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| US07782619B2 |
Heat sink protective cover
A heat sink protective cover includes a main body, on which at least one receiving space is defined for receiving a heat sink therein. The receiving space includes at least one positioning section and a dust-proof section. The positioning section is located at two opposite inner wall surfaces of the receiving space. The dust-proof section includes a raised portion and a recess portion, the raised portion is extended along a periphery of the dust-proof section to limit the recess portion on four sides thereof, and the dust-proof section is located on a bottom of the receiving space. The heat sink is stably hold in place in the receiving space by the positioning section and isolated from dust by the dust-proof section, and can therefore be effectively protected against collision, damage, and contamination while being transported. |
| US07782613B2 |
Cooling system for a portable device
A cellular cooling part includes a number at least one movable part, that can be the removable flap or movable cover for a fan. The fan, for example, can be moved or opened to expose it. A flap can also be opened. In addition, different covering structures can be used. |
| US07782612B2 |
Noiseproofed and ventilated air intake chamber for electronics equipment enclosure
A system and method are disclosed for enclosing electronic equipment in a noiseproofed and ventilated enclosure. This includes supplying air to an enclosure and removing air from the enclosure through acoustic chambers attached to the enclosure. The acoustic chambers can be constructed of materials or be treated with materials that have noise-absorbing or noise-abating properties. In addition, the acoustic chamber for exhausting air from the enclosure can contain baffles that help to prevent noise that has entered the acoustic chamber from leaving the chamber. And, the system and method can use a cable egress port that allows cables and wiring to pass through the egress port while blocking the transmission of noise through the egress port. |
| US07782611B2 |
Computer enclosure
A computer enclosure includes a chassis and a cover. The chassis has a first hole, and the cover has a second hole which is substantially coaxial with the first hole. A securing means engages in the first and second holes for mounting the cover on the chassis. A shield is fixed on one of the chassis and the cover. The shield defines a through hole communicating an outer side of the shield with the securing means and a receiving hole intersecting the through hole. A rotating block is rotatably positioned in the receiving hole between the through hole and the securing means. The rotating block includes a blocking portion configured to block the through hole. The rotating block defines an access hole in the blocking portion. The access hole is configured to communicate the through hole with the securing means by rotating the block to align the access hole with the securing means. |
| US07782606B2 |
Hard disk drive carrier latch apparatus
A hard disk drive carrier having a latch apparatus to facilitate leveraged insertion of a hard disk drive into a receiving drive bay to an interfaced position, securing of the hard disk drive carrier in the drive bay when the hard disk drive secured to the carrier interfaces with a host computer, leveraged dislodgement of the hard disk drive from its interfaced position for removal of the hard disk drive from the drive bay, and proper positioning of the latch apparatus upon insertion of the hard disk drive carrier to ensure proper engagement of the latch apparatus with the drive bay for leveraged insertion and removal. |
| US07782602B2 |
Flash memory device with improved light-guiding member and cover thereof
A flash memory device includes a bottom shell, a PCB mounted on the bottom shell, a connector interface electrically connecting the PCB, a movable cover covering the PCB and a light-guiding member set on the cover. The PCB includes a LED light. The light-guiding member absorbs the light of the LED light in order to averagely illuminate an area of the cover to be illuminated. |
| US07782594B2 |
MEMS variable capacitor and method for producing the same
One inventive aspect relates a variable capacitor comprising first and second electrically conductive electrodes, arranged above a support structure and spaced apart from each other and defining the capacitance of the capacitor. At least one of the electrodes comprises at least one bendable portion. The bendable portion(s) are actuated by a DC voltage difference which is applied over the electrodes to vary the capacitance. In preferred embodiments, the support structure comprises a layer of higher permittivity than the atmosphere surrounding the electrodes and the electrodes configure as an interdigitated structure upon actuation. Also disclosed is a 2-mask process for producing such capacitors. |
| US07782593B2 |
Mobile electrostatic carrier wafer with electrically isolated charge storage
A carrier wafer includes a flat substrate with a top side and a bottom side. A first layer sequence, at least on the top side of the substrate, is arranged with area parallel to the substrate. The first layer sequence has an isolating layer. A flat, conductive electrode is arranged on the first layer sequence with area parallel to the substrate. Everywhere that it is not in contact with the first layer sequence, the electrode is surrounded by a second layer sequence having a layer made of an isolating material. In a region, which forms a tunnel window and on which the electrode is arranged, the first layer sequence is thinner than on the rest of its area. An electrical voltage can be applied to the substrate in such a way that the electrical field lines caused by the applied voltage pass through the tunnel window. The electrode can be charged, by means of a potential difference between the electrode and the substrate caused by the applied voltage, in that electrons tunnel through the tunnel window. |
| US07782592B2 |
Dual operating mode electronic disabling device
An electronic disabling device includes first and second electrodes positionable to establish first and second spaced apart contact points on a target having a high impedance air gap existing between at least one of the electrodes and the target. The power supply generates a first high voltage, short duration output across the first and second electrodes during a first time interval to ionize air within the air gap to thereby reduce the high impedance across the air gap to a lower impedance to enable current flow across the air gap at a lower voltage level. The power supply next generates a second lower voltage, longer duration output across the first and second electrodes during a second time interval to maintain the current flow across the first and second electrodes and between the first and second contact points on the target to enable the current flow through the target to cause involuntary muscle contractions to thereby immobilize the target. |
| US07782591B2 |
Methods of and apparatus for reducing amounts of particles on a wafer during wafer de-chucking
Particles are trapped away from a wafer transport zone in a chamber. A first electrode is on one side of the zone. A second electrode is on an opposite side of the zone. A power supply connected across the electrodes establishes an electrostatic field between the electrodes. The field traps particles at the electrodes, away from the zone. For transporting the wafer from the chamber, the second electrode mounts the wafer for processing, and the first electrode is opposite to the second electrode defining a process space. The zone is in the space with a separate part of the space separating the zone from each electrode. Particles are urged away from the wafer by simultaneously terminating plasma processing of the wafer, connecting the second electrode to ground, applying a positive DC potential to the first electrode, and de-chucking the wafer from the second electrode into the zone. |
| US07782588B2 |
Series surge suppression structure
A series surge suppression structure mainly comprises: a circuit board, a ground line and a plurality of galvanization circuits being disposed thereon, a multilayer surge absorption unit being disposed in series on the ground line and the plurality of galvanization circuits; wherein each surge absorption unit is constituted by a pair of chokes with a layered surge absorption element connected in parallel between one end of either choke and the ground line; a power connection terminal, positioned on one side of the circuit board and electrically connected to a final end of the multilayer surge absorption unit; and a protection terminal, positioned on another side of the circuit board and electrically connected to a final end at another side of the multilayer surge absorption unit; whereby, the protection terminal can be used to connect with a communication circuit or an electric facility and the power connection terminal is used for connecting with an external wire so as to form a multilayer surge absorption protection by means of series connection. Meanwhile, a derivative module may be conveniently manufactured to allow multiple modules to be connected together and expand to use as a three-phase multilayer surge absorption protection thereby expanding a use range to attain to the surge substantially suppressing effect. |
| US07782585B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit device
An overheat protection circuit 1 of a semiconductor integrated circuit device of the invention has filter means for removing a high frequency component from a power supply voltage Vcc. Specifically, the overheat protection circuit 1 has: a band gap power supply portion BG and resistors R1 and R2 that produce a reference voltage Vref; a transistor N1 for temperature detection; resistors R3 and R4 that generate, from the power supply voltage Vcc, a control signal Sctrl according to the on/off state of the transistor N1; a transistor P1 that is turned on/off according to the control signal Sctrl; and a transistor N2 and resistors R5 and R6 that generate an overheat protection signal Stsd according to the on/off state of the transistor P1. In addition, the overheat protection circuit 1 has, as the filter means, a resistor R7 and a capacitor C1 that are respectively connected to the emitter and the collector of the transistor P1. This makes it possible to perform a high-accuracy overheat protection operation despite variations in power supply voltage (superimposition of pulse). |
| US07782584B2 |
Load drive controller and control system
A load drive controller for controlling a heat generating member by a switching element includes a temperature detection portion for detecting a physical quantity of a level corresponding to a temperature of the switching element, a protection function portion for outputting an abnormality signal corresponding to an overheated state of the switching element when the physical quantity detected by the temperature detection portion is larger than a value, a control portion for causing the heat generating member to generate heat by driving the switching element via a driving portion. Furthermore, the control portion causes a temperature adjustment portion to increase the temperature of the heat generating member when the abnormality signal is input from the protection function portion. |
| US07782582B2 |
High voltage tolerant electrostatic discharge protection circuit
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit includes an NPN transistor having a collector terminal connected to a voltage source and an emitter terminal connected to the ground via a diode. The NPN transistor includes a base terminal for receiving a base current to turn on the NPN transistor to allow an electrostatic discharge at the voltage source to flow through the NPN transistor to the ground. The ESD protection circuit further includes a PMOS transistor having a source terminal coupled to the voltage source and a drain terminal coupled to the base terminal of the NPN transistor. The PMOS transistor includes a gate terminal for receiving a first and a second gate voltage. The ESD protection circuit further includes an R-C circuit coupled between the source voltage and the ground. The R-C circuit is configured to supply the first gate voltage to the PMOS transistor when there is no electrostatic discharge to turn off the PMOS transistor and the second gate voltage responsive to the electrostatic discharge to turn on the PMOS transistor for a predetermined time period. The ESD protection circuit further includes a voltage divider circuit coupled between the voltage source and the ground and coupled to the R-C circuit. |
| US07782581B1 |
Method and apparatus for providing electrostatic discharge protection for a polysilicon fuse
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit for protecting a component on a device includes a grounding element coupled to a protected supply voltage line of the component. A supply pass element is coupled to the protected supply voltage line of the component. The ESD protection circuit also includes a control circuit to activate the grounding component to drive the protected supply voltage line of the component to ground upon detecting an ESD event. |
| US07782572B2 |
Disk drive head suspension flexures having alternating width stacked leads
An integrated lead flexure for a disk drive head suspension of the type having a plurality of stacked leads disposed on separate layers, the plurality of stacked leads extending between terminal connector pads and head connector pads, comprising stacked lead pairs having opposing and regularly alternating wider and narrower portions, respectively. |
| US07782565B2 |
Magazine insertion and ejection system
Described herein is a mobile data storage magazine for interacting with a docking station. The magazine can include a magazine frame containing a plurality of operatively interconnected disk drives, a first contact element associated with the magazine frame capable of conducting electrical power to at least one of the plurality of disk drives when engaged with a second contact element associated with the docking station wherein the first and second contact elements are adapted to cooperate in a non male/female relationship. The magazine can further comprise a first communication element capable of conducting data between at least one of the plurality of disk drives and the docking station when the first communication element is operatively linked to a second communication element associated with the docking station. |
| US07782564B2 |
Methods for enabling functionality in multi-modal data storage systems
A method for enabling different modes on a multi-modal data storage system such as a tape-based data storage system includes enabling a data storage system to operate in at least one of two modes, a first of the modes being different than a second of the modes. In one embodiment, the data storage system has all physical components required to operate in the first and second modes. An ability to operate in at least one of the modes is not allowed prior to enabling the data storage system to operate in the at least one of the modes. |
| US07782558B2 |
Optical device vibrator
An optical device vibrator has a driving mechanism and a controller. The driving mechanism repeatedly changes position or angle of an optical device in predetermined cycles in order to vibrate the optical device. The controller controls driving of the driving mechanism and changes a setting for the position or angle serving as a reference for the repeated change based on predetermined correction information. |
| US07782555B1 |
Large optics inspection, tilting, and washing stand
A large optics stand provides a risk free means of safely tilting large optics with ease and a method of safely tilting large optics with ease. The optics are supported in the horizontal position by pads. In the vertical plane the optics are supported by saddles that evenly distribute the optics weight over a large area. |
| US07782550B2 |
Lens structure, optical transmitter, and method for producing same
In one embodiment, a lens structure has an object surface, an image surface, and an axicon mirror. The axicon mirror is defined by an inner diameter, an outer diameter, and a tilt angle, with the tilt angle being defined by a plane of the axicon mirror and the surface of the axicon mirror. The image surface is positioned within the inner diameter of the axicon mirror. The lens structure may be incorporated into an optical transmitter having a light source and a photodetector. The light source is positioned to transmit light toward the object surface of the lens structure, and the photodetector is positioned to receive light reflected from the axicon mirror. A method for producing lens structures with different optical attenuation properties is also disclosed. |
| US07782549B2 |
Camera
A digital camera includes a first lens group, a second group frame unit, a third lens group, a CCD unit, a lens barrel, and a chassis. The first lens group receives a light flux along a first optical axis. The second group frame unit receives and bends the light flux along a second optical axis after passing through the first lens group. The third lens group receives the bent light flux from the second group frame unit. The CCD unit receives the light flux passing through the third lens group. The lens barrel includes the first lens group, the second group frame unit, the third lens group, and the CCD unit. The chassis supports the lens barrel. The second optical axis is substantially parallel to the transverse direction of an object to be captured by the CCD unit when the bottom of the chassis is substantially parallel to the transverse direction of the object. |
| US07782548B2 |
Lens barrel and imaging device
An interchangeable lens unit includes a second lens group unit, a focus lens unit, a fourth lens group unit, a zoom ring unit, a focus motor, and a photosensor. The zoom ring unit is arranged to mechanically transmit operational force inputted to a zoom ring to the second lens group unit and the fourth lens group unit. The focus motor is configured to electrically drive the focus lens unit in the Z axis direction with respect to the second lens group unit. The photosensor is configured to detect whether or not the focus lens unit is disposed at a starting point position with respect to the second lens group unit. The starting point position is disposed within the total movement range E of the focus lens unit. |
| US07782546B1 |
Zoom lens having increased positioning accuracy
A zoom lens includes a cam roll, straight-forward units, lens groups, a driving unit, a detecting unit and a micro-processing unit. The lens groups moved by the cam roll sequentially varies from a receiving status to a zeroing status, a macro shooting-distance status and a wide shooting-distance status. A datum point of the cam roll corresponds to the zeroing status of the lens groups. The detecting unit includes an impeller, a detecting portion and a photonic sensor. When the photonic sensor detects the datum point of the cam roll, the micro-processing unit determines the position of the datum point of the cam roll and to reset the rotation count of the impeller. When the photonic sensor detects a skew point of the cam roll, the micro-processing unit determines and amends the rotation count of the impeller to be equal to a predetermined value. |
| US07782545B2 |
Zoom lens assembly and zoom lens module
A zoom lens assembly and zoom lens module are provided, including a first lens, a second lens, a plurality of guiding blocks, a sheathing tube, a plurality of linking members and an adjusting tube. The first lens includes a plurality of curved surfaces disposed on a second lens surface toward a first lens surface. The second lens includes a plurality of driving rods disposed on a third lens surface and abutting the curved surfaces. The guiding blocks are respectively fixed on the first lens. The sheathing tube sheathes the first lens and the second lens and comprises a plurality of guiding notches to receive the guiding blocks, and a plurality of slits. The linking members pass through the slits and are fixed on the second lens. The adjusting tube sheathes the sheathing tube and comprises a plurality of driving notches to receive the linking members. |
| US07782544B2 |
Zoom lens system and image pickup apparatus including the same
Provided is a zoom lens system which includes a plurality of lens units separated from one another at intervals changed during at least one of zooming and focusing and an aperture stop. The plurality of lens units include a movable lens unit for displacing an image formed by the zoom lens system within a plane perpendicular to an optical axis. The movable lens unit includes a first lens subunit located on an object side of the aperture stop and a second lens subunit located on an image side of the aperture stop. When the image formed by the zoom lens system is displaced within the plane perpendicular to the optical axis, the aperture stop is held and the first lens subunit and the second lens subunit are moved to have a component in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis. |
| US07782543B2 |
Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus having the same
A zoom lens includes a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power. The first and third lens units are movable such that they are located closer to the object side at a telephoto end than at a wide-angle end. The fourth lens unit is movable with a locus convex towards the object side. A distance between the first and second lens units at the telephoto end, a distance between the second and third lens units at the telephoto end, a focal length of the first lens unit, a focal length of the second lens unit, and a focal length of the third lens unit, and a focal length of the entire zoom lens at the wide-angle end are appropriately set. |
| US07782541B2 |
Variable focus lens having a plurality of protrusions at one end of fluid chamber
The present invention relates to a variable focus lens including a fluid chamber containing first and second fluids which are non-miscible and have different refractive indices, the fluid chamber having a plurality of protrusions formed along a circumference of one open end thereof. The variable focus lens also includes a transparent plate attached to the open end of the chamber via a sealing with a predetermined interval from the protrusions. The variable focus lens further includes a first electrode disposed inside the chamber to act on the first fluid and a second electrode disposed inside the chamber and is insulated from the first fluid. The invention allows an easy manufacturing process without bubble formation, and eliminates entry and formation of bubbles due to external changes such as in temperature and pressure, thereby allowing good performance of the lens regardless of external environmental changes. |
| US07782539B2 |
Immersion microscope objective
An immersion microscope objective includes a system of several optical lenses or lens groups between which air spaces are provided and an adjusting device for adapting the immersion microscope objective to different immersion mediums for correcting imaging errors when utilizing the immersion microscope objective in connection with a cover glass, which closes off a specimen holder, and/or for correcting longitudinal chromatic aberrations. The adjusting device is configured to change two air spaces and especially the air spaces (A1, A2) are linearly changeable. |
| US07782535B2 |
Device for beam shaping
A device for beam shaping is particularly suited for producing a linear intensity distribution in a working plane. The device includes a laser light source, which can emit a multi-mode laser radiation. The beam quality factor of the radiation with regard to a first direction perpendicular to the propagation direction of the laser radiation is greater than 1 and also the beam quality factor with regard to a second direction perpendicular to the propagation direction is greater than 1. The device further includes a beam transformation assembly, which are arranged in the device in such a way that they can transform the laser radiation or partial beams of the laser radiation in such a way that the beam quality factor with regard to the first direction is increased and that the beam quality factor with regard to the second direction is reduced. |
| US07782533B2 |
Image stabilizing apparatus
An image stabilizing apparatus of the present invention includes a laminated substrate 19 that has a coil pattern, a hall element 21 fixed to the laminated substrate 19, a magnet 20, a back yoke 22, an opposing yoke 23, and a flexible printed circuit board for wiring the coil pattern on the laminated substrate and the hall element 21, the opposing yoke 23 being stepped (indentation-type recesses 23a, 23b) in a portion opposing the hall element 21. Reduction in size, weight and cost are thereby realized in a lens-shift image stabilizing apparatus. |
| US07782524B2 |
System configurations and methods for controlling image projection apparatuses
The mirror device comprising a plurality of deflectable mirrors for reflecting light, wherein the mirror is controllable to deflect to a first direction during an incident period with the light incident to the deflectable mirror and at an end of the incident period the mirror is controllable to deflect to a second direction opposite to the first direction during a non-incidence period in which the light is not incident to the present mirror. |
| US07782523B2 |
Analog micromirror devices with continuous intermediate states
An image display system includes an array of movable micromirrors each controlled by a mirror control system to oscillate between a fully ON and fully OFF positions. The mirror control system further includes at least electrode for applying voltages thereon according to an analog scale for controlling each of the micromirrors to oscillate substantially around a central angle of oscillation varying between the fully-On and fully-OFF angular positions, according to an analog angular scale corresponding to the analog scale of the voltage applied to the electrode(s). The brightness of a reflection from each of these micromirrors are therefore controllable according to an analog scale to generate a corresponding grayscale substantially according to an analog scale. |
| US07782517B2 |
Infrared and dual mode displays
One inventive aspect relates to a display comprising a display element configured to selectively reflect light of a first wavelength in the infrared range and light of a second wavelength in the visible spectrum. Another inventive aspect relates to a color display comprising at least three reflective display elements. Each display element is configured to selectively reflect light of a different wavelength in the visible range. At least one of the three reflective display element is further configured to selectively reflect light of a wavelength in the infrared range. |
| US07782516B2 |
Optical scanning projector apparatus
An optical scanning projector apparatus includes a light emitting element array having a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a row in a first direction for emitting light according to display data; a light scanning unit for scanning light of the light emitting elements in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a scanning optical system for collecting light of the light emitting elements to form an image on a screen; and a control unit for controlling the light scanning unit and the scanning optical system. The light emitting elements include micro resonator type light emitting diodes (LED) having a radiation angle smaller than or equal to 20 degrees at a half of maximum light intensity. |
| US07782514B2 |
Pivoting micro-mirror MEMS device with a sandwiched structure and a closed cellular core
A large micro-mirror, e.g. 3 mm by 4 mm, in accordance with the present invention has sufficient rigidity to ensure a low mirror curvature, e.g. a radius of curvature greater than 5 meters, and a low mass in order to ensure a high oscillation frequency, e.g. greater than 1000 Hz. A method of making the micro-mirror utilizes bulk micro-machining technology, which enables the manufacture of a honeycomb structure sandwiched between two solid and smooth silicon layers without any indentations or holes. The honeycomb sandwich structure provides the rigidity and low mass needed to obtain a micro-mirror with a low mirror curvature and high resonant frequency. |
| US07782513B1 |
Fast variable angle of incidence illumination for a machine vision inspection system
A fast variable angle of incidence illumination configuration for a machine vision inspection system, including: a light source that directs a beam along a first optical path portion; a beam steering arrangement that receives the beam and steers it along a second optical path portion; and a beam deflecting arrangement including a plurality of surface portions arranged at respective angles of incidence to receive the beam and deflect it along a third optical path portion to a field of view. The beam steering arrangement includes different surfaces that provide either narrow or wide divergence of the beam toward the deflecting arrangement. The illumination configuration allows for fast adjustment of not only the illumination angle of incidence but also the range of angles (narrow or wide) about the nominal angle. The illumination configuration is particularly suitable for use with light provided by a high-intensity remote light source. |
| US07782507B2 |
Image processing method and computer readable medium for image processing
A preview image is operated and an original image is opened based on the operation result of the preview image. For example, a heart is rotated from side to side on a preview screen, and the heart is displayed at a certain rotation angle and a certain magnifying scale power in the preview image. If the image is opened, the original image (heart) can be opened while maintaining the operated rotation angle and the magnifying scale power in the preview. |
| US07782505B2 |
Image reading apparatus and control method therefor
An image reading apparatus which enables reduction of time to be taken from a job start instruction to a reading operation start. An automatic document feeder unit feeds an original. An upstream reader reads an image on one side of the original fed by the automatic document feeder unit. A downstream reader is disposed downstream of the upstream reader in an original feeding direction, to read an image on another side of the original. The upstream reader and the downstream reader read images of respective white reference plates, and the image reading apparatus generates correction data for the upstream reader and the downstream reader based on the images of the respective white reference plates read by the upstream reader and the downstream reader. |
| US07782504B2 |
Image reading/recording apparatus
Provided is an image reading/recording apparatus capable of actualizing downsizing and a decrease in cost of an apparatus body by commonizing components and functions of a document conveying system and a recording sheet conveying system, and enabling a user to readily clean a contaminated portion even when a reading surface of reading means and a white plate are contaminated. A separation feeding means, a reading means, conveying means, and discharging means are disposed in this sequence from an upstream side in a conveying direction, wherein the reading means is provided to read an undersurface of a document with a reading surface directed upward, and a white plate facing the reading surface of the reading means is disposed in an openable/closable manner. |
| US07782502B2 |
Image reading device and reading-characteristic correction method for image reading device
Gains and offsets of the input-output characteristic of a second side reading unit are controlled so as to match input-output characteristic of a first side reading unit on the basis of image data of a gray chart read by the first side reading unit and the second side reading unit. Then, on the basis of image data of a color chart read by the first side reading unit and the second side reading unit, offsets of the input-output characteristic of the second side reading unit are controlled for individual color components such that differences between color read by the first side reading unit and color read by the second side reading unit are reduced. |
| US07782500B2 |
Image reading apparatus and copying apparatus
An image reading apparatus including: a circulating transport path to transport original documents; a first reading section to read images at a first reading position on the original documents; and a second reading section to read images on the original documents at a second reading position, opposing to the first reading position, on the circulating transport path, wherein the second reading section has different reading characteristics from characteristics of the first reading section. |
| US07782499B2 |
Image scanning apparatus with preview function and method therefor
An image scanning apparatus with a preview function includes a scanning unit that scans a plurality of documents to obtain scanned images of the plurality of documents; a display unit; and a control unit that controls the display unit to display the scanned images of the plurality of documents as preview images of the plurality of documents. |
| US07782492B2 |
Image data converter, printer, method of converting image data, method of printing image, and method of preparing color conversion table
It is disclosed a method of generating mapping data for converting first image data adapted to be reproduced by a first imaging device having a first gamut to second image data adapted to be reproduced by a second imaging device having a second gamut which is different from the first gamut. A third gamut is determined so as to include the first gamut and the second gamut. The first gamut is extended to the third gamut to obtain first mapping relationships. The third gamut is compressed to obtain second mapping relationships. It is generated mapping data associating first colors included in the first gamut with second colors included in the second gamut by way of the first mapping relationships and the second mapping relationships. |
| US07782491B2 |
Image forming apparatus
In a color pair selecting section, a color pair which is used for 2-color printing is selectively inputted from a plurality of colors. In a print data separating section, print data is separated into data in different printing forms. In a print data developing section, one of the data in the different printing forms is color converted and developed by using one of the color pair and the other data in the different printing forms is color converted and developed by using the other one of the color pair. In an image drum up/down section, image drums to form images by colors other than the color pair are discriminated and held inoperative. Deterioration of expressing ability in the 2-color printing is prevented and a decrease in lives of the image drums which are not used is prevented. |
| US07782490B2 |
Sensitivity matrix determination for adaptive color control
What is provided are a novel system and method for determining a sensitivity matrix for adaptive color control in a color marking device capable of performing device independent color correction. In one embodiment, a determination is made as to what control operation the color marking device is being characterized for. Nominal CMYK values are then selected based on the determined control operation. If the control operation is a gray balancing operation, the nominal CMYK values are selected using C=M=Y=L* and K*=0 values. Otherwise, the nominal CMYK values are selected using a CMYK to L*a*b* printer map. Color parameters are determined for the CMYK values based on the selected nominal CMYK values. A sensitivity matrix is then generated from the color parameters and CMYK values. The method facilitates calibration of dynamically varying color reproduction devices. |
| US07782486B2 |
Image processing method, program product, image processing device, image forming apparatus and image forming system for limiting ink quality when printing on both sides of a print medium
An image processing method for an image forming apparatus which is capable of performing double face printing is provided, wherein color space transformation processes that differ between single face printing and double face printing are performed. In addition, an image processing method for an image forming apparatus which is capable of performing double face printing is provided, wherein input tone transformation processes and adhering recording liquid quantity limiting processes that differ between double face printing and single face printing are performed. |
| US07782483B2 |
Image forming system, image forming apparatus, image processing apparatus and storage medium readable by computer
An image forming system includes: a data conversion unit that converts first image data into second image data; and an image output unit that outputs an image obtained by reproducing the second image data. The data conversion unit includes: a determination unit which divides the first image data into a dot block each includes plural pieces of dot data, and determines whether or not an array of dot data included in each dot block corresponds to a specific array; and a replacement unit which replaces the data out of the second image data, which is located in a portion corresponding to the dot block, with first replacement data including image forming dot data with which an image is formed. The specific array includes a first array in which the dot data to be thinned out is configured as the image forming dot data, and the dot data not to be thinned out is configured as non-image forming dot data with which an image is not formed. |
| US07782481B2 |
Dual printhead controller architecture for ink quality assurance circuitry
Dual printhead controller architecture includes a master central processor capable of being interfaced with a first printhead. A slave central processor is capable of being interfaced with a second printhead. Data transfer means is operatively connected between the master central processor and the slave central processor to permit communication between the master and slave central processors. A host link is operatively connected to the master central processor to permit the master central processor to receive page data from a host processor. Ink cartridge quality assurance integrated circuitry is connected to the master central processor. |
| US07782479B2 |
Label sheet and label sheet creating device
A label sheet is constituted by a second label and predetermined plural numbers of first labels which are formed consecutively with the second label. The first label to be attached to an object indicates predetermined information on the object, and the second label for managing the first label indicates second information which is not appropriate as the information to be indicated on the first label and is on the purpose and handling of the first label. |
| US07782474B2 |
Job managing apparatus and method, job managing program, storage medium storing the program, and job managing system
A job managing apparatus in which a message can be displayed without installing a job account client application in a print client. A print server manages a job that is output to a printer and transmits information related to the job to a print client. The information related to the job is transmitted to an application for notifying a user of the information related to the job when the print client has the application. When the print client does not have the application, the information related to the job is transmitted to an operating system of the print client. |
| US07782469B2 |
Method for determining optimal resonant length to maximize wave intensity in resonant structure
Provided is a method for determining the optimal resonant length, among a large number of local resonant lengths which satisfy a resonant condition, that maximizes wave intensity in a resonant structure. In the second harmonic generation or the cascaded difference frequency generation device using the resonant structure by which the second harmonic wave of a pump wave resonates, the optimal resonant length is determined so that the intensity of an optical wave is maximized. The intensity distribution of the optical wave is defined, according to the resonant feedback condition or the no-resonant feedback condition, as a function of the resonant lengths to determine the optimal resonant length. |
| US07782468B2 |
Method and device for measuring heights of patterns
A method for measuring the heights of patterns of an object, including: a light emission, the light includes a propagation mode of interest for at least one wavelength of interest, an illumination of the surface of the object by the light, a reflection of the light by the surface of the object, a collection of the reflected light, a division of the wavefront of the reflected light into division components, by at least one pattern of the illuminated surface, a filtering of the collected light, including a modal filtering removing all modes other than the propagation mode of interest, for the wavelengths of interest, and from the filtered light, and for the wavelengths of interest, an extraction of information about phase differences between the division components. |
| US07782467B2 |
Method for measuring volume by an optical surface profilometer in a micromechanical device and a system for carrying out said measurement
A method of measuring a volume in a fluid flow micromechanical device includes: a) providing and positioning an optical apparatus for measuring the profile of a surface; b) providing a device for acquiring and processing the images coming from the optical apparatus for measuring a profile; c) placing the moving member in a first position and then in a second position, and activating the optical apparatus for measuring the profile of the surface to direct a light beam on the reference face, and activating the image acquisition and processor device to obtain a first image in the first position of the moving member and a second image in the second position; and d) comparing the second image with the first image of the reference face to determine the variation in the volume of the cavity generated by the deformation of the moving member. |
| US07782466B2 |
Method and apparatus for resonant frequency identification through out-of-plane displacement detection
A method for out-of-plane displacement detection is disclosed. The out-of-plane displacement is detected by analyzing all the fringe density indexes calculated using the frequency-domain information extracted from a series of interference images of the sample vibrating at different frequencies. The present invention further discloses a method and an apparatus for resonant frequency identification by detecting the peak value of all the fringe indexes calculated at different scanning frequencies. With the identified resonant frequency, the full-field vibratory surface profile of the sample in various resonance modes can be reconstructed. |
| US07782465B2 |
High intensity fabry-perot sensor
A method and apparatus for detecting seismic vibrations using a series of MEMS units, with each MEMS unit including an interferometer is described. The interferometers on the MEMS units receive and modulate light from two differing wavelengths by way of a multiplexing scheme involving the use of Bragg gratings and light circulators, and an optoelectronic processor receives and processes the modulated light to discern vibrational movement of the system, which in turn allows for monitoring and calculation of a specified environmental parameter, such as seismic activity, temperature or pressure. |
| US07782464B2 |
Processes, arrangements and systems for providing a fiber layer thickness map based on optical coherence tomography images
A system, arrangement, computer-accessible medium and process are provided for determining information associated with at least one portion of an anatomical structure. For example, an interference between at least one first radiation associated with a radiation directed to the anatomical structure and at least one second radiation associated with a radiation directed to a reference can be detected. Three-dimensional volumetric data can be generated for the at least one portion as a function of the interference. Further, the information can be determined which is at least one geometrical characteristic and/or at least one intensity characteristic of the portion based on the volumetric data. |
| US07782463B2 |
Particle density measuring probe and particle density measuring equipment
Disclosed is a particle density measuring probe for measuring the density of atoms or molecules in a plasma atmosphere by absorption spectroscopy. The probe has a cylindrical light guiding member provided in the plasma atmosphere. At the front end of the light guiding member, there is provided a reflection plate for reflecting light that has propagated through the cylindrical light guiding member. Behind the reflection plate, in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the light guiding member, a part devoid of a portion of wall surface is provided by a predetermined length in the longitudinal direction. A plasma introducing portion allows mutual contact between light passing through this part devoid of a portion of wall surface and atoms or molecules in the plasma atmosphere. The probe has a main body that guides light in an axial direction by total reflection by a side wall, and that is located behind the plasma introducing portion. |
| US07782461B1 |
Flow rate measuring device
A flow metering device and method for monitoring flow of a liquid, has a body with an inlet port and an outlet port. A flow chamber is formed therein between a pair of laterally placed windows in the flow chamber. A light emitting source placed in one of the windows and a light receiver placed in a second of the windows. The flow chamber has a flow restricting and light stopping element held therein and movable between a rest position and an operating position. |
| US07782459B2 |
Laser-based apparatus and method for measuring agglomerate concentration and mean agglomerate size
