and apparatus are presented to allow one receiver architecture to be used for the reception of two different SDARS signals. Common receiver functions can be utilized to process each signal, thereby obviating the need to duplicate hardware elements. For example, it can be assumed that both signals will not be received at the same time, thus allowing for considerable hardware reuse and lowering the cost of an interoperable receiver.
US08983360B2	Method and system for printing having a web jam detecting unit A printing system including: a first printer that forms an image on continuous-form printing paper, and includes a pre-heating unit that preliminarily heats the continuous-form printing paper prior to fixation and a fixing unit that performs the fixation; and a second printer that forms an image on the continuous-form printing paper fed from the first printer. The second printer includes a jam detecting unit that detects, at a detection position upstream of a position where the second printer forms the image on the continuous-form printing paper, and a control unit that controls the jam detecting unit such that the jam detection is not performed for a period of time, over which a deformed portion of the continuous-form printing paper which has been at rest at the pre-heating unit of the first printer passes through the detection position of the jam detecting unit.
US08983359B2	Image-capturing apparatus and image-capturing system The present invention prevents units from becoming unbalanced and falling over when an image-capturing unit is opened over an image-forming unit when an image-forming unit, image-capturing unit and document-feeding unit are stacked over each other in order. The image-capturing unit is rotatably linked to the top of the image-forming unit by a first hinge means, and the document-feeding unit having document-feeding means is rotatably linked to the top of the image-capturing unit by second hinge means. Locking means for checking rotation (opening operation of the document-feeding unit) of the second hinge means is disposed on an opposite side of the second hinge means sandwiching the document-feeding means. The locking means is composed to check the opening operation of the second hinge means when the first hinge means is opened.
US08983351B2	Fixing device A fixing device includes a tubular member, a nip member, a backup member, and a bias member. The tubular member has an outer peripheral surface, an inner peripheral surface defining an internal space, and an axis defining an axis direction. The nip member is in contact with the inner peripheral surface. The backup member is opposed to the nip member and in contact with the outer peripheral surface to form a nip region for nipping a sheet conveyed in a conveying direction orthogonal to the axis direction. The backup member is configured to move in the conveying direction and the tubular member is configured to circularly move around the axis in accordance with the movement of the backup member due to a friction force generated between the tubular member and the backup member. The bias member protrudes toward the backup member through a bias region.
US08983350B2	Fixing device A fixing device for thermally fixing a developing agent image to a sheet fed in a sheet feeding direction includes a tubular flexible fusing member, a nip plate, a heater, a reflection plate, and a backup member. The tubular flexible fusing member has an inner peripheral surface defining an internal space and an axis defining an axial direction. The nip plate is disposed in the internal space, and the inner peripheral surface is in sliding contact with the nip plate. A heater is disposed in the internal space and confronts the nip plate in a confronting direction. The reflection plate is configured to reflect a radiant heat from the heater toward the nip plate. A backup member is configured to provide a nip region in cooperation with the nip plate for nipping the fusing member between the backup member and the nip plate.
US08983348B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus including same A fixing device that includes a rotary fixing member; a pressure roller configured to press against the fixing member to form a nip with the fixing member; and an induction heating unit as a heat source to heat the fixing member. The induction heating unit includes an excitation coil; a coil retainer to hold the excitation coil; and a cover member disposed opposite the coil retainer in an opposite side of the rotary fixing member, in which the cover member protrudes toward a central predetermined range of the excitation coil in an axial direction of the rotary fixing member to effectively cool the fixing device. The induction heating unit further includes a rectifying member to effectively cool the fixing device.
US08983347B2	Developing roller A developing roller is provided which is capable of forming a toner layer having the most uniform possible thickness on an outer peripheral surface of a roller body thereof. The roller body (2) of the developing roller (1) is formed from a rubber composition comprising: a base rubber which is a mixture comprising NBR and/or SBR, CR and an epichlorohydrin rubber; and not less than 2.5 parts by mass and not greater than 15 parts by mass of a tackiness imparting agent based on 100 parts by mass of the base rubber.
US08983341B2	Developing device and electrophotographic image forming apparatus including the same An electrophotographic image forming apparatus including first and second developing devices to develop electrostatic latent images formed on first and second photosensitive bodies, each of the first and second developing devices comprise a first toner containing unit to contain a toner, the second developing device further including a second toner containing unit that is connected to the first toner containing unit by a connecting unit.
US08983337B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a drive unit, an image bearing member, a developing unit, a support unit, an urging member, and a switching mechanism. The urging member generates an urging force for pivoting the support unit in an approaching direction in which a peripheral surface of a developing roller is moved toward a peripheral surface of the image bearing member. The switching mechanism switches the support unit between a first position (fitting position) and a second position (releasing position). The support unit includes: a second drive input section disposed coaxially with a pivot shaft and for receiving a rotational drive force from a drive output shaft of the drive unit; and a transmission mechanism for transmitting the rotational drive force to a first drive input section. The rotation direction of the rotational drive force is for rotation in a direction of pivoting the support unit in the approaching direction.
US08983336B2	Cleaning blade with a contacting layer, cleaning device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus Provided is a cleaning blade including a contacting corner portion which comes in contact with and cleans a surface of a member to be cleaned moving relative to the cleaning blade, a tip surface which configures one side with the contacting corner portion and faces an upstream side of the surface moving direction, a ventral surface which configures one side with the contacting corner portion and faces a downstream side, and a rear surface which shares one side with the tip surface and opposes the ventral surface.
US08983335B2	Process cartridge, developing device and image forming apparatus A process cartridge for an image forming apparatus includes a first frame supporting the photosensitive drum; a developing roller; a process member actable on the developing roller; a second frame supporting the developing roller and the process member, the second frame being movable between a contact position where the developing roller contacts the drum and a spacing position where the developing roller is spaced from the drum; a developing device contact; and a process member contact, wherein when the second frame is moved between the contact position and the spacing position, a movement path of the developing device contact overlaps a movement path of process member contact, as seen along the axial direction.
US08983332B2	Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same An image forming apparatus has an outline surrounded by a casing. The casing has an opening. The image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit configured to fix an image formed on a recording medium, and a control unit. The fixing unit includes a heating fixing member. The control unit is configured to control an opening degree of the opening based on temperature of a surface of or in the vicinity of the heating fixing member, so as to prevent emission of a substance by an air current to outside of the casing through the opening, during an image forming operation.
US08983329B2	Piezoelectric transformer type high-voltage power supply device and image forming apparatus A high-voltage power supply device includes: a piezoelectric transformer; a driving unit of the piezoelectric transformer; a detection unit configured to detect an output of the piezoelectric transformer; and a control unit configured to control the output of the piezoelectric transformer by giving a driving signal to the driving unit so that the output detected by the detection unit reaches a target value, wherein the control unit changes a frequency of the driving signal without changing a duty of the driving signal so as to set the frequency of the driving signal such that the output detected by the detection unit falls within a predetermined range including the target value, and after setting the frequency for the driving signal such that the output detected by the detection unit falls within the predetermined range, changes the duty of the driving signal so that the output detected by the detection unit reaches the target value.
US08983328B2	Connector for heater, fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus An image fixing apparatus includes a heater including a substrate, a first electrode provided on one side of the substrate and a second electrode provided on the other side of the substrate; and a connector, connected with the heater, for receiving electric power, the connector including an electrically insulative housing, and a contact terminal provided inside the housing and having first spring contact contacted to the first electrode and a second spring contact contacted to the second electrode, wherein the first spring contact and the second spring contact are disposed at positions different as seen in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate.
US08983327B2	Fixing control apparatus, fixing control program product, and image forming apparatus A fixing control apparatus which controls a fixing apparatus which includes multiple heating elements to fix, to a recording material, an unfixed toner image formed based on image data is disclosed. The fixing control apparatus includes an image presence/absence determining unit which determines presence/absence of an image for each of multiple areas into which the image data are divided; a heating element selecting unit which selects a heating element located at a position corresponding to an area in which the image is present from the multiple heating elements; and a heating element driving unit which causes the heating element selected by the heating element selecting unit to be heated.
US08983326B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus may include: a heating unit including a heating member that is heated by a heat source and a backup member that forms a nip portion; a feeding unit; and a control unit configured to control the heat source and the feeding unit, wherein the control unit controls the feeding unit such that each of a plurality of recording sheets is fed to the nip portion, wherein some of the plurality of the recording sheets are sequentially conveyed at a second interval to each other, wherein a first recording sheet of the some of the plurality of the recording sheets is fed to have a first interval with respect to a previously conveyed recording sheet, and wherein the control unit increases the output of the heat source on a timing when a front end of the first recording sheet reaches a periphery of the nip portion.
US08983324B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms a metallic toner image on a recording medium using a metallic toner containing flakes of metallic pigment; and a heating portion that heats and melts the metallic toner on the recording medium. A first shearing force is applied to the molten metallic toner in a transportation direction of the recording medium.
US08983322B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including an image forming device, a transfer device, a fixing device, an inverting device, and a processor. The transfer device includes an intermediate transfer member, a nip forming member, and an electric potential difference generator to generate an electric potential difference between the intermediate transfer member and the nip forming member. The processor causes the electric potential difference generator to generate a first electric potential difference containing only a DC component when a toner image is transferred onto a first side of a recording sheet, and to generate a second electric potential difference containing a DC component and a superimposed AC component when the toner image is transferred onto a second side of the recording sheet. The second electric potential difference has an averaged absolute value per unit of time smaller than an absolute value of the first electric potential difference.
US08983321B2	Fluid delivery system and method thereof A method includes controlling a charge level of fluid in a fluid chamber by detecting at least one fluid parameter corresponding to a charge level of a fluid in a fluid chamber having at least charge directors and carrier liquid, and controlling the charge level of the fluid based on the detected fluid parameter.
US08983318B2	Image forming apparatus with a density sensor for detecting density fluctuations An image forming apparatus is disclosed, including a light source; a drum; an optical scanning apparatus; and an endless belt. The image forming apparatus further includes a pattern forming unit which forms, on the endless belt along a conveying direction of the endless belt, a density fluctuation detecting pattern having a period; a density sensor which detects the density fluctuating detecting pattern and outputs a density signal including information on density fluctuations in the conveying direction of the endless belt; and a period detecting sensor which detects the period included in the density fluctuations.
US08983311B2	Image forming system with an image inspection device An image forming system includes an image forming unit configured to output image data onto a recording medium; a first conveying unit configured to convey the medium; a reading unit configured to read an image from the medium; a defect determining unit configured to determine whether the read image has a defect; a device connection determining unit configured to determine whether a discharge device is directly connected to an image inspection device at the downstream side or is connected to the image inspection device via another device at the downstream side; a second conveying unit configured to convey the medium to the discharge device on a longer conveying path, when the discharge device is directly connected to the image inspection device; a defective discharge tray to which the medium having a defective image is discharged; and a normal discharge tray to which the medium having a non-defective image is discharged.
US08983307B2	Optical transmitter and optical communication system using resonance modulator that is thermally coupled An optical transmitter for an optical communication system includes a light source that outputs optical signals having a plurality of wavelengths, and a wavelength control unit. The wavelength control unit receives an optical signal from the light source, resonates an optical signal having a first wavelength, modulates the optical signal of the first wavelength with a first transmission data signal to obtain an intensity modulated optical signal, and outputs the intensity modulated optical signal. The wavelength control unit may be integrally formed on a semiconductor substrate in which a high thermal conductivity material is used. Alternatively, a trench that intercepts external heat may be formed in a boundary surface of the wavelength control unit, and may be filled with a low thermal conductivity material.
US08983303B2	Quantum based information transfer system and method A method and system for transferring data comprising: an entangled photon source for producing first and second entangled photons associated with a receiver and a sender, respectively; a Bell state measurement device for performing a joint Bell state measurement on the second entangled photon and the at least one qubit; the Bell state measurement device outputting two bits of data to be used at the receiver; a transmission channel for transmitting two bits from the outcome of the Bell state measurement device to the receiver; a unitary transformation device for performing a unitary transformation operation on the first entangled photon based upon the value of the two bits of data; at least one detector for detecting encoded information from the first entangled photon; at least one processor operating to determine whether or not to transmit portions of data from a sequential successive qubit based upon the preceding qubit.
US08983302B2	Transceiver for plastic optical fiber networks An apparatus comprises an optical transmitter; an optical detector configured to receive optical signals from an optical fiber; an optical splitter having a first port, a second port coupled to the optical detector by the optical fiber, and a third port coupled to the optical transmitter; and a two stage amplifier system connected to an output of the optical detector. An input surface of the optical detector may have a diameter that is substantially equal to a diameter of a core in the optical fiber. The diameter of the input surface of the optical detector reduces capacitance and reduces signal distortion. The optical splitter may be configured to receive a first optical signal at the first port. The optical splitter may be configured to send the first optical signal to the second port and send a second optical signal received at the third port to the first port.
US08983296B2	Optical signal-processing apparatus, receiving apparatus, and optical network system An optical modulator combines and inputs a signal light propagating through the optical network and a control light having information concerning the optical network to a nonlinear optical medium. The optical modulator modulates the signal light according to changes in intensity of the control light, in the nonlinear optical medium.
US08983295B2	Optical line terminal and method of registering optical network terminal thereof The inventive concept relates to an optical line terminal registering optical network terminals having overlapping serial numbers. The optical line terminal may include a memory storing serial number information of optical network terminals of which a registration is completed in a storage region; and a control part that if a serial number by a serial number request is received from optical network terminals, the received serial number is compared with the serial number information of the memory and if they overlap each other, a previously set preliminary identifier is allocated to the optical network terminal having an overlapping serial number.
US08983289B2	Training-assisted carrier frequency and phase recovery in digital coherent optical communication systems A method of recovering frequency and phase associated with an optical carrier signal in an optical communication system includes determining an estimated frequency offset based on a starting training sequence, determining a current frequency offset based on the estimated frequency offset and a current phase during steady-state operation of the optical communication system, determining a current frequency based on the current frequency offset, determining an estimated phase using training symbols inserted into the optical carrier signal, and determining the current phase associated with the optical carrier signal based on the estimated phase and a blind phase search algorithm. A corresponding systems and computer-readable device are also disclosed.
US08983287B2	Fiber optic personnel safety systems and methods of using the same A personnel monitoring system. The personnel monitoring system includes a host node having an optical source for generating optical signals, and an optical receiver. The personnel monitoring system also includes a plurality of fiber optic sensors for converting at least one of vibrational and acoustical energy to optical intensity information, each of the fiber optic sensors having: (1) at least one length of optical fiber configured to sense at least one of vibrational and acoustical energy; (2) a reflector at an end of the at least one length of optical fiber; and (3) a field node for receiving optical signals from the host node, the field node transmitting optical signals along the at least one length of optical fiber, receiving optical signals back from the at least one length of optical fiber, and transmitting optical signals to the optical receiver of the host node.
US08983285B2	Image pickup apparatus An image pickup apparatus which changes focal point adjustment by a focal point adjusting unit in accordance with the panning state detected by a panning detecting unit and a focal point state detected by a focal point detecting unit.
US08983284B2	Lens barrel and image pickup apparatus including the same A lens barrel that is capable of facilitating attachment and detachment of an image stabilizing unit with a cheap and easy configuration. An image stabilizing actuator has a coil and a magnet that are arranged so as to face to each other. A first holding member holds the coil. A second holding member holds the magnet, and is movable in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis with respect to the first holding member. A sensor detects moving amount of the second holding member in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis. A third holding member holds the sensor. The first holding member and the third holding member are attached to a flexible printed circuit board. The terminal sections of the coil and the sensor are located on the same side of the flexible printed circuit board. The third holding member is bent toward the first holding member.
US08983281B2	Method and device for cooling of IR emitters for preforms A method for cooling IR emitters in a heating device for warming preforms before processing them in a stretch blow or blow molding device. IR emitters are arranged on at least one sidewall of the heating device parallel to the transport direction of the preforms, with at least one back reflector arranged on the side of the IR emitters facing away from the performs. The preforms to be warmed include a mouth region and a longitudinal axis and the mouth region is cooled with a first coolant flow. An almost vertical second coolant flow passes between the IR emitters and the at least one back reflector, this second coolant flow being at least partially fed by the almost horizontal first coolant flow and/or is united with the almost horizontal first coolant flow. A heating device and cooling device are also provided.
US08983279B2	Volatile material dispenser and method of emitting a volatile material A method of emitting a volatile material includes the step of programming a volatile material dispenser to include at least two intensity levels, wherein upon initiation of each of the intensity levels for an operating cycle, a resistor is operated at a first percentage of its power rating for a first period of time. Upon selection of a first of the at least two intensity levels and after the first period of time, the resistor is operated at a second percentage of its power rating for a remainder of an operating cycle. Upon selection of a second of the at least two intensity levels and after the first period of time, the resistor is operated at the second percentage of its power rating for a second period of time and, after the second period of time, operating the resistor at a third percentage of its power rating for a remainder of an operating cycle.
US08983275B2	Systems, methods, and apparatus for recording time delayed broadband content Systems, methods, and apparatus for recording time delayed broadband content are provided. Desired content to be recorded may be identified by a programming processing component configured to receive broadband content output by a service provider. A channel associated with the desired content and an amount of delay associated with the channel may be determined. Based at least in part upon the determined amount of delay, the recording of the desired content may be scheduled by the programming processing component.
US08983271B2	Continuous re-insertion of advertisements in video content Systems which allow for the insertion of targeted advertisements or other messages into programming content, e.g., using Digital Video Recording (DVR) technology are disclosed. Systems use storage to pre-load advertisements, record content with commercials breaks, and merge the advertisements into the recorded content in the background, so that they are available when the content is viewed in time-shifted mode.
US08983266B2	Recording medium, reproducing apparatus, and reproducing method In a recording medium on which is recorded a multiplexed stream including a plurality of first packets (V_main) constituting a first I-picture in a first video stream and a plurality of second packets (V_sub) constituting a second I-picture in a second video stream, information for identifying the first I-picture and information for identifying the second I-picture are recorded on the medium. A recording medium can thereby be obtained that enables the rapid detection, from a small amount of information, of a particular picture included in a stream such as a TS in which multiple content streams are multiplexed.
US08983259B2	Multi-function beam delivery fibers and related system and method An optical fiber includes multiple cores and a cladding. At least one of the multiple cores forms an optical waveguide and has an elongated cross-section with a narrower dimension in a fast-axis direction and a wider dimension in a slow-axis direction. The cladding surrounds the multiple cores and has a refractive index that differs from at least one refractive index of the multiple cores. The multiple cores could be stacked such that a first of the multiple cores is located at least partially over a second of the multiple cores in the fast-axis direction. The optical fiber could include an additional core within the cladding and having a substantially circular cross-section. The cores could be used to transport a high-power laser beam, an illumination laser beam, and an alignment laser beam. The optical fiber could have a length of at least two meters.
US08983256B2	Optical fiber cable An optical fiber cable is provided as one capable of preventing damage of an inside tube and an outside tube. An optical fiber cable 1 is provided with an optical fiber 2 for propagating laser light, an inside tube 3 housing an end portion of this optical fiber 2, and an outside tube 4 arranged outside the inside tube 3 and surrounding the inside tube 3. A space portion 5 is provided between the optical fiber 2 and an inner peripheral surface of the inside tube 3.
US08983255B2	Composite optical fiber and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed is a composite optical fiber which has high flexibility and is hard to break. The composite optical fiber comprises a larger-diameter optical fiber and smaller-diameter optical fibers each having a smaller diameter than that of the larger-diameter optical fiber, wherein the larger-diameter fiber and the smaller-diameter optical fibers are so arranged that the larger-diameter fiber is surrounded by the smaller-diameter optical fibers, and the smaller-diameter optical fibers that surround the larger-diameter optical fiber are made from a plastic material.
US08983249B2	Optical fiber combiner, and laser system using the same An optical fiber combiner 1 has: a plurality of input optical fibers 20; a plurality of divergence angle reducing members 50 which lights emitted from the respective input optical fibers 20 enter and which emits the lights from the input optical fibers 20 at divergence angles made lower than divergence angles upon entrance; a bridge fiber 30 which the lights emitted from the respective divergence angle reducing members 50 enter and which has a tapered portion 34 which has a portion in which the lights propagate and a diameter of which is gradually reduced apart from a divergence angle reducing member 50 side; and an output optical fiber 40 which a light emitted from a side of the bridge fiber 30 opposite to the divergence angle reducing member 50 side enters.
US08983244B2	Optical interferometer An optical interferometer for demodulating a differential phase shift keying optical signal includes a planar lightwave circuit and at least one free space delay line optically coupled to the planar lightwave circuit. The planar lightwave circuit has a waveguide splitter, a waveguide coupler, and a phase adjuster. In operation, the splitter splits the optical signal into equal portions, the phase adjuster adjusts the relative phase of the optical signal portions, and the free space delay line provides one-bit delay between the portions of the optical signal. The delayed signals are mixed in the waveguide coupler. The free space delay line can be made variable for adjustment of the bit delay for operation at different bit rates, and/or for optimization of the interferometer performance.
US08983241B2	Optical waveguide switch Techniques are described to form an optical waveguide switch that could reach a very high extinction ratio. In particular, this disclosure describes an asymmetric MZI, in which different waveguide capacitor structures are used in two arms of the MZI: a first arm with a waveguide capacitor to achieve the mainly phase modulation and a second arm with a waveguide capacitor to achieve mainly the magnitude modulation, respectively. Using the asymmetric MZI in accordance with this disclosure, one can design an algorithm to achieve almost unlimited extinction ration during the switching operation.
US08983238B2	Optical resonator tuning using piezoelectric actuation An optical resonator configured to be tuned using piezoelectric actuation, includes a core, the core being configured to transmit light; a piezoelectric layer; a first electrode and a second electrode. The piezoelectric layer is interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. A voltage difference across the first and second electrodes alters a geometric dimension of the piezoelectric layer such that physical force is applied to the core and a resonant optical frequency of the resonator is changed. A method of utilizing mechanical stress to tune an optical resonator includes applying physical force to the resonator by subjecting a piezoelectric material to an electric field, the physical force changing a resonant frequency of the resonator.
US08983236B1	Methods and systems for up-scaling a standard definition (SD) video to high definition (HD) quality Methods, systems, and devices for up-scaling a source input video from a lower, first resolution to a desired output video having a higher, second resolution, using fractal zooming techniques to replace each individual source pixel of each respective frame of the source input video with a multiple of proposed replacement pixels in the vertical and horizontal dimensions having similar characteristics as the individual source pixel, reducing noise associated with each respective frame of the desired output video, re-sizing, as necessary, each respective replacement frame to the second resolution, and outputting each zoomed replacement frame to generate the desired output video having a higher, second resolution, which is the up-scaled version of the source video. The fractal zooming techniques include identifying a plurality of candidate pixels from the source video and selecting a group of pixels from the candidate pixels that best matches the individual source pixel.
US08983235B2	Pupil detection device and pupil detection method Disclosed is a pupil detection device capable improving the pupil detection accuracy even if a detection target image is a low-resolution image. In a pupil detection device (100), an eye area actual size calculation unit (102) acquires an actual scale value of an eye area, a pupil state prediction unit (103) calculates an actual scale prediction value of a pupil diameter, a necessary resolution estimation unit (105) calculates a target value of resolution on the basis of the calculated actual scale prediction value, an eye area image normalization unit (107) calculates a scale-up/scale-down factor on the basis of the calculated target value of resolution and the actual scale value of the eye area, and normalizes the image of the eye area on the basis of the calculated scale-up/scale-down factor, and a pupil detection unit (108) detects a pupil image from the normalized eye area image.
US08983234B2	Method and apparatus pertaining to using imaging information to identify a spectrum A control circuit operably couples to a non-invasive imaging system that utilizes a particular corresponding effective spectrum and receives imaging information as pertains to an object being imaged. The control circuit uses that information to identify the particular corresponding spectrum for the corresponding source of radiation by, at least in part, evaluating candidate spectra as a function, at least in part, of physical likelihood (for example, by identifying a spectrum that is physically unlikely or physically impossible). Evaluating the candidate spectra as a function of physical likelihood can comprise evaluating the candidate spectra with respect to regularization, smoothness, being non-negative, normalization characteristics, monotonic characteristics, envelope limitations, quasi-concave characteristics, and/or consistency with one or more physics models of choice to note but a few options in these regards.
US08983232B2	Method for evaluating the centerline of an arbitrarily shaped object A method for calculating a centreline of an object is disclosed. An image of the object is divided into test areas. For each test area, detection direction and scanning direction are assigned from a list of limited directions. For each test area, at each scanning point a local point of the centreline is determined along the detection direction. An assigned smoothing function is applied to the collection of local points to determine the collection of pixels which define the centreline. The collection of pixels can be used to calculate the length of the centreline. Also, the coordinates of the pixels of the centreline can be used to average the intensity of the image along the centreline.
US08983231B2	Method and device for reading a physical characteristic on an object A method for reading a physical characteristic on an object includes: a step (240, 315, 405) of capturing a first image of at least a portion of the object with a first resolution; a step (245, 320, 415, 420) of determining the position of an area of the object to be processed, according to the first image; a step (255, 330, 430) of capturing a second image of the area of the object to be processed, with a second resolution higher than the first resolution; and a step (260, 335, 440) of determining the physical characteristic based on the second image. In some embodiments, there is, in addition, a step of marking the object with a mark bearing information representative of at least a portion of the physical characteristic.
US08983230B2	Global error minimization in image mosaicking using graph laplacians and its applications in microscopy An image mosaicking method includes performing pairwise registration of a plurality of tiles (101), determining absolute homographies for each of the plurality of tiles according to the pairwise registration (102B), and performing a blending of the plurality of tiles to obtain a stitched image according to the absolute homographies (103).
US08983228B1	Systems and methods for automatically adjusting the temporal creation data associated with image files In one aspect, a method for automatically adjusting temporal creation data for a plurality of images is disclosed. The method may generally include receiving a plurality of image files associated with the plurality of images, wherein each of the plurality of image files includes an initial creation time. In addition, the method may include determining a baseline creation time by analyzing the plurality of image files based on their association with at least one of daytime hours or nighttime hours and adjusting the initial creation time for at least one of the plurality of image files based on the baseline creation time.
US08983227B2	Perspective correction using a reflection Techniques and tools are described for performing perspective correction using a reflection. Reflective properties of a surface being photographed can be used to determine a rotation of the device taking the photograph relative to the surface. Light sourced or produced by the device can be used to create a reflection spot in the picture. A position of the reflection spot within the picture is calculated and used to determine the rotation. The rotation can be used for performing perspective correction on the picture, or on another picture taken by the device.
US08983224B1	Real-time recursive filter to identify weather events using traffic CCTV video A program is implemented on a processor for executing the following steps: receiving images of a scene comprising successive frames from a camera, each frame including an array of pixels; filtering intensities of the array of pixels in a respective frame by using a Bessel Filter to compute a constant value for the respective frame; and summing a predetermined number of respective frames from the camera to determine rapid motion in the scene. The filter includes a Bessel filter, which is an n-pole recursive digital filter, where n is a positive integer.
US08983223B2	Low-complexity bilateral filter (BF) implementation in a data processing device A method includes implementing, through a processor communicatively coupled to a memory and/or a hardware block, a Bilateral Filter (BF) including a spatial filter component and a range filter component, and implementing the spatial filter component with a low-complexity function to allow for focus on the range filter component. The method also includes determining, through the processor, filter tap value(s) related to the range filter component as a function of radiometric distance between a pixel of a video frame and/or an image and other pixels thereof based on a pre-computed corpus of data related to execution of an application in accordance with a filtering requirement of the pixel by the application. Further, the method includes constraining, through the processor, the filter tap value(s) to a form i×base based on the BF implementation. i is an integer and base is a floating point base.
