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US07945146B2	Tankless hot water heater with power modulation A tankless hot water heater includes a pipe, at least one heating element, sensors, an input means and a microprocessor. The pipe has an inlet and an outlet. The at least one heating element is configured to heat water flowing through the pipe. At least one sensor is configured to measure a temperature of water flowing through the pipe prior to heating by the at least one heating element. At least one sensor is configured to measure a flow rate of water flowing through the pipe. The input means is configured for entering a set point for a temperature of water heated by the at least one heating element. The microprocessor is configured to receive as input the temperature of water flowing through the pipe prior to heating, the flow rate of water flowing through the pipe, and the set point for a temperature of heated water, and the microprocessor is configured to provide as output a power setting to the one or more heating elements.
US07945144B2	Information storage medium and information recording/playback system There are provided an information storage medium capable of real-time recording/playback of digital moving picture information, and a digital information recording/playback system using this medium. In a medium that records/plays back data including video data and control information, the control information (DA21 in FIG. 4; RTR_VMG in FIG. 30) includes information (VOBU entry in FIG. 31) for accessing a specific portion (VOBU) of the video data.
US07945141B2	Information storage medium including event occurrence information, and apparatus and method for reproducing the information storage medium An information storage medium storing event information for generating an event with reference to an audio/video data structure and an apparatus and method thereof. The information storage medium includes: core data, that includes audio/video data and navigation data for reproducing the audio/video data; and program data that is used for interaction with a user, wherein the program data includes event occurrence information for generating an event with reference to a structure of the audio/video data.
US07945138B2	Modular optical fiber cassette The present disclosure includes apparatus and methods for a modular optical fiber cassette. One embodiment includes a base housing configured to receive additional nested components and an adapter plate resiliently connected to the housing and comprising a plurality of optical fiber connectors. The adapter plate is releasable from the housing and providing access to both sides of the adapter plate. The cassette further includes a radius limiter nested with and resiliently connected to the base housing, a first expansion housing having an exterior contour substantially aligned with the base housing and configured to resiliently interlock with the base housing, and a cover resiliently connected to the expansion housing.
US07945137B2	Fiber optic connector holder A fiber optic connector holder including a housing with at least one cavity for receiving a fiber optic connector with a dust cap in place about a terminal end of the connector. The housing may be integrally molded with retaining structures for releasably engaging the fiber optic connector and releasable catches for mounting the housing at a mount location. The presence of a fiber optic connector within a cavity of the housing may prevent the removal of the housing from a mounting location.
US07945123B2	Information storage medium storing graphic data and apparatus and method of processing the graphic data An information storage medium including graphic data and presentation information, and an apparatus and method of processing the graphic data are provided. The information storage medium includes the graphic data, page composition information which defines page composition of the graphic data, and the presentation information indicating when graphic screen data, which is composed with reference to the page composition information of the graphic data, is output to a display screen. Therefore, a graphic object is reusable in graphic data processing, and accordingly, a time taken to process the graphic data is reducible and memory area may be saved.
US07945121B2	Method and apparatus for interpolating image information A method and apparatus for interpolating image information obtains pixel information for a plurality of pixels surrounding a location of a pixel to be interpolated, whether the pixel is a missing pixel or an existing pixel whose color or intensity information is to be changed, and applies a gradient square tensor operation on a plurality of surrounding pixels to determine if the pixel to be interpolated is part of a geometric feature. If it is determined that the interpolated pixel is part of a geometric feature, such as a diagonal line or other suitable geometric feature, the method and apparatus uses pixel information from at least some of the surrounding pixels that are also determined to be the in geometric feature. This may be performed on a group of pixel basis and may include, for example, utilizing a block or kernel of pixels and a moving window of blocks of pixels to utilize the plurality of surrounding pixels.
US07945120B2	Apparatus for enhancing resolution using edge detection According to one embodiment, an edge detection module detects edges in a frame of a moving picture signal in accordance with an edge determination reference value. A resolution conversion module converts a resolution of the frame from a first resolution to a second resolution, thereby generating a provisional high-resolution image. A corresponding pixel point detection module detects corresponding pixels in the provisional high-resolution image, which correspond to each of the detected edges. An image quality enhancement process module executes an image quality enhancement process for sharpening for each of the detected corresponding pixels in the provisional high-resolution image. A control module varies the edge determination reference value based on the detected edge number and a maximum edge number at which an information processing apparatus is able to complete the resolution-enhancing process for one frame within a target process time.
US07945118B2	Image processing apparatus and control method thereof This invention makes it possible to obtain an enlarged image while suppressing noise and maintaining the sharpness of an original image only by setting a simple enlargement ratio without no special knowledge. Original image data (Ia) is enlarged in accordance with a set enlargement ratio (E) to generate an enlarged image (IA). The enlarged image (IA) is smoothed by using a smoothing filter with a size depending on the enlargement ratio (E) to generate smoothed image data (IB). Difference image data (IC) is generated by calculating the difference between the enlarged image data (IA) and the smoothed image data (IB). The generated difference image data is multiplied by an emphasis coefficient. The product is added to the enlarged image data, thereby obtaining image data (IS) that has undergone enlargement/unsharp masking.
US07945111B2	Image processing method for adaptively filtering image data An image processing method for filtering image data, which is constituted with a plurality of pixels, at each pixel position by using pixel values indicated by pixels present within a predetermined range containing a target pixel, includes: determining two arguments that are a first argument defined by a spatial distance from the target pixel and a second argument defined by a difference in signal intensity relative to the target pixel, in correspondence to each of the pixels present within the predetermined range; obtaining a weighting coefficient to be used when filtering each of the pixels present within the predetermined range, based upon a single integrated argument represented by a product of the first argument and the second argument; and filtering the image data by using a filter coefficient corresponding to the weighting coefficient having been obtained.
US07945110B2	Methods and apparatuses for enhancing image quality A method for enhancing image quality includes: performing a peaking operation on an image signal to generate a peaking signal; selecting a plurality of pixels from the peaking signal and the image signal; and deciding a luminance value for a target pixel of the image signal according to luminance values of the plurality of pixels.
US07945106B2	Method for simulating film grain by mosaicing pre-computer samples Film grain is simulated in an output image using pre-established blocks of film grain from a pool of pre-established blocks. Successive film grain blocks are selected by matching the average intensity of a block from the pool to the average intensity of a successive one of a set of M×N pixels in an incoming image. Once all of the successive pixel blocks from the image are matched to selected film grain blocks, the selected film grain blocks are “mosaiced”, that is composited into a larger image mapped to the incoming image.
US07945105B1	Automated target shape detection for vehicle muon tomography Techniques, apparatus and systems for muon tomography vehicle imaging use autonomous processing of 3-dimensional muon tomography vehicle images based on Data Modeling techniques and various applications including analyzing vehicle voxel data such as muon vehicle images to detect potential threat objects and then to further discriminate the identified potential threat objects by shape.
US07945100B2	Apparatus and method for detecting secure document An apparatus and method for detecting a secure document is provided. The apparatus includes an image input unit which receives the image of a document; an edge image detecting unit which detects an edge image of the document having a predetermined size; a similarity checking unit which checks the similarity between the detected edge image and comparative edge images of secure documents which are previously stored; and a document attribute determining unit which determines whether the document is one of the secure documents according to the result of the similarity checking unit.
US07945097B2	Classifying digital ink into a writing or a drawing A method for classifying digital ink receives digital ink comprising ink strokes. A plurality of the ink strokes can be classified. A temporal line grouping is performed on a plurality of the classified ink strokes that are grouped to form a temporal line group. The temporal line group is segmented into a cluster. The cluster can be classified.
US07945093B2	Simplified color workflow A method for predicting a color response of a device comprises: operating the device with image information wherein operating includes utilizing a first correction transform for modifying device color values; determining a first device response based on a device output associated with a device input wherein the device response includes a color response; obtaining a second correction transform; and predicting a modified color response of the device, applicable to operating the device while utilizing the second correction transform instead of the first correction transform, wherein predicting is based on the first color response and the first and second correction transforms.
US07945089B2	3D-image processing apparatus, 3D-image processing method, storage medium, and program A 3D-image processing apparatus includes a storage unit which stores data of a first 3D image together with data of a second 3D image as a combining target with the first 3D image and data of a third 3D image relevant to the second 3D image, a misregistration calculating unit which calculates a misregistration between the first 3D image and the third 3D image, and an image combining unit which registers and combines the second 3D image with the first 3D image on the basis of the calculated misregistration.
US07945087B2	Alignment of printed circuit board targets A method for micromachining a material, including configuring an optical system to provide illumination of an illumination wavelength to a site via a given element of the optical system, the illumination generating returning radiation from the site. The method further includes configuring the optical system to receive the returning radiation via the given element, and to form an image of the site therefrom, calculating an actual position of a location at the site from the image and outputting a signal indicative of the actual position of the location, generating a beam of micromachining radiation having a micromachining wavelength different from the illumination wavelength, positioning the beam to form an aligned beam with respect to the location in response to the signal, and conveying the aligned beam to the location via at least the given element of the optical system so as to perform a micromachining operation at the location.
US07945083B2	Method for supporting diagnostic workflow from a medical imaging apparatus A method for supporting diagnostic workflow from a medical imaging apparatus. A set of at least two images are obtained from a patient and displayed according to a user-specified image display layout selected from a plurality of image display layouts. One or more markers are associated with a region of interest in the displayed images. A list of regions of interest is generated, each having an entry for each associated marker. A classification is assigned to each entry in the list of regions of interest according to health risk.
US07945082B2	Analysis method for data of an examination object, featuring correlation of a volume data record with a number of projection images Data of an examination object comprises a volume-data record and a plurality of two-dimensional projection images. The volume-data record includes voxels where each voxel is assigned to a location in three-dimensional space. Each projection image includes pixels where each pixel is assigned to a location in a two-dimensional-projection plane and has a value. Each pixel is assigned a projection volume, this being specified in that it is mapped by the radioscopy onto the pixel to which it is assigned. A sub-volume of the volume-data record is selected. The projection images are registered in relation to the volume-data record. A functional parameter of the examination object is specified for the pixels of the projection images, depending on their values. For each pixel, when specifying the functional parameter, consideration is given to the locations and/or the number of those voxels which are positioned both within the sub-volume and within the projection volume.
US07945076B2	Vision-based operating method and system A vision-based operating system is provided in which a computer-based system accepts visual inputs and takes appropriate actions in a wide variety of environments. One environment is a security environment in which the vision-based operating system acquires an image of a face and determines, with an arbitrarily small probability of a false positive, whether the face is of a person who is authorized to enter the environment. The method employed may include acquiring a digital image for comparison to a reference image and identifying two or more groups of pixels in the acquired image. The pixel groups in the reference image that are the best match for the two or more pixels groups in the acquired image are selected. The relative locations of the selected pixel groups in the reference image and the two or more pixel groups in the acquired image are compared, and the probability that the relative locations occurred randomly is determined.
US07945075B2	Converting a digital image from color to gray-scale Converting a digital image from color to gray-scale. In one example embodiment, a method for converting a digital image from color to gray-scale is disclosed. First, an unconverted pixel having red, green, and blue color channels is selected from the color digital image. Next, the red color channel of the pixel is multiplied by α. Then, the green color channel of the pixel is multiplied by β. Next, the blue color channel of the pixel is multiplied by γ. Then, the results of the three multiplication operations are added together to arrive at a gray-scale value for the pixel. Finally, these acts are repeated for each remaining unconverted pixel of the color digital image to arrive at a gray-scale digital image. In this example method, α+β+≈1 and α>β.
US07945073B2	Vein authentication device Provided in this invention is a vein authentication device comprising: an interface on which a part of a living body; one or more light sources for emitting infrared light; an image pickup unit for picking up a blood vessel image of the part of the living body using infrared light emitted from the light sources; an image computing unit for processing the blood vessel image picked up by the image pickup unit; and a light shielding unit for shielding infrared light emitted from the light sources and preventing the infrared light from traveling in an image pickup direction of the image pickup unit, wherein the interface has an opening opened in the image pickup direction of the image pickup unit, and wherein the light sources irradiates the part of the living body with infrared light from an image pickup side of the part of the living body.
US07945071B2	Automatically generating precipitation proximity notifications A method and system for automatically generating a notification of a status of precipitation being received by a user-defined detection zone within a geographic area. An image of the geographic area is received. The image includes pixels associated with the detection zone. Each pixel is associated with a sub-area of the detection zone. Characteristics (e.g., colors) of the pixels are obtained. The characteristics indicate intensities of precipitation being received by sub-areas of the detection zone. The intensities of precipitation that are greater than a first user-defined threshold are counted to produce a count. Based on the count's comparison to a second user-defined threshold, a status of precipitation being received or not being received by the detection zone is determined. A notification of the status is generated and sent.
US07945070B2	Geographic-based watermarking keys The disclosure relates generally to digital watermarking and steganography, e.g., for use with cell phones and signal processing. One claim recites a method including, in a cell phone, determining a current geographic are of the cell phone; selecting a first digital watermark detector that is associated with the current geographic area, a selected first digital watermark detector being selected from a plurality of different digital watermark detectors; and controlling the cell phone to employ the selected first digital watermark detector to analyze a signal to obtain a digital watermark message there from, wherein the selected first digital watermark detector corresponds to a particular digital watermark embedder that is uniquely assigned to the geographic area. Other claims and combinations are provided too.
US07945068B2	Dental bone conduction hearing appliance An intra-oral hearing appliance includes an actuator to provide bone conduction sound transmission; a transceiver coupled to the actuator to cause the actuator to generate sound; and a first chamber containing the actuator and the transceiver, said first chamber adapted to be coupled to one or more teeth.
US07945066B2	Method and apparatus for a hearing assistance system with adaptive bulk delay A hearing assistance system having adjustable bulk delay for cancellation of a time varying acoustic feedback path. The hearing assistance system including an FIR filter, coefficient update module, and delay rules module for programmable adaptive filtering. The hearing assistance system adjustable for continuous bulk delay adjustments. The hearing assistance system providing a number of coefficient update routines, including, but not limited to an LMS coefficient update process and a normalized LMS coefficient update process.
US07945063B2	Microphone shield system A microphone shield system captures sound in adverse conditions. The system includes a microphone positioned within a membrane. The membrane is inflated around the microphone to form an enclosure. The inflated membrane passes signals within a selected frequency range. The membrane may block or attenuate signals above and/or below the frequency range to pass a desired sound with little surrounding interference.
US07945062B2	Microelectromechanical microphone packaging system The invention relates to a microelectromechanical microphone packaging system. The microelectromechanical microphone packaging system comprises a substrate, a chip, a microelectromechanical microphone, a conductive glue, a non-conductive glue and a cover. The substrate has a first surface. The chip is mounted on the first surface of the substrate. The microelectromechanical microphone is mounted on the first surface of the substrate, and electrically connected to the chip. The chip is enclosed by the non-conductive glue. The non-conductive glue is enclosed by the conductive glue. The cover is mounted on the first surface of the substrate to form a containing space, and has an acoustic aperture. The microelectromechanical microphone packaging system utilizes the conductive glue enclosing the chip and the non-conductive glue to shield interference from outside noise and obtain a shielding effect. In addition, the cover does not need to be made of metal material.
US07945061B1	Scalable architecture for subspace signal tracking A real-time implementation of a subspace tracker is disclosed. Efficient architecture addresses the unique computational elements of the Fast Approximate Subspace Tracking (FAST) algorithm. Each of these computational elements can scale with the rank and size of the subspace. One embodiment of architecture described is implemented in digital hardware that performs variable rank subspace tracking using the FAST algorithm. In particular, the FAST algorithm is effectively implemented by a few processing elements, coupled with an efficient Singular Vector Decomposition (SVD), and the realization/availability of high density programmable logic devices. The architecture enables the ability to track the possibly changing dimension of the signal subspace.
US07945052B2	Method of distributing a decryption key in fixed-content data Secondary content in encrypted for distribution to client terminals by selecting at least a portion of raw encrypted audio-video data (REAVD) that is provided on a media article as an encryption key, encrypting secondary content using the encryption key, and storing encrypted secondary content at a remotely located host. The media article can then be used for providing access to the encrypted secondary content to client terminals by receiving encrypted secondary content at a client terminal, extracting a decryption key from a media article encoded with REAVD, the decryption key being determined by at least a portion of the REAVD, using the decryption key to decrypt the secondary content, and outputting the decrypted secondary content from the client terminal.
US07945044B2	Method and system for performing an untraceable secret matching Performing an untraceable secret matching between a first credential associated with a first property of a first user and a second credential associated with a second property of a second user includes receiving the first credential, receiving a matching reference formed so the first user can detect a matching of the first property with a remote property from a credential of another user, supplying a first nonce value to the second user, receiving a hidden version of the second credential from the second user formed by the second user on the basis of the second credential, the first nonce value supplied by the first user and a random value locally generated on a side of the second user, and performing the matching by combining the first credential and the received hidden credential with the first nonce value and comparing the combination with the matching reference.
US07945038B2	Methods and systems for releasing a voice mail system from a communication and further processing the communication Methods and systems relating to a communication in an Advanced Intelligent Network from a caller to a subscriber's directory number where the communication has been terminated to a voice mail system (VMS) instead having been terminated to the subscriber's directory number. The methods and systems transfer the communication from the VMS so the VMS is no longer involved in the communication. A message indicating a release of the communication by the VMS is generated. The message also indicates an action to be taken regarding the communication such as a transfer to a different number. The action and related information may be provided in a remote operations parameter of a GR-1129 message. In response, directions are provided to carry-out the action. As a result, the communication is released from the VMS, and is acted upon without further involvement of the VMS.
US07945032B2	Method and apparatus for connecting and operating lockers for home deliveries via video interphones and remotely via a virtual doorman A method and apparatus for connecting and operating plurality of lockers in a multi apartment or multi office building connected via an interface to a video interphone system and via a local guardman or a virtual guardman over a network, for providing access to the building and opening a locker for a deliveryman to deliver packages, parcels and ordered goods. The tenants receiving a message through their video interphone monitor can retrieve the deliveries by opening the specific locker from their video interphone monitor, through the entry panel and through associated accessories.
US07945031B2	Internet-based method for alerting an individual with an unlisted telephone number that an acquaintance wishes to contact that individual An Internet-based method for alerting an individual with an unlisted telephone number that an acquaintance wishes to contact that individual, including the steps of: establishing, by a webmaster, a website having an administrator; registering, by the individual with the unlisted telephone number, the unlisted telephone number of the individual on the website for a recurring fee after the individual has been guaranteed confidentiality; logging onto the website, by the acquaintance; determining, by the acquaintance, if the individual the acquaintance is trying to contact is in fact registered on the website; terminating, if answer to the determining step is no; paying a fee, by the acquaintance, if answer to the determining step is yes; entering information on the website, by the acquaintance, pertaining to the acquaintance for helping the individual with the unlisted telephone number recognize the acquaintance, and contact information of the acquaintance including the telephone number of the acquaintance; forwarding, by the administrator of the website, the information of the acquaintance to the individual with the unlisted number; simultaneously, informing the acquaintance, by the administrator of the website, that the information of the acquaintance has been forwarded to the individual with the unlisted number; and determining using the information of the acquaintance, by the individual with the unlisted telephone number, if the individual with the unlisted telephone number wants to contact the acquaintance.
US07945030B2	Accessing messages stored in one communication system by another communication system The present disclosure provides systems and methods for accessing messages in one communication system by another communication system. In some embodiments, a request to access data is received from a second communication system. The data is located at a first communication system. The first communication system is configured to communicate using a first standard communication protocol, while the second communication system is configured to communicate using a second standard communication protocol. The received request is converted to a command of the first standard communication protocol. Using the command, the data at the first communication system is accessed.
US07945028B2	Coalescence of voice mail systems A coalescence voice mail service provider enables a user to access all of the user's voice mail systems implemented within the various telecommunications systems the user has accounts with. Using any one of the telecommunications devices of the user, the user accesses voice mail from any one or more of the user's cell phone, home phone, work phone, PDA, home computer and work computer. A voice mail broker communicates with each of these different voice mail systems to collect voice mail messages and send messaging for manipulating such voice mail messages to and from each of the telecommunications systems. Such a system provides the user with a single interface for accessing the user's diverse voice mail systems.
US07945027B1	Message-indication testing A computer-implemented method and system to remotely test message-waiting notifications over a communications network is provided. The method includes receiving broadband signaling from a voicemail platform; converting the broadband signaling to narrowband signaling; and transmitting the narrowband signaling, which generates status notifications, and transmits the status notifications to a remote test location. The system includes a switching element that routes the broadband signaling generated by the voicemail platform. The switching element routes the broadband signaling to a message processing component that executes code that searches a message-waiting-notification database to generate appropriate tones based on the broadband signaling received from the switching element.
US07945023B2	Stereotactic radiotherapy with rotating attenuator A radiotherapy system including a radiation source operable to produce a radiation beam towards a target, an orientation changer operable to change a relative position of the radiation source with respect to the target, and a multileaf attenuator including attenuating leaves including respective spatially varying attenuation properties and a positioner in communication with the orientation changer, each of the attenuating leaves having a leaf length, leaf thickness, leaf center and leaf direction, wherein the leaf direction is a line intersecting the leaf center along the leaf thickness, wherein the radiation beam includes one or more beam segments, wherein a beam segment is the part of the beam intercepted by one of the attenuating leaves, and wherein the target includes one or more target segments, wherein a target segment is that part of the target that intercepts a corresponding one of the beam segments, wherein each of the attenuating leaves is operative to modulate an intensity of a corresponding beam segment by selective attenuation of the leaf thickness along the leaf length, and wherein the positioner is operable to vary at least one of a leaf center position and a leaf direction relative to the radiation source in accordance with positions of the corresponding target segment and the radiation source.
US07945022B2	Radiation therapy plan dose perturbation system and method A method of determining a patient dose during or prior to therapy from an external radiation beam includes determining a dose distribution from a patient plan as delivered in a QA phantom at each appropriate beam angle and comparing the dose distribution determined from measurements or calculations to a corresponding treatment planning system (TPS) dose modeled distribution in the QA phantom and providing a correction distribution when applied to the TPS dose modeled distribution results in the dose distribution determined. The correction distribution may optionally be interpolated to non-measured points for each beam angle and geometrically projected toward the source of radiation through a volume that equals a dose volume of the TPS for a patient beam for each beam angle. The correction distribution is applied to the TPS patient dose volume for each beam angle for providing a corrected dose distribution in the patient.
US07945018B2	Method for producing projective and tomographic images using an X-ray system An embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for producing projective and tomographic images using X-rays, allowing structures of similar composition to be imaged particularly well by combined evaluation of the behaviour of the test object with respect to the phase displacement during passage of the X-rays and its absorption. At least one embodiment of the invention also relates to an X-ray system and a CT system with respective source grids, phase grids, and analytical grids for carrying out the method.
US07945016B2	Dental radiology apparatus and associated method of use A dental radiology apparatus includes: a generator (18) emitting X-radiation provided with a collimation device collimating the radiation in an appropriate manner using several forms of collimation slits, at least one radiation sensor (20a, 20b) including a first, a second and a third image acquisition surface which are each positioned opposite an appropriate form of slit in order to use the apparatus in panoramic mode, cone beam tomographic mode and mode determining a trajectory which will be used in panoramic mode respectively. In the third mode a form of slit elongated along a plane P is arranged opposite the third surface corresponding to a part of the second surface along a Z-axis perpendicular to the plane P and the assembly is driven in rotation about an axis parallel to the Z-axis.
US07945009B1	Jitter measurement A specialized structure measures clock-to-data jitter in an optical memory interface by averaging the result of two second-order estimates of zero crossing using measured signal values on either side of the zero crossing. In one embodiment, a first estimate uses two sample points before the zero crossing and one sample point after while the second estimate uses one sample point before the zero crossing and sample two points after. An existing clock associated with an internal analog-to-digital converter is used to evenly space the samples in time. To simplify the second-order estimate calculations, the three samples of the exemplary embodiment are give x values of −1, 0, and +1 respectively. Which of the two roots of the second-order estimates is used is based on the slope of the signal at the zero crossing.
US07945007B2	Multi-antenna wireless receiver chains with vector decoding A receiver chain is provided for use in wireless data communication including a plurality of receive antennas and a vector Barker decoder or a CCK decoder. The vector Barker decoder operates on the plurality of received signals, preferably processed through a plurality of channel matched filters. The weightings of the plurality of channels can be done using a slicer variance, a PLL variance or another method.
US07945005B2	Method and module for estimating transmission chanels of a multi-antenna multi-carrier system A method and a module for estimating transmission channels in a multi-antenna system. A matrix A is calculated which is constructed in the form of blocks from training sequences and an appropriate Fourier matrix. For a receive antenna RXj concerned, the method and the module calculate Nt impulse responses in the time domain by multiplying Np pilot symbols extracted from a frequency-domain signal Rj(n) obtained after demodulation of a time-domain signal received by the receive antenna RXj concerned by a product of matrices comprising the pseudo-inverse matrix of the product of the Hermitian matrix of the A matrix with the A matrix enabling decorrelation of modulated carriers adjacent null carriers.
US07945002B2	Information read device and read signal processing circuit An information read device enabling obtaining of a data pattern recorded on an information recording medium as a readout signal, includes an analog to digital converter for converting the readout signal to a digital signal for a predetermined clock, a phase locked loop circuit that supplies the clock used in the analog to digital converter, a first FIR filter for equalizing the digital-converted digital signal under a first equalization condition, a Viterbi decoder to decode outputs of the FIR filter into binary data, wherein the phase locked loop circuit enables detection of a cycle slip of the phase locked loop circuit, and a detector which detects the cycle slip of the phase locked loop circuit. The FIR filter returns tap coefficients of the FIR filter, and the Vitabi decoder returns a target level of a decode operation to an initial value when an out-breaking of the cycle slip occurs.
US07945000B2	Wireless communication apparatus An object of the invention is to provide a wireless communication apparatus which can correct error flexibly without wasting consumed resources while maintaining the improvement of reliability resulted from error correction. The wireless communication apparatus (relay station) 12 includes a receiving antenna 41 for receiving signals transmitted from the transmission station, a receiving RF section 42 for high-frequency amplifying the received signal, an error correction decoding section 43 for subjecting the received signal to the error correction decoding processing and outputting soft decision values and decoded bits, an error detection section 44 for subjecting the signal after the error correction decoding processing to the hard decision processing to detect error of the signal subjected to the hard decision processing, a switching section 45 for switching the soft decision values and the decoded bits, a re-coding section 46 for re-coding extracted ones of the soft decision values, a transmission RF section 47 for modulating the re-coded soft decision values and a transmission antenna 48 for transmitting the signal to the receiving station.
US07944999B2	Robust fine frequency and time estimation in mobile multimedia multicast system receivers A technique for estimating a carrier frequency offset and a timing offset in a MediaFLO™ (Forward Link Only) system, wherein the method comprises receiving Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols; interpolating pilots on odd or even symbols of the received OFDM symbols; determining a phase difference between two successive symbols using the interpolated pilots; obtaining an estimate of the carrier frequency offset and the timing offset from the determined phase difference between two successive symbols; and correcting a sampling frequency in accordance with the estimated carrier frequency offset and timing offset.
US07944998B2	Audio correlation system for high definition radio blending A system that blends a hybrid radio signal may provide reduced audio content skipping and may determine an audio correlation between analog and digital signal components in the hybrid radio signal before blending from the analog signal component to the digital signal component. The system may reduce volume level transitions during blending by adjustment of blend and cross-fade variables, as well as setting a hysteresis mode to prevent undesirable sequential jumping from digital mode back to analog mode. The system also may compensate for digital AM frequency quality issues by adjustment of a filter bandwidth when the receiver blends an AM signal from analog to digital mode.
US07944997B2	GPS M-code receiver tracking system An m-code GPS receiver receives m-code GPS communication signals having a multimodal autocorrelation, using an m-code mode identifier unambiguously determining a mode value of one of the m-code modal peaks coherently aligned to a coherent unimodal detected envelope, based on sequential probability estimation in an m-code envelope tracking filter using filter residual estimation or with a coherent m-code and c/a-code tracking filter also based on filter residual estimation, for generating m-code phase errors, for unambiguous and precise m-code code phase tracking in closed feedback loops, for preferred use in navigation systems.
US07944996B2	OFDM reception device and OFDM receiver using the same An OFDM reception device includes: a first channel estimation unit for estimating a channel distortion by using a signal that is supplied from the reception unit and has a first time interval; a second channel estimation unit for estimating a channel distortion by using a signal that is supplied from the reception unit and has a second time interval shorter than the first time interval; a selection unit for selecting and outputting one of a signal from the first channel estimation unit and a signal from the second channel estimation unit, according to a control signal from the control unit; and a correction unit for correcting a reception signal supplied from the reception unit, according to the channel estimation signal from the selection unit. The control unit determines the control signal to be supplied to the selection unit, according a reception state of the reception unit.
US07944994B2	Data converter and data conversion method, and transmitter circuit, communications device and electronic device using the same A data converter that converts an input signal to a signal to be inputted to an amplifier. Specifically, the data converter includes: an amplitude detection section that detects an amplitude level of the input signal; a region determination section that determines whether or not an input power to the amplifier is in a non-linear region of the amplifier based on the amplitude level of the input signal detected by the amplitude detection section; and a signal processing section that converts the input signal to a signal having a lower resolution than that of the input signal if the region determination section determines that the input power to the amplifier is in the non-linear region of the amplifier.
US07944990B2	System and method for transmitting and receiving data in a communication system A system and method for transmitting and receiving data in a communication system are provided, in which upon generation of data of communication services to be transmitted to a receiver, a transmitter classifies the data according to the service types of the communication services, inserts a guard interval between the classified data of the service types, and transmits the data with the guard interval to the receiver.
US07944988B2	Configuration for implementing enhanced VSB on the studio side Enhancements allowing multiplexing of normal and robust data in wireless digital video transmissions using vestigial sideband modulation are implemented as an enhanced vestigial sideband encoder on the studio side and a standard vestigial sideband modulator at the transmitter. The enhanced encoder conventionally processes multiplexed data into encoded packets, with backwards compatible parity data supplied for normal data, then deinterleaves the processed data, removes a trailing portion from each packet, and derandomizes the remainder before forwarding the processed encoded data as MPEG compliant packets to the standard modulator for VSB modulation and transmission.
US07944979B2	High bandwidth data transport system The present invention provides for a methods, system, and apparatus relating to data transmission. One method of the present invention includes representing data using at least one ultra wideband pulse, sending the at least one ultra wideband pulse over an electrically conductive guided media, and recovering the data from the at least one ultra wideband pulse. The present invention can be used in conjunction with telephony applications, cable TV applications, power line applications, fiber optic applications, and data bus applications.
US07944977B2	Picture coding method and picture decoding method A picture coding apparatus (300) is a picture coding apparatus that codes a difference between picture data (Img) representing an input picture and predictive picture data (Pred) representing a predictive picture for the input picture and generates coded picture data, and includes a picture decoding unit (104) for decoding coded picture data (Img) after the picture data (Img) is coded; inter pixel filters A and B (303 and 304) for performing inter pixel filter operation for decoded picture data (Recon) obtained by the picture decoding unit (104); switches (301 and 302) for selecting one of the inter pixel filters; and an inter picture predicting unit (108) for generating the predictive picture data (Pred) for the input picture data (Img) using filtered decoded picture data (FilteredImg1), as reference picture data (Ref), obtained by the selected inter pixel filter.
US07944976B2	Data edition system, data edition method, data processing device, and server device This invention proposes arrangements for implementing processes free of signal degradation without entailing increased strains on transmission. Parameter information such as compression, decoding and editing parameters is stored in a database in correspondence with unique information (UMID). Material data (baseband signal) decoded (from compression) for editing purposes is supplemented with the unique information when transmitted. Where the material data is to be edited or re-encoded, the parameter information about the processes performed previously on the data in question is acquired from the database using the unique information as the key, so that the data is subjected to degradation-free signal processing in reference to the acquired parameter information.
US07944973B2	Video encoding/decoding method and apparatus A video encoding apparatus comprises a frame memory/predictive image generator having a first predictive mode for generating a predictive image signal by selecting a combination from among a plurality combinations of a reference image number and a plurality of predictive parameters, and a second predictive mode for generating a predictive image signal according to a predictive parameter computed based on reference image numbers of reference images and an image-to-image distance, and a variable-length encoder to select one of the first and second prediction modes by the number of reference images, and encode orthogonal transformation coefficient information concerning a predictive error signal of a predictive image signal with respect to input video signal, mode information indicating an encoding mode, motion vector information and combination of selected reference image number with predictive parameter index information indicating combination of selected reference image information.
US07944972B2	Video encoding/decoding method and apparatus A video encoding apparatus comprises a frame memory/predictive image generator having a first predictive mode for generating a predictive image signal by selecting a combination from among a plurality combinations of a reference image number and a plurality of predictive parameters, and a second predictive mode for generating a predictive image signal according to a predictive parameter computed based on reference image numbers of reference images and an image-to-image distance, and a variable-length encoder to select one of the first and second prediction modes by the number of reference images, and encode orthogonal transformation coefficient information concerning a predictive error signal of a predictive image signal with respect to input video signal, mode information indicating an encoding mode, motion vector information and combination of selected reference image number with predictive parameter index information indicating combination of selected reference image information.