Apparatuses, methods, and systems for measuring mean particle size and concentration of a polydispersion of agglomerates are disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatuses include a light source; a focusing lens to form a probe volume; a first light detector positioned at a first angular position from the beam of light; and a second light detector positioned at a second angular position from the first direction of the beam of light, the mean particle size and concentration being determined using nearly invariant functions of a ratio of the light scattered measured by the first and second detectors. |
| US07782458B2 |
Method and device for the analysis of movement in a scattering medium
Method and device for detecting and analyzing movement in a scattering medium, by: projecting a coherent light towards the scattering medium; performing a spatial and temporal sampling of the electromagnetic field of scattered light, in order to obtain a plurality of images of the electromagnetic field; and analyzing the speckle grains resulting from the images obtained from the spatial and temporal sampling of the electromagnetic field of the scattered light, in order to detect and analyze a movement in the scattering medium, the speckle grain analysis step including a step of analyzing the inter-image distance. |
| US07782457B2 |
Optical microscopy with phototransformable optical labels
First activation radiation is provided to a sample that includes phototransformable optical labels (“PTOLs”) to activate a first subset of the PTOLs in the sample. First excitation radiation is provided to the first subset of PTOLs in the sample to excite at least some of the activated PTOLs, and radiation emitted from activated and excited PTOLs within the first subset of PTOLs is detecting with imaging optics. The first activation radiation is controlled such that the mean volume per activated PTOL in the first subset is greater than or approximately equal to a diffraction-limited resolution volume (“DLRV”) of the imaging optics. |
| US07782454B2 |
Universal multidetection system for microplates
An apparatus and a method for optically analyzing a sample are provided. The apparatus includes a first optical device that transmits a narrow waveband of light and has a first filter and a first monochromator that provide different paths for the narrow waveband of the light. The apparatus may also include a light source that generates the light as broadband excitation light, in which case the first optical device transmits a narrow waveband of the broadband excitation light through the first filter or the first monochromator. Further, the apparatus may include a second optical device that directs the narrow waveband of the broadband excitation light onto the sample and receives emission light from the sample, a third optical device that transmits a narrow waveband of the emission light, and a detector that converts the narrow waveband of the emission light into an electrical signal. |
| US07782453B2 |
Method for measuring missing corner dimensions
A method for obtaining the area of a missing portion of an object under inspection with a borescope includes aligning the borescope with the object under inspection, extrapolating the missing edges of the missing portion and calculating the missing portion area using the extrapolated missing edges and a defined remaining edge of the missing portion. |
| US07782452B2 |
Systems and method for simultaneously inspecting a specimen with two distinct channels
A system is provided herein for inspecting a specimen. In one embodiment, the system may include a dual-channel microscope, two illuminators, each coupled for illuminating a different channel of the dual-channel microscope and two detectors, each coupled to a different channel of the dual-channel microscope for acquiring images of the specimen. Means are provided for separating the channels of the dual-channel microscope, so that the two detectors can acquire the images of the specimen at substantially the same time. In one embodiment, the channels of the dual-channel microscope may be spectrally separated by configuring the two illuminators, so that they produce light in two substantially non-overlapping spectral ranges. In another embodiment, the channels of the dual-channel microscope may be spatially separated by positioning the two detectors, so that the illumination light do not overlap and the fields of view of the two detectors do not overlap within a field of view of an objective lens included within the system. |
| US07782442B2 |
Exposure apparatus, exposure method, projection optical system and device producing method
An exposure apparatus includes an optical unit which defines a first exposure area and a second exposure area at different positions in a first direction and which radiates exposure light beams onto the first and second exposure areas respectively; and a first movement system which moves the first exposure area and the second exposure area relative to a substrate in the first direction. The exposure light beams are radiated by the optical unit onto the first and second exposure areas respectively while moving the first and second exposure areas relative to a predetermined area on the substrate. Accordingly, the predetermined area on the substrate is subjected to multiple exposure with an image of a first pattern formed by the exposure light beam radiated onto the first exposure area and an image of a second pattern formed by the exposure light beam radiated onto the second exposure area. The deterioration of the throughput can be suppressed, and the substrate can be subjected to the multiple exposure efficiently. |
| US07782439B2 |
Method and system for preserving the creative intent within a motion picture production chain
A method for communicating and preserving creative intent within a motion picture production chain, including a production stage, and at least one of a subsequent laboratory or post production stage, including capturing an original image of a scene during the production stage; generating a look representative of a creative intent, wherein the look is a digital representation of a creative alteration of the captured original scene image; and applying the look to the captured original scene image and confirming approval of the look during the production stage. The digital representation of the look is stored as a recipe for generating the creative alteration, and communicated from the production stage to at least one of the subsequent laboratory and post-production stages for applying the look to the captured motion picture footage during subsequent laboratory and post-production stages. |
| US07782435B2 |
Liquid crystal display panel and method for manufacturing the same
A fringe field switching liquid crystal display panel capable of increasing throughput by forming a gate electrode together with a pixel electrode at the lowermost layer to reduce the deposition height of a passivation film to a thickness of a gate insulation film such that particles generated during the deposition of the passivation film may be reduced, and a method for manufacturing the fringe field switching liquid crystal display panel are disclosed. The panel includes a gate line formed on a substrate; a pixel electrode formed on the same layer as the gate line; a gate insulation film for covering the gate line and pixel electrode; a data line formed to intersect with the gate line and having the gate insulation film arranged between the data line and gate line; a passivation film formed on the gate insulation film to cover a thin film transistor; and a common electrode formed to overlap the pixel electrode with the gate insulation film and passivation film arranged between the common electrode and the pixel electrode. |
| US07782431B2 |
Roll printing device, rolling printing method and method for manufacturing liquid crystal display device using the same
A roll printing device, a roll printing method, and a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device using the same. The roll printing device includes a dispenser; an anilox roll to receive a designated material dispensed by the dispenser; a printing roll engaged with the anilox roll to rotate with the printing roll to receive the designated material supplied from the anilox roll; and a substrate stage fixed below the printing roll for mounting a substrate. The printing roll is movable on the substrate stage to deposit the designated material on the substrate. |
| US07782430B2 |
Liquid crystal display device treated by UV irradiation
A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal between substrates and alignment layers disposed on the inner surface sides of the substrates. The alignment layer is made from a material including polyamic acid containing a diamine component and polyimide containing a diamine component different from the diamine component of the polyamic acid. The alignment layer is subjected to alignment treatment by irradiation of light. UV light can be irradiated in the oblique direction onto the alignment layer through a mask having openings. A reflecting plate can be arranged between a UV light source and the mask. Also, bank structures having a thickness from 0.1 to 0.15 μm can be provided on the alignment layer of the TFT substrate. |
| US07782428B2 |
Vertically aligned LCD using a bi-axial retardation compensation film
The present invention relates to a vertically aligned LCD (VA-LCD) employing a bi-axial retardation compensation film, in which an in-plain refractive index (nx, ny) and a thickness refractive index (nz) of the film is nx>ny>nz. The film has a reversed wavelength dispersion in which retardation is increased in proportion to the increase of a wavelength in the range of visible rays and has a normal wavelength dispersion in which an absolute value of the thickness retardation is decreased in proportion to the increase of a wavelength in the range of visible rays. The VA-LCD cell having a retardation compensation characteristic is comprised by arranging a bi-axial retardation compensation film between the vertically aligned panel and a upper and lower polarizing plate. The VA-LCD of the present invention improves contrast characteristics on a front surface and at a tilt angle and minimizes coloring in a black state according to the tilt angle. |
| US07782427B2 |
Transflective type liquid crystal display device
A transflective type LCD device including a unit pixel region divided into reflective and transmitting parts includes first and second substrates facing each other, a pixel electrode in the pixel region of first substrate, a reflective sheet in the reflective part of first substrate, a common electrode on the second substrate, at least one first open pattern for forming multi-domains, and the first open pattern in at least one of the pixel and common electrodes, and a plurality of second open patterns for inducing a fringe field, and the second open patterns in the reflective part of at least one of the pixel and common electrodes. |
| US07782413B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method therefor
The present invention includes a liquid crystal display device with an oxide film having high adhesiveness to a semiconductor layer or a pixel electrode to thereby prevent oxidation of a wiring material or the like, and includes a source electrode and a drain electrode having high conductivity, and a manufacturing method therefor. In one embodiment of the present invention, a liquid crystal display device has a TFT electrode of a TFT substrate, wherein a source electrode or a drain electrode includes a layer of mainly copper and an oxide covering an outer part of the layer. Further, in the present invention, the semiconductor layer or the pixel electrode and said source electrode or the drain electrode are in ohmic contact in the TFT electrode. |
| US07782401B1 |
Method and system for digital image scaling with sharpness enhancement and transient improvement
An image scaling system includes a single set of line buffers that receive and store input image pixel data in an input video frame. The scaling system also includes a linear two-dimensional sharpness enhancement unit configured to receive input pixel data from the line buffers and to generate sharpened pixel data by enhancing high frequency components of the input pixel data at an input image resolution, a linear two-dimensional image scaling unit configured to receive the sharpened pixel data and to convert the sharpened pixel data into scaled sharpened pixel data at an output image resolution, and a transient improvement unit configured to receive the input pixel data from the line buffers, sharpened pixel data and scaled sharpened pixel data to improve transient responses at edges in an output image, and to generate output image pixel data at the output image resolution. |
| US07782397B2 |
Alternative video sync director
A video synchronization signal generating circuit includes a sample and hold circuit, a voltage divider and an amplifier. The voltage divider produces an adaptive voltage level based at least in part on an output of the sample and hold circuit. The amplifier, which receives a video signal, is connectable by switches in different configurations. In a first configuration the amplifier acts as a comparator to compare the adaptive voltage level with the video signal. An output of the amplifier in the first configuration is an output of the video synchronization signal generating circuit. In a second configuration the amplifier forms part of the sample and hold circuit. |
| US07782394B2 |
Digital camera
A digital camera of the present invention includes a microcomputer 110 having a live view mode controlling so that image data generated by a CMOS sensor 133 or image data obtained by subjecting the image data generated by the CMOS sensor 133 to predetermined processing is displayed on a liquid crystal monitor 150 as a moving image in real time, wherein the microcomputer 110 controls so that, when the live view mode is set, the digital camera comes out of the live view mode, and setting information on the digital camera is displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 150, in accordance with the manipulation of the manipulation portion 140. Due to this configuration, in a digital camera that includes a movable mirror and is capable of displaying a subject image in a live view through an electronic viewfinder, the operability thereof can be enhanced. |
| US07782392B2 |
Device and method for autofocus adjustment by combining a distance-measuring sensor and contrast autofocus
The autofocus adjustment device comprises a distance-measuring sensor and a contrast system AF, and is capable of attaining further speeding up and high accuracy. The autofocus adjustment device drives a focus lens according to the measurement result of a distance-measuring sensor and then performs focus adjustment according to a contrast system according to the image signal outputted from a solid-state image pickup element, and makes variable the search range and determination area of the contrast AF according to the measured distance from the object, brightness of the object, focal length and aperture, etc. of the lens. The distance-measuring sensor measures the distance from the object periodically before a release button is depressed and speeds up the focusing when the release button is depressed. The autofocus adjustment device also detects a change of the periodically acquired distance measurement output, determines the change of the object and when it is decided that the change of the object is large, performs focus adjustment according to the contrast system, and thereby speeds up AF processing and reduces electric power consumption. |
| US07782385B2 |
AF-area display apparatus and AF-area operation apparatus
The present invention provides an AF-area display apparatus integrated in a lens unit that is interchangeably mounted on a camera and has an automatic focusing device for controlling focusing in such a way that the camera is focused on a photographic subject within an AF area in an imaging area of the camera, or connected as an auxiliary device to the lens unit, the AF-area display apparatus comprising: an AF-area obtaining device that obtains the AF area currently set in the automatic focusing device; a video signal generating device that generates a video signal for displaying the AF area obtained through the AF-area obtaining device; and a video signal outputting device that outputs the video signal generated by the video signal generating device. |
| US07782382B2 |
Digital camera
First pixels and second pixels are arranged in an LCD of a digital camera. Image light from the first pixel is diffused by a diffusing filter. Image light from the second pixel is deflected by a prism and directed in an oblique direction. When the LCD is viewed from a forward direction, only a captured image generated by the first pixels is observed. When the LCD is viewed from the oblique direction, the captured image, and camera information generated by the second pixels are observed in a state that they overlap each other. |
| US07782380B2 |
Positional gain adjustment and surface generation for image processing
Surface generation and positional gain adjustment techniques for an imager are described. Embodiments of the techniques use zones having flexible boundaries which can be reconfigured depending upon the type of lens being used in a given application. Each pixel within each zone is multiplied by a correction factor dependent upon the particular zone while the pixel is being read out from the array. The correction factors comprise coefficients that are different for each color channel and in some instances different for each corner of each color channel. |
| US07782374B2 |
Processor and processing method for generating a panoramic image for a vehicle
An image processor is disclosed for a vehicle having a plurality of cameras and a monitor that displays a panoramic image derived from multiple images generated by the plurality of cameras. The processor includes input buffers for storing camera image data captured through respective camera modules and output buffer for storing a panoramic image. The camera image data for generating the panoramic image are retrieved from input buffers. The camera image data are stored in an output buffer using an reconfigured address conversion table. The reconfigured address conversion table is an address conversion table which is obtained by reconfiguring an address conversion table when camera modules are assumed to be free of vehicle installation errors. The reconfiguration is performed on the basis of parameters which are used to correct vehicle installation errors of camera modules. |
| US07782371B2 |
Apparatus for the recording of image data and meta data
The invention relates to an apparatus for the recording of image data and meta data which contain information on the image data—such as recording parameters—with a digital camera which includes at least one image sensor for the generation of the image data and with meta data image generation means by which the meta data can be recorded in the form of image information detectable by the human eye so that the image data and the meta data can be generated as common image information, with the meta data image generation means including display means for the visual presentation of meta data, in particular a display, and/or data processing means for the electronic generation of the meta data inside the image data, in particular a controller. |
| US07782370B2 |
Imaging unit
According to the present invention, an imaging unit, comprising an imaging device, an imaging device driver, and a signal-processing block, is provided. The imaging device has pixels which are arranged in a first direction. The pixels are alternately and repeatedly covered with N1 kinds of different color filters along the first direction. The imaging device driver drives the imaging device. N1*N2 pixels successively arranged in the first direction are defined as a pixel block. The imaging device driver orders the N1 pixels covered with the different color filters in the pixel block to output pixel signals when a first output method with thinning out is carried out. The signal-processing block averages the pixel signals output from a plurality of the pixel blocks for every color of the color filter |
| US07782366B2 |
Backlight adjustment processing of image using image generation record information
A decision as to whether to perform backlight adjustment processing is executed using both image data and image generation record information, and when it is decided to execute the same, backlight adjustment processing to increase brightness value of at least some pixels in the image data is executed. |
| US07782361B2 |
Method and apparatus for measuring position and orientation
A position and an orientation of an image capturing device or an object to which an inclination sensor is mounted are obtained without performing iterative calculation. A position and orientation measuring method includes the steps of: inputting a measured inclination value of an inclination sensor mounted to one of an object and an image capturing device; inputting a captured image from the image capturing device; detecting an index on the object from the captured image; and calculating a position and an orientation of one of the object and the image capturing device to which the inclination sensor is mounted on the basis of the measured inclination value, an image coordinate of the detected index, and already-known positional information on the detected index without performing iterative calculation. |
| US07782360B2 |
Storable test pattern image and method
A portable, self contained, deployable test pattern display, for use in optimising imaging quality having a portable protective display housing, a test pattern incorporating imaging information contained in and deployable from the housing, a retraction device connected to the test pattern for replacing it within the housing, so that the test pattern can be carried to a desired location, protected by the housing, and the test pattern can be deployed from the housing when required, and can then be replaced within the housing. Also disclosed is a method of optimizing image quality, of a scene image recorded at a location by comparing the values of a test pattern image taken at the location, with predetermined values of the test pattern, by, recording a scene image, recording an image of a test pattern comparing values of the test pattern image, with predetermined values of the test pattern, adjusting values of the test pattern image to the predetermined values, and adjusting the values of the scene image to match the adjustments made to the test pattern image. |
| US07782359B2 |
Image capture apparatus and method
A digital camera with navigation features comprises optical elements configured to focus an image onto a focal plane, an image capture medium positioned at the focal plane configured to capture the image focused onto the focal plane, image control logic configured to process images captured by the image capture medium, navigation control logic configured to perform navigation functions and to determine navigational information, and a display screen communicatively coupled to the image control logic and the navigation control logic and configured to display at least one of an image captured by, the image capture medium and a map for navigation purposes. The digital camera can further comprise a docking station configured to be communicatively coupled to the digital camera and having an information storage device for storage of images, navigation information and other data. |
| US07782358B2 |
Measuring human movements—method and apparatus
A method and apparatus are disclosed for measuring human movement of a test subject during a standard coordination and balance test. The test subject is placed in a selected test position, e.g. standing on one leg for a selected test period. A sensor device is attached to at least one body member of the test subject. The sensor generates and transmits a signal representative of movement of the body member during the test (hereinafter “the test”). The test subject is viewed through a viewfinder of a visual recorder. The recorder and sensor device are activated and generate image and sensor signals which are transmitted to an analyzer for determining the movement of the body members during the test. A coordination and balance score is calculated from the test based on the body movement, body member location and test time. The score is compared a standard associated with the test, and provides an indicator of the test subject's coordination and balance skill. |
| US07782357B2 |
Minimizing dead zones in panoramic images
Techniques to minimize problems with dead zones associated with panoramic cameras are described. A dead zone is an area about a zero degree boundary where a three hundred and sixty degree panoramic image is split so that a two-dimensional panorama can be rendered. Redirection of the zero degree boundary to a position where no object appears is described that prevents an object located in the dead zone from being split between margins of the panorama. Another technique involves reproducing one or more portions of the image that appears at one margin adjacent to an opposite margin so that an object in the dead zone that would normally be split is reproduced in whole. The described techniques may be implemented in a panoramic camera endpoint device or in a client device remote from a camera. The techniques may be applied to live video or to previously recorded video. |
| US07782355B2 |
Image forming apparatus using a plurality of lasers with a varying exposure ratio
An electrostatic latent image is formed by exposing the same exposure point on a photosensitive drum to a laser beam having an emission wavelength of 420 nm and a laser beam having an emission wavelength of 780 nm. The exposure is performed in a pulse-height modulation manner by changing a total output of these two laser beams to write the electrostatic latent image while changing an output ratio between the two laser beams depending on the total output. |
| US07782349B2 |
Thermal printer and method of controlling the same
A thermal paper sheet having heat-sensitive layers on a first surface and a second surface having a front-and-rear relationship is prepared. A first thermal head which comes into contact with a front surface of this thermal paper sheet and a second thermal head which comes into contact with a rear surface 1b of the same are provided. Further, printing data input from the outside is divided into first printing data and second printing data. The thermal heads are driven in accordance with the printing data. |
| US07782336B2 |
System and method for communication among embedded devices using visual images
A system and method for wireless communication among embedded devices using visual images. More specifically, a signal receiving device uses a visual recording device to locate the signal display screen of a signal transmitting device by employing an alternating image detection method. An image decoder embedded in the signal receiving device decodes the signal received by the visual recording device. In addition, a method is employed for automatically controlling the position and orientation of the signal display device and the visual recording device. Advantageously, communication among the embedded devices can be effectuated without the emission of potentially harmful radiation. |
| US07782334B1 |
Pixel shader-based data array resizing
Systems and methods for performing data array resizing using a graphics processor resize a source data array of any dimensions to produce a destination data array of other dimensions. A pixel shader program may be used to configure the graphics processor to sample and filter the source data array to produce the destination data array. One or more destination data arrays may be mip maps of the source data array. A box filter or other type of filter may be used to produce each destination data array. Each pixel in the destination data array is produced in isolation, i.e., independently, thereby permitting the use of parallel processing to produce each pixel in the destination data array. |
| US07782328B1 |
Method and apparatus of video graphics and audio processing
A method and apparatus for combining video graphics processing and audio processing onto the same single chip and/or printed circuit board includes a graphics processing circuit, an audio processing circuit, a local bus, and a bus arbitrator. The local bus couples both the graphics processing circuit and audio processing circuit to the system bus such that each of the circuits may transceive data with the system bus. The bus arbitrator arbitrates access to the local bus between the graphics processing circuit and audio processing circuit. Such arbitration is based on incoming data, which is interpreted and, based on the interpretation, the bus arbitrator routes the incoming data to either the graphics processing circuit or the audio processing circuit. In addition, the bus arbitrator arbitrates outputting data from the graphics processing circuit and the audio processing circuit based on commands received from the CPU. |
| US07782326B2 |
Parallel video processing architecture
The video data is parallel processed allowing for extremely fast video processing or a greatly reduced clock requirement for the video processing circuit. In operation, each video channel reads from main memory. This allows each video channel to track the laser directly. The Parallel video processor receives non-columnar pixel data, such as rows. The videoprocessor may support printers of any width without significantly increasing the size of the system. |
| US07782323B2 |
System and method for adding on-screen display information into a video signal
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system (100) that is adapted to process digital video data. An exemplary embodiment of the system (100) comprises a processor (110) that produces a digital video data stream (112), and a character generator (200) that is adapted to select a pixel data value from one of a plurality of standard data lines (604, 606, 608, 610) to insert into the digital video data stream (112) based on a representation of a character stored in a memory (210) associated with the character generator (200). |
| US07782319B2 |
Three-dimensional orientation indicator and controller
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to control a three-dimensional scene view. A three-dimensional (3D) scene having one or more three-dimensional objects is displayed. A 3D representation of a coordinate system of the scene is displayed. The 3D representation contains a current viewpoint, one or more faces, one or more edges, and one or more corners with each face, edge, and corner representing a corresponding viewpoint of the scene. The 3D representation is manipulated. A new current viewpoint of the 3D representation is displayed based on the manipulation. The scene is then reoriented corresponding to the new current viewpoint based on the manipulation of the 3D representation. |
| US07782317B2 |
Depth ordering of planes and displaying interconnects having an appearance indicating data characteristics
A method for determining a depth ordering between two planes in a 3D workspace of an application is provided. The method includes projecting vectors from a reference position through points of interest on the planes, determining corresponding points on the other plane, determining a number of points of interest on a first plane having a depth lower than its corresponding point and a number of points of interest on a second plane having a depth lower than its corresponding point, and setting the depth ordering based on these numbers. A method for displaying interconnects between nodes of a tree displayed in an application is provided. A node represents a multimedia item or a function and an interconnect represents data passed between two nodes. The method includes displaying an interconnect in the tree having an appearance indicating at least one characteristic of the data being passed between two nodes. |
| US07782316B2 |
Method and system for defining and controlling algorithmic elements in a graphics display system
An API is provided that enables programmability of a 3D chip, wherein programming or algorithmic elements written by the developer can be downloaded to the chip, thereby programming the chip to perform those algorithms. A developer writes a routine that is downloadable to a 3D graphics chip. There are also a set of algorithmic elements that are provided in connection with the API that have already been programmed for the developer, that are downloadable to the programmable chip for improved performance. Thus, a developer may download preexisting API objects to a 3D graphics chip. A developer adheres to a specific format for packing up an algorithmic element, or set of instructions, for implementation by a 3D graphics chip. The developer packs the instruction set into an array of numbers, by referring to a list of ‘tokens’ understood by the 3D graphics chip. This array of numbers in turn is mapped correctly to the 3D graphics chip for implementation of the algorithmic element by the 3D graphics chip. |
| US07782311B2 |
Liquid crystal display device, driving method for liquid crystal display devices, and inspection method for liquid crystal display devices
Using technology which uses a single shift register and simultaneously generates multiple pulses, this invention is a liquid crystal display device which rapidly drives data lines. It is possible to increase the frequency of the shift register output signal without changing the frequency of the shift register operation clock. If the shift register output signals, by means of analog switches, are used to determine the video signal sampling timing, high speed data line driving can be realized. Additionally, if the output signals of the shift register mentioned above are used to determine the video signal latch timing in a digital driver, high speed latching of the video signal can be realized. Consequently, even if the driving circuits of the liquid crystal display matrix are composed of TFTs, high speed operation of the driving circuits is possible without increasing power consumption. The shift register can also be used to inspect the electrical characteristics of the data lines and analog switches. |
| US07782310B2 |
Method for displaying frame and display apparatus using the same
A method for displaying frame and a display apparatus using the same, suitable for displaying a plurality of frame data in an image signal on a display panel, are provided. A vertical blank period is located between every two adjacent frame data in the image signal. The method for displaying frame includes the following steps. A background frame is displayed on the display panel during the vertical blank period of the image signal. One of the frame data is displayed on the display panel during the non-vertical blank period of the image signal. |
| US07782307B2 |
Maintaining activity after contact liftoff or touchdown
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, multi-touch surface. Identification and classification of intuitive hand configurations and motions enables unprecedented integration of typing, resting, pointing, scrolling, 3D manipulation, and handwriting into a versatile, ergonomic computer input device. |
| US07782306B2 |
Input device and method of configuring the input device
A input device is disclosed that is configurable as a manufacturing step or by a user to input selected characters. The input device includes character input keys and an internal memory. The specific character that is input by activating one of the character input keys depends upon a configuration code that is stored within the internal memory. The configuration code is associated with a key mapping configuration of a host device, for example, and the configuration code may be associated with a plurality of character identifiers for the character input keys. When the input device is configured during manufacturing, the configuration code may be programmed into the internal memory and the character identifiers may be provided. When the input device is configured by the user, the configuration code and the character identifiers are replaced with an alternate configuration code character identifiers. |
| US07782305B2 |
Portable unit
A portable unit includes a housing, a display section arranged at a position of a principal face of the housing displaced to a housing first end side, an operation key arranged at a position of the principal face of the housing displaced to a housing second end side with respect to the display section arrangement position, and a frame element provided so as to project from the housing second end of the housing and cooperate with the housing second end to define a hole portion between the housing second end, the frame element having a gripping assisting function of being gripped together with the housing when the housing is gripped from a back face side of the housing for operation of the portable unit by a user thereby to assist gripping of the housing and a strap holding function of holding a strap threaded through the hole portion. |
| US07782303B2 |
Multi-direction input device
A multi-direction input device for computers includes a directional wheel, a sliding member and a plurality of electrodes. The directional wheel has a rotational degree-of-freedom and two moving degree-of-freedom to be moved downwards, perform forward rolling, backward rolling and sideward moving thereby to connect corresponding electrodes to generate corresponding signals. In regular conditions the sliding member can be in cooperation with a movable contact to support the directional wheel. When the directional wheel is moved downwards the sliding member drives a corresponding electrode to generate a click signal. |
| US07782301B2 |
System and method for verifying DPI values of computer mice
An exemplary system for verifying DPI values of computer mice is disclosed. The system comprises: a stepper motor connected with a horizontal servo axle and controlling the horizontal servo axle to perform back and forth movements which drives the computer mice to move in a straight line back and forth; a computer configured for receiving measurement parameters, for sending move instructions to the stepper motor, for recording initial coordinates of a computer pointer of the computer mice and current coordinates of the mouse pointers of the computer mice, and calculating DPI values according to the initial coordinates and the current coordinates; and a servo controller electrically connected between the computer and the stepper motor for sending impulse control signals to control operations of the stepper motor. A related method is also disclosed. |
| US07782300B2 |
Portable computer
A portable computer includes a main body casing having an opening formed in a center part thereof, and a first panel and a second panel provided at opposite sides of the opening, a display part which displays an image through the opening, a pointer mover which is provided in one of the first panel and the second panel and moves a pointer on the display part, and a clicking button which is provided in the other one of the left panel and the right panel and clicks the pointer. |
| US07782299B2 |
Apparatus and method for inputting commands
A command-inputting apparatus includes a display for displaying an operation menu; a position-detecting unit for detecting a three-dimensional position of a command object specifying a command on the operation menu; and a command-detecting unit for determining a command point on the operation menu, based on the detected three-dimensional position of the command object and the viewpoint of the user specifying the command. |
| US07782296B2 |
Optical tracker for tracking surface-independent movements
Optical tracking systems, method, and devices are described in which optical components detect light within a substantially planar region adjacent to a user device. Tracking logic may receive signals output by the optical components and determine coordinates associated with a movement of a pointing object through the substantially planar region. The tracking logic may then provide for translation of the coordinates into an action on a display, such as, for example, a movement of a cursor or other icon on the display. |
| US07782295B2 |
Apparatus, method and recording medium for evaluating time efficiency and real-time nature of pointing device
An apparatus for evaluating a pointing device is provided in which time efficiency of a pointing device such as a mouse can be evaluated intuitively from a viewpoint of a user who uses a system.The apparatus displays a trajectory of a pointer on a screen based on a movement of the pointer on the screen in accordance with data input from the pointing device, and evaluates the time efficiency of the pointing device based on whether the pointer has moved along a predetermined graphic as an index. |
| US07782294B2 |
RF data compression for a high-speed mouse
A pointing device is provided for reporting motion information about the pointing device. Counts representing movement in two dimensions are processed so that a packet data stream may accommodate the motion information. One aspect of the invention utilizes the value of count to determine whether compression of the motion information should be performed. When it is determined that compression should be performed, a compression function is selected, the count is processed by the compression function, and an indicator is set to indicate that the count is processed by the compression function. Reporting information, which includes the processed count and the indicator, is then transmitted to computer system. A user input interface that is associated with the computer system recovers the counts using appropriate inverse functions in accordance with the indicators. |
| US07782289B2 |
Timing controller for controlling pixel level multiplexing display panel
A timing controller including a memory and a memory controller is provided. The memory includes an odd-field block and an even-field block. The memory controller is coupled to the memory and controls the memory. When two of a first, a second and a third gate output enable signals output by the timing controller are active, the memory is controlled to output the data of the (I−1)th scan line stored in the odd-field block. When one of the first, the second and the third gate output enable signals output by the timing controller is active, and the other two signals are inactive, the memory is controlled to output the data of Jth scan line stored in the even-field block and write an odd-field field data of the (J+1)th scan line to the odd-field block and write an even-field field data of the (J+1)th scan line to the even-field block. |
| US07782285B2 |
Drive circuit for liquid crystal displays and method therefor
In a display unit having an array of liquid crystal cells and a corresponding array of display driver circuits for each of the liquid crystal cells, each display driver circuit in the corresponding array includes an analog memory element and a differential amplifier coupled between the analog memory element and the liquid crystal cell. The differential amplifier provides isolation between the analog memory element and the liquid crystal cell. |
| US07782280B2 |
Display apparatus and method
A display apparatus includes a spatial light modulator, such as a digital micromirror device or an LCD panel, and a lighting unit that illuminates the spatial light modulator. The lighting unit may include red, green, and blue lamps which emit light that impinges on a DMD from at least two different directions. The lamps may be flash tubes which are fired at different binary levels in accordance with the rank of the bits that are being displayed on the DMD. The lamps may be fluorescent lamps which are driven steadily at predetermined levels while the rows of micromirrors are turned on in sequence and subsequently turned off in sequence. Resetting to dislodge micromirrors that have become stuck can be accomplished by emitting current pulses through the micromirrors while exposing them to a magnetic field. The illumination unit may include a lamp unit and a color wheel. The light from the lamp unit can be integrated, and the data displayed on the spatial light modulator can be changed when the integrated light reaches a predetermined value. The color wheel may be rotated faster than the frame repetition rate of video information that is being displayed. The intensity of the light may be controlled in accordance with the bit rank or significance of the bits that are being displayed by the spatial light modulator. Several techniques for achieving different intensity levels are disclosed. |
| US07782279B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display device and driving method thereof
An organic light emitting diode display device is disclosed. The device includes a brightness controller configured to selectively control a brightness controlling range based at least in part on the magnitude of the video data input in one frame, and a gamma correcting unit configured to control the portion of maximum luminance corresponding to full scale data based on one of first gamma correcting values and second gamma correcting values. |
| US07782277B2 |
Display device having demultiplexer
A display device and a demultiplexer. A display device includes plural pixels for displaying an image corresponding to first data currents, each pixel including plural sub-pixels. The display device also includes plural scan lines for applying scan signals to the pixels; plural first data lines for applying the first data currents to the pixels; a scan driver for outputting the scan signals to the scan lines; a demultiplexer including plural demultiplexing circuits; and a data driver for transmitting second data currents to plural second data lines. The demultiplexing circuits demultiplex second data currents into first data currents, and transmit the first data currents to the first data lines. A pre-charge voltage is applied to the first data lines before the first data currents are transmitted. This way, the data driver is simplified, and the first data lines are pre-charged with a suitable voltage before programming data, thereby reducing programming time. |
| US07782275B2 |
Organic light emitting display and driving method thereof