US08983220B2	Error diffusion method and liquid crystal display using the same An error diffusion method includes: simultaneously receiving first to nth (n is a positive integer of 2 or larger) pixel data at every clock; adding a quantization error stored in a memory to each of the first to (n−1)th pixel data and quantizing them into data having a smaller number of bits than the number of input bits; adding the quantization error stored in the memory to the nth pixel data and quantizing it into data having a smaller number of bits than the number of input bits; diffusing the quantization errors of the first to (n−1)th pixel data to nearby pixels excluding the first to nth pixels by using a first error diffusion mask, and storing the diffusion results of the quantization errors of the first to (n−1)th pixel data in the memory; and diffusing the quantization error of the nth pixel data to pixels around the nth pixel by using a second error diffusion mask, and storing the diffusion results of the quantization error of the nth pixel data in the memory.
US08983218B2	Virtual boundary processing simplification for adaptive loop filtering (ALF) in video coding Virtual boundary processing in adaptive loop filtering (ALF) requires that padded values be substituted for unavailable pixel rows outside the virtual boundaries. Methods and apparatus are provided for virtual boundary processing in ALF that allow the use of more actual pixel values for padding than in the prior art.
US08983217B2	Stereo image encoding apparatus, its method, and image pickup apparatus having stereo image encoding apparatus When a plurality of image signals of an object picked up by a plurality of image pickup units are encoded on a predetermined pixel block basis by using an inter-prediction between images, difference information showing an offset between the images is generated from the plurality of image signals, and a search range which is set in order to detect a vector on the predetermined pixel block basis is adaptively set in accordance with the generated difference information.
US08983215B2	Image processing device and image processing method An image processing device that reduces influence by a compressibility error of image data generated by a previous frame on output image data is disclosed. The image processing device generates a compressibility error prediction value, based on an input image data, generates substitute image data of the input image data, based on an emergence tendency of the compressibility error, selects the input image data or the substitute image data to set a result as current image data, generates next state image data, compresses the next state image data to generate compressed state image data, stores the compressed state image data in a frame memory, generates the state image data by reading the compressed state image data from the frame memory and decompressing the same, and generates output image data, based on the current image data and the state image data.
US08983209B2	Method and system for classifying image elements A method, system, and machine-readable medium for classifying an image element as one of a plurality of categories, including assigning the image element based on a ratio between an unoccluded perimeter of the image element and an occluded perimeter of the image element and coding the image element according to a coding scheme associated with the category to which the image element is classified. Exemplary applications include image compression, where categories include image foreground and background layers.
US08983200B2	Object segmentation at a self-checkout Techniques for segmenting an object are provided. The techniques include capturing an image of an object, dividing the image into one or more blocks, computing a confidence value for each of the one or more blocks, and eliminating one or more blocks from consideration based on the confidence value for each of the one or more blocks.
US08983199B2	Apparatus and method for generating image feature data The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for efficiently generating feature data which properly determines a feature point indicating features of images and describes the feature point. The apparatus for generating image feature data comprises: a feature point determining unit which determines a feature point from an image and extracts information on the determined feature point; a feature point filtering unit which determines, as a final feature point, at least one feature point from among the feature points determined by the feature point determining unit; and a feature data generating unit which generates image feature data based on the final feature points determined by the feature point filtering unit and feature point information on the final feature points.
US08983193B1	Techniques for automatic photo album generation A computer-implemented technique can receive, at a computing device including one or more processors, a plurality of photos. The technique can extract quality features and similarity features for each of the plurality of photos and can obtain weights for the various quality features and similarity features based on an analysis of a reference photo collection. The technique can generate a quality metric for each of the plurality of photos and can generate a similarity matrix for the plurality of photos by analyzing the various quality features and similarity features and using the obtained weights. The technique can perform joint global maximization of photo quality and photo diversity using the quality metrics and the similarity matrix in order to select a subset of the plurality of photos having a high degree of representativeness. The technique can then store the subset of the plurality of photos in a memory.
US08983192B2	High-confidence labeling of video volumes in a video sharing service A volume identification system identifies a set of unlabeled spatio-temporal volumes within each of a set of videos, each volume representing a distinct object or action. The volume identification system further determines, for each of the videos, a set of volume-level features characterizing the volume as a whole. In one embodiment, the features are based on a codebook and describe the temporal and spatial relationships of different codebook entries of the volume. The volume identification system uses the volume-level features, in conjunction with existing labels assigned to the videos as a whole, to label with high confidence some subset of the identified volumes, e.g., by employing consistency learning or training and application of weak volume classifiers.The labeled volumes may be used for a number of applications, such as training strong volume classifiers, improving video search (including locating individual volumes), and creating composite videos based on identified volumes.
US08983191B2	Dynamic recognition of web addresses in video One embodiment described herein may take the form of a system or method for dynamically recognizing an Internet address within a video or audio component of a multimedia presentation on a distribution system or network such as, but not limited to, a satellite, cable or Internet network. In general, the embodiment may analyze the audio portion of the presentation or one or more frames of a video component to detect the presence of a web address within the one or more frames. In the embodiment where the audio portion is analyzed, the system may perform a voice recognition or a similar analysis on the audio portion to detect the utterance of a web address. Similarly, one embodiment analyzing the one or more frames of the video component may comprise performing an optical character recognition (OCR) of the frame.
US08983189B2	Method and systems for error correction for three-dimensional image segmentation A method for error correction for segmented three dimensional image data. The method includes receiving segmented three dimensional image data, the segmented three dimensional image data being divided into a plurality of slices; correcting at least one contour of the segmented three dimensional image data on at least one slice according to a command from a user to form a corrected contour; and automatically interpolating a correction represented by the corrected contour to a plurality of slices of the segmented three dimensional image data.
US08983185B2	Image compression Disclosed is a method of compressing an image to be stored in a memory to satisfy a memory requirement. A size of a region having a uniform colour in the image is determined. The determined size of the region is compared with the candidate values of the region size threshold. A value is selected from the candidate values as the region size threshold based on the comparison between the estimated data amounts to satisfy the region size threshold and the memory requirement. The edges constituting the region which satisfy the selected value of the region size threshold are compressed losslessly.
US08983184B2	Vision image information storage system and method thereof, and recording medium having recorded program for implementing method The present invention relates to a system for generating a vision image from the viewpoint of an agent in an augmented reality environment, a method thereof, and a recording medium in which a program for implementing the method is recorded. The invention provides a vision image information storage system comprising: a vision image generator which extracts visual objects from an augmented reality environment based on a predetermined agent, and generates a vision image from the viewpoint of the agent; and an information storage unit which evaluates the objects included in the generated vision image based on a predetermined purpose, and stores information on the evaluated objects.
US08983176B2	Image selection and masking using imported depth information A method, process, and associated systems for automatically selecting and masking areas of a still image or video clip using imported depth information. An image-editing or video-editing application receives a set of depth values that are each associated with an area of a still image or video frame. Each depth value identifies the distance from the camera position of an object depicted by the area associated with the depth value. When a user directs the application to automatically select or mask a region of the image or frame, the application uses the depth values to automatically choose which pixels to include in the selection or mask such that the selection or mask best approximates an area of the image or frame that represents a three-dimensional object.
US08983172B2	Visual inspection apparatus, secure one-way data transfer device and methods therefor A visual inspection system includes a database storing a wireframe model of an object and a portable electronic device equipped with an imaging device and a display. The portable electronic device is in communication with the database. The portable electronic device is configured to show on the display the wireframe model as an overlay to an image of the object taken by the imaging device. The display is configured to accept input of a trace of a defect on the display, and displays the trace on the image. A method of transmitting electronic data from an unsecure device to a secure database is also described.
US08983171B2	System and method for inspecting structures formed of composite materials during the fabrication thereof A method for inspecting structures formed of composite materials during the fabrication thereof including imaging multiple individual plies of a structure, whereby the locations and orientations of edge joints between adjacent courses of each ply are recorded, ascertaining mutual offsets in the locations of mutually parallel ones of the edge joints in the multiple individual plies and providing an output indication when at least one mutual offset of the edge joints is less than a predetermined minimum offset.
US08983162B2	Method and apparatus for estimating monte-carlo simulation gamma-ray scattering in positron emission tomography using graphics processing unit A method and apparatus for reconstructing an image by generating a scatter-corrected sinogram are provided. In the reconstructed image in which initial scattering is not corrected, an emission position of a photon is determined. A graphics processing unit (GPU) calculates migration of the photon using a Monte-Carlo simulation. A 3-dimensional (3D) line of response (LoR) may be calculated through a position in which the photon reaches a detector. The calculated LoR may be converted into a 3D sinogram form and stored in a prompt sinogram and a scatter-corrected sinogram. A final scatter-corrected sinogram may be generated by adjusting a scale of the scatter-corrected sinogram.
US08983160B2	Medical image diagnostic apparatus and volume calculating method A medical image diagnostic apparatus provided with an image acquisition unit configured to acquire in-vivo information about an object to be examined as a medical image, a display unit configured to display the medical image, a setting unit configured to set a target region of volume measurement in the medial image displayed on the display unit, a calculation unit configured to perform calculation to split the target region into a plurality of volume elements, calculate the moving distance of the vertices of the volume elements when the target region of the acquired medical image moves, calculate the volumes of the volume elements after the movement using the calculated moving distance of the vertices, totalizing the calculated volumes of the volume elements after the movement and using the total volume as the volume of the target region, and a control unit configured to display the volume of the target region on the display unit.
US08983156B2	System and method for improving workflow efficiences in reading tomosynthesis medical image data A system and a method are disclosed that forms a novel, synthetic, two-dimensional image of an anatomical region such as a breast. Two-dimensional regions of interest (ROIs) such as masses are extracted from three-dimensional medical image data, such as digital tomosynthesis reconstructed volumes. Using image processing technologies, the ROIs are then blended with two-dimensional image information of the anatomical region to form the synthetic, two-dimensional image. This arrangement and resulting image desirably improves the workflow of a physician reading medical image data, as the synthetic, two-dimensional image provides detail previously only seen by interrogating the three-dimensional medical image data.
US08983154B2	Method for identifying colon polyps in a computed tomography colonography dataset A method of formatting data for identifying colon polyps in a Computed Tomography Colonography (CTC) dataset comprising the steps of: extracting colon surface data, from the CTC dataset, within a sub-volume centered on a candidate polyp (CP) seed point; identifying individual sets of points corresponding to the CP's body and CP's base within the sub-volume; selecting the points corresponding to the body; re-formatting the candidate polyp by projecting the selected points corresponding to the body on to a tangent plane; and generating a series of cutting planes based on the reformatted candidate polyp.
US08983150B2	Photo importance determination In embodiments of photo importance determination, a photo analyzer is implemented to analyze the image content of each photo in a set of digital photos, and determine similar photos based on the image content and metadata of the digital photos. The photo analyzer can then create stacks of the similar photos and determine a representative photo from the similar photos in each stack. The photo analyzer can then determine a display sequence to display non-stacked photos and the representative photos of each stack. The photo analyzer can also receive viewer feedback associated with the digital photos being displayed for viewing, and then determine a different representative photo from the similar photos in each of the stacks based on the viewer feedback. The photo analyzer can also determine a revised display sequence of the non-stacked photos and the representative photos of the stacks based on the viewer feedback.
US08983148B2	Color segmentation A method of skin segmentation of a digital image is operable in an acquisition device. An image is acquired. A value indicative of a redness of a pixel of said image is compared with a face skin pixel redness criterion. The pixel is identified as a face skin pixel if said criterion is satisfied.
US08983147B2	Eyelid detection device An ECU which is connected to an image sensor and an illuminance sensor includes an eyelid detection unit that detects the positions of the upper and lower eyelids from a face image, an eyelid determination unit that determines the positions of the upper and lower eyelids detected by the eyelid detection unit, and an eye opening degree calculation unit that calculates the degree of eye opening. The eyelid determination unit searches for a red-eye candidate in the range in which the skin is assumed to be present from the positions of the upper and lower eyelids detected by the eyelid detection unit. When the red-eye candidate is searched in the range, the eyelid determination unit determines that the eyelid detection unit falsely detects the positions of the upper and lower eyelids.
US08983146B2	Multimodal ocular biometric system A multimodal biometric identification system captures and processes images of both the iris and the retina for biometric identification. Another multimodal ocular system captures and processes images of the iris and/or the from both eyes of a subject. Biometrics based on data provided by these systems are more accurate and robust than using biometrics that include data from only the iris or only the retina from a single eye. An exemplary embodiment emits photons to the iris and the retina of both eyes, an iris image sensor that captures an image of the iris when the iris reflects the emitted light, a retina image sensor that captures an image of the retina when the retina reflects the emitted light, and a controller that controls the iris and the retina illumination sources, where the captured image of the iris and the captured image of the retina contain biometric data.
US08983144B2	Content extracting device, content extracting method and program An information processing apparatus that obtains intimacy degree information corresponding to identification information of a first person, specifies an extraction period based on the intimacy degree information, and extracts content in the extraction period.
US08983143B2	Biometric authentication device, biometric authentication method and computer program for biometric authentication A biometric authentication device including: a biometric information acquiring unit which generates a plurality of partial images, each of the partial images capturing a portion of biometric information of a user different from each other; a correlation value calculation unit which calculates the correlation value between a portion of biometric information represented on one partial image and registered biometric information; a partial similarity update unit which, based on the correlation value for the one partial image and the correlation value for at least one other partial image acquired before the one partial image, updates partial similarity representing the degree of similarity between the registered biometric information and portions of biometric information represented on the one partial image and the at least one other partial image; an authentication unit which authenticates, when the partial similarity is equal to or higher than an authentication judging threshold, the user as the registered user.
US08983141B2	Geophysical data texture segmentation using double-windowed clustering analysis An automated method for texture segmentation (11) of geophysical data volumes, where texture is defined by double-window statistics of data values, the statistics being generated by a smaller pattern window moving around within a larger sampling window (12). A measure of “distance” between two locations is selected based on similarity between the double-window statistics from sampling windows centered at the two locations (13). Clustering of locations is then based on distance proximity (14).
US08983140B2	Image processing unit, image processing method, and image processing program to correct blurs and noise in an image An image processing unit includes a memory unit in which continuously captured images including a reference image and a comparative image are stored, an image dividing unit to divide the reference image and the comparative image into image blocks of a predetermined size, a mean value calculator unit to calculate a mean value of pixel outputs in each image block of each of the reference and comparative images, a threshold determining unit to determine a threshold according to a mean value of pixel outputs of an image block of the reference image, and a determiner unit to compare the threshold with a difference value of the mean values of the pixel outputs in the image blocks of the reference and comparative images to be synthesized and determine whether the image blocks of the reference and comparative images are suitable for image synthesis based on a result of the comparison.
US08983139B2	Optical flow based tilt sensor A method is described for determining a description of motion of a moving mobile camera to determine a user input to an application. The method may involve capturing a series of images from a moving mobile camera and comparing stationary features present in the series of images. Optical flow analysis may be performed on the series of images to determine a description of motion of the moving mobile camera. Based on the determined motion, a user input to an application may be determined and the application may respond to the user input, for example, by updating a user interface of the application.
US08983138B2	Image processing device, information storage device, and image processing method An image processing device includes an information acquisition section that acquires a photographing position of a photographed image or a position of an imaging device as coordinate information, a distribution state acquisition section that acquires a distribution state of a plurality of pieces of coordinate information acquired as the coordinate information, and a keyword assignment section that assigns a keyword that corresponds to the acquired distribution state to the photographed image.
US08983137B2	Personalized advertising at a point of sale unit Methods and apparatuses are provided to deliver advertisements personalized for customers proximate a point of sale unit, e.g., a fuel dispenser. A visual information capturing unit captures visual information of an object, e.g., an image, a shape, etc., disposed in a specified range of the point of sale unit, e.g., within 6 feet of the point of sale unit. A processor determines a visually perceptible characteristic of the object based on the visual information, selects an advertisement based on the determined characteristic, and outputs the selected advertisement from an advertisement unit proximate the point of sale unit.
US08983131B2	Video analysis A method (200) and an object analyzer (104) for analyzing objects in images captured by a monitoring camera (100) uses a first and a second sequence of image frames, wherein the first sequence of image frames covers a first image area (300) and has a first image resolution, and the second sequence of image frames covers a second image area (302) located within the first image area (300) and has a second image resolution higher than the first image resolution. A common set of object masks is provided wherein object masks of objects (304) that are identified as being present in both image areas are merged.
US08983127B2	Object tracking with opposing image capture devices Systems and method of compensating for tracking motion of an object are disclosed. One such method includes receiving a series of images captured by each of a plurality of image capture devices. The image capture devices are arranged in an orthogonal configuration of two opposing pairs. The method further includes computing a series of positions of the object and orientations of the object, by processing the images captured by each of the plurality of image capture devices.
US08983126B2	Method and system for detecting vehicle position by employing polarization image Disclosed are a method and a system for detecting a vehicle position by employing a polarization image. The method comprises a step of capturing a polarization image by using a polarization camera; a step of acquiring two road shoulders in the polarization image based on a difference between a road surface and each of the two road shoulders in the polarization image, and determining a part between the two road shoulders as the road surface; a step of detecting at least one vehicle bottom from the road surface based on a significant pixel value difference between each wheel and the road surface in the polarization image; and a step of generating a vehicle position from the vehicle bottom based on a pixel value difference between a vehicle outline corresponding to the vehicle bottom and background in the polarization image.
US08983125B2	Three-dimensional image processing device and three dimensional image processing method A 3D image processing device comprising: an object detecting unit, for detecting a first location for an object in a first image and a second location for the object in a second image; a disparity determining unit, coupled to the object detecting unit, for computing a disparity result for the object between the first image and the second image according to the first location and the second location; a displacement computing unit, coupled to the disparity determining unit, for computing a first displacement distance of the first image and a second displacement distance of the second image according to the disparity result; and a displacement unit, coupled to the displacement computing unit, for moving the first image and the second image to generate a first displaced image and a second displaced image, according to the first displacement distance and the second displacement distance.
US08983123B2	Target-object distance measuring device and vehicle mounted with the device In a target-object distance measuring device and a vehicle on which the device is mounted, a human body detection device is utilized for calculating a distance between an image capturing device and a human body candidate in an actual space based on the size of the human body candidate in the image. The head width is approximately 15-16 cm. A body height in the actual space of the human candidate in the image is estimated based on the ratio between the head-width in the extracted image and at least one size of the human body feature, such as total height, in the extracted human body candidate region, and the distance from the image capturing device to the human body candidate in the actual space is calculated based on the estimated body height in the actual space and the body height of the human body candidate in the image.
US08983122B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable storage medium An image processing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to obtain identification information for a plurality of blocks of an image, a second acquisition unit configured to obtain information to be used for image processing from a pixel value of a region of the image determined based on the identification information, and an image processing unit configured to perform image processing of the image based on the information obtained by the second acquisition unit.
US08983121B2	Image processing apparatus and method thereof An image processing apparatus such as a surveillance apparatus and method thereof are provided. The image processing apparatus includes: an object detecting unit which detects a plurality of moving objects from at least one of two or more images obtained by photographing a surveillance area from two or more view points, respectively; a depth determination unit which determines depths of the moving objects based on the two or more images, wherein the depth determination unit determines the moving objects as different objects if the moving objects have different depths.
US08983117B2	Document processing methods Directional albedo of a particular article, such as an identity card, is measured and stored. When the article is later presented, it can be confirmed to be the same particular article by re-measuring the albedo function, and checking for correspondence against the earlier-stored data. The re-measuring can be performed through us of a handheld optical device, such as a camera-equipped cell phone. The albedo function can serve as random key data in a variety of cryptographic applications. The function can be changed during the life of the article. A variety of other features are also detailed.
US08983113B2	Defect estimation device and method and inspection system and method Acquired mask data of a defect portion is sent to a simulated repair circuit 300 to be simulated. The simulation of the acquired mask data 204 is returned to the mask inspection results 205 and thereafter sent to a wafer transfer simulator 400 along with a reference image at the corresponding portion. A wafer transfer image estimated by the wafer transfer simulator 400 is sent to a comparing circuit 301. When it is determined that there is a defect in the comparing circuit 301, the coordinates and the wafer transfer image which is a basis for the defect determination are stored as transfer image inspection results 206. The mask inspection results 205 and the transfer image inspection result 206 are then sent to the review device 500.
US08983111B2	Speaker A speaker of the present invention is used for converting audio electrical signals to audible sounds. The multi-magnetic circuit speaker includes a box with a sound hole, at least one magnetic circuit having at least two magnetic gaps, at least two vibrating units corresponding to the magnetic gaps, respectively, at least two pair of pads embedded in the box to electrically connecting with the two vibrating units, a terminal board engaged with the box and pressing on the two pads for conducting electrical signals to the two vibrating units. The terminal board includes a first portion, a second portion extending from the second portion and a third portion extending from the second portion.
US08983110B2	Headphone device A headphone device including a driver unit, and an ear-hook hanger of a loop shape that is integrated with the driver unit and supports an entire circumference of an ear capsule is provided.
US08983108B2	Ear headphone The in ear headphone includes a main body, an ear pad and a speaker. The main body includes a first wall and a second wall. The first wall defines a chamber, and the first and second walls collectively define a gap. One end of the gap and one end of the chamber are both directed toward an ear canal. The other end of the gap is directed toward surrounding air. The ear pad corresponds to one end of the gap and the chamber. The ear pad conformingly contacts the ear canal. The speaker is disposed in the chamber.
US08983106B2	Narrow directional microphone A narrow directional microphone including a film for suppressing wind noise capable of being displaced by a wind pressure, a unidirectional microphone unit having a front acoustic terminal, a cylindrical acoustic tube having a prescribed axial length, and an acoustic resistor disposed at a position which is on an outward side of the film and at which the resistor does not come into contact with the film even when the film is displaced by the wind pressure. A rear end of the acoustic tube is coupled to a side of the front acoustic terminal of the unidirectional microphone unit, and a front end opening of the acoustic tube is covered with the film.
US08983102B2	Speech processor headpiece A cochlear implant system includes: an electrode array implanted within a cochlea; an internal processor in communication with the electrode array; an implanted antenna which is electrically coupled to the internal processor; and a modular external headpiece which is removably positioned over the implanted antenna, the modular external headpiece including a core containing a sound processor for processing sound and providing a corresponding signal to the implanted antenna; and a modular component configured to releasably engage the core and supply electrical power to the core. A modular speech processor headpiece includes a core comprising a microphone and sound processor for producing a signal representing ambient sound to be transmitted to a cochlear implant, the core further comprising a number of electrical contacts; and a modular component containing a number of electrical contacts corresponding to the electrical contacts of the core; wherein the core is configured to engage with the modular component such that electrical communication is made between the core and the modular component.
US08983097B2	Adjustable ventilation openings in MEMS structures A MEMS structure and a method for operation a MEMS structure are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a MEMS structure comprises a substrate, a backplate, and a membrane comprising a first region and a second region, wherein the first region is configured to sense a signal and the second region is configured to adjust a threshold frequency from a first value to a second value, and wherein the backplate and the membrane are mechanically connected to the substrate.
US08983094B2	All-in-one computer audio system An all-in-one audio system includes an audio chip, an audio interface, first and second audio signal amplifiers, a speaker, a woofer, a multi-function controller, a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI), and a switch. The multi-function controller is connected to the audio chip, the switch, the audio interface, the first and second audio signal amplifiers, and the HDMI. When the multi-function controller detects a high definition multimedia signal through the HDMI, the multi-function controller turns off the switch, decodes the high definition multimedia signal into an audio signal, and transmits the audio signal to the audio interface, and the first and second audio signal amplifiers. The first and second audio signal amplifiers amplify the audio signal and output the amplified audio signal to the speaker and woofer.
US08983090B2	MEMS microphone using noise filter An MEMS microphone is provided which includes a reference voltage/current generator configured to generate a DC reference voltage and a reference current; a first noise filter configured to remove a noise of the DC reference voltage; a voltage booster configured to generate a sensor bias voltage using the DC reference voltage the noise of which is removed; a microphone sensor configured to receive the sensor bias voltage and to generate an output value based on a variation in a sound pressure; a bias circuit configured to receive the reference current to generate a bias voltage; and a signal amplification unit configured to receive the bias voltage and the output value of the microphone sensor to amplify the output value. The first noise filter comprises an impedance circuit; a capacitor circuit connected to a output node of the impedance circuit; and a switch connected to both ends of the impedance circuit.
US08983088B2	Set of interactive coasters The present disclosure is directed to a set of interactive coasters. Specifically, it is an object of the present disclosure to provide a set of musically interacting coasters which harmonize when placed in proximity to one another.
US08983087B2	Audio playing device having earphone jack with rotation detector An audio playing device may operate in a first mode or a second mode. The audio playing device includes a speaker, an earphone jack receiving an earphone plug of an earphone, a sound output driver, a rotation angle detector, and a processor. The sound output driver only drives the speaker when the audio playing device operates in the first mode and only drives the earphone when the audio playing device operates in the second mode. The rotation angle detector generates a first mode change signal when the earphone plug is rotated in the earphone jack along a first direction over a predetermined angle. The processor changes operation of the audio playing device between the first mode and the second mode when the processor receives the first mode change signal from the rotation angle detector.
US08983086B2	Audio output controller and control method An output controller and an method for outputting a signal flow to one or more earphone jacks according to a connection status of each earphone jack. The output controller includes an interface unit having more than one earphone jacks and an output control unit. The output control unit includes a signal input terminal for receiving a signal flow, a detector, and a determining module. The detector detects whether each earphone jack is connected with an earphone and outputs one or more detected signals representing the connection status of the earphone jacks. The determining module outputs the signal flow directly to the connected earphone jack if only one earphone jack is connected to the earphone or distributes the signal flow being amplified correspondingly into each connected earphone jack if more than one earphone jack is connected to the earphones.
US08983075B2	Custodian securing a secret of a user Methods, systems and apparatuses for a custodian securing a secret are disclosed. One method includes receiving, by a custodian server of a first custodian, encrypted shares, wherein the encrypted share are generated based on a secret of the user, a policy, and a plurality of public keys, comprising generating a plurality of shares from the secret, and encrypting each share utilizing a corresponding one of the plurality of public keys. The method further includes verifying, by the custodian server, that the encrypted shares can be used to reconstitute the secret upon receiving the encrypted shares, comprising leveraging, by the first custodian, one-way cryptographic functions, wherein the first custodian can reconstruct the secret, but cannot obtain access to the secret or any of the shares.
US08983072B2	Portable data carrier featuring secure data processing Disclosed is a method for securely processing data in a portable data carrier. Said method is characterized by the following steps: a) the data to be processed is requested; b) the data to be processed is encoded; c) the encoded data is temporarily stored in a buffer storage zone of the data carrier; d) the temporarily stored, encoded data is decoded by means of a decoding key; and e) the decoded data is processed.
US08983071B2	Key management method using hierarchical node topology, and method of registering and deregistering user using the same A key management, user registration and deregistration for a digital rights management (DRM) system in a home network, using a hierarchical node topology. In the key management, node information is generated by allocating a pair of keys (a public key and a private key) to each node. A node tree is made by generating link information using the pair of keys and a content key. The link information is delivered from an upper node to a lower node using the node tree. The link information is obtained by encrypting a private key of a ‘TO’ node using a public key of a ‘FROM’ node. Accordingly, it is possible to realize a DRM system that protects content and easily accomplishes a binding mechanism and a revocation mechanism.
US08983059B2	Telephone interface An apparatus (100, 200) for interfacing between an external telephone (12) and telecommunications network (24), wherein the telephone provides and accepts subscriber-side signals (126, 216) and the telecommunications network provides and accepts provider-side signals (132). A control circuit (150) and a first port (110) communicating the subscriber-side signals with said control circuit and a second port (116) communicating the provider-side signals with said control circuit. The control circuit converts the subscriber signals to the provider signals, and the provider signals to the subscriber signals.