US07944969B2	Method and system for sampling video data A method and system for sampling video data uses re-sampling filters having lengths optimized relative to a quantization parameter of video processing. The method uses modeling of an optimal length of the re-sampling filter as a function of the quantization parameter to derive empirical formulas and a look up table for optimal lengths of re-sampling filters. The resulting re-sampling filters are selectively adapted for sampling video data having different bit rates.
US07944964B2	Apparatus and method for stable DEF using selective FBF A decision feedback equalizing apparatus selectively using a feedback filter and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes: an equalizing unit including a feed forward filter (FFF) for correcting a distorted transmission channel by receiving a match-filtered signal and a feedback filter (FBF) for reducing inter symbol interference ISI of the corrected transmission channel for driving only the FFF in a blind mode and driving the FFF and the FBF in a decision directed mode; a diverge/converge determining unit for determining whether the decision feedback equalizing apparatus is diverged or converged using a unit square error obtained through a least unit square algorithm; and a filter controlling unit for controlling the equalizing unit in a blind mode if the decision feedback equalizing apparatus is determined as divergence, and for controlling the equalizing unit in a decision directed mode if the decision feedback equalizing apparatus is determined as convergence.
US07944962B2	Method and apparatus for transmission of command combinations by means of coded frequency-shift keying A method is disclosed for transmission of commands or command combinations via a communication link by coded frequency-shift keying. Each command or command combination is associated with one frequency pair. When a command changes from a preceding command or command combination to a subsequent command or command combination, one frequency (which will be the first to be transmitted) in the frequency pair of the subsequent command or command combination is chosen as a function of at least one other associated frequency pair.
US07944961B2	Systems and methods for improving pull-in performance in GPS signal processing Systems and methods for avoiding non-linear behavior of conventional early-minus-late correlator-based code loop discriminators. The present invention provides a model of correlator behavior that takes into account whether both correlators are on the same side of the correlation peak or they straddle the peak. The result is a piecewise solution that can be stitched together quite readily to produce an extended range of linear response, thereby improving the pull-in capability of GPS code loops when closely spaced correlators are being used.
US07944960B2	Integration of laser sources and detectors for a passive optical network Various methods and apparatuses are described in which an array of optical gain mediums capable of lasing are contained in a single integral unit. The array may contain four or more optical gain mediums capable of lasing. Each optical gain medium capable of lasing supplies a separate optical signal containing a band of wavelengths different than the other optical gain mediums capable of lasing in the array to a first multiplexer/demultiplexer. A connection for an output fiber exists to route an optical signal to and from a passive optical network.
US07944958B2	Pulsed laser light source based on frequency conversion A light emitting device including a waveguide having an electrically pumped gain region, a saturable absorber, a nonlinear crystal, an inclined mirror, and a light-concentrating structure. Light pulses emitted from the gain region are reflected by the inclined mirror and focused by the light-concentrating structure into the nonlinear crystal in order to generate frequency-converted light pulses. The gain region, the saturable absorber, the light-concentrating structure and the inclined mirror are implemented on or in a common substrate. The resulting structure is stable and compact, and allows on-wafer testing of produced emitters. The folded structure allows easy alignment of the nonlinear crystal.
US07944953B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting data in a data stream The invention provides a method and apparatus that addresses and resolves the issues currently affecting the ability to offer Enhanced TV, in particular, those issues concerning timing and synchronization, interaction with other modules in the STB, and distribution.
US07944949B2	Multiservice system and method for packet and time division multiplexed transport A system and method are presented for providing packet and time division multiplex (TDM) services in a data communication interface. The method accepts packets at a first rate over a packet interface, and transfers time-sensitive data in the packets as packet data units (PDUs) having a smaller number of bits than a packet and a second rate, faster than the first rate. The method transforms the PDUs into frames in a first TDM protocol. Typically, the PDUs are transformed into units having a smaller number of bits than the PDU and a third rate, faster than the second rate. Then, the TDM frames are transmitted over a line interface.
US07944946B2	Virtual memory protocol segmentation offloading Methods and systems for a more efficient transmission of network traffic are provided. According to one embodiment, a method is provided for performing segmentation offloading, such as TCP segmentation offloading (TSO). An interface performs direct virtual memory addressing of a user memory space of a system memory on behalf of a network processor to fetch payload data originated by a user process running on a host processor. Then, the network processor segments the payload data across one or more packets.
US07944945B2	Encapsulation of STM-n/STS-m frames under ethernet Apparatus (D1) is dedicated to processing STM-n/STS-m type data frames in a communications network. It comprises at least one STM-n/STS-m interface unit (LIU1) adapted to receive STM-n/STS-m type data frames from a communications network and processor means (MTj) adapted, on receiving data from an STM-n/STS-m frame coming from said line interface unit (LIU1): i) to segment the whole of said received frame into m groups of p successive bytes; ii) then to associate with each group a control header containing data representing its position within the STM-n/STS-m frame; and iii) to encapsulate each group and the associated control header in a payload data field of an Ethernet frame.
US07944943B2	Method and apparatus for MAC layer inverse multiplexing in a third generation radio access network A channel inverse multiplexer/multiplexer (IMUX/MUX) (14a) of a MAC sublayer (14) of a UTRAN RNC (11) for providing to a UE (18) traffic (communication signals including in general both control and user data) at a higher rate than the UE can accept over a single channel. The channel IMUX/MUX performs inverse multiplexing of traffic for downlink, and multiplexing of traffic on uplink, and does so in a way that is transparent to all other layers/entities of the UTRAN (11 17) and to the UE (18).
US07944942B1	Look up table (LUT) for Point-to-Point Protocol identification (PPP ID) A Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) identifier (PPP ID) value of a PPP frame, including data, is converted to an associated Ethernet Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) tag identifier (ID) value to enable the PPP ID value information to be communicated in an Ethernet frame to the next transmission layer for use in routing the data from the PPP frame.
US07944941B1	High speed Ethernet based on SONET technology A high-speed Ethernet using Thin SONET technology as the physical layer carrier makes use the large embedded base of SONET equipment, and is a step forward in integrating WANs, MANs and LANs. The HS Ethernet also takes advantage or current SONET functionality, such as framing, scrambling, integrity, etc. FEC fields are provided in the TOH for achieving a high level of error correction. The HS Ethernet frame comprises a length-type field generated at the PCS sublayer and a HEC field generated at the PMA layer. The frames are routed within a network using the source address, the destination address and a label.
US07944940B2	Method and apparatus for media access in contention-based networks A method and apparatus are described for gaining access to a communication medium in a contention-based network, including determining a slot count based on a number of stations in the contention-based network, adjusting the slot count, initiating a frame transmission when the slot count reaches a predetermined value and wherein said number of stations and an address queue are adjusted to reflect a priority. Further, a method and apparatus are described for gaining access to a communication medium in a contention-based network, including receiving a slot count based on a number of stations in the contention-based network, adjusting the slot count, initiating a frame transmission when the slot count reaches a predetermined value and wherein said number of stations and an address queue are adjusted to reflect a priority.
US07944939B2	Adaptive synchronous media access protocol for shared media networks In some embodiments of the present invention, asynchronous network nodes and synchronous network nodes coexist on a shared media network.
US07944938B2	Service-specific logical interfaces for providing VPN customers access to external multicast content A network device seamlessly handles multicast traffic flow between virtual private networks (VPNs) and content providers located external to the VPNs. For example, the network device, such as a router, comprises an interface card and a forwarding component. The forwarding component maintains forwarding data for a public network and forwarding data for the virtual private network. The interface card receives a multicast packet from a virtual private network destined for a multicast content provider external to the virtual private network. When forwarding the multicast packet, the forwarding component bypasses the forwarding data for the public network and forwards the multicast packet to the multicast content provider in accordance with the forwarding data for the public network.
US07944936B2	Stream-oriented interconnect for networked computer storage An apparatus and method for connecting a plurality of computing devices, e.g. web servers, database servers, etc., to a plurality of storage devices, such as disks, disk arrays, tapes, etc., by using a stream-oriented (circuit oriented) switch that has high throughput, but that requires non-negligible time for reconfiguration is disclosed. An example of such stream-oriented switch is an optical switch. The system decodes the requests from the computing devices and uses this information to create circuits, e.g. optical paths in embodiments where the stream-oriented switch is an optical switch, through the stream-oriented switch. The system uses these circuits to route traffic between the computing devices and the storage devices. Buffering of data and control in the device memory is used to improve overall throughput and reduce the time spent on reconfigurations.
US07944934B2	Efficient memory allocation in a wireless transmit/receiver unit The present invention allows for effective sharing of the hardware memory of a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU). The memory will be shared among various buffers of different entities. More particularly, memory will be shared among the MAC reordering buffers and the RLC reception buffers.
US07944930B2	Memory buffering with fast packet information access for a network device A networking device employing memory buffering in which a first memory is logically configured into blocks, and the blocks are logically configured into particles, where a second memory is configured to mirror the first memory in which a fixed number of bits in the second memory are allocated for each particle in the first memory so that scheduling and datagram lengths of packets stored in the first memory may be stored in the second memory. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US07944927B2	Efficient use of persistent scheduling with OFDMA wireless communications Various embodiments of the invention may take advantage of persistent scheduling in a wireless network to achieve efficiencies of operation. One embodiment dynamically adjusts the duration of persistent scheduling based on changing channel conditions. When mobile stations are grouped together for persistent scheduling, another embodiment uses a bitmap to indicate which mobile stations in the group have data in the current frame. Still another embodiment eliminates the Connection Identifier from a packet header when bitmaps are being used.
US07944926B2	Method and system for migrating a peer in a distributed BGP system A method for peer migration in a distributed Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) system includes: disconnecting a peer relationship between a source BGP process and a network device, wherein first routing information received from the network device is recorded in a forwarding instruction process; establishing a peer relationship between a target BGP process and the network device, and receiving second routing information from the network device; and updating the first routing information recorded in the forwarding instruction process according to the second routing information.
US07944925B2	System and method for grouping multiple VLANs into a single 802.11 IP multicast domain A system and method for identifying and grouping multiple virtual local area networks into a single multicast domain is provided. The system and method may be configured to designate a virtual local area network within as a multicast virtual local area network to streamline the delivery of multicast messages via a network. A station may be configured with multiple group keys so that it can receive messages from multiple broadcast or multicast domains.
US07944924B2	Handling of received implicit null packets A router includes a network ingress processor and a network egress processor. The network ingress processor is configured for modifying a received MPLS packet such that an internal header thereof includes a pre-configured IP flow identifier therein in place of an as-received MPLS flow identifier. Such modifying is performed in response to the network ingress processor parsing a MPLS label stack of the received MPLS packet to determine if an existing MPLS label of the label stack needs to be replaced with an Implicit Null label and in response to determining that there is no other label in the MPLS label stack. The network egress processor includes a flow selector configured for directing packets dependent upon a type of flow identifier included in an internal header thereof, for receiving the modified MPLS packet, and for replacing the internal header with a port-specific header.
US07944921B2	Method and system for distributing mobile broadcast service and mobile terminal A method and a system for distributing a mobile broadcast service are provided. The method includes: adding header information into broadcast service contents, the header information comprising integrality information and version information of a service packet containing the broadcast service contents; distributing the service packet to a user terminal; updating or accepting, by the user terminal, its own service data by use of the service packet in accordance with the integrality information and version information of the service packet. The method and the system according to the embodiments in the present invention may bring about higher transmission efficiency of data packet.
US07944915B2	Third party VPN certification A virtual private network (VPN) over a telecommunications network is created by sending a request from a first VPN device to a second VPN device for establishing a VPN between the first and second VPN devices. The request includes a first signed certificate having a verified VPN parameter for the first VPN device. A reply is received at the first VPN device from the second VPN device that includes a second signed certificate having a verified VPN parameter for the second VPN device. The VPN is established between the first and second VPN devices based on each verified VPN parameter for each of the first and second VPN devices.
US07944905B2	Method for dynamically identifying locations of mobile nodes in a time division multiple access based ad hoc communication network Disclosed is a method for dynamically identifying locations of a plurality of mobile nodes in a time division multiple access (TDMA) based ad hoc communication network, wherein one or more mobile nodes are being moved in and out of a predefined region. The method comprises allocating a hello slot in a dedicated channel of the TDMA based ad hoc communication network to each of the mobile nodes and announcing the allocation to the mobile nodes through hello slot allocation map, receiving location information from each of the mobile nodes during their hello slot and determining mobile nodes that are inside the predefined region based on the received location information, allocating a data slot to each determined mobile nodes inside the predefined region and announcing the allocation to the mobile nodes through data slot allocation map, and receiving updated location information from each determined mobile nodes during their data slot.
US07944904B2	Systems and methods for managing timing functions in multiple timing protocols One embodiment of the present invention includes a system for managing timing functions associating with at least one timing protocol. The system comprises a controller configured to implement a plurality of functions at each of a respective plurality of scheduled times. The system also comprises a time protocol converter configured to convert each of the plurality of scheduled times to a respective plurality of time values associated with a master timing protocol. The system further comprises a master timer controller configured to generate a plurality of control signals associated with the plurality of functions based on an accumulated value of a master timer associated with the master timing protocol relative to the plurality of time values.
US07944903B2	Multi-cell joint-detection method in time-slotted CDMA system A multi-cell joint-detection method in a time-slotted CDMA system includes: performing a multiple code set channel estimation on received signal data and obtaining channel estimation results of a home cell and of neighboring cells; adjusting the channel estimation results of the home cell and/or neighboring cells or the estimation result of a combined channel response according to a comparative delay difference between signals of users in different cells; and performing a joint-detection according to the estimation result of the combined channel response obtained by adjusting the channel estimation results of the users in different cells or according to the estimation result of the combined channel response. The MAI between neighboring universal-frequency cells having comparative delays and especially large comparative delays is greatly suppressed and the performance of the time-slotted CDMA system when working in neighboring universal-frequency cells is improved.
US07944899B2	Predictive routing technique in the ad hoc wireless network In a particular embodiment of the present invention, a forwarding node in an ad hoc network collects sets of node information pertaining to its neighbor nodes. An example of a type of node information is history information that indicates previous time periods during which a neighbor node has been available for communication. Other types of node information may include proximity information that indicates how far a neighbor node is from the forwarding node. In selecting a routing path, the forwarding node takes into account information collected in the sets of node information. A routing path can be selected to include a neighbor node having the highest probability to be available for communication. Additionally or alternatively, a routing path may be selected to minimize the power transmission level required for the forwarding node to forward data packets.
US07944894B2	Packet transmission in a wireless communication system using multiple antennas A method of retransmitting packet data in a wireless communication system comprises receiving a link map information element from a transmitting station having three antennas to achieve space time transmit diversity, wherein first, second and third packet data are transmitted from first, second and third antenna of the transmitting station, respectively. The method also comprises transmitting a non-acknowledgement signal to the transmitting station if at least one packet data from the transmitting station is not properly decoded. The method also comprises receiving the packet data from the transmitting station, wherein at least two of retransmitted packet data are transmitted from different antennas of the transmitting station, and one of retransmitted packet data is transmitted from the same antenna of the transmitting station. The retransmitted packet data are received with an information element comprising a retransmission count associated with a number of retransmission made by the transmitting station.
US07944893B2	Signal transmission method and base station in mobile communication A signal transmission method checks, when detecting an occurrence of a communication request, whether the communication request is a high speed communication (step S302). In the case of the high speed communication, it checks whether the number of current high speed communications (m) plus one is greater than the upper limit (mmax) of the high speed communication (step S312). If greater, it cancels the request as a call loss (S316), and sets to a variable a the ratio (h) of the rate of the high speed communication to that of a low speed communication. If the communication request is the low speed communication, it sets one to the variable a (step S304). It compares n plus a with nmax (step S306), where n is the total number of all the current communications, a is the value associated with the communication request, and nmax is the upper limit of the number of communications acceptable in a bandwidth, all of which are expressed in terms of the number of the low speed communications. If n plus a is greater than nmax, the communication request is canceled as a call loss (S316). Otherwise, the total number of the current high speed communications (m) and the total number of all the current communications (n) expressed in terms of the number of the low speed communications are updated, and a channel is assigned to the communication request (step S310).
US07944891B2	Frequency transformation based transmit beamforming in a communication system The present invention provides a system and method for transmit beamforming in a Frequency Division Duplex communication system. A first step (600) includes correcting for differences between transceiver receive and transmit responses within a base station. A next step (604) obtaining a beamforming weight of a phase antenna array on an uplink. A next step (606) transforming the uplink beamforming weight a downlink beamforming weight by applying a phase correction that is a function of wavelength at the uplink and downlink frequencies and distance between antenna elements.
US07944890B2	Using windows specified object identifiers (OIDs) for an antenna steering algorithm A communications device operates in a wireless local area network (WLAN), and includes a processor operating in accordance with an operating system that includes a standardized set of object identifiers (OIDs) associated therewith. An antenna steering algorithm is executed by the processor for generating a driver query. A driver generates an antenna query in response to the driver query. A smart antenna is driven by the driver and generates antenna beams for receiving signals, and generates metrics based upon the received signals. The smart antenna provides to the driver a metric associated with the antenna query. The driver associates the metric received from the smart antenna with one of the object identifiers from the standardized set of object identifiers, and provides the same to the antenna steering algorithm.
US07944889B2	System and method for rate shifting for wireless VoIP A method of rate shifting specially suited for the voice traffic, which differentiates poor channel conditions from a heavily loaded channel of a WLAN and adapts to the network traffic condition and channel condition promptly with low rate of false shifting. Determining when to rate shift is based on a combination of the received signal strength indication and the retry rate.
US07944887B1	Method and system for forcing mobile IP home agent handoff When a mobile node hands off to a new network access server/foreign agent (NAS/FA) and establishes a data link layer connection with the new NAS/FA, the NAS/FA will determine whether the mobile node is registered with a preferred home agent. If not, the NAS/FA will force the mobile node to hand off to the preferred home agent, while maintaining the data link layer connection with the mobile node.
US07944886B2	Infrastructure-based enabling indication for dynamic frequency selection in wireless networks A wireless access point selection system. In particular implementations, a method includes receiving a notification that identifies a wireless access point that detects radar on an operating channel and identifies the operating channel; updating neighbor lists of one or more neighboring wireless access points to remove the wireless access point from the neighbor list, where the neighbor list comprises neighbor wireless access points, corresponding operating channels, and corresponding enable indications, where each enable indication indicates if a channel availability check is required before performing active scanning; and transmitting the updated neighbor list to the neighboring wireless access points. In one implementation, a system provides a DFS enable indication to wireless clients so they can know whether a channel availability check is required prior to transmitting.
US07944884B2	Voice and data communication services using orthogonal sub-channels A method for using orthogonal sub-channels (OSCs) in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). A capability report is received from the WTRU, including an indication whether the WTRU supports OSCs. A determination is made whether to use OSCs for the WTRU and the result of the determination is signaled to the WTRU. If OSCs are used with the WTRU, the signaling includes an OSC assignment for the WTRU. In one embodiment, two resources are assigned to the WTRU and each resource is assigned to a different OSC.
US07944881B2	Method for transmitting control channel in a mobile communication system In a mobile communication system using both a discontinuous transmission scheme and a compressed mode transmission scheme, if a preamble and/or a postamble of a channel including control information for transmitting a specific channel overlaps a compressed mode (CM) gap, an overall transmission unit is not transmitted or remaining signals of the transmission unit excluding the preamble and/or the postamble overlapping the CM gap are transmitted.
US07944880B2	Method and arrangement for establishing a communication session for multimedia A method and arrangement for establishing a packet-switched multimedia session for a mobile terminal connected to a mobile access network. A first Radio Access Bearer RAB is obtained, and the multimedia session is started by communicating media over the first RAB. Simultaneously with the media communication, a quality of communicated media is monitored and evaluated. If the monitored quality is deemed unacceptable, a media-adapted second RAB is obtained, and the session is continued over the second RAB. Thereby, it is not necessary to delay the communication of media by waiting for the second RAB to be obtained.
US07944875B1	Enforcement of user level policies from visited networks in a mobile IP environment In one embodiment, a system for providing mobile Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores one or more user level policies associated with an access terminal. The processor establishes a mobile IP connection with the access terminal. The processor receives the user level policies from a home IP gateway of the access terminal, and applies the user level policies to the mobile IP connection.
US07944872B2	Adaptive coding and modulation aware network load balancing Methods, systems, and devices are described for determining a preferred routing path for communicating source data from a data source to a data terminal over a network having multiple routing path options. Embodiments include receiving a source dataset at a network node; determining multiple routing path options for routing the source dataset, each comprising a set of communication links that communicatively couple the data source with the data terminal; determining a hierarchical encoding scheme for encoding the source dataset to generate a transmission; generating routing path profiles for each routing path option by evaluating each routing path option against a routing metric; determining a preferred routing path for routing the transmission by comparing the routing path profiles; and routing the transmission over the preferred routing path according to the hierarchical encoding scheme.
US07944871B2	Communication relay apparatus and communication relay method A communication relay apparatus wherein the error rate characteristic of a relay destination is improved to raise the throughput, while reducing the given interference power to prevent the reduction of the throughput of the whole communication system. In the apparatus, a signal addressed to a base station is received (ST1010), and a decoding process and other processes are performed (ST1020). A bit error determination is performed (ST1030), and if there is no bit error, a reproduction/relay process (ST1050) is performed. If there is any bit error, a threshold-based determination of reception quality is performed for each of subcarriers (ST1120-1130). If the reception quality is greater than a threshold value, the corresponding subcarrier is outputted (ST1140); otherwise, the corresponding subcarrier is not relayed (ST1150). A signal, which has been subjected to either process, is transmitted (ST1060).
US07944861B2	System and process for mass telephony conference call A method of providing conference call connections includes initiating a conference call between multiple conferees using a conferencing controller, placing each of the multiple conferees in a half-duplex listen only mode using the conferencing controller, and receiving a signal at the conferencing controller from at least one of the multiple conferees to actively participate in the conference call. Active participation can be in the form of asking questions, giving comments, or providing a keypress to vote or provide other information. The conference call can also be broadcast to increase participants. Also, after the conference call is initiated, additional potential conferees can be added.
US07944859B2	Network design method A network design method for Ethernet-type networks exhibiting capacities sufficient for operation during normal periods as well those as periods when a single node or link has failed.
US07944856B2	Method and apparatus for providing redundancy for an access network A method and apparatus for providing redundancy for an access network are disclosed. For example, the method receives an access network structure, and removes one or more unnecessary 2D edges or 3D edges from a simplex cover for the access network structure. The method then performs a search on the simplex cover; and, generates a new access network structure that includes the redundancy.
US07944855B2	Digital subscriber line (DSL) network upgrade tool A network upgrade tool creates an upgrade project designating a source digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM), a target DSLAM, and an upgrade type and determines whether the source DSLAM and target DSLAM are eligible for upgrade based on the upgrade type. At least one new digital subscriber line (DSL) path associated with the target DSLAM is identified when the source DSLAM and target DSLAM are eligible for upgrade. Pre-provisionable elements associated with the at least one new DSL path are identified and the identified pre-provisionable elements are provisioned prior to transition from at least one existing DSL path to the at least one new DSL path. A cutover selection is received that indicates that physical network changes associated with the target DSLAM have been made and non-pre-provisioned elements are provisioned following receipt of the cutover selection.
US07944852B2	Intelligent presentation network management system A system and method has been provided for the intuitive management of communication networks including a large number of network elements diffused across large geographical areas. The network management system permits the system operator to identify system problems while monitoring the top-level map of the communications network. The organization of network displays permits an operator to “zoom” from the higher levels of network abstraction, depicting a large number of elements across a large geographic area, to local geographical areas where specific problems associated with individual elements can be identified.
US07944848B2	Upstream signal quality monitoring The problem is that a measurement of the average signal quality (average modulation error ratio), does not identify poor quality signals that may be originating from an individual cable modem. The device of the present invention displays the modulation error ratio (MER) for each packet received. Since the media access control (MAC) address is associated with a packet received from an individual cable modem, a graph displaying the MER for each packet received is also displaying the MER for signals from the individual cable modems. Thus a technician viewing the display will be able to identify whether a low MER is a result of an impairment in the network or the from an individual cable modem.
US07944840B2	Method for facilitating latency measurements using intermediate network devices between endpoint devices connected by a computer network Network latency measurements of RTP traffic are measured using an intermediate network device positioned between endpoints that do not necessarily support RTCP. During an active RTP stream between two endpoints, the intermediate device detects whether the endpoints are already providing their own RTCP packets and responding to RTCP packets from the other endpoint. If not, the intermediate device generates RTCP packets on behalf of the non-responsive or non-providing endpoint(s), acting as a proxy for the endpoint(s), so the packets appear to one endpoint as if they were generated by the other endpoint. Thus, if at least one endpoint supports RTCP, a single intermediate device is sufficient to generate the RTCP packets that allow the latency calculation to be performed.
US07944838B2	Apparatus, method and computer program for traffic control Traffic control for a communication network using a token bucket. Tokens stored in the token bucket and data throughput to/from a data buffer are monitored, and a new token rate is determined based on the data throughput during the period that at least one token is stored in the token buffer.
US07944836B2	Adaptive method and apparatus for adjusting network traffic volume reporting An adaptive method and apparatus for accurate network traffic volume limit reporting including receiving a network traffic volume limit for each subscriber based on the subscriber's level of service and reporting the network traffic volume on a more frequent basis for subscribers who are approaching their network volume limit.
US07944835B2	Data transmission method using the number of stations joined multicast service, base station and terminal device therefor, and wireless communication system having the same The present invention relates to a wireless communication data transmission method considering the number of terminals requesting services. The present invention provides a wireless communication base station for use in a network where a multicast service is received from a network entity and is provided to at least one or more terminals in contention-based channel access mode of a wireless communication. The base station comprises a storage unit for storing terminal information including the number of terminals which have joined the multicast service, and a priority determining unit for setting a user priority of a data frame to be transmitted using the terminal information. According to the present invention, a priority of data to be transmitted is determined in consideration of the number of serviced terminals, and thus, the data can be reasonably transmitted.
US07944830B2	Methods and appratus for evaluating a utilization of a system that provides connections using a normalized bandwidth scheme Methods and apparatus are provided for evaluating the throughput limit of a communication system, such as a network node or system. A throughput limit of a communication system is evaluated by receiving a request to allocate at least one connection of a given data type; obtaining an assigned weight for the at least one connection, wherein the assigned weight is based on the throughput limit and a processing limit indicating a throughput of the communication system for the given data type within a given time window; and determining whether to allocate the at least one connection of a given data type based on whether a sum of the assigned weights for each existing allocated connection for each data type exceeds the throughput limit. The assigned weight for a given data type can be subtracted from the sum upon receiving a request to de-allocate a connection.
US07944829B2	Mechanism for managing access to resources in a heterogeneous data redirection device A system and method for policing of access to resources in a heterogeneous data redirection device is disclosed. The invention utilizes Random Early Detection to determine whether or not a given packet should be dropped or accepted into the resource. The invention uses a combination of different metrics each of which utilizes a different version of RED. Schemes can include a Per-Flow Weighted RED metric, a Global RED metric and a Fair Share Pool metric, where shared resource allocation is dependent dynamically upon the number of users at the time a packet requests access. These metrics can be combined in variety of ways to yield a final drop or accept decision for an incoming packet so that it does not access resources.
US07944828B2	Dynamically assigning packet flows In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes a method includes accessing data of an egress packet belonging to a flow, storing data associating the flow with at least one queue based on a source of the data of the egress packet. The method also includes accessing an ingress packet belonging to the flow, performing a lookup of the at least one queue associated with the flow, and enqueueing data of the ingress packet to the at least one queue associated with the flow.
US07944825B2	ATM cell/packet switch and communication control method using the same In order to provide an ATM cell□packet switch which can easily maintain the band for the normality confirmation packet of the user data transfer path without influencing the user band at a state of in□band, and a communication control method using the switch, at least provided in the switch are: an SDRAM for storing the user data; a normality confirmation packet generator; a timing generator for generating the timing of a refresh cycle of the SDRAM; a selector for transferring the normality confirmation packet at the time of the refresh; and a packet reception unit for extracting the packet identifying information from the received packet data, and comparing the normality confirmation packet directly received from the packet generator to the normality confirmation packet received via the switch unit thereby to confirm the normality when the packet data is the normality confirmation packet.
US07944824B2	Terminal of portable internet system and method of transmitting uplink data in terminal A terminal of a portable Internet system comprising a medium access control (MAC) layer and a physical layer, the MAC layer comprising: a classifier classifying packets into classes; a delayer calling queue operating functions when a predetermined period of time is passed after the packets are classified by the classifier; a wait queue storing packets by the queue operating functions; and a packet processor processing the packet in the wait queue and transmitting the processed packet to the physical layer.
US07944817B1	Hierarchical virtual trunking over packet networks The present invention establishes reserved paths between nodes in a central packet network and in local networks attached to the central network. Each reserved path has a defined bandwidth and may be implemented as an LSP in an MPLS network or as a PVC in an ATM network. Associated with each reserved path is a virtual trunk group representing the same bandwidth as the virtual path. Telephony calls requiring media flows associated with a channel in the virtual trunk group will transport packets along the reserved path associated with the virtual trunk group. Access to the reserved path is limited to telephony media flows associated with a virtual trunk group to ensure adequate bandwidth at all times for the number of channels associated with the virtual trunk group. Backup reserved paths may be associated with the primary reserved path to provide the necessary redundancy required for voice-based telephony applications.
US07944815B2	System and method for network recovery from multiple link failures Methods and systems for fast and reliable network recovery from multiple link failures. In accordance with one example of the method, a master node receives a request from a transit node having a blocked port to open the blocked port for data forwarding, wherein the blocked port is associated with a restored link. The master node starts a health-check timer and transmits a health-check message on its primary port to determine that all failed links of the network are restored. Upon determining that the health-check message is received at its secondary port, the master node transmits a message to each transit node indicating that all failed links are restored. Upon determining that the health-check message is not received at its secondary port before the health-check timer lapsed, the master node transmits a message to the transit node to open the blocked port associated with the restored link for data forwarding.
US07944806B2	Method for modifying optical path on optical recording medium having distortion regions Theft, distribution, and piracy of digital content on optical media (software, video, audio, e-books, any content of any kind that is digitally stored and distributed) is often accomplished by copying it directly to another disc using commonly available copy tools and recordable optical media, or the copying of media to another mass manufactured disc. Methods which cause—the copy process to become lengthy and inconvenient, or which produce copies that are significantly measurably different from the original and therefore be recognizable as copies, deter or prevent an unauthorized individual from making copies. This is accomplished by modifying the optical path of an optical medium to include regions of selective distortion. This, in turn, modifies the read operation of the data in the regions, which can be used to identify and authenticate the medium.
US07944804B2	Optical disk recording method, optical disk device, program, and recording medium In an optical disk recording method adapted to record information on an optical disk by a light beam incident to the disk in one direction, the disk has a plurality of rewritable recording layers including a first layer nearest to a plane of incidence and a second layer distant from the plane of incidence. A target layer where user data is to be recorded is specified from the first and second layers. Prior to recording the user data to a requested address in the second layer when the target layer is the second layer, a partial region of the first layer corresponding to a same radial position as the requested address in the second layer is set to either a non-recorded state or a recorded state depending on a characteristic of the disk. The user data is recorded to the requested address in the target layer.
US07944796B2	Recording apparatus and information processing apparatus equipped with the same A recording apparatus includes a first light source irradiating first laser light, a second light source irradiating second laser light, an optical spatial modulating unit applying information to the first laser light, and an objective lens collecting the first laser light and the second laser light at different positions on the same optical axis. A hologram recording operation uses a first optical path and a second optical path. The information light is conducted to the objective lens along the first optical path. The reference light is conducted to the objective lens along the second optical path. At the same time, an address/servo control operation is carried out by employing a third optical path along which the second laser light is conducted to the objective lens. The DVD recording operation uses the second optical path. The CD recording operation uses the third optical path.
US07944791B2	PRML (Partial Response Maximum Likelihood) information reproducing method and information reproducing apparatus for implementing the same An information reproducing method using PRML technology which provides asymmetry compensation and also assures media interchangeability. To compensate for asymmetry, target levels are basically adapted to readout signals and either restriction type (1) (time reversal and level reversal symmetry) or restriction type (2) (time reversal symmetry) is imposed between target levels. As a consequence, asymmetry compensation is made regardless of a readout signal distortion such as mark shift which might deteriorate media interchangeability.