Disclosed is an organic light emitting display and a driving method thereof capable of reducing the number of output lines in a data driver. A scan driver sequentially supplies a scan signal to a scan line during a second period of one horizontal period. A data driver includes a plurality of output lines, for supplying a plurality of data signals to the respective output lines during the second period. Demultiplexers are installed at the respective output lines, and include a plurality of data transistors for supplying the data signals to the output lines during the second period, to a plurality of data lines. Initializing sections are installed between a first initialization power supply and the plurality of data lines, and include a plurality of initialization transistors for supplying a voltage of the first initialization power supply to the plurality of data lines. A pixel portion includes a plurality of pixels positioned at areas partitioned by the scan line and the data lines, and the initialization transistors are turned-on during a first period of the one horizontal period, which is not overlapped with the second period. |
| US07782267B2 |
Antenna coil antenna device
A flexible substrate is wound around a magnetic core to define an antenna coil. A receiver coil including a first receiver coil portion and a second receiver coil portion which have opposite winding directions, and a transmitter coil including a first transmitter coil portion and a second transmitter coil portion which have opposite winding directions are provided on the flexible substrate. A region in which the receiver coil is provided and a region in which the transmitter coil is provided at least partially overlap each other when viewed in plan view, and non-coil-wound portions are provided between the first coil portions and second coil portions in the coils. |
| US07782262B2 |
Device for controlling the specific absorption rate of mass-produced radiant objects
The invention relates to a device for controlling the specific absorption rate of mass-produced radiant objects. The inventive device is characterized in that it comprises: at least one sensor for measuring a power radiated by an object which is located in the zone, and at least one processing unit for analyzing the power thus measured. The aforementioned sensor consist of a waveguide comprising an opening which is disposed opposite the test zone and at least one measuring probe which is disposed inside the waveguide. |
| US07782258B2 |
Integrated antenna for worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WIMAX) and WLAN
An integrated antenna for worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMax) and wireless local area network (WLAN), includes a substrate, a grounding metal strip, and first and second radiating metal strips. The first radiating metal strip is disposed on the substrate and is not connected to the grounding metal strip. The first radiating metal strip has a first portion and a second portion on two ends thereof. The first and second portions are used to induce first and second resonance modes, respectively. The second radiating metal strip is disposed on the substrate and is connected to the grounding metal strip. The second radiating metal strip is not connected to the first radiating metal strip. The energy is coupled from the second radiating metal strip to the first radiating metal strip to induce a third resonance mode. The antenna is adapted to the frequencies of WiMax and WLAN. |
| US07782257B2 |
Multi-band internal antenna of symmetry structure having stub
A multi-band internal antenna includes a top patch defining a first loop that defines a space therein and a first opening; a stub provided within the space defined by the first loop; a bottom patch provided below the top patch and having a first section and a second section connected to a feeder part and a shorting part, respectively, the bottom patch defining a second loop and second and third openings, the second and third openings being provided on opposing sides of the second loop so that the first and second sections of the bottom patch are separated from each other; and a first connecting part and a second connecting part connecting a first portion and a second portion of the top patch, respectively, to the first section and the second section of the bottom patch to transmit a signal from the bottom patch to the top patch. |
| US07782255B2 |
System and methods for radar and communications applications
A system and methods for radar and communications applications. In one embodiment the present system comprises a wireless, space-fed, phased array of antennas including a plurality of unit cells. A first one of the unit cells includes a first one of the antennas and a unit cell command interpreter configured to receive a command, determine whether the command is intended for the first unit cell, and relay the command to logic for enabling a phase shift controller of the first antenna. In one embodiment the present methods comprise the step of wirelessly beaming microwave power from a power and control beam transmit unit to illuminate a wireless, space-fed, phased array of antennas including a plurality of unit cells. The method further comprises the steps of beaming a command to the array and converting the microwave power into direct current within a first one of the unit cells. The first unit cell includes a first one of the antennas. The method further comprises the steps of supplying the direct current to components of the first unit cell to power the first unit cell, receiving the command within the first unit cell, determining whether the command is intended for the first unit cell, and relaying the command to logic for enabling a phase shift controller of the first antenna. |
| US07782253B1 |
Navigation system and method for a snorkeler
A navigation system and method is provided for use by a snorkeler. A navigational antenna (31) is fixedly coupled to the snorkeler in a manner that positions the antenna above the waterline when his head is face down at the waterline. The antenna communicates with a display (41) to provide the snorkeler with navigational information. A GPS signal receiving antenna is employed in the illustrative embodiment and is attached to the breathing tube (23) of the diver's snorkel (20). The navigational signals received by the antenna are conveyed to a handheld GPS receiver (40) via a GPS re-transmitting antenna. An externally operable pushbutton (56) allows the snorkeler to switch between multiple screens to guide him through the snorkeling site and provide him with information relative to his immediate location. |
| US07782252B2 |
System and method for GPS signal acquisition
A method for acquiring a GPS signal includes receiving a GPS signal portion over a coarse acquisition (C/A) frame period. The received GPS signal portion is stored and correlated to each of a plurality of versions of a reference coarse acquisition code to obtain a respective plurality of autocorrelation values. A peak value is selected among the autocorrelation values, the peak value corresponding to a version of the reference coarse acquisition code which is most aligned with the received GPS signal. |
| US07782248B2 |
UWB distance measurement system and method of driving the same
The present invention relates to a UWB distance measurement system and method of driving the system. The system includes a reception antenna for receiving a signal, which is output from a transmission unit, is reflected from a target and is incident on the reception antenna, a UWB amplifier for amplifying the received signal and generating a first signal, a reference waveform generator for generating a reference waveform which is a reference for analysis of the first signal, a window function generator for generating at least one window function that is applied to the first signal, a correlator for correlating the first signal with the window function output from the window function generator, and generating a second signal which is a revised frequency response of the first signal, and a delay time detector for detecting a delay time component in the second signal. |
| US07782247B1 |
System and method for target location
A method for method of estimating the position of one or more target nodes based on received reflections of a primary signal. The method includes receiving a primary signal from a transmitter node having a known location at a receiver node having a known location and receiving at least one reflected signal at the receiver node, the reflected signal generated by a reflection of the primary signal by a target node having an unknown location. The method further includes applying a target position algorithm to the primary signal and the at least one reflected signal to generate target location information. |
| US07782246B2 |
Methods and apparatus for selecting a target from radar tracking data
Methods and apparatus for selecting a target from radar data according to various aspects of the present invention operate in conjunction with a real-time data source and a countermeasure system. The real-time data source provides tracking information for at least one potential target from which a lead track associated with one target meeting a predetermined threshold requirement may be selected for engagement by the countermeasure system. |
| US07782245B2 |
Radar system
A scanning radar system suitable for detecting and monitoring ground-based targets includes a frequency generator, a frequency scanning antenna, and a receiver arranged to process signals received from a target so as to identify a Doppler frequency associated with the target. The frequency generator generates sets of signals, each set having a different characteristic frequency, and includes a digital synthesiser arranged to modulate a continuous wave signal of a given characteristic frequency by a sequence of modulation patterns to generate one set of signals. The frequency scanning antenna cooperates with the frequency generator to transceive radiation over a region having an angular extent dependent on the generated frequencies. Digital synthesiser techniques capable of precise frequency generation and control are combined with passive frequency scanning and Doppler processing techniques, enabling accurate control of range and scan rates, and optimisation of range cell size for factors such as slow and fast target detection and Signal to Noise ratio, so that targets can be detected at distances considerably farther away than is possible with known systems having similar power requirements. |
| US07782244B2 |
Intuitive based control elements, and interfaces and devices using said intuitive based control elements
The present invention relates to intuitive based control elements and interfaces and devices using said intuitive based control elements. In certain embodiments, machine interfaces such as remote control devices for operation of various devices are provided. More specifically, machine interfaces according to embodiments of the invention herein include one or more control elements in the form of shapes and/or positioned indicia to facilitate operation by users. Control elements provided herein having intuitive shapes and/or positions described above as associated with the man-machine interfaces may also be provided integral with various devices. For example, personal electronic devices, personal care devices, personal healthcare devices, communications devices and personal comfort devices may benefit from control elements having intuitive shapes and/or positions associated with the function as described herein. |
| US07782240B2 |
Device and method of supplying power to targets on single-wire interface
A single-wire interface communication system is capable of providing both electrical communication of signals and power between devices coupled to the system. Coupled to the single-wire interface is at least one target device which contains a PMOS transistor, a charge storage device, an inverter controlling the PMOS transistor, and a target device function. The charge storage device provides power to the target device function and to the inverter. The PMOS transistor receives power from the single-wire interface at a power-supply voltage level and charges the charge storage device to the same level. Non-communication periods produce a charging period sufficient for the charge storage device to attain the power-supply voltage level. |
| US07782239B2 |
Multi-stage resettable sigma-delta converters
A resettable multi-stage sigma-delta analog-to-digital (A/D) converter enables a sampled analog signal to be resolve with fewer cycles than a resettable single sigma-delta A/D converter. The resettable multi-stage converter includes a cascade of at least two resettable sigma-delta loops having a total number of integrators and an allocation of delays, a digital decimation filter, the digital decimation filter being coupled to the at least two resettable sigma-delta loops and the digital decimation filter includes a cascade of integrators, a number of the integrators in the cascade of integrators for the decimation filter being equal to the total number of integrators in the cascade of at least two resettable sigma-delta loops and an allocation of delays in the cascade of integrators being equal to the allocation of delays in the cascade of at least two resettable sigma-delta loops, a plurality of A/D converters having a resolution that is less than a resolution of the resettable multi-stage sigma-delta A/D converter, a plurality of digital-to-analog (D/A) converters, the plurality of A/D converters and the plurality of D/A converters coupling the cascade of at least two resettable sigma-delta loops to the digital decimation filter, and a reset line coupled to the integrators in the cascade of integrators for the at least two resettable sigma-delta loops and coupled to the integrators in the cascade of integrators for the digital decimation filter. |
| US07782238B2 |
Asymmetric PWM signal generator, method thereof, and data processing apparatus including the same
A pulse width modulation (PWM) signal generator includes a quantizer for generating a quantized signal by quantizing an input signal, an asymmetric pulse width modulator, and an error correction unit. The asymmetric pulse width modulator generates an asymmetric PWM signal by comparing the quantized signal with a reference signal, with the asymmetric PWM signal being asymmetric with respect to a center of a period of the reference signal. The error correction unit is coupled between the quantizer and the asymmetric pulse width modulator to correct an error generated from the asymmetry of the asymmetric PWM signal. The quantizer is part of a delta sigma modulator having an operating frequency that is twice that of the reference signal. |
| US07782231B2 |
Key scan type input device
A key scan type input device includes a microcomputer having a plurality of output ports for outputting scan signals and a plurality of input ports for receiving key signals in a scan signal section, a first key matrix having a plurality of system control keys arranged in a x*y arrangement, lines of the keys being connected to the respective output ports of the microcomputer and columns of the keys being connected to the respective input ports, and a second key matrix having one or more system control keys arranged in a m*m arrangement, lines and columns being connected in parallel at least two of the output ports and at least two input ports of the microcomputer. |
| US07782230B2 |
Detecting key actuation in a keyboard
A system and method for detecting key actuation in a keyboard assembly, which, in one embodiment, is used as a conductor to electrically communicate with an information appliance. The rows in the keyboard assembly are electrically isolated from one another, and each row contains keys bridging a two-wire bus. Each key has a switch that is closed during key actuation, a diode to polarize the key, and a resistor to provide a resistive load when the switch is closed and the diode is biased with the current flow. Alternatively, each key has a switch that is closed during key actuation, a timer with an output that goes high after a predetermined time period, and a resistor that provides an identifying load when the switch is closed and the output of the timer is high. Other features of the invention include a linear matrix coupled to a row of keys to allow the row to be scanned by sections and individual keys, and a flexible circuit that provides the electrical pathways for the linear matrix. |
| US07782225B2 |
Modular wireless fixed network for wide-area metering data collection and meter module apparatus
A scalable and modular fixed-base wireless network system for wide-area metering data collection, composed of at least one of each of the following components: meter modules, which monitor, store, encode and periodically transmit metering data via radio signals (air messages). The network may contain both one-way (transmit only) and two-way (transmit and receive) meter modules; Receiver Base Stations, which receive, decode, store and forward metering data to a central database and metering data gateway, referred to here as the Data Operation Center (DOC). Base Stations do not perform any meter data processing, but simply transfer decoded air messages to the DOC; and a Data Operations Center, which communicates with all of the network's Base Stations and receives decoded air messages from the Base Stations. The DOC processes, validates and stores metering data in a meter database that it maintains for the entire meter population operating in the network. The DOC has the capability to export or forward metering data to other systems via standard data protocols, which may be scaled up in its air message handling capacity and in its application features, by integrating it with a wireless data-forwarding (downlink) channel, such as a paging network, which is required in order to provide service to two-way meter modules that may be operating in the network. This channel enables the sending of time synchronization and other commands to two-way meter modules, thus providing the operator with considerable flexibility in their choice of network capacity, features and system cost. |
| US07782223B2 |
Flashing flare warning device
A light emitting diode warning device is provided capable of acting as a roadway warning flare or as a flashing warning marker the device being portable and rechargeable and presenting warning lights in the vertical direction and in the horizontal direction with the horizontal illumination being observable over 360 degrees. |
| US07782222B2 |
Voltage regulating power supply for noise sensitive circuits
A voltage regulating power supply includes: a switching regulator powered by a supply voltage level, the switching regulator for generating a first output voltage in accordance to a first reference voltage; and a linear regulator coupled to the first output voltage, the linear regulator for generating a second output voltage in accordance to a second reference voltage; wherein a noise sensitive circuit draws power from the second output voltage. |
| US07782218B2 |
Device and method for detecting seat occupancy
A device and a method for detecting seat occupancy, with the device including first and second sensor elements associated with a respective seat surface. First and second weight-dependent sensor signals are electrically obtainable from the sensor elements. The seat occupancy is determined by taking either the first or the second sensor signals in dependence on an ambient temperature. |
| US07782216B2 |
Fan detecting apparatus
A fan detecting apparatus for detecting operation of at least two fans includes at least two airflow detecting units with two signal transmitting terminals, a judging unit with at least one judging terminal, and at least two identity indicating units electrically coupled to the corresponding at least two airflow detecting units respectively. The airflow detecting units detect airflow of the fans, and output control signals to corresponding identity indicating units when airflow from corresponding fans is no longer detected. Each of the identity indicating units has an identity code corresponding to a fan which is electrically coupled to the airflow detecting unit, and transmits the identity code to the judging terminal of the judging unit when it receives the control signal. The judging unit indicates which of the fans is no longer producing detectable airflow according to the identity codes received at its judging terminal. |
| US07782215B1 |
Child safety motion detector
A motion detecting device that is constructed of a device housing which has an upper motion detector and a lower motion detector mounted on a front face with a speaker for sounding an alarm mounted in the middle portion of the device housing, further includes an alarm mode switch, a power on/off switch, a battery pack and an attachment device on a back surface of the housing. |
| US07782202B2 |
Radio frequency identification of component connections
There is provided a system for identifying a connection of two or more components in which one or more RFID transponders are associated with the two or more components. A plug is associated with the first component, such as a fiber optic connector, and a socket is associated with the second component, such as a fiber optic adapter. An RFID transponder is associated with each component and at least one of the RFID transponders is activatable when the plug is received by the socket to enable the activated RFID transponder to communicate with the RFID reader. The antennas and integrated circuit chips that define the RFID transponders are positioned relative to the plug and socket to enable the one or more RFID transponders to activate when the plug is received by the socket. In addition, the RFID transponders may communicate with one another to identify other RFID transponders in order to communicate identities of two or more RFID transponders. |
| US07782197B2 |
Systems and methods of detection using fire modeling
A system for adjusting parameters of ambient condition detectors in a regional monitoring system is coupled to or includes fire modeling processing. Based on outputs from the processing, selected parameters of respective detectors can be adjusted to shorten detector time to alarm. As a fire condition develops, different detectors can be adjusted dynamically and in real-time. |
| US07782195B2 |
Apparatus for scheduled low power autonomous data recording
A method and apparatus for powering a device, such as a data recorder or other device, according to an adjustable schedule. One example of the apparatus includes a programmable timer having an alarm output, a power regulator having an enable input coupled to the alarm output, a controller coupled to the power regulator and to the programmable timer, the controller being configured to receive operating power from the power regulator, and a powered device coupled to the power regulator and configured to receive power from the power regulator. The regulator has an operating state in which the operating power is provided to the powered device and an idle state in which the operating power is not provided to the powered device. The regulator is configured to be activated into the operating state by activation of the alarm output and deactivated into the idle state by deactivation of the alarm output, under the control of the controller. |
| US07782193B2 |
System for measuring and tracking at least one physiological parameter and a measuring device for doing the same
A measurement device (26, 28, 800, 900) for measuring at least one physiological parameter comprising an integrated switching device being operable by a non-radio frequency switching activation signal generated by an external switching activation device (1000, 1100), a measurement unit for measuring at least one physiological parameter and a radio frequency signal transmitting device for transmitting a measured value of the at least one physiological parameter wherein the measurement unit and/or radio frequency signal transmitting device are/is activated if the integrated switching device is in a first switching status and deactivated if the integrated switching device is in a second switching status. |
| US07782192B2 |
Energy-optimised data transmission for a medical appliance
A medical appliance for use on and/or in the body of a user including a transmission unit and an activation switch connected to the transmission unit for activating the transmission unit when an activation signal is received by the activation switch. The invention encompasses systems and processes for transmitting data between a medical appliance and an external appliance, wherein, in some embodiments, the external appliance activates the medical appliance prior to data transmission when the latter is in an idle state. |
| US07782188B2 |
System and program product for signal transmission between a sensor and a controller in a wireless sensor network
A wireless sensor network includes a controller connected with multiple antennas for sending out a beacon signal at different instants into different directions and for receiving a sensor signal. Furthermore, the wireless sensor network comprises a sensor having a receiver connected with a sensor antenna for receiving the beacon signal, a transmitter connected with the sensor antenna for sending out the sensor signal, and a control unit which takes care that the sensor signal is transmitted after the beacon signal has been received. |
| US07782186B2 |
Abstract state monitoring system and method for the same
To realize state estimation that corresponds with an actual situation by dynamically changing an abstract state calculation method. Upon receiving an abstract state monitoring request, an abstract state generation section 10 extracts a constituent element of an abstract state from the request, selects a rule for calculating an abstract state from the presence of the element, and generates a presence servicing client 20 that has a watcher for observing the element via a presence servicing section 40 and a presentity for issuing the presence of the abstract state to the presence service. Further, the rule for calculating an abstract state is changed in accordance with presence. |
| US07782179B2 |
Obstacle detection apparatus
An obstacle detection apparatus more accurately detects a moving obstacle present around a motor vehicle. With this system, desired feature quantities of an obstacle present in a coverage of a first sensor are calculated and then stored into a storage device, and when the obstacle moves from the coverage of the first sensor to a coverage of a second sensor, a relative distance to the obstacle is calculated from the above-stored feature quantities of the obstacle and from the desired feature quantities of the obstacle, obtained by analyzing the recognition results of the second sensor that have been processed by a processor which processes the recognition results. |
| US07782177B1 |
Service personnel communication system
A data processing system for analyzing customer and employee interactions in a service establishment is disclosed. The data processing system comprises a plurality of remote customer, employee units and a central unit. The units each include a transceiver to send and receive signals. The signals are all received by the central unit and relayed to the appropriate unit. The central unit time stamps and records all signals in a database. The system further comprises an evaluation program which analyzes the signal data to provide employee performance ratings and staffing recommendations. |
| US07782175B2 |
Switch acting in a contactless fashion
The invention relates to a switch acting in contactless fashion for the purpose of detecting the position of a first part with respect to a second part, having a transceiver for attachment to one of the parts, which transceiver is supplied with power by an electrical supply source and comprises a coil, which is connected to a transmission/reception circuit, for the purpose of transmitting an interrogation signal and for the purpose of receiving a response signal, which can be transmitted in response to the interrogation signal by a transponder which can be arranged on the other part, wherein in addition to a first path for processing the response signal to an evaluation circuit, a second path is provided which has a proximity circuit, which is connected on the input side to a connection of the coil and on the output side to the evaluation circuit for the amplitude of the voltage tapped off by the coil for the purpose of determining the distance between the parts. |
| US07782174B2 |
Chip resistor
Disclosed is a chip resistor 1 that includes a ceramic substrate 2, a pair of bank-raising foundation sections 3 positioned on both longitudinal ends of the lower surface of the ceramic substrate 2, a pair of first electrode layers 4 that cover at least parts of the bank-raising foundation sections 3 and are positioned at a predetermined distance from each other, a resistive element 5 that is made mainly of a copper-nickel alloy to bridge the first electrode layers 4, a pair of second electrode layers 6 that cover the pair of first electrode layers 4, and an insulating protective layer 7 that covers the resistive element 5. Further, end-face electrodes 9 are positioned on both longitudinal end faces of the ceramic substrate 2. The second electrode layers 6 and end-face electrodes 9 are covered with plating layers 10-13. This chip resistor 1 is to be face-down mounted with the first and second electrodes 4, 6 positioned on a wiring pattern 21 of a circuit board 20. |
| US07782171B2 |
Extended temperature range heater
An electric resistive heater having an extended temperature range and repeatable heating characteristics. The resistor being formed of a material having at least one noble metal and an oxide selected from the group consisting of yttrium oxide, cerium oxide, zirconium oxide, and combinations of these. The resistor may further have the oxide dispersion hardened within grain boundaries and a main body portion of the noble metal. |
| US07782168B2 |
Reactor part
A reactor part includes at least a winding and a magnetic substance core, in which the core includes a pair of winding portions around each the winding is wound, and a non-winding portion around which no winding is wound, wherein a cross-sectional area in a direction orthogonal to a magnetic path of the non-winding portion of the core is made smaller than a cross-sectional area in a direction orthogonal to a magnetic path of the each of winding portions. |
| US07782167B2 |
Method to produce a curved coil, in particular a sub-coil of a gradient coil for a magnetic resonance apparatus
In a method to produce a curved coil, in particular a sub-coil of a gradient coil for a magnetic resonance apparatus, at least one conductor is wound corresponding to a predetermined pattern on a winding plate, and a winding plate composed of multiple plate elements that are moveable relative to one another is used that is formed into a curved shape after the winding of the conductor, in which curved shape the conductor is fixed while maintaining the curved shape. |
| US07782160B2 |
Central frequency adjustment device and adjustable inductor layout using trimmable wire
The present invention provides a central frequency adjustment device and adjustable inductor layout; wherein, the central frequency adjustment device is applied in an inductor/capacitor tank (LC tank) for adjusting the central frequency of the LC tank. The device comprises a first inductor with a first end and a second end; a second inductor with one end coupled with the second end of the first inductor; and, a first trimmable wire connected to the first inductor in parallel and to the second inductor in series, which adjusts the central frequency by cutting off the first trimmable wire. |
| US07782159B2 |
Large diameter RF rotary coupler used with a passive RF sensor
A rotary coupler comprises a stator 1 having a first face 3a and a rotor 2 having a second face 4a, the first and second faces 3a, 4a being spaced apart from and facing each other. A first electrically conducting track 5 is provided on the first face 3a of the stator 1 which forms a transmission line and has spaced apart ends A, B and a second electrically conducting track 6 is provided on the second surface 4a of the rotor 2 also forming a transmission line and having spaced apart ends C, D. One end A of the first track 5, in use, is connected to signal generating means and the other end B of the first track is connected to earth through a resistor substantially equal to the characteristic impedance of the transmission line. The first track 5 extends along a generally circular arc substantially around the first face 3a of the stator 1, the first track 5 having a length substantially equal to an integer number of wavelengths of the signal produced, in use, by the signal generating means. The second track (6) extends along a generally circular arc partially around the second face 4a of the rotor 2, the second track 6 having a length substantially equal to one quarter of the wavelength of the signal produced, in use, by the signal generating means. |
| US07782156B2 |
Low-loss interface
In general, in accordance with an exemplary aspect of the present invention, a low-loss interface for connecting an integrated circuit such as a monolithic microwave integrated circuit to an energy transmission device such as a waveguide is disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, the interface comprises a pin attached to a matching network that matches the impedance of the energy produced at the circuit to the impedance required by the waveguide without the use of a dielectric material. |
| US07782155B2 |
Circulator type monolithic device
A monolithic circulator, intended to be connected to an antenna for transmitting and receiving high-frequency signals includes a differential amplifier adapted to provide a signal on an output of the circulator. The amplifier has a first and a second input and an output. First and second 3dB couplers each have first, second, and third access terminals respectively. The second terminals of the first and second couplers are connected to an input E of the circulator. Each third terminal is connected to the first and second inputs of the amplifier respectively. The first terminals are respectively intended to be connected to the antenna and to a charge element having an impedance close to that of the antenna. |
| US07782149B1 |
Energy efficient waveform generation using tuned resonators
A power source, a primary inductor, a load capacitance, and one or more tuned branch resonators and switching devices are coupled to generate pulses which represent a superposition of sinusoidal waveforms. The primary inductor is connected between the power source and the load. At the start of each cycle the load is coupled to ground and each tuned-branch resonators is reinitialized to re-energize the circuits and to stabilize the waveform when the frequencies of the sinusoidal waveforms are non-periodic. |
| US07782148B2 |
Particle optics and waveguide apparatus
An apparatus for manipulating or modifying electromagnetic waves or electromagnetic waves or a beam of particles, eg atoms, ions, molecules or charged particles, the apparatus comprising a micro or nano electrical conductor crossbar network having multiple cross-over junctions that define respective scattering points for electromagnetic waves or the particles of the beam. At least one structural parameter of the crossbar network is selectively tuneable to obtain a desired manipulation or modification of said wave or beam when incident on the network in a pre-determined directional electrical conductor crossbar network (10) configured as an atomic beam diffraction grating. The direction of wave propagation of the atomic beam is indicated by the arrow (15). The atomic beam is sufficiently slowed for it to exhibit wave behavior having a de Broglie wavelength of the order of magnitude of the lattice spacing of a lattice of scattering points (20) defined by crossbar network (10), and is thereby diffracted so as to form a diffraction pattern on downstream image plane (30). In this way, incident beam (15) is manipulated or modified by crossbar network (10) whereby the beam emerges from the network manipulated or modified with respect to incident beam (15). |
| US07782145B2 |
Method and system for frequency tuning based on characterization of an oscillator
Aspects of a method and system for frequency tuning based on characterization of an oscillator are provided. In this regard, a frequency of an oscillator in an integrated circuit may be controlled based on a first digital control word, a frequency of a tuned circuit may be controlled based on a second digital control word, and the second control word may be determined utilizing a mapping between the first control word and the second control word. The frequency of the oscillator and the tuned circuit may be controlled by adjusting a capacitance of the oscillator and tuned circuit, respectively. The mapping may be based on a relationship between the oscillator and the tuned circuit, such as logical and/or mathematical relationship between the capacitance of the oscillator and the capacitance of the tuned circuit and/or the relationship between the frequency of the oscillator and the frequency of the tuned circuit. |
| US07782144B2 |
Active filter in PLL circuit
A low pass filter can be built in a chip by reducing the value of circuit element forming a low pass filter in a PLL circuit, especially by reducing the value of a electrostatic capacity. An active filter used in a PLL circuit having two charge pump circuits in a subsequent stage of a phase comparator includes a first circuit component connected between the output of one charge pump circuit and a ground, a second circuit component between the output of another charge pump circuit and the ground, and a voltage adder for adding up voltages between both ends of each of the first and second circuit components. |
| US07782142B2 |
High speed differential to single ended converting circuit
A differential to single ended converting circuit includes a transconductance circuit having input terminals for receiving differential input voltages and having a first current output terminal for outputting a first current and a second current output terminal for outputting a second current; an offset cancellation circuit having a first controllable current source connected to the first current output terminal and a second controllable current source connected to the second current output terminal; a first transimpedance circuit having an input terminal connected to the first current output terminal and an output terminal for outputting a first voltage; a second transimpedance circuit having an input terminal connected to the second current output terminal and an output terminal for outputting a second voltage; and a first inverter having an input terminal connected to the output terminal of the first transimpedance circuit and an output terminal for outputting a first single ended output voltage. |
| US07782140B2 |
Analog circuit
A resistor (9-1) and a resistor (11-1) are connected in parallel with each other between a source of an input transistor (7-1) and the ground. A switch (12-1) is provided between the resistor (11-1) and the source. A variable resistor circuit may be constituted by the resistor (9-1), the resistor (11-1) and the switch (12-1). Further, a capacitor (10-1) and a variable capacitor (13-1) are connected in series with each other between the source and the ground. A control terminal (14-1) to which a voltage is applied when capacitance of the variable capacitor (13-1) is controlled is provided between the capacitor (10-1) and the variable capacitor (13-1). A variable capacitor circuit may be constituted by the capacitor (10-1) and the variable capacitor (13-1). An input capacitance change circuit may be constituted by the variable resistor circuit and the variable capacitor circuit. |
| US07782139B2 |
Input stage
An input stage receives a differential input signal at first and second input nodes and provides a differential output current at first and second output nodes. The differential output current includes a component taken from the input nodes through first and second impedances, and an additional component generated in response to a sample of the voltage of the differential input signal. A transconductance cell having cross-coupled inputs may generate the additional component of the output current. |
| US07782129B2 |
System and method to reduce audio artifacts from an audio signal by reducing the order of the control loop
A system is provided for use in an audio signal processor to reduce the order of the loop to remove sound artifacts from an audio signal that includes an input for receiving an audio input signal a control loop of order greater than one configured to process the audio input signal and to output a Pulse Width Modulated audio output signal, a circuit for performing a gradual reduction of the order of the control loop such that prior to entering a shut down state the order is reduced to a single order and a circuit to disconnect a Driver Circuit from the Pulse Width modulated signal operated by a timing device designed to switch at the moment of zero average output value. |
| US07782128B2 |
Sign detection device and associated method
A sign detection device including a first comparing device for comparing a first input signal with a first threshold signal in a first period and a second period to generate a first output signal; a second comparing device for comparing a second input signal with a second threshold signal to generate a second output signal; a converter for optionally changing the polarity of the second output signal to obtain a third output signal; and an operator coupled to the first comparing device and the converter for performing a logic operation of the first output signal and the third output signal to obtain polarity information of the product of the first input signal and the second input signal. |
| US07782127B2 |
Multi-mode reconstruction filter
A circuit (e.g., a reconstruction filtering circuit) may include a single operational amplifier (op-amp) that is arranged to receive a voltage input and that is arranged to have a biasing of constant gmR, a first device capacitor that is operatively coupled to an output of the single op-amp, a first resistor that is operatively coupled to the first device capacitor, a second device capacitor that is operatively coupled to the first resistor, and a mirror device that is operatively coupled to the second device capacitor, where the mirror device is arranged to provide a feedback loop as a feedback input to the single op-amp and that is arranged to provide a current output. |
| US07782125B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes: a first flip-flop, a combined circuit and a second flip-flop that form a critical path; a first delay circuit and a third flip-flop that are provided in the post-stage of the combined circuit; a second delay circuit and a fourth flip-flop that are provided in the post-stage of the combined circuit; a first comparison circuit that compares the output of the second flip-flop with the output of the third flip-flop; a second comparison circuit that compares the output of the second flip-flop with the output of the fourth flip-flop: and a control circuit that controls a source voltage supplied to the combined circuit in accordance with the outputs of the comparison circuits. A delay time by the first delay circuit is different from a delay time by the second delay circuit. |
| US07782111B2 |
Narrow pulse generator
A pulse generator is provided that includes: a current source, a source follower whose output controls the gate of a FET and a differential stage whose input voltage consists of inverting square waves and its output voltage consists of extremely narrow pulses widths, for example, of 30 to 40 ps and amplitude of 1.5 Volts. |
| US07782109B2 |
Delay circuit and related method
A delay circuit includes a first delay module, a delay measurement unit and a fault judge unit. The first delay module has a first delay circuit with at least one delay stage. The delay measurement unit is used for measuring a first delay amount and a second delay amount of the first delay chain respectively corresponding to a first number and a second number of delay stages. The fault judge unit is used for determining if the first delay chain has delay faults or not according to the first and second delay amounts. |
| US07782107B2 |
Method and apparatus for an event tolerant storage circuit
An apparatus for an event tolerant circuit including a latch. The event tolerant circuit may maintain correct data values even after the occurrence of an event such as a soft error. The event tolerant circuit may introduce a delay in a feedback loop, thereby passing the glitch value to an element in the feedback loop at different times, thus preventing the propagation of the glitch through the event tolerant circuit. |
| US07782106B2 |
Circuit and method for correcting duty cycle
A circuit configured to correct a duty cycle includes a clock dividing unit configured to delay an input clock signal by a specified delay amount and to generate a plurality of delayed clock signals, a clock selection unit configured to output any one among the plurality of delayed clock signals as a selected delayed clock signal in response to duty ratio information of the input clock signal, an edge control unit configured to generate a falling clock signal by controlling a falling edge of the selected delayed clock signal and to generate a rising clock signal by controlling a falling edge of the input clock signal based on information regarding a difference between lengths of a high duration and a low duration of the input clock signal, and a phase mixing unit for mixing phases of the falling clock signal and the rising clock signal and generating an output clock signal. |
| US07782105B2 |
Semiconductor memory device for generating a delay locked clock in early stage
A semiconductor memory apparatus includes a first delay locked loop configured to delay a system clock by a predetermined time to thereby generate a first delay locked clock synchronizing a data output timing with the system clock, a second delay locked loop configured to delay an inverse signal of the system clock by a predetermined time to thereby generate a second delay locked clock synchronizing the data output timing with the system clock, and a clock selection block configured to select one of the first and second delay locked clocks to thereby output as a reference clock for data output. |
| US07782104B2 |
Delay element array for time-to-digital converters