US08983047B2	Index of suspicion determination for communications request The risk that an incoming emergency call is a prank call is presented in real-time to the called party, in the form of, e.g., an index of suspicion. An index of suspicion aggregation server quantifies, qualifies, and aggregates risks, suspicions, and/or threats relevant to a call center to formulate a scale of suspicion. Metrics are acquired (e.g., calling device location information, device configuration information, caller information, etc.) relevant to each communications request made to a call center and uses acquired metrics to rate communications requests based on a known scale of suspicion. Once a suspicion rating is determined for a communications request, the communications request is routed to a relevant call-taker terminal, as is the index of suspicion for that incoming call. Real time presentation of the index of suspicion enables call-takers to make better call-handling decisions based on risk analysis and historical call data associated with a given caller.
US08983044B2	Communication apparatus A communication apparatus is provided that includes a modem configured to transition between a normal mode and a power-saving mode, a voltage variation generator configured to generate a voltage variation on a telephone line in response to a transition instruction, a communication controller configured to connect therethrough the modem with the telephone line, and to detect the voltage variation generated on the telephone line by the voltage variation generator, the communication controller being further configured to output a transition signal to cause the modem to transition from the power-saving mode to the normal mode, in response to detecting the voltage variation on the telephone line when the modem is in the power-saving mode.
US08983042B1	System to record and analyze voice message usage information A voice message system records voice message usage information by creating voice message records when a voice message is sent and when it is received. The voice message record includes: the voice message, a voice message sender identity, a voice message recipient identity, and voice message action records. A voice message action records includes a voice message action that specifies an action on the voice message, and a voice message action time that includes the time at which the action occurs. Voice message actions include sent, received, and listened. The system further includes a voice message analyzer for analyzing voice message records, and a voice message reporter for generating reports from an analysis by the analyzer. The voice message system provides tractable information for voice messages, allowing companies to enforce a voice message usage policy.
US08983037B2	Balancing of the rotary anode of an X-ray tube An X-ray tube with a rotatable anode for generating X-rays and an X-ray apparatus and a method for balancing the rotary anode of an X-ray tube include balancing of the rotary anode applicable to an anode mounted inside an X-ray tube. The rotatable anode includes an anode disc fixedly mounted to a rotatably driven support body, which is rotatably supported by a bearing arrangement. The anode includes at least one balancing cavity to adjust the center of gravity of the anode. The balancing cavity is partly filled with a balancing material being solid at operating temperature of the X-ray tube and liquid at a higher temperature. The balancing method includes determining an imbalance of the anode; heating liquefy balancing material; dislocating the balancing material inside the balancing cavity to compensate the imbalance; and cooling to solidify the balancing material.
US08983036B2	Radiographic detector with rapid power-up, imaging apparatus and methods using the same Embodiments of methods/apparatus can transition a DR detector imaging array to low power photosensor mode where a first voltage is applied across the photosensors. Embodiments of methods/apparatus can provide an area radiographic imaging array including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix at the imaging array where each pixel can include at least one electrically chargeable photosensor and at least one transistor, row address circuits, signal sensing circuits, and photosensor power control circuitry to maintain a first voltage across photosensors of the portion of the imaging array when the detector is between imaging operations. In one embodiment, photosensor power control circuitry can maintain the first voltage across the photosensors when a power consumption of the signal sensing circuits is less than 1% of the power consumption of the signal sensing circuits during readout of a signal from the portion of the imaging array.
US08983034B2	X-ray explosive imager A technique for use in security screening and detection contexts employs an X-ray explosive imager that acquires images from backscattered RF modulated X-ray signals on which a time series analysis is performed to detect image change across the time series of images that represent pixels changing at the rate of the difference frequency of the RF frequency and the a priori NQR signature frequencies.
US08983032B2	Spectroscopic apparatus To cover a wide wavelength bandwidth, a spectroscopic apparatus uses three varied line spacing concave diffraction gratings G1 to G3, the corresponding energy ranges for G1, G2, and G3 being 50 to 200, 155 to 350, and 300 to 2200 eV, respectively. In the respective wavelength ranges, the diffraction conditions are satisfied. To provide a high throughput and a high resolution in the respective wavelength regions, the incident angles α1 to α3 for G1 to G3 measured from the normal line of the diffraction grating are specified to be α1<α2<α3. Presupposing the normal lines of all diffraction gratings are superposed upon a common normal line, in order to meet α1<α2<α3, the center positions Δ1 to Δ3 for G1 to G3 are set on the normal line (as Δ1<Δ2<Δ3). From G1 to G3, one diffraction grating can be selected.
US08983030B2	Inspection machine for printed circuit board Disclosed is an inspection machine provided with an imaging device that capture a close-up image of the imaging target portion of the printed circuit board on which a plurality of electronic components are mounted, by coming close to a printed circuit board. The inspection machine has a sensor unit that detects the heights of the electronic components on the printed circuit board by irradiation light in a first direction that is along the surface of the printed circuit board. Control means of the inspection machine sets a limit distance to a position above the highest electronic component among heights detected from the electronic components. The control means also restricts a facing distance by which the imaging device is accepted to approach the printed circuit board, to be the limit distance.
US08983024B2	Tetrahedron beam computed tomography with multiple detectors and/or source arrays A tetrahedron beam computed tomography system including an x ray source array that sequentially emits a plurality of x ray beams at different positions along a scanning direction and a collimator that intercepts the plurality of x-ray beams so that a plurality of fan-shaped x-ray beams emanate from the collimator towards an object. The system includes a first detector receiving a first set of fan-shaped x ray beams after they pass through the object, the first detector generating a first imaging signal for each of the received first set of fan-shaped x-ray beams and a second detector receiving a second set of fan-shaped x ray beams after they pass through the object, the second detector generating a second imaging signal for each of the received second set of fan-shaped x-ray beams. Each detector and source pair form a tetrahedral volume. In other embodiments, the system may also have more than two detectors arrays and/or more than one source array. Each pair of source array and detector array forms a tetrahedral volume. Using multiple detector arrays and source arrays can increase field of view, reduce the length of detector and source arrays so that the imaging system is more compact and mobile.
US08983011B2	Cross technology interference cancellation In one aspect, a method for mitigating an effect of an interfering radio signal at a multiple antenna receiver includes forming an estimate of a relationship of the interfering signal among signals received from the multiple antennas. In general, the interfering signal does not share the same communication technology as a desired signal. The signals received from the multiple antennas filtered and combined according to the estimate of the relationship of the interfering channels to reduce an effect of the interfering signal. Desired data present in the desired signal represented in the filtered and combined signals is decoded and the estimate of the relationship of the interfering signals is updated according to the decoding of the desired signal.
US08983010B2	Single carrier communication in dynamic fading channels Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, in response to receiving a single carrier signal that is not phase locked, channel equalization may be applied to the signal via a channel equalizer. The equalized signal may be phase averaged to provide a signal that is at least partially phase stabilized. The channel equalizer may then be trained by feeding back the at least partially phase stabilized phase reference to the channel equalizer. The resulting signal may then be decoded via coherent or quasi-coherent detection.
US08983009B2	Efficient demapping of constellations Methods and apparatus for efficient demapping of constellations are described. In an embodiment, these methods may be implemented within a digital communications receiver, such as a Digital Terrestrial Television receiver. The method reduces the number of distance metric calculations which are required to calculate soft information in the demapper by locating the closest constellation point to the received symbol. This closest constellation point is identified based on a comparison of distance metrics which are calculated parallel to either the I- or Q-axis. The number of distance metric calculations may be reduced still further by identifying a local minimum constellation point for each bit in the received symbol and these constellation points are identified using a similar method to the closest constellation point. Where the system uses rotated constellations, the received symbol may be unrotated before any constellation points are identified.
US08983007B2	Receiver apparatus, reception method, communication system, and communication method A receiver apparatus includes a first frequency response estimator configured to calculate a first frequency response estimation value using a reference signal, a duration extractor configured to determine an estimation duration by extracting at least one duration from among a plurality of duration candidates into which a predetermined maximum delay time is divided, and a second frequency response estimator configured to calculate a second frequency response estimation value as a frequency response estimation value for demodulation using the first frequency response and the estimation duration. The receiver apparatus thus performs high-precision channel estimation even if a variety of PDPs occur with time.
US08983006B2	Orthotope sphere decoding method and apparatus for signal reconstruction in multi-input multi-output antenna system An orthotope sphere decoding method of a multiple antenna system is disclosed. The method includes performing tree search using a depth-first method by performing an OC-test on the nodes on which the tree search of orthotope sphere decoding will be performed and performing an SC-test on nodes passing the OC-test; and selecting a transmission symbol having a smallest PED value as a final signal as a result of the search.
US08982998B2	Transmission and reception apparatus and method A transmission apparatus includes a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation signal generators, which generate a first OFDM modulation signal and a second OFDM modulation signal. The transmission apparatus also includes a transmitter that transmits the first OFDM modulation signal from a first antenna and the second OFDM modulation signal from a second antenna, in an identical frequency band. A reception apparatus is provided, which includes a plurality of antennas that receive a plurality of OFDM modulation signals; a plurality of OFDM demodulators that transform the plurality of OFDM modulation signals to a plurality of reception signals using Fourier transform; an estimator that outputs a distortion estimation signal using one or more symbols for demodulation included in the plurality of reception signals; and a demodulator that compensates for distortion of the reception signals using the distortion estimation signal and demodulates a data symbol included in the reception signals.
US08982997B2	Signaling and channel estimation for uplink transmit diversity In a method of transmitting a data stream from a transmitter in a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communication system, where the transmitter comprises a plurality of transmit antennas, a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) is applied to the data stream to generate a plurality of symbol sequences; symbols of a first symbol sequence from the plurality of symbol sequences are paired with symbols of a second symbol sequence from the plurality of symbol sequences to generate a plurality of symbol pairs, wherein the pairing results in an orphan symbol; a space-time block code (STBC) is applied to the symbol pairs to generate a plurality of sets of STBC symbols, each set of STBC symbols being associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of antennas; a cyclic delay diversity (CDD) operation is applied to the orphan symbol to generate a plurality of CDD symbols, each CDD symbol being associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of antennas; and each one of the antennas transmits the corresponding set of STBC symbols and the corresponding CDD symbol.
US08982996B2	Cognitive radio communication system using multiple input multiple output communication scheme A cognitive radio communication system using a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication technology is provided. A cognitive radio base station includes a plurality of antennas, a group setting unit to set at least one sensing terminal group that includes at least one sensing terminal among a plurality of terminals, and a signal generator to generate a transmission signal to transmit the transmission signal using channels formed between the plurality antennas and the plurality of terminals, so that the at least one sensing terminal is accorded a sensing time.
US08982993B2	Method for compensating mismatch of in-phase signal and quadrature signal of transmitter/receiver A method for compensating mismatches of an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal of a transmitter/receiver is provided. The method includes: receiving a plurality of test signals to generate two groups of factors, respectively, where each group of factors is applied to two multipliers utilized for compensating a gain mismatch and a phase mismatch of the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal of the transmitter/receiver; then calculating a delay mismatch of the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal according to the two groups of factors.
US08982989B2	Process variable transmitter with variable frequency clock circuit for rejection of clock synchronous noise In a process variable transmitter, a sensor signal is sampled, using a clock signal, at a sensor sampling frequency. Interference is also sampled at the sensor sampling frequency. A comparison is made to determine whether the interference at the sensor sampling frequency or harmonics of the sensor sampling frequency exceed a threshold level. If so, the clock signal is changed to adjust the sensor sampling frequency away from the frequency of the interference.
US08982983B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting precoding martrix index and performing precoding A method and an apparatus for sending a Precoding Matrix Index (PMI) and performing precoding are provided in the embodiments of the present invention. The method for sending the PMI comprises the following steps: a user equipment acquires the transmission channel capability of carrying the PMI; according to the transmission channel capability of carrying the PMI, the precoding matrices are selected from a locally-stored first codebook set to form a second codebook set; a first precoding matrix is selected from the second codebook set; an index corresponding to the first precoding matrix is sent to a base station over the transmission channel so as to make the base station can find out the first precoding matrix according to the index and precode the data according to the first precoding matrix. The embodiments of the present invention can realize the flexible configuration and use of the PMI.
US08982980B2	Full and partial compressed feedback formats for WLAN In a method of providing channel state information determined at a first communication device to a second communication device, a channel estimate matrix H describing a forward communication channel between the first communication device and the second communication device is determined at the first communication device. Feedback descriptive of the forward communication channel is determined based on the channel estimate matrix H at the first communication device. When operating in a multi user mode or in a single user mode and with multiple spatial streams, full compressed feedback is generated. Full compressed feedback includes φ angle values and ψ angle values corresponding to each of one or more columns of the channel estimate matrix. When operating in the single user mode and with a single spatial stream, partial compressed feedback is generated. Partial compressed feedback includes φ angle values, and omits ψ angle values, corresponding to the channel estimate matrix.
US08982977B2	Distributing personalized content The invention provides a method and system for distributing personalized content to potentially large numbers of recipients. A pool is selected, from among all content available for distribution, of those content elements that will be made available for simultaneous distribution, and personalized content is selected for distribution from that pool. The content of the pool can change with new selections over time. For each individual recipient, content elements in the pool are examined to determine if they are predicted to be of sufficient interest to that recipient for distribution, and if so, those content elements are distributed. If not, successive content elements in the pool are examined, relaxing the standard for sufficient interest, until at least one content element is found and distributed to the individual recipient.
US08982976B2	Systems and methods for trellis coded quantization based channel feedback System and method embodiments are provided for Trellis Coded Quantization (TCQ) based channel feedback. The embodiments provide full channel state information with a short feedback size to a scheduler in order for the scheduler to apply advanced beamforming schemes, such as those designed in non-linear precoder methods. In an embodiment, a method in a station for providing channel feedback to a transmission point (TP) in a wireless system includes receiving a signal from the TP; estimating channel parameters for the signal; applying a TCQ scheme to the estimated channel parameters to map the channel estimate parameters to trellis codes; and transmitting full channel state information to the TP, wherein the full channel state information comprises output of a Viterbi algorithm (VA) corresponding to the trellis codes.
US08982973B2	Correlation-matrix feedback method and system for antenna array The present invention provides a correlation-matrix feedback method and system for an antenna array. The method comprises steps of: selecting, at a receiving end, a codeword from a predetermined correlation-matrix codebook comprising a plurality of codewords according to a predetermined criterion to represent a correlation matrix to be fed back (300); and feeding back an index of the selected codeword in the predetermined correlation-matrix codebook to a transmitting end (302); wherein each codeword is a codeword matrix for approximating a correlation matrix of an antenna array at the transmitting end. According to the present invention, it is possible to take good advantage of the characteristics of closely-spaced ULA antennas and spatial correlation thereof, design a corresponding codebook for quantization and feedback, and reduce feedback overhead and computational complexity so as to improve the system performance of a spatial correlation aided system, such as a MIMO system.
US08982971B2	System for spectrum sensing of multi-carrier signals with equidistant sub-carriers A multi-carrier signal is typically comprised of many equidistant sub-carriers. This results in periodicity of spectrum within the bandwidth of such a multi-carrier signal. An unknown multi-carrier signal with equidistant sub-carriers can thus be sensed together with its sub-carrier spacing by finding a discernable local maximum in the cepstrum (Fourier transform of the log spectrum) of the multi-carrier signal.
US08982967B2	Method and device for reducing interference between a power line carrier signal and a VDSL type signal The present invention concerns a method of reducing interference between a carrier current signal (SCPL) transmitted over an electrical line (Le) and a signal of the VDSL type (SVDSL) transmitted over a telephone line (Lpots) that is situated close to the electrical line (Le). Said signals (SCPL, SVDSL) routing data in the form of bits that are attributed to carrier frequencies (Fk) distributed in the same frequency band on different frequency planes, characterized in that it comprises. a step (1) for determining at least one carrier frequency (FVDSL), referred to as the VDSL frequency, of a frequency plane used for transmitting the VDSL-type signal the spectral power density level of which is higher than a predetermined threshold (Th), a step (2) for determining at least one carrier frequency (FCPL), referred to as the CPL frequency, of another frequency plane used for transmitting the carrier current signal and which is common with at least one VDSL frequency thus determined (FVDSL), and a step (3) for reducing the number of bits (NCPL) attributed up until then to each so-called CPL frequency (FCPL) thus determined.
US08982966B2	Moving image decoder and moving image decoding method In one embodiment, there is provided a moving image decoder for decoding a compression-coded moving image stream. The decoder includes: a deblocking filter configured to perform deblocking filter processing on each of frames to be decoded; a load detector configured to detect a magnitude of internal processing loads occurring inside a video player, including a processing load for decoding; a determination module configured to determine whether to bypass the deblocking filter processing, depending on the magnitude of the internal processing loads. The deblocking filter is configured to bypass the deblocking filter processing, if the magnitude of the internal processing loads is bigger than a threshold value and a processing subject block of the frame is decoded using inter-view prediction.
US08982962B2	Method and apparatus for encoding video by compensating for pixel value according to pixel groups, and method and apparatus for decoding video by the same Provided are a method and apparatus of encoding a video by compensating for a pixel value and a method and apparatus of decoding a video by compensating for a pixel value. The method of encoding the video includes: encoding image data; decoding the encoded image data and generating a restored image by performing loop filtering on the decoded image data; determining a compensation value corresponding to errors between a predetermined group restored pixels in the restored image and corresponding original pixels, and a pixel group including a restored pixel to be compensated for by using the compensation value; and encoding the compensation value and transmitting the encoded compensation value and a bitstream of the encoded image data.
US08982961B2	Method and apparatus for encoding video by using transformation index, and method and apparatus for decoding video by using transformation index Encoding and decoding a video using transformation index that indicates information that indicates a structure of a transformation unit transforming data of a current coding unit.
US08982960B2	Multi-metric filtering A filter unit of a video encoder or video decoder can determine a first metric for a group of pixels within a block of pixels, determine a second metric for the group of pixels, determine a filter based on the first metric and the second metric, and generate a filtered image by applying the filter to the group of pixels. The first metric and second metric can be an activity metric and a direction metric, respectively, or can be other metrics such as an edge metric, horizontal activity metric, vertical activity metric, or diagonal activity metric.
US08982959B2	Signal transmission apparatus, signal transmission method, signal reception apparatus, signal reception method, and signal transmission system A signal transmission apparatus includes: a two-pixel sampling-out control section that maps pixel samples to video data regions; a line sampling-out control section that samples out the pixel samples every other line from each line of the sub-images to which the pixel samples have been mapped, so as to generate an interlace signal; a word sampling-out control section that samples out for each word the pixel samples which have been sampled out for each line so as to be mapped to video data regions of an HD-SDI prescribed by the SMPTE 435-1; and a readout control section that outputs the HD-SDI.
US08982951B2	Adaptive motion estimation coding A method for encoding a video signal comprising a plurality of reference frames and non-reference frames includes: for a non-reference frame to be encoded, determining if at least a portion of a reference frame that is a backward reference frame of the non-reference frame has no scene change; and when the portion of the reference frame has no scene change, scaling down a search range for block matching of the portion of the non-reference frame.
US08982949B2	Method and apparatus for coding image information, method and apparatus for decoding image information, method and apparatus for coding and decoding image information, and system of coding and transmitting image information A decoding method decodes a bit stream in an image decoding apparatus. The method includes receiving a weight parameter that is added to a luma quantization parameter as the bit stream. The method also includes decoding, in a decoding unit in the image decoding apparatus, the bit stream, and generating a luma component of quantized coefficients and a chroma component of quantized coefficients. Further, the method includes performing, in a dequantization unit in the image decoding apparatus, dequantization on the luma component of quantized coefficients using the luma quantization parameter and the chroma component of quantized coefficients using a chroma quantization parameter calculated on the basis of the luma quantization parameter weighted by an add operation of the weight parameter. In addition, the method includes performing, in a transform unit in the image decoding apparatus, an inverse orthogonal transform.
US08982944B2	Method and system for categorized event recording of images in multiple resolution levels A method includes compressing digital data of video images to a second resolution level and storing the digital data at a plurality of resolution levels. The plurality of resolution levels include a first resolution level and the second resolution level. The first resolution level is greater than the second resolution level. The method also includes receiving a category selection, responsive to the received category selection, determining whether the digital data stored at least the first resolution level is needed, responsive to a determination that the digital data stored at least the first resolution level is not needed, performing one of the following: discarding the digital data determined to not be needed; and flagging the digital data determined to not be needed to be discarded later.
US08982939B2	Low power digital phase interpolator Described herein is an apparatus, method and system corresponding to relate to a low power digital phase interpolator (PI). The apparatus comprises: a digital mixer unit to generate phase signals from a series of input signals, the phase signals having phases which are digitally controlled; a poly-phase filter, coupled to the digital mixer unit, to generate a filtered signal by reducing phase error in the phase signals; and an output buffer, coupled to the poly-phase filter, to generate an output signal by buffering the filtered signal. The low power digital PI consumes less power compared to traditional current-mode PIs operating on the same power supply levels because the digital PI is independent of any bias circuit which are needed for current mode PIs.
US08982933B2	Communications system including jammer using continuous phase modulation (CPM) and associated methods A communications system includes a target receiver having a passband and configured to receive an intended signal within the passband. The communications system also includes a jammer configured to jam the target receiver from receiving the intended signal. The jammer has at least one antenna, a jammer receiver coupled to the at least one antenna, a jammer transmitter coupled to the at least one antenna, and a controller configured to cooperate with the jammer receiver. The controller is configured to detect the intended signal and to generate an interfering signal comprising a continuous phase modulation (CPM) waveform having a constant envelope so that the interfering signal at least partially overlaps the passband of the target receiver.
US08982930B2	Communication apparatus, communication method, computer program, and communication system Appropriate communication operation is performed by employing space division multiple access in which wireless resources on a space axis are shared by a plurality of users.Frame exchange is performed between an access point and terminals whereby the access point estimates delay times of the terminals and notifies the terminals of information on the delay times and the terminals perform uplink frame transmission to the access point taking a difference among the delay times into consideration. Interference among users may be reduced in the access point and throughput of a system which performs the space division multiple access is improved.
US08982928B2	Advanced multi-user detector A method for detecting multi-user signals including conducting a first energy burst detection detecting a first plurality of user signals as a first energy burst, attempting to decode a user signal from the first plurality of signals within the first energy burst, cancelling out a first user signal from the first energy burst if the first user signal is successfully decoded from the first energy burst, determining a second user signal to be discarded if the second user signal is not successfully decoded from the first energy burst, conducting a second energy burst detection detecting a second plurality of signals as a second burst, and iteratively cancelling out the first user signal successfully decoded from the first energy burst from the second energy burst, wherein the second energy burst detection is conducted when all user signals within the first energy burst are either cancelled out or determined to be discarded.
US08982919B2	Laser light source module, laser apparatus and lighting method therefor A laser light source module includes a laser source, a connecting unit, a controlled switch unit, and a verification unit. When a verification signal is received, the verification unit judges whether the verification signal complies with a verifying condition. If the verification signal complies with the verifying condition, the controlled switch unit is in the on state, so that a first output voltage is transmitted to the laser source through the controlled switch unit to drive illumination of the laser source. Whereas, if the verification signal does not comply with the verifying condition, the controlled switch unit is in the off state, so that the first output voltage fails to be transmitted to the laser source through the controlled switch unit and the laser source is turned off.
US08982917B2	Solid-state laser device A control circuit measures fluctuations in the energy of a pulse laser with respect to the power of an RF signal by varying the power of the RF signal, determines the minimum power of the RF signal which yields a permissible level of fluctuation, and sets the power of the RF signal based on the minimum power of the RF signal. Heat generation in the RF signal generation circuit can be suppressed, and the overall power consumption can also be reduced. It is also possible to reduce the time from when the RF signal is turned on until the RF signal is turned off. As a result, it is possible to generate a stable pulse laser.
US08982907B2	Large-scale peer-to-peer discovery mechanism for frequency allocation Method for collecting information from other radio transmitters and/or receivers for the purpose of coordinating and controlling the interference between transmitters and receivers. The method comprises discovering other radio transmitters and receivers in a network. Peer-to-peer communication is used over the Internet when determining relevant neighboring nodes for own communication and performing resource management for the set of radio transmitters and receivers.
US08982906B1	Dual-media network interface that automatically disables inactive media A system including a first interface module, a second interface module, and a first physical layer device. The first interface module is configured to interface to a copper medium. The second interface module is configured to interface to a fiber-optic medium. The second interface module is configured to interface to the fiber-optic medium via a small form-factor pluggable (SFP) interface module. The first physical layer device is configured to detect when a link is being established over the copper medium via the first interface module and, in response to detecting that the link is established over the copper medium via the first interface module, to deactivate (i) the second interface module and (ii) the SFP interface module.
US08982897B2	Data block output apparatus, communication system, data block output method, and communication method A data block output apparatus includes a first queue that stores data blocks of first traffic; a second queue that stores data blocks of second traffic and is read preferentially over the first queue; a monitoring unit that monitors for occurrence of data blocks read out of the second queue after reading of a data block from the first queue is completed; and a control unit that controls a data block interval between completion of reading of one data block in the first traffic and a start of reading of a next data block in the first traffic when occurrence frequency of the data blocks read out of the second queue after the reading of one data block from the first queue is completed is equal to or higher than a predetermined value.
US08982895B2	Inter-device communication in wireless communication systems Systems, methods, and apparatuses for inter-device communication in wireless communication systems are provided. A user equipment (UE) may communicate directly with another UE over a direct inter-device communication link when they are located in proximity. The UE may simultaneously maintain an active communication link with its serving base station while communicating with other UEs over the inter-device communication link. Long term evolution (LTE) downlink or uplink radio resources may be used for communications over the inter-device communication link. Further, radio link parameters may be chosen specifically for the inter-device communication link.
US08982894B2	Communication system, control station thereof and communication method A plurality of control stations supervise respective ones of different networks and multiple nodes belonging to each network perform redundant transmission of data. The number of communication paths for which the qualities of communication links between the nodes belonging to the network are greater than a threshold value are calculated as the number of active paths of each of the nodes belonging to each network, and it is determined whether the calculated number of active paths of each node in each network is equal to or greater than a predetermined redundancy. In case of existence of a node for which the number of active paths is less than the predetermined redundancy, then the node is moved between the network in which the node exists and another network.
US08982892B2	Automatic guard period adjustment in a base station for time division duplexed wireless communications The present invention is directed to a method for adjusting a guard period in a base station for a cellular wireless communication system. The base station is adapted to communicate in a frame structure comprising a downlink frame followed by the guard period followed by an uplink frame. The method comprises the following steps: measuring interference in dependence on time from at least one interfering base station; and adjusting an uplink frame start time within the frame structure in dependence on the measured interference. The invention also relates to a base station, a network management entity, a computer program product and a method for operating the network entity.
US08982890B2	Distributed virtual network gateways Computerized methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for distributing virtualized gateway functionality to multiple nodes within a physical network. Initially, drivers that carry out the gateway functionality are provisioned to cooperate with endpoints instantiated on the network nodes, while a directory service is implemented to maintain a mapping between virtual internet protocol (IP) addresses and location-dependent addresses, as well as a table enumerating transformation actions according to known pathways connecting the endpoints within a network. In operation, the directory service replies to requests from the driver (carrying source and destination IP addresses of data packets) with the appropriate location-dependent addresses (utilizing the mapping) and the appropriate transformation action(s) (utilizing the table). The transformation action(s) include rewriting headers of the data packets to include the location-dependent addresses, encapsulating the data packets as inner data packets within respective outer data packets, or configuring the data packets with a tunneling protocol.
US08982883B2	Method and apparatus for aiding the establishment of the multicast backhaul in the fixed network for mobile multicast service Method and apparatus for decreasing multi-cell feedback overhead is provided in the present invention. Wherein a mobile user terminal equipment utilizes a first period to feedback short-term channel direction information of a serving base station, utilizes a second period to feedback long-term channel direction information of neighboring base stations, further, the mobile user terminal equipment utilizes a third period to feedback long-term relative amplitude information, utilizes a fourth period to feedback short-term relative phase information, wherein the first period is shorter than the second period, and the third period is longer than the fourth period.