US07944787B2	Method for adjusting a focus position on an optical disc and an optical disc apparatus applying the same therein In a method for adjusting a focus position for an optical disc, onto/from which in formation is recorded or reproduced, while adjusting the focus position of an optical reproducing means, upon a recording surface of an optical information recording medium having an area where information of the optical information recording medium is recorded in advance, comprising the following steps of: memorizing plural numbers of information relating to focus positions determined appropriately, which can be obtained from the area where the information of the optical information recording medium is recorded in advance; and adjusting the focus position for the optical disc loaded into an apparatus, from at lease one (1) signal relating to the focus position, which can be obtained from the optical disc, with utilizing a relationship between the plural numbers of information relating to the focus positions determined appropriately, memorized in advance, when reproduction of the information is impossible when the optical disc is loaded into the apparatus, thereby providing the focus position adjusting method and an optical disc apparatus applying the same therein, for enabling an appropriate focus adjustment even in case when DMA area cannot read out due to damages or defects therein.
US07944786B2	Optical disc apparatus and recording power determining method thereof A method of determining a recording power used to record information to an optical disc, includes carrying out test recording which records predetermined data to a predetermined area of the optical disc to determine the recording power, and recording predetermined data with a power equal to or more than the determined recording power to an area adjacent to the predetermined area.
US07944780B2	Magnetic recording device and magnetic recording head drive mechanism having a magnetic applying section of a specific length Provided is a magnetic recording device which can perform high density magnetic recording by simple constitution. The magnetic recording device is provided with a disk driving device for rotating a magnetic disk; a head having a heating section for heating a circular track of the magnetic disk and a recording element for applying a magnetic field modulated by an electric signal to the magnetic disk; and a head drive device for circularly moving the head in the radius direction of the magnetic disk by rotating about a driving shaft. The recording element has a magnetism applying section that traverses any track heated by the heating section in the radius direction of the magnetic disk.
US07944778B2	Motor drive control circuit, semiconductor device, electronic timepiece, and electronic timepiece with a power generating device A motor drive control circuit that operates using a primary power supply and controls driving a motor has a drive circuit that drives the motor, a power supply circuit that is disposed between the primary power supply and the drive circuit, and uses electrical energy supplied from the primary power supply to supply a drive voltage to the drive circuit, and a power supply control circuit that controls operation of the power supply circuit. The power supply control circuit monitors the drive voltage, stops the power supply circuit and stops supplying the drive voltage when the drive voltage is greater than or equal to a prescribed constant voltage, and activates the power supply circuit and supplies the drive voltage when the drive voltage is less than the prescribed constant voltage.
US07944774B2	Method for determining adequacy of seismic data coverage of a subsurface area being surveyed and its application to selecting sensor array geometry A method for marine seismic surveying includes towing seismic sensors in a plurality of streamers in the water, actuating a seismic energy source in the water at selected times and detecting seismic signals at the sensors resulting from the actuation of the source. A data trace is created for each of the detected signals. At least one Fresnel zone is determined for at least some of the seismic data traces. A contribution of each of the traces to each one of a plurality of bins defined in a predetermined pattern is computed, based on the Fresnel zone associated with each trace. Based on the computed contributions, a maximum lateral distance between corresponding seismic sensors is determined that will result in a contribution sum above a selected threshold.
US07944772B2	Semiconductor memory device and method for generating output enable signal A semiconductor memory device includes a DLL for detecting a phase difference between an external clock signal and a feedback clock signal to generate a delay control signal corresponding to the phase difference, and delaying the external clock signal by a delay amount corresponding to the delay control signal to generate a DLL clock signal; a clock counter reset signal generator for synchronizing an output enable reset signal with the external clock signal, delaying the synchronized signal by a delay amount corresponding to the delay control signal, and latching the delayed signal in response to the DLL clock signal to output a clock counter reset signal; and an output enable signal generator, reset in response to the clock counter reset signal, for counting the external clock signal and the DLL clock signal to generate an output enable signal corresponding to a read command and a CAS latency.
US07944770B2	Static random access memory system and control method for static random access memory system A static random access memory system used within a microprocessor includes a static random access memory array including a plurality of static random access memories, a storage unit configured to store a context ID used in the execution of a program or a process in association with an access pattern of the plurality of static random access memories in the execution of the program or the process, a search unit configured to, every time context switching occurs, search the storage unit for an access pattern that is associated with a context ID corresponding to a context ID of a program or a process to be executed after the context switching; and a power control unit configured to cause a static random access memory to be readable and writable on the basis of the access pattern of the plurality of static random access memories found by the search unit.
US07944765B1	Programmable logic device with built in self test In one embodiment of the invention, an integrated circuit such as a programmable logic device includes volatile memory, nonvolatile memory, and a data shift register for reading data from the nonvolatile memory and for reading data from and writing data to the volatile memory. A built in self test (BIST) circuit is operable to test the nonvolatile memory without the data shift register reading data from the nonvolatile memory. The BIST circuit may include a finite state machine for performing at least one of the following tests on the nonvolatile memory: bulk erase, bulk program; margin bulk program; and/or margin bulk erase. A memory controller responsive to the finite state machine is operable to write data to and read data from the nonvolatile memory during testing of the nonvolatile memory.
US07944764B1	Writing to non-volatile memory during a volatile memory refresh cycle Writing to non-volatile memory during a volatile memory refresh cycle is described. In one example, a write command is received and data is received to write into a memory cell. The data is temporarily stored in response to the write command. A refresh command is received and the temporarily stored data is written into the memory cell in response to the refresh command.
US07944763B2	Semiconductor memory device for preventing mal-operation induced by misrecognizing addresses/data as commands and operating method thereof A semiconductor memory device and an operating method thereof prevent the mal-operation of the semiconductor memory device induced by misrecognizing addresses or data as commands. The semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of input pads, a data information path, a command path, a transfer block configured to transmit signals coupled through the input pads to the data information path and the command path, a command decoding block configured to decode signals transmitted through the command path to verify an inputting of a command, and a transmission control block configured to generate a control signal for controlling the signal transmission from the transfer block to the command path according to the verified result of the command decoding block.
US07944761B2	Memory device having strobe terminals with multiple functions A memory device has data transceivers, write strobe transceivers, and read strobe transceivers. The data transceivers transfer input data to the memory device and transfer output data from the memory device. The write strobe transceivers transfer timing information of the input data. The read strobe transceivers transfer timing information of the output data. The memory device also has an auxiliary circuit for generating auxiliary information. The auxiliary information includes information different from the timing information of the input data and the output data. The auxiliary circuit uses the write and read transceivers to transfer the auxiliary information to and from the memory device.
US07944760B2	Read enhancement for memory An electronic circuitry is provided for reading out a memory element (ME). The electronic circuitry comprises a first electronic path (IP) being coupled to the memory element (ME), a second electronic path (RP) having predetermined electrical properties, and a basic detection element (BDE) being coupled to the first and second electronic paths (IP, RP) such that the information contained in the memory element (ME) can be determined by the basic detection element (BDE) based on the relation of a digital signal being propagated over the first path (IP) to a digital signal being propagated over the second path (RP).
US07944758B2	Non-volatile memory device and method for copy-back thereof A method for performing a copy-back operation in a non-volatile memory device includes: measuring and recording a maximum program voltage used to program a part of target data to copy-back when a copy-back command is inputted; and performing a copy-back operation using the recorded maximum program voltage.
US07944757B2	Non-volatile multilevel memory cell programming Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, devices, modules, and systems for programming multilevel non-volatile multilevel memory cells. One method includes increasing a threshold voltage (Vt) for each of a number of memory cells until the Vt reaches a verify voltage (VFY) corresponding to a program state among a number of program states. The method includes determining whether the Vt of each of the cells has reached a pre-verify voltage (PVFY) associated with the program state, selectively biasing bit lines coupled to those cells whose Vt has reached the PVFY, adjusting the PVFY to a different level, and selectively biasing bit lines coupled to cells whose Vt has reached the adjusted PVFY, wherein the PVFY and the adjusted PVFY are less than the VFY.
US07944755B2	Erase verify in memory devices In one or more embodiments, methods for erasing memory devices, and a memory system are disclosed, one such method comprising determining which cells of a sample are not erased, either directly or indirectly. The number of unerased cells in the sample can be compared to a threshold. An erase operation can be performed on the memory block responsive to the comparison until the number of unerased cells is less than the threshold.
US07944754B2	Non-volatile memory and method with continuous scanning time-domain sensing A page of non-volatile multi-level memory cells on a word line is sensed in parallel by sense amps via bit lines. A predetermined input sensing voltage as an increasing function of time applied to the word line allows scanning of the entire range of thresholds of the memory cell in one sweep. Sensing of the thresholds of individual cells is then reduced to a time-domain sensing by noting the times the individual cells become conducting. Each conducting time, adjusted for delays in the word line and the bit line, can be used to derive the sensing voltage level that developed at the word line local to the cell when the cell became conducting. The locally developed sensing voltage level yields the threshold of the cell. This time-domain sensing is relative insensitive to the number of levels of a multi-level memory and therefore resolve many levels rapidly in one sweep.
US07944748B2	Erase block data splitting A Flash memory device, system, and data handling routine is detailed with a distributed erase block sector user/overhead data scheme that splits the user data and overhead data and stores them in differing associated erase blocks. The erase blocks of the Flash memory are arranged into associated erase block pairs in “super blocks” such that when user data is written to/read from the user data area of a sector of an erase block of the super block pair, the overhead data is written to/read from the overhead data area of a sector of the other associated erase block. This data splitting enhances fault tolerance and reliability of the Flash memory device.
US07944746B2	Room temperature drift suppression via soft program after erase Providing for suppression of room temperature electronic drift in a flash memory cell is provided herein. For example, a soft program pulse can be applied to the flash memory cell immediately after an erase pulse. The soft program pulse can help to mitigate dipole effects caused by non-combined electrons and holes in the memory cell. Specifically, by utilizing a relatively low gate voltage, the soft program pulse can inject electrons into the flash memory cell proximate a distribution of uncombined holes associated with the erase pulse in order to facilitate rapid combination of such particles. Rapid combination in this manner reduces dipole effects caused by non-combined distributions of opposing charge within the memory cell, reducing room temperature program state drift.
US07944745B2	Flash memory array of floating gate-based non-volatile memory cells A flash memory array comprises a plurality of memory cells organized in a matrix of rows and columns. Each of the memory cells includes a floating gate memory transistor having a source region and a drain region, and a coupling capacitor electrically connected to the memory transistor. A plurality of word lines are each electrically connected to the capacitor in each of the memory cells in a respective row. A first set of bit lines are each electrically connected to the drain region of the memory transistor in each of the memory cells in a respective column. A plurality of high voltage access transistors are each electrically connected to a bit line in the first set of bit lines. A second set of bit lines are each electrically connected to the source region of the memory transistor in each of the memory cells in a respective column. Various combinations of voltages can be applied to the word lines and the first and second sets of bit lines in operations to erase, program, inhibit, or read the logic state stored by the memory transistor in one or more of the memory cells.
US07944742B2	Diode assisted switching spin-transfer torque memory unit A memory array includes a cross-point array of bit and source lines. A memory is disposed at cross-points of the cross-point array. The memory unit includes a magnetic tunnel junction data cell electrically coupled to a bit line and a source line. The magnetic tunnel junction data cell is configured to switch between a high resistance state and a low resistance state by passing a polarized write current through the magnetic tunnel junction data cell. A transistor is electrically between the magnetic tunnel junction data cell and the bit line or source line and a diode is in thermal or electrical contact with the magnetic tunnel junction data cell to assist in resistance state switching.
US07944741B2	Apparatus and systems using phase change memories Apparatus and systems that use phase-change memory devices are provided. The phase-change memory devices may include multiple phase-change memory cells and a reset pulse generation circuit configured to output multiple sequential reset pulses. Each sequential reset pulse is output to a corresponding one of multiple reset lines. Multiple write driver circuits are coupled to corresponding phase change memory cells and to a corresponding one of the reset lines of the reset pulse generation circuit.
US07944738B2	Spin torque transfer cell structure utilizing field-induced antiferromagnetic or ferromagnetic coupling A magnetic memory cell including a soft magnetic layer and a coupling layer, and methods of operating the memory cell are provided. The memory cell includes a stack with a free ferromagnetic layer and a pinned ferromagnetic layer, and a soft magnetic layer and a coupling layer may also be formed as layers in the stack. The coupling layer may cause antiferromagnetic coupling to induce the free ferromagnetic layer to be magnetized in a direction antiparallel to the magnetization of the soft magnetic layer, or the coupling layer may cause ferromagnetic coupling to induce the free ferromagnetic layer to be magnetized in a direction parallel to the magnetization of the soft magnetic layer. The coupling layer, through a coupling effect, reduces the critical switching current of the memory cell.
US07944736B2	Magnetoresistive device The device comprises two magnetoresistive elements (10, 20) placed relative to each other in magnetostatic interaction in such a manner that a magnetic flux passing between these elements (10, 20) closes through soft ferromagnetic layers (26, 27) of said elements (10, 20). A write device (15) is associated with the elements (10, 20) to control the magnetization of each soft layer (26, 27). A read conductor line (11, 12, 13, 14) is associated with each magnetoresistive element (10, 20) to detect the magnetic state of the soft layer (26, 27) by measuring the corresponding magnetoresistance. The soft ferromagnetic layers (26, 27) of the elements (10, 20) remain oriented substantially in antiparallel relative to each other, while the hard ferromagnetic layers (24) of said elements (10, 20) are oriented substantially in parallel.
US07944735B2	Method of making a nanotube-based shadow random access memory Random access memory including nanotube switching elements. A memory cell includes first and second nanotube switching elements and an electronic memory. Each nanotube switching element includes conductive terminals, a nanotube article and control circuitry capable of controllably form and unform an electrically conductive channel between the conductive terminals. The electronic memory is a volatile storage device capable of storing a logic state in response to electrical stimulus. In certain embodiment the electronic memory has cross-coupled first and second inverters in electrical communication with the first and second nanotube switching elements. The cell can operate as a normal electronic memory, or can operate in a shadow memory or store mode (e.g., when power is interrupted) to transfer the electronic memory state to the nanotube switching elements. The device may later be operated in a recall mode where the state of the nanotube switching elements may be transferred to the electronic memory.
US07944733B2	Static random access memory (SRAM) of self-tracking data in a read operation, and method thereof A system and method for self-tracking data in a read operation of a SRAM are disclosed. The self-tracking data selection SRAM comprises: a plurality of memory cell arrays, comprising: a plurality of memory cells each generating a first signal and outputting a first read data; a plurality of first buffers each receiving the first signal outputting a second signal; a first multiplexer receiving the plurality of first read data and the first signals; a plurality of second buffers each receiving the second signals and outputting a third signal; and a second multiplexer receiving a plurality of second read data from the plurality of memory cell arrays and outputting a third signals.
US07944728B2	Programming a memory cell with a diode in series by applying reverse bias A method of programming a memory cell comprises applying a reverse bias to the memory cell using a temporary resistor in series with the memory cell. The memory cell comprises a diode and a resistivity switching material element in series. The state of the resistivity switching material element changes from a first initial state to a second state different from the first state.
US07944724B2	Ternary content addressable memory having reduced leakage effects A column of ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) cells includes a bit line pair that is twisted at a location at or near the center of the column. Data is written to (and read from) TCAM cells located above the twist location with a first bit line polarity. Data is written to (and read from) TCAM cells located below the twist location with a second bit line polarity, opposite the first bit line polarity. As a result, read leakage currents introduced by TCAM cells storing ‘Don't Care’ values are reduced.
US07944720B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit, PWM signal output device, and power conversion control apparatus Provided is a control technique of a PWM conversion type power converter capable of compensating for a voltage error due to voltage drop mainly at a switching element and managing a switching time of a PWM signal at the same time, and capable of suppressing increase/decrease of software operation load and addition of a hardware circuit to the minimum. A semiconductor integrated circuit having a PWM signal generating unit which generates a PWM signal is provided with a PWM timer unit including a counter counting a pulse width of a pulse signal inputted from the outside with delay from a PWM signal, a register loading a counter value of the counter in synchronization with the PWM signal, and an A/D converting unit converting an analog signal serving as a source signal of the pulse signal inputted from the outside to a digital signal.
US07944714B2	Zero voltage switching high-frequency inverter There is provided a zero-voltage switching high-frequency inverter capable of supplying a current of a large amplitude operation to a load, while suppressing a main switch current. The zero-voltage switching high-frequency inverter according to the present invention comprises: a first switch S1 and a second switch S2 that are connected in series between power sources Ed; a first capacitor C1, an impedance element R, and an inductor element L that are connected in series between a connecting path connecting the first switch S1 and the second switch S2 and one end of the power sources Ed; and a second capacitor C2 connected in parallel to the impedance element R and the inductor element L that are connected in series.
US07944712B2	Plasma display device A PDP (plasma display panel) is attached to an electrically conductive board with a heat dissipation sheet sandwiched therebetween. A first driving circuit board is fixed on the electrically conductive board by a plurality of electrically conductive supports. On one surface, which faces the electrically conductive board, of the first driving circuit board, one or a plurality of electronic components are mounted, while a second driving circuit board is fixed. A plurality of support terminals of the second driving circuit board are connected to the first driving circuit board, and the first driving circuit board is attached to the electrically conductive board by the electrically conductive supports. Thus, one surface of the second driving circuit board is in contact with the electrically conductive board. One or a plurality of surface mount components are mounted on the other surface of the second driving circuit board that faces the first driving circuit board.
US07944709B2	Micro-sensor and manufacturing method thereof The micro-sensor includes a first circuit substrate and a second circuit substrate. One surface of the first circuit substrate has an image sensing device electrically connected to main printed wires formed by a first wire group and a second wire group. On the other surface of the first circuit substrate has a main connector electrically connected to the second wire group. A plurality of first signal transmission lines connected to the first wire group. The second circuit substrate has a sub-connector that is electrically connected to sub printed wires having an equivalent number as and corresponding to the second wire group. The other end of the sub printed wires is electrically connected to a plurality of second signal transmission lines. Through connecting the connectors respectively disposed in different circuit boards to overcome the difficulty in the manufacturing process of concentrating all devices on a single circuit board.
US07944708B2	Structured light-emitting module for lighting apparatus A light-emitting module for a lighting apparatus comprises at least two substrates, each provided with a printed circuit having an LED, and plural matching terminal blocks and buckles so that the substrates can be structured into a planar light-emitting module having a relatively large area by assembly of the terminal blocks and the buckles. The light-emitting module is adaptive to be used in a billboard, a traffic sign, a three-dimensional lighting apparatus or a lighting display screen.
US07944706B2	Electrical unit for boat and outboard motor An electrical unit includes one of a large current relay, a circuit protection fuse, and an operation time display section fixed on a circuit board having an external connector. The electrical unit is incorporated in a case having an opening, and the electrical unit is sealed by a sealing resin which fills the case. An operation time display section sealed in the case extends from the sealing resin at the opening of the case.
US07944705B2	Compatible circuit for integrated circuits and layout method for the same A compatible circuit for integrated circuits (ICs) includes three input terminals coupled to corresponding pins of an IC, and three function terminals corresponding to the three input terminals. Each input terminal coupled to the three function terminals via three transmission lines, each transmission line has an open segment, and each input terminal is electrically coupled to a corresponding function terminal by selectively mounting a connection component on the open segment of the corresponding transmission line according to a specification of the IC.
US07944697B2	Electronic equipment Electronic equipment installed outdoors to house an internal unit is provided, meeting the waterproof standard and having an easily replaceable structure of the internal unit. The electronic equipment has an enclosure having a cover and a case with an opening and an air vent, and an internal unit in which an electronic component is mounted. The internal unit has a heat sink and radiation fins for releasing heat generated by the electronic component. The fins are inserted into the opening. The heat sink has a draining portion formed below the fins in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the radiation fins, a groove for waterproofing around the fins except an upper portion thereof, and two protrusions for fitting above the fins. The case has a rib for waterproofing around the opening except an upper portion thereof, and two holes for fitting above the opening.
US07944695B2	Motor controller A motor controller which is inexpensive and has high cooling performance by using an extrusion heat sink (1), reducing the number of parts, and reducing the man-hours of assembling is provided. In a motor controller including an extrusion heat sink (1), and a power semiconductor module (4) including a plurality of external electrode terminals which closely contact the extrusion heat sink (1), and a printed circuit board having the plurality of external electrode terminals connected thereto, die-casting frames (2) in which a pedestal (2a) for attaching a motor controller and bosses (2b) for attaching a printed circuit board are molded are provided at both ends of the extrusion heat sink (1).
US07944693B2	Housing for holding electronic plug-in assemblies A housing for holding electronic plug-in assemblies having a component installation space open toward the front side of the housing for the plug-in assemblies and a fan space arranged above the component installation space with a cover plate and a lateral air outlet. The fan space contains at least one axial fan with an air outlet on the top side of the fan. The axial fan is arranged in the fan space such that air is drawn out from the component installation space. An air-guiding plate that runs in the direction of the air outlet of the fan space is positioned between the top side of the fan and the cover plate of the fan space.
US07944691B1	Shock and vibration proof locking handle and pawl assembly A locking handle and pawl assembly mounted on a removable memory cartridge or RMC and adapted for releasable attachment to a removable memory cartridge bay or RMC bay. The assembly includes a handle with handle base and handle arm extending outwardly therefrom. The handle base includes pin holes and a handle dwell slot. The handle base is pinned to one or two locking members called pawls and pinned between a pair of outwardly extending RMC enclosure brackets on an RMC enclosure or housing. When the handle arm is rotated upwardly, an RMC Bay catch on a cam surface of the pawl(s) is released from a side of a catch opening in the top of the RMC Bay. The upwardly rotation of the handle leverages another feature of the handle called the handle nose against another side of the RMC Bay causing linear movement of the RMC relative to the RMC Bay which disengages the male connector on the RMC's hard disk drive from the female connector on the RMC Bay's printed circuit board allowing for easier removal of the RMC from the RMC Bay while only holding the handle arm with one hand.
US07944690B2	Housing, electronic equipment, and housing disassembly method A housing, comprises: a first housing part, one side of which is an opening, including a hook member having a hook at its tip and projected from an inner surface thereof; and a second housing part, one side of which is an opening, having an engagement recess to be engaged with the hook, wherein the openings of the first housing part and the second housing part are closed by engaging the engagement recess and the hook to make a closed space inside, the hook member has a recess to which a release member is insertable from an outer surface of the first housing part, an engagement state of the hook and the engagement recess is released by bending the hook member by the release member inserted into the recess of the engagement recess.
US07944689B2	Cosmetic computer This laptop apparatus is built not only with a computer but also with a cosmetic compact. It is complete with makeup and can be matched with any skin type. The compact is mounted at the top of the laptop for easy and quick access. What's so great about this laptop is that it makes traveling a breeze and is fashion forward. Not only can you surf the net, catch up with work, but you can look great doing it.
US07944683B2	Image display apparatus An image display apparatus includes a display panel that displays an image, a support unit that supports a rear surface of the display panel, and an exterior member that covers the support unit. The support unit includes a first plate-like member and a second plate-like member having a concave-convex shape, wherein the first plate-like member is fixed to the display panel at a plurality of first fixing portions with bonding members, convex portions of the second plate- like member are fixed to the first plate-like member at a plurality of second fixing portions, and concave portions of the second plate-like member are fixed to a support member at a plurality of third fixing portions.
US07944681B2	Electrical junction box This invention provides an electrical junction box that can restrain a temperature from increasing in a casing. An electrical junction box comprises a casing made of a synthetic resin material, a circuit board contained in the casing, semiconductor relay mounted on the circuit board, a bus bar. The bus bar is insert-molded in the casing. The bus bar includes an embedment section embedded in the casing, and a connecting section that is not embedded in the casing and thermally connected to the semiconductor relay.
US07944675B2	Negative ion generating device for water A negative ion generating device includes a housing having a number of water flowing passages, a number of electrically conductive boards engaged with sockets of the housing and electrically coupled to negative and conductive electricity respectively and disposed alternatively with each other for generating an electromagnetic field in the water, a copper plate is disposed in the housing and disposed above the electrically conductive boards for attracting and removing positive ions and for generating negative ions, and a processor device coupled to the conductive boards for receiving signals and for controlling the conductive boards.
US07944673B2	Driving method of electromagnetic valve, electromagnetic valve driving unit and apparatus for coloring electric wire A coloring apparatus 1 includes a coloring nozzle 31 for spouting a coloring material, a signal generator 53, and a controller 19. The coloring nozzle 31 includes an electromagnetic valve 51. The signal generator 53 outputs signals for spouting the coloring material from the coloring nozzle 31 to both a CPU 62 of the controller 19 and a driving circuit 64. The CPU 62 outputs a signal for keeping the electromagnetic valve 51 open to the driving circuit 64 when a frequency of the signals from the signal generator 53 is higher than a specific frequency. When at least one of the signals from the CPU 62 and the signal generator 53 is inputted, the driving circuit 64 applies a spike voltage A and then applies a hold voltage B to a coil 40. While at least one of the signals from the CPU 62 and the signal generator 53 is inputted, the driving circuit 64 applies a spike voltage A and then continuously applies a hold voltage B to a coil 40.
US07944672B1	Control device for an actuator A control device applicable to an actuator and including a voltage detection unit and a limit switch control unit. The control device is inbuilt inside the actuator without any additional control circuit for the control of the limit switches and the detection of the input voltage range. The limit switches are used to limit the travel of an actuating member of the actuator so as to avoid collision of the mechanism. The voltage detection unit serves to detect the input voltage range to control the operation of the actuator. Accordingly, the mechanism or the motor is protected from damage due to excessively low or high input voltage. The limit switches are freely adjustable in position and protected from high current. Therefore, the contacts of the limit switches are not liable to damage and the lifetime of the limit switches is prolonged. The control device further has electronic brake effect.
US07944671B2	Control apparatus and control method of electromagnetic drive valve operating mechanism When a target valve timing determined in accordance with the state of operation of an internal combustion engine is acquired, a feed forward control of setting a command timing of a valve body on the basis of the target valve timing and a predicted delay time is performed, and a feedback control of setting the actual delay time in the previous cycle as a predicted delay time for the next cycle is performed. The valve timings (opening, closure) are specified at a timing at which the valve body reached a position that is apart from a pre-determined position on a basis of a buffer height of a buffer mechanism. This makes it to possible to accurately detect the actual delay time in the feedback control, and allows the command timing to be properly set in the feed forward control.
US07944665B2	Control and protection system for an output of automation equipment An electric control and protection system for an output channel of automation equipment, the output channel being capable of controlling an electrical load as a function of a control signal from the automation equipment, the control and protection system including: a device that switches the electrical load including an MOS switching transistor, a source of the MOS switching transistor being connected to a positive voltage terminal via a resistor and a drain of the MOS switching transistor being connected to the electrical load, the MOS switching transistor being switchable between an on-state in which the electrical load is connected to the resistor and an off-state.
US07944660B2	Micro-electromechanical system based selectively coordinated protection systems and methods for electrical distribution Electrical distribution systems implementing micro-electromechanical system based switching devices. Exemplary embodiments include a method in an electrical distribution system, the method including determining if there is a fault condition in a branch of the electrical distribution system, the branch having a plurality of micro electromechanical system (MEMS) switches, re-closing a MEMS switch of the plurality of MEMS switches, which is furthest upstream in the branch and determining if the fault condition is still present. Exemplary embodiments include an electrical distribution system, including an input port for receiving a source of power, a main distribution bus electrically coupled to the input port, a service disconnect MEMS switch disposed between and coupled to the input port and the main distribution bus and a plurality of electrical distribution branches electrically coupled to the main distribution bus.
US07944653B2	Self fault-detection circuit for ground fault circuit interrupter A self fault-detection circuit for a ground fault circuit interrupter comprising: (i) a Metal Oxide Varistor (MOV) fault detection unit for detecting a fault condition of the MOV, and sending a first trigger signal if a fault condition of the MOV is detected, (ii) a trip circuit fault detection unit for detecting a fault condition of a trip circuit, and sending a second trigger signal if a fault condition of the trip circuit is detected; and (iii) a fault reaction unit for receiving at least one of the first trigger signal and the second trigger signal, and responding to the first and second trigger signals with an action, when at least one of the first and the second trigger signals is received by the fault reaction unit, the fault reaction unit indicates that at least one fault condition exists in the ground fault circuit interrupter.
US07944647B2	Optical path for a thermal-assisted magnetic recording head An optical path or waveguide for a laser-assisted transducing head is disclosed. The optical path extends between the poles of the transducing head to near the write gap. A solid-state laser is attached to or incorporated into the slider or head and is positioned to direct thermal energy through a waveguide and onto a track of a read/write surface to lower the coercivity of the recording medium to facilitate the write process.
US07944644B2	Rotating disk storage device having a spoiler Embodiments of the present invention effectively control utilizing a spoiler, the windage vibration of a magnetic head caused by the airflow generated in accordance with rotation of a magnetic disk, while reducing the dust flowing in on the downstream side of the spoiler. According to one embodiment, a spoiler is provided with wings facing a plurality of magnetic disks and a supporting section for the wings is disposed on the upstream side of a head stack assembly in the airflow direction in accordance with the rotation of the magnetic disks. Further, the wings each extend in a direction from the outer circumferences of the magnetic disks towards the spindle shaft while reducing the width of the wing, and is formed to have the width of the wing in a range of 2.7% through 2.9% of the circumferential length of the magnetic disks in a range of two thirds of the length of the wing in a direction towards the spindle shaft from a region located at the outer circumferences of the magnetic disks.
US07944639B1	Disk drive adapting equalizer relative to bit error rate of sequence detector A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk and a head actuated radially over the disk, wherein the head generates a read signal. A sampling device samples the read signal to generate a sequence of read signal samples, and an equalizer comprising a plurality of coefficients, equalizes the read signal samples to generate a sequence of equalized samples. A sequence detector detects an estimated data sequence from the equalized samples, wherein the sequence detector operates according to a target response comprising a plurality of target values. Control circuitry adapts the equalizer coefficients by computing error values in response to a difference between expected samples and the equalized samples, computing a gradient in response to a correlation of the read signal samples with the error values, and adjusting at least one of the equalizer coefficients in response to the gradient.
US07944637B2	Polarizing resin lens and process for producing same A UV adhesive is applied on the rear surface of a polarizing film molding 4 to form a UV adhesive layer 3. The front surface of a lens base 2 is laid on the UV adhesive layer 3 and is glued by UV irradiation to form a laminated lens substrate 5. On the polarizing film molding 4 of the laminated lens substrate 5 is formed a curing resin monomer layer 6, which is cured to integrate the curing resin monomer layer 6 with the laminated lens substrate 5.
US07944629B2	Camera lens assembly Disclosed is a camera lens assembly that enables a lens assembly mounted in a digital camera, a mobile communication terminal or the like to be supported in an initial position and to be movable in the direction of an optical axis when the lens assembly is driven. The camera lens assembly includes a lens assembly, a housing for receiving the lens assembly, a driving part retained in the housing for driving the lens assembly in the direction of the optical axis, and one or more resilient supporting parts coupled with the lens assembly for supporting the lens assembly in the housing, wherein the supporting part is elastically deformed when the lens assembly moves in the direction of the optical axis, and wherein the resilient supporting part restores the lens assembly to its initial position.
US07944625B2	Optical system and image pickup apparatus having the same An optical system includes a first lens unit, an aperture stop, and a second lens unit having a positive refractive power. In the optical system, the first lens unit includes at least one positive lens made of a material whose Abbe number (νdGP) and relative partial dispersion (θgFGP) satisfy a predetermined condition.
US07944624B2	Method for homogenizing light A method of homogenizing light includes the steps of providing a plurality of large diameter lenses selected from a group of lenses consisting of positive or negative spherical, positive or negative cylindrical lenses and positive or negative axicons, selecting a predetermined number of lenses from the group of lenses, segmenting each selected lens in a manner common to all selected lenses, selecting from each lens a predetermined number of lens segments, and arranging the selected lens segments in a predetermined array so that the light passing through each lens segment, when arranged in the predetermined array, recombines at a common plane.
US07944620B2	Zoom lens A zoom lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group disposed between the first lens group and an image side. The first lens group has three lenses. Refractive powers of the three lenses arranged from an object side to the image side are respectively negative, negative, and positive. The second lens group has five lenses. Refractive powers of the five lenses arranged from the object side to the image side are respectively positive, negative, positive, negative, and positive. Effective focal lengths (EFL) of the first and the second groups are respectively f1 and f2. The EFL of the zoom lens is fw when the zoom lens is switched to a wide end. The zoom lens satisfies −2.8
US07944601B2	Display device An ornamental display device having an interferometric modulator for displaying an ornamental image. The ornamental device may also have a signal receiver configured to receive an external signal. The ornamental device may further have a processor configured to control an image on the display based on the external signal. The external signal is emitted from a controller configured to control a plurality of ornamental devices to display coordinated images. The ornamental device may have a patterned diffuser formed on a transparent substrate to provide an ornamental image or information. The ornamental device may be a piece of jewelry or an article that may be worn. The image displayed may have an iridescent appearance. A controller may also be used to control images displayed on multiple ornamental device to provide coordinated images based on externals received or pre-programmed images.