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, and apparatuses related to a delay element array for time-to-digital converters. Some embodiments include a voltage controlled oscillator; a time-to-digital converter including a delay element array to output delayed versions of a signal and logic to generate a digital word that represents phase information of the signal based at least in part on the delayed versions; and a phase detector to generate a digital phase error based at least in part on the digital word. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US07782103B2 |
Phase adjustment circuit
A phase adjustment circuit for discretely adjusting a phase of a data signal and that of a clock signal, the phase adjustment circuit including: a delay line for delaying the clock signal to produce a delayed clock signal; a phase comparator for comparing the phase of the data signal with that of the delayed clock signal; a delay control section for outputting a delay control signal based on the comparison result from the phase comparator; and a delay control section for outputting a delay control signal based on a frequency of the clock signal. The delay line determines a delay amount of the delayed clock signal with respect to the clock signal based on the control signals. |
| US07782102B2 |
Power-on reset circuit and electronic device using the same
A power-on reset circuit connected to an external DC power source includes a delay circuit, a rectifying circuit, and a logic operation circuit. The delay circuit includes a first delay unit used for outputting a first delaying reference signal and a second delay unit used for outputting a second delaying reference signal. The rectifying circuit connected to the delay circuit includes a first rectifying unit and a second rectifying unit. The first rectifying unit is connected to the first delay circuit used for rectifying the first delaying reference signal to output a first rectified signal. The second rectifying unit is connected to the second delay circuit used for rectifying the second delaying reference signal to output a second rectified signal. The logic operation circuit is connected to the rectifying circuit used for outputting a reset signal according to the first rectified signal and the second rectified signal. |
| US07782093B2 |
Integrated circuit and method of detecting a signal edge transition
The invention relates to an edge transition detector, and a method of operating an edge transition detector. An integrated circuit includes an edge transition detector for producing an output signal at an output node in response to an input signal. The edge transition detector includes a switch coupled to the output node. The edge transition detector includes a logic device with a first input coupled to the input node and an output coupled to a control terminal of the switch to enable the switch to conduct, thereby effecting a transition of the output signal from a first logic level to a second logic level in response to the input signal. A feedback path is provided from the output node to a second input of the logic device to disable switch conductivity when the output signal completes the logic transition from the first logic level to the second logic level. |
| US07782091B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method for driver circuits
Some embodiments include an output driver having a first circuit to provide a plurality of first parallel circuit paths between an output node and a first supply node, a second circuit to provide a plurality of second parallel circuit paths between the output node and a second supply node, and a control circuit responsive to a voltage at the output node to vary a value of a current in the plurality of first parallel circuit paths and a value of a second current in the plurality of second parallel circuit paths to control a signal shape of the output signal. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. |
| US07782089B2 |
Multi-state latches from n-state reversible inverters
N-valued re-circulating latches using n-valued reversible inverters with n>3 are disclosed. Latches using n-valued self-reversing inverters are provided; latches using n-valued universal inverters are provided; and latches using inverters which are not self-reversing or universal are also provided. A latch may use two individually controlled gates. It may also use one individually controlled gate. N-valued latches are provided wherein a state is represented by a signal being an independent instance of a physical phenomenon. A latch not using absence-of-signal as a state is also provided. |
| US07782084B1 |
Integrated circuit with reconfigurable inputs/outputs
An integrated circuit device can include a core section coupled to a plurality of signal paths having a predetermined physical order with respect to one another. A configuration circuit can selectively connect each signal path to a corresponding one of a plurality of physical connection points to the IC device according to one of at least two different physical orders in response to configuration information. |
| US07782082B2 |
Memory-module buffer with on-die termination
In memory module having multiple data inputs to couple to signal lines of an external data path, multiple memory integrated-circuits (ICs) and a buffer IC, the buffer IC includes respective interfaces coupled to the data inputs and the memory ICs, a first termination circuit having a first load element and a first switch element to switchably couple the first load element to a first data input of the data inputs and a second termination circuit having a second load element and a second switch element to switchably couple the second load element to the first data input. The buffer IC further includes a configuration circuit to store, in response to control information from a memory controller, a first digital value and a second digital value, the first digital value being supplied to the first termination circuit to control an impedance of the first load element and the second digital value being supplied to the second termination circuit to control an impedance of the second load element. |
| US07782076B2 |
Method and apparatus for statistical CMOS device characterization
A unified test structure having a large number of electronic devices under test is used to characterize both capacitance-voltage parameters (C-V) and current-voltage parameters (I-V) of the devices. The devices are arranged in an array of columns and rows, and selected by control logic which gates input/output pins that act variously as current sources, sinks, clamps, measurement ports and sense lines. The capacitance-voltage parameter is measured by taking baseline and excited current measurements for different excitation voltage frequencies, calculating current differences between the baseline and excited current measurements, and generating a linear relationship between the current differences and the different frequencies. The capacitance is then derived by dividing a slope of a line representing the linear relationship by the excitation voltage. Different electronic devices may be so tested, including transistors and interconnect structures. |
| US07782067B2 |
Method and apparatus for inspecting an object using terahertz electromagnetic wave
An inspection apparatus including a transmission line for propagating an electromagnetic wave; an electromagnetic wave supply unit for supplying a terahertz wave to the transmission line; an electromagnetic wave detection unit for detecting the terahertz wave from the transmission line; a conductive region; an inspection object supply unit; and a deposition unit. The conductive region is arranged at a site including at least a part of the range to which an electric field distribution of the electromagnetic wave propagating through the transmission line extends. The inspection object supply unit holds and supplies the inspection object to the outside, and the deposition unit deposits the inspection object selectively on the conductive region by electrostatic force. The electromagnetic wave supplied from the electromagnetic wave supply unit and propagated through the transmission line is detected by the electromagnetic wave detection unit to obtain information on the inspection object. |
| US07782065B2 |
Method of calibrating a network analyzer
A method for calibrating a network analyzer having at least two test ports is described in which a completely known, transmitting first calibration standard, is designed as a two-port standard and is connected between two test ports of the network analyzer, is measured. Also measured is a second calibration standard that is designed as a two-port standard or a double one-port standard and is connected between the same test ports of the network analyzer, of which only the reflection parameters are known. Measured too is a third calibration standard, symmetrical with regard to its reflection parameters and designed as a two-port standard or a double one-port standard and is connected between the same test ports of the network analyzer. From results of these measurements, the matrix elements of error two-ports assigned to the test ports are calculated. |
| US07782055B2 |
MRI apparatus combining diffusion weighted imaging and diffusion tensor imaging of one or more slices for efficient selective substitution and extraction
An MRI apparatus includes: an image display device for displaying diffusion weighted images of respective axes corresponding to one slice; a designation operating device for allowing an operator to designate each diffusion weighted image targeted for rephotograph from the displayed diffusion weighted images of axes; a diffusion weighted imaging device for rephotographing only the axis of each diffusion weighted image designated by the operator; a diffusion weighted image substituting device for substituting an original diffusion weighted image with each diffusion weighted image obtained at the diffusion weighted photography; and a diffusion tensor image creating device for creating a diffusion tensor image from a set of the post-substitution diffusion weighted images. |
| US07782054B2 |
Method for transforming a distortion-corrected magnetic resonance image, method for carrying out magnetic resonance measurements, and image transformation unit
A method for carrying out magnetic resonance measurements on an examination object in a magnetic resonance system is described. In at least one embodiment, a magnetic resonance image of the examination object previously acquired via the magnetic resonance system is used to determine spatial coordinates in order to control the magnetic resonance system for the magnetic resonance measurement to be carried out. In this case, in order to determine the spatial coordinates, use is made of a distortion-corrected magnetic resonance image generated on the basis of an original magnetic resonance measured image acquired by the magnetic resonance system and transformed in advance into an equivalent measured image on the basis of field inhomogeneity values of the magnetic resonance system. |
| US07782052B2 |
Method to determine the measurement workflow of a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus in the generation of slice images of a subject
In a method for determination of the measurement workflow of a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus in the generation of slice images of a subject, a number of slice images to be generated is established. A total number of measurement regions is established for each of the slice images, with one measurement being necessary for the acquisition of the data of each of the measurement regions. An individual measurement sequence is determined for each slice image, comprising an excitation and a determined number of successive measurements of different measurement regions of the appertaining slice image, with a number of measurement sequences being necessary for acquisition of all measurement regions of the appertaining slice image. The individual measurement sequences are to be distributed to a determined number of measurement streams is determined. An order is established as to the distribution of the entirety of measurements of a respective slice image among the measurement streams. |
| US07782050B2 |
Hall effect device and method
A semiconductor device including a Hall effect sensor and related method. The Hall effect device includes a substrate having a first conductivity type and an epitaxial layer having a second conductivity type defining a Hall effect portion. A conductive buried layer having the second conductivity type is situated between the epitaxial layer and the substrate. First and second output terminals and first and second voltage terminals are provided, with the second voltage terminal being coupled to the conductive buried layer. |
| US07782047B2 |
Dual axis magnetic field detector and magnets therefor
A dual axis magnetic field detector is able to detect the presence of a magnetic field in two axes, such as a rotary axis and a linear axis. The detector includes a magnet for generating a magnetic field and two magnetic field sensors for detecting the strength and angle of the magnetic field as the magnet moves. The sensors may detect the axial and rotary displacement of an object, such as a shaft, to which the magnet is affixed. |
| US07782033B2 |
Method for regulating a voltage and circuit therefor
A voltage regulator having an overload protection circuit and a method for protecting against an output voltage being less than a predetermined level. The voltage regulator has an overload protection circuit coupled between a feedback network and a regulation section. A power factor correction circuit is connected to the regulation section. An output voltage from the power factor correction circuit is fed back to the feedback network, which transmits a portion of the output voltage to the overload protection circuit. If the output voltage is less than the predetermined voltage level, a transconductance amplifier generates a current that sets an overload flag. Setting the overload flag initiates a delay timer. If the delay exceeds a predetermined amount of time, the overload protection circuit shuts down the voltage regulator. |
| US07782032B2 |
System method and apparatus for a multi-phase DC-to-DC converter
A multiphase buck DC to DC converter with an input-output LC tank. The multiphase buck DC to DC converter with an input-output LC tank includes multiple synchronous buck DC to DC converter cells. Each one of the synchronous buck DC to DC converter cells having an input node, an output node and a control node. The synchronous buck DC to DC converter cells are arranged in a parallel configuration including having the input nodes of each one of the synchronous buck DC to DC converter cells connected together at a common input node. The synchronous buck DC to DC converter cells are also arranged in pairs of synchronous buck DC to DC converter cells. The output nodes of each one of the pairs of the synchronous buck DC to DC converter cells are connected to corresponding pair output node. Each one of the pairs of the synchronous buck DC to DC converter cells include a capacitor connected between the common input node and the corresponding pair output node and a corresponding output inductor connected between the corresponding pair output node and a common output node. Methods of reducing a DC input voltage are also disclosed. A multiphase buck DC to DC converter with a bypass capacitor is also disclosed. |
| US07782030B2 |
Step-down converter
The step-down converter includes: a switch; an inductor; a rectifier; a smoothing unit; and a current bypass circuit, wherein when the current flowing toward the inductor exceeds a predetermined value, the current bypass circuit forms a path through which the current flows from the input terminal to the output terminal while bypassing the inductor. |
| US07782016B2 |
Hybrid-typed battery pack operated in high efficiency
Disclosed herein is a battery pack including a module assembly consisting of two or more unit modules having different outputs and capacities, a detection unit for detecting the current and/or the voltage of the battery pack and transmitting the detected current signal and/or the detected voltage signal to a control unit, the control unit for selecting an optimal unit module from the module assembly based on the current signal and/or the voltage signal received from the detection unit, and a switching unit for electrically connecting a specific unit module of the module assembly to an external input and output terminal under the control of the control unit. In the battery pack according to the present invention, an appropriate unit module is selected and operated depending upon the operating conditions of a device in which the battery pack is mounted, whereby the operating efficiency of the battery pack is improved. |
| US07782015B1 |
Electric power system
A system and method produces electrical power for a load. First and second battery banks are provided, as is an inverter bank, which produces three phase. A switch alternately connects one of the first or second battery banks to the load and to the inverter bank with the other of the first or second battery banks being disconnected from the load and the inverter bank. A motor is connected to the output of the inverter bank. The motor drives an alternator bank, which alternator bank is electrically connected to, and recharges, the other of the first or second battery banks. A timer periodically alternates the battery banks between a load mode and recharge mode. |
| US07782014B2 |
System and method for battery management
A method and system for managing a plurality of batteries and useable by way of example with a partially or completely electrically powered vehicle (EV) includes a plurality of monitor modules each coupled to at least one of the plurality of batteries and configured to monitor the voltage and temperature thereof, a master controller, and a non-conductive fiber optic network coupling the plurality of monitor modules to one another and to the master controller. The master controller commands the transmission of battery voltage and temperature information from the plurality of monitor modules over the network, receives battery voltage and temperature information from the monitor modules over the network, and perform calculations based on the received information to determine if any of the plurality of batteries require balancing measures, and based thereon, commands the corresponding monitor modules to implement balancing measures over the network. |
| US07782009B2 |
Adjustable speed drive protection
A protection scheme to protect pulse width modulated drives is described. The scheme is implantable in both hardware and software and combinations thereof. The semiconductor devices of the drive are protected from transient signals such as power line spikes and loss of line. The present scheme uses an adaptive technique to determine the normal or steady state distortion (transients and harmonics) value in an unfiltered power signal. The present distortion value is compared to the normal distortion. If the present distortion exceeds the steady state value by a given amount, then the drive is placed in freewheel mode to protect the semiconductor devices in the drive. |
| US07782007B2 |
Electrodynamic machine control
An electrodynamic machine has a winding and a switching arrangement effectively dividing the winding into individually controllable portions. During a first operating condition, current flows through the entire winding in a manner controlled by the switching arrangement. In a second condition, the switching arrangement restricts current flow to only a portion of the winding. The second condition effectively reduces the inductive capacity of the winding. |
| US07782004B2 |
Method of adjusting a plurality of successive position-controlled axes in an adjusting stroke
A control axis is subordinated to a plurality of position-controlled successive axes. It is determined, while an adjusting stroke, an initial theoretical position value for each successive axis by means of the position value or the temporal derivation of the position value of the control axis, in detecting for each successive axis a real position value, in determining a train interval by means of the real position value and the initial value position, in determining a deviation value which is valid for all successive axes by means of the train interval thereof and in determining again a final theoretical position value by means of the deviation value in connection with the real position value and in adjusting the position value for each successive axis by means of said final theoretical position value. |
| US07782001B2 |
Method for the control of door and window adjusting parameters of a driven motor vehicle sliding door with a window and control system for the execution of the method
A method for control of door and window adjusting parameters is disclosed, the method including the steps: determining at least a first door adjusting parameter and at least a first window adjusting parameter, controlling the first door adjusting parameter and a further door adjusting parameter by considering the determined first window adjusting parameter and controlling the first window adjusting parameter and a further window adjusting parameter by considering the determined first door adjusting parameter. The above steps may also be performed in the alternative. An interaction between the two moveable elements sliding door and window pane is assured. The control of further parameters can occur in dependence from the determined parameters in such way that the risk of arising injuries and in particular damages by a crush incident between a C column of the motor vehicle and the sliding door at a window opening of the sliding door is minimized. |
| US07782000B2 |
Motor controller and electric power steering apparatus
When a failure of an electric current flow occurs in any one of phases, a microcomputer calculates a d-axis current command value that changes along a tangent curve with predetermined rotation angles as asymptotic lines. The microcomputer continuously outputs a motor control signal using two phases other than the phase with the failed electric current as electric current flowing phases by performing current feedback control in correspondence with the d-axis current command value. In such two-phase drive operation, the microcomputer calculates the d-axis current command value and a q-axis current command value in such a manner that the phase current values of the electric current flowing phases become constant at respective maximum values of flowable electric currents, which are set for the phases, in rotation angle restriction ranges in which the phase current values need to be restricted in correspondence with the maximum values, or electric current restriction ranges. |
| US07781997B2 |
Method and apparatus for braking a motor
The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for braking a synchronous motor (4) used with a frequency converter (2). The braking current of the motor (4) is controlled by connecting only the negative changeover contacts (10) of the inverter (16) of the frequency converter (2) or alternatively by connecting only the positive changeover contacts (17) of the inverter (16) of the frequency converter. The arrangement comprises a control (3), which is arranged to control in a braking situation only the negative changeover contacts (10) of the frequency converter (2) or alternatively only the positive changeover contacts (17) of the frequency converter (2). |
| US07781992B2 |
Power supply device for an electric motor method for operation of an electric motor
A power supply device for an electric motor, operated either in a normal operating mode and/or an emergency operating mode, in particular, for an actuator in a motor vehicle and a method for operation of an electric motor in a normal operating mode and/or an emergency operating mode, in particular, for an actuator in a motor vehicle. The electric motor is powered by AC in the normal operating mode and by DC in the emergency operating mode, in particular, in a fault situation. |
| US07781990B2 |
Illumination brightness and color control system and method therefor
An illumination brightness and color control system and method therefor are provided. A broadband light source monitor senses and samples a point light source for a luminous intensity signal value. Then, a corrected current value is computed based on a difference between the luminous intensity signal value and a target brightness/color value, and a driving current generated by a light source driver to drive the point light source is adjusted according to the corrected current value. |
| US07781989B2 |
Discharge lamp drive control circuit
A single comparison circuit detects load open circuit abnormality and load short circuit abnormality of a discharge lamp operating at a high-frequency driving voltage, with a small number of circuit elements. A discharge lamp drive control circuit includes an inverter control circuit, a positive change voltage detecting circuit which detects a positive change of voltage occurring in the secondary coil of a driving transformer, a negative change voltage detecting circuit which detects a negative change of voltage occurring in the secondary coil of the driving transformer, and the comparison circuit connected to the inverter control circuit. The outputs from the positive and negative change voltage detecting circuits are added to generate an added output, and the added output is supplied to the comparison circuit and compared with a reference voltage. When an abnormal operation occurs, the comparison circuit supplies an abnormal operation control signal to the inverter control circuit. |
| US07781987B2 |
Method and system for automatically controlling power supply to a lamp of a vehicle
A system for automatically controlling power supply to a lamp (101) of a vehicle, the system comprising: a detection module (20) to detect whether the vehicle is stationary or non-stationary; a controller (102) to receive a signal (25) having a first value transmitted by the detection module (20) when the vehicle is detected as stationary, and the controller (102) to receive a signal (25) having a second value transmitted by the detection module (20) when the vehicle is detected as non-stationary, wherein if the signal (20) having the first value is received by the controller (102), the controller (102) reduces the power supply to the lamp (101) from a first power level to a lower second power level in order to reduce energy consumption of the lamp (101), and if the signal (25) having the second value is received by the controller (102), the controller (102) restores the power supply to the lamp (101) from the lower second power level to the first power level. |
| US07781984B2 |
System and method for analog voltage processing in wide range for cold-cathode fluorescent lamp
System and method for processing analog voltage for cold-cathode fluorescent lamp. The system includes a voltage-to-current converter configured to receive an input analog voltage signal and generate a first current signal, and a current processing component configured to receive the first current signal and a predetermined current and generate a second current signal. Additionally, the system includes a current-to-voltage converter configured to receive the second current signal and generate an output analog voltage signal, and a dimming controller configured to receive the output analog voltage signal and generate a control signal for driving at least a cold-cathode fluorescent lamp. The voltage-to-current converter, the current processing component, and the current-to-voltage converter are configured to be biased between a first power supply voltage level and a second power supply voltage level. |
| US07781982B2 |
Low-voltage power supply circuit for illumination, illumination device, and low-voltage power supply output method for illumination
In a low-voltage power supply circuit for illumination that rectifies an ac power supply by means of a rectifier circuit, that controls this rectified output by means of a power-factor control circuit, and that supplies a low-voltage power supply for illumination, the power-factor control circuit is composed of a step-down circuit and is further provided with a current-limiting capability. |
| US07781981B2 |
Circuit arrangement for a starting unit of a discharge lamp
The invention relates to a switching arrangement for an ignition device of a discharge lamp (1), comprised of a spark gap formed by three or more electrodes (11) and connected in series with the primary winding (8) of a superimposed transformer (3) and a surge capacitor (9). The invention proposes a cylindrically shaped configuration for the electrodes (11), with the cylinder axes (12) being arranged side by side and in parallel to each other, i.e. in such a manner that a multiple-stage spark gap in air is formed vertically to the cylinder axes (12). Furthermore, the invention relates to an ignition device for a high-pressure discharge lamp. |
| US07781980B2 |
Intelligent user interface including a touch sensor device
The present invention, according to a preferred embodiment, is directed to portable electronic devices which operate on exhaustible power sources, for example, batteries. The electronic devices of the present invention comprise at least one signal switch and a microchip in communication with the switch wherein the switch is only capable of transmitting a signal to the microchip that the switch has been activated or deactivated. The microchip is in communication with the exhaustible power source of the electronic device and controls (i) the power on/off function of the device, (ii) at least one other function of the device in response to activation and deactivation signals from the switch, and (iii) an automatic shut off function in response to the receipt of an activation signal from the switch. |
| US07781978B2 |
Vehicular lamp
A vehicular lamp includes a semiconductor light source and a switching means arranged to switch between a first lighting mode, in which the semiconductor light source stays on, and a second lighting mode, in which the semiconductor light source repeatedly turns on and off. The lamp is arranged so that a peak current flowing through the semiconductor light source in the second lighting mode is smaller than that in the first lighting mode. The arrangement can help suppress overshooting and undershooting in the light source current. |
| US07781977B2 |
High temperature photonic structure for tungsten filament
The invention is directed to a process for the creation of a photonic lattice on the surface of an emissive substrate comprising first depositing a thin film metal layer on at least one surface of the substrate, the thin film metal comprising a metal having a melting point lower than the melting point of the substrate, then annealing the thin film metal layer and the substrate to create nano-particles on the substrate surface, and anodizing or plasma etching the annealed thin film metal and substrate to create pores in the nano-particles and the substrate such that upon exposure to high temperature the emissivity of the substrate is refocused to generate emissions in the visible and lower infrared region and to substantially eliminate higher infrared emission, and to the substrate thus created. |
| US07781969B2 |
Plasma display device and front filter
A plasma display device has a reduced number of components, thereby lowering manufacturing costs, improving productivity of assembly, and reducing a weight thereof. The display device includes a PDP module; a front frame positioned in front of the PDP module and having an opening; a rear cover covering a rear side of the PDP module to shield electromagnetic waves; a front filter positioned to face the opening of the front frame to shield the electromagnetic waves; and a shielding member positioned along a periphery of the PDP module to shield the electromagnetic waves. The front filter has a rear side supported by the PDP module. |
| US07781968B2 |
Plasma display panel
A Plasma Display Panel (PDP) with improved luminous efficiency includes: a rear substrate; a front substrate facing the rear substrate; a plurality of barrier ribs interposed between the front and rear substrates and partitioning a plurality of discharge cells; a plurality of sustain electrode pairs arranged separate from each other on the front substrate facing the rear substrate, each pair of sustain electrodes including an X electrode and an Y electrode; and a front dielectric layer covering the sustain electrode pairs and having at least two grooves in each of the discharge cells; a distance between the X and Y electrodes of each sustain electrode pair is greater than a height of the barrier ribs. |
| US07781965B2 |
Glass encapsulation cap, organic electroluminescent device having the same, mother glass substrate for producing multiple glass encapsulation caps, and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention relates to an encapsulation cap, an organic electroluminescent device having the same, and a manufacture method thereof.The encapsulation cap protects each of elements in a device formed on a substrate from outside, comprising a sealing surface adhering to the substrate , wherein at least one groove is formed at an edge of the sealing surface.The encapsulation cap protecting each of elements in a device formed on a substrate from outside comprises a sealant surface adhering to the substrate and a holding part holding each of elements of the device, wherein a concave part is formed on the sealant surface along an edge that the sealing surface and the holding part meet.The encapsulation cap, the organic electroluminescent device having the same, and the manufacturing method thereof according to the present invention can prevent overflowing of a sealant because of the structure capable of holding extra-sealant applied to the sealing surface. |
| US07781964B2 |
Organic electroluminescent device and electronic apparatus
An organic electroluminescent device includes a substrate that is conductive at least on a first surface; a first insulating film located on the first surface of the substrate and including a portion of a first opening, a portion of a second opening, and a portion of a third opening; a semiconductor film located on the first insulating film and receiving a current from the first surface of the substrate via the portion of a first opening; a second insulating film located on the semiconductor film and in contact with the substrate via the portion of a second opening; a capacitance electrode located on the second insulating film; a gate electrode located on the second insulating film and overlapping the semiconductor film; an intermediate insulating film located on the gate electrode and capacitance electrode; a pixel electrode located on the intermediate insulating film and receiving a current via the semiconductor film; a light-emitting layer located on the pixel electrode; a common electrode located on the light-emitting layer; and a power supply section located on the first insulating film and supplying a current to the first surface of the substrate via the portion of a third opening. The second insulating film is interposed between the capacitance electrode and the substrate via the portion of a second opening. |
| US07781963B2 |
Organic EL display panel with banks containing fluorine resin and manufacturing method thereof
An organic EL display panel having a functional layer with a uniform film thickness is provided. The organic EL display panel of the present invention contains an anode electrode set on a substrate; line-state banks set on the substrate on which the anode electrode is set and defining a line-state region; a hole transport layers arranged in matrix state on the substrate, the hole transport layer being set in the line-state region; a line-state interlayer set in the line-state region; a line-state organic EL layer set in the line-state region; and a cathode electrode provided on the organic EL layer, and the bank contains a fluorine resin. |
| US07781961B2 |
Top emitting, electroluminescent component with frequency conversion centres
In order, in the case of an OLED, to improve the coupling-out efficiency, a top emitting electroluminescent component (100) is proposed, comprising a substrate (110), a first electrode (120) closest to the substrate, a transparent electrode (140) located at a distance from the substrate, and at least one light-emitting organic layer (130) arranged between the two electrodes. The component according to the invention is distinguished by the fact that a coupling-out layer (150) is arranged on that side of the second electrode which is remote from the at least one organic layer, said coupling-out layer comprising conversion centres (151) which partly absorb the light emitted by the at least one organic layer and emit it again with an altered frequency. In this way, directional light penetrating into the coupling-out layer is emitted again in non-directional fashion, so that a part of the light which would be captured by means of total reflection without the influence of the frequency conversion centres within the coupling-out layer can indeed leave the coupling-out layer. |
| US07781953B2 |
Light-emitting device with open-loop control and manufacturing method thereof
A light-emitting device with open-loop control including a LED capable of emitting a blue light and a mix-light adjusting portion is provided. The mix-light adjusting portion includes a first and a second fluorescent material both capable of being excited by blue light. When the first and the second fluorescent material are excited by a short-wavelength blue light, the excitation intensity of the first fluorescent material is higher than that of the second fluorescent material. When the first and the second fluorescent material are excited by a long-wavelength blue light, the excitation intensity of the first fluorescent material is lower than that of the second fluorescent material. The peak wavelength of the emission of the first fluorescent material is smaller than that of the emission of the second fluorescent material. The dividing wavelength between the short-wavelength blue light and the long-wavelength blue light ranges from a first to a second wavelength. |
| US07781952B2 |
Green phosphor for plasma display panel and plasma display panel including phosphor layer formed of the green phosphor
Provided is a green phosphor for a plasma display panel (PDP), represented by the formula: BaMgAlxOy:Mn where 7 |
| US07781951B2 |
Filament lamp
To provide a filament lamp having a plurality of filaments disposed in sequence in the axial direction of a light-emitting lamp tube which is configured so as not to shield emitted light from a center filament, internal leads for two filaments disposed proximate hermetically sealed parts at both ends are connected to metal foils in the same hermetically sealed part. |
| US07781949B2 |
Spark plug
A spark plug including a ground electrode which has an excellent heat sinking ability. The ground electrode includes a core material therein. Heat received from a combustion chamber during a drive of an internal-combustion engine can be conducted to the core material. More effective heat sinking ability can be achieved because of the core material. |
| US07781947B2 |
Apparatus and methods for producing electromagnetic radiation
An apparatus for producing electromagnetic radiation includes a flow generator configured to generate a flow of liquid along an inside surface of an envelope, first and second electrodes configured to generate an electrical arc within the envelope to produce the electromagnetic radiation, and an exhaust chamber extending outwardly beyond one of the electrodes, configured to accommodate a portion of the flow of liquid. In another aspect, the flow generator is electrically insulated. In another aspect, the electrodes are configured to generate an electrical discharge pulse to produce an irradiance flash, and the apparatus includes a removal device configured to remove particulate contamination from the liquid, the particulate contamination being released during the flash and being different than that released by the electrodes during continuous operation. |
| US07781945B2 |
Ceramic multilayer component, method for the production thereof, and retaining device
A retaining device for use when sintering electrical components made of ceramic and metal electrodes inside the ceramic. The retaining device includes a structure to hold the electrical components. The structure has a surface that contains a sintering aid. The sintering aid includes a material that is able to bind to a gas contained in the structure and to release the gas. |
| US07781942B2 |
Tire with electric power generation device
The invention provides a tire with an electric power generation device for supplying sufficient electric power which has a simple and small-sized construction. An electric power generation device for converting strain occurring in a tire into electric energy includes at least one electric power generation element and a device body. The electric power generation element has at least two stretchable electrodes and a dielectric elastomer, arranged between the electrodes, and producing a potential difference between the electrodes according to the strain applied from the tire. The device body has an electrical condenser for accumulating electric energy produced by the electric power generation element. The length, in the circumferential direction of the tire, of the electric power generation element is set so that strain by contraction and strain by expansion that are caused by the rotating tire coming into contact with the ground surface are not simultaneously applied to the single power generation element. |
| US07781941B2 |
Footswitch operable to control a surgical system
The present invention provides a surgical footswitch that includes a base, a pedal, an encoder assembly, a wireless interface, and an internal power generator. The pedal mounts upon the base and pivots. The encoder assembly couples to the pedal. As the pedal pivots, the encoder assembly translates the mechanical signal of the pedal into a control signal based on the pedals position and/or orientation. The wireless interface couples the encoder assembly to receive the control signal. The wireless interface also couples the surgical footswitch to a surgical console operable to control and direct surgical equipment. The wireless interface passes the control signal from the encoder to the surgical console, which then directs the surgical equipment based on the control signal. This wireless interface eliminates the tangle of wires or tethers, which may be a hazard in the surgical theater. The internal power generator translates footswitch movement into stored energy to eliminate potential failures of the footswitch during a procedure and overcome the need to replace batteries within the footswitch. |
| US07781935B2 |
Energy conversion system with variable airgap distance and energy recovery method
A system for conversion of mechanical energy into electrical energy by electrostatic conversion that includes at least one fixed electrode (2) and at least one mobile electrode (4) that can be vibrated by mechanical energy, facing the fixed electrode, said fixed (2) and mobile (4) electrodes being separated at rest by an air gap distance (Δ). The system includes means (12) of modifying the air gap distance as a function of the variation of the vibration amplitude of the mobile electrode (4). An energy conversion method using such a system is also described. |
| US07781934B2 |
Alternating-current dynamo-electric machine
An alternating-current dynamoelectric machine according to the present invention includes: a stator including: a stator core in which slots that extend in an axial direction are formed on an inner side; and a stator winding that is mounted to the stator core by winding conducting wires into the slots; and a rotatable rotor including: a field winding that is disposed inside the stator; a rotor core constituted by a first pole core and a second pole core that each have claw-shaped magnetic poles that are disposed so as to cover the field winding and that alternately intermesh with each other; and first and second permanent magnets that are respectively disposed on two facing side surfaces of adjacent claw-shaped magnetic poles and that have magnetic fields that are oriented so as to reduce leakage of magnetic flux between the claw-shaped magnetic poles, and a magnetic body is disposed between a pair of the first and second permanent magnets. |
| US07781933B2 |
Winding arrangement for rotating electrical machine
The present invention is intended to provide a winding arrangement of single star connection for a rotating electrical machine, capable of enhancing insulation performance in coils of the same phase. In such winding arrangement, a first coil U1 to a sixth coil U6 are formed respectively in coil arranging parts 1U to 6U. Next, a coil arranging part 7U is skipped and the seventh coil U7 is formed in a coil arranging part 8U. Then, a coil formed at the end of winding (eighth coil U8) is formed in the skipped coil arranging part 7U. |
| US07781932B2 |
Permanent magnet assembly and method of manufacturing same
A permanent magnet rotor assembly includes a rotor and a plurality of permanent magnet pole assemblies positioned against the rotor. Each of the permanent magnet pole assemblies includes a magnetic block and an encapsulating member that substantially encapsulates the magnetic block. |
| US07781931B2 |
Switched reluctance motor
A switched reluctance motor has a rotor and a stator. The stator has first and second stator magnetic pole groups sequentially placed in an axial direction of the rotor. First and second stator magnetic poles in each group are alternately arranged on a same circumference. The first stator magnetic poles are placed every electrical angle 2π and reversely magnetized to each other. The second stator magnetic poles are placed every electrical angle 2π and reversely magnetized to each other. The first magnetic pole is apart from the second magnetic pole by electrical angle π. Each stator magnetic pole in the first stator magnetic pole group is apart from that in the second magnetic pole group by electrical angle π/2 in the circumferential direction. |
| US07781930B2 |
Accessory drive system with RD motor