US08982882B2	Method and system for application level load balancing in a publish/subscribe message architecture A method of publishing a message includes receiving a subscription request at a first remote relay from a first client and transmitting a subscription message from the remote relay to each of a first set of central relays. The method also includes receiving a publication request at a second remote relay from a second client and transmitting a publication message from the second remote relay to a first central relay of the first set of central relays and a second central relay of a second set of central relays. The method further includes determining, at the first central relay, that a target matches at least a portion of a pattern, transmitting the message string from the first central relay to the first remote relay, determining, at the first remote relay, that the target matches at least a portion of the pattern, and transmitting the message string to the first client.
US08982873B2	Method and system for preserving content timing across femtocell interfaces via timestamp insertion Aspects of a method and system for preserving content timing across femtocell interfaces via timestamp insertion are provided. In this regard, a femtocell may receive a first time-stamped packet via a first interface and transcode the time-stamped packet. The femtocell may buffer the transcoded packet based on a time-stamp recovered from the packet and may transmit the buffered transcoded packet via a second interface. One of the first interface and the second interface may utilize the Internet Protocol. One of the first interface and the second interface may be a non-cellular interface and the other interface may be a cellular interface. The femtocell may be operable to generate a timestamp corresponding to a time instant at which a time-stamped packet arrived via the first interface or the second interface. The timestamp may be referenced to a clock within a cellular enabled communication devices communicatively coupled to the femtocell.
US08982870B2	Method and a device for improved status reports A method for use in a cellular communications system in which system traffic can be exchanged between transceivers comprises receiving traffic from a second transceiver at a first transceiver. The traffic includes data units that are each associated with an identifier. The data units are also divided into segments. The method additionally includes sending status information from the first transceiver to the second transceiver. The status information pertains to one or more data units transmitted by the second transceiver. Additionally, sending the status information includes, for non-received and partially received data units, sending information indicating the data units were non-received or partially received and, for partially received data units, sending information indicating which parts of the data units were not received.
US08982866B1	Data channel noise estimation using control channel A method includes receiving a Code-Division Multiple Access (CDMA) signal carrying at least a data channel, a pilot channel and a control channel. A first noise level is estimated on the pilot channel. A second noise level is estimated on the control channel. The first estimated noise level and the second estimated noise level are combined to produce a noise estimate of noise on the data channel.
US08982865B2	Method for transmitting reference signal for terminal demodulation in radio mobile communication system, and apparatus for implementing the same The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a data demodulation reference signal in a radio mobile communication system. The method comprises: a step for generating a sub-frame including the data demodulation reference signal, and a step for transmitting the generated sub-frame. The 1st and 2nd demodulation reference signal pattern groups include plural demodulation signal patterns orthogonal to each other, and are differentiated from each other with regard to time-frequency resources. In the data demodulation reference signal, demodulation reference signal patterns which are respectively orthogonal to each other M (M≦N) and N−M times are respectively included in the 1st and 2nd demodulation reference signal pattern groups if the rank is N.
US08982864B2	Base station, communication system, mobile terminal, and relay device for allocating uplink and downlink communication resources A base station including an allocation unit for allocating the downlink of the relay link or the access link and the downlink of the direct link to a resource block included in a same resource block group, and allocating the uplink of the relay link or the access link and the uplink of the direct link to a resource block included in a same resource block group.
US08982857B2	Method for managing the transfer of information packets across a wireless and routing nodes implementing it A wireless network includes permanently powered routing nodes and intermittently operating routing nodes. A polling procedure is used for transferring routing and data information packets from a permanently powered routing node to an intermittently operating routing node. In particular, when the permanently powered routing node has to transmit an information packet to the intermittently operating routing node, it stores the information packet in a memory; it waits until the intermittently operating routing node is able to receive information packets; and then it transmits the information packet to the intermittently operating routing node, and when the intermittently operating routing node has to transmit an information packet to the permanently powered routing node, it transmits immediately the information packet to the permanently powered routing node.
US08982854B2	Method for scheduling distributed virtual resource blocks A method for transmitting downlink data using resource blocks at a base station in a wireless mobile communication system includes transmitting downlink data mapped to physical resource blocks (PRBs) to a user equipment, wherein indexes of virtual resource blocks (VRBs) are mapped to indexes of the PRBs for a first slot and a second slot of a subframe, and the indexes of the PRBs for the second slot are shifted with respect to the indexes of the PRBs for the first slot based on a predetermined gap, and wherein a predetermined offset is applied to an index of a PRB when the index of the PRB is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold.
US08982850B2	Cyclic shift delays in multi-user packets with resolvable very high throughput long training fields (VHTLTFS) A system including a stream generator module to generate a plurality of streams to be transmitted in a packet. The packet is to be transmitted to a plurality of client stations. First streams are designated for a first client station and include a plurality of training fields. Second streams are designated for a second client station and include the plurality of training fields. A cyclic shift delay module applies a plurality of cyclic shift delay values to the plurality of streams. First values from the plurality of cyclic shift delay values are respectively applied to the first streams. Second values from the plurality of cyclic shift delay values are respectively applied to the second streams. A mapping module spatially maps the plurality of streams subsequent to the cyclic shift delay module applying the cyclic shift delay values to the plurality of streams.
US08982849B1	Coexistence mechanism for 802.11AC compliant 80 MHz WLAN receivers A wireless network device comprising a physical layer (PHY) module and a media access control (MAC) module. The PHY module is configured to communicate with an 80 MHz channel. The 80 MHz channel includes a plurality of sub-bands including a first sub-band, a second sub-band, a third sub-band, and a fourth sub-band. One of the plurality of sub-bands corresponds to a primary channel. The PHY module is further configured to determine which of the plurality of sub-bands are receiving a data packet, and generate at least one clear channel assessment signal indicating which of the plurality of sub-bands are receiving the data packet. The MAC module is configured to receive the at least one clear channel assessment signal from the PHY module, and selectively transmit on the primary channel based on the at least one clear channel assessment signal.
US08982848B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting downlink reference signal The present invention relates to transmitting a downlink reference signal in a wireless communication system. A method for a base station to transmit a downlink signal by using two or more layers includes multiplexing and transmitting a reference signal for the two or more layers on the basis of a reference signal pattern on a data region of a downlink subframe and transmitting data for the two or more layers on the data region of the downlink subframe, wherein the reference signal for the two or more layers is a dedicated reference signal that is used to demodulate the data for the two or more layers on a receiving end, and in the multiplexing of the reference signal, the reference signal for the two or more layers is code-division-multiplexed by an orthogonal code having a length of at least 2.
US08982846B2	Proactive scheduling methods and apparatus to enable peer-to-peer communication links in a wireless OFDMA system Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for scheduling resources in Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) communication networks for “direct link” or peer-to-peer communications among stations operating therein so that OFDMA resources can be allocated to a transmitter station for a peer-to-peer communication session with a receiver station such that near-far issues caused by peer-to-peer communication are reduced/avoided. The disclosed technologies can prevent peer-to-peer communication links using different sub-channels within the same time slot from creating near-far issues for other receiver stations that are within communication range.
US08982844B2	Base station, communication method and wireless communication system A base station, to which a cell belongs and which communicates with a relay node to which a relay node cell belongs, including a control unit configured, at a time of handing over the relay node from another cell belonging to a first base station to the cell belonging to the base station, to request the relay node to measure wireless quality of neighbor cells of the cell belonging to the base station and report a measurement result of the wireless quality, and to update by adding or deleting, if the measurement result of the wireless quality of a first neighbor cell among the neighbor cells is higher or lower than a predetermined threshold for the cell existing at the handover destination of the relay node, the relay node cell to or from a first neighbor cell list of the first neighbor cell, respectively.
US08982842B2	Monitoring 3G/4G handovers in telecommunication networks Systems and methods for monitoring 3G/4G handovers in telecommunication networks are described. In some embodiments, a method may include receiving a plurality of packets at a telecommunications monitoring system, the plurality of packets including a first packet following a first version of a protocol and a second packet following a second version of the protocol. The method may also include determining, via the a telecommunications monitoring system, that the first packet belongs to a first communication session that is correlated with a second communication session to which the second packet belongs. The method may further include using the telecommunications monitoring system to associate the first packet with the second packet in response to the determination.
US08982840B2	Handover An improvements to Handover is provided. User equipment capable of participating in the handover of communications instances from a first radio access network to a second radio access network, the first radio access network being capable of supporting packet switched communications and the second radio access network being capable of supporting circuit switched communications is adapted to participate in a first voice-and-multimedia communications session in said first radio access network, as part of a communications instance, during handover of said communications instance from said first radio access network to said second radio access network, transfer a voice communications session, to continue said communications instance, and responsive to said handover, send a first message to a node of said second radio access network to provide a second voice-and-multimedia communications session in said second radio access network, to further continue said communications instance.
US08982838B2	Method for processing data associated with handover in a wireless network The technical features of this description provides a method and apparatus of processing data associated with handover in a wireless network transmitting a radio signal based on a number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols or single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) symbols. In an aspect of the features, when MME learns that HeNB is preparing handover of UE, it sends the UE a PDN CONNECTIVITY REJECT with a proper cause, so that LIPA PDN connection cannot be used in the target cell. Accordingly, the LIPA PDN connection is only restricted to a CSG cell. Moreover, the network can explicitly reject the request from the UE, either before or after handover, thereby avoiding the UE's unnecessary retry.
US08982829B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting downlink reference signal in wireless communication system that supports multiple antennas The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for transmitting a downlink reference signal in a wireless communication system that supports multiple antennas. The method for transmitting a reference signal for a maximum of eight antenna ports according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: in a base station, mapping part of a common reference signal for a maximum of four antenna ports into a downlink subframe that includes a 1st slot and a 2nd slot; in the base station, mapping a channel status information reference signal for the maximum of eight antenna ports into the downlink subframe, according to a preset pattern; and in the base station, transmitting the downlink subframe into which the common reference signal and the channel status information reference signal have been mapped, wherein the preset pattern defines the channel status information reference signal for the maximum of eight antenna ports to be mapped onto two OFDM symbols of the data region in the downlink subframe, and wherein part of the common reference signal for the maximum of four antenna ports is limited to the common reference signal for a maximum of two antenna ports.
US08982828B1	Autonomous adaptation of modulation and coding scheme for persistent scheduling in electronic communication Communication circuitry that employs persistent scheduling conventionally uses one initiation command to establish the modulation and coding scheme (“MCS”) that will be used for transmission of subsequent payload bursts, at least until it is time to send another initiation command. Inefficiency can result if transmission channel conditions change between initiation commands. To avoid such inefficiency, the disclosed circuitry maintains a count of unsuccessful transmission attempts. When the count deviates from a predetermined reference standard, the circuitry automatically and autonomously makes an appropriate change in the MCS selection without waiting for the next initiation command. Both transmitter and receiver circuits independently operate in the same way at the same time so that both ends of a communication link remain coordinated with one another.
US08982825B2	Method and device to support site activation using a hailing channel A trunked base station (BS) in a trunked radio system tunes its receiver to the hailing channel and monitors for a hailing signal. A subscriber unit (SU) scans a first set of control channels for a control signal transmitted by the trunked BS. In response to failing to locate a control signal on any one of the first set of control channels, the SU tunes its transmitter to a hailing channel and transmits a hailing signal. In response to receiving a hailing signal from a SU, the BS tunes to a transmit portion of a trunked control channel and transmits a control signal. And the BS subsequently tunes to a receive portion of the trunked control channel and monitors for a registration response. Subsequently, the SU scans a second set of control channels for a control signal transmitted by a BS in the system.
US08982824B2	Method and a device for increased bit rate In a method and a device for setting the Transport Format Combination size step in a scheduler of a cellular radio system to be used by a user equipment transmitting data to a radio base station of the cellular radio system, the Transport Format Combination size step is set as a function of a number of pre-defined cell and/or user conditions. This will increase the user bit Crate at low load. Specifically, the time to reach a high bitrate in low load situations is reduced. This leads to enhanced user experience for bursty services such as World Wide Web (WWW) services.
US08982823B2	Method and apparatus for allocating terminal identifier in wireless access system Disclosed is a method for allocating a terminal identifier through an initial network entry process with a base station in a wireless access system. The method comprises the steps of: receiving terminal type indication information indicating a M2M terminal from a terminal; constituting a second terminal identifier by adding bits of a predetermined number to the first terminal identifier on the basis of the terminal type indication information; and transmitting the second terminal identifier to the terminal.
US08982816B2	Method and device for counting resident time span ratio in dual network of dual mode single standby terminal user A method and device including modules for performing a statistics on a resident time span ratio of a dual-mode single-standby terminal user in dual networks, including: setting a Tstart, a Tend and a period t; with respect to a network of each mode in the dual networks respectively, acquiring a periodic location update times, periodic routing area update times, call time span except periodic location update and periodic routing area update, number of starting-up users, T3212 and T3312 of said user in each period t within a time slice from the Tstart to the Tend; according to the parameters, calculating resident time spans of each user in dual domains or CS single-domain network in an idle state, in PS single-domain network in the idle state, and in a connection state, and obtaining the respective resident time spans, thereby the resident time span ratio, of each user in the dual networks.
US08982813B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting sounding reference signal The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a sounding reference signal from a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving resource operation information, which includes resource allocation information for channel sounding, from a base station; and transmitting the sounding reference signal through the entire or part of a resource region that is allocated for transmission of a demodulation reference signal on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) according to the resource operation information.
US08982809B2	Method and apparatus for resource management in a relay communication system, and method and apparatus for data relay using same Disclosed is a method for transmitting integrated packet data by a relay station (RS) in a multi-hop relay communication system, including: integrating a plurality of packet data received from mobile stations (MSs) and determining a data integration scheme for transmitting the integrated data to base station (BS); receiving packet data from MSs, classifying the received packet data into one or more integration packet classes according to the determined data integration scheme, and storing the same; determining QoS (Quality of Service) requirements and a MCS (Modulation and Coding Scheme) level of the stored integration packet classes; calculating required resource according to the determined MCS level and requesting an allocation of the resource from the BS; receiving an approval for resource allocation from the BS, and modulating and coding the integrated packet class, mapping the same to the resource to configure an integrated packet; and transmitting the configured integrated packet to the BS.
US08982803B1	Systems and methods for link adaption in wireless communication systems A first wireless device includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter is configured to transmit a request for parameters to a second wireless device via a communication channel, wherein the parameters include at least one of (i) an estimated quality of the communication channel and (ii) a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for transmission via the communication channel. The transmitter is further configured to, based on at least one of the parameters, select a MCS for transmission to the second wireless device via the communication channel. The receiver is configured to receive a response from the second wireless device via the communication channel, wherein the response includes the parameters.
US08982800B2	Communication system, base station, terminal, and communication method A multiservice is implemented by connecting one base station and one terminal via one wireless link.There is provided communication control means 2-1 that performs communication in compliance with an OFDMA scheme having traffic channels including first sub-channels for containing information showing enabled or disabled sub-channels and second sub-channels for storing data pertaining to services in correspondence with the first sub-channels, that allocates a plurality of first sub-channels to a plurality of services, respectively, and that connects one base station to one terminal via one wireless link, thereby establishing communication pertaining to the plurality of services.
US08982799B2	Configuring frequency bands to be scanned in a multiple-frequency-band wireless LAN Provided is a communication method implemented by a mobile device in a wireless network in which a plurality of frequency bands is available, wherein a first wireless device and a second wireless device in the wireless network are configured to use a first one and a second one of the plurality of frequency bands, respectively, to provide wireless connections. The method includes: while the mobile device is connected to the second wireless device, receiving a frame which includes information indicating that the first wireless device is configured to use the first frequency band to provide a wireless connection, the frame being transmitted from the first wireless device in the second frequency band and received through a scanning operation performed by the mobile device only on the second frequency band; and allowing a subsequent scanning operation of the mobile device to be performed only on the first frequency band.
US08982794B2	Determination of packet retransmission using time threshold Techniques for determination of packet retransmission using a time threshold are described. In at least some embodiments, information for a packet that is received is compared to information for previously received packets. If the information for the packet matches a previously received packet, a receive time for the packet is compared to a timestamp for the previously received packet to determine if the packet is a retransmission of the previously received packet. In at least some embodiments, packet information associated with different senders can be stored, e.g., to enable packet information comparison for purpose of retransmission detection. An amount of packet information that is stored can be limited to a certain number of senders to control the impact of packet information storage on memory resources.
US08982792B2	Long range WLAN data unit format In a method for generating a data unit for transmission in a wireless network, a physical layer (PHY) preamble is generated. A field to indicate whether an acknowledgment data unit is intended to follow the data unit is generated and included in the PHY preamble. A media access control layer (MAC) header is generated, and the data unit is generated to include the PHY preamble and the MAC header. The data unit is transmitted.
US08982787B2	Method and apparatus for connecting to network from mobile terminal A method for connecting to a network from a mobile terminal capable of forming a high-performance radio channel in a Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), and an apparatus implementing the same are provided. The method includes transmitting a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection request message indicating a first release version to the network, receiving an RRC connection setup message indicating a second release version from the network, comparing the first and second release versions, determining whether there is a third release version lower than the first release version and higher than the second release version when the second release version differs from the first, and, if there is the third release version lower than the first release version and higher than the second release version, transmitting an RRC connection request message indicating the third release version to the network when the second release version differs from the first release version.
US08982786B2	Initial access setting information generating apparatus, method, and program, and base station apparatus An initial access setting information generating apparatus includes a preamble information transmission number obtaining unit that receives and obtains the number of transmissions for preamble information in a non-contention type initial access procedure performed between a base station and a communication terminal, where the preamble information transmission number obtaining unit receives and obtains the number of transmissions after the initial access procedure is completed; an expected reception power determination unit that determines an expected reception power at the base station, based on the number of transmissions for the preamble information, which is obtained by the preamble information transmission number obtaining unit; and a set value communication unit that generates and outputs initial access setting information about the initial access procedure for the communication terminal, based on the expected reception power determined by the expected reception power determination unit.
US08982783B2	Method and system for setting quality of service for a bearer in response to an emergency event An interoperability gateway performs a method for setting Quality of Service for a bearer in response to an emergency event. The method includes the interoperability gateway performing: receiving a indication of an emergency event for a first user, wherein the first user is operating a first device in a first network of a first network type; responsive to receiving the indication, determining a set of devices related to the first user, wherein the set of devices includes the first device and at least a second device operating in a second network of a second network type; instructing the second network to modify at least one Quality of Service setting for the second device.
US08982781B2	Control of a mobile device A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage medium are disclosed to control a mobile device. A disable event module detects a failure to respond to a communication. The communication is sent to a mobile communications device from a supervisory source. A function disable module disables one or more functions of the mobile communications device in response to detecting the failure to respond to the communication. An enable event module detects a second communication between the mobile communications device and the supervisory source. A function enable module enables the one or more functions in response to detecting the second communication.
US08982780B2	Method and apparatus for improving uplink transmission in a wireless communication system A method of improving uplink transmission for a MAC layer of a UE in a wireless communication system includes monitoring a transmission buffer and controlling a periodic buffer status report (BSR) timer to expire when lower priority data arrives at the transmission buffer in the condition that a periodic BSR is configured and running.
US08982776B1	Increasing accuracy for delivering precision time protocol frequency and phase synchronization over a network without on-path support Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for improving accuracy for providing precision time protocol (PTP) frequency and phase synchronization to each unanchored small cell site in a cluster over non on-path supported networks are provided. In embodiments, the method includes continuously measuring one-way delay down (OWDd) and delay offset down from a host site to an anchored site and one-way delay up (OWDu) and delay offset up from the anchored site to the host site. Round trip (RT) delay from the host site to each unanchored site is continuously measured. A one-way delay down prime (OWDd′) is determined for each unanchored site by applying the ratio of OWDu/OWDd to the corresponding RT delay for each unanchored small cell site. An adjusted dynamic corrective offset (DCO) is determined for each unanchored site by adding the respective OWDd′ to the respective time stamp and the delay offset down.
US08982773B2	System and method for managing multiple transmission resources of a spatial multi-cell radio-communication system A satellite cellular radio-communication system using beam formation is provided. The system includes a satellite, at least one satellite access station, terminals, at least one control unit of a virtual cell. At least one of the terminals is configured to transmit and receive on a transmission channel having at least two frequency and spatial transmission resources of a same virtual cell that are different by their frequency band, a frequency and spatial transmission resource being a sub-band of a frequency band used in a beam. The frequency band is taken from among a predetermined number of frequency bands and was allocated to said beam according to a reuse function.
US08982772B2	Radio transceiver with improved radar detection A radar detector is used with a radio link, the radio link characterized by high duty factor operation of a radio transmitter. The radar detector is located a sufficient distance from the radio transmitter that the radar detector is not overwhelmed by the radio transmission signal in that channel and can detect sufficiently low level radar signals to ascertain potential radio interference at the radar from said radio transmitter. The results of the radar detection are communicated to the transmitter in a way that impacts the transmitter's use of the sensed channel. This communication can occur reactively when a radar detection is achieved (the absence of which indicates no radar has been detected) and/or can be a periodic or event-driven indication that the channel is available for operation (the information expiring if the result is not refreshed).
US08982771B2	Method for performing HARQ for relay station A method for performing HARQ includes: receiving information to determine downlink subframes used for a relay station to receive scheduling information from a BS; determining uplink subframes for performing a HARQ with the DL subframes, each of the UL subframes corresponding to each of the DL subframes; assigning sequentially each of a plurality of HARQ processes to each of the UL subframes one by one; and performing HARQ with the BS at at least one of the HARQ processes. An n-th subframe is configured for a corresponding UL subframe if an (n−4)-th subframe is configured for one of the DL subframes, n denoting an integer. The HARQ processes are equal in number to the UL subframes. The DL subframes are configured in at least one radio frame having 10 subframes indexed from 0 to 9. Subframes having indexes 0, 4, 5 and 9 are not configured as a DL subframe.
US08982769B2	Method, base station, and relay device for receiving physical uplink control information A method, base station, and relay device for receiving physical uplink control information are disclosed in the present invention. The method includes: selecting a PUCCH resource of the relay, where the PUCCH resource can form multiplexing with a first resource, and the first resource includes the PUCCH resource occupied by a 3GPP LTE terminal when the terminal transmits the physical uplink control information in a first format; determining a channel index corresponding to the PUCCH resource of the relay; transmitting notification information to the relay, where the notification information includes the channel index; and receiving the physical uplink control information transmitted, according to the channel index, by the relay. In the embodiments of the present invention, the interference between the PUCCH format 1/1a/1b channel of the relay and that of the LTE R8 terminal is effectively reduced.
US08982765B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting data on relay communication system A data transmission method and apparatus using a multi-point cooperative transmission for a backhaul link transmission of a relay communication system. A data transmission method of a base station in a radio relay communication system include: obtaining, by a first BS, first radio resource information scheduled by a neighbor BS with respect to a first relay node (RN) located within the coverage of the first BS; when the first BS has data to be transmitted to the first RN, scheduling the data of the first BS on first radio resource allocated by the neighbor BS; and transmitting, by the first BS, the data of the first BS on the first BS, wherein the first RN is located within an overlapping cell coverage between the first BS and the neighbor BS. Thus, backhaul link transmission efficiency between the BS and the RN in the relay communication system can be improved and an inter-cell interference with respect to a backhaul link can be reduced.
US08982761B2	Method, apparatus, and system for carrying out multimedia service in wireless local area A method, an apparatus, and a system for carrying out a multimedia service are provided in a WLAN. The method includes: receiving a multicast data stream sent by a data server; and monitoring in real time a receiving rate of a terminal connected to an access point, if the receiving rate is higher than or equal to a multicast sending rate at which the access point sends multicast data, sending, in a multicast mode, the multicast data stream sent by the data server to the terminal, and if the receiving rate is lower than the multicast sending rate, converting the multicast data stream sent by the data server into a unicast data stream and sending the unicast data stream to the terminal.
US08982759B2	System information transmitting and receiving device Disclosed are a device and method for transmitting or receiving the system information. The system information transmitting device comprises a processor for transmitting the system information on a broadcast channel, and the system information comprises multi-carrier information relating to a multi-carrier operation. The present invention allows additional information elements to be included in the system information, while also providing backward compatibility with legacy systems.
US08982756B2	Intermittent reception control apparatus, computer-readable recording medium, and intermittent reception control method An intermittent reception control apparatus controls intermittent reception in communication between a base station apparatus and mobile station apparatuses. The intermittent reception control apparatus comprising a control unit that generates DRX parameters, which are intermittent reception parameters, and transmits the generated DRX parameters to the mobile station apparatuses. Further, the DRX parameters include information on the timing at which to cause the mobile station apparatuses to enter an active state and are common to all of the mobile station apparatuses, where the active state is a state where reception of signals transmitted from the base station apparatus is enabled. The intermittent reception control apparatus further comprising a scheduler that transmits to the mobile station apparatuses a DRX command that operates to force these apparatuses to enter an inactive state.
US08982754B2	I/O driven node commissioning in a sleeping mesh network A set sleep period is coordinated among a plurality of mesh network nodes to conserve power. A neighbor wireless mesh network node in proximity to a second node to be added to the mesh network is actuated, causing the neighbor wireless mesh network to be woke from a sleep state. The second node is added to the wireless mesh network by exchanging data with the neighbor wireless mesh network node to join the network.
US08982752B2	Base station apparatus and user terminal The present invention provides a search space configuration that is suitable for a communication system in which a plurality of fundamental frequency blocks are grouped together into a wide band. A base station apparatus (20) has a selection section (302) that selects a system band in fundamental frequency block units, a downlink control information generation section (306) that generates downlink control information for demodulating the data channels that are sent separately in the selected fundamental frequency blocks, and arranges, in the downlink control channel of a specific fundamental frequency block among a plurality of fundamental frequency blocks, a search space in which downlink control information for the plurality of fundamental frequency blocks is contained, and a transmission section (203) that transmits the downlink control channel in which the search space with the downlink control information is arranged.
US08982750B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting overload indicator over the air Techniques for transmitting overload indicators over the air to UEs in neighbor cells are described. In one design, an overload indicator may be transmitted as a phase difference between at least one synchronization signal and a reference signal for a cell. In another design, an overload indicator may be transmitted as a phase difference between consecutive transmissions of at least one synchronization signal for a cell. In yet another design, an overload indicator may be transmitted by a cell on resources reserved for transmitting the overload indicator. In yet another design, an overload indicator may be transmitted by a cell on a low reuse channel or a broadcast channel. For all designs, a UE may receive overload indicators from neighbor cells, determine the loading of each neighbor cell based on the overload indicator for that cell, and control its operation based on the loading of the neighbor cells.
US08982748B2	Antenna arrangement and mobile communication device using same An antenna arrangement (200) and communication device (500) using the antenna arrangement connect a plurality of transceivers (302, 304) to a plurality of antenna elements (314, 316) and switches connections between the transceivers and the antenna elements depending on which transceiver has primary transmit control. The antenna elements include a transmit antenna element (316) and a monitoring antenna element (314). The transceiver having primary transmit control is connected to the transmit antenna element and the transceiver not having primary transmit control is connected to the monitoring antenna element.
US08982747B2	Method for transceiving reference signal in comp operation in wireless communication system that supports an MU-MIMO scheme Disclosed is a method for efficiently transceiving information required for implementing a multi-cell-based CoMP MU-MIMO scheme. For this purpose, a base station which performs CoMP operation generates: (A) a reference signal sequence on the basis of a specific base station; or generates (B) the same reference signal sequence on the basis of a CoMP ID, and transmits the generated sequence to user equipment. To support an MU-MIMO scheme and to perform a joint processing method, the base station must additionally transmit CoMP reference signal sequence information, frequency shift information, etc. to the user equipment in said (A) case, and generates a CoMP reference signal on the basis of a preset CoMP set ID and transmits the generated signal to the user equipment in said (B) case.