US07944587B2	Image data generation device, image data generation processing program and thermal transfer recording device An image data generation device is provided with: an image data acquisition unit for acquiring image data; a division unit for spatially dividing the acquired data by a plurality of matrices; a priority order setting element for setting the priority order for performing gradation conversion of picture elements that make up the image data that corresponds to each of the matrices, and sets the priority order so that the priority order becomes lower going from picture elements located in the center of the matrix toward picture elements located on the outside edges of the matrix; a gradation conversion member for performing gradation conversion of the picture elements according to the priority order; and an image data generation unit for generating image data for printing based on a dot pattern that is formed by the picture elements after the gradation conversion.
US07944583B2	Image processing apparatus and method The type of profile used in color processing is determined and a calibration method of correcting color reproducibility of an output device is set selectively in accordance with the type of profile determined. In determining the profile type, it is determined whether the profile is a device-link profile.
US07944582B2	Carriage drive control method and printing apparatus which adopts the method A carriage drive control method capable of detecting the acceleration of a carriage at low cost, improving external disturbance suppression of the carriage, and thus improving image quality. This method is applied to a printing apparatus which prints by relatively moving on a printing medium a carriage to which a printhead is mounted. In the printing apparatus, the moving velocity of the carriage is detected, the acceleration of the carriage is detected on the basis of outputs from first and second strain gauges which are respectively attached on the two sides of a fixing portion for fixing the carriage on a belt for transmitting a drive force from a carriage motor to the carriage, the carriage velocity is compensated on the basis of the carriage acceleration detected for the detected moving velocity of the carriage, and driving of the carriage motor is feedback-controlled on the basis of the compensated carriage velocity.
US07944579B2	Apparatus and method for document counting and reporting A method and a multi-function machine are provided for scanning and counting documents, generating a summary report thereof, and dispatching the summary report to at least one destination. The summary report contains a count of the number of documents scanned or, additionally or alternatively, the number of document sides which contain an image; thumbnail representations of at least one of the scanned pages; and/or metadata. In particular, the multi-function machine includes a scanning assembly; a counting and reporting module configured to count documents scanned by the scanning assembly and to format a report corresponding to the scanned and counted documents, said counting and reporting module further configured to process said report for printing by a printing assembly, for saving to a storage device, and/or for transmitting to a network device or a facsimile device; and at least one processor configured to sense, in accordance with user input, the completion of a document scanning procedure by the scanning assembly, and after the completion of the document counting and scanning procedure, to automatically dispatch said report to recipients in accordance with user selections.
US07944575B2	Image forming apparatus client/server type information processing system and information processing method There is described an image forming apparatus that serves as a client in the client/server type information processing system. The apparatus includes a communicating section to communicate with the server; a device information acquiring section to acquire device information for specifying the device; an information storing section to store server information for specifying the server and client information for specifying the client itself; and a control section to transmit the device information, acquired by the device information acquiring section, and the client information, stored in the information storing section, to the server specified by the server information through the communicating section, in order to request the server to send an application program corresponding to the device information back to the client. When the control section receives the application program from the server, the control section develops the application program into the storage so as to make the device available.
US07944571B2	Image forming device with carbon copy function Tray information for bth copy is read from a RAM. Next, print data is read from the RAM, and format data corresponding to a macro ID for the bth copy is read from the RAM. Then, image data is generated by combining the print data and the format data. Finally, based on the image data, an image is formed on a recording medium that was supplied from a tray designated by the tray information for the bth copy.
US07944570B2	Printing workflow server To keep track of which process each process job currently exits and when it comes in own charge or which job must be processed, it is necessary to use a workflow system on a PC, and this necessitates to move back and force between the PC and the apparatus, thereby leading to the deterioration of the operational efficiency. An object of the invention is to provide a system in which the apparatus and the workflow server are connected, and by moving forward the processing by using the operation unit of the apparatus, the workflow of the operator in the centralized copy room and the print center of the company can be smoothly moved forward.
US07944569B2	Method and apparatus for imaging three-dimensional structure An apparatus for determining surface topology of a portion of a three-dimensional structure is provided, that includes a probing member, an illumination unit, a light focusing optics, a translation mechanism, a detector and a processor.
US07944562B2	Device and method for the topographical determination of surface properties The invention relates to a portable device (1) for the determination of surface properties with a measurement apparatus (10) which directly determines locally the topography of a surface (8) under investigation and issues at least one measured value that is characteristic of this local topography, and with a processor apparatus which, taking account of a multiplicity of initial measured values, issues at least one result value characteristic of the global topography of the surface.
US07944561B2	Measuring an appearance property of a surface using a bidirectional reflectance distribution function An apparatus for measuring a spatially under-sampled Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) of a surface. The apparatus may comprise a first light source directed to illuminate the surface from a first illumination direction, and a plurality of sensors positioned to receive light reflected by the surface. The plurality of sensors may comprise first, second and third sensors positioned to receive light reflected by the surface in first, second and third non-coplanar directions. In various embodiments, the apparatus may also comprise a computer in communication with the plurality of sensors. The computer is configured to convert light sensed by the plurality of sensors into a first appearance property of the surface considering the first, second, and third reflectance directions.
US07944555B2	High-speed, rugged, time-resolved, Raman spectrometer for sensing multiple components of a sample and for diagnostics of pathological skin conditions such as cancer A new architecture for implementing a time-resolved Raman spectrometer is 2-3 orders of magnitude faster than current systems. In one embodiment, the invention employs a rotating optical switch to time multiplex an input signal through multiple band-pass filters and into a single optical detector which is electrically activated only when the filtered input light pulse is about to impact it.Time-multiplexing the input signal through multiple optical filters and time-sequencing the optical detector enables the device to detect and analyze 2-3 orders of magnitude faster than current designs. In one embodiment, the system may be employed for the diagnostics of a pathological condition of skin tissue in patients, such as malignant melanoma or other types of skin cancers and abnormal conditions.
US07944554B2	Inspection head supporting structure in surface inspecting apparatus and surface inspecting apparatus A pair of angular contact bearings 20A, 20B are disposed between a bearing house 16b of an inspection head 16 and a head supporting tube 8, and a spacer 25 and a spring bearing ring 26 are disposed between outer races 20o of the bearings 20A, 20B. The spacer 25 and the spring bearing ring 26 are urged by a coil spring 27 toward the side of the outer race 20o. An O-ring 28 is disposed between the spacer 25 and the outer race 20o of the bearing 20B, and the outer circumference of the O-ring is brought into closely contact with the inner circumference of the bearing house 16b. The outer races 20o are constrained by a step part 16f in the bearing house 16b and an end cap 29 screwed into the inspection head 16. Removing the end cap 29 makes it possible to take out the bearing housing 16b and a main shaft part 16c integrally from atop of the bearings 20A, 20B.
US07944547B2	Method and system of generating 3D images with airborne oblique/vertical imagery, GPS/IMU data, and LIDAR elevation data This invention relates to a three-dimensional image of ground surface and the method and system that generates the three-dimensional image. Here, a three-dimensional image is an image that has three-dimensional XYZ coordinates in a ground coordinate system for every pixel of the image and the ground surface means the bare-earth surface plus all the objects on the bare-earth surface. The scene covered and represented by such a three-dimensional image is a three-dimensional real world scene where everything visible in the three-dimensional image has three-dimensional coordinates. The three-dimensional XYZ coordinates of all the pixels of a three-dimensional image are attributed by the method and system of this invention for generating three-dimensional images with airborne oblique/vertical imagery, GPS/IMU, and LIDAR ground surface elevation or range data. On such a three-dimensional image, one can make direct measurements of location, length, distance, height, area, and volume and indirect measurements including but not limited to profile and sight of view all in the real world three-dimensional coordinate system. Additionally, application systems that utilize three-dimensional images can make three-dimensional displays or perspective views of the ground surface with fly-through or walk-through, rotations and zoom in and out, and three-dimensional manipulation and simulation of ground surface.
US07944537B2	Thin film transistor array panel for liquid crystal display Disclosed is a liquid crystal display capable of high quality image and bright display. Gate signal lines are curved at near switching elements of the liquid crystal display. A pixel area is defined by the gate signal lines and their intersecting data signal lines. Pixel electrodes and common electrodes are disposed along a longitudinal direction of a pixel. A pixel signal and a common signal line is connected to the pixel electrode and the common electrode respectively. A storage capacitor may be formed in the middle of a longitudinal direction of the pixel, or where generally a texture may arise during display. One half of the pixel may be symmetrical with the other half with respect to the storage capacitor. A common signal line may be parallel with the data signal line and be disposed nearer to the data signal line than a pixel signal line. The pixel may be disposed symmetrically with respect to the data signal line therebetween. The pixel shape may also be repeated in the direction of the gate signal line.
US07944536B2	Reflective bilateral liquid crystal device and electronic apparatus A liquid crystal device includes a first substrate and a second substrate that face each other, a liquid crystal layer that is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, light reflecting films that are selectively provided on the side facing the liquid crystal layer of the first substrate and reflect light entering from the second substrate, light reflecting films that are selectively provided on the side facing the liquid crystal layer of the second substrate, corresponding to the regions of the first substrate where the light reflecting films are not provided and reflect light entering from the first substrate, transmissive electrodes that are selectively provided in the regions of the side facing the liquid crystal layer of the first substrate where the light reflecting films are not provided, and transmissive electrodes that are selectively provided in the regions of the side facing the liquid crystal layer of the second substrate where the light reflecting films are not provided.
US07944531B2	Liquid crystal panel and liquid crystal display apparatus There are provided a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal display apparatus each having an excellent screen contrast, a small color shift, and small display unevenness. The liquid crystal panel includes a liquid crystal cell, a first polarizer, a second polarizer, a protective layer, a first optical compensation layer and a second optical compensation layer. The protective layer has relationships of 0 nm≦Δnd (550)≦10 nm and 0 nm≦Rth(550)≦20 nm. The first optical compensation layer has an absolute value of a photoelastic coefficient of 40×10−12 (m2/N) or less, and has relationships of Δnd(380)<Δnd(550)<Δnd(780), nx>ny≧nz and 90 nm≦Δnd(550)≦200 nm. The second optical compensation layer has relationships of Rth(380)>Rth(550)>Rth(780) and nx=ny>nz.
US07944530B2	Optical film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display device including an optically anisotropic layer formed from a mixture including two or more liquid crystal compounds An optical film, which is an optically compensatory film that comprises: at least two optically anisotropic layers comprising a first optically anisotropic layer and a second optically anisotropic layer, wherein the first optically anisotropic layer is formed by mixing two or more liquid crystal compounds having different structures with each other.
US07944518B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, a backlight and a power supply controlling circuit substrate. The backlight has a rectangular shaped frame member with long and short sides, light sources in rod form within the frame member, and first and second electrode supporting members electrically connected to opposite ends of the light sources. A wire guide member is arranged along one long side of the frame member and holds a wire for electrically connecting at least one of the first and second electrode supporting members to the power supply controlling circuit substrate. The wire guide member has a wire securing portion where the wire is secured and a temporary wire securing portion which at least temporarily secures the wire running between the wire securing portion and the power supply controlling circuit substrate.
US07944510B2	Broadcast receiving apparatus for capturing broadcast signal and method thereof A broadcast receiving apparatus, and method, for capturing a broadcast signal, the apparatus including a signal processor to receive broadcast signals and process the broadcast signals, a controller to capture a certain frame data from the broadcast signals processed by the signal processor, check an input resolution of the broadcast signals, and decide whether to perform a down-scaling with respect to the captured frame data, a down-scaler to down-scale the frame data which is decided by the controller to be down-scaled, and a storage unit to store the down-scaled frame data. Accordingly, an image can be captured and a captured frame data can be stored without being degraded, preventing memory consumption.
US07944508B1	Method and system for automatic detection and suppression of cross-luma and cross-color in a component video signal A method for automatically detecting and suppressing cross-color and cross-luma present in a baseband component video signal includes receiving component pixel data of a current pixel, a first previous pixel and a second previous pixel. First, second and third differences are calculated based on the component pixel data of the current, first previous and second previous pixels, and the presence of cross-luma and/or cross-color is determined for the current pixel based on an absolute value of at least one of the first, the second and the third differences. A per pixel count associated with the component pixel data of the current pixel is determined based on the determined presence of at least one of cross-luma and cross-color, and the component pixel data of the current pixel is modified based on the per pixel count. The modified component pixel data of the current pixel is outputted as a corrected output color video signal, where the corrected output color video signal is substantially without visual artifacts caused by the at least one of cross-luma and cross-color.
US07944500B2	Image processing system, image capturing apparatus, and system and method for detecting backlight status An image processing system for properly correcting brightness of a subject area and a background area of a captured image. The image processing system includes an image capturing apparatus, including: an image capturing instruction unit for generating a first instruction signal and a second instruction signal for instructing a capturing of the subject; and an image pick-up unit for capturing a first image of the subject in response to the first instruction signal, and a second image of the subject in response to the second instruction signal. The image processing system also includes an image processing apparatus, including: a backlight status detector for detecting backlight status based on the first image and the second image; and a correction unit for correcting the second image when the backlight status detector detects the backlight status.
US07944493B2	Solid-state imaging device with specific contact arrangement In each photosensitive cell, a photodiode 101, a transfer gate 102, a floating diffusion layer section 103, an amplifier transistor 104, and a reset transistor 105 are formed in one active region surrounded by a device isolation region. The floating diffusion layer section 103 included in one photosensitive cell is connected not to the amplifier transistor 104 included in that cell but to the gate of the amplifier transistor 104 included in another photosensitive cell adjacent to the one photosensitive cell in the column direction. A polysilicon wire 111 connects the transfer gates 102 arranged in the same row, and a polysilicon wire 112 connects the reset transistors 105 arranged in the same row. For connection in the row direction, only polysilicon wires are used.
US07944491B2	Solid-state image-pickup device including unit pixels having a 3-transistor design and wherein a vertical selection pulse provides a reset potential Since the great number of elements constituting a unit pixel having an amplification function would hinder reduction of pixel size, unit pixel n,m arranged in a matrix form is comprised of a photodiode, a transfer switch for transferring charges stored in the photodiode, a floating diffusion for storing charges transferred by the transfer switch, a reset switch for resetting the floating diffusion, and an amplifying transistor for outputting a signal in accordance with the potential of the floating diffusion to a vertical signal line, and by affording vertical selection pulse φVn to the drain of the reset switch to control a reset potential thereof, pixels are selected in units of rows.
US07944489B2	Solid-state image-capturing device, driving method thereof, camera electric charge transfer device, driving method and driving device for driving load, and electronic equipment A solid-state image-capturing device which has built in an image-capturing area including a light receiving element provided on a semiconductor substrate, a substrate bias circuit, and a clamp circuit for receiving output of the substrate bias circuit and applying the output of the substrate bias circuit to the semiconductor substrate in accordance with a substrate pulse, comprises a substrate bias control circuit for controlling so as to reduce an electric current of the clamp circuit during a predetermined period.
US07944488B2	Defective pixel correction method and system A defective pixel detection and correction mechanism for use in an image sensor integrated circuit determines whether a current pixel is a defective pixel in a consistent manner from frame to frame. The defective pixel detection and correction mechanism also replaces defective pixels with stable replacement values. The defective pixel detection and correction mechanism has a defective pixel detection mechanism that employs a look-up table with defective pixel locations for providing a non-varying determination of whether a pixel is defective or non-defective. The defective pixel detection and correction mechanism also has a defective pixel correction mechanism that employs a consistent replacement choice facility to provide a previous pixel value in the same frame, on the same row, and a predetermined number of pixels from the current pixel location as a replacement value and a replacement unit (e.g., multiplexer) for replacing the defective pixel value with the replacement value.
US07944487B2	Image pickup apparatus and image pickup method The present invention provides an image pickup apparatus and an image pickup method capable of suppressing degradation of the picture quality caused by correction of optical distortion. A distortion correction circuit corrects optical distortion contained in digital image data obtained by photographing conducted via a lens. Correction coefficients (gain) are set by a CPU so as to increase a correction quantity of contour correction as a quantity of correction for the optical distortion increases. Contour correction using the correction coefficients set by the CPU is conducted on the digital image data corrected in optical distortion.
US07944485B2	Method, apparatus and system for dynamic range estimation of imaged scenes A method, apparatus, and system for dynamic range estimation of imaged scenes for automatic exposure control. For a given exposure time setting, certain areas of a scene may be brighter than what a camera can capture. In cameras, including those experiencing substantial lens vignetting, a gain stage may be used to extend dynamic range and extract auto-exposure data from the extended dynamic range. Alternatively, dynamic range can be extended using pre-capture image information taken under reduced exposure conditions.
US07944481B2	Apparatus and method for processing 3D video signal Provided are an apparatus and method for processing a three-dimensional (3D) video signal which corrects first and second video signals to prevent a reduction in a 3D effect and a disparity estimation error due to a difference between the first and second video signals. The method includes: a video signal detection unit detecting a difference between respective characteristics of received first and second video signals; and a video signal correction unit correcting the first video signal or the second video signal to equalize the characteristics of the first and second video signals. When the apparatus and the method are used, a reduction in the 3D effect and the disparity estimation error due to the difference between the first and second video signals can be prevented.
US07944479B2	Image-capture apparatus, camera control unit, video camera system, and method of transmitting warning information An image-capture apparatus having an intercom connecting unit, capable of voice communication with an external camera control unit (CCU) is provided. The apparatus includes a control unit, a warning-sound signal generator, a receiving unit, a voice synthesizer and a transmitting unit. The control unit outputs a warning-command signal when determining that a control-information signal value indicating a state of the apparatus varies from a predetermined standard. The warning-sound signal generator outputs a warning-sound signal corresponding to the warning-command signal. The receiving unit receives a multiplexed signal from the CCU and extracts an intercom-voice signal at the multiplexed signal. The voice synthesizer combines the intercom-voice signal extracted at the receiving unit with the warning-sound signal from the warning-sound signal generator to generate a voice-synthesized signal. The transmitting unit multiplexes the warning-command signal, the control-information signal, and the intercom-voice signal of the image-capture apparatus and transmits a multiplexed signal to the CCU.
US07944474B2	Image pickup apparatus, image pickup method and program An image pickup apparatus which includes a camera shake correction mechanism and determines exposure conditions including at least a shutter speed in response to brightness of an image pickup object, including acquisition means, decision means, and setting means. The acquisition means is configured to acquire a focal distance of a lens for converging an optical image of the image pickup object. The decision means is configured to decide a camera shake limit shutter speed corresponding to the acquired focal distance. The setting means is configured to set, where the camera shake correction mechanism is valid, a shutter speed lower than the camera shake limit shutter speed by an amount corresponding to a predetermined difference in exposure value to one end of a setting range of the shutter speed of the exposure condition.
US07944473B2	Card based image manipulation method with card skew correction A method of operating a handheld camera comprises sensing an image via an image sensor, controlling the sensing of the image via a camera manager, receiving predetermined data in the form of a card image, the card image read from a card by a card reader, rotating the card image in accordance with a skew of the card with respect to the card reader, manipulating the image via an image processing manager, and controlling printing of the manipulated image via a print manager.
US07944472B2	System and method for standardized speed-evaluation of athletes A system and method for standardized speed-evaluation of athletes that uses a photoelectric sensor configuration to create a laser grid by which an athlete's position over time will be monitored during, and analyzed after a test session. The photoelectric laser sensors are configured to establish the athlete's starting and stopping time along with the integrated synchronized video motion sensing. The athlete's motion is processed and transmitted by both a high-speed motion camera and a secondary test camera installed at specified distances. The secondary camera streams video data to the remote viewers in a wide-angle perspective. The athlete's movement is captured on video and transmitted to remote viewers via internet-streaming.
US07944471B2	Object detecting apparatus and method, program and recording medium used therewith, monitoring system and method, information processing apparatus and method, and recording medium and program used therewith An object detecting apparatus and method accurately detect an event while reducing power consumption. A photosensor is used to detect an object entering a monitoring region, and a microwave sensor is used to detect the object, which enters another monitoring region. State data representing the state of the object is generated based on detection information obtained by both sensors.
US07944468B2	Automated asymmetric threat detection using backward tracking and behavioral analysis A method and system of predictive threat detection is provided which utilizes data collected via a ubiquitous sensor network spread over a plurality of sites in an urban environment. The method includes the steps of: triggering an inquiry regarding a suspect entity at a current site in response to commission of a triggering action by the suspect entity; in response to the inquiry, compiling the data corresponding to the sites at which the suspect entity was detected by the sensor network; and analyzing the data to determine a threat status regarding the suspect entity.
US07944465B2	Apparatus and system for reproducing 3-dimensional images This invention enables the construction of equipment for reproduction of static and moving (live) 3-dimensional stereo representations (3-dimensional display), and is capable of recording and transmitting stereo representations of 3-dimensional objects (scenes). The equipment of the present invention provides to the user comfortable conditions for viewing a volumetric representation without eye strain. The viewing of such 3-dimensional images does not require the use of any supplementary means such as glasses, does not drastically limit the position of the viewer with respect to the display, and allows simultaneous viewing of the 3-dimensional display by many viewers from a sufficiently wide field of view.
US07944462B2	Exposure head, image forming unit, and image forming apparatus An exposure head includes a light emitting substrate having a transparent substrate, a plurality of light emitting elements that is disposed on one face of the transparent substrate, and one or a plurality of light detecting units that is disposed on the transparent substrate and can detect light emitted from the plurality of light emitting elements and propagating inside the transparent substrate. The light that is emitted from the plurality of light emitting elements and is transmitted through the transparent substrate is projected on an image carrier that faces the plurality of light emitting elements with the transparent substrate interposed therebetween so as to form a predetermined pattern on the image carrier. Inside the transparent substrate, a plurality of reformation points that diffusely reflects light propagating inside the transparent substrate is formed.
US07944456B2	Content optimization for receiving terminals The invention discloses a method, server and a computer program for optimizing content delivered to a variety of terminal devices. In the solution disclosed in the invention, a user is able to create exact layouts and optimize the amount of content to different media environments simultaneously.
US07944452B1	Methods and systems for reusing memory addresses in a graphics system Methods and systems for reusing memory addresses in a graphics system are disclosed, so that instances of address translation hardware can be reduced. One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method, which includes mapping a footprint in screen space to a group of contiguous physical memory locations in a memory system, determining a first physical memory address for a first transaction associated with the footprint, wherein the first physical memory address is within the group of contiguous physical memory locations, determining a second transaction that is also associated with the footprint, determining a set of least significant bits associated with the second transaction, and combining a portion of the first physical memory address with the set of least significant bits associated with the second transaction to generate a second physical memory address for the second transaction, thereby avoiding a second full address translation.
US07944447B2	Adaptive and dynamic text filtering A device sensor determines an external state of a device. Text to be displayed on a display screen of the device is dynamically filtered based on the external state of the device.
US07944446B2	Device and method for displaying delay analysis results, and computer product Fluctuations of cumulative delay value and delay dispersion in a path of a circuit are displayed graphically. Cumulative delay values of circuit elements in the path are obtained from delay analysis results of the circuit and dispersion is obtained from a probability density distribution of the delay of the circuit elements. Corresponding to the location of the circuit element in the path, the former and the latter are plotted on a coordinate plane.
US07944444B2	3D image processing apparatus and method A three-dimensional (3D) image processing apparatus and method are provided for use with a 3D image divided into a left-eye image and a right-eye image. The apparatus includes a disparity estimation unit estimating disparities between the left-eye image and the right-eye image; a horizontal movement determination unit determining a horizontal movement value for the left-eye image and the right-eye image using the estimated disparities; and a horizontal movement unit horizontally moving the left-eye image and the right-eye image based on the determined horizontal movement value. In the method and apparatus, a receiving end which receives and displays a 3D image can enhance 3D effects and reduce eye fatigue by adjusting the disparity of the 3D image.
US07944443B1	Sliding patch deformer Points can be manipulated through multiple operations with respect to a guide surface using only a single projection operation. A point is projected from its native coordinate system, such as an object space or world space coordinate system, into the parametric space of an unposed guide surface. The projected point is manipulated in the parametric space according to one or more desired operations. The guide surface can be posed to further implement other operations. The guide surface can then be evaluated at the modified parametric space point to determine a corresponding point in the native coordinate system for further manipulation and/or rendering. The manipulation of the point in the parametric space of the guide surface can be expressed through one or more animation variables. The values of multiple animation variables can be used to determine a single operation on the point in parametric space.
US07944441B2	Compression and decompression of data using plane equations The present invention provides a scheme for compressing and decompressing the depth, or Z, components of image data. Image data is grouped into a plurality of tiles. A test is performed to determine if a tile can be compressed so that its size after compression is less than its size before compression. If so, the tile is compressed. A tile table includes a flag that can be set for each tile that is compressed. In one scheme, each tile comprises a 4×4 block of pixels. For each pixel, the visible depth complexity is determined where each visible level of depth complexity is represented by a plane equation. Depending on the depth complexity, a compression scheme is chosen that stores multiple plane equations in cache lines. The compression scheme can be used with unsampled or multisampled data and provides higher levels of compression in multisampled environments.
US07944440B2	Liquid crystal display device and method of reducing a discharge time of a liquid crystal capacitor thereof A liquid crystal display device includes: a power supply unit which outputs a supply voltage at a first level when an outside power is supplied and outputs the supply voltage at a second level when the outside power is removed; a discharge unit which outputs a discharge signal when the supply voltage at the second level is input; and a liquid crystal panel including a gate discharge line, a plurality of gate lines connected to the gate discharge line, a plurality of thin film transistors connected to the plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of liquid crystal capacitors connected to the thin film transistors and which charges to a gradation display voltage. The thin film transistor is turned on to discharge the gradation display voltage charged in the plurality of liquid crystal capacitors when the discharge signal is provided to the gate discharge line.
US07944439B2	Display device A display device includes first and second voltage generation circuits each including a voltage circuit for outputting an internal voltage on the basis of a plurality of clocks, a sampling circuit for sampling an output signal from the voltage circuit, a monitoring circuit for comparing an output signal from the first sampling circuit with a predetermined voltage range and outputting a result, and a power supply generation circuit for generating a power supply voltage to be input to the voltage circuit on the basis of an output signal supplied from the monitoring circuit. The voltage circuit in the first voltage generation circuit is controlled on the basis of a level of the power supply voltage, and the voltage circuit in the second voltage generation circuit is controlled on the basis of periods of the clocks.
US07944438B2	System and method for improving image quality by synchronizing display modulation with light source pulses A method for synchronizing a light source control signal with modulation of a display includes the steps of receiving a video signal including a synchronization signal (e.g., a Vsync signal) and using the synchronization signal to generate a light source control signals at high and low values. The light source control signal is pulsed between its high and low values between subsequent synchronization signals to cause a light source to produce light pulses at the same time over each frame of the display. Optionally, the low and/or high time periods are adjustable. A novel display driver is also disclosed and includes an input terminal for receiving the synchronization signal, a light source driver for generating the light source control signal in response to the synchronization signal, and an output terminal for providing the light source control signal to a light source control unit.
US07944431B2	Transmissive display device Each of image data sorted so as to correspond to divided areas respectively is stored in an in-area image memory. A maximum luminance extracting section extracts the maximum luminance value therefrom and records it onto the maximum luminance storage section. In accordance with the maximum luminance value that is thus stored in the maximum luminance storage section and that each of the areas has, a BL candidate value calculating section and a BL luminance difference adjusting section determine an emitted-light luminance in a target area such that a difference between the backlight luminance in the target area and the backlight luminance in its adjacent area is not more than a tolerance value.
US07944415B2	Organic light emitting diode display device and a driving method thereof Disclosed are an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display device having a pixel circuit which use a thin film transistor (TFT) as an active device and a driving method thereof. The OLED display device can constantly obtain luminance of the light emitting elements by elapsed time, because the brightness of the pixel for the signal voltage is not varied by a characteristic variance of the transistor (e.g., a driving element) and the OLED. Accordingly, the OLED display device according to the present invention can minimizes the variance of the pixel brightness due to deterioration of the transistor and the OLED caused by usage for a long time and increase life span of the display device. Further, the OLED display device can display high quality of the image even in case of the high precision display, because it is controlled to flow the current to OLED included in each pixel.
US07944414B2	Display drive apparatus in which display pixels in a plurality of specific rows are set in a selected state with periods at least overlapping each other, and gradation current is supplied to the display pixels during the selected state, and display apparatus A display drive apparatus includes a selection circuit which sets display pixels in a plurality of specific rows of the display panel in a selected state with periods at least overlapping each other. A gradation signal generation circuit generates a gradation signal which controls a luminance gradation of each display pixel based on the display data and sequentially supplies the generated gradation signal in time series. A plurality of signal distribution circuits sequentially distribute the gradation signal supplied by the gradation signal generation circuit in accordance with the plurality of display pixels in each column at the timing of time-series supply. A plurality of current holding circuits individually hold the distributed gradation signal and simultaneously supply as the gradation current a current having a current value based on the held gradation signal to the display pixels in the plurality of specific rows.
US07944403B2	RF reception system and integrated circuit with programmable impedance matching network and methods for use therewith An integrated circuit includes an on-chip antenna interface, coupled to an off-chip antenna interface having at least one off-chip impedance matching component, that forms a programmable impedance matching network with the at least one off-chip impedance matching component. The programmable impedance matching network is programmable based on a control signal. An RF receiver, coupled to the programmable impedance matching network, that generates inbound data in response to a received signal from the programmable impedance matching network.
US07944401B2	Radiating element for a signal emitting apparatus A radiating element made from a conductive-nonwoven web is incorporated into a signal emitting apparatus. The signal emitting apparatus, for instance, may comprise an RFID tag. The conductive-nonwoven web contains, in one embodiment, conductive fibers combined with pulp fibers. The conductive fibers may comprise carbon fibers. The nonwoven web may be made using a conventional paper-making process. The resulting conductive web is not only well suited for use as an antenna, but is also relatively inexpensive to manufacture and can be easily incorporated into numerous products.
US07944399B2	Antenna device for portable terminals and radio unit for receiving broadcast waves There is provided an antenna device for use with a portable terminal, which can be used in different frequency bands by combining antenna characteristics.Whip antenna is electrically connected to power feeder through contact member, and resonates in a UHF band or higher when extended. Coiled antenna is electrically connected to power feeder through frequency filter mounted on device board. Frequency filter is set to a low impedance in a VHF band to supply electric power to coiled antenna. With this arrangement, external whip antenna is excited in the UHF band or higher, and built-in coiled antenna is mainly excited in the VHF band. The antenna device is thus capable of sending or receiving radio waves in a wide frequency band.
US07944394B2	Method and apparatus for validating a position in a satellite positioning system using range-rate measurements Method and apparatus for validating an initial position in a satellite positioning system using range-rate measurements is described. In one example, range-rate measurements are obtained at the remote receiver with respect to a plurality of satellites. Expected range-rates are computed with respect to the plurality of satellites using the initial position. Single differences are computed using the range-rate measurements. Expected single differences are computed using the expected range-rates. Single difference residuals are computed between the single differences and the expected single differences. The single difference residuals are compared to a threshold. The initial position may be deemed valid if the absolute value of each of the single difference residuals is less than or equal to the threshold. A valid initial position may be used to fix the pseudorange integers.
US07944390B2	High-resolution synthetic aperture side view radar system used by means of digital beamforming The transmission antenna (10) of the high-resolution synthetic aperture side view radar system comprises a plurality of sub-apertures (7, 8, 9). In each individual transmission pulse, said sub-apertures are controlled in such a manner that a spatiotemporally non-separable multi-dimensional high-frequency waveform is produced as an transmission signal pulse form, such that the modulation of each transmission pulse has a spatiotemporal diversity which is not described by the product having functions which are independent from each other and which are dependent on, respectively, only one spatial dimension. The thus produced transmission pulse form is combined to a capture-sided spatial filtering by means of digital beamforming adapted to said transmission signal pulse form.
US07944389B1	Emitter proximity identification Systems and methods for monitoring and classifying RF emissions in the field include storing an electronic signature map (ESM) of a selected geographic area, where the electronic signature map includes previously detected emitter closeness measures (ECMs) in the selected geographic area. The ECMs are representative of detected sources of radio frequency energy. A RF energy emission is detected, a new ECM for that RF energy emission is created, and that the new ECM is compared with the ECMs in the ESM. That comparison may help to determine whether the RF energy emission should be considered a threat.
US07944386B2	Apparatus for and method of performing an analog to digital conversion An analog to digital converter, comprising a first converter adapted to perform a first, more significant, part of a conversion as a successive approximation conversion, a pipeline conversion or a flash conversion to generate a first conversion result and a residue. The ADC also comprising a second converter adapted to perform a second, least significant, part of the conversion as a sigma-delta conversion by sampling the residue to generate a second conversion result, and a processor adapted to combine the first conversion result and the second conversion result to generate a final conversion result.
US07944385B2	Continuous-time sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter with capacitor and/or resistance digital self-calibration means for RC spread compensation A continuous-time sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter (CV) including i) a signal path (SP) having at least one combiner (C1) for combining analog signals to convert with feedback analog signals, at least two integrators (H1, H5), mounted in series, to integrate the combined analog signals, a quantizer (Q) for converting the integrated signals into digital signals, and a decimation filter (DF) for filtering digital signals, and ii) a feedback path (FP) having at least a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) for converting the digital signals output by the quantizer (Q) into feedback analog signals intended for the combiner (C1). Each integrator (H1, H5) having variable capacitance means arranged to be set in chosen states defined by the values of a digital word, to present the chosen capacitances.