An accessory drive system includes a stator, a first rotor, and a second rotor, which respectively include armatures, permanent magnets, and first and second cores. One of the first and second rotors is connected to an accessory, and the other to an internal combustion engine. When the polarity of a first armature magnetic pole is different from the polarity of a first magnetic pole of an opposed permanent magnet, the polarity of a second armature magnetic pole becomes the same as the polarity of a second magnetic pole of the opposed permanent magnet. When each first core is between the first magnetic pole and the first armature magnetic pole, each second core is between a pair of the second armature magnetic poles circumferentially adjacent to each other, and between a pair of the second magnetic poles circumferentially adjacent to each other. |
| US07781928B2 |
Brushless motor
A brushless motor according to the present invention is provided with: a tubular stator case; a stator core fitted into the stator case; and a rotor rotatably supported via a bearing inside the stator core, wherein: an inner flange portion which extends radially inward is formed at a peripheral edge of an opening of one end of the stator case; and a bracket is fixed to the inner flange portion while contacting therewith so as to close the opening. |
| US07781923B2 |
AC generator for a vehicle
In an AC generator for a vehicle, an end cover has two types of parts, one-type part is away from a rib part in a positive cooling fin, and the other-type part is close to the rib part. The rib part projects toward the end cover side. The one-type part is thinner than the other-type part in the end cover in order to reduce the variation of thermal expansion in each part of the end cover. This configuration increases anti-thermal fatigue of the end cover. |
| US07781921B2 |
Voltage regulator and method for generating indicator signal in voltage regulator
The subject matter is a voltage regulator capable of providing an indicator signal to a load, so that the load can operation under the best current-voltage relationship according to the indicator signal. To this end, the voltage regulator includes an amplifier for generating the indicator signal by amplifying a difference between a signal representative of an output voltage and a signal representative of a reference voltage. |
| US07781916B2 |
Parallel-tuned pick-up system with multiple voltage outputs
A pick-up is provided for an Inductively Coupled Power Transfer (ICPT) system having a parallel tuned resonant pick-up circuit. The pick-up has a plurality of independently controllable power supply outputs. This allows a first output to supply a high voltage load (e.g. 300V-550V) and one or more additional outputs for supplying other loads such as control circuitry which may only require 24V. The one or more additional outputs may be supplied via a current transformer connected in series with the resonant pick-up circuit. Control for each output may be achieved by partially or completely decoupling the pick-up from a primary conductive path of the ICPT system. |
| US07781914B2 |
Input and output power modules configured to provide selective power to an uninterruptible power supply
An uninterruptible power supply (“UPS”) includes an input module having a plurality of inputs, and at least one jumper element configured to selectively couple at least one input of the plurality of inputs to at least one other input of the plurality of inputs. The plurality of inputs and the at least one jumper element may be constructed and arranged to selectively achieve the following configurations: single power feed, single phase input and single phase output; dual power feed, single phase input and single phase output; single power feed, three phase input and single phase output; dual power feed, three phase input and single phase output; single power feed, three phase input and three phase output; and dual power feed, three phase input and three phase output. Other embodiments and methods of selectively achieving multiple power configurations are also disclosed. |
| US07781911B2 |
Power supply circuit having power assigning elements between output branches
An power supply circuit includes at least one voltage converting circuit, a plurality of output branches, and a plurality of power assigning elements. The at least one voltage converting circuit is configured for converting a primary voltage signal to at least one alternating current (AC) voltage signal. Each of the output branches is configured for providing a direct current (DC) power supply to a respective load circuit based on the at least one AC voltage signal. The power assigning elements are configured to reassign the DC power supplies provided by the output branches to the load circuits. |
| US07781908B2 |
Output power port management control
A power converter that gives priority to the high power output and only provides power to the low power output when the total potential output power is equal to or less than the rated power of the power converter. A specific power threshold is established, and when the high power output remains below this threshold for a period of time the low power output is allowed to turn on. If the high power output subsequently exceeds this threshold for a period of time, then an electronic circuit powers down the low power output in order to keep the total output power below the rated power of the power converter. Subsequently, the high power output is checked against the threshold to determine if the low power output can be turned on again. If the high power output is below the threshold, then the low power output is turned on. |
| US07781901B2 |
Semiconductor device and processing method of the same
A disclosed semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including semiconductor integrated circuit forming areas; semiconductor integrated circuits formed on the semiconductor integrated circuit forming areas; and an alignment pattern formed on a periphery of at least one of the semiconductor integrated circuit forming areas. |
| US07781896B2 |
Semiconductor device and process for fabrication thereof
A semiconductor chip is attached to a lead frame with a filmy organic die-bonding material having a water absorption of 1.5% by volume or less; having a saturation moisture absorption of 1.0% by volume or less, having a residual volatile component in an amount not more than 3.0% by weight, having a modulus of elasticity of 10 MPa or less at a temperature of 250° C. The semiconductor device thus obtained can be free from occurrence of reflow cracks during reflow soldering for the packaging of semiconductor devices. |
| US07781887B2 |
Semiconductor device including an interconnect
A semiconductor device includes a first die, a substrate, and a first interconnect. The first die includes a first isolation region and a first contact at least partially overlapping the first isolation region. The substrate includes a second contact. The first interconnect couples the first contact to the second contact. The first interconnect is defined by a via through the first isolation region. |
| US07781885B2 |
Optoelectronic semiconductor package and method for attaching heat dissipation element thereto
An optoelectronic semiconductor package for packaging a heat source capable of emitting light includes a base, a seal member, and a plurality of heat-dissipation elements. The base carries and touches the heat source and has a plurality of openings formed thereon, and the seal member is used to seal the heat source on the base. Each of the heat-dissipation elements is inserted in one of the corresponding openings, and the heat-dissipation element placed in the corresponding opening is deformed to result in a tight coupling between the heat-dissipation element and the base. |
| US07781880B2 |
Semiconductor package
A semiconductor package according to the present invention includes a substrate; first and second semiconductor chips mounted on a first surface of the substrate; and a heat-radiation sheet. The heat-radiation sheet includes a heat-transferable conductive layer and first and second insulating layers formed on top and bottom surfaces of the heat-transferable conductive layer, respectively. The heat-radiation sheet includes a first portion arranged between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip; and a second portion extending at least a side of the first portion. The second portion is connected to the substrate. The second insulating layer of the second portion is formed to expose a part of the heat-transferable conductive layer. |
| US07781879B1 |
Apparatus for integrating capacitors in stacked integrated circuits
Apparatus for integrating capacitors in stacked integrated circuits are described. One aspect of the invention relates to a semiconductor assembly having a carrier substrate, a plurality of integrated circuit dice, and at least one metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor. The integrated circuit dice are vertically stacked on the carrier substrate. Each MIM capacitor is disposed between a first integrated circuit die and a second integrated circuit die of the plurality of integrated circuit dice. The at least one MIM capacitor is fabricated on at least one of a face of the first integrated circuit die and a backside of the second integrated circuit die. |
| US07781877B2 |
Packaged integrated circuit devices with through-body conductive vias, and methods of making same
A device is disclosed which includes at least one integrated circuit die, at least a portion of which is positioned in a body of encapsulant material, and at least one conductive via extending through the body of encapsulant material. |
| US07781873B2 |
Encapsulated leadframe semiconductor package for random access memory integrated circuits
A thin, small outline IC leadframe plastic package to be used to assemble high performance, high speed semiconductor memory IC devices such as dynamic random access memories (DRAM) having a high data transfer rate in the range of 1 GigaHertz. The package leadframe is electrically interconnected to the IC device input-output pads by either electrically conductive (e.g. solder) bumps that are flip-chip bonded to the IC device or by of an interposer. The interposer contains integral curled micro-spring contacts at opposite ends of conductive fan out traces. The interposer is attached to the leadframe bonding pads by way of tape automated bonding, soldering, or adhesive bonding. The leadframe that is interconnected to the IC device by the aforementioned flip-chip bumps or the interposer is encapsulated and trimmed to form either gull-wing style perimeter leads as a standard thin small outline package (TSOP) or wrap around leads as a micro-leadframe (MLF) package. |
| US07781872B2 |
Package with multiple dies
A semiconductor die package is disclosed. It includes a leadframe structure comprising a first die attach pad and a second die attach pad. A plurality of leads extend from the first and second die attach pads. The plurality of leads includes at least a first control lead and a second control lead. A first semiconductor die including a first device is mounted on the first die attach pad, and a second semiconductor die has a second device is mounted on the second die attach pad. A housing is provided in the semiconductor die package and protects the first and second dies. The housing may have an exterior surface and at least partially covers the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die. The first control lead and the second control lead are at opposite sides of the semiconductor die package. |
| US07781867B2 |
Method and system for providing an aligned semiconductor assembly
A semiconductor assembly is provided that includes a first substrate that has a first surface. A second substrate is coupled to and spaced apart from the first substrate. The second substrate has a second surface facing the first surface of the first substrate. The second substrate includes a set of cavities. A set of non-conductive pillars is disposed on and protrudes from the first surface of the first substrate. The set of non-conductive pillars is configured and positioned to engage the set of cavities of the second substrate to align the second substrate with the first substrate. |
| US07781863B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
The semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a lower electrode made of a metallic material, a capacitance film made of an insulating material and laminated on the lower electrode, an upper electrode made of a metallic material, opposed to the lower electrode through the capacitance film, and having an outline smaller than that of the lower electrode in plan view along the opposed direction, and a protective film made of the same material as that of the capacitance film and laminated on the upper electrode. |
| US07781862B2 |
Two-terminal nanotube devices and systems and methods of making same
A two terminal switching device includes first and second conductive terminals and a nanotube article. The article has at least one nanotube, and overlaps at least a portion of each of the first and second terminals. The device also includes a stimulus circuit in electrical communication with at least one of the first and second terminals. The circuit is capable of applying first and second electrical stimuli to at least one of the first and second terminal(s) to change the relative resistance of the device between the first and second terminals between a relatively high resistance and a relatively low resistance. The relatively high resistance between the first and second terminals corresponds to a first state of the device, and the relatively low resistance between the first and second terminals corresponds to a second state of the device. |
| US07781857B2 |
Transflective LCD panel, transmissive LCD panel, and reflective LCD panel
The invention provides an LCD panel with main slits corresponding to alignment protrusions. The gate lines are shielded by the electrode portion and do not overlap the main slits. Because the gate line and the major slits do not overlap, the liquid crystal molecule arrangement of the liquid crystal layer is not affected by the operating voltage of the gate line. |
| US07781851B2 |
Semiconductor device having reduced die-warpage and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same reduce die-warpage. The semiconductor device includes a substrate and a first layer of material extending substantially over the entire surface of the substrate. A stress-relieving pattern exists in and traverses the first layer so as to partition the first layer into at least two discrete sections. The stress-relieving pattern may be in the form of an interface between the discrete sections of the first layer, or a wall of material different from the material of the first layer. |
| US07781850B2 |
Controlling electromechanical behavior of structures within a microelectromechanical systems device
In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for fabricating a microelectromechanical systems device. The method comprises fabricating a first layer comprising a film having a characteristic electromechanical response, and a characteristic optical response, wherein the characteristic optical response is desirable and the characteristic electromechanical response is undesirable; and modifying the characteristic electromechanical response of the first layer by at least reducing charge build up thereon during activation of the microelectromechanical systems device. |
| US07781849B2 |
Semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating the same
Provided are semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating the same, and more specifically, semiconductor devices having a W—Ni alloy thin layer that has a low resistance, and methods of fabricating the same. The semiconductor devices include the W—Ni alloy thin layer. The weight of Ni in the W—Ni alloy thin layer may be in a range from approximately 0.01 to approximately 5.0 wt % of the total weight of the W—Ni alloy thin layer. |
| US07781846B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit device
Prior known static random access memory (SRAM) cells are required that a diffusion layer be bent into a key-like shape in order to make electrical contact with a substrate with a P-type well region formed therein, which would result in a decrease in asymmetry leading to occurrence of a problem as to the difficulty in micro-patterning. To avoid this problem, the P-type well region in which an inverter making up an SRAM cell is formed is subdivided into two portions, which are disposed on the opposite sides of an N-type well region NW1 and are formed so that a diffusion layer forming a transistor has no curvature while causing the layout direction to run in a direction parallel to well boundary lines and bit lines. At intermediate locations of an array, regions for use in supplying power to the substrate are formed in parallel to word lines in such a manner that one regions is provided per group of thirty two memory cell rows or sixty four cell rows. |
| US07781840B2 |
Semiconductor device structure
Two different transistors types are made on different crystal orientations in which both are formed on SOI. A substrate has an underlying semiconductor layer of one of the crystal orientations and an overlying layer of the other crystal orientation. The underlying layer has a portion exposed on which is epitaxially grown an oxygen-doped semiconductor layer that maintains the crystalline structure of the underlying semiconductor layer. A semiconductor layer is then epitaxially grown on the oxygen-doped semiconductor layer. An oxidation step at elevated temperatures causes the oxide-doped region to separate into oxide and semiconductor regions. The oxide region is then used as an insulation layer in an SOI structure and the overlying semiconductor layer that is left is of the same crystal orientation as the underlying semiconductor layer. Transistors of the different types are formed on the different resulting crystal orientations. |
| US07781838B2 |
Integrated circuit including a body transistor and method
An integrated circuit including a floating body transistor and method. One embodiment provides a transistor including a body region formed in a first portion and a first and a second source/drain region formed in a second and a third portion. The body region is formed in a semiconductor substrate. The integrated circuit further includes a buried structure disposed at least below the body region and a first and a second insulating structure including an insulating material and being disposed at least between the body region and regions of the second and the third portion below the first and the second source drain region, wherein the first and the second insulating structure contact the buried structure. |
| US07781837B2 |
Stacked film including a semiconductor film having a taper angle, and thin film transistor including the stacked film
A method for forming a pattern of a stacked film, includes steps (a) to (e). The step (a) is forming sequentially a first base insulating film and a light shielding material on a transparent substrate. The step (b) is patterning the light shielding material to obtain a light shielding film with a first pattern. The step (c) is forming sequentially a second base insulating film, a semiconductor film and a first oxide film on a substrate. The step (d) is forming a resist pattern with a second pattern on the first oxide film. The step (e) is forming a pattern of a stacked film by dry etching the first oxide film and the semiconductor film, above the light shielding film. The stacked film includes the semiconductor film and the first oxide film. The dry etching includes an etching by using an etching gas and the resist pattern as a mask. The semiconductor film includes a taper angle which is controlled to be within predetermined range. |
| US07781836B2 |
SOI semiconductor device and method of manufacturing thereof
An SOI semiconductor device has a substrate, an insulation film, a silicon film, a gate insulation film, a gate electrode, a pair of first diffusion regions, a first region, and a second diffusion region. The insulation film is formed on the substrate. The silicon film is formed on the insulation film. The gate insulation film is formed on the silicon film. The gate electrode is formed on the gate insulation film. The pair of first diffusion regions is formed in the silicon film while sandwiches the under part of the gate electrode in between. The first region is sandwiched by a pair of the first diffusion regions. The second diffusion region contacts with the first region while adjoins one of the first regions and has the same conductivity type with the first region. |
| US07781835B2 |
Lateral drain MOSFET with improved clamping voltage control
A lateral MOSFET having a substrate, first and second epitaxial layers grown on the substrate and a gate electrode formed on a gate dielectric which in turn is formed on a top surface of the second epitaxial layer. The second epitaxial layer comprises a drain region which extends to a top surface of the epitaxial layer and is proximate to a first edge of the gate electrode, a source region which extends to a top surface of the second epitaxial layer and is proximate to a second edge of the gate electrode, a heavily doped body under at least a portion of the source region, and a lightly doped well under the gate dielectric located near the transition region of the first and second epitaxial layers. A PN junction between the heavily doped body and the first epitaxial region under the heavily doped body has an avalanche breakdown voltage that is substantially dependent on the doping concentration in the upper portion of the first epitaxial layer that is beneath the heavily doped body. |
| US07781832B2 |
Trench-type power MOS transistor and integrated circuit utilizing the same
A power MOS transistor comprises a drain region, a trench gate, a source region, a well region, a deep well region and a substrate region. The drain region has a doping region of a first conductivity type connected to a drain electrode. The trench gate has an insulating layer and extends into the drain region. The source region has a doping region of the first conductivity type connected to a source electrode. The well region is doped with a second conductivity type, formed under the source region, and connected to the source electrode. The deep well region is doped with the first conductivity type and is formed under the drain region and the well region. The substrate region is doped with the second conductivity type and is formed under the deep well region. The drain region is formed at one side of the trench gate and the source region is formed at the opposing side of the trench gate such that the trench gate laterally connects the source region and the drain region. |
| US07781828B2 |
Integrated semiconductor chip with lateral thermal insulation
An integrated semiconductor with lateral thermal insulation is disclosed. In one embodiment, the chip has, on a common substrate, at least one power semiconductor circuit region and, laterally adjacent to the power semiconductor circuit region, at least one further temperature-sensitive semiconductor circuit region, interspaces being maintained between the circuit regions. At least one thermally insulating trench is provided at least in each interspace in each case between power semiconductor circuit region(s) and temperature-sensitive semiconductor circuit region(s), which at least one thermally insulating trench extends into the depth of the chip right into the substrate and in the longitudinal direction of the chip at least over a lateral side of the at least one power semiconductor circuit region and/or the temperature-sensitive semiconductor circuit region and is either unfilled or filled with a thermally insulating filling material. |
| US07781826B2 |
Circuit configuration and manufacturing processes for vertical transient voltage suppressor (TVS) and EMI filter
A vertical TVS (VTVS) circuit includes a semiconductor substrate for supporting the VTVS device thereon having a heavily doped layer extending to the bottom of substrate. Deep trenches are provided for isolation between multi-channel VTVS. Trench gates are also provided for increasing the capacitance of VTVS with integrated EMI filter. |
| US07781819B2 |
Semiconductor devices having a contact plug and fabrication methods thereof
Provided are a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the same. The semiconductor device includes an insulating layer that is formed on a supporting layer and has a contact hole. A first contact plug is formed on an inner wall and bottom of the contact hole. A second contact plug buries the contact hole and is formed on the first contact plug. A conductive layer is connected to the first contact plug and the second contact plug. The bottom thickness of the first contact plug formed on the bottom of the contact hole is thicker than the inner wall thickness of the first contact plug formed on the inner wall of the contact hole. |
| US07781814B2 |
Method of forming a CMOS structure having gate insulation films of different thicknesses
The semiconductor integrated circuit device employs on the same silicon substrate a plurality of kinds of MOS transistors with different magnitudes of tunnel current flowing either between the source and gate or between the drain and gate thereof. These MOS transistors include tunnel-current increased MOS transistors at least one of which is for use in constituting a main circuit of the device. The plurality of kinds of MOS transistors also include tunnel-current reduced or depleted MOS transistors at least one of which is for use with a control circuit. This control circuit is inserted between the main circuit and at least one of the two power supply units. |
| US07781813B2 |
Ferroelectric memory device and method for manufacturing ferroelectric memory device
A ferroelectric memory device is equipped with a ferroelectric capacitor having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a ferroelectric layer between the first and second electrodes, and the ferroelectric memory device includes: a wiring that is connected to one of the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the wiring includes a first wiring layer composed of titanium nitride oriented along a <111> direction, and a second wiring layer formed on the first wiring and composed of titanium aluminum nitride orientated along a <111> direction. |
| US07781811B2 |
Semiconductor range-finding element and solid-state imaging device
To transfer signal charges generated by a semiconductor photoelectric conversion element in opposite directions, the center line of a first transfer gate electrode and that of a second transfer gate electrodes are arranged on the same straight line, and a U-shaped first exhausting gate electrode and a second exhausting gate electrode are arranged to oppose to each other. The first exhausting gate electrode exhausts background charges generated by a background light in the charge generation region, and the second exhausting gate electrode exhausts background charges generated by the background light in the charge generation region. The background charges exhausted by the first exhausting gate electrode are received by a first exhausting drain region and the background charges exhausted by the second exhausting gate electrode are received by a first exhausting drain region. |
| US07781809B2 |
High voltage depletion layer field effect transistor
In a high voltage junction field effect transistor, a first well (11) of a first conductivity type is formed in a substrate (10) of a second conductivity type. A source (14) and a drain (15) which are each of the first conductivity type are formed in the first well. A gate (16) of the second conductivity type is arranged in a second well (12) of the second conductivity type, wherein the second well is of the retrograde type. The source, gate and drain are spaced apart from one another by field oxide regions (13a to 13d). Field plates (17a, 17b) extend over the field oxide (13a, 13b) from the gate (16) in the direction of source and drain. |
| US07781808B2 |
Semiconductor apparatus and complimentary MIS logic circuit
A configuration is adopted comprising an NchMOS transistor 1 equipped with an insulating isolation layer 4 providing insulation and isolation using an SOI structure, and a capacitor formed using an insulating film, with a silicon substrate B being made thin and substrate capacitance being reduced. The NchMOS transistor 1 is equipped with insulating isolation regions 5a, 5b that are perfectly depleted or partially depleted in a manner close to being perfectly depleted. An electrode 6 connected to a gate electrode G of the NchMOS transistor 1 and an impurity diffusion layer 7 are connected via a capacitor 2. A source electrode S is connected to a power supply terminal 3a, a gate electrode G is connected to an internal signal line S1, and a drain electrode D is connected to an internal signal line S2. Substrate bias voltage is then controlled using capacitor coupling when the NchMOS transistor 1 is turned on/off. |
| US07781807B2 |
Non-volatile semiconductor storage device
A three-dimensional non-volatile semiconductor storage device which realizes both increased packing density and improved performance is disclosed. According to one aspect, there is provided a non-volatile semiconductor storage device comprising a first non-volatile memory cell provided on a first insulator, which includes a first semiconductor layer, and a first gate stack provided above the first semiconductor layer and including a first charge storage layer and a first control gate electrode, and a second non-volatile memory cell provided above the first non-volatile memory cell, which includes a second semiconductor layer, and a second gate stack provided above the second semiconductor layer and including a second charge storage layer and a second control gate electrode, the second gate stack being positioned to be aligned with the first gate stack, and wherein the first control gate electrode functions as a back gate electrode to the second non-volatile memory cell. |
| US07781806B2 |
Optical erase memory structure
A method for providing an optical erase memory structure including: forming a metal-insulator-metal memory cell; positioning a light emitting diode adjacent to the metal-insulator-metal memory cell; and emitting a light emission from the light emitting diode for erasing the metal-insulator-metal memory cell. |
| US07781805B2 |
Memory with high dielectric constant antifuses adapted for use at low voltage
A memory array having memory cells comprising a diode and an antifuse can be made smaller and programmed at lower voltage by using an antifuse material having a higher dielectric constant and a higher acceleration factor than those of silicon dioxide, and by using a diode having a lower band gap than that of silicon. Such memory arrays can be made to have long operating lifetimes by using the high acceleration factor and lower band gap materials. Antifuse materials having dielectric constants between 5 and 27, for example, hafnium silicon oxynitride or hafnium silicon oxide, are particularly effective. Diode materials with band gaps lower than that of silicon, such as germanium or a silicon-germanium alloy, are particularly effective. |
| US07781803B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device comprising: a support substrate; an insulating film formed on the support substrate; a semiconductor film formed on the insulating film; a gate insulating film formed on the semiconductor film; a gate electrode film formed on the gate insulating film; and a source region and a drain region formed in the semiconductor film so as to sandwich the gate insulating film in a gate length direction, the source and drain regions contacting the insulating film at the bottom surface, and the semiconductor memory device storing data corresponding to the amount of charges accumulated in the semiconductor film surrounded by the insulating film, the gate insulating film, and the source and drain regions and electrically floated, wherein a border length between the source region and the gate insulating film contiguous to each other is different from a border length between the drain region and the gate insulating film to each other. |
| US07781799B2 |
Source/drain strained layers
A semiconductor device and method of manufacture thereof wherein a PMOS source/drain region of a transistor within the substrate includes a first strained layer in the PMOS source/drain region and a first capping layer in contact with the first strained layer. Further, the semiconductor device and method provide for an NMOS source/drain region of a transistor within the substrate including a second strained layer in the NMOS source/drain region and a second capping layer in contact with the second strained layer. |
| US07781797B2 |
One-transistor static random access memory with integrated vertical PNPN device
A one-transistor static random access memory (1T SRAM) device and circuit implementations are disclosed. The 1T SRAM device includes a planar field effect transistor (FET) on the surface of the cell and a vertical PNPN device integrated to one side of the FET. A base of the PNP of the PNPN device is electrically common to the emitter/collector of the FET and a base of the NPN of the PNPN device is electrically common to the channel region of the FET. The anode pin of the PNPN device may be used as a word line or a bit line. A method of forming the 1T SRAM device is also disclosed. |
| US07781792B2 |
Solid state illumination device
A solid state illumination device includes a solid state light emitting diode and a mounting base. The solid state light emitting diode includes encapsulation material, a wafer, and first and second electrodes. The first and second electrodes have first ends electrically connecting with the wafer, and opposite second ends exposed outside the encapsulation material. The wafer and the first ends are encapsulated in the encapsulation material. The mounting base includes a main body with a receptacle defined therein, first and second receiving holes receiving the first and second electrodes. The main body defines an indent communicating with the first receiving holes receiving a bulge extending from the first electrodes. |
| US07781787B2 |
Light-emitting diode, led light, and light apparatus
An LED light comprising a light-emitting device provided to power supply means, encapsulating means for encapsulating the light-emitting device with a light-transmitting material, a reflective surface for reflecting the light emitted from the light-emitting device to a direction perpendicular to the center axis of the light-emitting device or at a large angle to the center axis, opposed to the light-emitting surface of the light-emitting device, a light-emitting diode having a side directing surface for directing sideways the light reflected from the reflective surface to a direction perpendicular to the center axis of the light-emitting device or at a large angle to the center axis, and a reflecting mirror disposed around the light-emitting diode. |
| US07781786B2 |
Semiconductor device having a heterojunction diode and manufacturing method thereof
Impurity concentration of a second semiconductor region is set such that when a predetermined reverse bias is applied to a heterojunction diode configured by a first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region, a breakdown voltage at least in a heterojunction region other than outer peripheral ends of the heterojunction diode is a breakdown voltage of a semiconductor device. |
| US07781785B2 |
Light emitting diode with plated substrate and method for producing the same
The present invention discloses a light emitting diode having a mirror and a permanent substrate plated thereon. The present invention also discloses a method for producing such light emitting diode. The permanent substrate and the mirror are formed after both electrodes are completed. Accordingly, the epitaxial structure and the mirror will not be damaged, and brightness and heat dissipation of the light emitting device are improved. |
| US07781783B2 |
White light LED device
Light-emitting diode (LED) devices which can produce a uniform white light with a broad emission spectrum and a high color rendering index (CRI) are provided. For example, the emission spectrum of LED devices as described herein may provide more red light and yield a higher CRI light when compared to conventional white LEDs. For some embodiments, the various lights emitted from different layers of the LED device may mix at a light-scattering encapsulation layer and become a uniform white light. |
| US07781782B2 |
Device for defeating reverse engineering of integrated circuits by optical means
An integrated circuit and method are provided for preventing reverse engineering by monitoring light emissions emitted from transistors and such electrically active devices in the integrated circuit. The method prevents, in an integrated circuit, a pattern of light emitted from at least one active device in the integrated circuit from being detected external to the integrated circuit by randomizing a pattern of light emitted from the at least one active device in an integrated circuit and that is emitted external to the integrated circuit. The pattern of light emitted from the at least one active device in the integrated circuit and that is emitted external to the integrated circuit can be randomized by randomizing a clock signal applied to a clocked circuit comprising the at least one active device in the integrated circuit. |
| US07781774B2 |
Thin film transistor array panel
A thin film transistor array panel and a method of manufacturing the same include: a substrate; a data line formed on the substrate; a gate line intersecting the data line and including a gate electrode; a source electrode connected to the data line; a drain electrode opposite the source electrode; an organic semiconductor partly in contact with the source electrode and the drain electrode; a gate insulating member positioned between the gate electrode and the organic semiconductor; and an insulating bank having an opening where the organic semiconductor and the gate insulating member are positioned and is formed in a cross shape in which a horizontal part and a vertical part intersect. |
| US07781773B2 |
Transistor array for semiconductor memory devices and method for fabricating a vertical channel transistor array
A transistor array for semiconductor memory devices is provided. A plurality of semiconductor pillars extending outwardly from a bulk section of a semiconductor substrate is arranged in rows and columns. Each pillar forms an active area of a vertical channel access transistor. Insulating trenches are formed between the rows of pillars. Buried word lines extend within the insulating trenches along the rows of pillars. Bit line trenches are formed between columns of pillars. Bit lines extend perpendicular to the word lines in lower portions of the bit line trenches. A first and a second column of pillars face adjacent each bit line. Each bit line is coupled to the active areas in the pillars of the first column of pillars via a single sided bit line contact formed from polycrystalline silicon and is insulated from the active areas of the pillars of the second column of pillars. |
| US07781765B2 |
Mask for crystallizing polysilicon and a method for forming thin film transistor using the mask
A mask for forming polysilicon has a first slit region where a plurality of horizontal slit patterns are arranged in the vertical direction while bearing the same width, a second slit region where a plurality of horizontal slit patterns are arranged in the vertical direction while baring the same width, a third slit region where a plurality of horizontal slit patterns are arranged in the vertical direction while bearing the same width, and a fourth slit region where a plurality of horizontal slit patterns are arranged in the vertical direction while bearing the same width. The slit patterns arranged at the first to fourth slit regions are sequentially enlarged in width in the horizontal direction in multiple proportion to the width d of the slit pattern at the first slit region. The centers of the slit patterns arranged at the first to fourth slit regions in the horizontal direction are placed at the same line. The slit patterns arranged at the respective slit regions in the vertical direction are spaced from each other with a distance 8*d. Alternatively, the first to fourth slit regions may be arranged in reverse order, or in the vertical direction. |
| US07781762B2 |
Organic transistor, method for manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus including the same
An organic transistor includes a source electrode and a drain electrode, and an organic semiconductor layer disposed across between the source electrode and the drain electrode. The organic semiconductor layer includes a first semiconductor portion in a region where a gate electrode and the source electrode oppose each other, a second semiconductor portion in a region where the gate electrode and the drain electrode oppose each other, and a third semiconductor portion between the first semiconductor portion and the second semiconductor portion. The first semiconductor portion, the second semiconductor portion, and the third semiconductor portion satisfy the relationships W1 |
| US07781755B2 |
Light emitting diode by use of metal diffusion bonding technology and method of producing such light emitting diode
The main objective of present invention is to provide a manufacturing method of light emitting diode that utilizes metal diffusion bonding technology. AlInGaP light emitting diode epitaxial structure on a temporary substrate is bonded to a permanent substrate having a thermal expansion coefficient similar to that of the epitaxial structure, and then the temporary substrate is removed to produce an LED having a vertical structure and better performance. The other objective of the present invention is to provide a high performance LED that uses metal diffusion technology and wet chemical etching technology to roughen the LED surface in order to improve light extraction efficiency. |
| US07781746B1 |
Scanner transport carrier for flexible phosphor sheet
A carrier for transporting a section of flexible phosphor imaging medium through a scanner has a flexible support having a front surface and a back surface, at least one releasable retaining element coupled to the flexible support for holding a first surface of the section of flexible phosphor imaging medium against the front surface of the flexible support, and a flexible frame extending at least partially along the perimeter of the flexible support and having a thickness above the front surface of the flexible support that is substantially the same as the thickness of the section of flexible phosphor imaging medium that is held against the front surface. |
| US07781745B2 |
Apparatus and method for sterilization of food products
Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for sterilizing a food product. The apparatus comprises an ionization unit for holding the food product, a housing enclosing the ionization unit, a bipolar ionization assembly and a pulse power energization assembly. The bipolar ionization assembly comprises a generator unit and at least one ionization tube for generating bipolar ionization within the ionization unit for sterilizing the food product. The pulse power energization assembly comprises at least one ultraviolet light energy source for generating pulsed energy and at least one ultraviolet light emitting unit for generating pulsed ultraviolet light within the ionization unit upon receiving the pulsed energy. The pulsed ultraviolet light is capable of irradiating the food product for sterilizing purposes. |
| US07781741B2 |
Methods and systems for controlling data acquisition system noise
Methods and systems for an imaging system including a detector and a data acquisition system are provided. The data acquisition system includes a plurality of terminations, at least one of the terminations coupled to a signal lead of a respective detector element, the circuit board connector positioned proximate the detector to facilitate reducing an input capacitance of the respective detector element signal leads, and at least one connector slot configured to receive a single analog to digital converter board (A/D board), the connector slot further configured to receive two A/D boards in a back-to-back configuration with respect to each other. |
| US07781740B2 |
Radiation conversion panel and method of capturing radiation image
A radiation conversion panel includes first pixels, each of which is one out of every n (n≧3) adjacent pixels, and which, after a first energy-level image capturing cycle, are reset after electric charges have been read therefrom, and all pixels, including the first pixels, wherein, after the pixels have been reset, electric charges are read from all the pixels after a second energy-level image capturing cycle. |
| US07781735B2 |
Sun detection sensor
A sun detection sensor assembly for attachment to a thermal imaging device, comprising an elongated tubular body having two ends and a sensor, characterized as Sun TECT sensor, attached to one end, the Sun TECT sensor having a tubular body, an IR window positioned at one end of the tubular body, and a photo a infrared photo transistor positioned within the tubular body, opposite the IR window, the infrared photo transistor having a photo sensitive surface for detecting the exposure from sun when the sun is within a field of view of the Sun TECT Sensor, and an automatic ON/OFF mechanism which is activated by the infrared photo transistor and protecting the thermal imaging device from undesired and harmful infrared radiation. |
| US07781728B2 |
Ion transport device and modes of operation thereof
A device for transporting and focusing ions in a low vacuum or atmospheric-pressure region of a mass spectrometer is constructed from a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart electrodes to which oscillatory (e.g., radio-frequency) voltages are applied. In order to create a tapered field that focuses ions to a narrow beam near the device exit, the inter-electrode spacing or the oscillatory voltage amplitude is increased in the direction of ion travel. |
| US07781726B2 |
Encoder including a light detecting device having two signal processing sections for pixels in a first and second direction