US08982744B2	Method and system for a subband acoustic echo canceller with integrated voice activity detection Methods and systems for a subband acoustic echo canceller with integrated voice activity detection are disclosed and may include adjusting transmit and/or receive powers of wirelessly communicated audio signals based on voice activity detection via subband analysis of the wirelessly communicated audio signals. The receive power may be adjusted by utilizing a reduced duty cycle, or by conveying voice activity detection information via an asynchronous control channel in a Bluetooth application. A plurality of subbands may be generated utilizing a fast Fourier transform, and a first subset of the subbands corresponding to voice activity may be selected and a second subset of the subbands may be selected that corresponds to background noise. The processing of the subsets may be dynamically adjusted due to variations in the voice activity or background noise. Comfort noise may be generated and transmitted at a reduced bandwidth utilizing the second subset of the subbands.
US08982740B2	Wireless communication device for calculating level correction value for transmission signal In a wireless communication device, in a correction value calculating mode, a control unit flips switches to the “a” sides, a modulation processing unit generates a CW signal as an I channel signal, a DAC converts the digital CW signal into an analog CW signal, an LPF eliminates the high-frequency component from the CW signal, a mixer functions as an up-converter for up-converting the CW signal, a PA amplifies the RF power of the CW signal, a mixer functions as a down-converter for down-converting the CW signal, an ADC converts the analog CW signal into a digital CW signal, a level detecting unit detects the voltage level of the CW signal, a correction value calculating unit calculates a correction value based on the detected voltage level, and a correction value storing unit stores the calculated correction value.
US08982735B2	Proxy media service for digital telephony A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) service system includes a SIP-enabled soft switch at a telephony service provider, executing code from a coupled machine-readable medium, routing SIP transactions to remote destinations, a media server coupled to the SIP-enabled soft switch storing media including ring tones and music-on-hold for use in progressing transactions, and an interface to a wide-area-network (WAN) for transmitting transactions and media. The SIP-enabled soft switch determines for each transaction from stored data whether media services are to be provided or not provided for that destination, and in the event media services are not to be provided, alters packet data to indicate media services to be provided by a server local to the destination.
US08982734B2	Methods, apparatus, and systems for routing information flows in networks using spanning trees and network switching element resources Methods, apparatus and systems for routing information flows in networks based on spanning trees and network switching element resources. One or more controllers are used to assign information flows to network switching elements (NSEs) through use of spanning trees derived from link path costs. NSEs generate status information relating to resources they employ to facilitate information flows that is sent to the controller(s). The status information is used to derive link costs, which are then used to generate spanning trees that support routing between the NSEs without any path loops. Information flows are assigned to the NSEs such that the routing paths for the flows use the links in the spanning tree. The link costs and spanning trees are dynamically computed during ongoing operations, enabling the network routing and flow assignments to be reconfigured in response to dataplane events and changes to the information flow traffic.
US08982733B2	System and method for managing topology changes in a network environment A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving a spanning tree protocol topology change notification (STP TCN) in a network; removing topology data for a first plurality of gateways associated with a first network segment ID that is shared by a particular gateway that communicated the STP TCN; and communicating an edge TCN to a second plurality of gateways associated with a second network segment ID and for which topology data has not been removed based on the STP TCN.
US08982732B2	Detecting neighboring access points in a network An electronic device, e.g., a mobile device, having access to a wireless network roams from one access point (AP) to another using access point detection based on location and learning. A learning scheme may modify a list of nearby access points determined based on location to identify neighboring access points where roaming is possible. The identified neighboring access points where roaming is possible may be ordered based on roaming history, such as the frequency of the roams to a particular AP. The roaming history may be maintained on a per client basis or aggregated across all clients using an AP.
US08982731B2	Bluetooth network configuration A method, apparatus, and computer program for operating a Bluetooth network is presented. The method comprises providing a Bluetooth system comprising a plurality of Bluetooth devices forming Bluetooth piconets disconnected from each other; and providing a route for a data packet between two remote Bluetooth devices through the Bluetooth system by sequentially changing structures of the Bluetooth piconets, wherein at least some of the plurality of Bluetooth devices sequentially create and terminate connections with different Bluetooth devices as a result of the sequential change of the structures of the Bluetooth piconets.
US08982727B2	System and apparatus of generalized network controller for a software defined network (SDN) A generalized network controller in a software defined network (SDN), controlling a network with mixed switches based on different and even incompatible OpenFlow (OF) standard versions, comprising a first transceiver connected to a first OF switch comprising a first OF standard version configured to receive messages from the first OF switch and to transmit messages to the first OF switch; a second transceiver connected to a second OF switch comprising a second OF standard version configured to receive messages from the second OF switch and to transmit messages to the second OF switch, wherein the first OF standard version is different from the second OF standard version, and wherein the first OF standard version is incompatible with the second OF standard version; and a processor coupled to the first and second transceivers and configured to control the first and the second OF switches.
US08982724B2	Systems and methods for implementing peak-to-average power ratio reduction for OFDMA modulation A system and method are provided for implementing a peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) reduction scheme for Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) modulation. A unique PAPR reduction scheme for OFDMA modulation for systems operated according to a DOCSIS standard achieves results similar to those attributable to tone reservation schemes in a manner that does not negatively affect an amount of available data capacity, particularly in implementations with limited numbers of subcarriers. The disclosed systems and methods are particularly adaptable to next generation cable gateways and/or next generation cable modems. These next generation cable gateways and/or cable modems may find particular utility in advanced hybrid fiber/coaxial cable systems. The adaptable cable gateways/modems may include a cable gateway system-on-chip (SOC) configuration. The disclosed schemes may be applicable to OFDM modulation. For OFDM, however, the known tone reservation algorithms also may be employed.
US08982723B2	Method and system for synchronizing access stratum security algorithm The disclosure discloses a method and a system for synchronizing an Access Stratum (AS) security algorithm. The method comprises: a control plane notifying a user plane to start a decryption exception detection when sending an Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection re-establishment message (100); the user plane performing the decryption exception detection on a service message received after the RRC connection re-establishment, and sending a decryption exception instruction to the control plane when discovering the decryption exception of the service message (101); and the control plane performs a corresponding exception process according to the decryption exception instruction (102). With the method, the exception of the AS security algorithm configured for User Equipment (UE) in the RRC connection re-establishment is discovered in time, the bandwidth waste caused by invalid data packets of an air interface is maximally avoided, and the prompt exception recovery is improved, so as to further improve the user experience before and after a handover.
US08982718B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving sounding signal in a wireless communication system In a wireless communication system, at least one sounding subchannel determining parameter is transmitted from a sounding signal receiving apparatus to a sounding signal transmitting apparatus. A sounding subchannel for the sounding signal transmitting apparatus is allocated according to the sounding subchannel determining parameter. A sounding signal is received from the sounding signal transmitting apparatus over the allocated sounding subchannel. The sounding subchannel determining parameter is determined for allocating a sounding subchannel considering a frequency correlation.
US08982713B2	Quality of service configuration for wireless communication Techniques to configure quality of service (QoS) for communication are described. An access terminal configures a first QoS profile prior to a call. This QoS profile is for a set of QoS parameters that provides certain QoS. The access terminal thereafter establishes (e.g., originates or terminates) a call with an access network. If the first QoS profile is appropriate for the call, then QoS is not reconfigured. However, the access terminal may determine that a second QoS profile is to be used for the call, e.g., based on a format or a rate set supported by a remote/other terminal for the call. The access terminal would then configure the second QoS profile during the call. The access terminal may exchange data in accordance with (a) the first QoS profile before the second QoS profile is configured and activated and (b) the second QoS profile after it is configured and activated.
US08982712B2	De-mapping method and device for optical transport unit frame The disclosure discloses a de-mapping method and a device for an Optical Transport Unit (OTU) frame. The method includes: setting a receiving reference clock and a de-mapping path according to a highest priority of an OTU frame mapping mode of a local device (S102); receiving an OTU frame of an opposite device by using the receiving reference clock and the de-mapping path (S104); determining a de-mapping priority of the OTU frame according to a clock recovery result of the received OTU frame and a customer service alarm instruction (S106); and de-mapping the OTU frame of the opposite device by using a receiving reference clock and a de-mapping path corresponding to the determined de-mapping priority of the OTU frame (S108). By means of the present invention, the de-mapping efficiency and accuracy of the OTU frame in an optical transport network are improved.
US08982711B2	Self-healing communications network Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media for detecting and removing unwanted loops in communications networks having host processors, nodes, and segments connecting the nodes are disclosed. In one embodiment, a set of steady state data regarding direction of a network traffic flow is collected and stored. Then, a newly sampled flow is compared with the stored steady state data to detect flows whose paths contradict their steady state direction, and a network loop is identified when a segment carries such contradictory flows.
US08982709B2	Selecting service nodes for an end-to-end service path from a reduced search space Service nodes in a service overlay network are selected to provide a service path for a requested service by determining a reduced search space of service nodes in the service overlay network that are operable to provide service components for the requested service. From the reduced search space of service nodes, service nodes are selected to form a service path that satisfies all quality of service constraints for the service.
US08982708B1	Priority aware dynamic routing protocol for ad-hoc networks A method determines an efficient route between a source node and a destination node in a mobile ad-hoc network. The source node and the destination node communicate over a control channel until a link event occurs, such as congestion or a link failure in the control channel. In response to the link event, the method begins probing the network for at least one alternative route between the source node and the destination node. The probing of the network, however, is limited based on a route metric, which includes information regarding the number of network nodes between the source node and the destination node and information regarding a required bandwidth necessary for the efficient route.
US08982700B1	System and method for minimizing hardware resources for given performance using weighted cost multi-path flow distribution The present technology considers network devices that include forwarding tables having a number of next-hop entries (e.g., egress ports) where it is possible that the egress port utilization can be load balanced using WCMP groups. In a WCMP group, its members are assigned weights representing an amount of data flow to distribute over a plurality of links for a given destination. This disclosure provides systems and methods to distribute weights assigned to members of WCMP groups while achieving a minimum target for network throughput.
US08982698B2	Technique for transmission by a node of a communications network A transmission method is used by a node of a communications network, wherein nodes communicate with one another via a carrier-sense multiple-access channel, said method comprising a step of sending a signal at a given transmit power and a given data rate to a receiver node over the channel, and wherein the transmit power of the sent signal assumes successively a first power value during a first time period and then a second power value during a second time period, the two power values being different and one of them being equal to the given power, the first time period representing the given power and the second time period representing the data rate. The invention also relates to a method of receiving a signal sent by the transmission method enabling the transmit power and the data rate used by the sender node to be deduced from the received signal.
US08982695B2	Anti-starvation and bounce-reduction mechanism for a two-dimensional bufferless interconnect A slot reservation method is disclosed. The slot reservation method generates slot reservations in two dimensions to address starvation and to reduce bounce of messages transmitted through an interconnect. An interconnect implemented using the slot reservation method is capable of being scaled to larger network-on-chip implementations.
US08982693B2	Radio link monitoring in a wireless communication device Methods and apparatus' of determining radio link quality are disclosed. According to various implementations, a user equipment detects an out-of-synchronization condition corresponding to a first control channel, and monitors a second control channel in response to the detecting the out-of synchronization condition.
US08982692B2	System and method for rapid link failure handling A system and method for link failure handling includes detecting a failure in a first network connection between a first network switching unit and a second network switching unit, where the first network connection is associated with a first communication port of the first network switching unit; suspending the first communication port from a link aggregation group (LAG), where the first communication port is associated with the LAG; and associating one or more first inter-chassis link (ICL) ports with the LAG. The first ICL ports are associated with a first ICL coupling the first network switching unit to a third network switching unit. The first network switching unit and the third network switching unit are peers.
US08982691B2	System and method providing standby bypass for double failure protection in MPLS network A method for providing a Backup Label Switched Path for a specified Bypass Label Switch Path is disclosed. The method for providing a Backup Label Switched Path for a specified Bypass Label Switch Path includes establishing a Bypass LSP having an end-to-end path; obtaining the nodes traversed by the end-to-end path; generating a request to a path calculator which using the nodes provided on the end-to-end path calculates a path disjoint to those nodes; and signaling the calculated disjoint path as a Backup LSP for the Bypass LSP. The method for providing a Backup Label Switched Path for a specified Bypass Label Switch Path provides protection advantages over systems known in the art by providing capability for handling double failure scenarios.
US08982690B2	Base station and related radio communication method Provided are a terminal device and a retransmission control method that make it possible to minimize increases in overhead in an uplink control channel (PUCCH), even if channel selection is used as the method to transmit response signals during carrier-aggregation communication using a plurality of downlink unit bands. On the basis of the generation status of uplink data and error-detection results obtained by a CRC unit, a control unit in the provided terminal uses response signal transmission rules to control the transmission of response signals or uplink control signals that indicate the generation of uplink data. If an uplink control signal and a response signal are generated simultaneously within the same transmission time unit, the control unit changes the resources allocated to the response signal and/or the phase point of the response signal in accordance with the number and position of ACKs within the error-detection result pattern.
US08982687B2	Apparatus and method for I/Q offset cancellation in SC-FDMA system The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for eliminating I/Q offset in a receiver of a SC-FDMA system which improves performance of the system by accurate measurement and cancellation of I/Q offset in a receiver of a SC-FDMA system operating in a 3GPP LTE uplink. An apparatus for eliminating I/Q offset in a receiver of the SC-FDMA system constituting the receiver of the SC-FDMA system includes: a linear interpolation channel estimation unit for estimating channel using demodulation reference symbol (DMRS) that is a training sequence (X) corresponding to the discrete Fourier transformed signal (Y) that has passed through frame sync acquisition, frequency compensation and cyclic prefix elimination; a signal regeneration/cancellation unit for calculating I/Q offset (D=Y−Y′) by subtracting the discrete Fourier transformed signal (Y) from the ideal discrete Fourier transformed signal (Y′=H′X) generated by using channel coefficient (H′), that is an output of the linear interpolation channel estimation unit, and the DMRS that is the training sequence (X); and an I/Q offset measurement/cancellation unit for generating VQ offset-free signal (YNoDC=Y−D′) by subtracting I/Q offset (D′) having corrected phase and power of the VQ offset (D=Y−Y′) from the discrete Fourier transformed signal (Y).
US08982685B2	Time orthogonalization of reference signals An apparatus for providing wireless coverage to a plurality of sectors includes means for generating a reference sequence, and means for applying a time domain orthogonal sequence to the reference sequence to generate a reference signal for broadcasting over one of the sectors. An apparatus for wireless communications within a sector includes means for receiving a broadcast within a sector, the received broadcast comprising a reference signal having a time domain orthogonal sequence applied to a reference sequence, and means for recovering the reference sequence from the received broadcast.
US08982680B1	Data archive system In a data archive system including plural sets of data library apparatuses and a control unit and an information storing unit connected to the plural sets of data library apparatuses, the data library apparatus includes a recording medium storing unit that stores plural recording media, a data recording and reproducing device that records data in the recording media and reproduces data from the recording media, a recording medium transporting unit that transports the recording media between the recording medium storing unit and the data recording and reproducing device, and a data library apparatus control unit that controls an action of the data library apparatus, the information storing unit stores management information for managing the recording medium storing unit, the control unit controls actions of the total data archive system, and when a recording medium storing unit is attached to the data library apparatus.
US08982677B2	Change of state indicator for a jump display mechanism A change of state indicator (2) device for a timepiece display mechanism (30) by jumps of a given magnitude for the display of a transition between two stable display states of this given magnitude movable close to the display zone of this magnitude facing a supplementary display (3) driven discontinuously by a drive element (7) against elastic return means (19). A driving pinion (9) controls a star wheel (10) in a discontinuous manner to control each jump against a beak (14) of a first arm (15) of a lever (13) controlling a pivoting movement and a return to position of this indicator (2) each time this beak (14) passes between two successive tooth spaces (12) of this star wheel (10) by means of a tooth (11) between these spaces (12). The lever (13) includes a second support arm (16) for supporting the indicator (2) or controlling its displacement.
US08982673B2	Calendar mechanism including a quick month corrector The calendar mechanism includes a 31 wheel set (31) for controlling a date indicator, a date drive means for driving the 31 wheel set, a 12 wheel set (12) for controlling a month indicator, and a monthly drive means for driving the 12 wheel set at the end of each month. The monthly drive means is activated by the 31 wheel set during the change from the end of one month to the first day of the next month. The calendar mechanism further includes a manually activated month corrector device arranged to advance the 31 wheel set in one stroke to an angular position corresponding to the indication of the first day of the next month, so that the monthly drive means, activated by the change from one month to the next, increments the 12 wheel set by one step.
US08982671B2	Seismic energy sources and methods of use The present disclosure provides embodiments seismic energy sources configured to generate enhanced shear wave energy in order to more accurately determine the distribution and orientation of fractures in subterranean formations. At least one seismic energy source includes an elongate rod having a first end and a second end, a detonator coupled to the first end, and a bull plug coupled to the second end. An explosive is helically-wrapped about the elongate rod continuously from the first end to the second end and configured to detonate such that a time-delayed detonation is achieved which induces increased shear wave energy in the surrounding formations.
US08982670B1	Multi-sensor event detection system Systems and methods to determine and ascertain the occurrence of an event are provided. The event can manifest its presence through transient signatures that alter short or long term background sensor registered signals. The system can include multiple sensors, one or more data recorders and data reporting devices. Event data from each sensor is collected, recorded and reported. Data from the various sensors is correlated to triangulate or otherwise localize the occurrence of an event. The sensors can be incorporated on a single device or can be a distributed set of independent sensors on separate devices that share their information with the data collection system.
US08982667B2	Acoustic telemetry stacked-ring wave delay isolator system and method A stacked-ring, slow-wave acoustic telemetry isolation system and method for use with tubular assemblies such as drillpipe or production tubing comprising an acoustic wave transmitter, the acoustic isolator behaving such that a “down” wave propagated toward the isolator is reflected back substantially in phase with an “up” wave propagated from the acoustic wave source away from the isolator. The acoustic isolator is similarly effective in reflecting “up” propagating waves originating from below the isolator, hence further protecting the acoustic wave source from possible deleterious interference. It causes substantially all of the emitted wave energy to travel in a chosen direction along the drill pipe, thus aiding the efficiency of acoustic telemetry said pipe.
US08982658B2	Scalable multi-bank memory architecture According to one general aspect, a method may include, in one embodiment, grouping a plurality of at least single-ported memory banks together to substantially act as a single at least dual-ported aggregated memory element. In various embodiments, the method may also include controlling read access to the memory banks such that a read operation may occur from any memory bank in which data is stored. In some embodiments, the method may include controlling write access to the memory banks such that a write operation may occur to any memory bank which is not being accessed by a read operation.
US08982657B2	Semiconductor device having line self-boosting scheme A semiconductor device includes: a plurality of target lines to be driven; a plurality of target line drivers configured to drive the corresponding target lines in a logic level corresponding to a plurality of target line selection signals; a plurality of booster enable units configured to generate a booster enable signal by sensing whether a group of target lines that is obtained by grouping the target lines by a predetermined number is enabled or not; and a plurality of self-boosters configured to boost corresponding target lines by sensing levels of the corresponding target lines in response to the booster enable signal.
US08982655B1	Apparatus and method for compression and decompression of microprocessor configuration data An apparatus is contemplated for storing and providing configuration data to a microprocessor. The apparatus has a core, disposed on a die, and a fuse array, disposed on the die and coupled to the core, where the fuse array comprises a plurality of semiconductor fuses programmed with compressed configuration data for the core, where the compressed configuration data is generated by compression of data within a virtual fuse array that corresponds to the core, and where the core accesses and decompresses the compressed configuration data upon power-up/reset, for initialization of elements within the core.
US08982649B2	Systems and methods involving multi-bank, dual- or multi-pipe SRAMs Systems and methods are disclosed for increasing the performance of static random access memory (SRAM). Various systems herein, for example, may include or involve dual- or multi-pipe, multi-bank SRAMs, such as Quad-B2 SRAMs. In one illustrative implementation, there is provided an SRAM memory device including a memory array comprising a plurality of SRAM banks and pairs of separate and distinct pipes associated with each of the SRAM banks, wherein each pair of pipes may provide independent access to its associated SRAM bank.
US08982648B2	Semiconductor memory device and antifuse programming method An antifuse comprised of an NMOS transistor or an NMOS capacitor includes a first terminal coupled to a gate electrode, a second terminal coupled to a diffusion layer, and a gate insulating film interposed between the gate electrode and the diffusion layer. A programming circuit includes a first programming circuit which has first current drive capability and which performs first programming operation and a second programming circuit which has second current drive capability larger than the first current drive capability and which performs second programming operation to follow the first programming operation. In the first programming operation, the first programming circuit breaks down the gate insulating film by applying a first programming voltage between the first terminal and the second terminal. In the second programming operation, the second programming circuit applies a second programming voltage lower than the first programming voltage between the first terminal and the second terminal.
US08982646B2	Semiconductor memory device including data transfer bus and data transfer method of the device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a data bus, a transfer controller, column blocks, and a column selector. The data bus is divided into stages. The transfer controller serially transfers data such that the data are respectively allocated to the stages. The column blocks temporarily stores the data. The column selector selects a column block for each of the stages from the column blocks, and transfers the data parallel between the stages and the column blocks selected for the stages. The data bus extends from one end to the other in a direction in which the column blocks are arranged, and returns from the other end to the one end.
US08982645B2	Semiconductor storage device A semiconductor includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells. A first amplifier produces, when activated, a first data signal related to data stored in a selected first one of the memory cells. A first transistor is between the output node of the first amplifier and a first data line and is turned ON in response to a first selection signal to convey the first data signal from the first amplifier onto the first data line. A second amplifier is coupled to the first data line and amplifies, when activated, the first data signal, and is further coupled to the first signal line and activated in response to a first activation signal that is transferred through a first signal line. A second transistor is coupled to the first signal line and is turned ON in response to the first selection signal to the first signal line.
US08982643B2	Shared tracking circuit A system comprises a plurality of first memory macros and a first tracking circuit to be shared by the plurality of first memory macros. The first tracking circuit includes at least one of a first tracking circuit associated with a row of memory cells of a first memory macro of the plurality of first memory macros, a first tracking circuit associated with a column of memory cells of the first memory macro of the plurality of first memory macros, a first decoder tracking circuit associated with decoding circuitries of the first memory macro of the plurality of first memory macros, and a first input-output tracking circuit associated with input-output circuitries of the first memory macro of the plurality of first memory macros.
US08982637B1	Vread bias allocation on word lines for read disturb reduction in 3D non-volatile memory Techniques are provided for sensing memory cells in a 3D stacked non-volatile memory device in a way which reduces read disturb, by using read pass voltages which are adjusted based on variations in a memory hole diameter. The memory cells are in NAND strings which extend in the memory holes. A larger read pass voltage is used for memory cells which are adjacent to wider portions of the memory holes, and a smaller read pass voltage is used for memory cells which are adjacent to narrower portions of the memory holes. This approach reduces the worst-case read disturb. Further, an overall resistance in the NAND string channel may be substantially unchanged so that a reference current used during sensing may be unchanged. The read pass voltage may be set based on a program voltage trim value, which is indicative of programming speed and memory hole diameter.
US08982632B2	Semiconductor memory device and method of driving semiconductor memory device Upon programming a semiconductor memory device including a first and a second n-wells, a first and a second p-channel memory transistors respectively formed in the first and the second n-wells, and a bit line connected to a drain of the first p-channel transistor and a drain of the second p-channel memory transistor, a first voltage is applied to the first bit line, a second voltage is applied to the first n-well, and a third voltage lower than the second voltage is applied to the second n-well.
US08982631B2	Programming methods and memories Memory devices and programming methods for memories are disclosed, such as those adapted to program a memory using an increasing channel voltage for a first portion of programming, and an increasing but reduced channel voltage for a second portion of programming.
US08982625B2	Memory program disturb reduction Some embodiments include a memory device and a method of programming memory cells of the memory device. One such method can include applying, during a first pass of programming, a first bias voltage value to a source select gate to isolate memory cells from a source, applying a programming voltage to an access line of a page of the memory cells during the first pass of programming, and applying a second bias voltage value to the source select gate to isolate the memory cells from the source during a second pass of programming. Further devices, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US08982621B2	3-dimensional non-volatile memory device and method of manufacturing the same A non-volatile memory device comprising a plurality of strings each including a drain select transistor, drain-side memory cells, a pipe transistor, source-side memory cells, and a source select transistor coupled in series, wherein the plurality of strings are arranged in a first direction and a second direction, and the strings arranged in the second direction form each of string columns; a plurality of bit lines extended in the second direction and coupled to the drain select transistors of the strings included in each string column; and a plurality of source lines extended in the first direction and in common coupled to the source select transistors of strings adjacent to each other in the second direction, wherein strings included in one of the string columns are staggered in the first direction and each of the string columns are coupled to at least two of the bit lines.
US08982620B2	Non-volatile memory device and method of operating A method of operating a non-volatile memory includes; during power-on, reading control information from an information block and lock information from an additional information block, then upon determining that a secure block should be locked, generating a lock enable signal that inhibits access to data stored in the secure block, and a read-only enable signal that prevents change in the data stored in the additional information block.
US08982619B2	Managing non-volatile media Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed to manage non-volatile media. A method includes determining a configuration parameter for a set of storage cells of a non-volatile recording medium. A method includes reading data from a set of storage cells using a determined configuration parameter. A method includes adjusting a configuration parameter based on read data.
US08982618B2	Nonvolatile memory device and related method of operation A nonvolatile memory device comprises a nonvolatile memory chip comprising a static latch, first and second dynamic latches that receive the data stored in the static latch through a floating node, and a memory cell configured to store multi-bit data. The nonvolatile memory device performs a refresh operation on the first dynamic latch where externally supplied first single bit data is stored in the first dynamic latch, performs a refresh operation on the second dynamic latch where externally supplied second single bit data is stored in the second dynamic latch, and programs the memory cell using the data stored in the first and second dynamic latches after the first and second single bit data are stored in the respective first and second dynamic latches.
US08982612B2	Row decoder circuit for a phase change non-volatile memory device A row decoder circuit for a phase change non-volatile memory device may include memory cells arranged in a wordlines. The device may be configured to receive a first supply voltage and a second supply voltage higher than the first supply voltage. The row decoder may include a global predecoding stage configured to receive address signals and generate high-voltage decoded address signals in a range of the second supply voltage and a biasing signal with a value based upon an operation. The row decoder may include a row decoder stage coupled to the global predecoding stage. The row decoder stage may include a selection driving unit configured to generate block-address signals based upon the high-voltage decoded address signals and a row-driving unit configured to generate a row-driving signal for biasing the wordlines based upon the block-address signals and the biasing signal.
US08982608B2	Semiconductor device and data processing system A semiconductor device having a memory cell including a capacitor and a select transistor with a floating body structure, a bit line connected to the select transistor, a bit line control circuit, and a sense amplifier amplifying a signal read out from the memory cell. The bit line control circuit sets the bit line to a first potential during a non-access period of the memory cell, and thereafter sets the bit line to a second potential during an access period of the memory cell, so that the data retention time can be prolonged by reducing leak current at a data storage node of the memory cell so that an average consumption current for the data retention can be reduced.
US08982607B2	Memory element and signal processing circuit In a memory element including a pair of inverters, a capacitor which holds data, and a switching element which controls accumulating and releasing of electric charge of the capacitor are provided. For example, one electrode of the capacitor is connected to a first node, which is an input or output terminal of one of the pair of inverters, and the other electrode of the capacitor is connected to one electrode the switching element. The other electrode of the switching element is connected to a second node, which is the output or input terminal of the one of the pair of inverters. With such a connection structure, the absolute value of the potential difference between the first node and the second node at the time of data restoring can be large enough, whereby errors at the time of data restoring can be reduced.
US08982605B2	Phase change memory device having multi-level and method of driving the same A phase change memory device having a multi-level and a method of driving the same are presented. The disclosed phase change memory device includes variable resistors and shifting units. The variable resistors are interchanged into set and reset states in response to an applied current. The shifting units, which are connected to the variable resistors, shift resistance distribution in the set and reset state of the variable resistors by a predetermined level.