US07944384B2	Device and method for scanning multiple ADC channels An analog to digital converter has an input for coupling to multiple channels having analog signals. The analog to digital converter converts the analog signals on such channels to provide a digital output. A memory device has an enable bit for each of the multiple channels and a current channel register. An interface coupled to the memory device and current channel register selects a next channel for converting by the analog to digital converter, skipping channels that are not enabled.
US07944382B2	Exponential digital to analog converter A system for generating a programmable exponential analog output signal, comprising a digital to analog conversion circuit for converting said digital signal into an analog output signal, the digital to analog conversion circuit having a substantially exponential transfer function defined by a programmable ratio of values of components. Preferably, the conversion circuit is implemented as a current mirror (100), with the exponential transfer function being defined by the mirror ratio. Thus, each transistor of the current mirror (100) defines a step of the digital to analog conversion circuit, and the ratio between adjacent steps is substantially constant. The transistors may be substantially equally sized or binary weighted relative to each other, and can be switched from the input to the output under the control of a tree based thermometer line decoder.
US07944378B1	Circuits and methods for calibrating analog and digital circuits In one embodiment the present invention includes a circuit for calibrating analog and digital circuits. The circuit includes an analog input stage, a discrete time processing stage, a DAC, and a calibration circuit. The analog input stage includes an input resistance and the DAC includes a capacitance. The input resistance and the capacitance set a time constant for the circuit. A reference signal is applied to the input of the analog input stage, and the calibration circuit generates a control signal to adjust the time constant. As the time constant is changed, a digitized signal at the output of the discrete time processing stage also changes. When the digitized signal crosses a threshold set by a digital reference signal, the time constant is calibrated.
US07944375B2	Wear reduction methods by using compression/decompression techniques with fast random access The present invention reduces the number of writes to a main memory to increase useful life of the main memory. To reduce the number of writes to the main memory, data to be written is written to a cache line in a lowest-level cache memory and in a higher-level cache memory(s). If the cache line in the lowest-level cache memory is full, the number of used cache lines in the lowest-level cache reaches a threshold, or there is a need for an empty entry in the lowest-level cache, a processor or a hardware unit compresses content of the cache line and stores the compressed content in the main memory. The present invention also provides LZB algorithm allowing decompression of data from an arbitrary location in compressed data stream with a bound on the number of characters which needs to be processed before a character or string of interest is processed.
US07944372B2	Aircraft tip alarm system A tip alarm system for an aircraft having a nose landing gear (NLG) includes a sensor having first and second parts respectively disposed on first and second portions of the NLG that are respectively fixed to the aircraft and moveable relative to the fixed portion and operable to detect the position of the first and second portions relative to each other and to produce a tip alarm signal when the first and second NLG portions are disposed at a selected position relative to each other corresponding to an imminent aircraft tipping condition and thereby prevent the aircraft from tipping back onto the ground due to improper loading of the aircraft.
US07944371B2	Exterior mirror with indicator A mirror reflective element sub-assembly suitable for use for an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle includes a mirror reflective element, a mirror back plate having an indicator receiving portion established thereat, and a signal indication module having a light source. The signal indication module attaches to the indicator receiving portion of the mirror back plate and the light source is activatable to emit light through the indicator receiving portion. The light source is established at a circuit element and the signal indication module includes a housing that substantially encases the circuit element therein. The circuit element has electrical terminals extending therefrom and protruding at least partially at a connector portion of the housing so as to be electrically connectable to a power source of the vehicle. The connector portion of the housing is configured to provide a plug-socket connection between the power source and the signal indication module.
US07944370B1	Configuration method for a remote control via model number entry for a controlled device An online remote control configuration system for efficiently programming a remote control to recognize a plurality of external electronic devices. The online remote control configuration system includes a remote control having a housing, a keypad, and an electronic system for receiving configuration data from a control station via a global computer network (e.g. Internet). The user preferably “samples” one or more signals from a remote control into the electronic system and then uploads the samples to the control station. The control station analyzes the uploaded samples and transmits the appropriate configuration data to properly configure the electronic system. The user may also access a web site of the control station and manually select each of the external electronic devices that the remote control is to operate after which the control station sends the appropriate configuration data to the electronic system.
US07944369B2	Wireless sensing device, system and method This invention relates to a security device, system and method for use in monitoring an object or person, the device being mountable to an object or person and including a tilt sensing means having a tilt sensor and a control means configured and adapted to detect tilt movement of the said object or person and generating an alarm signal when the detected change of tilt movement of the said object or person exceeds a tilt alarm threshold, the change of tilt movement is between a predetermined normal state of alignment of the said object or person relative to a reference plane and the preset threshold level for triggering an alarm signal.
US07944368B2	Systems and methods for locating and controlling powered vehicles A system for controlling movement of a personal mobility vehicle near a restricted region is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a detector that is configured to be disposed on the personal mobility vehicle and that is configured to receive an electromagnetic signal transmitted to the restricted region. The system also includes a control unit configured to communicate with the detector. The control unit is further configured to determine proximity of the detector to the restricted region using information related to the signal received by the detector. The control unit is also configured to provide a command to inhibit movement of the personal mobility vehicle in response to the determined proximity of the vehicle to the restricted region.
US07944367B2	Phase signal triggering hold off A system includes a comparator that triggers a signal indicating an event occurrence of a moving element of a machine that is sensed by a sensor. The signal is triggered in response to a raw signal from the sensor exceeding a trigger level. Logic calculates a hold off time for re-triggering of the signal, and a timer monitors expiration of the hold off time. A trigger screener monitors amplitude of the raw signal and accepts a triggering of the signal from the comparator in response to expiration of the hold off time and the raw signal exceeding a re-trigger level.
US07944366B2	Malfunction detection with derivative calculation Systems and methods of detecting occlusions and fluid-loss conditions (e.g., disconnects and/or leakages) in an infusion pump are discussed. For example, electrokinetic infusion pumps may develop an occlusion in the fluid flow path, which can disrupt control of fluid dispersed from the pump. As well, an infusion set disconnect can also result in a fluid-loss that can be disruptive. Such disruptions can be troublesome to systems that control the infusion pump, such as closed loop controllers. Accordingly, systems and methods described herein can be used to detect such occlusions and fluid-loss conditions during infusion pump operation. For example, a position sensor can be used to monitor fluid flow from the infusion pump, with the measurement being compared with an expected value to detect an occlusion or fluid-loss condition. Other algorithms for utilizing the position sensor are also described.
US07944364B1	Protected power cord Shielded power and power extension cords are protected from fire and other hazards caused by deterioration which may be due to age and/or excessive heat, or to physical damage which may be caused by kinking or crushing. At least one shield, which may surround multiple conductors or a single conductor is grounded through a fuse and made to function as a sensor in a fault detection circuit that opens the fuse and causes a relay to discontinue cord power transmission when a fault current passes from an ungrounded conductor to the shield. The relay circuit also refuses to fully close its contacts that transfer power to the cable in the event of receptacle wiring error and functions as a buzzer to indicate such an error.
US07944363B2	Apparatus and method of sensing leakage of chemical liquid An apparatus and method of sensing leakage of chemical liquid is provided. The apparatus for sensing leakage of chemical liquid, includes a sensing unit measuring a flow rate of chemical liquid being supplied to a process chamber, a process control unit judging whether leakage of the chemical liquid has occurred using the measured flow rate of the chemical liquid and generating a control signal, and an equipment control unit receiving an input of the control signal and controlling an operation of equipment.
US07944361B2	Electric field whistle In one embodiment, an electric field sensor is provided including an elongated conductor; a circuit including an input and an output connected across the elongated conductor wherein said circuit includes a DC to AC signal converter; wherein said elongated conductor is operative to impose a DC signal on said circuit input in response to being exposed to an electric field and broadcast an AC signal converted from said DC signal in response to said electric field being greater than a threshold level.
US07944360B2	Temperature sensor using abrupt metal-insulator transition (MIT) and alarm comprising the temperature sensor Provided are a temperature sensor using a metal-insulator transition (MIT) device subject to abrupt MIT at a specific temperature and an alarm including the temperature sensor. The abrupt MIT device includes an abrupt MIT thin film and at least two electrode thin films that contacts the abrupt MIT thin film. The abrupt MIT device generates abrupt metal-insulator transition at a specific transition temperature. The alarm includes a temperature sensor comprising an abrupt MIT device, and an alarm signaling device serially connected to the temperature sensor. Accordingly, the alarm can be manufactured to have a simple circuit and be of a small size by including the temperature sensor using an abrupt MIT device.
US07944353B2	System and method for detecting and broadcasting a critical event A system and method for detecting and reporting a critical event. Events may be continually detected by sensors and processed as digitized data. The digitized data may be compared to signature data stored in glossaries. If a match exists between the digitized data and the signature data, the event may be reported. An analysis of the event may be performed and based on a result of the analysis, an alarm notice may be sent.
US07944351B1	Low probability of detection emergency signaling system and method An emergency locating system can include emergency transceivers and rescue transceivers. The emergency transceivers can be capable of repeat transmission of a distress message using a variable power level and variable spreading factor. A receive transceiver can be capable of receiving the distress messages and sending a confirmation message to the emergency transceiver. The emergency transceiver can be capable of receiving the confirmation message and terminating transmission of the distress message.
US07944349B2	Vehicle deceleration warning apparatus A vehicle deceleration warning apparatus is activated immediately when a driver of the vehicle intends to decelerate. The vehicle deceleration warning apparatus includes an ignition monitoring module, a first microprocessor module, a wireless transmitting module, a wireless receiving module, a second microprocessor module, and a display driving module. The ignition monitoring module receives an ignition signal and delivers it to the first microprocessor module. The first microprocessor module performs a calculation by adopting the ignition signal to generate a control signal. Then, the control signal is transmitted to the second microprocessor module wireless transmission. Finally, the second microprocessor module controls the display driving module to generate a display driving signal to a display device, such as a brake light and a warning lamp, so as to generate a warning light representing deceleration of the vehicle.
US07944348B2	Tire monitoring device and tire problem detecting device A device to accurately identify the wheel position where each tire has a radio wave transmitter installed without special means or operation during application by using a simple and compact configuration. This TPMS has sensor modules 14A, 14B, 14C, 14D on the transmission side equipped by tires 12FL, 12FR, 12RL, 12RR installed on automobile 10 and main device 16 on the receiving side loaded in automobile 10. Main device 16 is comprised of a group of two antennas 18, 20, receiver 22, and display 24. Two antennas 18, 20 are arranged appropriately to receive the radio waves transmitted by each of sensor modules 14A-14D with a phase difference between them.
US07944347B2	Apparatus for accelerating sensor reading upon start-up Apparatus for monitoring one or more motor vehicle tire conditions includes a receiver for intercepting signals from sensors mounted on the tires, a processor for identifying, converting, evaluating and storing said sensor signals, a keypad for selecting sensor data, an alarm for indicating an undesirable tire condition, and a display for providing sensor data. An unswitched circuit is connected to the vehicle battery and to the receiver and the processor in the monitoring apparatus. A switched circuit is connected via an ignition switch to the battery and to the monitoring apparatus as a whole. Sensor information obtained by the processor while the ignition switch is off is available to the user as soon as the ignition switch is turned on.
US07944346B2	Data gathering system for fleet management A system for a vehicle fleet management comprises a transponder (1) located in the interior of a tire (2) or being integrated into a tire (2); a control unit (3) installed at the vehicle, the control unit (3) being configured to be able to read or receive and at least temporarily store data of the vehicle and/or data of the tire (2); a data providing means (5) which is configured to be able to provide tire pressure data and/or the tire groove deepness data of the tire (2); and a data gathering means (4) being configured to be able to read or receive data from the transponder (1), said data being present data and/or historical data of the tire (2). The data gathering means (4) is further configured to be able to read or receive tire pressure data and/or tire groove deepness data from the data providing means (5), and to provide data received from the transponder (1) and data received from the data providing means (5) to the control unit (3) and to a remote database (6).
US07944342B2	Prescription compliance device and method of using device A prescription compliance device which aids patients in complying with instructions given by a physician for taking prescription medication. The device reminds a patient when the next dose of medication is to be taken and indicates whether a specified dose has been taken. The device includes a microcontroller, a display, a program memory for storing pre-programmed medication-taking regimens for single and multiple medications, a real time clock, a selector for selecting one of the regimens and for programming the device as to the time and day on which a first dose of medication is to be taken, a display which alternately displays the current time and a time at which a next dose of medication is to be taken and an alarm which alerts the patient at times when a dose of medication is to be taken. The selector includes an event switch which is activated by the patient after taking a dose of medication so as to record the taking of medication and to cause the microcontroller to effect the display of the next time at which a dose of medication is to be taken. A memory may also be included to record the times at which a patient takes doses of medication. The device also includes a remote programming feature via a wireless link.
US07944340B1	System and method for two-way remote activation with adaptive protocol A system and method for remote activation of a device includes, in one embodiment, receiving a signal indicative of a range from the device, comparing the range to a threshold, selecting a first transmission protocol when the range exceeds the threshold, selecting a second transmission protocol when the range fails to exceed the threshold, and transmitting a command signal according to the selected first or second transmission protocol.
US07944339B2	Method and system for RFID communication A method and system for RFID communication is provided. The system includes a first RFID reader and an RFID read-write tag uniquely assigned to the first RFID reader. The RFID read-write tag receives information from RFID readers other than the first RFID reader and provides the information to the first RFID reader.
US07944332B2	Self-locking micro electro mechanical device The proposed invention application describes a novel configuration of an extremely small self-locking switching component, based on micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technology. Conventional MEMS switches need a continual control signal in order to obtain the wanted active (switching) state. The proposed invention needs only a short control signal (non-locking key) such as e.g. a pulse in order to switch the component on and/or off. RF-noise (ripples) on the de-control signal or bouncing effects can be neglected according to the proposed extension of the MEMS devices. This contributes to an easier and especially more robust design of electronic circuitries and allows for enhanced functionalities.
US07944330B2	Resonant element and high frequency filter, and wireless communication apparatus equipped with the resonant element or the high frequency filter A resonant element that causes a signal input from an input terminal to resonate at a predetermined resonance frequency and outputs it to an output terminal is provided. The element has a transmission line series including a plurality of transmission lines connected in series with each other and intersecting with a hotline connecting the input terminal and the output terminal and a plurality of switches. At least one of one end and the other end of the transmission line series is a grounded end. The resonant element having first and second end side, each end side having a first transmission line and a second transmission line connected to a switch having a grounded end. The resonance frequency is switched by turning on/off the switch to change the sum of the lengths of the transmission lines through which the signal passes.
US07944326B2	EMC filter An EMC active filter capable to maintain a low earth leakage current at all times, thus being compatible with RCD devices. The filter of the invention has an especially simple inductor's structure, where typically the power conductors pass straight through the filter, without windings, and most of the components can be implemented in a modular shunt circuit. Preferably the filter is realized by connecting the shunt module by an IDC device to the phase conductors, or directly to the line and load terminal, thus avoiding cutting and splicing high-current cables. The particular protection circuit of the filter prevents in-rush current at power on, and limits earth leakage current even in case of a fault in the line.
US07944325B2	Electrical module with specified ground-side connection of filter circuit shunt arms An electrical module with a first substrate, and a component mounted on the first substrate is specified. The component includes a second substrate and a chip arranged on the second substrate. In the module, a filter circuit is realized that includes shunt arms connected to ground each with at least one parallel resonator. The parallel resonators are arranged on the chip. The ground-side connection of at least two of the shunt arms to each other is realized outside the chip and the second substrate. The ground-side connection of the shunt arms is advantageously realized in the first substrate or on a circuit board on which the first substrate is arranged.
US07944324B2	Compact orthomode transduction device optimized in the mesh plane, for an antenna An orthomode transducer device (D), for an antenna, comprises (i) a main guide (GP) designed for the propagation along a main axis of first and second modes having polarizations orthogonal to each other and provided with a first end coupled to a circular port (AC) and a second end, (ii) a first auxiliary guide (GA1) designed for the propagation of the first mode along a first auxiliary axis and provided with a first end coupled in series to the second end of the main guide via a series window (FSP) and with a second end coupled to a series port (AS), and (iii) a second auxiliary guide (GA2) designed for the propagation of the second mode along a second auxiliary axis, coupled to the main guide via a parallel window (FPL) and provided with a first end coupled to a parallel port (AP). The first (GA1) and second (GA2) auxiliary guides are superposed. The parallel window (FPL) is defined between an upper wall (PS) of the main guide (GP) and a lower wall (PI) of the second auxiliary guide (GA2) and oriented in relation to the main axis so as to enable coupling of the main guide to the second auxiliary guide for the selective transfer of the second mode from one to the other, and so as to make the first mode propagate between the main guide and the first auxiliary guide.
US07944316B2	Multi-phase oscillator A multi-phase oscillator includes a plurality of ring oscillators (21) each having a plurality of output ports and each formed by connecting an odd number of inverters (20) in a ring, and a plurality of resistance elements (30) coupling the output ports between the plurality of ring oscillators (21) so that all of the plurality of ring oscillators (21) operate at an identical frequency while keeping a desired phase relationship. The number of the ring oscillators (21) is not limited to an odd number but may be an even number. The multi-phase oscillator changes the state of a succeeding node of a phase coupling to accord with the state of a preceding node of the phase coupling by using the resistance elements (30) as phase coupling devices. If resistors are used as the resistance elements (30), the phase output accuracy greatly improves and high frequency oscillation is possible.
US07944315B2	Programmable voltage-controlled oscillator The invention discloses a programmable voltage-controlled oscillator. The programmable voltage-controlled oscillator has an output frequency. The programmable voltage-controlled oscillator includes a control unit, a current selector, a current mirror unit, an oscillator module, and a one-time-programming component. The one-time-programming component is used for providing a programmable code. The current selector is used for generating a selected current according to the programmable code. The current mirror unit is used for generating a first mirroring current and a second mirroring current according to the selected current. The oscillator module is used for oscillating according to the first mirroring current and the second mirroring current. After the programmable code is tuned to drive the output frequency to approach a predetermined frequency, the control unit will burn the tuned programmable code into one-time-programming component.
US07944308B2	Amplifier circuit and the controlling method thereof An amplifier circuit includes a first unit and a second unit. The first unit has a first amplifying unit, wherein the first amplifying unit provides a first main circuit unit and a first assistant circuit unit, and the first assistant circuit unit is configured for assisting the linearity of the first main circuit unit. The second unit includes a second amplifying unit, wherein the second amplifying unit has a second main circuit unit and a second assistant circuit unit, and the second assistant circuit unit is configured for assisting the linearity of the second main circuit unit. The first amplifying unit is configured for conducting in one half cycle of an input signal, and the second amplifying unit is configured for conducting in the other half cycle of the input signal.
US07944305B2	RF pre-amplifiers and power amplifiers An RF amplifier circuit includes a MOSFET connected to an RF output of the circuit via an impedance matching network including an inductor and a tuning capacitor connected in parallel with the inductor and the MOSFET. DC voltage is applied to the MOSFET via a series path through a radio frequency choke and the inductor of the impedance matching network.
US07944303B2	Super source follower output impedance enhancement A source follower circuit is disclosed with an added amplifier that extends the low input voltage linear range while providing a lower output impedance. The drain of the source follower MOSFET is coupled to a gain stage that drives a second MOSFET (or other type transistor) with its drain coupled to the follower output. High impedance current sources bias the circuitry, and the difference amplifier has a reference voltage at one input. The difference amplifier with the reference voltage provides a feedback mechanism that maintain adequate drain to source voltage across the follower MOSFET to enhance the low input voltage linearity along with reducing the follower output resistance.
US07944300B2	Bias circuit and amplifier providing constant output current for a range of common mode inputs Bias circuits, amplifiers and methods are provided, such as those for providing bias signals over a range of common mode inputs for an amplifier to output a constant current. One example of a bias circuit is configured to generate a bias signal having a voltage magnitude according to a reference signal. The reference signal is indicative of a common mode input level of an input signal of the amplifier circuit and the bias circuit is further configured to adjust the bias signal over a range of common mode input levels. An amplifier receiving the bias signal is configured to generate an output signal in response to an input signal and drive an output current based on the voltage magnitude of the bias signal provided by the bias circuit.
US07944298B2	Low noise and low input capacitance differential MDS LNA A differential low noise amplifier (LNA) involves two main amplifying transistors biased in saturation, and two cancel transistors biased in sub-threshold. In one example, the gates of the cancel transistors are coupled to the drains of main transistors, in a symmetrical and cross-coupled fashion. The main transistors are source degenerated. Because the gates of cancel transistors are not coupled to the differential input leads of the LNA, the input capacitance of the LNA is reduced. Noise introduced into the LNA output due to the cancel transistors being biased in the sub-threshold region is reduced because there are two stages. The first stage involves the main transistors, and the second stage involves the cancel transistors. By increasing the gain of the first stage and decreasing the gain of the second stage, overall LNA gain is maintained while reducing the noise that the sub-threshold biased transistors contribute to the LNA output.
US07944295B2	Predistorter The invention aims to converge predistortion coefficients efficiently in a predistorter adapted to compensate for distortion generated in an amplifier. Level detection means detects the level of a signal input to an amplifier. Signal acquisition means acquire a signal output from the amplifier as a feedback signal. Correspondence acquisition means updates a predistortion coefficient expressed using a set of orthogonal polynomials so that a distortion component contained in the acquired feedback signal is reduced and acquires a correspondence between the level of the signal input to the amplifier and a control coefficient for predistortion (contents of a distortion compensation table). Predistortion executing means applies distortion for predistortion with respect to the signal input to the amplifier in accordance with the control coefficient for predistortion that corresponds to the detected level based on the acquired correspondence.
US07944293B2	Systems and methods for an adaptive bias circuit for a differential power amplifier Systems and methods for providing an adaptive bias circuit that may include a differential amplifier, low-pass filter, and common source amplifier or common emitter amplifier. The adaptive bias circuit may generate an adaptive bias output signal depending on input signal power level. As the input power level goes up, the adaptive bias circuit may increase the bias voltage or bias current of the adaptive bias output signal. A power amplifier (e.g., a differential amplifier) may be biased according to the adaptive bias output signal in order to reduce current consumption at low power operation levels.
US07944291B2	Power amplifier having parallel amplification stages and associated impedance matching networks An amplification device includes a series combination of a driver stage, an output terminal matching network, and a secondary amplification stage. The driver stage includes a driver amplifier and an output matching network. The secondary amplification stage includes a parallel combination of an impedance transformation network and a main amplification stage. The main amplification stage includes a plurality of main amplification branches in parallel with each other, and an input matching network in series with the parallel combination. Each main amplification branch includes a main amplifier, and input and output impedance matching networks. A control circuit supplies activation signals to the main amplification branches to selectively turn them on and off. The device has no switches in the path of the signal that is amplified. In at least one operating mode, the control circuit turns on at least two of the main amplification branches at the same time.
US07944290B2	Trans-impedance amplifier Systems and apparatus for converting an input current signal into two or more output voltage signals on an integrated circuit. In one aspect, an integrated circuit includes a first trans-impedance amplifier that includes a first cascode amplifier; and a second trans-impedance amplifier that includes a second cascode amplifier, the second cascode amplifier and the first cascode amplifier sharing an input transistive element; where the first cascode amplifier is coupled to one or more first switches that disable the first trans-impedance amplifier, the second cascode amplifier is coupled to one or more second switches that disable the second trans-impedance amplifier, and control logic coupled to the one or more first switches and the one or more second switches disables at least one of the first trans-impedance amplifier or the second trans-impedance amplifier.
US07944284B2	System and circuit for a virtual power grid A system and circuit for virtual power grid is disclosed. In one embodiment, a switch system for a virtual power grid includes a first transistor for connecting a power supply to a node of a virtual power grid for an isolated region of circuitry via the first transistor upon a receipt of a first control signal to turn on the first transistor. The switch system further includes a second transistor for connecting the power supply to the isolated region of circuitry via the second transistor upon a receipt of a second control signal to turn on the second transistor. In addition, the switch system includes a self-timed enable module for generating and forwarding the second control signal when a voltage level at the node of the virtual power grid which is charged by the power supply via the first transistor reaches a threshold voltage.
US07944283B2	Reference bias generating circuit A reference current bias circuit includes a self-bias circuit configured to provide a bias current to an amplifier; a basic bandgap circuit coupled to inputs of the amplifier; a startup circuit configured to support an initial operation of the amplifier; a temperature compensator configured to include a first mirroring unit for mirroring current according to a positive temperature coefficient characteristic from the basic bandgap circuit; and a second mirroring unit for mirroring current according to a negative temperature coefficient characteristic from the basic bandgap circuit, and to provide a reference current by combining the current of the first mirroring unit and the current of the second mirroring unit; and a reference current mirroring unit configured to generate reference current biases based on the reference current from the temperature compensator.
US07944267B2	Leakage current detection circuit and leakage current comparison circuit A leakage current measurement circuit measuring a substrate leakage current and a gate leakage current in response to a variation in the size of an MOS transistor and a leakage current comparison circuit judging which one of the substrate leakage current and the gate leakage current is dominant. The leakage current measurement circuit includes a charge supply, a leakage current generator and a detection signal generator. The leakage current comparison circuit includes a charge supply, a leakage current comparator and a detection signal generator.
US07944264B2	Variable delay circuit, variable delay circuit controlling method, and input/output circuit A variable delay circuit includes: a first delay section that changes a first drive capability or a first capacity load, receives the reference signals, and generates a first delayed signal by giving a first delay to the reference signal; a second delay section that changes a second drive capability or a second capacity load of the second delay section, receives the reference signal, and generates a second delayed signal by giving a second delay to the reference signal; a first capacity load setting section that sets at least one of the first capacity load and the second capacity load; a first phase comparing section that compares a first phase of the first delayed signal with a second phase of the second delayed signal; and a drive capability setting section that controls the first drive capability and the second drive capability.
US07944256B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit device High precision of various feedback systems represented by a PLL circuit and the like is realized. For example, in a charge pump circuit in the PLL circuit, a first to a third PMOS transistors connected in series in three stages are provided between a power source voltage and an output node, and a first to a third NMOS transistors connected in series in three stages are provided between a ground voltage and the output node. And, the second PMOS transistor and the second NMOS transistor are driven ON when establishing conductivity between the power source voltage or the ground voltage and the output node by a first pulse signal, and the first PMOS transistor and the third NMOS transistor are driven OFF when the conductivity is shut down by a second pulse signal. Accordingly, the conduction time can be set by time difference between one edge of the first pulse signal and one edge of the second pulse signal, and therefore, short conduction time can be set, as a result, a charge amount of the charge pump circuit can be controlled precisely.
US07944246B2	Signal detecting circuit A full-wave rectifier circuit receives complementary signals and produces a current corresponding to an added value of differential signals at different levels. A voltage comparator performs a comparison between output signals produced and subjected to current addition and voltage conversion by the full-wave rectifier circuit. A timer detects whether an output signal of the voltage comparator is kept in the same state for a predetermined time or more, and produces a signal indicating a result of the detection. A signal detecting circuit that can accurately identify a state of digital signals of a minute amplitude transferred through a pair of complementary signal lines is achieved without complicating manufacturing steps.
US07944245B2	Pulse filtering module circuit, system, and method A filtering module filters out high frequency signals, primarily noise, from an input data stream. The filtering module includes an input module, a phase detecting module, and a threshold module. The input module performs either a charging or a discharging across a capacitor on a basis of an RC time constant. The phase detecting module is coupled to the input module to keep identical phase at a first node and an output node. The threshold module is coupled to the phase detecting module for providing an output signal based on a threshold voltage and the charging or the discharging across the capacitor.
US07944243B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit includes: a main-interconnect to which supply voltage or reference voltage is applied; a plurality of sub-interconnects; a plurality of circuit cells configured to be connected to the plurality of sub-interconnects; a power supply switch cell configured to control, in accordance with an input control signal, connection and disconnection between the main-interconnect and the sub-interconnect to which a predetermined one of the circuit cells is connected, of the plurality of sub-interconnects; and an auxiliary interconnect configured to connect the plurality of sub-interconnects to each other.
US07944242B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit having insulated gate field effect transistors A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a multiplexer, a signal generating circuit, a control circuit, m inverters, n two-input NOR circuits, and cascade connected n two-shift registers. The control circuit generates a control signal in the disable state in a normal operation in which the clock signal is supplied. The control circuit generates a control signal in an enable state in the other-than-normal operation in which a higher voltage source voltage is supplied while the clock signal is not supplied. The multiplexer receives the clock signal and a low-frequency signal outputted from the signal generating circuit. The multiplexer supplies the clock signal to the sequence of the inverters upon receipt of the control signal in the disable state, and supplies the low-frequency signal to the sequence of the inverters upon receipt of the control signal in the enable state.
US07944241B1	Circuit for glitchless switching between asynchronous clocks A circuit for glitchless switching between asynchronous clocks includes a select circuit and enable circuits. The select circuit receives a selection signal for selecting one of the clock input signals and to generate enabling signals for activating the corresponding enable circuits on the basis of the current output signal. The feedback logic in the circuit ensures that at any given instance only one of the clock input signals is outputted so as to avoid the formation of glitches. The circuit can be applied to switches between any number of asynchronous clocks.
US07944240B2	Buffer of semiconductor memory apparatus A buffer of a semiconductor memory apparatus includes a buffering section configured to generate an output signal by buffering an input signal. A mismatch compensation section generates a control voltage in correspondence with sizes of a second transistor of the same type as a first transistor constituting the buffering section, wherein the buffering section controls a transition time of the output signal in response to a level of the control voltage.
US07944238B2	(N+1) input flip-flop packing with logic in FPGA architectures A logic module and flip-flop includes input multiplexers having data inputs coupled to routing resources. A clock multiplexer has inputs coupled to clock resources, and an output. An input-select multiplexer has a first input coupled to the output of an input multiplexer. A flip-flop has a clock input coupled to the output of the clock multiplexer, and a data output coupled to an input of the input-select multiplexer. A logic module has data inputs coupled to the output of the input select multiplexers. A flip-flop multiplexer is coupled to the data input of the flip-flop, and has inputs input coupled to the output of the first input multiplexer, the data output of the logic module, and a third input coupled to routing resources.
US07944235B1	High-speed serial interface circuitry for programmable logic device integrated circuits High-speed serial interface (“HSSI”) transceiver circuitry (e.g., on a programmable logic device (“PLD”) integrated circuit) includes input buffer circuitry with adaptive equalization capability. The transceiver circuitry also includes an output driver, which may include pre-emphasis capability (preferably controllably settable). Selectively usable loop-back circuitry is provided for allowing the output signal of the input buffer to be applied substantially directly to the output driver. The loop-back circuitry may include a loop-back driver, which may be turned on substantially only when needed for loop-back operations.
US07944233B1	Data output circuit A data output circuit includes a plurality of drivers configured to be turned on/off according to impedance codes to output data to an output node. The impedance codes are divided into a first group having a value to turn on the drivers, and a second group having a value to turn off the drivers, and at least some of the drivers controlled by the second group are turned on during a pre-emphasis period.
US07944232B2	Output circuit having variable output voltage swing level An output circuit having a variable swing level of a terminated output data signal is disclosed. The output circuit includes a control circuit configured to generate a first control signal and a second control signal in response to a voltage swing level selection signal and an output enable signal. The output circuit further includes an output driving circuit configured to, in response to the first and second control signals, perform on-die termination in an input mode and configured to control swing level of a signal output from the output circuit in an output mode.
US07944229B2	Method and apparatus for calibrating internal pulses in an integrated circuit A method and circuit for measuring internal pulses includes an enable circuit configured to receive a control signal from an on-chip built-in tester to enable measurement of internal circuits. A delay chain is configured to receive a pulse signal from an on-chip circuit component. Sampling latches each include a data input coupled between adjacent delay elements of the delay chain and synchronized with the clock signal such that a transition in the pulse signal is indicated by comparing adjacent digital values in an output sequence.
US07944224B2	Low profile probe having improved mechanical scrub and reduced contact inductance A vertically folded probe is provided that can provide improved scrub performance in cases where the probe height is limited. More specifically, such a probe includes a base and a tip, and an arm extending from the base to the tip as a single continuous member. The probe arm is vertically folded, such that it includes three or more vertical arm portions. The vertical arm portions have substantial vertical overlap, and are laterally displaced from each other. When such a probe is vertically brought down onto a device under test, the probe deforms. During probe deformation, at least two of the vertical arm portions come into contact with each other. Such contact between the arm portions can advantageously increase the lateral scrub motion at the probe tip, and can also advantageously reduce the probe inductance.
US07944220B2	Moisture content sensor and related methods A moisture content sensor for measuring the moisture content of a medium. The sensor includes a probe that injects an electrical signal into the medium. Complex impedance circuitry located between the probe and the electrical signal source allows sensing electronics to generate a signal that represents the moisture content within the medium based on changes in the permittivity of the medium. The complex impedance circuitry minimizes the influence of temperature and conductivity of the medium on the sensed signal. The sensing electronics may be adjusted to optimize the sensor for varying medium conditions and to vary the linearity of the response curve based on volumetric water content of the medium.