An encoder calculates an absolute value of an operating angle of a scale plate. The scale plate includes light relay portions formed along an operational direction α in the scale plate with a pattern of a one-dimensional array of optically transparent portions and optically nontransparent portions. The encoder identifies the light relay portion formed on a light receiving region, based on second light intensity profile data VY(m), and by using the patterns of optically transparent and optically nontransparent portions as codes. The position of a light relay portion can be accurately retrieved using reference positions for each light relay portion in the scale plate. The encoder calculates a center-of-gravity position of the identified light relay portion relative to a reference position in the light receiving region, based on first light intensity profile VX(n), and calculates an operating angle of the scale plate from the center-of-gravity position. |
| US07781724B2 |
Fiber optic position and shape sensing device and method relating thereto
The present invention is directed toward a fiber optic position and shape sensing device and the method of use. The device comprises an optical fiber means. The optical fiber means comprises either at least two single core optical fibers or a multicore optical fiber having at least two fiber cores. In either case, the fiber cores are spaced apart such that mode coupling between the fiber cores is minimized. An array of fiber Bragg gratings are disposed within each fiber core and a frequency domain reflectometer is positioned in an operable relationship to the optical fiber means. In use, the device is affixed to an object. Strain on the optical fiber is measured and the strain measurements correlated to local bend measurements. Local bend measurements are integrated to determine position and/or shape of the object. |
| US07781723B1 |
Container inspection machine using light source having spatially cyclically continuously varying intensity
A machine is disclosed for inspecting the wall of a bottle which is delivered by a conveyor sequentially to an inspection station. A light source defines a plurality of vertical row groups each having no black row, a white row and a plurality of adjacent rows where the intensity systematically decreases to a lowest level where light blocking defects can be seen and than increases systematically to the next white row. |
| US07781721B1 |
Active electro-optic missile warning system
A threat detection system and method protects an object of interest (such as, but not limited to, manned and unmanned aircrafts, vehicles, vessels, and buildings) from potential weapons (such as, but not limited to, a missile, an aircraft, a vehicle, a vessel, or the like). The threat detection system transmits a hi-powered, extremely short-pulsed non-directional laser signal. Because the pulse time of the laser signal is so short (a few tenths of a nanosecond), the laser signal is substantially only reflected off optics that are pointed or aimed at the object to be protected. The reflected laser signals are received by the threat detection system and are then compared with the transmitted laser signals to determined the direction, speed, distance and potentially identity of the potential weapon. Because the threat detection system is not based on movement alone, it is capable of detecting a potential weapon while in flight or prior to launch. |
| US07781715B2 |
Backside illuminated imaging device, semiconductor substrate, imaging apparatus and method for manufacturing backside illuminated imaging device
A backside illuminated imaging device performs imaging by illuminating light from a back side of a p substrate to generate electric charges in the substrate based on the light and reading out the electric charges from a front side of the substrate. The device includes n layers located in the substrate and on an identical plane near a front side surface of the substrate and accumulating the electric charges; n+ layers between the respective n layers and the front side of the substrate, the n+ layers having an exposed surface exposed on the front side surface of the substrate and functioning as overflow drains for discharging unnecessary electric charges accumulated in the n layers; p+ layers between the respective n+ layers and the n layers and functioning as overflow barriers of the overflow drains; and an electrode connected to the exposed surface of each of the n+ layers. |
| US07781714B2 |
Projection display adopting line type light modulator including a scroll unit
A projection display projects color images on a screen. The projection display includes: an illuminating unit which emits a plurality of linear beams that are in parallel to each other; a scroll unit which scrolls the plurality of linear beams; a line type light modulator which modulates the plurality of linear beams according to image signals; and a scan unit which scans the plurality of linear beams in a direction perpendicular to the scrolling direction. |
| US07781712B2 |
Elimination of piston wraps in segmented apertures by image-based measurements at two wavelengths
A segmented array, perfectly aligned except for piston wraps, will have perfect imaging at wavelength λ but will have degraded imaging at other wavelengths. The present method detects and corrects piston wraps by making image-based measurements at a wavelength λ and a second wavelength λ1. These measurements will produce an image of the piston-wrapped segments and the intensities of these segments in the image at wavelength λ1 are linearly related to the sizes of the piston wraps at wavelength λ. The method needs no additional equipment like inter-segment apertures, lenslets, and detectors. It needs only a narrowband filter to change the measurement wavelength from λ to λ1. |
| US07781708B2 |
System for inductive heating of workpiece using coiled assemblies
A system for inductively heating a workpiece including a heating coil that surrounds the sides and ends of the workpiece, wherein the heating coil comprises a first coil assembly that encloses a first portion of the workpiece and a second coil assembly that encloses a second portion of the workpiece. A power supply is operatively connected to the first coil assembly and the second coil assembly. |
| US07781707B2 |
Heated nozzle unit for the moulding of plastics materials
A nozzle has a tubular metal core which forms a central injection duct, and a cylindrical, outer, lateral surface. A heater/diffuser device includes a metal heat diffuser of tubular cylindrical shape with an open annular cross-section, mounted around the cylindrical surface of the core. The diffuser has: a cylindrical internal surface fitting the cylindrical surface of the nozzle core, two facing longitudinal free edges which are spaced apart circumferentially, are free of one another, and define between them a longitudinal space extending along a generator line of the cylindrical surface of the diffuser, and a recessed, channel-like seat formed in a surface of the diffuser element. A resistor is housed in the channel-like seat. The distance between the longitudinal free edges is such that, when the nozzle unit is heated by the supply of electrical current through the resistor, the diffuser is free to expand thermally by extending in the circumferential direction around the nozzle without moving radially away from the outer surface of the nozzle core. |
| US07781706B2 |
Conductive composition for producing carbon flexible heating structure, carbon flexible heating structure using the same, and manufacturing method thereof
Provided is a conductive composition formed of a mixture of liquid silicone rubber and conductive carbon black wherein a weight ratio between the liquid silicon rubber and the conductive carbon black is 100:1-15, or a conductive composition formed of a mixture of liquid silicon rubber and graphite powder wherein a weight ratio between the liquid silicon rubber and the graphite powder is 100:10-150. A carbon flexible heating structure is manufactured by mixing a conductive composition formed of liquid silicon rubber and a filler, agitating a mixture of the liquid silicon rubber and conductive carbon black by adding a diluent at a rate of 1-100% with respect to the weight of the liquid silicon rubber, and molding the mixture into a particular shape and curing the molded mixture. |
| US07781702B2 |
Cooking apparatus
A cooking apparatus is disclosed. The cooking apparatus includes a housing having a cooking chamber and a heating unit. The heating unit includes a partition plate detachably installed in the chamber, the partition plate partitioning the chamber into sub-chambers, and a heater configured to heat at least one of the sub-chambers. |
| US07781700B2 |
User interface for welding power supply
A welding power supply includes a user interface that allows the operator to adjust one or more welding parameters comprising a welding sequence for a welding process. The user interface may include a display, which may be a graphical display depicting the welding sequence and the one or more welding parameters. The user interface may further dynamically depict a pictograph, icon or other graphical image showing how changes to the one or more welding parameters will affect the welding process, which in an exemplary manner may be the welding bead profile and/or the welding arc profile. |
| US07781691B2 |
Bezel assembly for computer
A bezel assembly includes a bezel, a button, a rotating member, and an elastic member engagable with the bezel and the rotating member for restoring the rotating member. The bezel defines a through hole therein, and the button is installed in the through hole. The rotating member is mounted to an inside surface of the bezel, and the rotating member is engagable with the button and rotatable upon manipulation of the button for controlling a functional component behind the bezel. |
| US07781690B2 |
Key sheet and production method thereof
Portable phones are getting a trend that s design and thinner configuration becomes more important. Therefore, in order to meet this demand, the entire key top is made of a thin metal, and a thin resin layer is provided on the back surface of the key top and further letter holes are filled with a resin. According to those, the adhesiveness of the key top is improved as well as improvement of hand feeling. In addition, a printed layer for coloring the letters can be provided on the back surface of the key top. |
| US07781686B2 |
Operating element with a central pushbutton
An operating element is provided that has a control knob, which is mounted in a housing, a console, or the like, and can move in a swiveling manner between a home position and multiple switching or contact positions. In order to design the operating element in a simple way, a central momentary switch that establishes the switch actuation point of the operating element and has a haptic function is associated with the control knob, and the momentary switch is actuated each time the control knob is swiveled out of its home position by a predefined angle toward a switching or contact position. |
| US07781685B2 |
Kit or set comprising at least two differently dimensioned types of cable glands
A kit or set made up of a number of differently dimensioned types of cable glands, which can each be used to hold and fix cables of different diameters or dimensions, respectively including two differently dimensioned clamping or sealing inserts so that the cable can be clamped at an outer sheath on the one hand and at an inner sheath on the other hand, wherein a shielding braid is provided between the two sheaths and emerges from the larger sheath at a point where the latter ends, with the result that it can come into touching contact with the respective cable gland. In this case, a smaller clamping or sealing insert of a larger cable gland type also has the same dimensions with regard to its support in the respective screw sleeve as the larger clamping or sealing insert of a further cable gland type of smaller dimensions; in other words, two differently dimensioned cable glands nevertheless each contain a structurally identical clamping and sealing insert, thereby improving the mass production and stocking of the sealing inserts. |
| US07781676B2 |
System and method for managing cables in a display base
Embodiments of the present technique relate to a system and method for managing cables in a display base. Specifically, embodiments of the present technique includes a display base having a cable passage between a pliable flap and a footing, the cable passage traversing a portion of the display base, and a display coupled to the display base. |
| US07781675B2 |
Network cabinet
A network cabinet is provided comprising a door comprising first and second opposing lateral sides. A hinge lever is rotatably connected to the door and a retractable hinge pin is connected to the hinge lever and is positioned closer to the first lateral side of the door than the second lateral side. A lever stop is also connected to the door and is associated with the hinge lever. The lever stop prevents retraction of the hinge pin from an extended position with the second lateral side of the door in an open position. |
| US07781674B2 |
Protective housing for wires
The present invention relates to a non-corrugated protective tubular housing for electrically and non-electrically conducting elongated members. The non-corrugated protective tubular housing can include a tubular body extending along a longitudinal axis that defines a length between a first end and a second end and defining a hollow volume, where at least one of the first and second ends is an open end; and a slit extending along the longitudinal axis and over at least a portion of the length between the first and second ends. The present invention also relates to a method having the step of housing the electrically conducting elongated member within the non-corrugated protective tubular housing. |
| US07781666B2 |
Apparatus and method for detecting performer's motion to interactively control performance of music or the like
Performance interface system includes a motion detector provided for movement with a performer, and a control system for receiving detection data transmitted from the motion detector and controlling a performance of a tone in response to the received detection data. State of a performer's motion is detected via a sensor of the motion detector, and detection data representative of the detected motion state is transmitted to the control system. The control system receives the detection data from the motion detector, analyzes the performer's motion on the basis of the detection data, and then controls a tone performance in accordance with the analyzed data. With this arrangement, the performer can readily take part in the tone performance in the control system. For example, as the performer moves his or her hand, leg or trunk while listening to a manual or automatic performance of a music piece being carried out by a performance apparatus of the control system, the motion detector detects the performer's motion and transmits corresponding detection data to the control system, which in turn variably controls a predetermined one of tonal factors in the music piece performance. This arrangement can readily provide interactive performance control and thereby allows an inexperienced or unskilled performer to take part in a performance with enjoyment. |
| US07781664B2 |
Storage medium storing music playing program, and music playing apparatus
The game apparatus stores music data which indicates at least a pitch of each of sounds which form a melody of a predetermined piece of music and an output timing to output each of the sounds. The game apparatus sequentially detects, among the sounds included in the music data, a target sound which is a sound an output timing of which comes after start of playing by the music data. In the case where a first input is performed when or after the output timing of the target sound comes, the game apparatus outputs the target sound. On the other hand, in the case where a second or later input is performed after the output timing of the target sound comes, the game apparatus determines a pitch of an ad-lib sound, and outputs the ad-lib sound at the determined pitch. |
| US07781662B2 |
Apparatus and method for visualizing music and other sounds
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for visualization of music and other sounds. In one embodiment, the twelve notes of an octave are labeled around a circle. When notes are played, the intervals between the notes are visualized by displaying a line between the labels corresponding to the note labels on the circle. In some embodiments, the lines representing the intervals are color coded with a different color for each of the six intervals. In other embodiments, the music and other sounds are visualized upon a helix that allows an indication of absolute frequency to be displayed for each note or sound. |
| US07781661B2 |
Drumhead assembly
A drumhead assembly comprising a drumhead membrane fixed within an annular ring and a tensioning ring for tensioning the membrane, located within the annular ring and against the drumhead membrane, comprising a cylindrical rod formed in a circular, flat configuration and a tensioning member for maintaining the tensioning ring in a pre-tensioned configuration. The tensioning member can be adjustable, as in the form of a turnbuckle, so as to vary the diameter of the tensioning ring, or fixed, as in the form of a spacer, so as to maintain the tensioning ring at a predetermined diameter. |
| US07781660B2 |
Expandable drum
An interchangeable drum assembly having a first drum body member, a first drum skin, a first drum skin tension device secured to said first drum body member, a second drum body member, a second drum skin, first tension members on the first drum body, second tension members on the second drum body, and, drum body connector rods extending between the first and second drum bodies by which the first and second drum bodies are attached to one another in edge abutting relation, and a drum body extension which can be releasably positioned between the first and second drum body members, to make the drum body deeper. |
| US07781659B2 |
Adjustable modular drum
The present invention is related to an adjustable modular drum including a first shell and plural second shells. The first shell has several lugs placed around the outer circumference, and each lug has a screw hole. Moreover, the second shells can be superimposed on the first shell. Furthermore, the drumhead on the first shell can be unloaded and then re-assembled on one of the second shells by a hoop. Then, plural tension rods are passed through the through holes around the outer circumference of the hoop and locked in the screw holes of the lugs for fixing. Accordingly, the height of the drum can be adjusted for conforming to different needs of the user without possessing multiple drums of different standards at the same time, thereby achieving the purposes of carrying convenience and reduced cost. |
| US07781657B2 |
Resonating chamber for devices including musical instruments
A resonating device is disclosed. The device can include a generally planar first portion, a second portion opposite the first portion, and a body portion. The body portion generally has a first stiffness and includes a discontinuity with a second stiffness that is less than the first stiffness. The discontinuity is positioned to allow the body portion to circumferentially vibrate relative to the discontinuity. |
| US07781656B2 |
Strap connector and strap for musical instrument having strap connector
A strap for a guitar has a strap belt and two strap connectors each of which is provided at each end of the strap belt. Each strap connector includes a base plate having a first opening, a second opening, and a slit. The first opening has a diameter greater than a head portion of a connector pin. The second opening has a diameter smaller than a neck portion of the connector pin. The slit connects the first and second openings and has a width smaller than the diameter of a neck portion of the connector pin. In the strap connector, a portion of the base plate adjacent to the slit is bendable. |
| US07781655B2 |
String for musical instrument
The present disclosure relates to a string for a musical instrument comprising duplex stainless steel. The string has high mechanical strength and a high resistance to relaxation. Also, the corrosion resistance is high. Therefore, the string according to the present disclosure has a long service life. |
| US07781652B2 |
Universal grand piano piano action with simultaneous half stroke keyboard design capability
A universal grand piano piano action that has adjustable connections between the repetition base, heel, and rest cushion bracket of the piano action to provide a piano action that can be adjusted to fit any grand piano. Other components of the grand piano piano action, such as the jack and flanges, may require specific design and manufacture for each brand of grand piano. Universal grand piano piano action also allows true simultaneous half stroke keyboard design for both the white and sharp keys of a piano and includes the methods for installing simultaneous half stroke keyboard design into a grand piano. |
| US07781650B2 |
Plants and seeds of corn variety CV202909
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV202909. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV202909, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV202909 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV202909 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV202909. |
| US07781640B2 |
Disposable absorbent article having a visibly highlighted wetness sensation member
A disposable absorbent article including a wetness sensation member and visible highlighting indicating the presence of the wetness sensation member to facilitate an opportunity for the toilet training of the wearer. The wetness sensation member includes a permeable layer and a flow control layer. Urine deposited on the wetness sensation member can penetrate through the permeable body-facing layer in a z direction away from the wearer to the flow control layer. The flow control layer retards the passage of the urine through the wetness sensation member in the z direction while supporting the movement of the urine in an x-y plane to increase the wetted area contacting the wearer's skin and thereby enhance the wearer's awareness that urination has occurred. The visible highlighting is visible when viewing a body-facing surface of the article and may be associatively correlated with an externally visible marking and/or with the concept of toilet training. |
| US07781639B2 |
Medical article having fluid control film
The present invention provides medical articles having a fluid control film component which comprise a sheet having microchannels that permit directional flow of a liquid. Articles incorporating the fluid control film include: wound dressings, wound drains, tympanostomy fluid wicks, intravenous access site dressings, drug delivery dressings, and sweat collection patches. |
| US07781638B2 |
Photocatalyst-induced reduction of semivolatile organic chemicals absorbed in solid materials
A method, using a photocatalyst, to accelerate the reduction of semivolatile organic chemicals absorbed into porous, solid materials. The porous, solid material having absorbed one or more semivolatile organic contaminants. The photocatalytic material located on the surface of the porous, solid material is exposed to a light source, under aerobic conditions, which excites the photocatalyst and results in the reduction of the absorbed semivolatile organic chemical contaminants. |
| US07781636B2 |
Process for methane conversion
A process for converting methane to higher hydrocarbon(s) including aromatic hydrocarbon(s) in a reaction zone comprises providing to a hydrocarbon feedstock containing methane and a catalytic particulate material to the reaction zone and contacting the catalytic particulate material and the hydrocarbon feedstock in a substantially countercurrent fashion in the reaction zone, while operating the reaction zone under reaction conditions sufficient to convert at least a portion of said methane to a first effluent having said higher hydrocarbon(s). |
| US07781631B2 |
Integrated processes for making detergent range alkylbenzenes from C5-C6-containing feeds
Integrated processes for making detergent range alkylbenzenes from C5-C6-containing feeds involve feed pretreatment and/or selective hydrogenation to enable acceptable quality alkylbenzene production at attractive capital and operating costs. |
| US07781622B2 |
Process for direct hydroxylation of aromatic hydrocarbons
The present invention provides a process for direct hydroxylation of aromatic hydrocarbons like benzene to phenol, toluene to cresols and anisole to methoxy phenols by using hydrogen peroxide as environmentally benign oxidant in polar solvent like acetonitrile using vanadium phthalocyanine or its derivative as a catalyst, at a temperature in the range of 25-100° C. |
| US07781620B2 |
Hydroformylation process
A hydroformylation process comprising reacting, in a reactor system comprising one or more feed streams, a reaction environment and an output stream, a feedstock composition comprising a compound having at least one olefinic carbon-to-carbon bond with hydrogen and carbon monoxide in the presence of an organophosphine modified cobalt hydroformylation catalyst, wherein the hydroformylation process is carried out in the reaction environment, which comprises at least two reaction zones, wherein the at least two reaction zones comprise an earlier reaction zone and a later reaction zone, wherein the temperature of the later reaction zone is at a temperature which is at least 2° C. greater than the temperature in the earlier reaction zone, and the temperature of the later reaction zone is in the range of from 140° C. to 220° C., and the temperature of the earlier reaction zone is at least 130° C., and wherein water is added into the reactor system. |
| US07781610B2 |
Heterogeneous organotin catalysts
Supported heterogeneous organotin catalysts of the formula X1, X2, or X3: wherein Z is a spacer group; Y is an insoluble phenyl-group containing copolymer; R1, R2, R3, R5, and R6 are independently selected from halogen, alkyl, alkylene, phenyl, vinyl, allyl, naphthyl, aralkyl, and Z; and R4 is alkyl, alkylene, phenyl, vinyl, allyl, naphthyl, or aralkyl. |
| US07781609B2 |
Process for producing optically active β-hydroxy-α-aminocarboxylic acid derivative
There is provided a process for efficiently producing an anti form of an optically active β-hydroxy-α-aminocarboxylic acid derivative that is useful as an intermediate for pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals. The process for producing optically active β-hydroxy-α-aminocarboxylic acid derivative of formula (2) or (3) therein R1 is substituted or unsubstituted C1-20 alkyl group, or substituted or unsubstituted C4-12 aromatic group, R2 is substituted or unsubstituted C1-20 alkyl group, or substituted or unsubstituted C4-12 aromatic group, comprising subjecting an α-aminoacyl acetic acid ester compound of formula (1) wherein R1 and R2 have the same meaning as the above, to hydrogenation by catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation in the presence of an acid by using as a catalyst a rhodium complex containing as a ligand an optically active compound of formula (4), (4′) or (5) characterized in that the hydrogenation is conducted in the presence of an acetic acid salt. |
| US07781606B2 |
Blocked mercaptosilane coupling agents, process for making and uses in rubber
The invention relates to sulfur silane coupling agents containing multiple blocked mercapto groups which are in a state of reduced activity until activated. The coupling agents are advantageously used in rubber formulations, for example, for fabricating tires with low rolling resistance. |
| US07781601B2 |
Method for the production of 6,6,6-trihalo-3,5-dioxohexanoic acid esters
A method for the production of 6,6,6-trihalo-3,5-dioxohexanic acid esters of formula (I): in addition to the enols thereof and E and Z isomers, wherein X independently represents fluorine, chlorine or bromine and R1 represents alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl. A method for the production of enol ethers of formula (Ib): and the enols thereof (E and Z isomers) wherein X and R1 have the above-mentioned meanings. |
| US07781600B2 |
Process for purifying hydroxycarboxylic acid, process for producing cyclic ester, and process for producing polyhydroxycarboxylic acid
Disclosed is a process for purifying a hydroxycarboxylic acid, comprising: a crystallization step of subjecting a hydroxycarboxylic acid aqueous solution to crystallization for purification, a separation step of separating a hydroxycarboxylic acid crystal from a mother liquid, and a washing step of washing the hydroxycarboxylic acid crystal for further purification with a washing liquid, wherein the washing liquid is a hydroxycarboxylic acid aqueous solution. The purified or refined hydroxycarboxylic acid obtained through the above process is suitably used as a starting material for production of a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid. The above process is suitably included in a process for producing a cyclic ester and a process for producing a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid. |
| US07781597B2 |
Process for the synthesis of organic compounds
The present invention provides an efficient, safe and cost effective way to prepare 5-(4-methyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl)-3-(trifluoromethyl)-benzenamine which is a key intermediate for the preparation of substituted pyrimidinylaminobenzamides of formula (II): |
| US07781596B1 |
Substituted 2-phenylbenzimidazoles, the production thereof and their use
The invention relates to novel 2-phenylbenzimidazoles of general formula (I) or (II), wherein the radicals have the meanings cited in the description, and to their tautomeric forms, possible enantiomeric and diastereomeric forms, to their prodrugs, and to possible physiologically compatible salts. The invention also relates to the production of said compounds and to their use. |
| US07781594B2 |
5-(4-methanesulfonyl-phenyl)-thiazole derivatives for the treatment of acute and chronic inflammatory diseases
The invention relates to a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug and/or solvate thereof, and to a method for the treatment an acute or chronic inflammatory disease by inhibiting the production of at least one pro-inflammatory cytokine selected from TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma, IL-8 and IL-10, which comprises administering to a patient who needs such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula (I) as defined above. |
| US07781593B2 |
5-phenyl-nicotinamide derivatives
The present invention relates to compounds of the formula wherein R1 to R8 are as defined in the description and claims, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases which are associated with the modulation of CB1 receptors. |
| US07781590B2 |
Piperidinylalkylcarbamate derivatives, methods for their preparation and the therapeutic use thereof as fatty acid amido hydrolase enzyme inhibitors
The present invention comprises peridinylalkylcarbamate derivatives, methods for their preparation and the therapeutic use thereof as fatty acid amido hydrolase (FAAH) enzyme inhibitors. These derivatives exert various pharmacological activities by interacting, inter alia, with cannabinoid and vanilloid receptors. By inhibiting the metabolic activity of the FAAH enzyme, compounds often responsible for the onset of a large variety of diseases and other pathological conditions are not generated and the incidence of the disease is greatly reduced. |
| US07781589B2 |
Quantitative method of determining beryllium or a compound thereof in a sample
A method of determining beryllium or a beryllium compound thereof in a sample, includes providing a sample suspected of comprising beryllium or a compound thereof, extracting beryllium or a compound thereof from the sample by dissolving in a solution, adding a fluorescent indicator to the solution to thereby bind any beryllium or a compound thereof to the fluorescent indicator, and determining the presence or amount of any beryllium or a compound thereof in the sample by measuring fluorescence. |
| US07781587B2 |
Solubilized topoisomerase poisons
The invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein A, B, W, Y, Z, and R1 have any of the meanings defined in the specification and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula I, processes for preparing compounds of formula I, intermediates useful for preparing compounds of formula I, and therapeutic methods for treating cancer using compounds of formula I. |
| US07781584B2 |
Dipeptidyl peptidase inhibitors
Compounds, pharmaceuticals, kits and methods are provided for use with DPP-IV and other S9 proteases that comprise a compound comprising: wherein M is N or CR4; Q1 and Q2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of CO, SO, SO2, and C═NR9; and each L, X, R1, R2, and R3 are as defined herein. |
| US07781583B2 |
Synthesis of 2-(pyridin-2-ylamino)-pyrido[2,3-d] pryimidin-7-ones
The present invention provides methods of preparing substituted 2-(pyridin-2-ylamino)-pirido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7-ones (formula 1), useful in treating cell proliferative disorders, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| US07781580B2 |
Stilbene derivatives as new cancer therapeutic agents
Stilbene derivatives exhibit killing and suppression of growth activity against a variety of cancer cells, and are effective at suppressing tumor growth in vivo. The stilbene derivatives may be used in the treatment of diseases characterized by cell hyperproliferation including human malignancies and non-malignant diseases such as liver cirrhosis. Stilbenes may also disrupt abnormal vessels in tumor to achieve vascular disrupting effect to suppress tumor growth. Water soluble pro-drug forms of stilbene derivatives are particularly useful in suppressing tumor growth in vivo. |
| US07781577B2 |
Inhibitors of sodium glucose co-transporter 2 and methods of their use
Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are disclosed that may be useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders such as diabetes and obesity. |
| US07781574B2 |
Chimeric osteogenic factor containing proteins capable of increased nuclear localization and methods of use thereof
Compositions comprising osteogenic factors fused with membrane transduction domains of viral proteins are provided. Also provided are methods of expression and use of such compositions. Further, the methods of making such compositions are also provided. The methods involve transfecting the cells with an isolated nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a LIM mineralization protein operably linked to a promoter and optionally a membrane transduction domain of a viral protein. Transfection may be accomplished ex vivo or in vivo by direct injection of virus or naked DNA, or by a nonviral vector such as a plasmid. Methods for treating disc disease associated with trauma or disc degeneration are also described. |
| US07781570B2 |
Site-specific aminoglycoside derivatives for use in immunodiagnostic assays
A method of making a derivatized aminoglycoside includes reacting an aminoglycoside with at least 2 equivalents of a divalent metal ion in an aprotic solvent to complex two neighboring amino group and hydroxyl group pairs; reacting the non-complexed amino groups with a protecting reagent to provide protecting groups; removing the divalent metal ion to provide two unprotected amino groups; reacting one of the unprotected amino groups with a reactive substance containing an linker, a carrier, or a label; and removing the protecting groups. This method can be used to produce novel compounds and regents. |
| US07781569B2 |
Antibodies to treat cancer
Compositions and methods for the treatment of cancer, particularly melanoma, myeloma, small cell lung cancer, thymic lymphoma, T-cell lymphoma, B-cell lymphoma, osteosarcoma, and acute T-cell leukemia, are disclosed. Illustrative compositions include one or more anti-ganglioside antibodies and polynucleotides that encode such anti-ganglioside antibodies. These antibodies may be for example, hamster antibodies, chimeric human/hamster antibodies, or humanized antibodies. The disclosed compositions are useful, for example, in the treatment of cancer and can be used to induce apoptosis in a cancer cell. |
| US07781566B2 |
ErbB interface peptidomimetics and methods of use thereof
Peptides, mimetics and antibodies of erbB, TNF, and IgSF receptors and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same are described. Methods of using such antibodies, peptides, and mimetics in therapeutic, prophylactic, imaging and diagnostic applications are disclosed. |
| US07781565B2 |
Compositions and methods related to profiling a plurality of cells based on peptide binding
Methods and compositions are described for classifying cells and/or peptides that associate or bind with a particular characteristic pattern to a plurality of cells or cell lines. Aspects of the invention also include the use of peptide(s) having an appropriate binding characteristic to deliver a drug to a cell or cell population. |
| US07781562B2 |
Polyester compositions containing cyclobutanediol having a certain combination of inherent viscosity and moderate glass transition temperature and articles made therefrom
Described are polyesters comprising (a) a dicarboxylic acid component comprising terephthalic acid residues; optionally, aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues; 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues. The polyesters may be manufactured into articles such as fibers, films, bottles or sheets. |
| US07781560B2 |
Curable organopolysiloxane composition
A curable organopolysiloxane composition comprising: (A) an organopolysiloxane (a1) that contains in one molecule at least one silicon-bonded alkoxysilyl-containing group and an average of at least 0.5 alkenyl groups; or a mixture of said organopolysiloxane (a1) with an organopolysiloxane (a2) that contains in one molecule at least two alkenyl groups and that is free of the alkoxysilyl-containing groups; (B) an organopolysiloxane that contains in one molecule at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms; (C) an organosilicon compound that contains in one molecule at least one silicon-bonded alkoxy group and that is free of the alkoxysilyl-containing groups; and (D) a hydrosilylation-reaction catalyst, has good adhesion to unclean aluminum die castings, PPS resins, etc., even when cured by heating at relatively low temperatures such as 100° C. |
| US07781559B2 |
Curable composition and method for producing the same
Disclosed herein is a curable composition excellent in workability, adhesion properties, rubber-like properties, storage stability, and quick curability. The curable composition comprises (A) a crosslinkable silyl group-containing organic polymer and (B) a (meth)acrylic polymer obtained by polymerizing a (meth)acrylic monomer having a polymerizable unsaturated bond in the presence of a metallocene compound and a crosslinkable silyl group-containing thiol compound, at least one end of the (meth)acrylic polymer being bonded to a residue, —S—R3 (where R3 represents a group having a crosslinkable silyl group) obtained by removing a hydrogen atom from the crosslinkable silyl group-containing thiol compound. |
| US07781555B2 |
Microcontact printing stamp
A microcontact printing stamp is formed by curing a silicone rubber composition on a master. An addition reaction cure silicone rubber composition is used comprising (A) an organopolysiloxane containing at least two aliphatic unsaturated monovalent hydrocarbon groups, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing at least two SiH groups, (C) an addition reaction catalyst, and (D) a reinforcing resin. The cured composition has a nonfunctional low-molecular-weight siloxane D3-D20 content of up to 200 ppm. |
| US07781554B2 |
Polysiloxanes and polysiloxane prepolymers with vinyl or epoxy functionality
Polysiloxanes having vinyl or epoxy functionality. The polysiloxanes are used to form polymer-based materials having properties particularly suited for biomedical device applications. The polysiloxanes are of general formula I: wherein R is a C2-10 alkenyl, a C2-10 alkyl with an epoxy group or a C5-C7cycloalkyl with an epoxy group; R2, R3 and R4 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 fluoroalkyl, optionally substituted phenyl and optionally substituted benzyl; A is —OH or —NHR5, wherein R5 is hydrogen or a C1-3 alkyl; and B is —R1-A or —R6, wherein R1 is a linking group having an alkylene group with 2 to 8 carbon atoms wherein the alkylene group optionally includes ether, urethane or ureido linkages; and R6 is selected from the group consisting of C1-4 alkyl, optionally substituted phenyl or optionally substituted benzyl; and m and n are integers with an m:n ratio from 30:1 to 3:1. |
| US07781551B2 |
Zwitterionic copolymers, method of making and use on medical devices
Biocompatible copolymers are manufactured to include a zwitterionic monomer and an alkoxy acrylate monomer. The alkoxy acrylate monomer can be a 2-methoxyethyl methacrylate (MOEMA) or 2-ethoxyethyl methacrylate (EOEMA). Alternatively, the alkoxy acrylate can be 2-methoxyethyl acrylate (MOEA) or 2-ethoxyethyl acrylate (EOEA). The alkoxy acrylate monomers advantageously give the zwitterionic copolymers greater ductility, strength, and toughness while maintaining a desired amount of hydrophilicity. The improved toughness allows the zwitterionic copolymers to be processed without cross-linking, which improves the elongation properties of the zwitterionic copolymer, and reduces the risk of cracking during use. |
| US07781550B1 |
Charge transport compositions and their use in electronic devices
Disclosed are compositions comprising: at least one monomer of the formula: where SiR′RR″ is SiCl3, Si(alkyl)Cl2, Si(alkyl)(O-alkyl)2, or Si(O-alkyl)3; n and y are each 0 or an integer from 1 to 10; and at least one particle comprising silica, alumina, zirconia, or mixtures thereof. |
| US07781549B2 |
Olefin polymerization process
A slurry process for polymerizing ethylene is disclosed. The process comprises polymerizing ethylene in the presence of an α-olefin and a catalyst comprising an activator and a supported bridged indeno[1,2-b]indolyl zirconium complex. The process produces polyethylene characterized by good incorporation of the α-olefin and low long-chain branching. The process is capable of forming high-molecular-weight polyethylene and has good hydrogen sensitivity. |
| US07781547B2 |
Reactor systems for use in polymerization processes
The invention relates to new polymerization processes using hydrofluorocarbons to produce polymers. In particular, the invention relates to new polymerization processes using turbulent flow reactor systems using diluents including one or more hydrofluorocarbon(s) to produce polymers. |
| US07781545B2 |
Process for the catalytic polymerization of olefins, a reactor system, its use in the process, the polyolefins obtained and their use
The present invention relates to a process for the catalytic polymerization of olefins comprising the steps of; i) a first polymerization in a first reactor, wherein olefins are polymerized with a particulate catalyst, hydrogen and optional a comonomer in a fluidum of an inert low boiling hydrocarbon medium into an reaction mixture comprising polymerized olefins; and ii) a second polymerization in a second reactor, wherein the polymerized olefins are further polymerized in a fluidized bed and in a moving bed under such conditions that the residence time in the fluidized bed and the residence time in the moving bed are independently controlled to a reactor system for carrying out said process, to the use of the reactor system, the polyolefins obtainable with said method and to the use of these polyolefins. |
| US07781544B2 |
Apparatus for the gas-phase polymerization of olefins, in particular ethylene
An apparatus for the polymerization of olefins, in particular ethylene, comprising a gas-phase fluidized-bed reactor (1), a recycle gas line (2) connected to the reactor for discharging and recirculating the recycle gas stream comprising the unpolymerized olefin and a cyclone (3) located in the recycle gas line for the reduction and precipitation of the solid particles entrained in the recycle gas from the reactor, with the cyclone comprising an upper section (3a) which has an essentially vertical central axis, whose wall extends along a rotationally symmetric body and which is provided with a cyclone inlet (4) arranged eccentrically relative to the central axis, a middle section (3b) which adjoins the upper section (3a) and whose wall extends along a rotationally symmetric body which tapers in a downward direction, a lower section (3c) for discharging the solid particles precipitated from the recycle gas which adjoins the middle section (3b) and whose wall extends along a rotationally symmetric body and a tube (5) extending essentially axially symmetrically down into the upper section and, if appropriate, the middle section for discharging the recycle gas which has been freed of the particles. According to the invention the ratio Hi of the distance hi from the lower end of the tube (5) extending downward into the cyclone to the intersection (6) of an imaginary extension of the wall of the downward-extending tube (5) with the wall of the middle section (3b) to the diameter di of the downward-extending tube (5) is from 3 to 8, in particular from 4 to 7. |
| US07781543B2 |
Curable alicyclic diepoxy resin composition
An alicyclic diepoxy compound (A) represented by formula (I) is produced in high purity and high yield at low cost, by epoxidizing the corresponding alicyclic diolefin compound with an organic percarboxylic acid. The curable epoxy resin composition has high reactivity for various curing agents, low viscosity, and excellent workability. A cured product thereof shows useful physical properties for uses in coatings, inks, adhesives, sealants, and encapsulants, etc. It is of extremely high quality as an epoxy resin composition for the encapsulation of electronic parts. A stabilizer for an electrical insulating oil (the alicyclic diepoxy compound or an electrical insulting oil containing the compound) is low in acid value, and the stabilizer improves the properties of the insulating oil. A cured product obtained by curing a casting epoxy resin composition for electrical insulation has excellent properties such as high bending strength, high Tg, and low permittivity. |