US08982601B2	Switchable junction with an intrinsic diode formed with a voltage dependent resistor A switchable junction (600) having an intrinsic diode (634) formed with a voltage dependent resistor (640) is disclosed. The switchable junction comprises a first electrode (618), a second electrode (622), and a memristive matrix (620) configured to form an electrical interface (626) with the first electrode (618). The electrical interface has a programmable conductance. The voltage dependent resistor (640) is in electrical contact with the memristive matrix (620). The voltage dependent resistor is configured to form a rectifying diode interface (628) with the second electrode (622).
US08982600B2	Magnetic memory including magnetic nanowire and write method therein A magnetic memory according to an embodiment includes: a magnetic nanowire; a first electrode and a second electrode provided to different locations of the magnetic nanowire; a third electrode including a magnetic layer, the third electrode being provided to a location of the magnetic nanowire between the first electrode and the second electrode; an intermediate layer provided between the magnetic nanowire and the third electrode, the intermediate layer being in contact with the magnetic nanowire and the third electrode; a fourth electrode of a nonmagnetic material provided onto the magnetic nanowire and being on the opposite side of the magnetic wire from the third electrode; and an insulating layer provided between the magnetic nanowire and the fourth electrode, the insulating layer being in contact with the magnetic nanowire and the fourth electrode.
US08982594B2	Circuit for controlling a switch in series with a capacitive element A circuit for controlling a switch in series with a capacitive element. A circuit may include a bidirectional switch and a diode in parallel with first and second conduction terminals of the switch. The switch may be configured to control a capacitive element adapted to be coupled to an A.C. voltage. The switch includes first and second conduction terminals configured to conduct a same current when the switch is activated.
US08982587B2	Compensating ripple on pulse with modulator outputs A ripple compensation apparatus comprises a ripple detection unit to detect a ripple on a dual DC bus, a waveform generation unit to generate a modulated waveform based on a base waveform and the detected ripple, and a multi-phase control signal generation unit to receive the modulated waveform and to generate at least one pulse width modulated control signal based on the modulated waveform.
US08982586B2	Method for regulating temperature of transistor-based component A method of regulating temperature of a transistor-based component of a power system is disclosed. The method may include operating the power system to supply electric power to the transistor-based component and converting the electric power from direct current to alternating current, or alternating current to direct current, using the transistor-based component, thereby creating heat in the transistor-based component. The method may include outputting the electric power from the transistor-based component and supplying the electric power to an electrically-powered component to perform an output operation. The method may include controlling, during a predetermined system operating condition, one or more operations of a component associated with the power system to actively generate heat to thereby maintain the temperature of the transistor-based component higher than from the conversion of electric power that is performed to produce the electric power used to perform the output operation during the predetermined system operating condition.
US08982583B2	Electrical apparatus An electrical apparatus that can prevent erroneous attachment of a fuse is provided. A PCU includes a housing having a surface. A fuse storage space is formed in the housing. The fuse storage space communicates with a region outside of the housing through an opening formed at the surface. The PCU further includes a cover member covering the opening, and an overcurrent-protection fuse located in the fuse storage space. The cover member includes a cover body closing the opening, and a projection section projecting inward of the fuse storage space relative to the cover body. The projection section interferes with the fuse when the fuse is attached erroneously in the fuse storage space.
US08982581B2	Electro-static discharge protection for die of a multi-chip module Electro-static discharge (“ESD”) protection for a die of a multi-chip module is described. A contact has an externally exposed surface after formation of the die and prior to assembly of the multi-chip module. The contact is for a die-to-die interconnect of the multi-chip module. The contact is for an internal node of the multi-chip module after the assembly of the multi-chip module. A driver circuit is coupled to the contact and has a first input impedance. A discharge circuit is coupled to the contact for electrostatic discharge protection of the driver circuit and has a first forward bias impedance associated with a first discharge path. The first forward bias impedance is a fraction of the first input impedance.
US08982580B2	Electronic device In an electronic device according to the present invention, a shield case is disposed at a surface of a main board so as to cover at least a part of a region of the surface of the main board; and an auxiliary board is disposed at a surface of the shield case. The shield case is comprised of a metallic frame that is fixed at the surface of the main board and extends in such a manner as to surround at least the part of the region, and a metallic cover fitted into the metallic frame to cover at least the part of the region. A projecting piece is formed in the metallic frame of the shield case, and penetrates the metallic cover and projects toward the auxiliary board. An end face of the auxiliary board abuts against the projecting piece, so as to position the auxiliary board.
US08982569B2	Power conversion circuit and circuit board An exemplary power conversion circuit is to convert a voltage from one voltage level to another. The circuit includes an input port, an output port, a main body circuit, a first solder bridge, and a second solder bridge. The input port of the power conversion circuit is an output port of one power conversion circuit previous in sequence to the power conversion circuit, the output port of the power conversion circuit is an input port of one power conversion circuit next in sequence to the power conversion circuit. The first solder bridge is arranged between the input port of the power conversion circuit and the main body circuit of the power conversion circuit. The second solder bridge is arranged between the output port of the power conversion circuit and the main body circuit of the power conversion circuit.
US08982566B2	Memory module and electrical connector for the same A memory module pair includes first and second memory modules. Each of the first and second memory modules includes a circuit board having opposite first and second side edges and a front edge, along which a plurality of pins are arranged. Each circuit board of the first and second memory modules has a key notch formed closer to the first side edge than to the second side edge. The circuit board of the first memory module has a corner notch that is formed on the front edge and the first side edge, while the circuit board of the second memory module has a corner notch that is formed on the front edge and the second side edge.
US08982565B2	Toolless configuration of a computer enclosure Included are embodiments for toolless configuration of a computer enclosure. At least one embodiment of an apparatus includes a computer enclosure configured to support a plurality of components, the computer enclosure including a plurality of dividing walls, the dividing walls including a first opening and a second opening. Some embodiments include a divider configured for insertion into the computer enclosure and between the dividing walls, the divider including a first tab for coupling with the first opening, the divider including a second tab for coupling with the second opening, the divider further including a locking tab for locking the divider in place within the computer enclosure.
US08982564B2	Electronic device An electronic device includes a printed circuit board that has a prohibited region, in which arrangement of a wiring pattern is prohibited, in a fixed region from an outer periphery, an electronic component mounted on the printed circuit board, a heat dissipation fin provided on the electronic component, and a fixing unit that is made of a conductive material and fixes the heat dissipation fin by pressing the fin against the printed circuit board side, wherein a notch is formed in two sides of the printed circuit board that face each other with the electronic component therebetween, and the fixing unit exerts an elastic force that presses the heat dissipation fin against the printed circuit board side by being locked to the notch and is such that hook portions locked to the notch are arranged in the prohibited region.
US08982555B2	Electronic device having passive cooling An electronic device is provided that includes a base having a top portion and a bottom portion. The bottom portion may include a first bottom part and a second bottom part. The first bottom part may form a first plane, and the second bottom part may form a second plane, the second plane being non-planar with the first plane. The second bottom part may include an input opening. The top portion of the base may include an output opening. The input opening and the output opening may allow air to flow from behind the electronic device to over the base.
US08982554B2	Airflow management system for cabinet having field replaceable units A system for use with a computing rack that prolongs operation of computing devices mounted within the rack by preventing or at least limiting the circulation of airflow (e.g., hot airflow) through empty receiving bays of the rack upon removal of computing devices from the receiving bays. In one arrangement, the system includes a plurality of airflow restriction devices (e.g., baffle plates) movably secured adjacent respective receiving bays of the cabinet. Each airflow restriction device is automatically movable between a deployed position to restrict airflow through respective receiving bay in the absence of a computing device in the receiving bay and a refracted position to allow for mounting of a computing device in the receiving bay (e.g., so that the computing device can exhaust hot air out of the rear portion of the receiving bay).
US08982551B2	Electronic device and electronic module fixing structure thereof An electronic device includes an electronic module and an electronic module fixing structure that includes a main body, a position-limiting component slideably disposed on the main body along a first direction, at least one positioning component slideably disposed on the main body along a second direction, and at least one first elastic component. The position-limiting component has a position-limiting portion. The first elastic component is connected between the main body and the positioning component. The position-limiting component resists an elastic force of the first elastic component to limit the positioning component to be at a first position. When the electronic module moves into the main body, the electronic module pushes the position-limiting component to drive the position-limiting portion to move away from the positioning component, and the positioning component moves to a second position by the elastic force of the first elastic component to position the electronic module.
US08982549B2	Flash drive protection cover A flash drive protection structure includes a decoration cover and a protective cover. The decoration cover that is made by elastic materials includes a cover block and a receiving space spacedly. The cover block has a cover hole facing the receiving space, and a connecting post is formed inside the receiving space. The protective cover has a first and a second surface, and the protective cover is disposed in the receiving space of the decoration cover through the first surface, while the second surface is exposed outside the decoration cover. The protective cover has a connecting hole at the first surface to connect the connecting post of the decoration cover. Also, the protective cover has a receiving trough toward the cover block, and one end of the flash drive is plugged into the receiving trough, while the other end is plugged into the cover hole of the cover block.
US08982546B2	Electronic device An electronic device is disclosed, which includes a touch display module, a frame for placing the touch display module, plural elastic pieces extended from a sidewall of the frame, a casing, a fastener, and plural adjusting screws. The fastener fastens the frame to the casing. The adjusting screws are inserted in the elastic pieces and are screwed in the casing. The depth of the adjusting screws screwed in the casing can be adjusted for adjusting a relative height between the touch display module and the casing.
US08982539B2	Electrical distribution panel An electrical distribution panel includes a panel box locating a ground bus in electrical connection with a ground input lug, a neutral bus in electrical connection with a neutral input lug, and a primary power bus connected to a power input lug through a main breaker switch. The main breaker switch is operable between an on position in which the primary power bus receives power and an off position in which the primary power bus is disconnected. Primary circuit breakers can be supported in the usual manner in connection with the primary power bus. One or more auxiliary circuit breakers are connected to the power input lug to receive power independently of the main breaker switch. An electrical outlet can thus be integrally supported in one of the side walls of the panel box to receive power independently of the main breaker switch.
US08982538B2	Pole unit guide A guide assembly for a switchgear assembly is provided. The guide assembly includes an elongated support member and a passage. The support member is coupled to and extends from a housing assembly rear sidewall. The support member extends in the circuit breaker assembly direction of travel. The passage is disposed on the circuit breaker assembly base and also extends in the circuit breaker assembly direction of travel. The support member is substantially aligned with the passage. In this configuration, as the circuit breaker assembly moves between a withdrawn position and an installed position, the support member moves between a first position, wherein the support member is not disposed in the passage, and a second position, wherein the support member is partially disposed in the passage. When the support member is in the second position, the support member bears a portion of the weight of the circuit breaker assembly base.
US08982537B2	Solid electrolyte capacitor and method for manufacturing the same In a solid electrolytic capacitor, resistance welding is carried out to bond a valve metal substrate and a spacer together while controlling a welding current so that only a bonding material provided in spacers and having a relatively low melting point is melted. At least a portion of the bonding material provided in the spacer penetrates an etching part of the valve metal substrate, and thickness Ta of a core part located at a positive electrode part in the valve metal substrate and thickness Tc of the core part located at a negative electrode part satisfy the requirement of \|Tc−Ta\|/Tc×100≦10[%].
US08982529B2	Substrate mounting and demounting method A substrate mounting and demounting method that can prevent fine particles from getting stuck in a rear surface of a substrate. A substrate processing apparatus that implements the substrate mounting and demounting method has an electrostatic chuck that has therein an electrode plate to which a DC voltage is applied, and attracts and holds a substrate through an electrostatic force generated due to the applied DC voltage, and a heat-transmitting gas supply unit that supplies a heat-transmitting gas into a gap between the attracted and held substrate and the electrostatic chuck. When the DC voltage applied to the electrode plate is increased while being gradually changed, the pressure of the supplied heat-transmitting gas is increased in stages in response to the increase in the DC voltage.
US08982527B2	System and method for driving a relay circuit A system and method for driving a relay circuit involves driving a relay circuit using a first driver circuit if a voltage of a battery supply for the relay circuit is lower than a voltage threshold and driving the relay circuit using a second driver circuit if the voltage of the battery supply for the relay circuit is higher than the voltage threshold.
US08982524B2	Low forward voltage drop transient voltage suppressor and method of fabricating A low forward voltage drop transient voltage suppressor utilizes a low-reverse-voltage-rated PN diode electrically connected in parallel to a high-reverse-voltage-rated Schottky rectifier in a single integrated circuit device. The transient voltage suppressor is ideally suited to fix the problem of high forward voltage drop of PN diodes and high leakage of low reverse breakdown of Schottky rectifiers. The low-reverse-voltage PN rectifier can be fabricated through methods such as 1) double layers of epi (with higher concentration layer epi in the bottom) or 2) punch through design of PN diode by base with compression.
US08982516B2	Area-efficient high voltage bipolar-based ESD protection targeting narrow design windows An area-efficient, high voltage, single polarity ESD protection device (300) is provided which includes an p-type substrate (303); a first p-well (308-1) formed in the substrate and sized to contain n+ and p+ contact regions (310, 312) that are connected to a cathode terminal; a second, separate p-well (308-2) formed in the substrate and sized to contain only a p+ contact region (311) that is connected to an anode terminal; and an electrically floating n-type isolation structure (304, 306, 307-2) formed in the substrate to surround and separate the first and second semiconductor regions. When a positive voltage exceeding a triggering voltage level is applied to the cathode and anode terminals, the ESD protection device triggers an inherent thyristor into a snap-back mode to provide a low impedance path through the structure for discharging the ESD current.
US08982515B2	Apparatus for a circuit interrupter An apparatus includes an enclosure; a connector structured to mechanically and electrically engage a power circuit; a transmitter structured to transmit a signal having a frequency substantially greater than a power line frequency to the connector; and a user interface structured to cause the transmitter to transmit the signal to the connector.
US08982508B1	Method for providing a side shield for a magnetic recording transducer A magnetic transducer having an air-bearing surface is described. The magnetic transducer includes a nonmagnetic layer on an underlayer, a pole having a plurality of sidewalls, a gap layer on the sidewalls, a seed layer and at least one side shield. The nonmagnetic layer has an aperture therein. The aperture is free of magnetic inclusions at the ABS. The pole is on the underlayer and within the aperture. The seed layer is for the side shield(s) and resides on the gap layer, a portion of the underlayer and a portion of the nonmagnetic layer. The side shield(s) residing on the seed layer and in the aperture. The side shield(s) are free of undercuts at the ABS.
US08982507B2	Magnetic flux barrier Data storage systems having barriers that may reduce erasure flux and increase write-ability are provided. Data storage systems include a writing element. The writing element has a write pole with a flare region. A magnetic flux barrier is located along the write pole flare region. The magnetic flux barrier is illustratively made from an in-plane magnetically anisotropic material that has an easy plane of magnetization. In another embodiment, a data storage system includes a writing element having an air bearing surface and a shield at the air bearing surface. The shield has a magnetic permeability of approximately zero. The shield illustratively includes alternating layers of positive and negative permeabilities. The shield optionally includes a plurality of shields that may include top, bottom, and side shields.
US08982506B1	Multi-directional media element magazine retention Utilities that increase the volume of media elements that can be simultaneously loaded and/or unloaded into or from a storage library, facilitate mounting of media element magazines into a storage library, and limit access to an interior of a storage library by users during operation of robotics assemblies of the storage library. One disclosed utility includes a cartridge access port for use with a storage library that has a storage container that is pivotable (e.g., swingable) between at least first and second positions. In the first position, the storage container is adjacent an opening in the housing of the library for loading and unloading of media elements by a user into or from the container via the opening. After the storage container has swung into the second position, the storage container is spaced from the opening and faces the interior of the library for access by a robotics assembly.
US08982504B1	Implementing calibration of cooling sensitivity of embedded contact sensor (ECS) signal using thermal fly-height control (TFC) actuations A method, apparatus, and system for implementing calibration of cooling sensitivity of embedded contact sensor (ECS) using thermal fly-height control (TFC) actuations, by subtracting the linear part (TFC heat) from the total measured ECS signal, a profile is provided that is sensitive only to the clearance of the head-disk interface due to cooling effect for hard disk drives.
US08982503B1	Disk drive generating feed-forward compensation value based on two points of a sinusoidal control signal A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk comprising tracks defined by servo sectors, a head, and control circuitry comprising a servo control system operable to actuate the head over the disk in response to the servo sectors. After seeking the head to a first track, a position error signal (PES) is generated representing a difference between a target location for the head and a measured location for the head. A sinusoidal control signal is generated in response to the servo sectors, and a third point of the sinusoidal control signal is generated based on a first point and second point of the sinusoidal control signal and independent of the PES, wherein the first, second and third points correspond to respective servo sectors. A feed-forward compensation value is generated based on the third point of the sinusoidal control signal using a feed-forward compensator.
US08982500B1	Controlling the transport of a tape within a tape transport system A control device for controlling tape transport within a tape transport system is disclosed. The control device includes a determination unit, which includes at least a first servo channel and a second servo channel for determining a first lateral position of a tape relative to the head, and for determining a difference between the first and second lateral positions. A computing unit computes a number of unsupported wraps of the tape as a function of the lateral position difference, wherein the number of unsupported wraps corresponds to the number of layers of the tape around the take-up reel having air layers in-between, and computes a spring constant of the tape as a function of the number of unsupported wraps, a radius of the take-up reel and a nominal tape path length. A calibration unit calibrates at least one unit of the tape transport system dependent on the spring constant.
US08982497B2	Class-AB amplifier, motor drive device, magnetic disk storage device, and electronic apparatus A class-AB amplifier has upper side and lower side transistors, a linear driver, upper side and lower side idlers, upper side and lower side detection current generators, and an off driver. The upper side and lower side idlers bias upper side and lower side gate voltages by generating upper side and lower side bias currents so as to turn on the upper side and the lower side transistors at the same time in the crossover region between an input voltage and a reference voltage respectively. The upper side detection current generator and the lower side detection current generator generates upper side and lower side detection currents in accordance with upper side and lower side bias currents respectively. The off driver controls the lower side gate voltage so as to reduce a degree of conduction of the lower side transistor as the upper side detection current is larger, and controls the upper side gate voltage so as to reduce a degree of conduction of the upper side transistor as the lower side detection current is larger.
US08982496B1	Magnetic disk device and read control method According to one embodiment, switching takes place between a first control in which a first read head is assigned as a master head for reading data from a magnetic disk on which a sequential write direction is reversed at a switching position where a skew angle of a write head becomes 0 and between an outer periphery and an inner periphery in shingled write recording, and a second read head is assigned as a slave head for reducing inter-track interference during reading of the data and noise by virtue of an effect of waveform averaging with respect to the master head, and a second control in which the second read head is assigned as the master head and the first read head is assigned as the slave head.
US08982487B2	Lens module assembling device A lens assembling device is configured to assemble lenses into a lens barrel. The lens assembling device includes a hollow external barrel, a hollow internal barrel, and a pushing element. The external barrel includes a first hollow chamber and a second hollow chamber coaxial with the first hollow chamber. The first hollow chamber is configured to partly receive the lens barrel. The internal barrel is connected to the push element and is received in the second hollow chamber, and is configured to receive a lens. The pushing element is configured to push the lens from the internal barrel into the lens barrel.
US08982485B2	Lens barrel A lens barrel includes a moving frame, a stepper motor that drives the moving frame, a screw member that rotates in accordance with rotation of the stepper motor, a screw gear that rotates in accordance with rotation of the screw member, a nut member that screws with the screw member, moves, by pressing, the moving frame, an external rotation operation ring, including a drive gear that rotates in response to external operation, that switches between a first state where the drive gear meshes with the screw gear, rotates the screw member, and drives the moving frame and a second state where the drive gear and the screw gear are not meshed, and control means that drive-controls the stepper motor in conjunction with rotation of the external rotation operation ring when the external rotation operation ring is in the second state.
US08982484B2	Imaging optical system, and imaging apparatus incorporating the same An imaging optical system including, from the object side to the image side, a first lens group having positive refracting power, an aperture stop, and a second lens group having positive power, in which the first lens group consists of three lens subgroups, having positive, negative and positive refracting powers, respectively, from the object side to the image side, with satisfaction of the following: 4<(LTL+fB)/fB<15 (1) 0.3
US08982482B2	Wide-angle optical system, and imaging apparatus incorporating the same The wide-angle optical system of the invention comprises, in order from its object side, a first lens group having negative refracting power and a second lens group having positive refracting power. The second lens group comprises, in order from the object side, a first cemented doublet lens, an aperture stop, a second cemented doublet lens and a first double-convex lens. The widest separation among axial air separations except a back focus provides an axial space for receiving the aperture stop. The optical system is divided into the first lens group and the second lens group with the second widest air separation as a boundary. Focusing is implemented by letting the whole optical system out. The optical system satisfies Condition (1). 1.4≦nd≦1.8 (1) Here nd is the d-line refractive index of the first double-convex lens.
US08982480B2	System and method for adjusting a projected image In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a system comprises a projection system. The system further includes an image generator disposed in the projection system. The image generator is operable to generate a plurality of rays. The system further includes an objective lens disposed in the projection system. The objective lens is operable to refract the plurality of rays. The system further includes a component operable to reflect the refracted rays onto a target in order to form an image. The image is operable to be moved in relation to the target. The movement of the image is independent of any displacement of the projection system in relation to the target.
US08982478B2	Imaging lens and imaging apparatus equipped with the imaging lens An imaging lens substantially includes five lenses, constituted by: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface that faces an object side; a fourth lens having a negative refractive power and a meniscus shape with a concave surface that faces the object side; and a fifth lens having a positive refractive power, a meniscus shape with a convex surface that faces the object side, and at least one inflection point on the surface thereof toward an image side.
US08982470B2	Projection apparatus A projection apparatus including an image source, an imaging module and a beam splitting module is provided. The image source provides an image beam. The imaging module is disposed on a transmission path of the image beam and has an aperture stop. The beam splitting module is disposed on the transmission path of the image beam and located on or near the aperture stop. The beam splitting module includes a plurality of aperture stop sub-regions, and the beam splitting module separates a plurality of image sub-beams of the image beam irradiating these different aperture stop sub-regions. These image sub-beams respectively propagate towards different directions after travelling to these aperture stop sub-regions.
US08982466B2	Optical lens with scratch-resistant anti-reflective layer The present invention relates to an optical lens having a lens element produced of plastic, more particularly of plastic which is transparent in a visible spectral range, and having a coating comprising a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers comprising at least one high-refractive-index layer. Furthermore, a hardcoat layer is formed adjacent to the lens element, and a superhydrophobic layer concludes the coating in opposition to the lens element. The at least one high-refractive-index layer has a thickness of less than 40 nm, and the coating overall has a thickness of more than about 380 nm.
US08982463B2	Tilted plate normal incidence color combiner with a polarizing beam splitter The disclosure generally relates to color combiners, and in particular color combiners useful in small size format projectors such as pocket projectors. The disclosed color combiners include at least two tilted dichroic plates having at least two reflectors configured with light collection optics to combine at least two colors of light.
US08982459B1	Passive projection screen for presenting projected images in 3D A directive projection screen is configured to present images projected from a remote projector in three dimensions (3D) to a viewer. The screen includes a plurality of passive optical elements arranged on a structural substrate. The optical elements are configured to receive incident light projected from the projector and reflect the light such that first portions of the image are directed in a first direction to be viewed by a first eye of the viewer and second portions of the image are directed in a second direction to be viewed by a second eye of the viewer.
US08982454B2	Microscope and filter inserting method A microscope includes a first imaging optical system that images light beams from a cell tissue sample, a second imaging optical system having a light beam splitting element which splits a portion of the light beams from the cell tissue sample from the first imaging optical system, an imaging element which captures phase contrast images of a portion of the light beams, which have been split, from the cell tissue sample, and one or a plurality of optical elements which forms the phase contrast images on the imaging element, and a filter inserting unit that inserts an optical filter absorbing light of a predetermined wavelength into an optical path of the second imaging optical system, wherein the filter inserting unit inserts the optical filter absorbing light of a wavelength corresponding to a complementary color of a color of an observed target according to the color of the observed target.
US08982453B2	Device for amplifying and/or transporting electromagnetic radiation The invention relates to a laser device (1) for amplifying and/or transporting electromagnetic radiation, comprising a radiation source (2) for generating the electromagnetic radiation and an amplifier (4) for amplifying or a medium for transporting the generated electromagnetic radiation. In order to make available a device (1) for amplifying or transporting electromagnetic radiation that provides a very easy to implement possibility for reducing the influence of non-linear effects, the electromagnetic radiation propagating in the amplifier (4) or medium is largely non-linearly polarized.
US08982451B2	Pump probe measuring device A pump probe measuring device (1) comprises: an ultrashort optical pulse laser generator (2) for generating a first ultrashort optical pulse train which is a pump light (3a), second and third ultrashort optical pulse trains (3b), (3c) which are probe lights; an optical shutter unit (6) to which the second and the third ultrashort pulse trains (3b), (3c) are introduced; and a detecting unit (20) including an irradiation optical system (8) for directing the pump light (3a), the first probe light (3b) and the second probe light (3c) to a sample (7), a sensor (11) for detecting a probe signal from the sample (7), and a phase-sensitive detecting means (12) connected to the sensor (11). An optical shutter control unit (10) periodically modulates the delay time of the first probe light (3b) and that of the second probe light (3c) with respect to the pump light (3a), and the modulated first and second probe lights (3a), (3b) illuminate the sample (7) alternately to detect the probe signals from the sample (7) by the phase-sensitive detecting means (12) in synchronization with the periodic modulation signal of the delay time.
US08982450B2	Methods and apparatus for broadband frequency comb stabilization Feedback loops can be used to shift and stabilize the carrier-envelope phase of a frequency comb from a mode-locked fibers laser or other optical source. Compared to other frequency shifting and stabilization techniques, feedback-based techniques provide a wideband closed-loop servo bandwidth without optical filtering, beam pointing errors, or group velocity dispersion. It also enables phase locking to a stable reference, such as a Ti:Sapphire laser, continuous-wave microwave or optical source, or self-referencing interferometer, e.g., to within 200 mrad rms from DC to 5 MHz. In addition, stabilized frequency combs can be coherently combined with other stable signals, including other stabilized frequency combs, to synthesize optical pulse trains with pulse durations of as little as a single optical cycle. Such a coherent combination can be achieved via orthogonal control, using balanced optical cross-correlation for timing stabilization and balanced homodyne detection for phase stabilization.
US08982448B2	Electrowetting device An electrowetting device includes: a liquid-confining member including a base and an electrode unit supported on the base, the liquid-confining member defining an inner chamber; a first liquid of a magnetic ink disposed in the inner chamber; and a second liquid of a polar material disposed in the inner chamber and immiscible with the first liquid. The first and second liquids contact each other to define a liquid-liquid interface therebetween.
US08982447B2	Display panel and driving method thereof A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a plurality of pixel units. The pixel units are disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and each of the pixel units includes a reflective electrode disposed on the first substrate, a plurality of colored charged particles located between the reflective electrode and the second substrate and a lateral electrode disposed on the first substrate and extended towards the second substrate. When a first voltage is applied to the reflective electrode, the charged particles are repelled to the second substrate to display the color of the charged particles due to the affection of a first electric field, when a second voltage is applied to the lateral electrode, the charged particles are attracted to the lateral electrode due to the affection of a second electric field. Further, a driving method of a display panel is also provided.
US08982442B2	Wavelength selection polarization controller A wavelength selective polarization controller capable of controlling the polarization plane of optical wavelength multiplexing signals, for each wavelength component, and which does not generate time lag between each component is provided. This wavelength selective polarization controller has: a telecentric optical system to which optical wavelength multiplexing signals are incident; a polarization controller that controls the polarization plane of light output from the telecentric optical system; and an output optical system for outputting to an optical path output from the polarization controller. The telecentric optical system has: a first diffraction grating to which the optical wavelength multiplexing signals are incident; and a first condenser that condenses the optical wavelength multiplexing signals that have passed through the diffraction grating. The polarization controller has a plurality of phase modulators.