US07944219B2	Amperometric electrochemical sensor Apparatus (2) for driving an amperometric electrochemical sensor, which apparatus (2) comprises a microelectrode (30), drive means (36) for the microelectrode, and signal processing means (3), the apparatus (2) being such that the drive means (36) supplies successive pulsed chronoamperometric different conditions to the microelectrode (30), the microelectrode (30) produces a sequence of different voltages consequent upon receiving the chronoamperometric different conditions and correlates the received chronoamperometric different conditions with their respective measurement circuits, and the signal processing means (3) interrogates only the current corresponding to a particular voltage in the sequence of different voltages and thereby produces a single sensor output corresponding to each separate voltage in the sequence of different voltages whereby interrogation of the amperometric electrochemical sensor is facilitated.
US07944217B2	Object proximity detector and object position detector The present invention offers an object proximity detector and object position detector. The variation of frequency of an oscillator is used to detect the proximity of an object to a sensor plate. The dependence of the sensitivity of the detector on the area of the sensor plate is reduced by conducting the sensor plate to two capacitors in series. The conducting wire of the sensor plate can be flexible without causing error detection. In the sensor element of the sensor oscillator, a resistor is connected at one terminal of the sensor plate to form a high pass filter. A resistor and a capacitor are added to the sensor oscillator to form a low pass filter. The high pass filter is used to reduce the low frequency electromagnetic interference. The low pass filter is used to reduce the high frequency electromagnetic interference.
US07944215B2	Detector A device for measuring the position of a first body relative to a second body comprising: a first body which further comprises an electrical intermediate device; a second body which further comprises at least two inductors energised with an alternating current and at least one of which is formed by a planar spiral winding on a printed circuit board normal to the measurement axis and attached to the second body; arranged such that displacement of the electrical intermediate device causes a change in inductance of the planar spiral winding and whereby measurement of the ratio of the inductances indicates the position of the first body relative to the second.
US07944212B2	Receptacle tester with text display A tester is disclosed for testing a wiring state of a live electrical receptacle outlet. The tester comprises a body having a display located thereon and a plug extending from the body. The display is configured to selectively provide a text indicator. When the plug of the tester is received in the electrical outlet, the display indicates the wiring state of the electrical outlet.
US07944210B2	Magnetic resonance rf transmission arrangement and method with commonly fed labeling and excitation antennas A radio-frequency transmission device for a magnetic resonance system to generate magnetic resonance exposures of an examination region of an examination subject, has: a first radio-frequency transmission antenna that emits radio-frequency signals in the examination region, a radio-frequency amplifier that supplies the first radio-frequency transmission antenna, with radio-frequency signals with a predetermined radio-frequency transmission power, and a second radio-frequency transmission antenna fashioned to label a medium flowing in the examination region and/or examination regions via emission of labeling radio-frequency signals, such that the medium can be identified in the generated magnetic resonance exposures of the examination region. The second radio-frequency transmission antenna is coupled with the radio-frequency amplifier to supply the first radio-frequency transmission antenna, such that it likewise supplies the second radio-frequency transmission antenna with radio-frequency signals with a predetermined radio-frequency transmission power for the emission of radio-frequency labeling signals.
US07944209B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and method A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus is configured to generate a correcting magnetic field for correcting a static magnetic field, based on a first set of information representing an inhomogeneous distribution of the static magnetic field generated depending on the characteristic of the static magnetic field generating means, a second set of information representing an inhomogeneous distribution of the static magnetic field generated depending on the tissue of the object, a third set of information corresponding to a set field of view for imaging in a desired region of the object.
US07944193B2	Digital PWM modulator with fast dynamic response and fine resolution A pulse width (PWM) controller for a voltage converter having at least one switch, an Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) circuit for digitizing inputted state variables including a feedback voltage from an output of the voltage converter and a reference voltage for setting the output of the voltage converter and providing a digital error signal, and a Proportional Integration and Derivation (PID) circuit receiving the digital error signal and providing a digital duty cycle signal. The controller including a Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) circuit for converting the digital duty cycle signal into an analog DAC output signal; and a comparator circuit for comparing a first signal including the DAC output signal with a reference signal for generating a pulse width modulated control signal for controlling the switching of the at least one switch of the voltage converter.
US07944187B2	Modulation control of power generation system Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for producing current with a desired output frequency from one or more fixed or variable speed alternators by varying a saturation level of a portion of the alternator(s) based on a output frequency desired, and preferably then rectifying the output to produce a desired electrical output which may be provided as direct current or alternating current to a suitable load.
US07944186B2	Power control system and method A power control system comprises a prime mover and a generator driven by the prime mover. A control device is coupled with the prime mover and the generator wherein the control device ascertains a power level of the generator and varies an output power of the prime mover according to the power level. The control device measures a duty cycle of a generator output power controller to ascertain the generator power level and generates a signal to a prime mover controller so that the generator duty cycle remains within a pre-determined range. The power control system may include a transmission wherein the control device operation maybe conditioned on a state of the transmission. The power control system may include a speed converter coupled with the prime mover wherein the control device converts a speed of the prime mover according to the generator power level. The control device may operate to control an output power of the generator concurrently with controlling the output power of the prime mover.
US07944183B2	Output voltage controller for AC vehicle generator An output voltage controller for an AC vehicle generator is proposed. The output voltage controller can easily suppress variation in rectified output voltage due to a switching surge without using a slope generation circuit in a voltage adjustment circuit. An excitation circuit that excites a field coil 13 includes a circulation element 31, a semiconductor switch element 33, an inductor 35, and transient voltage absorption means 40. The circulation element 31 is connected in parallel to the field coil 13. The semiconductor switch element 33 is connected in series with the field coil 13 and turned on and off by a voltage adjustment circuit 60. The inductor 35 is connected in series with the field coil 13 and the semiconductor switch element 33. The transient voltage absorption means 40 absorbs a transient voltage generated in the inductor 35 in association with the switching of the semiconductor switch element 33 between ON and OFF.
US07944182B2	Adjustable battery charger for UPS An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) having an adjustable battery charger that generates a charger current, and a controller, coupled to the adjustable battery charger, that receives a signal representative of a system constraint and provides a reference, based on the signal, to the adjustable battery charger to control an amplitude of the charger current supplied by the adjustable battery charger based on the system constraint. The system constraint may include, for example, a maximum input current to the UPS, maximum charging current of the battery cell, and maximum and/or minimum charger current values.
US07944179B2	Method for charging a storage element of an autonomous system The charging method comprises limiting, according to the temperature, of the power supplied to the storage element to a charging setpoint power. The energy required to charge the storage element is determined and the period during which the power resource will be available is estimated. A theoretical mean power is calculated by means of these two items of information. The progressions of the temperature and of a maximum acceptable power are estimated. A maximum energy able to be delivered by the generator is calculated from the maximum acceptable power. The value of the charging setpoint power is defined by comparison of the required energy with the maximum energy and by comparison of the mean power with the maximum acceptable power.
US07944176B2	Voltage adjusting apparatus For providing a reliable voltage adjusting apparatus in low cost, a low-voltage control apparatus controls a high-voltage power supply circuit to be switched power off by transmitting a power-off signal through a second communication line arranged between the high-voltage power supply circuit and itself through an isolation unit when an information signal from an equalizing apparatus is not transmitted within a predetermined first malfunction judging period. The equalizing apparatus stops an equalizing process in itself when the information signal from the low-voltage control unit.
US07944175B2	Battery charging systems A system for charging a power tool battery includes a charging device capable of charging a battery, a memory device capable of storing data of a plurality of sound patterns, a selecting device capable of selecting a sound pattern data from the plurality of sound patterns, and a sound generating device capable of generating a sound based on the selected sound pattern data when the charging operation of the battery by the charging device has been completed.
US07944174B2	Battery pack, charger and terminal block arrangements for cordless power tool system A battery pack, charger, and terminal blocks for the pack, charger and a cordless power tool are provided. The pack includes battery cells disposed between end caps within a bottom housing of the pack, and a potting boat for housing pack electronics electrically connected to the cells between the end caps and disposed within a pack top housing. A pack terminal block is connected to the potting boat within the top housing. The charger and the power tool each include a terminal block for providing electrical connections between the charger/tool and the battery pack. The terminal block is configured to float side-to-side to provide displaceable movement of the terminal block within the charger housing or tool housing for aligning the battery pack terminal block therein.
US07944173B2	Lithium-based battery pack for a high current draw, hand held power tool A method for conducting an operation including a power tool battery pack. The battery pack can include a housing, a first cell supported by the housing and having a voltage, and a second cell supported by the housing and having a voltage. The battery pack also can be connectable to a power tool and be operable to supply power to operate the power tool. The method can include discharging one of the first cell and the second cell until the voltage of the one of the first cell and the second cell is substantially equal to the voltage of the other of the first cell and the second cell.
US07944170B2	Wireless transmission device According to one embodiment, a wireless transmission device includes: a transmitter that transmits a signal to an external device; an internal rechargeable battery that supplies a power to the transmitter; a connector to which an external rechargeable battery inserted from outside is connected; and a controller that controls the internal rechargeable battery and the external rechargeable battery so that the external rechargeable battery recharges the internal rechargeable battery when the external rechargeable battery is connected to the connector, wherein the external rechargeable battery is charged when the transmitter transmits the signal to the external device.
US07944168B2	Device for controlling a rotating electrical machine A device for determining the position of the rotor of a rotating electrical machine. The invention is characterized in that the device comprises a plurality of magnetic field sensors stationary relative to the stator and adapted to deliver multiphase electric signals representing a magnetic field detected by the sensors, and means for processing the multiphase electric signals by an operator capable of providing diphase signals depending on the position of the rotor. The invention is applicable to rotating electrical machines used in the automotive industry.
US07944160B2	Redundant DC bus discharge for an electric motor system Methods and apparatus are provided for discharging a direct current (DC) bus providing power to a motor control circuit in an electric motor system. The method includes the steps of detecting a predetermined discharge signal and generating operational control signals comprising phase currents for dissipating energy from the DC bus through a passive load in response to detecting the predetermined discharge signal, wherein the passive load includes motor windings of an electric motor of the electric motor system. The method also includes the step of providing the operational control signals to the motor control circuit for discharging the DC bus through the motor control circuit and the motor windings of the electric motor.
US07944158B2	Controlled electric motor arrangement for a tension mechanism A field-oriented control method for an electric drive comprising a plurality of electric motors, for implementing a tension mechanism, especially for load cable and/or gearing means, using measurements of a polyphase motor actual current. The measured values are transformed into a direct current component and a quadrature current component, based upon a magnetic rotor field or flux angle, in a rotor flux-based d,q coordinate system. The quadrature and direct current components from the actual current are subjected to a comparison with predetermined quadrature and direct current components of a current command value. The method has the following steps: a) two synchronous motors are used as electric motors; b) the magnet wheels or rotors of the two synchronous motors are rotated or oriented toward one another and are then mechanically coupled in such a way that between their magnetic flux linkages or other magnetic fluxes an angular offset is formed; c) the two synchronous motors are each supplied with or traversed by the same phase currents, from a shared power converter; d) for a pretension torque, a command or reference value is predetermined, and is superposed on a motor torque control value output by a controller, from which a quadrature current component for the current command value is derived; e) a direct current component for the current command value is derived from the predetermined tension torque control value with sign reversal.
US07944156B2	Electronic ballast for high intensity discharge lamps The present High Intensity Discharge electronic lamp ballast uses a “set of controls” that can be performed by controlling energy delivery by the “line side converter” to the “lamp side inverter”. This set of controls comprises: 1) open circuit voltage control, 2) breakdown voltage amplitude control, 3) glow-to-arc transition current control, 4) “initial arc development” current control, 5) “arc stabilization” current control, 6) lamp power control, 7) lamp dimming, 8) “lamp rectification” current control, and 9) short circuit and lamp fault protections. One of the primary advantages of this “line side converter” energy delivery control method is that it doesn't need to vary the lamp operating frequency to achieve the above-noted controls.
US07944150B2	Discharge lamp lighting apparatus and projector A discharge lamp lighting apparatus for turning on a discharge lamp has a lighting condition in which a projection is formed at a tip of an electrode for electric discharge. In the discharge lamp lighting apparatus, when the polarity-reversal mode is the second mode, the inverter control circuit operates to generate the inverter control signal so that a DC component contained in the output current increases more than that in the first mode, when the polarity-reversal mode is the first mode, and it is detected that the lamp voltage is lower than a predetermined first voltage, the polarity-reversal mode control circuit changes the polarity-reversal mode into the second mode, and when the polarity-reversal mode is the second mode, and it is detected that the lamp voltage is higher than a predetermined second voltage, the polarity-reversal mode control circuit changes the polarity-reversal mode into the first mode.
US07944149B2	Starting an electronic ballast A ballast including an H-bridge type inverter for driving a lamp and a filter circuit that includes a buck inductor is disclosed. The buck inductor is a primary winding of a transformer, and a secondary winding of the transformer provides power to a controller of the ballast. The controller operates the inverter in various pre-ignition modes of operation such that prior to ignition, the open circuit voltage (OCV) (i.e., voltage across the lamp) and buck inductor current are controlled to transfer sufficient power from the primary of the transformer to the secondary winding of the transformer to power the controller. No switches of the inverter are turned on while there is a non-zero current through the filter circuit.
US07944148B2	Mercury free tin halide compositions and radiation sources incorporating same A radiation source is presented, the source comprising an ionizable mercury-free composition that comprises tin halide such that the halide to tin ratio is greater than 2.
US07944145B2	Character display module A character display module comprises a character organic light emitting diode panel, a printed circuit which is electrically connected to the character organic light emitting diode panel, a drive controller which is disposed on the printed circuit board to drive and control the character organic light emitting diode panel, and a frame which is used to position the character organic light emitting diode panel on the printed circuit board. Therefore, such an arrangement provides a lighter, thinner, high quality, cost-saving and energy-saving character display module.
US07944141B2	Organic electric field light-emitting display device An organic electric field light-emitting display device includes: a plurality of pixel circuits, each disposed at one of the intersections between a plurality of signal lines and a plurality of scan lines, each of the pixel circuits including an organic electric field light-emitting element; a power auxiliary circumferential line electrically connected to one of two electrodes adapted to apply an electric field to the organic electric field light-emitting element, the power auxiliary circumferential line being disposed in a ring-like arrangement around the pixel arrangement region; and a plurality of dummy wirings formed on the underlying layer of the power auxiliary circumferential line between the intersections between either one of the plurality of signal lines and the plurality of scan lines and the power auxiliary circumferential line, the plurality of dummy wirings being insulated and isolated from the signal or scan line in proximity.
US07944138B2	Fluorescent display tube A fluorescent display tube, which has short-length filaments, can be driven by applied voltage of 3-8V to be used for a general fluorescent display tube. The fluorescent display tube can emit sufficient thermal electrons even if the number of filament cathodes is decreased to reduce power consumption of the filaments. The filament cathode is arranged between a first and third supporting plates by one end thereof fixed to the first supporting plate and the other end thereof fixed to the third supporting plate, and the filament cathode having an equal length with the filament cathode extended between the first and third supporting plates is arranged between the second and third supporting plates.
US07944135B2	Spark plug and methods of construction thereof A spark plug and method of construction is provided, wherein the spark plug has a generally annular ceramic insulator and a metal shell surrounding at least a portion of the insulator. A ground electrode is operatively attached to the shell, wherein the ground electrode has a ground electrode sparking surface. The spark plug further includes a center electrode having an elongate body with a center electrode sparking surface. The sparking surface of the center electrode and the ground electrode sparking surface provide a spark gap. A brazed joint bonds at least one of the insulator to the shell or the center electrode to the insulator.
US07944129B2	Ultrasonic actuator and magnetic recording apparatus using the same Provided are ultrasonic actuators and magnetic recording apparatuses that are stably equipped with superior driving performance without making the apparatus complex or raising cost. By providing an approximately equilateral triangular shaped vibrating member provided with piezoelectric deformation members that expand and contract upon the application of a driving signal, and a moving member that is in pressure contact with the three vertices of the vibrating member to cause relative movement with respect to the vibrating member. The moving member is caused to move relative to the vibrating member due to elliptical vibrations in the same rotational direction in basically the three vertices of the vibrating member due to a deformation vibration of the piezoelectric deformation parts.
US07944127B2	Piezoelectric ceramic composition and piezoelectric part A piezoelectric ceramic composition contains main components represented by a general formula of [(Pb1-x-yCaxSry){Ti1-z(Zn1/2W1/2)z}O3], and x, y, and z satisfy 0≦x≦0.2 (preferably 0≦x≦0.15), 0≦y≦0.2 (preferably 0≦y≦0.1), 0.1≦x+y≦0.2, and 0.04≦z≦0.1. It is also preferable that the piezoelectric ceramic composition contains 0.05 weight part to 1.0 weight part of a Mn component calculated in terms of MnCO3 with respect to 100 weight parts of the main component. A piezoelectric part includes a piezoelectric ceramic element that is formed by the piezoelectric ceramic composition. It is thereby possible to realize a piezoelectric ceramic composition that can be fired at low temperature, that has a high Curie point Tc resistant to a reflow heating treatment on a lead-free solder, and that exhibits satisfactory piezoelectricity, and a piezoelectric part using this piezoelectric ceramic composition.
US07944126B2	Piezoelectric ceramic, vibrator and ultrasonic motor Provided is a piezoelectric ceramic 1 containing a compound represented by the following general formula (1), as a main component and at least one element selected from Mn, Fe and Cu in an amount of 0.04 to 0.6% by mass based on the main component, and a vibrator 10 having the piezoelectric ceramic 1 and electrodes 2, 3. CaxBa1−xTiO3 (1) where, x satisfies 0.05≦x≦0.20.
US07944125B2	Surface acoustic wave device A surface acoustic wave device causing less wear of a dicing blade and causing less drop in a dicing speed is manufactured from a mother laminate with high yield and high precision. The surface acoustic wave device is manufactured by dicing a piezoelectric wafer. The surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate resulting from dicing the piezoelectric wafer, IDT electrodes and pad electrodes located on a top surface of the piezoelectric substrate. A support layer having an opening opened to the IDT electrodes is provided. An outline edge of the support layer is inside an outline edge of the top surface of the piezoelectric substrate. A cover made of an insulating material is disposed on the support layer to close the opening of the support layer. In plan view, the outline edge of the cover is aligned with the outline edge of the piezoelectric substrate.
US07944123B2	Apparatus and method for harvesting energy for wireless fluid stream sensors A method for harvesting energy for wireless fluid stream sensors is provided that includes locating a wireless fluid stream sensor in a fluid stream. The wireless fluid stream sensor includes a flexible membrane and a rod. Energy is harvested based on strain induced in the flexible membrane due to movement of the rod. The wireless fluid stream sensor may be powered with the harvested energy. The energy may be harvested with piezoelectric elements that are coupled to the flexible membrane or with piezoelectric elements or other type of energy-harvesting components that are located remotely from the wireless fluid stream sensor.
US07944121B2	Negative vertical deflection piezoelectric MEMS actuators and method of fabrication Co-fabricating of vertical piezoelectric MEMS actuators that achieve large positive and negative displacements through operating electric fields in excess of the coercive field includes forming a large negative displacement vertical piezoelectric MEMS actuator, forming a bottom structural dielectric layer above a substrate layer; forming a bottom electrode layer above the structural dielectric layer; forming an active piezoelectric layer above the bottom electrode layer; forming a top electrode layer above the active piezoelectric layer; forming a top structural layer above the top electrode layer, wherein the x-y neutral plane of the negative displacement vertical piezoelectric MEMS actuator is above the mid-plane of the active piezoelectric layer, wherein the negative displacement vertical piezoelectric MEMS actuator is partially released from the substrate to allow free motion of the actuator; and combining the large negative displacement vertical piezoelectric MEMS actuator and a large positive displacement vertical piezoelectric MEMS actuator on the same the substrate.
US07944115B2	Traveling wave grids with agitated surface using piezoelectric effect and acoustic traveling waves A system for transporting particles includes a substrate and a plurality of spaced electrically conductive electrodes carried by the substrate. Further included is a carrier medium adapted for the retention and migration of particles disposed therein, wherein the carrier medium is in operational contact with the electrodes, and a vibration generator is positioned in relation to the substrate to impart vibrations into the carrier medium. In an alternative embodiment, the vibration generator is configured to generate an acoustic traveling wave, which includes a vibration component and a motivation component.
US07944114B2	Ultrasonic transducer device and ultrasonic wave probe using same The present invention provides an ultrasonic transducer device to send and receive ultrasonic waves, comprising a semiconductor substrate, a lower electrode disposed on the semiconductor substrate, a gap disposed on the lower electrode, a third insulation film disposed on the gap, an upper electrode disposed on the third insulation film, a fourth insulation film disposed on the upper electrode, a wiring layer disposed on the fourth insulation film, and a fifth insulation film disposed on the wiring layer. The upper electrode is electrically connected to the wiring layer with penetrating wires.
US07944110B2	Stator in rotating electric machine A method of manufacturing a stator in a rotating electric machine. In this method, each slot has a slot peripheral wall and a slot opening, covered with an insulation coating made of an electrical insulation material. The slot peripheral wall SW has a slot bottom wall, a pair of slot side walls opposing to each other and continuing to end portions of the slot bottom wall. The insulation coating is formed continuously from the slot bottom wall to the pair of slot side walls, and a pair of holding grooves opposing to each other is formed in the insulation coating at the vicinity of the slot opening. The groove walls of the pair of the holding grooves are formed in the insulation coating, and an electrical insulation member to close the slot opening is inserted in the pair of holding grooves and held between the pair of holding grooves.
US07944109B2	Stator of motor having an insulator with lead out guide portions A stator of a motor is provided with a stator core having a plurality of teeth and a plurality of windings wound around teeth of the stator core. The stator also has an insulator that is provided with a plurality of lead-out guide portions that enable lead-out wires of the windings to be drawn out from the tooth winding portions in a state of being close to the tooth winding portions.
US07944105B2	Synchronous machine having magnetic bearings excited by the rotor A superconductive synchronous machine having superconductive magnetic bearings. A superconductor (6) on the stator side as a first bearing part is disposed opposite from a second bearing part (12) on the rotor side, the second being part being magnetically and mechanically connected via a flux feed section (11) to the pole core (9) of the rotor. A superconductive exciting coil (10) in the rotor pole core (9) excites both the pole core (9) and the second bearing part (12). In order to cool the superconductive exciting coil (10), coolant feeds (16, 16′, 24, 25) are provided, which are sealed in relation to the rotor shaft (8, 8′) by ferrofluid seals (26). The power for the exciting coil is fed via slip rings (21) or by being inductively connected (29) at the rotor shaft (8′).
US07944104B2	Magnetic bearing apparatus A magnetic bearing apparatus supports a rotating object using magnetic levitation by a magnetic force of electromagnets. The magnetic bearing apparatus includes a PWM driver configured to supply exciting currents to the electromagnets, a driver power source configured to drive the PWM driver, and a displacement error signal removing section configured to extract a displacement error signal of the displacement information from a current flowing through the driver power source and to remove the displacement error signal from the displacement information.
US07944101B2	Brush system with a suppression board The invention relates to a brush system for a motor-vehicle actuating drive, having a base body, a board on which interference-suppression components are mounted, and electrically conductive plug contacts. The plug contacts each have an accommodation slot. The board is inserted into the accommodation slots in the plug contacts.
US07944100B2	Generator rectifier assembly with ease of assembly features A rectifier assembly includes first and second housings surrounding a pair of electrical rings. Each of the electrical rings communicates with a pin. Bolts secure a spring to hold diodes against an inner wall of the electrical rings. The first housing includes openings opposed to the bolts to allow access to the bolts for tightening the bolts to hold the spring, and bias the diodes against the inner periphery of the electrical rings. A rotor balance assembly, a generator, and a method of assembling a rectifier assembly are also disclosed and claimed.
US07944095B2	Linear motor with integrally formed stator A linear motor assembly includes two stators extending in parallel and having salient poles arranged at a predetermined interval on opposing surfaces and a mover having three types of mover blocks. The mover blocks are made up of three-phase alternating current coils configuring magnetic poles of three phases and permanent magnets arranged in alternating polarities on two surfaces of the mover blocks opposing each of the two stators. The mover blocks are movable between the two stators along a direction in which the stators extend. A plurality of linear motors are arranged in parallel with respect to a travel direction of the movers, and the stators provided between adjacent movers are integrally formed such that they have said salient poles on the two surfaces opposing these movers.
US07944093B2	Off-peak power distribution system A system according to the present invention including a main utility distribution panel which through corresponding circuit breakers, directly powers facility power line circuits which remain powered continuously, and an ‘off-peak’ utility distribution panel being powered by the main utility distribution panel through a contactor (relay, switch, etc.) controlled by a 24 hour timer, and the ‘off-peak’ utility distribution panel in turn powers facility power line circuits which may be de-energized to provide zero power draw from the main utility distribution panel during a selected time period as provided by the timer, which generally corresponds to periods when the facility is unoccupied and/or the equipment and appliances are turned off.
US07944092B2	Device having malfunction preventing circuit A fixing device fixes a toner image on a recording medium. The fixing device includes a heat source that converts electric power into heat and a fixing member that gives the heat generated by the heat source to the recording medium on which the toner image is formed. The fixing device includes a safety circuit that forcibly interrupts voltage supplied from a power supply to the heat source if the temperature in the device detected by a temperature detection sensor exceeds reference temperature. The fixing device has a malfunction preventing circuit that stops the operation of the safety circuit in order to prevent the voltage supplied to the heat source from being forcibly interrupted when the voltage of the power supply supplied to the heat source is unstable.
US07944091B2	Apparatus for feeding electrical energy into a power grid and DC voltage converter for such an apparatus The apparatus for feeding electrical energy into a power grid (8) with a DC voltage converter (2) intended for connection to a DC voltage generator (1) and with an inverter (3) connected thereto and intended for connection to a power grid (8), wherein the inverter contains a bipolar voltage intermediate circuit with two capacitors (C1, C2) that are placed in series and are connected together at a ground terminal (E3) intended for connection to a terminal of the DC voltage generator (1). The DC voltage converter (2) comprises at least two diodes (D3, D4), one switch and one storage choke (16) which is charged by the DC voltage generator (1) when the switch is closed and is discharged via the capacitors (C1, C2) and the diodes (D3, D4) when the switch is open. On the one side, the storage choke (16) forms, together with two switches (S3, S4), a first electric circuit intended for charging said storage choke (16), the electric circuit being adapted for connection to the DC voltage generator (1) by closing the switches (S3, S4) and that, on the other side, it lies, together with the two diodes (D3, D4) and the two capacitors (C1, C2), in a second electric circuit intended for simultaneously discharging of the storage choke (16) via both capacitors (C1, C2) and diodes (D3, D4), the second electric circuit being made operative by opening the switches (S3, S4).
US07944089B2	Uninterruptible power supply module An uninterruptible power supply module is provided. The uninterruptible power supply module comprises an input terminal, a direct-current voltage source, a control module, a control arm-bridge module, an inductive element, a power source selection switch, and a switch element. The switch element is turned on before the power source selection switch is connected to the inductive element so that the direct-current voltage supplied by the direct-current voltage source is modulated by the control arm-bridge module to generate an output alternating current voltage to the load. And the switch element is turned off, i.e. not conducting electricity, after the power source selection switch is connected to the inductive element and the direct-current voltage source. Thereby, the use life of the power source selection switch element and the reliability of the uninterruptible power supply module are both increased.
US07944084B2	Peripheral module and peripheral system for an automation system There is described a peripheral module which in addition to the connection terminals for the process data supply has connection terminals for the supply of voltage. Furthermore, the peripheral module has a changeover switching device to disconnect the peripheral module from an upstream load group. The peripheral module can assume the function of a supply group or a power module when a supply voltage is applied to the terminals. In a peripheral system made of several peripheral modules the voltage within a load group is supplied via an internal self-constructing voltage bus.
US07944083B2	Method and apparatus for characterizing a circuit coupled to an AC line A method and apparatus for characterizing a circuit coupled to an AC line. The apparatus comprises a consumption measurement unit (CMU), adapted for coupling, independent of voltage and current polarity, to the AC line and the circuit. The CMU comprises a discovery module adapted for (i) generating a circuit current signature based on current samples representative of current on a phase of the circuit, (ii) generating at least one AC line current signature based on AC line current samples representative of current on each phase of the AC line, and (iii) determining, based on the circuit current signature, the at least one AC line current signature, and at least one of a source profile or a load profile, at least one of a type or a voltage characteristic for the circuit.
US07944080B2	Capacitor device and vehicular power supply device A capacitor device includes a normally open internal relay provided on an electric wire of a capacitor. The internal relay can be closed by supplying the power from a battery.
US07944077B2	Generator, nacelle, and mounting method of a nacelle of a wind energy converter This invention provides a nacelle of a wind energy converter and a corresponding mounting method of a nacelle of a wind energy converter and a generator for a wind energy converter. The nacelle includes a main frame; a generator including a stator and a rotor; a generator housing attached to the main frame and at least partially enclosing the stator and a rotor space; wherein the generator housing (20; 20′) has a first and second side face (S1, S2); wherein the first side face (S1) of the generator housing (20; 20′) exposes the rotor space (21); and a flange rotatably supported on the main frame and having a first end which is connected to the rotor; wherein the rotor extends into the rotor space (25) from the first side face (S1) without being supported in the generator housing.
US07944073B2	Power generator and turbine unit A power generator includes at least one underwater turbine unit providing a housing having a flow channel therethrough and at least one turbine means mounted in the flow channel for rotation in response to water flow through the flow channel. The turbine unit provides a turbine unit part releasably mountable in the turbine unit. The turbine unit part includes at least one of the at least one turbine means and a pump means. The turbine unit part is releasably mountable through an aperture in a side wall of the housing.
US07944071B2	Method and device for energy generation A method and device for using magnetostriction to generate electricity from fluid motion. The device includes a first structural component, an outer housing, and a strain structure. The outer housing substantially circumscribes the first structural component and at least partially defines an annular space between the first structural component and the outer housing. The strain structure is coupled within the annular space between the first structural component and the outer housing. The strain structure experiences a change in physical strain imposed by a bearing in response to a relative movement between the bearing and the strain structure. The strain structure includes a magnetostrictive material to generate a magnetic field in response to the change in the physical strain.
US07944068B2	Optimizing converter protection for wind turbine generators An integrated fault and personnel protection system and method for a multi-thread converter in a wind turbine power system is provided. The structure and method provide for system optimization, as well as, arc flash protection. Fault sensing with means of removing power applied to the converter minimizes the energy available to produce an arc flash event. Sensing and disconnects devices for the protections are provided close to the source of energy to protect more of the system. Converter controls detect, identify and isolate faults selecting the best combinations of the novel specific fault isolation devices. Components are distributed into separate physical to enhance protection.
US07944066B2	Gravitational and air transfer electrical generation An improved system for generating electricity by harnessing natural gravitational forces, wherein a plurality of vessels are placed at the bottom of a deep enclosed chamber of liquid. The vessels are secured around tracking cables which extend within the chamber and are held in place by the air lock. Each vessel also has a retention system. The vessels collect released pressurized air through bottom openings and when the air lock is released, the vessels rush to the surface of the chamber along tracking cables. When the vessels are released, the collective force of their release rotates a crankshaft to generate electricity. The process will employ a systematic transfer of air within multiple tanks and collection areas with the use of varying pressure relief valves. This will allow air to be transferred through out the system without being pumped from an external energy source.
US07944053B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A first insulating film is formed on a semiconductor substrate. A first interconnection is formed in a trench formed in the first insulating film. A first barrier film is formed between the first interconnection and first insulating film. A second insulating film is formed on the upper surface of the first interconnection, and in a first hollow portion between the side surface of the first barrier film and the first insulating film. The second insulating film is formed from the upper surface of the first interconnection to a depth higher than the bottom surface of the first interconnection. The first hollow portion is formed below the bottom surface of the second insulating film.
US07944047B2	Method and structure of expanding, upgrading, or fixing multi-chip package Embodiments of the present invention generally provide techniques and apparatus for altering the functionality of a multi-chip package (MCP) without requiring entire replacement of the MCP. The MCP may be designed with a top package substrate designed to interface with an add-on package that, when sensed by the MCP, alters the functionality of the MCP.
US07944044B2	Semiconductor package structure having enhanced thermal dissipation characteristics In one embodiment, a packaged semiconductor device having enhanced thermal dissipation characteristics includes a lead frame structure and a semiconductor chip having a major current carrying or heat generating electrode. The semiconductor chip is oriented so that the major current carrying electrode faces the top of the package or away from the next level of assembly. The packaged semiconductor device further includes a non-planar, stepped or undulating attachment structure coupling the current carrying electrode to the lead frame. A high thermal conductivity mold compound and thin package profile further enhance thermal dissipation.