| US07781542B2 |
Cure accelerators
An epoxy resin composition comprising an epoxy resin component combined with a sufficient amount of an imidazole curative to provide curing of the epoxy resin composition. The epoxy resin composition further includes a non-hydroxyl containing cure accelerator for the imidazole curative. |
| US07781541B2 |
Polyimide silicone resin and thermosetting composition comprising the same
A polyimide silicone resin, characterized in that the polyimide silicone resin comprises repeating units represented by the following formula (1) and has a number average molecular weight of from 5,000 to 200,000 wherein X is a tetravalent organic group, at least one of the tetravalent organic groups being represented by the following formula (2) wherein R1 may be the same with or different from each other and is a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, R2 may be the same with or different from each other and is a trivalent organic group, and n ranges from 1 to 120 on average, and Y is a divalent organic group, at least one of the divalent organic groups comprising a phenolic hydroxyl group or a carboxyl group bonded to an aromatic ring. |
| US07781534B2 |
Process for producing vinyl polymer, vinyl polymer, and curable composition
The present invention provides: a process for preparing a vinyl polymer containing a halogen in an amount of 1,000 mg or less per kilogram, in which a vinyl polymer containing the halogen produced by atom transfer radical polymerization of a vinyl monomer is heated at a temperature in the range of 140 to 250° C. to dehalogenate the vinyl polymer; a vinyl polymer obtained by the process; and a hydrosilylation-reactive curable composition containing the vinyl polymer. |
| US07781530B2 |
Polymeric compositions including their uses and methods of production
Polymeric compositions and methods of making and using such compositions are provided. The compositions incorporate a first component that is an isobutylene-based polymer and a second component having propylene-derived units and polyene derived units. The polymeric compositions have desirable processability characteristics, particularly for injection molding applications. |
| US07781526B2 |
Medical implant or medical implant part comprising porous UHMWPE and process for producing the same
The invention provides a medical implant or medical implant part comprising porous ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene having a weight average molecular weight of about 400,000 atomic mass units or more and a porosity of about 15% to about 65%. The invention further provides a process for producing a medical implant or medical implant part. |
| US07781525B2 |
Curable composition
A curable composition, which comprises: (A) an organic polymer having a reactive silicon-containing group, (B) a carboxylic acid and/or a metal salt of a carboxylic acid, (C) an amine compound having no reactive silicon group, (D) a silane compound substituted with an amino group and (E) a silane compound substituted with an epoxy group, wherein the ratio of the molar number (d) of all amino groups of the silane compound substituted with an amino group (D) contained in the composition to the molar number (e) of all epoxy groups of a silane compound substituted with an amino group (E) contained in the composition (i.e., the ratio of (d)/(e))) is 1 or more, and further the total amount of the component (D) and the component (E) with respect to 100 g of the component (A) is 30 mmol or more. The above curable composition is a curable composition which comprises an organic polymer having a silicon-containing group and being crosslinkable through the formation of a siloxane bonding, and which uses a curing catalyst free of an organotin compound and exhibits good adhesiveness and also stable curability even after it is stored. |
| US07781523B2 |
Styrene-based thermoplastic resin compositions with very low gloss and high impact strength
The present invention relates to styrene-based thermoplastic resin compositions in which 1-10 weight part of a low-gloss additive selected from a group consisting of polyolefin copolymer(C) containing glycidyl methacrylate functional groups, styrene polymer(D) harboring two or more carboxyl functional groups per molecule, and a mixture of them, was added to 100 weight part of basic resin composed of 30-70 weight part of graft copolymer(A) containing rubber modified styrene and 30-70 weight part of copolymer(B) harboring styrene. The thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention has excellent impact strength and satisfactorily low gloss. |
| US07781520B2 |
High-viscosity aqueous emulsions of functional alkoxysilanes, condensed oligomers thereof, organopolysiloxanes, their preparation and use for surface treatment of inorganic materials
High-viscosity aqueous emulsions of functional alkoxysilanes, condensed oligomers thereof, organopolysiloxanes, their preparation and use for the surface treatment of inorganic materials High-viscosity aqueous oil-in-water emulsion which comprises from 50 to 90% by weight, based on the total weight of the emulsion, of functional alkoxysilanes and/or condensed oligomers thereof and/or organoalkoxysiloxanes, at least one emulsifier and water and has a pH of from 5 to 9 and a mean droplet size of the disperse phase of less than 5 μm, wherein the width of the droplet size distribution, expressed as the span (see formula (I)), is >1.5, preferably from 3 to 8. The preparation of the emulsions having the desired droplet size distribution is carried out in apparatuses having at least one pressure stage at a pressure of from 2 to 15 MPa. The emulsion can be used for hydrophobicizing porous mineral building materials. D 90 - D 10 D 50 ( I ) |
| US07781517B2 |
Flame retardant polymer composition
A polymer composition includes a substantially transparent, rubber modified aromatic vinyl resin and a cyclic alkyl phosphate compound. In some embodiments, the cyclic alkyl phosphate compound is able to impart good flame retardancy, while maintaining a good balance of the other physical and mechanical properties of the resin including the transparency and impact strength of the resin. |
| US07781514B2 |
Microspheres as thickening agents for organic peroxides
A method of making a thickened hardener composition useful in a two part resin system. The thickened hardener composition includes a carrier, a peroxide catalyst, and a thickening and volumetrically increasing agent, wherein the thickening and volumetrically increasing agent is microspheres. A method of making a thermoset resin from a two-part polyester resin system is also provided. |
| US07781513B2 |
Two-part moisture-curable resin composition and adhesive, sealant and coating compositions based thereon
This invention relates to moisture-curable resins generally and, more particularly, to two-part moisture-curable resin compositions the first part of which contains a moisture-curable silylated resin and the second part of which contains water. The invention further relates to adhesive, sealant and coating compositions based on such two-part moisture-curable resin compositions. |
| US07781512B2 |
Control of product in curing ovens for formaldehyde-free glass fiber products
A system for curing a binders applied to glass fibers is disclosed. The curing of the binder is accomplished by passing the binder coated glass fibers through a curing oven having one or more temperature zones. The temperature of the binder coated glass fibers is monitored and the temperature in the curing oven is adjusted to ensure proper heating of the glass fibers thereby ensuring uniform curing of the binder composition. Temperature measurements are made either as the product traverses the oven or as the cured product exits the curing oven. The invention is particularly useful for curing acrylic thermoset binders and formaldehyde-free binders. |
| US07781511B2 |
Silica-containing nucleating agent compositions and methods for using such compositions in polyolefins
Diacetals of sorbitols and xylitols are employed in polyolefins as nucleating agents. Diacetals of sorbitols and xylitol nucleating agents may be provided in granular or powder form from hoppers or mixing equipment into polyolefins during the formation of polymeric compositions and polymeric articles. Flow of diacetals of sorbitols and xylitols is improved by the use of certain silicas, in certain defined weight percentages. Submicron size range silica compounds may provide excellent flow enhancement properties when blended and used with diacetals of sorbitols and xylitols powder compounds. A hydrophobic silica mixed with diacetals of sorbitols and xylitols compounds also may provide enhanced flow properties for such mixture, as compared to mixtures using hydrophilic silica. Loading ranges of silica may be important in improving the flow of diacetals of sorbitols and xylitols compounds. |
| US07781509B2 |
Clays pre-activated with intercalated polymerization initiation sites
A modified clay may be made by contacting a clay with an unsaturated cationic compound and an alkoxyamine, or an adduct thereof. The resulting pre-activated clay, which contains a cationic alkoxyamine bound to the clay, may be further treated with a monomer to provide a polymer that is bound to the clay, thereby forming a nanocomposite material. The nanocomposite material may in turn be blended with another polymer prepared from the same or a different monomer. |
| US07781507B2 |
Room temperature-curable organopolysiloxane composition
A room temperature-curable polyorganosiloxane composition is provided. This composition contains (a) a polydiorganosiloxane represented by the following general formula (1) or (2): wherein R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, a is an integer of at least 10, R1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, X is oxygen atom or a divalent hydrocarbon group, and n is an integer of 1 to 3; (b) a triorganosilanol represented by general formula (3): R23SiOH (3) wherein R2 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group; (c) an organosilane containing at least 3 hydrolyzable groups in one molecule and/or its partial hydrolysate; and (d) a calcium carbonate. |
| US07781499B2 |
Process for obtaining aqueous compositions comprising curing epoxy agents
A process for obtaining aqueous compositions including curing epoxy agents includes providing an aqueous mixture comprising at least one polymercaptan, at least one di- or poly(amido)amine, and water, and reacting the aqueous mixture with an uncured epoxy resin to form a final cured epoxy resin is provided. A process for obtaining aqueous compositions including curing epoxy agents includes providing an aqueous mixture of at least one waterpoxy treated with at least one polymercaptan, and reacting the aqueous mixture with an uncured epoxy resin to form the final cured epoxy resin is also provided. |
| US07781496B2 |
High refractive-index, hydrophilic monomers and polymers, and ophthalmic devices comprising such polymers
An intraocular lens comprising a polymer that is prepared from a monomer mixture comprising a monomer of formula G-D-Ar (I) wherein Ar is a C6-C24 aromatic group having a hydrophilic substituent, D is a divalent linking group, and G is a reactive functional group selected from the group consisting of acryloyl, acryloyloxy, methacryloyl, methacryloyloxy and mercapto. The polymer has an equilibrium water content of greater than 4.5 percent by weight. |
| US07781495B2 |
Composition curable by radical photo curing and cationic photo curing in combination
A curable composition having a low viscosity and providing a satisfactory rubber cured article is provided. A composition curable by radical photo curing and cationic photo curing in combination, comprising the under-mentioned components (A), (B), (C) and (D) as essential components: (A) a vinyl polymer having two or more acryloyl group or the like per molecule, the acryloyl groups or the like being present at one or more molecular ends; (B) an epoxy compound and/or an oxetane compound; (C) a radical photopolymerization initiator; and (D) a cationic photopolymerization initiator. |
| US07781493B2 |
Protective coating for window glass
The invention is a composition comprising: a) one or more film forming resins having at least one functional group capable of polymerization; b) one or more reactive diluents capable of reacting with the film forming resin; c) one or more silicon, titanium, zirconium, aluminum or metal containing compounds capable of promoting adhesion of the composition to glass; d) one or more fillers capable of imparting abrasion resistance to the composition when cured; and e) one or more compounds which is reactive with the film forming resin which also contains at least one acidic moiety. The composition of the invention is useful as a frit on the window of a vehicle. |
| US07781492B2 |
Foam/aerogel composite materials for thermal and acoustic insulation and cryogen storage
The invention involves composite materials containing a polymer foam and an aerogel. The composite materials have improved thermal insulation ability, good acoustic insulation, and excellent physical mechanical properties. The composite materials can be used, for instance, for heat and acoustic insulation on aircraft, spacecraft, and maritime ships in place of currently used foam panels and other foam products. The materials of the invention can also be used in building construction with their combination of light weight, strength, elasticity, ability to be formed into desired shapes, and superior thermal and acoustic insulation power. The materials have also been found to have utility for storage of cryogens. A cryogenic liquid or gas, such as N2 or H2, adsorbs to the surfaces in aerogel particles. Thus, another embodiment of the invention provides a storage vessel for a cryogen. |
| US07781489B2 |
Microemulsions of retinoids, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them
Disclosed are water-in-oil (W/O) microemulsions containing as active ingredient a retinoid, a phospholipid emulsifier, and possibly hyaluronic acid or salts thereof. |
| US07781488B2 |
Post-cleavage sulfur deprotection for convergent protein synthesis by chemical ligation
The present invention provides a method and compositions for synthesizing an oligopeptide or polypeptide by convergent assembly of a plurality of pairs of oligopeptides in chemical ligation reactions. An important aspect of the present invention is an oligopeptide having a C-terminal disulfide-protected carboxythioester group that can be deprotected to spontaneously generate a free C-terminal thioester moiety. This allows a single precursor to participate in a succession of chemical ligation reactions, thereby making the convergent synthesis approach possible. The present invention is useful in methods for chemical synthesis of oligopeptides, polypeptides and proteins, and improves the efficiency of native chemical ligation reactions, particularly where four or more peptide fragments are used to assemble an oligopeptide, polypeptide or protein product. |
| US07781484B2 |
Thiol ester compositions and processes for making and using same
Thiol ester compositions, methods of making the thiol ester compositions, and methods of using the thiol ester compositions are provided. In some embodiments, the thiol ester compositions include thiol esters, hydroxy thiol esters and cross-linked thiol esters. The thiol ester composition can be used to produce cross-linked thiol esters, sulfonic acid-containing esters, sulfonate containing esters and thioacrylate containing esters. The thiol ester compositions can be used to produce polythiourethanes. The polythiourethanes can be used in fertilizers and fertilizer coatings. |
| US07781481B2 |
N-arylsulfonyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-indoles and the use thereof as CCR9 inhibitors
N-(benzenesulphonyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-indols, wherein the indol is substituted by cyano, carboxy or alkylcarbonyloxy and their use as therapeutical agents. |
| US07781480B2 |
Indole derivatives and their metal conjugates and uses thereof
Provided are compounds which are indole derivatives, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds. Also provided are methods of using the indole compounds for preventing or treating a disease, or a condition that predisposes to a disease, wherein the disease or condition is associated with activation of the serine/threonine kinase B (Akt) in an animal. The method comprises administering to the animal a preventive or treatment effective amount of the indole compound. Further provided is a method for increasing apoptosis of an animal cell comprising contacting the cell with the indole compound. |
| US07781478B2 |
Methods for treating hepatitis C
The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using such compounds or compositions for treating infection by a virus, or for affecting viral IRES activity. |
| US07781473B2 |
Heterocycle derivatives useful as selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMS)
The present invention is directed to novel heterocycle derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of disorders and conditions modulated by the androgen receptor. |
| US07781470B2 |
Aminodicarboxylic acid derivatives having pharmaceutical properties
The invention relates to compounds of formulae (II), (IV), and (VI) as shown below, wherein the several variable groups are as defined in the specification and claims. Processes for making these materials, and methods for using them in the synthesis of compounds for treatment of cardiovascular disorders and fibrotic disorders are also disclosed. |
| US07781469B2 |
Arylacetate derivatives having isoxazole skeleton
A compound of the formula (I): pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein Y is a group of the formula: wherein Ring A is optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl, X3 is COOR17 or the like Y is not optionally substituted phenyl which is substituted with the formula: —CR9R10X3 at the para position, R1 to R10 are each independently halogen, hydroxy, optionally substituted lower alkyl, optionally substituted aryl or the like, X1 is —O—, —S— or the like. |
| US07781467B2 |
Microbicidal composition based on formaldehyde donor compounds and antioxidants
A microbicidal composition and its method of use for preserving technical products such as fuels and lubricants. The composition is made up of at least one formaldehyde donor compound and at least one antioxidant. The antioxidant is either a gallic ester, a phenol derivative, a L-ascorbic acid, including salts and derivatives thereof, a tocopherol or one of its associated derivatives. |
| US07781465B2 |
Therapeutic oxazolidinones and thiazolidinones
Disclosed herein is a compound represented by a formula Therapeutic methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed. |
| US07781464B2 |
Heterocyclic diphenyl ethers
The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic diphenyl ether and diphenyl amine compounds, derivatives, analogs, tautomeric forms, stereoisomers, polymorphs, hydrates, solvates, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and pharmaceutically acceptable solvates thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions containing these singly or in combination. The compounds of the present invention are effective in lowering blood glucose, serum insulin, free fatty acids, cholesterol and triglyceride levels and are useful in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diabetes. The compounds of the present invention are effective in treatment of obesity, inflammation, autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis and immunological diseases, including the treatment of cancer. Furthermore, the compounds are useful for the treatment of disorders associated with insulin resistance. |
| US07781462B2 |
Compounds for the treatment of proliferative disorders
The invention relates to compounds of structural formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, and prodrug thereof, wherein Ra, Rb, and R2 are defined herein. These compounds inhibit tubulin polymerization and/or target vasculature and are useful for treating proliferative disorders, such as cancer. |
| US07781458B2 |
Derivatives of pyridine and quinoline
The invention provides compounds of formula I blocking phosphorylcholine biosynthesis by means of the selective blocking of the choline kinase enzyme in tumor cells or in cells affected by parasitic infection and therefore being applicable in the treatment of tumors and parasitic diseases or diseases produced by viruses and fungi in animals, including human beings; as well as to a method for preparing the compounds of the invention and certain intermediates of said method. |
| US07781454B2 |
Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
Compounds of Formula I: are HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitors, wherein V, W, X, Y, Z, R1, R2, R4, R5, R6, ring A, ring B, j and k are defined herein. The compounds of Formula I, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, are useful in the inhibition of HIV reverse transcriptase, the prophylaxis and treatment of infection by HIV and in the prophylaxis, delay in the onset or progression, and treatment of AIDS. The compounds and their salts can be employed as ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions, optionally in combination with other antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics or vaccines. |
| US07781452B2 |
Imidazopyridine compound
A compound represented by the following general formula (1), or a salt or hydrate thereof:[Formula 1] wherein R1 represents a C1-C6 alkyl group or C2-C6 alkynyl group which may be substituted, or a phenyl group which may be substituted, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C6 alkyl group, R3 represents methyl or ethyl group, R4 represents a C1-C6 alkyl group, R5 represents a hydrogen atom, provided that a compound wherein R1 is a C1-C6 alkyl group unsubstituted or substituted with a halogen atom and R2 is a hydrogen atom is excluded. |
| US07781450B2 |
Substituted pyrroline kinase inhibitors
The present invention is directed to novel substituted pyrroline compounds useful as kinase inhibitors and methods for treating or ameliorating a kinase mediated disorder. |
| US07781448B2 |
Once daily dosage forms of trospium
A pharmaceutical composition of a pharmaceutically acceptable trospium salt, with upon administration to a human patient generates an average steady state blood levels of trospium with a minimum (Cmin) and maximum (Cmax) blood levels of about 0.5-2.5 ng/ml and about 2.0-6.0 ng/ml, respectively. |
| US07781447B2 |
O-methylated rapamycin derivatives for alleviation and inhibition of lymphoproliferative disorders
The present invention relates to methods of alleviating and inhibiting a lymphoproliferative disorder in a mammal, the method comprising administering one or more rapamycin derivatives (including rapamycin) to the mammal. Further, the invention provides a method for identifying agents which are useful for alleviating and inhibiting a lymphoproliferative disorders, as well as a method for identifying agents which are capable of inhibiting metastasis of lymphatic tumors in a mammal. |
| US07781445B2 |
Synthesis of indenoisoquinoliniums and methods of use
Substituted indenoisoquinolinium compounds, and pharmaceutical formulations of substituted indenoisoquinolinium compounds are described. Also described are processes for preparing substituted indenoisoquinolinium compounds. Also described are methods for treating cancer in mammals using the described substituted indenoisoquinolinium compounds or pharmaceutical formulations thereof. |
| US07781441B2 |
(3,4-dihydro-quinazolin-2-yl)-(2-aryloxy-ethyl)-amine
The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R, R1, R2, R3, R4, aryl, n, and m are as defined in the specification and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts and tautomeric forms thereof. Such compounds have good activity on the 5-HT5A receptor. Therefore, the invention provides methods for the treatment of certain CNS disorders with such compounds. |
| US07781440B2 |
Use of substituted 2-pyrimidinyl-6,7,8,9-tetrahydropyrimido[1,2-a] pyrimidin-4-one and 7-pyrimidinyl-2,3-dihydroimidazo[1,2-a] pyrimidin-5(1H)one derivatives
The invention relates to use of a pyrimidone derivative represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof as therapeutic agents: Wherein m, n, p, X, Y, R1, R2, R3, R4 R5, are as defined herein. The invention specifically relates to a medicament comprising the said derivative or a salt thereof as an active ingredient which is used for preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of a neurodegenerative disease caused by abnormal activity of GSK3β or GSK3β and cdk5/p25, such as Alzheimer disease. |
| US07781434B2 |
Metabotropic glutamate receptor isoxazole ligands and their use as potentiators—286
Compounds in accord with Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the specification, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, methods of making, pharmaceutical compositions containing and methods for using the same. |
| US07781432B2 |
Analogs of nitrobenzylthioinosine
Analogs or derivatives of nitrobenzylthioinosine corresponding to formula I: in which R represents an unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted phenyl, benzyl or heteroaryl group or a phenyl group condensed with heteroaryl, and R″ represents an unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted NH—C1-6-alkyl, NH-aryl, NH-heteroaryl, NH—C3-8-cycloalkyl, NH—C1-3-alkyl-aryl, NH—C1-3-alkyl-heteroaryl, N(C1-6-alkyl)2, N(C1-3-alkyl-aryl)2, N(C1-3-alkyl-heteroaryl)2, piperidine, piperazine, morpholine or pyrrolidine group; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such analogs or derivatives, and the use of such analogs or derivatives for treating pain and/or various other diseases. |
| US07781431B2 |
Thienopyrroles as antiviral agents
The present invention relates to thienopyrrole compounds of formula (I); wherein A, B, Y, Ar, n, Z and X1 are as defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful in the prevention and treatment of hepatitis C infections. |
| US07781425B2 |
Guanidine compound and asymmetric reaction using the same
A guanidine compound having a biaryl skeleton represented by the following formula (1), which is useful as a catalyst for various asymmetric reactions. (wherein R1, R2 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group optionally having substituent(s), or a heterocyclic group optionally having substituent(s); R4 to R15 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group optionally having substituent(s), a heterocyclic group optionally having substituent(s), a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group optionally having substituent(s), an aryloxy group optionally having substituent(s), an acyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group optionally having substituent(s), an aryloxycarbonyl group optionally having substituent(s), a carbamoyl group optionally having substituent(s), an alkylthiocarbonyl group optionally having substituent(s), an arylthiocarbonyl group optionally having substituent(s), a carboxyl group, an alkylthio group optionally having substituent(s), an arylthio group optionally having substituent(s), an amino group or a substituted amino group, or a substituted silyl group; or in any combination of R1 to R15, these substituents may be taken together to form a ring; and X1 to X8 represent a hydrogen atom or a nitrogen atom, provided that, in the case of a nitrogen atom, there is no substituent on X1 to X8. |
| US07781421B2 |
Neuroactive 13, 24-cyclo-18, 21-dinorcholanes and structurally related pentacyclic steriods
Novel pentacyclic steroids and pentacyclic D-homosteroids comprising: (i) the tetracyclic steroid ring system or tetracyclic D-homosteroid ring system, respectively; (ii) a C(3) substituent selected from the group consisting of (a) a hydroxyl or carboxyl in the α-configuration and (b) a sulfate or other negatively charged moiety; and (iii) a fused fifth ring, the fused fifth ring comprising a hydrogen bond acceptor, and (a) in the case of the pentacyclic steroid the C(13) and C(17) carbons, or (b) in the case of the pentacyclic D-homosteroid the C(13) and C(17a) carbons, having utility as anesthetics and in the treatment of disorders relating to GABA function and activity. |
| US07781420B2 |
Use of clodronic acid for treatment podotrochlosis
The invention describes the use of clodronic acid, its addition salts or esters as active ingredient for the preparation of a pharmaceutical for treating podotrochlosis with associated osteoporosis in horses. |
| US07781419B2 |
Use of bisphosphonates for otosclerosis
A method of treating otosclerosis in a human in need thereof by administering a bisphosphonate in a defined dosing schedule. The invention demonstrates an effective response and sustained benefit in the treatment of otosclerosis. Particularly, the method involves administration of a bisphosphonate in a stepped-up dosage amount, e.g., in a dose that is at least one and a half times the recommended dose for osteoporosis. It also includes administration of a time-dependent dose of more than one bisphosphonate, specifically, alternating administration of a first bisphosphonate with a second bisphosphonate. The inventive method further includes intravenous administration of a bisphosphonate, and optionally oral administration of a bisphosphonate. The present invention further contemplates a kit for facilitating the alternating bisphosphonate dosing schedule. |
| US07781411B2 |
Derivatives of avermectin, avermectin monosaccharide and avermectin aglycone
Certain derivatives of avermectin, avermectin monosaccharide and avermectin aglycone, having on the 4″, 4′ or 13 position, respectively, a 6-membered cyclic acetal with a substituent on position 2, that are useful in controlling pests, in particular pests that are harmful to crop plants and to its propagation material, such as representatives of the class insecta, the order acarina and the class nematode, are provided. |
| US07781410B2 |
Compositions containing chalcones and use thereof
The present invention features composition comprising a chalcone and the use thereof for treating acne and reducing the appearance of oil or pores on the skin, hair and scalp. |
| US07781407B2 |
Calcium gluconolactate compositions and methods of making same
A method to manufacture calcium gluconolactate as a single molecule, compositions formed thereby, and uses therefor are disclosed and described. In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing calcium gluconolactate by reacting a gluconic acid reaction or an equivalent thereof, such as glucono delta lactone with lactic acid in the presence of calcium hydroxide and water to obtain a calcium gluconolactate molecule having the formula CH2OH—(CHOH)4—COOCaCOO—CH(OH)—CH3 with molecular weight of 324.2994 is presented. |
| US07781406B2 |
Production and use of the methotrexate-albumin conjugate as an immunosuppressive agent in GVHD
A method for modulating a transplantation-associated immune response in a subject is disclosed. The method comprises administering to the subject an effective amount of a conjugate comprising a carboxyl group-containing organic compound and albumin, wherein the carboxyl group-containing organic compound is a cytostatic or an immunosuppressant. A method for preparing the conjugate is also disclosed. The method includes activating the carboxyl group-containing organic compound with 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbonyldiimide in an organic solvent, and reacting activated carboxyl group-containing organic compound with albumin, wherein the carboxyl group-containing organic compound is a cytostatic or an immunosuppressant. |
| US07781404B2 |
IGF-1 and IGF-2 chimeric polypeptides and therapeutic uses thereof
Pharmaceutical compositions containing a chimeric protein comprising an IGF1 and an IGF2 component and optionally (F), a fusion component, and/or a signal sequence, are provided. The chimeric protein exhibits improved activity relative to the native IGF1 or IGF2 polypeptide. Further, therapeutic methods for treating IGF1 insufficiency diseases or conditions using the pharmaceutical compositions of the invention are also provided. The diseases or conditions treatable with the methods include muscle atrophy as a result of, for example, aging, cachexia, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, disuse or immobilization of muscle, and the like, as well as dwarfism and myocardial infarction. |
| US07781402B2 |
Methods and implantable devices for treating supraventricular arrhythmias
A medication, method and device for cardiac treatment are provided, in particular, for treating supraventricular arrhythmias. Specifically, a method is provided for treating supraventricular arrhythmias, using a therapeutically effective amount of a cholinergic receptor agonist, for example, acetylcholine. This device may be part of universal device which provides pacing and defibrillation. In particular, the present invention can be used to treat atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter and atrial tachycardia by a bolus injection of a rapidly hydrolysable cholinergic receptor agonist such as acetylcholine. |
| US07781401B2 |
Glucagon-like peptide-2 analogs
Analogs of glucagon-like peptide 2, a product of glucagon gene expression, have been identified as intestinal tissue growth factors. Their formulation as pharmaceutical, and therapeutic use in treating disorders of the small bowel, are described. |
| US07781396B2 |
Peptides directed for diagnosis and treatment of amyloid-associated disease
Peptides having at least 2 amino acids and no more than 15 amino acids are provided. The peptides comprise amino acid sequence X-Y or Y-X, wherein X is an aromatic amino acid and Y is any amino acid other than glycine. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and kits including such peptides as well as methods using same for diagnosing and treating amyloid associated diseases. |
| US07781389B2 |
Phthalimidoperoxyalkanoic acid-containing detergent or cleaning agent
The invention proposes a bleaching agent-containing washing or cleaning agent that contains a particulate phthalimidoperoxyalkanoic acid and an active substance selected from the group encompassing Zn ions, benzotriazole, nitrate ions, phosphonocarboxylic acids, phosphonic acids, phosphates, polyaspartic acids, fatty amines, surfactants having nitrogen-containing head groups, and mixtures thereof. |
| US07781387B2 |
Automatic phosphate-free dishwashing detergent providing improved spotting and filming performance
A phosphate free automatic dishwashing detergent provides improved spotting and filming performance by including a spot reduction system that contains a combination of a polyacrylate and a carboxymethyl inulin. The detergent also includes an enzyme system that contains a combination of Esperase® 6.0T and an alkaline stable protease. |
| US07781385B2 |
Lubricating oil composition
A lubricating oil composition having a total base number of more than 15 mg KOH/g, as determined by ASTM D2896, and including at least 40 mass % of an oil of lubricating viscosity; at least one detergent; and at least one compound of the formula (II): In formula (II), each Ar independently represents an aromatic moiety having 0 to 3 substituents selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, hydroxy, hydroxyalkyl, acyloxy, acyloxyalkyl, aryloxy, aryloxy alkyl, halo and combinations thereof; each L is independently a linking moiety comprising a carbon-carbon single bond or a linking group; each Y′ is independently a moiety of the formula Z(O(CR2)n)yX—, wherein X is selected from the group consisting of (CR′2)z, O and S; R and R′ are each independently selected from H, C1 to C6 alkyl and aryl; z is 1 to 10; n is 0 to 10 when X is (CR′2)z, and 2 to 10 when X is O or S; y is 1 to 30; Z is H, an acyl group, an alkyl group or an aryl group; each a is independently 0 to 3, with the proviso that at least one Ar moiety bears at least one group Y′ in which Z is not H; and m is 1 to 100. |
| US07781382B2 |
Lubricant composition and bearing structure
There is provided a lubricant composition which includes: a first particle having a spherical shape having a diameter of 1 to 300 nm, having a Mohs hardness of 5 or more, at an amount of 0.01 to 40 weight %; and a second particle, having a diameter of 500 nm to 50 μm, having a Brinell hardness of 17 HB or less, at an amount of 0.01 to 40 weight %. The lubricant composition can form a bearing structure when the lubricant composition is subjected to an extreme pressure. The second particles are deformed into a retainer for the first particle. |
| US07781381B2 |
Method for controlling inorganic fluoride scales
The productivity of hydrocarbons from hydrocarbon-bearing calcareous or siliceous formations is enhanced by contacting the formation with a well treatment composition which contains a hydrofluoric acid source, a boron containing compound and a phosphonate acid, ester or salt thereof. |
| US07781380B2 |
Methods of treating subterranean formations with heteropolysaccharides based fluids
Disclosed are methods of treating subterranean formations with rapidly hydratable treatment fluids based upon heteropolysaccharides. In particular, the invention relates to treatment methods with fluids containing a heteropolysaccharide, aqueous medium, and an electrolyte, wherein the fluids may further include a gas component, a surfactant and/or an organoamino compound. The fluids exhibit good rheological properties at elevated temperatures, and unusually rapid hydration rates which allows utilizing such fluids without the need of hydration tanks. |
| US07781379B2 |
Drilling fluids containing biodegradable organophilic clay treated with an amide-containing quaternary ammonium surfactant
Methods are provided including methods of treating a well bore with drilling fluids comprising organophilic clays treated with quaternary ammonium surfactants having at least two amide linkages. In some embodiments, the methods comprise: providing a drilling fluid comprising a nonaqueous phase and an organophilic clay treated with a quaternary ammonium surfactant having at least two amide linkages; and placing at least a portion of the drilling fluid into the well bore. In other embodiments, the methods comprise combining an organophilic clay with a quaternary ammonium surfactant having at least one amide linkage to form a mixture, and combining the mixture with a fluid comprising a nonaqueous phase to form a drilling fluid. Additional methods are also provided. |
| US07781376B2 |
High temperature superconducting wires and coils
A superconducting wire includes first and second superconducting layers disposed on one or more substrates in stacked relationship, the first superconducting layer comprising a high temperature superconducting oxide of a first composition and the second superconducting layer comprising a high temperature superconducting layer of a second composition, wherein the first and second compositions are different. The first superconductor layer optionally includes a high temperature superconductor composition selected to provide enhanced critical current (Ic(c)) in the presence of magnetic fields perpendicular to surface of the superconducting layer (H//c). The second superconductor layer optionally includes a high temperature superconductor composition selected to provide enhanced critical current (Ic) in the presence of magnetic fields parallel to surface of the superconducting layer (H//ab). |
| US07781367B2 |
Exhaust gas cleaning catalyst and process for producing the same
The present invention relates to an exhaust gas cleaning catalyst, and aiming at providing a catalyst which has a higher catalytic activity than that of conventional catalysts and, in particular, a strong ability to oxidize nitrogen monoxide. The present invention relates to an exhaust gas cleaning catalyst whose catalytic component is supported on a carrier, characterized in that the catalytic component is platinum colloid which has an average particle size of 80 nm to 120 nm, a particle size D20, a 20% cumulative particle size distribution from smaller particle size side, of 50 nm or more, and a particle size D90, a 90% cumulative particle size distribution from smaller particle size side, of 200 nm or less. The exhaust gas cleaning catalyst of the present invention has a high catalytic activity for cleaning exhaust gases and, in particular, a strong ability to oxidize nitrogen monoxide. |
| US07781365B2 |
Zirconia-based mixed oxide and production process thereof
The present invention provides a zirconia-based mixed oxide which, together with improving the heat resistance of specific surface area at a high temperature (1000° C. for 3 hours), has a ceria reduction rate of 80% or more, or in other words, improves the heat resistance of specific surface area and the reduction rate of ceria. The zirconia-based mixed oxide has zirconia for the main component thereof and contains 5% or more of ceria and 1 to 30% of a rare earth metal oxide other than ceria, wherein the specific surface area after heat treating for 3 hours at 1000° C. is 50 m2/g or more, the reduction rate of the ceria contained in the mixed oxide is 80% or more, and preferably the specific surface area after heat treating for 3 hours at 1100° C. is 20 m2/g or more. |
| US07781364B2 |
Chalcogen catalysts for polymer electrolyte fuel cell
A methanol-tolerant cathode catalyst and a membrane electrode assembly for fuel cells that includes such a cathode catalyst. The cathode catalyst includes a support having at least one transition metal in elemental form and a chalcogen disposed on the support. Methods of making the cathode catalyst and membrane electrode assembly are also described. |
| US07781363B2 |
Self limiting catalyst composition and propylene polymerization process
A catalyst composition for the polymerization of propylene comprising one or more Ziegler-Natta procatalyst compositions comprising one or more transition metal compounds and one or more esters of aromatic dicarboxylic acid internal electron donors; one or more aluminum containing cocatalysts; a selectivity control agent (SCA) comprising at least one silicon containing compound containing at least one C1-10 alkoxy group bonded to a silicon atom, and one or more activity limiting agent (ALA) compounds comprising one or more aliphatic or cycloaliphatic carboxylic acids; alkyl-, cycloalkyl- or alkyl(poly)(oxyalkyl)-(poly)ester derivatives thereof; or inertly substituted derivatives of the foregoing. |
| US07781362B2 |
Method for protecting catalyst against contaminant ingress
Degradation of catalyst activity for silicoaluminophosphate catalysts is minimized for oxygenate-to-olefin reaction systems that are exposed to airborne salt concentrations above a threshold value. When airborne salt concentrations above the threshold value are detected, an air intake flow can be diverted into a cleaning flow path and/or an alternative source of regeneration media can be provided. |
| US07781358B2 |
Antiferroelectric multilayer ceramic capacitor
An antiferroelectric ceramic material that can be formed into a multilayer capacitor is disclosed. The antiferroelectric ceramic material is selected from the Pb(Sn, Zr, Ti)O3 (PSnZT) composition family. |
| US07781355B2 |
Glass yarn for reinforcing organic and/or inorganic materials
The invention relates to glass reinforcement strands, the composition of which comprises the following constituents in the limits defined below, expressed as percentages by weight: 58 to 63% SiO2; 10 to 16% Al2O3; 16 to 23% CaO; 0.5 to 3.5% MgO; 0 to 2% Na2O+K2O+Li2O; 1 to 1.5% TiO2; 0 to 1.5% B2O3; 0 to 0.4% Li2O; 0 to 0.4% ZnO; 0 to 1% MnO; and 0 to 0.5% F. These strands have improved properties in terms of mechanical strength, acid resistance and high-temperature resistance for a low-cost composition. The invention also relates to a process for producing the said strands and to the composition allowing them to be produced. |
| US07781347B2 |
Semiconductor device having multiple-layer hard mask with opposite stresses and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a hard mask including a first layer and a second layer in contact with each other and having opposite stress types, wherein a difference between initial stresses of the first layer and the second layer is increased so that after a thermal process, the difference between the final stresses of the first and second layer becomes smaller, to reduce the likelihood of peeling of the first or second layer. The initial stress of the first layer includes a compressive stress and the initial stress of the second layer includes a tensile stress. |
| US07781344B2 |
Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device by selective etching
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the invention is an effective technique for ensuring a sufficient process margin and enabling the formation of a fine pattern in a peripheral circuit region. The method includes forming an anti-reflective layer with a varying thickness in a peripheral circuit region and a cell region, and then over-etching the anti-reflective layer in the peripheral circuit region. The method is capable of improving the data processing speed of a semiconductor device and therefore increases the device efficiency. |
| US07781343B2 |
Semiconductor substrate having a protection layer at the substrate back side
By forming a protection layer on the back side of a substrate prior to any process sequences, which may deposit material or material residues on the back side, the respective back side uniformity may be significantly enhanced, thereby also increasing process efficiency of subsequent back side critical processes, such as lithography, back end of line processes and the like. In one illustrative embodiment, silicon carbide may be used as a material for forming a respective protection layer. |
| US07781339B2 |
Method of fabricating semiconductor interconnections