US08982441B2	Insulated glazing unit and controller providing energy savings and privacy An insulated glazing unit includes a spacer defining a framed area, first and second glazing panes attached to the spacer, a pane conductive layer on an inner surface of the first glazing pane, and a dielectric layer disposed on the pane conductive layer. A shade for use with the insulated glazing unit is affixed to the first glazing pane. The shade includes one or more layers selected from a resilient layer, a substantially transparent shade conductive layer, and an opaque shade conductive layer. When an electric drive is applied between the pane conductive layer and the shade conductive layer, a potential difference between the pane conductive layer and the shade conductive layer causes the shade to extend from a retracted configuration to an extended configuration. The shade can further include at least one ink coating layer including pigments that selectively reflect or absorb certain visible colors and infrared.
US08982440B2	Microelectromechanical system with balanced center of mass MEMS and fabrication techniques for positioning the center of mass of released structures in MEMS are provided. A MEMS device includes a substrate and a released structure connected to the substrate via a flexure. The released structure includes a frame rotatable with respect to the substrate, and an elongate first member having a longitudinal axis extending perpendicularly from an undersurface of the frame and a free end remote from the frame. A recess is formed in an end face of the free end. The recess has a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the first member and a transverse area smaller than an area of the end face.
US08982439B2	Solar light concentration plate A solar light concentration plate comprises a first hologram which receives solar light and diffracts incident light in a range of an incident angle, and first and second light guides respectively disposed on both sides of the first hologram, wherein at least one of the first and second light guides has an outer surface substantially inclined to an inner surface of the at least one of the first and second light guides.
US08982438B2	Apparatus and method for holography 3-dimensional display An apparatus includes a recording light source configured to emit recording beams, an EASLM configured to time sequentially modulate the recording beams emitted from the recording light source according to hologram information corresponding to a 3-dimensional image spatially divided into a plurality of portions, an OASLM configured to include a plurality of regions corresponding to the plurality of the divided portions of the 3-dimensional image and images on a region corresponding to the portions using the modulated recording beams to form a hologram, a scanning optical unit configured to reproduce the hologram formed by the recording beams serially modulated by the EASLM on a reduced scale and transmit the hologram to the regions of the OASLM corresponding to the portions, and a reproducing light source configured to produce a surface light and emit the surface light to the OASLM.
US08982433B2	Image processing device and image reading apparatus An image processing device includes a width specifying part, a parameter value specifying part, and a density correcting part. The width specifying part specifies a width between both ends of an input image of a book about each line of the input image. The parameter value specifying part specifies a value of a density correcting parameter corresponding to the width specified by the width specifying part. The density correcting part corrects density of each line on the basis of the value of the density correcting parameter specified by the parameter value specifying part.
US08982432B2	Original reading apparatus for reading image of an original A light guide includes a plurality of boss portions. A round hole portion is provided near the center of a base member for fixing the light guide, and slit portions are provided on both ends thereof. The round hole portion supports one boss portion in both the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction of the light guide. The slit portions support boss portions in the lateral direction of the light guide, but are free in the longitudinal direction of the light guide. That is, the center of the light guide is fixed from both directions, and thus both ends of the light guides can expand away in the longitudinal direction. This cuts the influence of expansion by half.
US08982430B2	Lighting unit and image scanner using same A lighting unit includes LED chips positioned in an array form in a main scanning direction on LED substrates. Cylindrical parabolic mirrors each form a shape in which a cylindrical paraboloid having curvature with respect to an sub-scanning direction has been clipped by an axial plane that is perpendicular to the vertex of the cylindrical paraboloid in the main scanning direction, and project light emitted from the light source on an illumination area of an illuminated item. Each cylindrical parabolic mirror includes an anchoring section that is provided at the vertex of the cylindrical paraboloid, and extends from the vertex in an outside direction of the cylindrical paraboloid. Heat-radiating plates each have a contact section that is in contact with the LED substrate, and a non-contact section. Each LED substrate is interposed between the contact section of the heat-radiating plate and the anchoring section of the cylindrical parabolic mirror.
US08982429B2	Image reading apparatus provided with image sensor contained in slidable carriage An image reading apparatus includes: a contact glass setting a manuscript thereon; an image sensor extending in a first direction and having a reading surface which faces the contact glass for reading an image from the manuscript on the contact glass; a rail member extending inside the apparatus main body in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a carriage having a sensor container to contain the image sensor, a taper end portion formed in an end portion in the first direction to become smaller in height toward the end side, and an opening formed in the bottom of the sensor container on the taper end portion side; a biased portion adjacent to the reading surface of the image sensor in the second direction; and a biasing member biasing the image sensor toward the contact glass via the biased portion.
US08982426B2	Image processing apparatus, printing apparatus and image processing method JPEG data to be printed is Huffman-decoded on a block-by-block basis and is stored in a Huffman decoded data storage unit as Huffman decoded data, image data is generated by performing a later-stage decoding process (group decoding, run-length decoding, inverse quantization, inverse DCT) on the Huffman decoded data, a display process for displaying an image in a display unit based on the generated image data is executed, and the JPEG data is reconstructed by inserting RST markers at intervals equivalent to every stripe width while encoding the Huffman decoded data produced during the display process and stored in a reconstructed JPEG data storage unit. Then, when rotated printing is instructed, rotation/decoding that performs rotation while decoding the stored reconstructed JPEG data using the RST markers is carried out, print data is created from the image data obtained by the rotation/decoding, and a printing process is executed.
US08982424B2	Method of printing a product code with a modified character A method of printing a modified product code includes providing a printer and a substrate. An initial product code is determined. The initial product code includes a plurality of unmodified characters. A modified product code is determined. The modified product code includes at least one modified character that is different from a corresponding one of the plurality of unmodified characters of the initial product code. The modified character is a function at least in part by of initial product code. The printer is controlled to print the modified product code on the substrate.
US08982420B2	Image processing method, computer-readable storage medium, and information processing apparatus for determining rendering information based on calculated errors between images An image processing method includes dividing a first image into regions according to content of the first image; generating a second image by converting a gradation of pixels of the first image into a gradation of pixels expressible in an image forming apparatus for each region; generating a piece of simulation information of a result of the image forming/outputting process based on the second image and nozzle characteristic information of the image forming apparatus; calculating an error between the first image and a third image for each of the regions, the third image being obtained by converting the piece of simulation information with the gradation of pixels of the first image; and deciding one of the second images as rendering information used to cause the image forming apparatus to perform an image forming/outputting process, based on the calculated errors between the first image and the third images.
US08982419B1	Method and apparatus for generating a halftone image from a continuous tone image Some of the embodiments provide a method for processing a continuous tone image, wherein each pixel of a plurality of pixels of the continuous tone image is associated with a corresponding value that represents a tone of the pixel, the method comprising for each pixel of the plurality of pixels of the continuous tone image, determining the corresponding value of the pixel that represents the tone of the pixel, wherein each pixel of a first subset of the plurality of pixels of the continuous tone image has a corresponding value that is within a first range; and generating a halftone image from the continuous tone image such that for each pixel of the first subset of the plurality of pixels of the continuous tone image, a corresponding pixel of the halftone image is generated to have a value that represents a zero optical density or a first optical density.
US08982418B2	Printing system, a printing method, and a computer program for performing color conversion on a print object A printing system includes a host computer with an application and an image forming apparatus. The host computer includes a color space setting unit and print data creating unit. The color space setting unit sets a color space that can create grayscale images. The print data creating unit performs color conversion on a print object created by the application to create print data, the color conversion being appropriate for the color space. The image forming apparatus includes a grayscale image creating unit and printing unit. The grayscale image creating unit performs color conversion on the print object, which is included in the print data, to create a grayscale image, the color conversion being appropriate for the color space of the print object. The printing unit performs printing according to the grayscale image.
US08982412B2	Systems and methods for facilitating reproduction of arbitrary colors Systems and methods are provided for facilitating reproduction of arbitrary colors in a workflow by identifying color reproduction processes in the workflow and characterizing the color reproduction processes by determining a statistical variance (e.g., as characterized by a probability density function). Systems and methods are provided for simulating possible output colors for a color reproduction process that involve identifying a desired color for reproduction and determining possible output colors for the color reproduction process based on a predetermined statistical variance. Systems and methods are provided for mapping out-of-gamut-colors for a color reproduction process are provided that involve providing an out-of-gamut color, consulting a database of characterized artistic adjustments, selecting a first adjusted color by applying an artistic adjustment from the database to the out-of gamut color, determining if the first adjusted color is out-of-gamut, and, if out-of-gamut, selecting a second adjusted color by adjusting a magnitude of the vector.
US08982409B2	Method, apparatus and system for providing reproducible digital imagery products from film content The present invention provides a method, apparatus and system for the transfer of motion picture film to reproducible digital imagery products such as digital dailies. In one embodiment of the present invention, a scanning device provides a log video signal representation of received film content, the log video signal including at least grey scale values of the colors of the received film content for enabling a quantitative assessment of the film content exposure information for providing repeatable and reproducible values from which a cinematographer/director of photography could order the color correction or adjustment of the film content in a reproducible manner understood by a color correction specialist or “timer”.
US08982402B2	Image forming system and image forming system communication control method An image forming system includes an upstream apparatus for forming an image on a sheet, a downstream apparatus for applying sheet processing to the sheet on which the image is formed by the upstream apparatus, an exclusive communication path for communicating information which is necessary only for an operation of each apparatus in a state in which a communication partner is fixed between the upstream apparatus and the downstream apparatus, and a general-purpose communication path for communicating information in a state in which a communication partner is selectable between the upstream apparatus and the downstream apparatus. The exclusive communication path and the general-purpose communication path communicate information which respective paths can handle by sharing the information with each other.
US08982399B2	Application management of printing requests through induced analytics An approach for managing printing requests of a computer printing system is provided. In one aspect, the approach comprises a computing printing system receiving a printing request based on parameters of a printing request data. The approach further comprises the computing printing system determining printing alternatives for the printing request based on the printing request data. In addition, the computing printing system detects if the printing request can be archived in an email repository or transmitted to a mobile device of the requestor based on the printing alternatives. Moreover, the approach further comprises the computing printing system redirecting the printing request to one or more of an email archive of the email repository or the mobile device based on the detection of the printing request.
US08982396B2	Image forming apparatus for displaying a tally window of print histories, control method therefor, printing system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium An image forming apparatus for displaying a tally window of print histories, comprises: a tally unit which tallies the print histories; a receiving unit which receives a condition used to determine whether to display the tally window, and a setting corresponding to the condition and used to generate the tally window; a determination unit which determines, based on a total result by the tally unit and the condition received by the receiving unit, whether to display the tally window; a generation unit which, if the determination unit determines that the tally window is to be displayed because the condition received by the receiving unit is satisfied, generates the tally window using the setting corresponding to the condition; and a display unit which displays the tally window generated by the generation unit.
US08982392B2	Device search system, device search method, image forming apparatus, and information processing apparatus When a plurality of image forming apparatuses are found on a network, it is difficult to identify an image forming apparatus to be used by the user from the plurality of found image forming apparatuses. When the user presses a button on an image forming apparatus, a name of the image forming apparatus included in a search response is changed for a predetermined time period, and the changed name is displayed as a search result.
US08982388B2	Information processing apparatus that displays operation screen and control method therefor An information processing apparatus that is capable of controlling a screen appropriately even when a screen is switched while processing a job. A Web browser receives screen data from an external apparatus, displays an operation screen based on the screen data, transfers a processing instruction based on a user's operation on the operation screen to a service provider, and transmits a job executed result according to the processing instruction to the external apparatus. The service provider executes the job according to the processing instruction transmitted from the Web browser, and transmits the result of the executed job to the Web browser. The Web browser displays a completion screen with a different tab from the operation screen when another user's operation is performed while executing the job, and displays the completion screen with the same tab as the operation screen when another user's operation is not performed while executing the job.
US08982383B2	Method and program for a universal job definition format (JDF) printer driver A method and program for a universal Job Description Format (JDF) printer driver. The universal JDF printer driver computer software program product has a computer readable program code embedded in a computer usable storage medium for controlling a data processing apparatus, where the program code is configured to cause the data processing apparatus to execute a process for generating a JDF job ticket for printing documents by a JDF compatible printing device. The process implemented by the universal JDF printer driver has the steps of obtaining device capabilities information from the JDF compatible printing device and creating a baseline JDF job ticket based on the device capabilities information, providing a graphical user interface to allow a user to modify the baseline JDF job ticket interactively, and generating a syntactically and semantically correct final JDF job ticket compatible with the device capabilities of the JDF compatible printing device.
US08982382B2	Image formation apparatus method, and recording medium with extendable auto clear time The present invention relates to an image formation apparatus that discards a job on elapse of an auto clear time. In the case a job is interrupted due to an insufficient balance to pay the fee for the job, the image formation apparatus judges whether the cause of the interruption can be eliminated in a short time or it takes a long time to be eliminated. If the cause takes a long time to be eliminated, the image formation apparatus extends the auto clear time to prevent the job from being discarded for the reason that the user does not have enough time to pay an additional fee.
US08982361B2	Position measuring device A position measuring apparatus with at least one material measure comprised of an optical structure of an arrangement of 3-D reflectors, at least one light receiver arranged at a distance from the material measure, a light source arranged at a distance from the material measure and at a distance from the light receiver, and at least one transparent substrate present between the material measure and the light receiver, wherein the light receiver is deposited directly on the transparent substrate, on the side of the substrate opposite the material measure in the form of a thin-film structure consisting of several layers arranged one above another. A supporting plate is provided with circuit-board conductors, on which the substrate is arranged, wherein the transparent substrate and the supporting plate are joined solidly together by a Flip-Chip assembly process.
US08982356B2	Fiber optic interferometer and method for determining physical state parameters in the interior of a fiber coil of a fiber optic interferometer A fiber-optic interferometer comprising an optical fiber wound to form a fiber coil into which two partial light beams of a first light source can be coupled. The Bragg structure is integrated into the fiber coil. Said Bragg structure comprises an optical fiber having a periodically varying refractive index. In a method for determining physical state parameters in the interior of a fiber coil of a fiber optic interferometer information about physical state parameters in the interior of the fiber coil is obtained on the basis of the reflection wavelength of a Bragg structure comprising an optical fiber having a periodically varying refractive index is integrated into the fiber coil.
US08982354B2	Subsurface motors with fiber optic sensors Subsurface motors for use with electrical submersible pump which include one or more optic fiber sensors to detect operational parameters of the motor such as temperature, vibration and pressure. Optic fiber sensors are disposed a ally along a pathway within unsealed portions of the motor.
US08982350B2	Optical filter, optical filter module, spectrometric measurement apparatus, and optical apparatus An optical filter includes a first variable wavelength bandpass filter that extracts light of a first wavelength band and has first and second spectral bands and a second variable wavelength bandpass filter that extracts light of a second wavelength band adjacent to the first wavelength band and has third and fourth spectral bands. Part of the period during which the light of the first spectral band is extracted overlaps with the period during which the light of the third spectral band is extracted, and part of the period during which the light of the second spectral band is extracted overlaps with the period during which the light of the fourth spectral band is extracted.
US08982349B2	Measuring optical system, and color luminance meter and colorimeter using the same In a measuring probe (40) according to the present invention, measuring light is split into a two or more through a split optical system (12), and, when each split light is received by a light-receiving sensor (13B, 13B, 15B) through an interference filter (13A, 14A, 15A) serving as a color filter, the split light is introduced into the interference filter (13A, 14A, 15A) through a collecting lens group (123C, 14C, 15C) formed as a substantially bilateral telecentric system. The interference filter (13A, 14A, 15A) is formed to obtain a transmittance characteristic corresponding to a measurement parameter, depending on a condition of an intensity distribution with respect to incidents angles of light incident on the interference filter (13A, 14A, 15A). Thus, the measuring probe (40) according to the present invention can reduce an influence of a deviation in the transmittance characteristic due to incident angles, even using the interference filter (13A, 14A, 15A).
US08982343B2	Optical analyzer having a holder for installation in a gas-carrying hollow space An optical analyzer, in particular an optical gas analyzer, having a holder (10) for installing into a gas-carrying hollow space, wherein the holder (10) has a ball socket (20) and a ball segment (30) with a longitudinal axis (A), wherein the ball socket (20) has at least one first segment (21) and a second segment (22) and is designed such that it at least partly engages around the ball segment (30) in the direction of the longitudinal axis (A).
US08982339B2	Material-working device with in-situ measurement of the working distance A material-working device with working beams of a beam generator and with in-situ measurement of a working distance between the beam generator and a workpiece, the material-working device including a working laser; a laser scanner for the working laser, the laser scanner including a two-dimensional deflecting device with scanner mirrors and a variable refocusing device at varying working distances; and a sensor device including a spectrometer and at least one sensor light source, wherein measuring beams together scan a working area of the workpiece by the laser scanner and an objective lens while gathering the working distance, and the measuring beams of at least two of the light sources of the sensor device being linearly polarized and being coupled into a working beam path of the laser scanner of the material-working device by an optical coupling element in a collimated state with crossed polarization directions.
US08982338B2	Sample analysis An analyzer for analyzing a composition of a sample, and methods of operating an analyzer. The analyzer may include an optical illuminator and a Raman spectrometer to produce Raman spectral data representative of Raman radiation emitted from the sample in response to the illuminating light. Features to reduce background fluorescence are optionally provided. An x-ray illuminator may be provided to illuminate the sample with x-rays, and also an x-ray spectrometer may be present to produce x-ray spectral data representative of fluorescence radiation emitted from the sample in response to the illuminating x-rays. A processor receives the Raman spectral data and any x-ray spectral data and provides an analysis of a compound in the sample.
US08982337B2	Apparatus for determining gauge profile for flat rolled material with laser-based lap counter A gauge profile apparatus (100) includes a gauge profile system (104) and a lap count system (106) for determining an average three-dimensional profile over the length of a sheet coil (10). The gauge profile system (104) includes a lap profile measuring device (112) which will make a distance determination between top and bottom surfaces for the sheet coil (10). A second embodiment of a lap count system (600) is also provided, which utilizes a pair of reflectance lasers and a positioning system.
US08982335B2	Marking or scanning apparatus with a measuring device for measuring the speed of an object and a method of measuring the speed of an object with such a marking or scanning apparatus Apparatus for marking and/or scanning (m/s) an object comprising a m/s head (20) having a plurality of receiving spaces (24) for m/s devices (40), a driving mechanism for moving the object, a measuring device (50) for measuring the object speed comprising a transmitter having a transmitting fibre (56) for transmitting light to the object, a receiver having first and second light receiving fibres (57, 58) for receiving light reflected from the object forming light signals, and processor means (70) for determining a time shift between the light signals to provide a speed value of the object, all the fibres are arranged in a common first ferrule (52), the m/s devices include second ferrules, the first and second ferrules have corresponding connector sections and are variably connected to the receiving spaces of the scanning head, and the speed measuring device is arranged in one of the receiving spaces. The invention further relates to a method for measuring the object speed with the m/s apparatus.
US08982333B2	Aerial observation system An aerial platform comprising a kite providing a level of directional stability when elevated by the wind, and an inflated balloon attached above the kite with a cord. The payload is attached to the kite. The physical separation of the balloon from the kite isolates the payload from shocks generated by the balloon. Additional isolation is provided by use of an elastic attachment cord. Electric power is supplied to the aerial platform by means of an optical fiber receiving optical power from a ground-based source, and conversion of the optical power to electrical power on board the platform. In order to provide a strong tether line, the optical fiber is plaited with a jacket braided from high tensile strength fibers. An aerial laser transmitter is described using a ground based laser source transmitting laser power through an optical fiber to an aerial platform for transmission from the platform.
US08982330B2	Method and apparatus of profiling a surface A method and an apparatus of profiling a surface are disclosed. The method comprises projecting slit pattern light toward a target object in at least two directions in sequence to obtain pattern images reflected on the target object, obtaining heights by using the pattern images according to the directions, obtaining vector fields showing a direction of maximum variation of height, obtaining confidence indexes of the heights corresponding to the at least two directions, obtaining integrated vector fields by using the confidence indexes and the vector fields, and calculating height of each position of the target object by using the integrated vector fields. Therefore, accuracy is enhanced.
US08982327B2	Method for positioning an object by an electromagnetic motor, stage apparatus and lithographic apparatus A method to enable positioning of an object by a positioning device that includes an electromagnetic motor to control the position of the object in a lithographic apparatus, the method including receiving desired motor signals at the electromagnetic motor to produce a plurality of primary forces and a pitch torque associated with the primary forces within a motor control cycle, wherein for the motor control cycle, the pitch torque is based on either the primary forces to be generated by the electromagnetic motor or the desired forces and torques for positioning the object; and in response to the desired motor signals, causing the electromagnetic motor to generate the primary forces, wherein prior to the primary forces are determined for a next motor control cycle, the desired forces and torques for positioning the object are modified using the pitch torque associated with a previous motor control cycle.
US08982325B2	Microlithographic projection exposure apparatus The disclosure relates to a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus and a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, as well as related components, methods and articles made by the methods. The microlithographic projection exposure apparatus includes an illumination system and a projection objective. The illumination system can illuminate a mask arranged in an object plane of the projection objective. The mask can have structures which are to be imaged. The method can include illuminating a pupil plane of the illumination system with light. The method can also include modifying, in a plane of the projection objective, the phase, amplitude and/or polarization of the light passing through that plane. The modification can be effected for at least two diffraction orders in mutually different ways. A mask-induced loss in image contrast obtained in the imaging of the structures can be reduced compared to a method without the modification.
US08982320B2	Alignment information display method and its program, alignment method, exposure method, device production process, display system, display device, and program and measurement/inspection system An information display method that enables for efficient analysis and evaluation of alignment results and thereby facilitating the setting of effective alignment conditions or parameters. The alignment information display method receives as input the data of the results of processing relating to alignment measurement, receives as input information relating to the parameters of the alignment measurement, finds the information for display from the data of the results of processing based on the input parameters, and displays the found desired information for display by a display mode by which the effects on the alignment measurement become clear. Therefore, in setting the desired conditions, it is possible to easily confirm the results of analysis by the set conditions, that is, the effects of the set conditions. Therefore, a user can easily detect the optimum alignment conditions and parameters.
US08982319B2	Lithographic apparatus and method A detector to measure a property of radiation is disclosed. The detector comprises first and second luminescent uniaxial crystals each having an optic axis, the optic axis of the first uniaxial crystal being arranged such that it is substantially perpendicular to the optic axis of the second uniaxial crystal.
US08982317B2	Cooling of actuator coils In order to effectively transfer heat from inner layers of an actuator coil to an area external to the coil, heat transfer elements, located proximate to the actuator coil, can be used. In an embodiment, a heat transfer apparatus for the actuator coil can include one or more heat transfer elements located proximate to one or more layers or one or more windings of the actuator coil and a cooling surface located proximate to the one or more heat transfer elements and to the actuator coil. In this configuration, the heat transfer apparatus can transfer heat from inner layers of the actuator coil to the cooling surface, which in turn transfers the heat to an area external to the actuator coil.
US08982315B2	Exposure apparatus, temperature regulating system, and device manufacturing method An exposure apparatus which includes a plurality of units to be temperature-regulated, and transfers a pattern of a reticle onto a substrate while activating the plurality of units is disclosed. The exposure apparatus comprising a plurality of flow passages which run parallel to each other and through which a fluid to temperature-regulate the plurality of units flows, a bypass line which runs parallel to the plurality of flow passages so as to bypass the plurality of flow passages, and a flow rate controller configured to control a flow rate of fluid flowing through the bypass line, so that a total flow rate of the fluid flowing through the plurality of flow passages and the bypass line becomes a target flow rate.
US08982313B2	Beam steering devices including stacked liquid crystal polarization gratings and related methods of operation A beam steering apparatus includes a first beam steering stage and at least a second beam steering stage arranged in-line with the first beam steering stage. The first beam steering stage includes a first polarization grating comprising a uniaxial birefringent material having a first periodic director pattern, and the second beam steering stage includes a second polarization grating comprising a uniaxial birefringent material having a second periodic director pattern. In nonmechanical embodiments, a polarization selector may be arranged to provide a circularly polarized input beam incident on the first polarization grating. In mechanical embodiments, at least one of the first polarization grating and the second polarization grating may be operable to be independently rotated about an azimuth thereof. Related methods of operation are also discussed.
US08982312B2	2D and 3D switchable display device and liquid crystal lenticular lens thereof The present invention provides a liquid crystal lenticular lens including a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, two first electrodes, two second electrodes, and a common electrode. The second substrate and the first substrate are disposed opposite to each other. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the liquid crystal layer has an ordinary refractive index and an extraordinary refractive index. The first electrodes and the second electrodes are disposed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer, and the second electrodes are disposed between the first electrodes. The common electrode is disposed between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer.
US08982311B2	Liquid crystal display device A pixel electrode is formed on a TFT substrate, and a gate insulating film, an inorganic passivation film, a common electrode, and an alignment film are formed in this order thereover. A columnar spacer is formed to the counter substrate and is adapted to define a gap between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate. A through hole is formed in the gate insulating film of the TFT substrate, and the columnar spacer is disposed so as to cover a concave portion formed by the through hole. Since the area of contact between the columnar spacer and the TFT substrate is decreased, it is possible to suppress scraping of the alignment film and thus to prevent occurrence of bright spots.
US08982307B2	Pixel unit, array substrate, liquid crystal panel and method for manufacturing the array substrate Embodiments of the present invention disclose a pixel unit, an array substrate, a liquid crystal panel, a display device and a manufacturing method thereof. The pixel unit comprises a thin film transistor, a pixel electrode and a common electrode, the thin film transistor comprising a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer provided on the gate electrode, an active layer provided on the gate insulating layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode provided on the active layer, and a passivation layer provided on the source electrode and the drain electrode; wherein the common electrode is provided directly on the passivation layer; and the pixel electrode is provided under the passivation layer and is connected to the drain electrode of the thin film transistor. For the array substrate, the liquid crystal panel, the display device and the manufacturing method thereof, it is possible to increase view angles, lower power consumption, and increase aperture ratio, thereby improving display quality.
US08982304B2	Display panel and method of manufacturing the same Air is sprayed on the first polymer film along a first negative direction in the sub pixel areas of an n-th row of a unit pixel area, and air is sprayed on the first polymer film along a first positive direction in the sub pixel areas of an (n+1)-th row of the unit pixel area to form a first alignment layer. Air is sprayed on the second polymer film along a second negative direction crossing the first negative direction in the sub pixel areas of an n-th column of the unit pixel area, and air is sprayed on the second polymer film along a second positive direction crossing the first positive direction in the sub pixel areas of an (n+1)-th column of the unit pixel area to form a second alignment layer.
US08982297B2	Liquid crystal module and fixture used thereof The present invention relates to a technical field of liquid crystal display, and specially to a fixture and a liquid crystal display module incorporated with such a fixture. The fixture includes a sidewall and top and bottom plate attached to the sidewall, wherein the sidewall, top and bottom plates jointly defines a compartment; wherein a stopper is formed on an end of the bottom plate with a magnetic device securely disposed within the compartment. The present invention further provides a liquid crystal display module, specially the liquid crystal display module incorporated with such a fixture. A liquid crystal display module with a simplified fixture incorporated therein is also provided. By the provision of the fixture and the liquid crystal display incorporated with such a fixture, the printed circuit board can be readily and securely attached to the backboard without the implementation of embossments or posts such that the printed circuit boards of different dimension can be readily attached to the backboard without additional glue or fasteners. In addition, since the embossments and/or posts have been omitted during the manufacturing of the backboard, the backboard can be made more planar. The adaptability of the backboard is therefore increased.