US07944040B2	Semiconductor device and electronic apparatus equipped with the semiconductor device A semiconductor device comprises an IC chip body and a package substrate that has thereon many external electrodes arranged in a two-dimensional grid configuration. Groups of signal lines that are likely to emit noise (noisy signal lines) are separated and spaced apart from groups of signal lines that are susceptible to noise (noise susceptible signal lines). Each of the noisy signal lines and noise susceptible signal lines is connected to an associated member of an associated IC pad group separated and spaced apart from other IC pad groups. Further, each of the noisy signal lines and noise susceptible signal lines is connected to an associated member of an associated external electrode group selected from the multiplicity of external electrodes arranged in a two-dimensional grid configuration on the package substrate. Thus, groups of potentially interfering signal lines are mutually separated and spaced apart from one another, thereby suppressing the noise.
US07944036B2	Semiconductor device including mounting board with stitches and first and second semiconductor chips A first memory chip (103a) and a second memory chip (103b) mounted in this order on one surface of a mounting board (101) each have a rectangular planar shape and include a plurality of electrode pads formed in a single line along one side of the rectangle. An electrode pad line of the second memory chip (103b) is formed in parallel with an electrode pad line of the first memory chip (103a). A chip select pad is disposed on an end of the electrode pad line. Control pads, address pads, or data pads (113a) of the first memory chip (103a) are wire bonded to first stitches (109) formed in a single line along one side of the rectangle. A chip select pad (121a) and a chip select pad (121b) are wire bonded to second stitches (111) formed in a line along a side adjacent to a side of the chip select pad (121a). Accordingly, an increase in package area is suppressed when a plurality of memory chips are stacked.
US07944035B2	Double sided semiconduction device with edge contact and package therefor A semiconductor die has devices such as MOSgated devices, diodes and the like formed into the top and bottom surfaces of the die. One terminal of each of the devices terminal in the interior center of the die and a common contact is made to the interior center of the die at one edge of the die. Various packages for the die having a reduced foot print on a support substrate are disclosed.
US07944034B2	Array molded package-on-package having redistribution lines A semiconductor device with a sheet-like insulating substrate (101) integral with two or more patterned layers of conductive lines and vias, a chip attached to an assembly site, and contact pads (103) in pad locations has an encapsulated region on the top surface of the substrate, extending to the edge of the substrate, enclosing the chip, and having contact apertures (703) at the pad locations for external communication with the pad metal surfaces. The apertures may have not-smooth sidewall surfaces and may be filled with solder material (704) to contact the pads. Metal-filled surface grooves (710) in the encapsulated region, with smooth groove bottom and sidewalls, are selected to serve as customized routing interconnections, or redistribution lines, between selected apertures and thus to facilitate the coupling with another semiconductor device to form a package-on-package assembly.
US07944025B2	Semiconductor constructions The invention includes a process whereby a solvent is utilized to remove soluble portions of a resist, and subsequently the solvent can be removed with a gas-fortified liquid. In particular aspects, the gas-fortified liquid emits bubbles during the removal of the solvent. Additionally, the gas-fortified liquid can be utilized to remove residual resist scum, and in such aspects the gas-fortified liquid can emit bubbles during the scum removal.
US07944023B2	Strained Si formed by anneal A semiconductor structure includes a silicon substrate layer, a relaxed silicon-germanium layer on the silicon substrate layer and a strained single crystal silicon layer on the silicon-germanium layer. The silicon-germanium layer may include a thickness of 500 angstroms or less. The method for forming the semiconductor structure includes epitaxially forming the silicon-germanium layer and the single crystal silicon layer. The silicon-germanium layer is stressed upon formation. After the single crystal silicon layer is formed over the silicon-germanium layer, an RTA or laser heat treatment process selectively melts the silicon-germanium layer but not the single crystal silicon layer. The substantially molten silicon-germanium relaxes the compressive stresses in the silicon-germanium layer and yields a relaxed silicon-germanium layer and a strained single crystal silicon layer upon cooling.
US07944022B2	Lateral insulated gate bipolar transistor having a retrograde doping profile in base region and method of manufacture thereof In a semiconductor device of the present invention, a first base region 16 is extended to a part under a gate electrode 7 while having a vertical concentration profile of an impurity that increases from the surface of a semiconductor layer 3 and becomes maximum under an emitter region 5, and the length in the lateral direction from a point where the impurity concentration becomes maximum located under an end of the gate electrode 7 to the boundary with a second base region 15 is not smaller than the length in the vertical direction from the point where the impurity concentration becomes maximum to the boundary with the second base region 15.
US07944021B2	Semiconductor device with suppressed hump characteristic A semiconductor device includes an element isolation film formed on a semiconductor substrate surface of one conductivity type, a gate electrode having one pair of end portions located on a boundary between an element isolation film and an element forming region, a source region and a drain region of a reverse conductivity type arranged to sandwich a region immediately below a gate electrode, and an impurity diffusion region of the one conductivity type formed in the element forming region. The source region is separated from a region on a boundary side between the element isolation film and the element forming region in the region immediately below the gate electrode in the element forming region. In the impurity diffusion region, a portion adjacent to the region on the boundary side is arranged between the source region and the element isolation film, and is in contact with the source region and the region on the boundary side. The impurity diffusion region is not arranged between the drain region and the element isolation film.
US07944015B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same The invention provides a semiconductor device having high reliability and a method of manufacturing the same. The semiconductor device of the invention has pad electrodes formed on a semiconductor die near the side surface portion thereof and connected to a semiconductor integrated circuit or the like in the semiconductor die, a supporting body formed on the pad electrodes, an insulation film formed on the side and back surface portions of the semiconductor die, wiring layers connected to the back surfaces of the pad electrodes and extending from the side surface portion onto the back surface portion of the semiconductor die so as to contact the insulation film, and a second protection film formed on the side surface portion of the supporting body.
US07944014B2	Image sensor Embodiments relate to a method of manufacturing an image sensor which includes forming a plurality of lower layers over a semiconductor substrate. A first passivation layer may be formed over the lower layers to protect the lower layers. The first passivation layer may be formed in a pixel region and a peripheral region with different thicknesses. A spin-on-glass (SOG) layer may be formed over the first passivation layer. A second passivation layer may be formed over the SOG layer. Array etching may be used to form a concave area in the semiconductor substrate. A plurality of micro lenses may be formed over the bottom surface of the concave area.
US07944013B2	Optoelectronic module, and method for the production thereof An optoelectronic module having a carrier element, at least one semiconductor component for emitting or detecting electromagnetic radiation, said semiconductor component being applied on the carrier element and being electrically conductively connected and having a radiation coupling area, and also at least one optical device assigned to the semiconductor component. A connecting layer made of a radiation-transmissive, deformable material is arranged between the radiation coupling area and the optical device, the optical device and the semiconductor component being fixed relative to one another in such a way that they are pressed against one another and that the connecting layer is thereby squeezed in such a way that it generates a force that strives to press the optical device and the radiation coupling area apart.
US07944012B2	Accelerated particle and high energy radiation sensor An accelerated electron detector comprises an array of monolithic sensors in a CMOS structure, each sensor comprising a substrate (10), an epi layer (11), a p+ well (12) and n+ wells (13) which are separated from the p+ well (12) by the epi layer (11). Integrated in the p+ well are a plurality of NMOS transistors. The sensor also includes a deep n region (15) beneath the p+ well (12) which establishes within the epi layer a depletion layer so that on application of a biasing voltage charge carriers generated in the epi layer are caused to drift to the n+ well (13). The detector has improved radiation hardness and it therefore suitable for the detection and imaging of accelerated electrons such as in electron microscopes.
US07944009B2	Magnetoresistive device having specular sidewall layers A multilayered magnetoresistive device includes a specular layer positioned on at least one sidewall and a copper layer positioned between the specular layer and the sidewall.
US07944007B1	Actuator assembly In some embodiments, an actuator assembly is provided which includes actuators, having a storage material, a volume changing material comprising a metal capable of changing volume in response to species insertion and removal, an ion transport material between the storage material and the volume changing material, and electrodes connected so as to be capable of providing an actuation voltage to the plurality of actuators. The actuators are configured such that the actuator assembly provides substantially anisotropic movement. In some embodiments, the actuator assembly includes actuators arranged in a stacked configuration. In some embodiments, the volume changing material includes spaced apart elongated structures which may be recessed within the storage material.
US07944004B2	Multiple thickness and/or composition high-K gate dielectrics and methods of making thereof Disclosed are methods of making an integrated circuit with multiple thickness and/or multiple composition high-K gate dielectric layers and integrated circuits containing multiple thickness and/or multiple composition high-K gate dielectrics. The methods involve forming a layer of high-K atoms over a conventional gate dielectric and heating the layer of high-K atoms to form a high-K gate dielectric layer. Methods of suppressing gate leakage current while mitigating mobility degradation are also described.
US07944002B2	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same Embodiments relate to a semiconductor device having a minimized on-resistance. According to embodiments, a semiconductor device may include at least one of the following: a first conductive type well formed on and/or over a semiconductor substrate, a second conductive type body region formed within the first conductive type well a first conductive type source region formed on and/or over the surface of the body region, a first conductive type drain region formed on and/or over the surface of the first conductive type well. Further, according to embodiments, a semiconductor device may include a field insulation layer positioned between the first conductive type source region and the first conductive type drain region and a gate electrode formed on and/or over the field insulation layer. The source region may be formed at a lower position than the drain region.
US07943998B2	Nonvolatile memory devices having stacked structures and methods of fabricating the same A memory device includes a first active region on a substrate and first and second source/drain regions on the substrate abutting respective first and second sidewalls of the first active region. A first gate structure is disposed on the first active region between the first and second source/drain regions. A second active region is disposed on the first gate structure between and abutting the first and second source/drain regions. A second gate structure is disposed on the second active region overlying the first gate structure.
US07943997B2	Fully-depleted low-body doping field effect transistor (FET) with reverse short channel effects (SCE) induced by self-aligned edge back-gate(s) Disclosed are embodiments of a field effect transistor (FET) and, more particularly, a fully-depleted, thin-body (FDTB) FET that allows for scaling with minimal short channel effects, such as drain induced barrier lowering (DIBL) and saturation threshold voltage (Vtsat) roll-off, at shorter channel lengths. The FDTB FET embodiments are configured with either an edge back-gate or split back-gate that can be biased in order to selectively adjust the potential barrier between the source/drain regions and the channel region for minimizing off-state leakage current between the drain region and the source region and/or for varying threshold voltage. These unique back-gate structures avoid the need for halo doping to ensure linear threshold voltage (Vtlin) roll-up at smaller channel lengths and, thus, avoid across-chip threshold voltage variations due to random doping fluctuations. Also disclosed are method embodiments for forming such FETs.
US07943994B2	Integrated PMOS transistor and Schottky diode The present invention discloses an integrated PMOS transistor and Schottky diode, comprising a PMOS transistor which includes a gate, a source, a drain and a channel region between the source and drain, wherein the source, drain and channel region are formed in a substrate, and a parasitic diode is formed between the drain and the channel region; and a Schottky diode formed in the substrate and connected in reverse series with the parasitic diode, the Schottky diode having one end connected with the parasitic diode and the other end connected with the source.
US07943992B2	Metal gate structures with recessed channel Methods and associated structures of forming a microelectronic device are described. Those structures may comprise a transistor comprising a metal gate disposed on a gate dielectric that is disposed on a substrate, and a source/drain region disposed adjacent a channel region of the transistor. The source/drain region comprises a source/drain extension comprising a vertex point, wherein a top surface of the channel region is substantially planar with the vertex point.
US07943988B2	Power MOSFET with a gate structure of different material A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type and a first doping concentration. A first semiconductor region, used as drain, of the first conductivity type has a lower doping concentration than the semiconductor layer and is over the semiconductor layer. A gate dielectric is over the first semiconductor region. A gate electrode over the gate dielectric has a metal-containing center portion and first and second silicon portions on opposite sides of the center portion. A second semiconductor region, used as a channel, of the second conductivity type has a first portion under the first silicon portion and the gate dielectric. A third semiconductor region, used as a source, of the first conductivity type is laterally adjacent to the first portion of the second semiconductor region. The metal-containing center portion, replacing silicon, increases the source to drain breakdown voltage.
US07943985B2	Oxide semiconductor thin film transistors and fabrication methods thereof Oxide semiconductor thin film transistors (TFT) and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. The methods include forming a channel layer on a substrate, forming source and drain electrodes at opposing sides of the channel layer, and oxidizing a surface of the channel layer by placing an oxidizing material in contact with the surface of the channel layer, reducing carriers on the surface of the channel layer. Due to the oxidizing agent treatment of the surface of the channel layer, excessive carriers that are generated naturally, or during the manufacturing process, may be more effectively controlled.
US07943979B2	NROM fabrication method A method of fabricating an oxide-nitride-oxide (ONO) layer in a memory cell to retain charge well in the nitride layer includes the steps of forming a bottom oxide layer on a substrate, depositing a nitride layer and oxidizing a top oxide layer, thereby causing oxygen to be introduced into the nitride layer. Another method includes the steps of forming a bottom oxide layer on a substrate, depositing a nitride layer and oxidizing a portion of a top oxide layer, thereby causing oxygen to be introduced into the nitride layer and depositing a remaining portion of the top oxide layer, thereby assisting in controlling the amount of oxygen introduced into the nitride layer. A further method includes the steps of forming a bottom oxide layer on a substrate, depositing a nitride layer, depositing a portion of a top oxide layer and oxidizing a remaining portion of the top oxide layer, thereby causing oxygen to be introduced into the nitride layer.
US07943975B2	Image pickup device A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a photoelectric conversion unit, an amplifying transistor, and a reset transistor. The photoelectric conversion unit is arranged in a well of a first conductivity type on a semiconductor substrate. A source or drain region of the amplifying transistor or the reset transistor is arranged between the photoelectric conversion unit of a first pixel and the photoelectric conversion unit of a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel. In the first pixel, a first semiconductor region of an impurity concentration higher than that of the well of the first conductivity type is arranged between the source or drain region and the photoelectric conversion unit, and a second semiconductor region of the first conductivity type is arranged under the first semiconductor region.
US07943971B1	Junction field effect transistor (JFET) structure having top-to-bottom gate tie and method of manufacture A junction field effect transistor (JFET) can include a top gate structure and an active semiconductor region. The active semiconductor region can include a side surface and a top surface formed below the top gate structure. The active semiconductor region can also include a channel region formed below the top gate structure, a bottom gate region formed below the channel region, and a gate tie region formed on the side surface that makes an electrical connection between the top gate structure and the bottom gate region.
US07943969B2	Transistor with a plurality of layers with different Ge concentrations A transistor and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The transistor includes a SiGe epitaxial layer formed in a recess region of a substrate at both side of a gate electrode and a SiGe capping layer formed on the SiGe epitaxial layer. The transistor further includes a SiGe seed layer formed under the SiGe epitaxial layer and a silicon capping layer formed on the SiGe capping layer.
US07943968B1	Charge transfer semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A charge coupled device is manufactured by using a crystalline silicon film that is formed by growing a crystal in parallel with a substrate by utilizing the nickel element with an amorphous silicon film used as a starting film. The crystal growth direction is made coincident with the charge transfer direction. As a result, the charge coupled device is given high charge transfer efficiency.
US07943967B2	Semiconductor device and associated layouts including diffusion contact placement restriction based on relation to linear conductive segments A semiconductor device includes a substrate portion having a plurality of diffusion regions defined therein. The plurality of diffusion regions are separated from each other by one or more non-active regions of the substrate portion. The plurality of diffusion regions are defined in a non-symmetrical manner relative to a virtual line defined to bisect the substrate portion. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode level region formed above the substrate portion to include a number of conductive features defined to extend in only a first parallel direction. Each of the number of conductive features within the gate electrode level region is fabricated from a respective originating rectangular-shaped layout feature. The number of conductive features within the gate electrode level region includes conductive features defined along at least four different virtual lines of extent in the first parallel direction across the gate electrode level region.
US07943957B2	Lateral SOI semiconductor devices and manufacturing method thereof A diode 10 comprises an SOI substrate in which are stacked a semiconductor substrate 20, an insulator film 30, and a semiconductor layer 40. A bottom semiconductor region 60, an intermediate semiconductor region 53, and a surface semiconductor region 54 are formed in the semiconductor layer 40. The bottom semiconductor region 60 includes a high concentration of n-type impurity. The intermediate semiconductor region 53 includes a low concentration of n-type impurity. The surface semiconductor region 54 includes p-type impurity.
US07943956B2	Semiconductor device comprising a housing containing a triggering unit A housing for a semiconductor device is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the housing comprises a semiconductor substrate that is arranged between two contact elements, one contact element forming an anode contact element and another contact element forming a cathode contact element, the semiconductor substrate having, on at least one surface, a gate electrode that is contacted by a gate contact element, the first contact element forming a surface arranged across from the gate electrode and at a distance from the gate electrode. Also included is at least one driver unit for generating a gate current, the driver unit comprising a first terminal that is contacted with the gate contact element, and a second terminal that is contacted with a first of the two contact elements. A housing according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention additionally comprises a spring element arranged so that a spring force brings the gate contact element into pressure contact with the gate electrode and, at substantially the same time, the spring force brings the second terminal of the driver unit into pressure contact with the surface of the first contact element that is located across from the gate electrode.
US07943951B2	Light emitting device package A light emitting device package is provided. The light emitting device package comprises a base substrate on which a wiring pattern is formed; a light emitting device mounted on the base substrate to emit light when supplied with driving power through the wiring pattern; a molded lens stably seated on the base substrate and having an inner space for sealing the light emitting device and reflective surfaces formed along outer sides facing the inner space to guide light from the light emitting device in an effective display direction; and a sealing resin between the inner space to bond the base substrate to the molded lens, whereby the packaging structure is simplified so that an assembly process and reliability testing are simplified, process losses due to defects are minimized, and the light extraction efficiency from the light emitting device and heat-dissipation performance are improved.
US07943950B2	Structured substrate for a LED A substrate (1) made of a transparent material, preferably glass, which substrate has a planar first side (1a) for the application of an electroluminescent layered structure (21, 22, 23) for emitting light and having a structured second side (1b) for the effective coupling-out of light (6), comprising at least one element of structure (2) comprising first regions (3) having first surfaces (3a) that have a surface roughness of between 0.2 μm and 100 μm, and preferably of between 0.4 μm and 70 μm, and as a particular preference of between 0.7 μm and 40 μm.
US07943947B2	LED device comprising thin-film phosphor having two dimensional nano periodic structures Disclosed herein is an LED device which comprises a light-emitting diode (LED) and a laminate formed on the LED, the laminate consisting of a substrate and a phosphor thin film laminated on the substrate, wherein the phosphor thin film has a two-dimensional nanoperiodic structure formed in a forward direction of the thin film and has an extinction coefficient of 10−3 or less. The LED device has higher luminescent efficiency and luminance than conventional LED devices. In addition, since the LED device uses no slurry and a lesser amount of phosphor than conventional LED devices, it is advantageous in terms of optical homogeneity and reduced costs.
US07943945B2	Solid state white light emitter and display using same A light emitting assembly comprising a solid state device coupleable with a power supply constructed and arranged to power the solid state device to emit from the solid state device a first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, and a down-converting luminophoric medium arranged in receiving relationship to said first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, and which in exposure to said first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, is excited to responsively emit second, relatively longer wavelength radiation. In a specific embodiment, monochromatic blue or UV light output from a light-emitting diode is down-converted to white light by packaging the diode with fluorescent organic and/or inorganic fluorescers and phosphors in a polymeric matrix.
US07943944B2	GaN-based radiation-emitting thin-layered semiconductor component A radiation-emitting thin-film semiconductor component with a multilayer structure (12) based on GaN, which contains an active, radiation-generating layer (14) and has a first main area (16) and a second main area (18)—remote from the first main area—for coupling out the radiation generated in the active, radiation-generating layer. Furthermore, the first main area (16) of the multilayer structure (12) is coupled to a reflective layer or interface, and the region (22) of the multilayer structure that adjoins the second main area (18) of the multilayer structure is patterned one- or two-dimensionally.
US07943943B2	Light-emitting device and manufacturing method thereof To provide a light-emitting device using a nitride semiconductor which can attain high-power light emission by highly efficient light emission and a manufacturing method thereof, the light-emitting device includes a GaN substrate and a light-emitting layer including an InAlGaN quaternary alloy on a side of a first main surface of GaN substrate.
US07943942B2	Semiconductor light-emitting device with double-sided passivation A light-emitting device includes a substrate, a first doped semiconductor layer situated above the substrate, a second doped semiconductor layer situated above the first doped layer, and a multi-quantum-well (MQW) active layer situated between the first and the second doped layers. The device also includes a first electrode coupled to the first doped layer and a first passivation layer situated between the first electrode and the first doped layer in areas other than an ohmic-contact area. The first passivation layer substantially insulates the first electrode from edges of the first doped layer, thereby reducing surface recombination. The device further includes a second electrode coupled to the second doped layer and a second passivation layer which substantially covers the sidewalls of the first and second doped layers, the MQW active layer, and the horizontal surface of the second doped layer.
US07943940B2	LED-array system A LED-array system comprises at least one LED package 104 arranged on a substrate 106 provided with means for supplying the LED package 104 with a drive voltage. The LED package 104 is immersed in a supporting layer 112, and the system is characterized in that the at least one LED package 104 comprises a side-emitting LED package, for emission flight essentially parallel to a surface of the substrate 106 and that the system comprises at least one out coupling structure 116 reflecting/scattering the emitted light out of the supporting layer 112.
US07943938B2	Display device with light-emitting layer An object of the present invention is to decrease substantial resistance of an electrode such as a transparent electrode or a wiring, and furthermore, to provide a display device for which is possible to apply same voltage to light-emitting elements. In the invention, a auxiliary wiring that is formed in one layer in which a conductive film of a semiconductor element such as an electrode, wiring, a signal line, a scanning line, or a power supply line is connected to an electrode typified by a second electrode, and a wiring. It is preferable that the auxiliary wiring is formed into a conductive film to include low resistive material, especially, formed to include lower resistive material than the resistance of an electrode and a wiring that is required to reduce the resistance.
US07943937B2	Array substrate for liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes: a gate line and a first storage electrode on a substrate; a gate insulating layer on the gate line and the first storage electrode; a data line over the gate insulating layer, the data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel region; a passivation layer on the data line, wherein a first thickness of the passivation layer and the gate insulating layer over the first storage electrode is thinner than a second thickness of the passivation layer and the gate insulating layer over the gate line; and a pixel electrode and a second storage electrode on the passivation layer, the second storage electrode extended from the pixel electrode and overlapped with the first storage electrode.
US07943933B2	Thin film transistor substrate and display device with oxygen-containing layer Disclosed herein is a TFT substrate which exhibits good characteristic properties despite the omission of the barrier metal layer to be normally interposed between the source-drain electrodes and the semiconductor layer in the TFT. The TFT substrate permits sure and direct connection with the semiconductor layer of the TFT. The thin film transistor substrate has a substrate, a semiconductor layer and source-drain electrodes. The source-drain electrodes are composed of oxygen-containing layers and thin films of pure copper or a copper alloy. The oxygen-containing layer contains oxygen such that part or all of oxygen combines with silicon in the semiconductor layer. And, the thin films of pure copper or a copper alloy connect with the semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor through the oxygen-containing layers.
US07943924B2	Indium gallium nitride-based Ohmic contact layers for gallium nitride-based devices Light emitting devices include a gallium nitride-based epitaxial structure that includes an active light emitting region and a gallium nitride-based outer layer, for example gallium nitride. A indium nitride-based layer, such as indium gallium nitride, is provided directly on the outer layer. A reflective metal layer or a transparent conductive oxide layer is provided directly on the indium gallium nitride layer opposite the outer layer. The indium gallium nitride layer forms a direct ohmic contact with the outer layer. An ohmic metal layer need not be used. Related fabrication methods are also disclosed.
US07943919B2	Integrated circuit with upstanding stylus A stylus, an integrated circuit (IC) and method of forming the IC. The stylus extends upward from its apex and has a substantially circular cross section that decreases in diameter upward from the apex. The stylus is formed in a mold that may be formed in an orifice in a dielectric layer between wiring layers. The mold may include multiple concentric layers. For a more pronounced, non-linear stylus taper, each layer may be thinner than its next adjacent outer concentric layer.
US07943915B2	Method of calibrating a wavelength-modulation spectroscopy apparatus Several methods of calibrating a wavelength-modulation spectroscopy apparatus configured to measure a concentration of an analyte in a sample gas are disclosed. Each of the methods allows for calibration and recalibration using a relatively safe gas regardless of whether the sample gas for which the concentration of the analyte can be determined is a hazardous gas. In one embodiment of the invention, calibration that is sample-gas specific is accomplished by determining a first slope coefficient and calibration function for the sample gas, after which a scaling factor can be determined based on the first slope coefficient and a second slope coefficient for the same or a different sample gas and used in a subsequent calibration (or recalibration) to scale the calibration function. In other embodiments of the invention, calibration that is not sample-gas specific is accomplished to allow for the determination of the analyte concentration in variable gas compositions and constant gas compositions.
US07943913B2	Negative ion source method and apparatus used in conjunction with a charged particle cancer therapy system The invention comprises a negative ion source method and apparatus used as part of an ion beam injection system, which is used in conjunction with multi-axis charged particle or proton beam radiation therapy of cancerous tumors. The negative ion source preferably includes an inlet port for injection of hydrogen gas into a high temperature plasma chamber. In one embodiment, the plasma chamber includes a magnetic material, which provides a magnetic field barrier between the high temperature plasma chamber and a low temperature plasma region on the opposite side of the magnetic field barrier. An extraction pulse is applied to a negative ion extraction electrode to pull the negative ion beam into a negative ion beam path, which proceeds through a first partial vacuum system, through an ion beam focusing system, into the tandem accelerator, and into a synchrotron.
US07943910B2	Method and device for determining the fluorescence of a sample and use thereof In a method and a device for determining the fluorescence of a sample, wherein the sample (40) is irradiated by light (25) of a wavelength which is suitable to excite fluorescent light (27, 28) in the sample and the fluorescent light (28) emitted by the sample is received in a receiver (24) and converted into a measurement signal, wherein reference light (32) in particular for compensating for ambient influences is additionally fed to the receiver (24) and likewise converted into a reference measurement signal, provision is made for the optical path of the excitation light (25) entering the sample (40) and fluorescent light (27, 28) leaving the sample (40) to be separated from the optical path (32) of the reference light having the same wavelength as the excitation light between light sources (21, 31) and receiver (24), by means of which a more precise evaluation of the fluorescent light emitted by a sample (40) can be achieved in addition to a simplified design complexity.
US07943909B2	Fluorescence detecting apparatus and fluorescence observation system A fluorescence detecting apparatus includes a light detecting device disposed in a light path of fluorescence generated in an illuminated area of a specimen and a barrier filter disposed in the light path toward the light detecting device to exhibit transparency for each of a plurality of fluorescences having separated wavelength bands.
US07943903B2	Defect inspection method and its system A method for enabling management of fatal defects of semiconductor integrated patterns easily, the method enables storing of design data of each pattern designed by a semiconductor integrated circuit designer, as well as storing of design intent data having pattern importance levels ranked according to their design intents respectively. The method also enables anticipating of defects to be generated systematically due to the characteristics of the subject exposure system, etc. while each designed circuit pattern is exposed and delineated onto a wafer in a simulation carried out beforehand and storing those defects as hot spot information. Furthermore, the method also enables combining of the design intent data with hot spot information to limit inspection spots that might include systematic defects at high possibility with respect to the characteristics of the object semiconductor integrated circuit and shorten the defect inspection time significantly.
US07943898B2	Projector apparatus including a lower holder having lens and lamp fixing slots A projector apparatus and a lamp fixation structure for use with the projector apparatus are disclosed. The lamp fixation structure has a lower holder, which includes an integrally formed lower holder lens section and a lower holder lamp section. The lower holder lens section defines a lens fitting slot for fixing a lens, and a lower holder lamp section defines a lamp fitting slot for fixing a lamp. The lens fixing slot includes an upper holder connected to the lower holder. The lamp fixation structure also includes an integrally formed metal holder, which has an elastic top plate, elastic lateral plates, a front plate, an elastic bottom plate, and elastic jointing plates. The inventive lamp fixation structure of the projector apparatus consists of a fewer components and can be assembled in a simple manner, yet it is highly wrought.
US07943891B2	Method and receiver for the simultaneous detection and evaluation of at least two electro-magnetic signals In a method and apparatus for simultaneous detection and analysis of at least two electromagnetic signals, at least one of which is a radiation image signal, using a common detector, the input radiation image is divided into at least two partial images. The partial images are projected onto a radiation detector, such that the radiation intensities of the partial images are projected from the image center of the input radiation image to the edge of the radiation image on the detector.
US07943885B2	Laser irradiation method and method of manufacturing semiconductor device By laser beam being slantly incident to the diffractive optics, an aberration such as astigmatism or the like is occurred, and the shape of the laser beam is made linear on the irradiation surface or in its neighborhood. Since the device has a very simple configuration, the optical adjustment is easier, and the device becomes compact in size. Furthermore, since the beam is slantly incident with respect to the irradiated body, the return beam can be prevented.
US07943881B2	Grounding disconnector and a method of manufacturing such a grounding disconnector An assembly for a grounding disconnector, a grounding disconnector including the assembly and a method of manufacturing a grounding disconnector are described. The assembly includes a stationary grounding contact (12), a phase contact (14) suitable for being connected electrically to a busbar (8), moving connection means (16) suitable for putting the stationary grounding contact (12) and the phase contact (14) into electrical contact with each other, the stationary grounding contact (12), the phase contact (14) and the moving connection means (16) being mounted on a mounting plate (6).
US07943878B2	Operating device for an electrical appliance and control panel An operating device for an electrical appliance with a control panel has a control element for operation through rotary actuation arranged in the control panel, said control element being disposed and mounted in a receptacle behind the control panel. The receptacle has light-conducting and/or light transmitting material in the manner of a light guide, and is illuminated through an LED at a posterior end facing away from the control panel and with light apertures provided at another anterior end on the control panel around the control element extending forwardly beyond the control panel.
US07943866B2	Housing A housing of the present invention can house an electronic device therein and is provided with a cable housing capable of housing a part of a cable. The cable housing is formed of a depression and a protrusion extending out from a part of a first sidewall of the depression toward a fourth sidewall of the depression along a second sidewall, a third sidewall, and a bottom wall of the depression. At a boundary portion between a housing area and a passing area, a distance between the second sidewall and the third sidewall in the housing area is longer than a distance between the second sidewall and the third sidewall in the passing area.
US07943859B2	Circuit board, its manufacturing method, and joint box using circuit board A circuit board with a simple structure is manufactured. A circuit board 19 has thereon a foil circuit 21 provided on a synthetic resin plate 20 formed by injection molding, made of a copper foil, and having a pattern different for circuit board 19. Anchor pins 20a projecting upward are provided on the resin plate 20 and passed through pinholes made in the foil circuit 21. The foil circuit 21 are positioned and secured to the resin plate 20. In a required portion of the resin plate 20, a terminal insertion hole 20c is provided, and receiving terminal 22 is secured to the required portion of the terminal insertion hole 20c and connected to the foil circuit 21.
US07943858B2	Thin film capacitor, thin film capacitor-embedded printed circuit board and manufacturing method of thin film capacitor There is provided a thin film capacitor and a capacitor-embedded printed board improved in leakage current characteristics. A dielectric layer is formed of a BiZnNb-based amorphous metal oxide with a predetermined dielectric constant without being heat treated at a high temperature, and metallic phase bismuth of the BiZnNb-based amorphous metal oxide is adjusted in content to attain a desired dielectric constant. Also, another dielectric layer having a different content of metallic phase bismuth may be formed. The thin film capacitor including: a first electrode; a dielectric layer including a first dielectric film formed on the first electrode, the dielectric layer comprising a BiZnNb-based amorphous metal oxide; and a second electrode formed on the dielectric layer, wherein the BiZnNb-based amorphous metal oxide contains metallic phase bismuth.
US07943857B2	Sliced electromagnetic cage for inductors A system within a circuit is disclosed. The system comprises a first shield and a device above the first shield. The system also includes a plurality of conductive walls coupled to and extending from the first shield to block electromagnetic (EM) waves to other parts of the circuit. A system and method in accordance with the present invention adds metal walls on the edge of a sliced shield. The walls block the electromagnetic wave from coupling to other parts of the circuit from a sideways direction.
US07943855B2	Flexible printed circuit board and electronic component assembly A flexible printed circuit (FPC) and electronic component assembly. The FPC comprises a first protective layer having a first opening, a main layer on the first protective layer, and a second protective layer having a second opening exposing the main layer. The heat produced from the electronic component can be transmitted to the main layer by a heat-conductive medium between the electronic component and the main layer, and can be diffused via the first opening.
US07943852B2	Superconducting cable A superconducting cable has a further decreased diameter, and a DC transmission system incorporates the cable. The superconducting cable has a structure in which two cable cores, each having a superconducting conductor layer and an outer superconducting layer, are twisted together and housed in a heat-insulated pipe. Each cable core has a former, superconducting conductor layer, insulating layer, outer superconducting layer, and a protecting layer in this order from the center. In unipolar transmission, the superconducting conductor layers of both cores are used as the outward line and the outer superconducting layers of both cores as the return line. In bipolar transmission, the superconducting conductor layer of one core is used for the transmission for the positive pole, the superconducting conductor layer of the other core is used for the transmission for the negative pole, and the outer superconducting layers of both cores are used as the neutral-line layers.