A method of fabricating semiconductor interconnections is provided which can form a Ti-rich layer as a barrier layer and which can embed pure Cu material as interconnection material into every corner of grooves provided in an insulating film even when the grooves have a narrow minimum width and are deep. The method may include the steps of forming one or more grooves in an insulating film on a semiconductor substrate, the recess having a minimum width of 0.15 μm or less and a ratio of a depth of the groove to the minimum width thereof (depth/minimum width) of 1 or more, forming a Cu alloy thin film containing 0.5 to 10 atomic % of Ti in the groove of the insulated film along a shape of the groove in a thickness of 10 to 50 nm, forming a pure Cu thin film in the groove with the Cu alloy thin film attached thereto, and annealing the substrate with the films at 350° C. or more to allow the Ti to be precipitated between the insulating film and the Cu alloy thin film. |
| US07781337B2 |
Forming method of silicide film
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes forming a cobalt film on a silicon substrate on which a diffusion layer is formed, forming a titanium film on the cobalt film using a titanium target that has a surface from which a nitride film has previously been removed, forming a titanium nitride film on the titanium film in accordance with a reactive sputtering process using a gas containing a nitrogen atom and the titanium target, and performing a heat treatment to react the cobalt film with the silicon substrate, thereby accomplishing silicification. |
| US07781336B2 |
Semiconductor device including ruthenium electrode and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an insulation pattern on the semiconductor substrate, and an etch stop layer on the insulating pattern, the insulation pattern and the etch stop layer defining a contact hole that exposes the substrate, a first plug filled in a portion of the contact hole, a diffusion barrier layer formed above the first plug and in a bottom portion and on sidewalls of a remaining portion of the contact hole, a second plug formed on the diffusion barrier layer and filled in the contact hole, and a storage node coupled to and formed on the second plug. |
| US07781334B2 |
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device with through-chip vias
An electrode is formed in a hole extending partway into the substrate of a semiconductor device by depositing an insulating film and a barrier metal layer on the substrate surface and the interior of the hole, then filling the hole with a layer of electrode material that also covers the substrate surface. Next, the electrode material exterior to the hole is removed by wet etching, using an etchant that does not etch the barrier metal. The barrier metal exterior to the hole is then removed by wet etching, using an etchant that does not etch the electrode material. This process eliminates the need for expensive chemical mechanical polishing. |
| US07781328B2 |
Multilayer substrate
A multilayer substrate device formed from a base substrate and alternating metalization layers and dielectric layers. Each layer is formed without firing. Vias may extend through one of the dielectric layers such that two metalization layers surrounding the dielectric layers make contact with each other. The vias may be formed by placing pillars on top of a metalization layer, forming a dielectric layer on top of the metalization layer and surrounding the pillars, and removing the pillars. Dielectric layers may be followed by other dielectric layers and metalization layers may be followed by other metalization layers. Vias in the substrate may be filled by forming an assembly around the substrate, the assembly including printing sheets containing a conductive ink and pressure plates for applying pressure. A vacuum may be applied to remove air in the ink. Pressure may then be applied to the printing sheets through the pressure plates. The conductive ink in the printing sheets is pushed through the vias when pressure is applied by the pressure plates. |
| US07781327B1 |
Resputtering process for eliminating dielectric damage
Methods of resputtering material from the wafer surface include at least one operation of resputtering material under a pressure of at least 10 mTorr. The methods can be used in conjunction with an iPVD apparatus, such as hollow cathode magnetron (HCM) or planar magnetron. The resputtered material may be a diffusion barrier material or a conductive layer material. The methods provide process conditions which minimize the damage to the dielectric layer during resputtering. The methods allow considerable etching of the diffusion barrier material at the via bottom, while not damaging exposed dielectric elsewhere on the wafer. Specifically, they provide a solution for the dielectric microtrenching problem occurring during conventional resputter process. Furthermore, the methods increase the etch rate to deposition rate ratio (E/D) and improve the etch back nonuniformity (EBNU) of resputter process. In general, the methods provide IC devices with higher reliability and decrease wafer manufacturing costs. |
| US07781326B2 |
Formation of a tantalum-nitride layer
A method of forming a material on a substrate is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes forming a tantalum nitride layer on a substrate disposed in a plasma process chamber by sequentially exposing the substrate to a tantalum precursor and a nitrogen precursor, followed by reducing a nitrogen concentration of the tantalum nitride layer by exposing the substrate to a plasma annealing process. A metal-containing layer is subsequently deposited on the tantalum nitride layer. |
| US07781325B2 |
Copper pillar tin bump on semiconductor chip and method of forming the same
Copper pillar tin bump on semiconductor chip comprises a copper layer composed on chip and a tin layer entirely wrapping whole outer surface of said copper layer. A method for forming of the copper pillar tin bump on semiconductor chip comprises: composing the first copper layer on said chip; applying photoresist to said first copper layer, exposing and developing a part of said photoresist, composing the copper pillar layer at the developed part of photoresist, composing the upper tin layer, removing said photoresist, removing said the first copper layer except disposing place of copper pillar layer, composing side tin layer. The minute pattern makes it possible to form a high density packaging by reducing a pitch of copper pillar tin bump. Signal delay can be reduced by low electric resistance, and underfill can be easily soaked. |
| US07781322B2 |
Nickel alloy salicide transistor structure and method for manufacturing same
Provided are exemplary methods for forming a nickel silicide layer and semiconductor devices incorporating a nickel silicide layer that provides increased stability for subsequent processing at temperatures above 450° C. In particular, the nickel silicide layer is formed from a nickel alloy having a minor portion of an alloying metal, such as tantalum, and exhibits reduced agglomeration and retarded the phase transition between NiSi and NiSi2 to suppress increases in the sheet resistance and improve the utility for use with fine patterns. As formed, the nickel silicide layer includes both a lower layer consisting primarily of nickel and silicon and a thinner upper layer that incorporates the majority of the alloying metal. |
| US07781320B2 |
Method for fabricating a semiconductor device by considering the extinction coefficient during etching of an interlayer insulating film
The present invention is directed to a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device by forming an ultraviolet radiation absorbing film of a silicon-rich film above a semiconductor substrate, measuring an extinction coefficient of the ultraviolet radiation absorbing film of a silicon-rich film for ultraviolet radiation, and etching the ultraviolet radiation absorbing film of a silicon-rich film under an etching condition using an oxygen gas flow rate corresponding to the extinction coefficient. |
| US07781319B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
According to the present invention, it is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising a PMOS transistor and a NMOS transistor, wherein the method facilitates obtaining a FUSI phase of a suitable composition for the NMOS transistor and the PMOS transistor respectively, with fewer mask layers and through a fewer number of manufacturing steps. |
| US07781312B2 |
Silicon carbide devices and method of making
A method for fabricating a SiC MOSFET is disclosed. The method includes growing a SiC epilayer over a substrate, planarizing the SiC epilayer to provide a planarized SiC epilayer, and forming a gate dielectric layer in contact with the planarized epilayer. |
| US07781306B2 |
Semiconductor substrate and method for manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing thereof are provided. The method includes a step of forming a first insulating film containing silicon and oxygen as its composition over a single-crystal semiconductor substrate, a step of forming a second insulating film containing silicon and nitrogen as its composition over the first insulating film, a step of irradiating the second insulating film with first ions to form a separation layer in the single-crystal semiconductor substrate, a step of irradiating the second insulating film with second ions so that halogen is contained in the first insulating film, and a step of performing heat treatment to separate the single-crystal semiconductor substrate with a single-crystal semiconductor film left over the supporting substrate. |
| US07781304B2 |
Semiconductor device having trench isolation region and methods of fabricating the same
A semiconductor device having a trench isolation region and methods of fabricating the same are provided. The method includes forming a first trench region in a substrate, and a second trench region having a larger width than the first trench region in the substrate. A lower material layer may fill the first and second trench regions. The lower material layer may be etched by a first etching process to form a first preliminary lower material layer pattern remaining in the first trench region and form a second preliminary lower material layer pattern that remains in the second trench region. An upper surface of the second preliminary lower material layer pattern may be at a different height than the first preliminary lower material layer pattern. The first and second preliminary lower material layer patterns may be etched by a second etching process to form first and second lower material layer patterns having top surfaces at substantially the same height. First and second upper material layer patterns may be formed on the first and second lower material layer patterns, respectively. |
| US07781303B2 |
Method for preparing a shallow trench isolation
A method for preparing a shallow trench isolation comprising the steps of forming at least one trench in a semiconductor substrate, performing an implanting process to implant nitrogen-containing dopants into an upper sidewall of the trench such that the concentration of the nitrogen-containing dopants in the upper sidewall is higher than that in the bottom sidewall of the trench, forming a spin-on dielectric layer filling the trench and covering the surface of the semiconductor substrate, performing a thermal oxidation process to form a silicon oxide layer covering the inner sidewall. Since the nitrogen-containing dopants can inhibit the oxidation rate and the concentration of the nitrogen-containing dopants in the upper inner sidewall is higher than that in the bottom inner sidewall of the trench, the thickness of the silicon oxide layer formed by the thermal oxidation process is larger at the bottom portion than at the upper portion of the trench. |
| US07781299B2 |
Leadframe semiconductor package stand and method for making the same
A method is disclosed for making a leadframe package stand having application in semiconductor packaging and microelectronic assembly in which an IC device (e.g., a bare chip IC, a wafer level package, or a chipscale package) is received for electrical connection to a PWB or for vertical package over package stacking. Electrically conductive leadframe traces are arranged in an area array circuit pattern between outer leads at the periphery of the mold body of a leadframe for connection to the PWB to inner leads for connection to the IC device. The inner lead tips terminate at each side of the IC device in groups of parallel aligned rows and columns to facilitate connection to the IC device without using intermediate bonding wires. Prior to molding, the inner leads of the conductive traces are secured by sacrificial tie-bars or adhesive tape to prevent movement of the inner leads and possible short circuits during molding. A cavity is formed in the mold body during molding so as to lie above the inner leads. After molding, the sacrificial tie-bars are separated from the inner leads, and the IC device is located in the cavity to be assembled to the leadframe to complete a leadframe package. |
| US07781298B2 |
Methods for fabricating a capacitor
A method for forming a capacitor comprises providing a substrate. A bottom electrode material layer is formed on the substrate. A first mask layer is formed on the bottom electrode material layer. A second mask layer is formed on the first mask layer. The second mask layer is patterned to form a patterned second mask layer in a predetermined region for formation of a capacitor. A plurality of hemispherical grain structures are formed on a sidewall of the patterned second mask layer. The first mask layer is etched by using the hemispherical grain structures and the patterned second mask layer as a mask, thereby forming a patterned first mask layer having a pattern. The pattern of the first mask layer is transferred to the bottom electrode material layer. And, a capacitor dielectric layer and a top electrode layer are formed on the bottom electrode material layer to form the capacitor. |
| US07781297B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
The present invention discloses a semiconductor device and a method of manufacture thereof. The present invention prevents from leaning or collapsing in the subsequent dip-out process by making the bottom plate of adjacent capacitors to be connected each other and supported each other in patterning the conductive layer for the bottom plate of capacitor. |
| US07781292B2 |
High power device isolation and integration
A structure and method of fabricating the structure. The structure including: a dielectric isolation in a semiconductor substrate, the dielectric isolation extending in a direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate into the substrate a first distance, the dielectric isolation surrounding a first region and a second region of the substrate, a top surface of the dielectric isolation coplanar with the top surface of the substrate; a dielectric region in the second region of the substrate; the dielectric region extending in the perpendicular direction into the substrate a second distance, the first distance greater than the second distance; and a first device in the first region and a second device in the second region, the first device different from the second device, the dielectric region isolating a first element of the second device from a second element of the second device. |
| US07781279B2 |
Method for manufacturing a memory
A method for manufacturing a memory includes first providing a substrate with a horizontally adjacent control gate region and floating gate region which includes a sacrificial layer and sacrificial sidewalls, removing the sacrificial layer and sacrificial sidewalls to expose the substrate, forming dielectric sidewalls adjacent to the control gate region, forming a floating gate dielectric layer on the exposed substrate and forming a floating gate layer adjacent to the dielectric sidewalls and on the floating gate dielectric layer. |
| US07781277B2 |
Selective uniaxial stress relaxation by layout optimization in strained silicon on insulator integrated circuit
An integrated circuit includes NMOS and PMOS transistors. The NMOS has a strained channel having first and second stress values along first and second axes respectively. The PMOS has a strained channel having third and fourth stress values along the first and second axes. The first value stress differs from the third value and the second value differs from the fourth value. The NMOS and PMOS have a common length (L) and effective width (W), but differ in length of diffusion (SA) and/or width of source/drain (WS). The NMOS WS may exceed the PMOS WS. The NMOS may include multiple dielectric structures in the active layer underlying the gate. The SA of the PMOS may be less than the SA of the NMOS. The integrated circuit may include a tensile stressor of silicon nitride over the NMOS and a compressive stressor of silicon nitride over the PMOS. |
| US07781276B2 |
Methods of forming CMOS integrated circuits that utilize insulating layers with high stress characteristics to improve NMOS and PMOS transistor carrier mobilities
A CMOS integrated circuit has NMOS and PMOS transistors therein and an insulating layer extending on the NMOS transistors. The insulating layer is provided to impart a relatively large tensile stress to the NMOS transistors. In particular, the insulating layer is formed to have a sufficiently high internal stress characteristic that imparts a tensile stress in a range from about 2 gigapascals (2 GPa) to about 4 gigapascals (4 GPa) in the channel regions of the NMOS transistors. |
| US07781273B2 |
Semiconductor structure with multiple fins having different channel region heights and method of forming the semiconductor structure
Disclosed are embodiments of a semiconductor structure with fins that are positioned on the same planar surface of a wafer and that have channel regions with different heights. In one embodiment the different channel region heights are accomplished by varying the overall heights of the different fins. In another embodiment the different channel region heights are accomplished by varying, not the overall heights of the different fins, but rather by varying the heights of a semiconductor layer within each of the fins. The disclosed semiconductor structure embodiments allow different multi-gate non-planar FETs (i.e., tri-gate or dual-gate FETs) with different effective channel widths to be formed of the same wafer and, thus, allows the beta ratio in devices that incorporate multiple FETs (e.g., static random access memory (SRAM) cells) to be selectively adjusted. |
| US07781272B2 |
Method for manufacturing a pixel structure of a liquid crystal display
A method for manufacturing the pixel structure of a liquid crystal display is provided. In comparison to using seven masks in the conventional lithographic processes for the pixel structure, only four masks are required in the manufacturing method of the present invention. Therefore, the cost of manufacturing is reduced. Furthermore, the unnecessary multilayer structures on the display area can be removed in the manufacturing processes, and thus, enhance the transmittance thereof. |
| US07781271B2 |
Process for laser processing and apparatus for use in the same
A process for laser processing an article which comprises: heating the intended article to be doped with an impurity to a temperature not higher than the melting point thereof said article being made from a material selected from a semiconductor a metal an insulator and a combination thereof; and irradiating a laser beam to the article in a reactive gas atmosphere containing said impurity thereby allowing the impurity to physically or chemically diffuse into combine with or intrude into said article.The present invention also provides an apparatus for use in a laser processing process characterized by that it is provided with an internal sample holder and a device which functions as a heating means of the sample a window made of a material sufficiently transparent to transmit a laser beam a chamber comprising a vacuum evacuation device and a device for introducing a reactive gas containing an impurity element a laser apparatus operating in a pulsed mode to irradiate a laser beam to said chamber and a means to move said chamber synchronously with the laser irradiation. |
| US07781270B2 |
Method for fabricating electronic devices integrated on a single substrate
Electronic devices integrated on a single substrate and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The method includes providing a substrate, and forming at least two electronic devices on the substrate, wherein the at least two electronic devices are selected from a thin film transistor, a memory, a diode, a capacitor, a resistor and an inductor. The at least two electronic devices are formed from a plurality of film layers, each film layer is formed over the substrate at the same time, and at least one layer of the film layers is formed by printing process. |
| US07781268B2 |
Array substrate and display panel
A manufacturing method for an array substrate, comprising forming a gate metal on a base substrate, patterning the gate metal to form a gate part having a gate electrode, a gate line and a gate pad. Then, a gate insulating layer, an active layer and a data metal are sequentially formed on the base substrate to cover the gate part. The data metal is patterned to form a data part having a data electrode, a data pad and a pixel electrode. Then, the exposed portion of the active layer is removed, and the exposed portion of the gate insulation layer is removed. When the data electrode is divided into a source electrode and a drain electrode, a switching device is completed. |
| US07781264B2 |
Method for fabricating flip-chip semiconductor package with lead frame as chip carrier
A flip-ship semiconductor package with a lead frame as a chip carrier is provided, wherein a plurality of leads of the lead frame are each formed with at least a dam member thereon. When a chip is mounted on the lead frame by means of solder bumps, each of the solder bumps is attached to the corresponding one of the leads at a position between the dam member and an inner end of the lead. During a reflow-soldering process for wetting the solder bumps to the leads, the dam members would help control collapse height of the solder bumps, so as to enhance resistance of the solder bumps to thermal stress generated by CTE (coefficient of thermal expansion) mismatch between the chip and the leads, thereby preventing incomplete electrical connection between the chip and the leads. |
| US07781259B2 |
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor using a rigid substrate
In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device of the invention, a rigid substrate which supports one or more semiconductor elements on a surface of the substrate and is clamped between an upper mold and a lower mold of an encapsulation mold at a time of resin encapsulation is provided, so that a vent-end edge portion of the substrate corresponding to a vent end of the encapsulation mold has a thickness smaller than a thickness of other portions of the substrate. The substrate is disposed in the encapsulation mold, and resin is injected into a cavity between the upper mold and the substrate to encapsulate the semiconductor elements with the resin. |
| US07781258B2 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor device
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of bonding a semiconductor chip to a first side of a circuit board, bonding a metal base for dissipating heat produced by the semiconductor chip to a second side of the circuit board, and forming a dam on the metal base by a dam material so as to restrict flow of a solder used in bonding a plurality of the circuit boards to the metal base. |
| US07781255B2 |
Donor sheet and method of manufacturing donor sheet and organic thin film transistor
A method of manufacturing a donor sheet for transferring a transfer layer having a prescribed shape onto a receiving substrate, wherein: a step for forming an organic semiconductor precursor wherein a solution in which the organic semiconductor precursor which converts to an organic semiconductor due to heat, is coated on a substrate sheet; a step for forming a transfer layer of a prescribed shape by heating the organic semiconductor precursor layer in the prescribed shape to convert the organic semiconductor precursor layer to the organic semiconductor; and a step for removing the organic semiconductor precursor that is not converted to the organic semiconductor are performed in that order. |
| US07781252B2 |
Method of manufacturing CMOS image sensor
A method of manufacturing a CMOS image sensor comprising forming a first insulating film on a silicon semiconductor substrate which includes a metal pad; selectively etching the first insulating film, so as to form a first insulating film pattern with a first opening which exposes the metal pad; forming a metal pad protective film in the first opening portion with a predetermined thickness; forming a second insulating film on the first insulating film pattern and metal pad protective film; selectively etching the second insulating film, so as to form a second insulating film pattern which includes a second opening which exposes the metal pad protective film; forming a color filter array (CFA) on the second insulating film pattern; forming micro lenses on the CFA; and performing an etching process in order to remove the metal pad protective film so as to form a metal pad opening. |
| US07781251B2 |
Image sensor and method for fabricating the same
Embodiments relate to an image sensor and a method of fabricating the same. In embodiments, the image sensor may include a semiconductor substrate having a photo detector, and a micro-lens array including lenses for guiding light incident from an exterior toward the photo detector, wherein the micro-lens array may include a dry film resist material. The dry film resist may include a polymer having a glass transition temperature of approximately 100° C. or less, and a molecular weight of approximately 10,000 or less. |
| US07781250B2 |
Wafer level chip size package for MEMS devices and method for fabricating the same
The present invention provides a wafer level chip size package having cavities within which micro-machined parts are free to move, allowing access to electrical contacts, and optimized for device performance. Also a method for fabricating a wafer level chip size package for MEMS devices is disclosed. This packaging method provides a well packed device with the size much closely to the original one, making it possible to package the whole wafer at the same time and therefore, saves the cost and cycle time. |
| US07781249B2 |
MEMS process and device
A MEMS device comprising a flexible membrane that is free to move in response to pressure differences generated by sound waves. A first electrode mechanically coupled to the flexible membrane, and together form a first capacitive plate. A second electrode mechanically coupled to a generally rigid structural layer or back-plate, which together form a second capacitive plate. A back-volume is provided below the membrane. A first cavity located directly below the membrane. Interposed between the first and second electrodes is a second cavity. A plurality of bleed holes connect the first cavity and the second cavity. Acoustic holes are arranged in the back-plate so as to allow free movement of air molecules, such that the sound waves can enter the second cavity. The first and second cavities in association with the back-volume allow the membrane to move in response to the sound waves entering via the acoustic holes in the back-plate. |
| US07781248B2 |
Method of manufacturing nitride semiconductor light emitting device and nitride semiconductor light emitting device manufactured using the method
There are provided a method of manufacturing a nitride semiconductor light emitting device and a nitride semiconductor light emitting device manufactured using the same. A method of manufacturing a nitride semiconductor light emitting device according to an aspect of the invention includes: forming a mask layer on a substrate; removing a portion of the mask layer to form openings provided as regions where light emitting structures are formed; forming a light emitting structure by sequentially growing a first conductivity type nitride semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity type nitride semiconductor layer on the substrate through each of the openings of the mask layer; and forming first and second electrodes to be electrically connected to the first and second conductivity type nitride semiconductor layers, respectively. |
| US07781245B2 |
Method to fabricate semiconductor optical device
A process for the semiconductor laser diode is disclosed, which prevents the abnormal growth occurred at the second growth for the burying region of the buried hetero structure. The ICP (Induction-Coupled Plasma) CVD apparatus forms a silicon oxide file with a thickness of above 2 μm as adjusting the bias power PBIAS. Patterning the silicon oxide mask and dry-etching the semiconductor layers, a mesa structure including the active layer may be formed. As leaving the patterned silicon oxide film, the second growth for the burying region buries the mesa structure. The residual stress of the silicon oxide film is −250 to −150 MPa at a room temperature, while, it is −200 to 100 MPa at temperatures from 500 to 700° C. |
| US07781242B1 |
Method of forming vertical structure light emitting diode with heat exhaustion structure
A method of forming a vertical structure light emitting diode with a heat exhaustion structure, comprising the steps of: providing a sapphire substrate; producing a number of recesses on the sapphire substrate, each of which has a depth of p; forming a buffer layer having a number of protrusions, each of which has a height of q smaller than p so that when the protrusions of the buffer layer are accommodated within the recesses of the sapphire substrate, a number of gaps are formed therebetween for heat exhaustion; growing a number of luminescent layers on the buffer layer, having a medium layer formed between the luminescent layers and the buffer layer; etching through the luminescent layers and the buffer layer to form a duct for heat exhaustion; removing the sapphire substrate by excimer laser lift-off (LLO); roughening the medium layer; and depositing electrodes on the roughened medium layer. |
| US07781238B2 |
Methods of making and using integrated and testable sensor array
A method for making a testable sensor assembly is provided. The method includes forming a first sensor array on a first substrate having a first side and a second side, wherein the first sensor array is formed on the first side of the first substrate, coupling a first semiconductor wafer having a first side and a second side to the first sensor array, wherein the first side of the first semiconductor wafer is coupled to the first sensor array, thinning one of the second side of the first substrate or the second side of the first semiconductor wafer, and testing the first sensor array to identify operational and non-operational units in the testable sensor assembly before integration of the sensor assembly with interface electronics. |
| US07781234B2 |
Semiconductor process evaluation methods including variable ion implanting conditions
Semiconductor process evaluation methods perform multiple scans of a test semiconductor substrate (e.g., test wafer) using ion beams under different ion implanting conditions. Parameters of the test semiconductor substrate that was scanned using the ion beams under different ion implanting conditions are then measured to conduct the semiconductor process evaluation. |
| US07781233B2 |
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
In a semiconductor manufacturing method, a metal film is formed on a substrate and heat treated. The relationship between substrate warping and the heat treatment temperature during silicide formation is acquired (S1). A silicide film is formed by forming a metal film on a substrate and heat treating, including substrate measurement during heat treatment (S2). The relationship between substrate warping at heat treatment temperature is determined from the relationship between the warping of the substrate and the temperature for heat treatment and the temperature for heat treatment carried out on the substrate when the warping of the substrate is measured. The difference between found warping and the measured warping is calculated (S4). Whether the difference exceeds a predetermined value is determined (S5). If the difference exceeds a predetermined value, heat treatment conditions are adjusted (S8), but they not adjusted if the difference is no greater than the predetermined value. |
| US07781232B2 |
Method to recover underfilled modules by selective removal of discrete components
Methods and reworked intermediate and resultant electronic modules made thereby, whereby a component in need of rework is located and removed from the module to reveal encapsulated solder connections residing within an underfill matrix. Heights of both the solder connections and underfill matrix are reduced, followed by etching the solder out of the solder connections to form openings within the underfill matrix. The underfill material is then removed to expose metallurgy of the substrate. A blank having a release layer with an array of solder connections is aligned with the exposed metallurgy, and this solder array is transferred from the blank onto the metallurgy. The transferred solder connections are then flattened using heat and pressure, followed by attaching solder connections of a new component to the flattened solder connections and underfilling these reworked solder connections residing between the new chip and substrate. |
| US07781224B2 |
Safe biodegradable fluorescent particles
A human-safe fluorescence particle that can be used for fluorescence detection instruments or act as a safe simulant for mimicking the fluorescence properties of microorganisms. The particle comprises a non-biological carrier and natural fluorophores encapsulated in the non-biological carrier. By doping biodegradable-polymer drug delivery microspheres with natural or synthetic fluorophores, the desired fluorescence can be attained or biological organisms can be simulated without the associated risks and logistical difficulties of live microorganisms. |
| US07781221B2 |
System and method of compensating for system delay in analyte analyzation
A system configured to determine information related to one or more gaseous analytes in a body of gas comprises a luminescable material, one or more emitters, one or more photosensitive detectors, and a processor. The emitters emit amplitude modulated electromagnetic radiation onto the luminescable medium in communication with a body of gas causing luminescence in the luminescable medium. The photosensitive detectors receive the amplitude modulated electromagnetic radiation generated by the luminescence of the luminescable medium and generate one or more output signals, at least one of the output signals indicating the intensity of the received electromagnetic radiation. The processor receives the output signals and determines information related to one or more gaseous analytes in the body of gas. The determination of information related to the one or more gaseous analytes may comprise compensating for a delay that varies as a function of the intensity of the received electromagnetic radiation. |
| US07781220B2 |
Measurement of nitrogen content in a gas mixture by transforming the nitrogen into a substance detectable with nondispersive infrared detection
A method of determining the amount of nitrogen in a gas mixture. The constituent gases of the mixture are dissociated and transformed to create a substance that may measured using nondispersive infrared adsorption techniques. |
| US07781213B2 |
Method for producing dendritic cells
Disclosed are embryonic stem cell-derived dendritic cells, genetically modified immature dendritic cells capable of maturation, as well as methods for the production of such cells. In one embodiment, the cells made be produced by a method comprising the steps of providing a population of embryonic stem cells; culturing the embryonic stem cells in the presence of a cytokine or combination of cytokines which brings about differentiation of the embryonic stem cells into dendritic cells; and recovering the dendritic cells from the culture. In a further embodiment, the cells may be genetically modified. |
| US07781210B2 |
Epstein-Barr virus-negative NK cell line
The present invention provides Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-negative NK cell lines. The NK cell lines of the present invention are useful for screening factors associated with the proliferation and expression functions of NK cells and to discover factors produced by the NK cells. In addition, the cell lines are immortalized despite the fact that they are EBV-negative. Thus, unknown mechanisms of oncogenesis may be elucidated through an understanding of the mechanisms underlying the immortalization of the cell lines of the present invention. |
| US07781207B2 |
In vitro fertilisation
The present invention relates to a method and a system for producing a mammalian pre-embryo and a stem cell having a better quality than prior art methods. The system comprises means for obtaining a mammalian oocyte, and means for obtaining a mammalian spermatozoa, and an apparatus having at least two separate air-tight chambers, for which the oxygen tension of one chamber may be changed independent of the oxygen tension of the other chamber, said at least two separate air-tight chambers constitute a main chamber and at least one residence chamber. The method for in vitro producing a mammalian pre-embryo comprising the steps: a1) providing a mammalian oocyte, a2) providing a mammalian spermatozoa, b) culturing the oocyte and the spermatozoa, c) fertilizing the oocyte with the spermatozoa obtaining a fertilized oocyte, and d) allowing cell-division of the fertilized oocyte obtaining a multicellular pre-embryo wherein at least one of the steps a1) or a2) is conducted at an oxygen tension below 15%, or e) allowing cell-division of the fertilized oocyte obtaining a multicellular pre-embryo, wherein the culture is performed at an oxygen tension allowing cultivation of the cells and wherein at least one of the steps comprises a change in the oxygen tension Stem cells are produced from the multicellular pre-embryo. |
| US07781205B2 |
Cartridge retaining mechanism for nucleic acid extracting apparatus
A cartridge retaining mechanism equipped in a nucleic acid extracting apparatus for extracting a nucleic acid, the cartridge retaining mechanism comprising: a cartridge having a cylindrical shape with a bottom, and the bottom is shaped in a funnel shape; a nucleic acid-adsorbing solid carrier that traps a nucleic acid, and the nucleic acid-adsorbing solid carrier is disposed at the bottom of the cartridge; and a cartridge retaining member that retains the cartridge, wherein the cartridge retaining member comprises: a supporting part that supports the cartridge; and a pressure-proof retaining part that is attached to an open end of the cartridge, and wherein the pressure-proof retaining part has a nozzle receiving opening, onto which a pressure nozzle of the nucleic acid extracting apparatus is pressed, and wherein the cartridge is retained between the supporting part and the pressure-proof retaining part upon pressing the pressure nozzle onto the nozzle receiving opening. |
| US07781204B2 |
Method for analyzing a biochip
There is provided a biochip capable of quantitatively grasping hybridization efficiency. In the biochip comprising a plurality of probe sites with target molecules bonded thereto, respectively, the probe sites disposed thereon, the marker sites with a known number of fluorescent molecules bonded thereto, respectively, are disposed. With the biochip, the number of the fluorescent molecules bonded to the respective marker sites is already known, so that respective hybridization efficiencies at the probe sites can be quantitatively grasped by comparing respective intensity of fluorescent light of the probe sites with an intensity of fluorescent light of the marker sites. The fluorescent molecule may be bonded to the respective marker sites when the biochip is formed, or the respective marker sites may be made up such that the fluorescent molecule of a predetermined molecular weight is bonded thereto by a predetermined processing applied to the biochip. The respective marker sites may be formed by use of a biopolymer of the same species as that for the respective probe sites. |
| US07781202B2 |
Apparatus for capturing target substance
An apparatus and method for capturing a target substance in a sample. The method includes the steps of preparing particles capable of capturing the target substance in a dispersed state in a fluid, aggregating the particles, and allowing the particles to capture the target substance in the sample by bringing the sample into contact with the particles aggregated. |
| US07781199B2 |
Identification of a JAK2 mutation involved in Vaquez Polyglobulia
The present invention concerns the V617F variant of the protein-tyrosine kinase JAK2, said variant being responsible for Vaquez Polyglobulia. The invention also relates to a first intention diagnostic method for erythrocytosis and thrombocytosis allowing their association with myeloproliferative disorders, or to the detection of the JAK2 V617F variant in myeloproliferative disorders allowing their reclassification in a new nosological group, and to the identification of specific inhibitors and siRNA. |
| US07781196B2 |
Thermostable mutants of pyrroloquinoline quinone dependent glucose dehydrogenase
The present invention relates to a mutant protein of PQQ-dependent s-GDH characterized in that in at least one of the positions 122 and 124 the amino acid lysine is present, wherein these positions correspond to the amino acid positions known from the A. calcoaceticus s-GDH wild-type sequence (SEQ ID NO: 2), it also discloses genes encoding such mutant s-GDH, and different applications of these s-GDH mutants, particularly for determining the concentration of glucose in a sample. |
| US07781192B2 |
Method for producing D-pantothenic acid and/or a salt thereof via purification by cation exchange as additive for animal food
The invention relates to an improved method for producing D-pantothenic acid and/or the salts thereof and the use of said substance as an additive for animal food. |
| US07781188B1 |
Nucleotide and protein sequences of Nogo genes and methods based thereon
The present invention relates to the gene, Nogo, its encoded protein products, as well as derivatives and analogs thereof. Production of Nogo proteins, derivatives, and antibodies is also provided. The invention further relates to therapeutic compositions and methods of diagnosis and therapy. |
| US07781179B2 |
Identification and isolation of transitional cell carcinoma stem cells
Transitional cell carcinoma stem cells (TCCSC) are identified. The cells can be prospectively isolated or identified from primary tumor samples, and are shown to possess the unique properties of cancer stem cells in functional assays for cancer stem cell self-renewal and differentiation, and in cancer diagnosis. |
| US07781174B2 |
Proliferation markers in clinical practice and their use for cancer prognosis or diagnosis
The invention relates to a method for assessing the proliferative state of cells in a human or non human biological sample, comprising using Chromatin Assembly Factor-1 (CAF-1 in short) subunits as proliferation markers.Application for cancer prognosis or diagnosis and monitoring tumor response in therapy. |
| US07781172B2 |
Method for extending the dynamic detection range of assay devices
A flow-through assay device for detecting the presence or quantity of an analyte residing in a test sample is provided. The device utilizes a detection zone and compensation zone within which are immobilized capture reagents. The present inventor has discovered that the presence of a compensation zone may enable the detection of an analyte over extended concentration ranges. In particular, the compensation zone facilitates the binding of probes that would otherwise bind within the interior of assay device or that would exhibit “self-quenching”. |
| US07781167B2 |
Molecular detection methods using molecular detection chips including a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor
A molecular detection chip including a metal oxide silicon-field effect transistor (MOSFET) on sidewalls of a micro-fluid channel and a molecular detection device including the molecular detection chip are provided. A molecular detection method, particularly, qualification methods for the immobilization of molecular probes and the binding of a target sample to the molecular probes, using the molecular detection device, and a nucleic acid mutation assay device and method are also provided. The formation of the MOSFET on the sidewalls of the micro-fluid channel makes easier to highly integrate a molecular detection chip. In addition, immobilization of probes directly on the surface of a gate electrode ensures the molecular detection chip to check for the immobilization of probes and coupling of a target molecule to the probes in situ. |
| US07781166B2 |
Methods of detecting and controlling mucoid pseudomonas biofilm production
Compositions and methods for detecting and controlling the conversion to mucoidy in Pseudomonas aeruginosa are disclosed. The present invention provides for detecting the switch from nonmucoid to mucoid state of P. aeruginosa by measuring mucE expression or MucE protein levels. The interaction between MucE and AlgW controls the switch to mucoidy in wild type P. aeruginosa. Also disclosed is an alginate biosynthesis heterologous expression system for use in screening candidate substances that inhibit conversion to mucoidy. |
| US07781163B2 |
G-quadruplex binding assays and compounds therefor
The present invention provides methods for assaying binding of compounds to G-quadruplex structures. Also provided are methods for screening candidate compounds for use as modulators of G-quadruplex activity, and methods for screening candidate compounds for telomerase inhibitory activity. The invention further provides novel compounds useful in the assays of the invention. |
| US07781162B2 |
Methods for rapid identification of pathogens in humans and animals
The present invention provides methods of: identifying pathogens in biological samples from humans and animals, resolving a plurality of etiologic agents present in samples obtained from humans and animals, determining detailed genetic information about such pathogens or etiologic agents, and rapid detection and identification of bioagents from environmental, clinical or other samples. |