US08982295B2	Display device comprising a frame having a top segment that includes a first top flat part, a second top flat part, and a top uplifted part interposed between the first and second top flat parts A display device includes a frame for receiving a display panel. The frame includes a bottom segment extending in a first direction, a top segment spaced from the bottom segment in a direction perpendicular to the first direction, the top segment extending in the first direction, and a side segment connecting a side of the bottom segment and a side of the top segment, the side segment extending in the first direction. The top segment includes a top uplifted part protruding in the direction perpendicular to the first direction.
US08982293B2	Display apparatus and method of measuring liquid crystal capacitance A display apparatus includes: a first substrate including display and peripheral area surrounding the display area, where the first substrate includes pixel electrodes in the display area, and dummy pixel electrodes in the peripheral area; a second substrate opposite to and coupled to the first substrate, where the second substrate includes a reference electrode facing the pixel electrodes and facing the dummy pixel electrodes; and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, where the first substrate further includes a test line electrically connected to the dummy pixel electrodes, a first pad electrode configured to apply a test voltage to the test line to measure a liquid crystal capacitance, a reference voltage line configured to receive a reference voltage from an external source, and a second pad electrode configured to apply the reference voltage to the reference voltage line to measure the liquid crystal capacitance.
US08982292B2	Light modulator for optical image projection A spatial light modulator comprising an array-type liquid crystal panel, a polarization beam splitter, an oblique wave plate and a converging lens. The polarization beam splitter is orientated to direct a source light towards a reflective planar surface of the array-type liquid crystal panel. The oblique wave plate and converging lens are located between the polarization beam splitter and the array-type liquid crystal panel. The converging lens is configured to direct light from the reflective planar surface onto a facing surface of the polarization beam splitter.
US08982283B2	Method and system for scanning television systems using a first quick scan and a second slower scan A method of scanning television channels at initial setup. The method includes at a first power mode, automatically scanning for channels using a first scanning setup procedure during which the television is unusable by a user. The first power mode is when the television is at a full power mode. The detected channels are automatically provided for use by the television upon completion of the first scanning setup procedure. The method further includes automatically scanning for channels using a second scanning setup procedure at a second power mode following the first power mode. The second power mode is at a lower power mode than the first power mode, and the second scanning setup procedure is more time consuming in comparison to the first scanning setup procedure. Additional channels not detected during the initial setup by the first scanning setup procedure are automatically detected at the second power mode.
US08982279B2	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®.
US08982278B2	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®.
US08982276B2	Camera module with ambient light sensor A camera module includes a shell, an ambient light sensor, and a lens module having a printed circuit board. The shell has a seat in its front surface, a first connector on its back surface, and circuits connecting the first connector to the seat by a laser direct structure technology. The ALS is soldered to the seat. The PCB is attached to the back surface of the shell and includes a second connector connected to the first connector.
US08982274B2	Camera module including handshaking correcting device Disclosed herein is a camera module, including: a lens holder including a receiving unit receiving a lens module therein; a driving unit joined to the lens holder to be movable in a direction vertical to an optical-axis direction; a housing in which the driving unit is installed to be movable in the vertical direction to the optical-axis direction and having a protruding member that protrudes on one surface thereof; a shape memory alloy wire part connected to the driving unit to generate driving force in the vertical direction to the optical-axis direction; and an elastic member applying a preload to the shape memory alloy wire part to cause initial transformation.
US08982270B2	Deformable focal plane array A deformable focal plane array (DFPA) for imaging systems is disclosed. In one embodiment, the DFPA includes a detection circuitry on one side. For example, the thickness of the DFPA is in a range of about 5 to 40 microns. In one exemplary embodiment, the DFPA when warped to a desired shape provides a substantially wider field of view (FOV) than a flat focal plane array (FPA).
US08982267B2	Camera module with particle trap A camera module including a particle trap. The particle trap may be disposed in the camera module and may be operable to prevent particles from obstructing an optical path defined between a lens assembly and an image sensor. The particle trap may include a particle getter to retain particles in contact with the particle trap. The camera module may be operative to move the lens assembly so as to provide focus on the image sensor for objects at various distances from the camera module. The movement of the lens assembly may be a source of particles retained by the particle trap.
US08982265B2	Image projection and capture apparatus The image projection and capture apparatus for projecting an image beam to display an image on a screen and sensing a sensing beam from the image on the screen, the image projection and capture apparatus includes a light source, a light valve, a projection lens, an image capture lens, a dichroic unit, and an image sensor. The light source provides an illumination beam. The light valve is capable of converting the illumination beam to the image beam. The projection lens has a first optical axis. The image capture lens has a second optical axis. The first optical axis and the second optical axis are collinear. The dichroic unit is disposed between the projection lens and the image capture lens. The image sensor is disposed on a light path of the sensing beam.
US08982261B2	Imaging with interleaved detection accumulations An imaging system includes a sensor array of sensor elements to convert incident light to detections. Plural detection accumulators are provided to store detections. Switches alternatively route detections from a sensor element selectively to n≧3 members of a set of said detection accumulators. An imaging process includes converting incident light to detections, and routing detections so as to partition them among n≧3 accumulators.
US08982260B2	Image matching, data compression and tracking architectures Integrated photo detector receptor with Memristor Memory cell to perform simultaneous image capture and image matching as part of meta-security camera.
US08982256B2	Imaging device An imaging device includes: an imaging sensor 110; a main circuit substrate 120 includes a first ground conductor; an imaging sensor cable 130 that includes a second ground conductor, has the imaging sensor 110 mounted thereon, and is connected to the main circuit substrate 120; a metal plate 150 that is disposed between the main circuit substrate 120 and an area of the imaging sensor cable 130 where the imaging sensor 110 is mounted thereon, and that is electrically connected to the second ground conductor; and a ground connection conductor 190 that electrically connects between the first ground conductor and the metal plate 150. The ground connection conductor 190 is disposed in an area where the imaging sensor 110 and the imaging sensor cable 130 overlap each other or in an area where the imaging sensor 110 and the main circuit substrate 120 overlap each other.
US08982250B2	Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus is provided which minimizes reduction in S/N ratio and deterioration in resolution feeling at the lens periphery when the peripheral light amount drop correction of the lens is performed. An image processing LSI to perform the peripheral light amount drop correction of the imaging lens includes a space-direction noise removal correction part and a time-direction noise removal correction part. As the distance from the lens center position increases, the space-direction noise removal correction part reduces the noise reduction correction intensity to the image region to which the light amount drop correction gain is added in each image. As the distance from the lens center increases, the time-direction noise removal correction part increases the noise removal correction intensity to the image region to which the light amount drop correction gain is added in each image.
US08982249B2	Image capturing apparatus and method for controlling an image capturing apparatus for capturing and processing a plurality of pieces of exposure and dark image data to correct combined exposure image data in accordance with combined dark image data Image capturing is performed with an image pickup element being exposed to light, whereby a plurality of pieces of exposure image data are obtained. Image processing is performed on the plurality of pieces of exposure image data. The plurality of pieces of exposure image data output are combined into combined exposure image data. A plurality of pieces of dark image data are obtained and one piece of dark reference image data is generated. Image processing that uses a parameter based on the image processing performed on each exposure image data is performed on the one piece of dark reference image data, whereby a plurality of pieces of processed dark image data are output. The plurality of pieces of processed dark image data are combined into combined dark image data. The combined exposure image data is corrected in accordance with the combined dark image data.
US08982247B2	Altering focus lens magnification in a video frame A focus lens is moved to a position within a range of focus lens positions. A video frame is captured with the focus lens at that position. The magnification of the first video frame is altered according to a maximum magnification threshold associated with the range of focus lens positions.
US08982246B2	Imaging apparatus and camera body having optical zoom function and digital zoom function An imaging apparatus includes an obtaining unit that obtains lens information including information indicating resolution of an optical system with respect to a position of a zoom lens, an imaging sensor that captures a subject image formed through the optical system to output image information, an image processor that performs digital zoom to electronically enlarge a subject image by performing image processing on the image information outputted from an imaging sensor, and a controller that determines, based on the obtained lens information, whether the zoom lens is located in a predetermined position and controls the image processor to perform the digital zoom on the image information outputted from the imaging sensor, when the zoom lens is located in the predetermined position. The predetermined position is a position of the zoom lens where resolution of the optical system is larger than a predetermined value.
US08982241B2	Image photography apparatus and method of recovering editing image thereof An image photography apparatus includes a storage unit to store data which is generated when an image is edited in the image photography apparatus, a receiver to receive an event to recover the image if editing of the image that is being edited in the image photography apparatus stops, and a controller to determine whether the image is to be recovered to an unedited original image or editing of the image is to be resumed to recover the image to a completely edited image according to an edited degree of the image so as to recover the image to the unedited original image or the completely edited image.
US08982240B2	Electronic apparatus, positioning device, information processing method, and program An electronic apparatus includes: a reception unit that receives positioning information necessary for a positioning process from the outside; a determination unit that determines whether or not a process on the basis of an operation input is a predetermined process that uses the positioning information in a case where the operation input is received from a user; and a control unit that performs control of an operation of the reception unit based on a result of the determination performed by the determination unit and a content of the operation of the reception unit.
US08982239B2	Imaging apparatus and imaging method for recording shooting completion information An imaging apparatus includes: a reading device that reads a recording file on which a plurality of groups of information of character strings are stored in advance; a displaying device that displays any one group of the plurality of groups of the information of character strings; a selecting device that selects one desired group of information of character strings from the plurality of groups of the information of character strings; and a recording device that records shooting completion information that indicates shooting corresponding to the one desired group of the information of character string has been completed on the recording file, when shooting is performed in a state where the one desired group of the information of character string is selected, wherein when one group of the plurality of groups of the information of character strings is selected and displayed, based on the shooting completion information, the displaying device displays the selected one group of the information of character strings, and a display of completed shooting information that indicates an image corresponding to the selected one group of the information of character strings has been shot together.
US08982237B2	Portable electronic device with auto-exposure control adaptive to environment brightness and image capturing method using the same A portable electronic device with camera function and an image capture method with auto exposure control. The disclosed method comprises the following steps: obtaining a pre-view frame from a camera module; dividing the pre-view frame into a plurality of blocks and calculating representative brightness values of the blocks; assigning weight values to the blocks according to the representative brightness values; obtaining a weighted brightness value by performing a weighted operation on the representative brightness values based on the weight values of the blocks; setting an auto exposure parameter of the camera module based on the weighted brightness value; and controlling the camera module for capturing images based on the auto exposure parameter.
US08982236B2	Imaging apparatus White balance correction is performed on RGB color signals output from an image pickup device that includes a particular color filter array in which RGB color filters are arranged on respective lines and the ratios of the numbers of RGB color filters are different between the lines. For calculation of WB gains used for the white balance correction, not all the pixels of the image pickup device but prescribed lines are used to thinning-read. The WB gains are calculated based on color signals on the thinning-read prescribed lines. As the prescribed lines to be thinning-read, lines having a small degree of color mixture are selected under an imaging condition (a lens f-number and a zoom position) with a high degree of color mixture; lines having relatively even ratios of the numbers of RGB color filters are selected under an imaging condition having a low degree of color mixture.
US08982235B2	Image processing device and image processing method An image processing device may include an image processing pipeline in which at least a magnification chromatic aberration correction processing unit that corrects magnification chromatic aberration of an imaging optical system, a distortion aberration correction processing unit that corrects distortion aberration of the imaging optical system, and an imaging processing unit that performs image processing with respect to image data and outputs image processed-image data to the distortion aberration correction processing unit are included in one pipeline, magnification chromatic aberration of the image data having been corrected by the magnification chromatic aberration correction processing unit, a sequencer that controls operations of respective elements included in the image processing pipeline, and a distortion correction range calculation unit that calculates a distortion aberration correction input range.
US08982234B2	Information processing apparatus and method An image processing method, for correcting a blur a due to an optical system of an image capturing apparatus, the image processing method including, storing a plurality of representative filters in a memory, selecting a subset of representative filters from the plurality of representative filters based on a pixel position of a pixel of interest in an image, applying each of the selected representative filter to a pixel value of the pixel of interest, and correcting the pixel value of the pixel of interest based on (a) a result of the application of filters, and (b) the pixel position of the pixel of interest.
US08982233B2	Imaging apparatus for imaging an object subject to illuminating light on which information is overlaid and information detection method An imaging apparatus according to an implementation of the present invention includes: an imaging device unit which converts light coming from an object into an image signal, the light being illuminating light reflected off an object; a light pattern detecting unit which detects a light-dark pattern from the image signal so as to detect information overlaid on the illuminating light, the image signal being converted from the light by the imaging device unit; a comparing unit which compares detection information with predetermined determination information, the detection information being the information detected by the light pattern detecting unit; and a display unit which displays a specific image, depending on a result of the comparison by the comparing unit.
US08982232B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus that, when combining a plurality of images, improves image quality by reducing noise in a region in which movement is detected, wherein a noise in the moving region is reduced by replacing the region in which movement is detected, with a low-noise image.
US08982230B2	Image pickup apparatus including image adjustment processing for improving an appearance of an image, the image adjustment processing to be applied when it is determined that an imaging scene is finalized An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit, a scene finalization determination unit, and an image adjustment processing unit. The image pickup unit captures a subject image in photographing operation and obtains image data according to the subject. The scene finalization determination unit determines whether an imaging scene is finalized by a photographer. The image adjustment processing unit applies image adjustment processing according to the imaging scene that is finalized to the image data if the scene finalization determination unit determines that the imaging scene is finalized.
US08982228B2	Device and a method for image acquisition An image acquisition device and a method for capturing image data is disclosed. The method comprises exposing an image sensor to light from a scene, selecting substantially all rows of sensor pixels in an image sensor in a substantially random order, starting an exposure period for each row of sensor pixels in the image sensor in the order the rows were selected, buffering the rows of sensor pixels comprised in an image frame until all rows of the image frame have registered image data for the presently captured image frame, and outputting image data representing the image frame by outputting image data from each row of sensor pixels.
US08982223B2	Image sending apparatus, image recording apparatus and image recording method using identification information relating reduced image data with original image data An image sending apparatus capable of sending image data to an image recording apparatus connected to a network, includes a sending unit configured to send image data, a selecting unit configured to select an image to be sent based on a user's operation, and a controller configured to control the sending unit. The controller controls the sending unit to send reduced image data generated by reducing original image data of the image selected by the selecting unit to the image recording apparatus, and to send the original image data corresponding to the reduced image data sent to the image recording apparatus to the image recording apparatus.
US08982216B2	Portable movement capture device and method of finite element analysis A portable movement capture device is described. The portable movement capture device includes one or more cameras that capture high-speed video or still images of a player performing a sports activity. In one embodiment, the sports activity is a golf swing of a golfer. The portable movement capture device is arranged in a housing with one or more cameras and may optionally include a number of additional components to assist with capturing information associated with a player performing a sports activity. The captured information is analyzed using a method of finite element analysis to isolate a portion of the captured information. With this arrangement, specific regions of a player are analyzed, individually, or relatively with other regions, for a particular movement associated with the sports activity. A handheld motion capture device is also described that combines components of a portable movement capture device with an integrated display.
US08982214B2	Controlling use of parking spaces using cameras and smart sensors Tracking use of a destination location is disclosed. Based on a first vehicle image showing a first vehicle, a first unique identifier of the first vehicle is determined. Next, based on a first location of the first vehicle received based on a sensor located within the first vehicle, it is determined that the first vehicle is occupying the destination location at a second time. Next, based on a second location of the first vehicle received based on the sensor located within the first vehicle, it is determined that the first vehicle has left the destination location at a third time. Finally, it is indicated that the first vehicle began use of the destination location at the second time and that the first vehicle completed use of the destination location at the third time.
US08982208B2	Monitoring system, image capturing apparatus, analysis apparatus, and monitoring method Monitoring system is provided which includes an image capturing apparatus including a basic analysis section that performs analysis processing based on image data input from an image capturing section that captures an image of a subject and generates first metadata, and a first metadata output section that outputs the first metadata and second metadata different from the first metadata to a monitoring apparatus connected to a network via the network, and an analysis apparatus including an extended analysis section that performs analysis processing different from that of the basic analysis section based on the image data received from the image capturing apparatus and generates the second metadata, and a second metadata output section that outputs the second metadata to the image capturing apparatus.
US08982206B2	High speed microscope with narrow detector and pixel binning A system and method of high-speed microscopy using a two-photon microscope with spectral resolution. The microscope is operable to provide spectrally resolved, multi-dimensional images from a single scan of a sample. The microscope may include one of a multi-beam point scanning microscope, a single beam line scanning microscope, and a multi-beam line scanning microscope. The microscope includes a descanning arrangement such that emitted fluorescence is static on a receiving detector. The detector is a narrow detector with a width at least half the size of the length, to reduce the amount of pixel data being transmitted and improve scan speeds. The microscope may also incorporate one or more binning techniques whereby pixels are binned together to improve resolution or scan speeds.
US08982203B2	Video system for viewing an object on a body The present invention relates to a video system for viewing an object on a body, including an endoscopic lens for capturing an image, an endoscopic camera head attached to the endoscopic lens for transmitting the image, and a camera control unit attached to the endoscopic camera head for receiving the transmitted image. The endoscopic lens has a field of view, where the object is within the field of view. The endoscopic camera lens has a depth of field between approximately 10 mm and approximately 15 mm. The system also has an arm attached to the endoscopic lens for holding the endoscopic lens between approximately 180 mm and approximately 220 mm away from the surgical field. The magnified image is conveniently seen on large high definition screen.
US08982202B2	Image pickup system An image pickup system is an image pickup system in which an image pickup device arranged at a distal end of an insertion section of an endoscope and a processor can communicate with each other. A group of multiple control parameters to be collectively transmitted and checksum codes related to the parameters are transmitted from the processor to the image pickup device, and the image pickup device reflects the control parameters on a register only when all the received multiple control parameters are normal, on the basis of the checksums.
US08982200B2	Intraoral camera with light collecting faces that deflect light close to an imaging window An intraoral camera including a main body case, an intraoral insertion component mounted on the front side of the main body case, an imaging window provided to the intraoral insertion component, and an imaging device that is optically linked to the imaging window and is disposed inside the main body case or inside the intraoral insertion component. Illumination elements are disposed at portions of an outer peripheral wall face that are substantially opposite each other in the horizontal direction. These illumination elements are inclined toward the outside of the imaging window in the center of the imaging window, and the outer peripheral wall face that is substantially opposite these illumination elements in the vertical direction is constituted as a light collecting face that is inclined toward the outside of the imaging window in the center of the imaging window.
US08982199B2	Network based endoscopic surgical system A network based surgical system including a first medical device having a first network interface, a second medical device having a second network interface, a communications network over which the first medical device, through the first network interface, and the second medical device, through the second network interface, are communicable, wherein the first network interface and the second network interface employ the same network protocol for communicating over the communications network, and wherein the first network interface has a maximum throughput greater than a maximum throughput of the second network interface.
US08982193B2	Multiviewable stereoscopic image display device and method for driving the same A multiviewable stereoscopic image display device and a method for driving the same are provided. The stereoscopic image display device includes: a display panel that displays a 2D image in the 2D mode and displays a 3D image in the 3D mode; a control unit that receives first to m-th image data (m is a natural number greater than 2), and in the 3D mode time-divides and sequentially outputs the left-eye image data of each of the first to m-th image data, and then time-divides and sequentially outputs the right-eye image data of each of the first to m-th image data; and first to m-th liquid crystal shutter glasses that open and close the left-eye shutter and the right-eye shutter in synchronization with each of the first to m-th liquid crystal shutter glass control signals generated from the control unit.
US08982191B2	Divergence ratio distance mapping camera The present invention relates to a method and system for detecting and mapping three-dimensional information pertaining to one or more target objects. More particularly, the invention consists of selecting one or more target objects, illuminating the one or more target objects using a first light source and capturing an image of the one or more target objects, then, illuminating the same one or more target objects using a second light source and capturing an image of the one or more target objects and lastly calculating the distance at the midpoint between the two light sources and the one or more target objects based on the decay of intensities of light over distance by analyzing the ratio of the image intensities on a pixel by pixel basis.
US08982190B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program for generating a three dimensional image to be stereoscopically viewed There is provided an imaging element that photographs multiple viewing point images corresponding to images observed from different viewing points and an image processing unit separates an output signal of the imaging element, acquires the plurality of viewing point images corresponding to the images observed from the different viewing points, and generates a left eye image and a right eye image for three-dimensional image display, on the basis of the plurality of acquired viewing point images. The image processing unit generates parallax information on the basis of the plurality of viewing point images obtained from the imaging element and generates a left eye image and a right eye image for three-dimensional image display by 2D3D conversion processing using the generated parallax information. By this configuration, a plurality of viewing point images are acquired on the basis of one photographed image and images for three-dimensional image display are generated.
US08982189B2	3D video reproduction device, non-transitory recording medium, 3D display device, 3D imaging device, and 3D video reproduction method A stereoscopic video reproduction device comprising a first acquisition unit; a second acquisition unit; a decision unit; a parallax correction unit configured to correct a parallax when the binocular fusion is impossible, such that the binocular fusion becomes possible in the stereoscopic video in a predetermined interval in which the binocular fusion is decided to be impossible; and an output unit configured to: when outputting the acquired stereoscopic video to the stereoscopic display, output, to the stereoscopic display, the stereoscopic video in which the parallax is corrected in the stereoscopic video by the parallax correction unit in the predetermined interval in which the binocular fusion is decided to be impossible in a case where the decision unit decides that the binocular fusion is impossible; and output the acquired stereoscopic video as is to the stereoscopic display in a case where the decision unit decides that the binocular fusion is possible.
US08982187B2	System and method of rendering stereoscopic images In some embodiments, a method of rendering a stereoscopic image based on a two-dimensional image frame and a depth map comprises generating a saliency map of the two-dimensional image frame, determining a region where is located an object of focus from the saliency map, modifying the depth map such that a range of depth values in the depth map that is associated the object of focus is redistributed toward a depth level of a display screen, and generating a virtual stereoscopic image frame based on the modified depth map and the two-dimensional image frame. In other embodiments, systems of rendering stereoscopic images are also described.
US08982181B2	Digital stereo photographic system The invention provides a complete system for three-dimensional (3D) (stereo) still photography in a digital format. This includes capturing the image or photo, viewing, printing and projecting it. Intermediate steps would include downloading images to a computer, editing, enhancing or modifying, saving, recording photo images to other storage medium, and the printing of still photos. This invention is a significant advancement of the traditional analog film stereo slides, in that the digital format will allow viewing of the image in the camera in 3D, prior to, during, immediately after exposure and at any other time after exposure. With significant computer processing capability after exposure in editing, enhancing, color correcting, adding text and art, the images are further improved. The system includes the ability to view images, in 3D (stereo), in the camera, in a hand held viewer, on a computer screen on a standard television set as well as printed pairs or in anaglyph formats. The images can also be viewed with conventional digital projectors using conventional polarized glasses. The camera is also a significant advancement over the standard digital still cameras because it provides the three-dimensional image capture in a digital format. It also retains the full 2-dimensional capability of digital photography.
US08982178B2	Method and device for acquiring real-time video image of terminal The present invention provides a method and device for acquiring real-time video images of a terminal, sad method comprising: acquiring light intensity of an existing environment when the terminal acquires the real-time video images; comparing the light intensity of the existing environment with a light intensity threshold value set by the terminal system; acquiring images preset by the terminal and sending the preset images to an existing receiver which is communicating with the terminal if the light intensity of the existing environment is lower than the light intensity threshold value set by the terminal system. The present invention can ensure the quality of video conversation when the light intensity is weak, save power energy, improve the user experience, and is beneficial to promote the video communication terminal.
US08982166B2	Display device and driving method thereof A display device includes a display panel having a plurality of source and gate lines and a plurality of pixels at intersection points of the gate lines and source lines, a gate driver configured to output a plurality of gate driving signals for driving the gate lines, a source driver configured to output a plurality of source driving signals for driving the source lines, a gray voltage generator configured to supply a plurality of gray scale voltages to the source driver, and a common voltage generator configured to generate a plurality of common voltages having different levels and to alternately supply one of the generated common voltages in sequence to the pixels per frame, the source driver being configured to output a source driving signal in response to a data signal in accordance with a level of the common voltage supplied by the common voltage generator.
US08982164B2	Method of compensating gamma reference voltages, and gamma reference voltage compensation circuit In a method of compensating gamma reference voltages includes setting a plurality of emission signal on-duty ratios that have different values in a range from 0% to 100%, setting a plurality of data offsets for the emission signal on-duty ratios and each of the data offsets being set based on a color shift, the color shift being caused according to the emission signal on-duty ratios, generating a plurality of compensation gamma reference voltages by multiplying a gamma reference voltage by the data offsets, and applying the compensation gamma reference voltages to an organic light emitting display panel in dimming ranges that include the emission signal on-duty ratios, respectively.
US08982162B2	Display device, electronic apparatus and driving code generating circuit A display device displays a gray scale by applying a voltage to a display element for each of a plurality of subfields. The display device includes a predetermined code storage unit that stores a predetermined code, in which indication values designating the voltage are arranged, a compression code storage unit that stores a compression code, which includes a first portion designating a number of the indication values and a second portion designating an identifier of the predetermined code, and a developing unit that generates a driving code according to a continuous code, in which indication values designating a first voltage are arranged by the number of the indication values designated by the first portion of the compression code, and a predetermined code corresponding to the identifier designated by the second portion of the compression code.
US08982160B2	Apparatus and methods for dynamically correlating virtual keyboard dimensions to user finger size Embodiments provide a user interface for computing devices equipped with a touchscreen user interface/display and a digital camera that enhances a portion of a displayed image within a user's gaze. A user may calibrate their mobile device by touching a portion of the touchscreen with one or more fingers and following a moving image on the display with their eyes. The mobile device may track where a user is looking, and if the user is looking at the mobile device display, a portion of the display in the vicinity of the user's gaze may be enhanced in size. In an embodiment, if the user is looking at a virtual keyboard, key icons near the user's gaze may be increased in size commensurate with the user's finger tip size. In this manner, a user can accurately select individual keys in a virtual keyboard that fits within a mobile device display.
US08982157B2	Collision free construction of animated feathers To generate a skin-attached element on a skin surface of an animated character, a region of the skin surface within a predetermined distance from a skin-attached element root position is deformed to form a lofted skin according to one of a plurality of constraint surfaces, where each of the plurality of constraint surfaces does not intersect with each other. A sublamina mesh surface constrained to the lofted skin is created. A two-dimensional version of the skin-attached element is projected onto the sublamina mesh surface. The lofted skin is reverted back to a state of the skin surface prior to the deformation of the region of the skin surface.
US08982150B2	Customized advertising on footwear A system for advertising on footwear by displaying promotional content on an electronic display of the footwear and wherein the promotional content being displayed occupies 25% to 100% of the outer surface of the footwear. Additionally, the content can be displayed according to a plurality of conditions including time of day, rate of motion of the footwear and environmental lighting conditional around the footwear.
US08982148B2	Stationary or mobile terminal controlled by a pointing or input peripheral A stationary or mobile terminal controlled by a pointing or input peripheral device is presented. The invention pertains to the field of man-machine interfaces (MMI) applied to digital reading. There is provided a stationary or mobile terminal that is capable of reproducing, when used, the sensation of reading paper on a screen, of developing novel modes of reading, and of enabling press groups to render the publications thereof paperless while doing away with the material and technical limitations of various reading terminals.
US08982147B2	Methods for retrieving shapes and drawings There are disclosed methods to provide stable pose determinations of various three dimensional shapes. Methods are also disclosed for determining multiple, unique drawing descriptors for two dimensional drawings, and for obtaining intermediate three dimensional representations of two dimensional drawings as one way to determine the descriptor. Methods are also disclosed to provide for searching of two dimensional drawings and three dimensional shapes using user-defined input, which may be a drawing or sketch. User interactivity is provided to further refine search results.

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