US07943851B2	Cable protection system with photoluminescent indicia and related methods A cable protector may include a base member, at least one channel extending between opposing ends of the base member and structured to house at least one cable, and at least one indicia member positioned on the cable protector so as to be visible. The indicia member includes a photoluminescent portion. The cable protector may also include at least one side ramp removably attached to the base member, wherein at least one photoluminescent indicia member is positioned on the at least one side ramp. The photoluminescent portion of the indicia member may define a symbol, text, or strip.
US07943845B2	Solar cells encapsulated with poly(vinyl butyral) A solar cell pre-laminate assembly comprising (i) a solar cell component comprising one or a plurality of solar cells and having a light-receiving side and a back side, and (ii) stiff poly(vinyl butyral) sheet as an encapsulant layer, wherein the stiff poly(vinyl butyral) sheet is positioned next to the light-receiving or the back side of the solar cell component and comprises a poly(vinyl butyral) composition containing about 10 to about 23 wt % of a plasticizer based on the total weight of the composition.A process of preparing solar cell assembly comprising (i) providing a solar cell component and a stiff poly(vinyl butyral) sheet comprising a poly(vinyl butyral) composition containing about 10 to about 23 wt % of a plasticizer based on the total weight of the poly(vinyl butyral) composition, and (ii) encapsulating the solar cell component in a polymer matrix comprising the poly(vinyl butyral) composition.
US07943840B2	Percussion instrument bracket systems and methods A support bracket having a body may be configured to be mountable on a percussion instrument, the body having a first passage defined at least in part by a first wall surface, the body having a second passage defined at least in part by a second wall surface. A fastening member may be configured to clamp a first support rod to the body in a case where the first support rod is inserted into the first passage and the fastening member operatively engages the first support rod to press the first support rod against the first wall surface, and to clamp a second support rod to the body in a case where the second support rod is inserted into the second passage and the fastening member operatively engages the second support rod to press the second support rod against the second wall surface.
US07943837B2	Vriesea hybrid named ‘MUNDO’ A new and distinct Vriesea plant named ‘MUNDO’ characterized as a funnel-form rosette plant, measuring about 48 cm in height (above the pot when flowering) and 40 cm in diameter; simple spike inflorescence, measuring about 20 cm in height and about 2.5 cm in diameter, and greyed-purple (closest to RHS 187A) in color; and linear-lanceolate foliage, measuring about 20 cm to 28 cm in length and about 2.5 cm to 3.5 cm in width, and green (RHS 137A) in color.
US07943835B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH192255 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH192255. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH192255, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH192255 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH192255.
US07943832B2	Inbred tomato line 1T247 The present invention relates to a new and distinct inbred tomato lines and hybrids. This invention also relates to plants and seeds of such inbred tomato lines and hybrids, and to parts thereof. The invention also relates to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such inbred tomato lines and hybrids with themselves or other tomato plants.
US07943830B2	Cotton variety 07W901DF The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 07W901DF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 07W901DF. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety 07W901DF and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 07W901DF with itself or another cotton variety and plants produced by such methods.
US07943824B2	Soybean cultivar S070159 A soybean cultivar designated S070159 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S070159, to the plants of soybean S070159, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S070159 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S070159 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from soybean variety S070159, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S070159 and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar S070159 with another soybean cultivar.
US07943822B2	Polynucleotides encoding proteins involved in plant metabolism The invention provides isolated pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.
US07943819B2	Methods for genetic control of insect infestations in plants and compositions thereof The present invention relates to control of pest infestation by inhibiting one or more biological functions. The invention provides methods and compositions for such control. By feeding one or more recombinant double stranded RNA molecules provided by the invention to the pest, a reduction in pest infestation is obtained through suppression of gene expression. The invention is also directed to methods for making transgenic plants that express the double stranded RNA molecules, and to particular combinations of transgenic pesticidal agents for use in protecting plants from pest infestation.
US07943816B2	Arachidonic acid-containing plants and use of the plants The present invention provides arachidonic acid-containing plants and soybeans, and a method of use thereof. The arachidonic acid-containing plant is produced by a process that includes an arachidonic acid producing step in which fatty acid synthetase genes associated with the biosynthesis of arachidonic acid are introduced into a plant to produce arachidonic acid. Thus, plants or soybeans containing arachidonic acid can easily be obtained. Therefore, it is possible to obtain a large amount of arachidonic acid at low cost.
US07943815B2	Transgenic mouse for screening and for studies of the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of ligands acting on the oestrogen receptor and its intracellular receptors, and method for the preparation thereof The object of the invention is a method for the production of a non-human transgenic mammal by means of which it is possible to monitor in vivo and in all the tissues the state of activation of any intracellular receptor, utilizing a reporter gene inducible by natural or synthetic molecules which modulate the activity of such receptor. The mammal is question is preferably a mouse.
US07943813B2	Absorbent products with enhanced rewet, intake, and stain masking performance An absorbent article, such as a feminine care product, includes a liquid permeable liner layer, a generally liquid impermeable outer cover layer, and an absorbent layer disposed between the liner layer and outer cover layer. Spaced apart solidified deposits of a phase-change liquid are defined on either the liner layer top surface, bottom surface or both surfaces, and/or other layers along the other layers' upper or lower surfaces. The deposits are defined such that areas of the liner layer top surface are exposed thereby being permeable to bodily exudates insulting the article between the deposits while acting as a barrier against liquid that may flow back to the liner layer or other treated layers from the absorbent layer or other layers contained in the absorbent article.
US07943807B2	Controlling branch level and viscosity of polyalphaolefins with propene addition The invention relates to a polyalphaolefin formed from a decene and propene and having a branch level greater than 19% and to a process for forming such polyalphaolefins. The invention also relates to a process for forming a polyalphaolefin from at least two monomers, the two monomers comprising a decene and propene, the process comprising the steps of, inter alia, providing a correlation between the total amount of propene used to form the polyalphaolefin and at least one of branch level or viscosity of the polyalphaolefin to make polyalphaolefins comprising decene and propene with predictable branch levels and viscosities.
US07943806B2	Process of preparing bromopicrin Process of preparing high purity bromopicrin, and high purity bromopicrin produced therefrom. Providing a mixture of nitromethane and bromine, and preferably water, and absent of organic solvent. Adding an aqueous solution of an alkaline substance to the mixture, thereby providing a reaction mixture containing bromopicrin, the adding performed such that no excess of the alkaline substance occurs in the reaction mixture during the adding. Collecting the organic phase (containing the bromopicrin) from the reaction mixture. No need for subjecting the organic phase of the reaction mixture to distillation or extraction, for obtaining near quantitative yield of bromopicrin having purity of at least equal to or greater than 96 weight percent. Process parameters controlling selectivity of reaction forming bromopicrin are molar ratio of bromine and nitromethane in the mixture; reaction temperature while bromopicrin is formed; concentration of the alkaline substance in the aqueous solution; and reaction time.
US07943800B2	Migrastatin analogs and uses thereof The present invention provides compounds having formula (I), and additionally provides methods for the synthesis thereof, compositions thereof, and methods for the use thereof in the treatment of various disorders including cancer, metastasis and disorders involving increased angiogenesis, wherein R1—R6, Ra—Rc, Q, Y1, Y2 and n are as defined herein.
US07943798B2	Process for preparing metal salts of unsaturated, short-chain carboxylic acids and use thereof The present invention relates to the use of metal compounds of unsaturated, short-chain carboxylic acids. The invention also relates to a method for preparing metal compounds of unsaturated, short-chain carboxylic acids by reaction of said acids with a metal alcoholate.
US07943793B2	Optically active organic acidate-bridged dinuclear platinum(II) complex The present invention is an optically active organic acidate-bridged dinuclear platinum(II) complex represented by the general formula (I): or the general formula (I′): (wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, or form an alkylene group by binding to each other at the ends thereof; R3 and R4 are the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, or form an alkylene group by binding to each other at the ends thereof; A represents a single bond or a methylene group; and X− represents an anion). The complex of the present invention has an excellent anticancer activity, and is useful as medicine, especially an anticancer agent.
US07943791B2	Methods and compositions for refining lipid feed stocks The present invention relates to systems and methods of using fatty acid alkyl ester solutions to refine feed stocks before converting the feed stocks into fatty acid fatty acid alkyl esters. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method for producing fatty acid alkyl esters. The method can include mixing a crude lipid feed stock with a refining solution to form a crude product mixture, the refining solution comprising greater than about 10 wt. % fatty acid alkyl esters. The method can include extracting the liquid phase from the crude product mixture to obtain a purified lipid feed stock. The method can also include reacting the purified lipid feed stock with an alcohol to form a product mixture comprising fatty acid alkyl esters. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method of making a fatty acid alkyl ester composition. The method can include extracting lipids from a corn-based ethanol production byproduct, adding an alcohol solution to the lipids to form a reaction mixture, and contacting the reaction mixture with a metal oxide catalyst. Other embodiments are included herein.
US07943790B2	Process for preparing alkylene oxides The invention provides a process for preparing alkene oxides by contacting in a microreaction system (μ-reactor) a C2- C3 alkene with an oxidizing agent comprising a peroxo compound.
US07943782B2	Crystalline chemotherapeutic N-(4-(3-Amino-1H-indazol-4-yl)phenyl)-N′-(2-fluoro-5-methylphenyl)urea Tolueneate Crystalline Form 1, ways to make it and ways to use it are disclosed.
US07943779B2	Process for the preparation of olmesartan medoxomil The present invention relates to an improved process for the manufacture of olmesartan and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof as an active ingredient of a medicament for the treatment of hypertension and related diseases and conditions.
US07943778B2	Antioxidant inflammation modulators: C-17 homologated oleanolic acid derivatives This invention provides, but is not limited to, novel oleanolic acid derivatives having the formula: wherein the variables are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits and articles of manufacture comprising such compounds, methods and intermediates useful for making the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions.
US07943774B2	Heterocyclyl-substituted thiazoles as crop protection agents Heterocyclyl-substituted thiazoles of the formula (I), in which the symbols have the meanings given in the description, and also to the agrochemically active salts thereof, and their use for controlling phytopathogenic harmful fungi, and also processes for preparing compounds of the formula (I).
US07943773B2	Indazoles, benzothiazoles, and benzoisothiazoles, and preparation and uses thereof The present invention relates generally to the field of ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR), activation of nAChRs, and the treatment of disease conditions associated with defective or malfunctioning nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially of the brain. Further, this invention relates to novel compounds (indazoles and benzothiazoles), which act as ligands for the α7 nAChR subtype, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing such compounds, and methods of use thereof.
US07943771B2	Imiquimod production process Provided is a process for producing highly pure 4-amino-1-isobutyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinoline (imiquimod), which includes reacting 4-chloro-1-isobutyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinoline with a non-gaseous amine precursor. Also provided are methods for isolating highly pure imiquimod. Further provided are intermediates useful in the production of imiquimod, methods for producing such intermediates, and methods for obtaining imiquimod from such intermediates.
US07943770B2	Fused quinoline derivative and use thereof The present invention aims at provision of a quinoline derivative having a neurokinin 2 (NK2) receptor antagonistic action and relates to a compound represented by the formula (I) wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom and the like; R2 is a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group optionally having substituent(s) and the like; R3 is unsubstituted (i.e., absence), a hydrogen atom and the like; R4 and R5 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group optionally having substituent(s), and the like; R6 is (cyclic group optionally having substituent(s))-carbonyl, and the like; R7, R8, R9 and R10 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom, halogen and the like; or R7 and R8, R8 and R9, and R9 and R10 may form a ring together with the adjacent carbon atoms; n is an integer of 1 to 5; represents unsubstituted (i.e., absence) or a single bond; and represents a single bond or a double bond, or a salt thereof, and the like.
US07943768B2	Piperazine compounds useful as antagonists of C-C chemokines (Ccr2b and CcrS) for the treatment of inflammatory diseases A compound of formula (I) P—W—C(═X)-L-Q (I) wherein P is an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl group; W is an optionally substituted 6 or 7-membered aliphatic ring comprising ring atoms Y1 and Y2 independently selected from Oxygen and Nitrogen, X is selected from Oxygen, Nitrogen and Sulphur; L is an optional C1-4 linker; and Q is an optionally substituted 4-7 membered aliphatic ring: for use in the treatment of chemokine mediated diseases or disorders.
US07943767B2	Fused bicyclic mTOR inhibitors Compounds represented by Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are inhibitors of mTOR and useful in the treatment of cancer.
US07943763B2	Process for preparing glycopeptides having asparagine-linked oligosaccharides, and the glycopeptides Glycopeptide having at least one asparagine-linked oligosaccharide at a desired position of the peptide chain which is obtained by: (1) esterifying hydroxyl of a resin and carboxyl of an amino acid having amino group nitrogen protected with a fat-soluble protective group (AGFPG), (2) removing the protective group to form a free amino group, (3) amidating the free amino group and carboxyl of an amino acid having AGFPG, (4) removing the protective group, (5) repeating the steps (3) and (4), (6) amidating the free amino group and carboxyl of the asparagine portion of an asparagine-linked oligosaccharide having AGFPG, (7) removing the protective group, (8) amidating the free amino group and carboxyl of an amino acid having AGFPG, (9) repeating steps (7) and (8), (10) removing the protective group, and (11) cutting off the resin with an acid; glycopeptide obtained by transferring sialic acid or a derivative thereof to the above glycopeptide.
US07943762B2	Oligonucleotide analogs having cationic intersubunit linkages Morpholino oligomers containing both uncharged and cationic intersubunit linkages are provided. The oligomers are oligonucleotide analogs containing predetermined sequences of base-pairing moieties. The presence of the cationic intersubunit linkages in the oligomers, typically at a level of about 10-50% of total linkages, provides enhanced antisense activity, in various antisense applications, relative to the corresponding uncharged oligomers. Also provided are such oligomers conjugated to peptide transporter moieties, where the transporters are preferably composed of arginine subunits, or arginine dimers, alternating with neutral amino acid subunits.
US07943761B2	Cellulose based optical film material and method for forming the same The present invention discloses a cellulose based optical film material with the following structure: wherein R1 is —H or —C(O)R4, R4 is alkyl or aryl; R2 is —C(O)R5, R5 is alkyl or aryl; R3 comprises one of the group consisting of: phosphinate based group, phosphonate based group, phosphonamide based group, phosphate based group, phosphoramide based group, carbamate based group, carbonate based group, and ester based group. Further, this invention also discloses a method for forming the cellulose based optical film material.
US07943760B2	Non-nucleotide composition for inhibiting platelet aggregation This invention is directed to a method of preventing or treating diseases or conditions associated with platelet aggregation. The method is also directed to a method of treating thrombosis or related disorders. The method comprises administering to a subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of a non-nucleotide compound, preferably a P2Y12 receptor antagonist compound, wherein said amount is effective to inhibit platelet aggregation. The compounds useful for this invention include compounds of general Formulae I and III-XII, or salts, hydrates, and solvates thereof. The present invention also provides novel compounds of Formulae I and III-XII.
US07943759B2	3-β-D-ribofuranosylthiazolo[4-5-d]pyrimidine nucleosides and uses thereof The invention is directed to 3-β-D-ribofuranosylthiazolo[4,5-d]pyrimidine nucleosides and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds that have immunomodulatory activity. The invention is also directed to the therapeutic or prophylactic use of such compounds and compositions, and to methods of treating diseases and disorders described herein, by administering effective amounts of such compounds.
US07943755B2	Neuron regeneration The invention provides a gene silencing molecule, which is adapted to down-regulate expression of a gene encoding a peptide involved with the Rho-A inhibitory pathway. The gene silencing molecule is used to promote neuron survival and axon regeneration in the central nervous system (CNS). The invention also provides compositions and methods of using same to improve neural survival and promote axonal growth.
US07943754B2	Bioinformatically detectable group of novel regulatory bacterial and bacterial associated oligonucleotides and uses thereof The present invention relates to a first group of novel bacterial and human associated oligonucleotides, here identified as “Genomic Address Messenger” or “GAM” oligonucleotide, and a second group of novel operon-like bacterial and human polynucleotides, here identified as “Genomic Record” or “GR” polynucleotide. GAM oligonucleotides selectively inhibit translation of known “target” genes, many of which are known to be involved in various bacterial infections. Nucleic acid molecules are provided respectively encoding 21,916 bacterial and 6,100 human GAM precursor oligonucleotides, and 6,056 bacterial and 430 human GR polynucleotides, as are vectors and probes both comprising the nucleic acid molecules, and methods and systems for detecting GAM oligonucleotides and GR polynucleotides and specific functions and utilities thereof, for detecting expression of GAM oligonucleotides and GR polynucleotides, and for selectively enhancing and selectively inhibiting translation of the respective target genes thereof.
US07943748B2	Glucitol derivative, prodrug thereof and salt thereof, and therapeutic agent containing the same for diabetes The invention provides a glucitol derivative having the function of reducing a blood sugar level and having preferable properties required of medicines, such as long-lasting drug activity; and a medicinal composition for use in the prevention or treatment of diseases attributable to hyperglycemia, such as diabetes, complications of diabetes, and obesity. The derivative is a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein m is an integer selected among 1-3; R1 to R4 each independently is optionally substituted alkyl, etc.; Ar1 is optionally substituted naphthyl; and A is optionally substituted heteroaryl, a prodrug of the compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of either. Also provided are a medicine, a medicinal composition, and the like each containing the compound.
US07943745B2	Anti-CD98 antibody A human antibody or a functional fragment thereof having specific binding ability to CD98 which is derived from the cell membrane of cancer cells and is in the form of a complex with a protein having an amino acid transporter activity (for example, LAT1) is disclosed. This antibody binds to CD98 in the form of a dimer with LAT1 on the surface of cancer cells, specifically attacks cancer cells expressing CD98 via the immune system by ADCC or CDC, and further inhibits amino acid uptake of the cancer cells via LAT1, to suppress growth of the cancer cells. Accordingly, a preventive and therapeutic agent for cancer comprising this antibody or a fragment thereof, which acts on various cancers, is specific to cancer, and causes no side effect, is provided.
US07943743B2	Human monoclonal antibodies to programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) The present disclosure provides isolated monoclonal antibodies, particularly human monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to PD-L1 with high affinity. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies of this disclosure, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the antibodies of this disclosure are also provided. Immunoconjugates, bispecific molecules and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies of the invention are also provided. The disclosure also provides methods for detecting PD-L1, as well as methods for treating various diseases, including cancer and infectious diseases, using anti-PD-L1 antibodies.
US07943741B2	Antibodies that specifically bind to chemokine β-4 The present invention relates to antibodies and related molecules that specifically bind to CK-B4. Such antibodies have uses, for example, in the prevention and treatment of cancer as well as immune system diseases and disorders including cancers, as well as immune system diseases and disorders including autoimmune disease, inflammatory disorders, immunodeficiencies, infections, HIV, arthritis, allergy, psoriasis, dermatitis, and inflammatory bowel disease. The invention also relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding anti-CK-B4 antibodies, vectors and host cells containing these nucleic acids, and methods for producing the same. The present invention relates to methods and compositions for preventing, detecting, diagnosing, treating or ameliorating a disease or disorder, especially cancers, as well as immune system diseases and disorders including autoimmune disease, inflammatory disorders, immunodeficiencies, infections, HIV, arthritis, allergy, psoriasis, dermatitis, and inflammatory bowel disease, comprising administering to an animal, preferably a human, an effective amount of one or more antibodies or fragments or variants thereof, or related molecules, that specifically bind to CK-B4.
US07943736B2	Bacillus thuringiensis crystal polypeptides, polynucleotides, and compositions thereof The present invention provides insecticidal polypeptides related to Bacillus Cry2 polypeptides. Nucleic acids encoding the polypeptides of the invention are also provided. Methods for using the polypeptides and nucleic acids of the invention to enhance resistance of plants to insect predation are encompassed.
US07943734B2	Bacillus thuringiensis crystal polypeptides, polynucleotides, and compositions thereof The present invention provides insecticidal polypeptides related to Bacillus Cry2 polypeptides. Nucleic acids encoding the polypeptides of the invention are also provided. Methods for using the polypeptides and nucleic acids of the invention to enhance resistance of plants to insect predation are encompassed.
US07943733B2	Spacers to increase the expression of recombinant fusion proteins The present invention relates to fusion proteins. The invention specifically relates to compositions and methods of Tf-based fusion proteins that demonstrate a high-level expression of transferrin (Tf)-based fusion proteins by inserting a helical linker between two protein domains.
US07943730B2	Genes and polypeptides relating to human pancreatic cancers The present application provides novel human genes C1958V1 or C1958V2 whose expression is markedly elevated in pancreatic cancers compared to corresponding non-cancerous tissues. The genes and polypeptides encoded by the genes can be used, for example, in the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, and as target molecules for developing drugs against the disease.
US07943729B2	Dominant B cell epitopes and methods of making and using thereof Disclosed are methods for obtaining at least one epitope suitable for detecting the presence of an antibody against a tumor associated antigen of a cancer in a sample. Kits, assays, and substrates employing the epitopes of the present invention are disclosed. Also disclosed are epitopes of NY-ESO-1 and XAGE-1b and methods of using thereof.
US07943727B2	Polymer stream transfer Process for heating a polymer-containing stream being transferred from a polymerization reactor to a degassing vessel operating at a pressure between 6 bara and 12 bara. The process includes passing the stream through a heater comprising a transfer line for the stream and a device for heating the transfer line. The ratio of the stream velocity at the outlet of the heater to that at the inlet, Vo/Vi, is at least 1.1, typically between 1.2 and 4, and the total specific heat transfer area of the transfer line is at least 0.5 m2 per tonne/h of production of polymer. The pressure drop across the length of the heater is less than 0.5 bar per tonne/h of polymer, such that at least 90 mol % of the hydrocarbon fluids withdrawn from the polymerization reactor operation are vaporized before entry into the degassing vessel.
US07943724B2	Process for preparing diaminodiphenylmethanes Process for preparing diamino diphenyl methane and poly-(diamino diphenyl methane) comprising reacting aniline with formaldehyde in the presence of hydrogen chloride added in the gaseous form wherein the aniline contains 0.1 to 7 wt %, preferably 2 to 5 wt % of a protic chemical, preferably water.
US07943717B2	Butene-1 copolymers and process for their preparation The present invention relates to butene-1 copolymers containing up to 40% by mol of ethylene and/or propylene derived characterized by the following properties: d) Product of the reactivity ratios r1·r2≦2; e) Content of butene-1 units in form of isotactic pentads (mmmm)>98%; and f) absence of 4,1 insertions of butene units.
US07943708B2	Method for the production of telechelic polymers The present invention relates to the coupling of two polymer chains to give end group-functionalized polymers, the simultaneous precipitation of transition metals from polymer solutions and to the removal of halogen atoms from polymer chain ends.
US07943705B2	Creping adhesives made from amine-terminated polyamidoamines Polyamidoamine (PAE) resins are prepared from polyamidoamine made with excess amine, which are reacted with a specifically defined amount of difunctional crosslinker. The amount of difunctional crosslinker used is based on the polyamidoamine amine number and reduced specific viscosity (RSV). The PAE resin is prepared by first synthesizing a polyamidoamine from a polyamine and a polycarboxylic acid or polycarboxylic acid derivative, wherein the polyamine is present in a molar excess, said molar excess being from about 1.02 to 2.00, then reacting the polyamidoamine with difunctional crosslinker, wherein the weight % of difunctional crosslinker to polyamidoamine solids is no more than about 0.308(amine number/RSV)—9.18 or 385(amine number/RSV)—5.20, wherein the amine number is expressed as the milliequivalents of amine per gram of polyamidoamine solids and the RSV is the reduced specific viscosity measured at 2% concentration in 1M NH4Cl expressed in deciliters per gram. PAE resins prepared according to this process can by used in creping adhesives, which are used to manufacture a variety of paper articles, such as facial tissue, bath tissue, wipes, paper towels, paper napkins, filter papers, and coffee filters.
US07943702B2	Thermoplastic compositions and method of use thereof for molded articles A polyolefin composition containing elastomers (plasticizers), crystalline polypropylene, modified by mixing with polybutene-1 and a coupling agent and a bicyclic dicarboxyl acid salt nucleating agent and/or a lubricant which comprises an unsaturated fatty acid ester which acts as a surface modifier in a molded article is described. The composition is adapted to be used with pigments to make finished molded articles which have an appearance of paint covered by a clear coat and which are scratch resistant and have good low temperature (−30° C.) impact properties.
US07943700B2	Enhanced ESCR of HDPE resins Disclosed are polyethylene (“PE”) compositions, articles comprising PE compositions, and methods of making blended PE compositions, wherein the blended composition comprises from about 80 to about 95 weight % of a first PE and from about 5 to about 20 weight % of a second PE. The first PE has a density greater than or equal to about 0.945 g/cc and a MWD greater than about 5. The second PE has a density less than about 0.945 g/cc, a melt index less than about 0.70 g/10 minutes and less than or equal to the melt index of the first PE, a MWD ranging from about 1 to about 5, a weight average molecular weight less than about 400,000, and a CDBI greater than about 50%. The PE composition has an ESCR greater than the ESCR of the first PE.
US07943699B2	Ethylene copolymer modified oriented polyester films, tapes, fibers and nonwoven textiles Disclosed are films, tapes, and melt-spun fibers prepared from a composition comprising (a) at least one polyester polymer and (b) from about 1 to 30 weight % of at least one ethylene copolymer such as ethylene/vinyl acetate dipolymers, ethylene/vinyl acetate terpolymers, ethylene/alkyl (meth)acrylate dipolymers, ethylene/alkyl (meth)acrylate terpolymers, functionalized ethylene copolymers, ethylene/acid copolymers, and salts thereof. The films, tapes and fibers exhibit improved tensile properties such as tensile strength and elongation at break compared to non-modified polyester compositions. Also disclosed are textiles and articles prepared from the fibers described.
US07943698B2	Moisture cure alpha-silane modified acrylic coatings An ambient temperature curing coating composition comprising the crosslinked reaction product of: (a) an amino-functional compound, wherein the amino-functional compound is a bis-silylamine of general formula: (R2)b(R1Y)aSi-Q1-NH-Q2-(NH-Q3)n-Si(YR1)a(R2)b n≧0 a=3−b b=0,1,2 each Y is independently a heteroatom, selected from O, N; if Y is N, then the valency of Y is 2; if Y is O, then the valency of Y is 1; each R1 is independently a monovalent radical (e.g., hydrogen, hydrocarbon including but not limited to alkyl (linear or branched), cycloalkyl, aryl, allyl, or aralkyl. Preferably, R1 is an alkyl of 1-10 carbon atoms. Each R1 may be the same or different; R2 is a monovalent radical, and can include heteroatoms (e.g., oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur) not directly bonded to the silicon atom, including but not limited to, alkyl (linear or branched), cycloalkyl, aryl, allyl, or aralkyl. Each R2 may be the same or different. Q1, Q2, Q3 is a divalent bridging group, including but not limited to an alkylene, but preferably is a C1-C12 alkylene, and can be branched or cyclic; each Q can be the same or different; and (b) an acrylic polymer containing pendant organofunctional α-silane groups.
US07943694B2	Crosslinkable compositions, thermoplastic elastomers obtainable therefrom and their use Crosslinkable compositions based on at least one copolyester as thermoplastic elastomer and on α-olefin-vinyl acetate copolymers having a vinyl acetate content of ≧40% by weight, where the compositions comprise a peroxide as crosslinking initiator. The present invention further relates to the preparation of the crosslinkable compositions of the invention, to the use of the crosslinkable compositions of the invention for the production of thermoplastic elastomers, to a process for the crosslinking of the compositions of the invention to give a thermoplastic elastomer of the invention, and also to the thermoplastic elastomers of the invention themselves and to their use for the production of mouldings.
US07943690B2	Water-dispersible organoclays The surface of hydrophobically-modified smectite clays (i.e., organophilic clays) are modified using a hydrophilic polymer, wherein the hydrophilic surface-modification of a hydrophobically-modified smectite clay with a hydrophilic polymer, renders the organoclays adequately dispersible in water.
US07943688B2	Charge control agent and toner comprising the same This invention teaches a charge control agent and a toner containing such a charge control agent. It solves the problem in current toner processing technique of inadequate electrification, unequal quantity of electricity, spreading and bottom ash. The charge control agent comprising metal complex of tannin acid in which metal atoms have 2 to 4 valences and tannin acid as coordination sub structure. The toners mentioned above at least contains resin, dyestuff and charge control agent of the invention. The powered carbon specializes in excellence in electrification, environment influence retardant. It can obtain stable and high definition image without spreading and bottom ash troubling.
US07943686B2	Impact-modified polycarbonate compositions which have an emulsion graft polymer precipitated under basic conditions and comprise acidic phosphorus compounds The disclosure relates to impact-modified polycarbonate compositions and moulding compositions comprising A) aromatic polycarbonate or aromatic polyester carbonate or mixtures of these, B) a mixture containing Ba) at least one graft polymer prepared in emulsion polymerization and Bb) at least one carboxylate salt, wherein this mixture, suspended as a 10 wt. % strength suspension in distilled water, has a pH of >7, C) at least one acidic phosphorus compound with at least one P—OH functionality, which are distinguished compared with the prior art by an improved combination of stability to hydrolysis and heat stability, and which are suitable for production of injection-moulded components which have a good toughness at low temperatures and—even with critical processing conditions (high processing temperatures)—still have a good resistance to stress cracking under the influence of chemicals.
US07943684B2	Process for production of black crayon The invention provides a process for producing a crayon without poor gelation using a benzylidene sorbitol gelling agent together with the use of carbon black as a black pigment. The process comprises dissolving and dispersing carbon black and a resin component in an organic solvent, dissolving at least one gelling agent selected from the group consisting of dibenzylidene sorbitol, tribenzylidene sorbitol and derivatives thereof in the resultant under heating, pouring the obtained raw material solution into a molding container, and then cooling and solidifying the solution, wherein carbon black having an average particle diameter of primary particles of 20 to 100 nm is used as the carbon black.
US07943683B2	Medical devices containing oriented films of poly-4-hydroxybutyrate and copolymers Continuous processing methods for making absorbable polymeric films with one or more of the following properties: high toughness, low modulus, high tensile strength, and thickness less than 10 mm, more preferably less than 1 mm, and more preferably less than 100 μm, have been developed. In the preferred embodiment, the polymer is a polyhydroxyalkanoate, and in the most preferred embodiment, the polymer comprises 4-hydroxybutyrate. A particularly preferred embodiment is a film of poly-4-hydroxybutyrate or copolymer thereof, wherein the film has a tensile strength greater than 5.5 kgf/mm2, tensile modulus less than 181 kgf/mm2, and elongation at break from 10-500%, wherein the film is derived by a continuous process such as melt extrusion or solvent casting, followed by orientation to more than 25% of the film's original length in one or more directions. These can be used for a variety of purposes including fabrication of medical devices.
US07943681B2	Weather resistant, ink jettable, radiation curable, fluid compositions particularly suitable for outdoor applications Low viscosity, radiation curable fluid formulations that can be used advantageously as radiation curable, inks. The formulations are easily prepared for use in ink jet systems. The viscosity of the compositions is low enough so that conventional solvent is not required in order to satisfy the requisite low ink jet viscosity specifications. After curing, the compositions form durable, weatherable, abrasion resistant, printed images on a wide variety of porous and nonporous substrates. The formulations are very suitable for outdoor printing applications, especially for printing outdoor graphics onto a variety of surfaces, including vinyl or other polymer films commonly used for signage, retroreflective signage or other retroreflective items.
US07943678B2	Method for the preparation of new segmented polyurethanes with high tear and tensile strengths and method for making porous scaffolds The invention presents a new method to prepare biomedical polyurethanes with high tensile and tear strengths. Such polyurethanes are especially interesting for making foams thereof, e.g. as meniscus implants. A new method, applicable to the biomedical polyurethanes, has been found to make such foams, that can be used as scaffolds. This method is based on salt leaching and phase separation.
US07943677B2	Method of producing interconnected volumetric porosity in materials A method to create interconnected porosity in materials that can be poured or injected into a cast. The process allows the arrangement of interconnected volumetric porosity to be directed in materials that are poured or injected into a cast. This process allows a manufacturer to tailor porosity with any size, shape, and configuration with the dissolvable material used to create the pores. This procedure can be applied to medical materials to direct bone growth or implant attachment. These resulting porous materials can include, but is not limited to short fiber reinforced epoxy or epoxy.
US07943676B2	Method of recycling waste plastic foam materials A method of recycling waste plastic foam materials firstly is to smash a waste material including polyurethane foam into fine particles so as to obtain a first starting material. The first starting material is then crisped and followingly milled into powder so as to obtain a second starting material. The second starting material is then placed into a mixer to mix with a first foaming reaction solution including polyol, catalyst and additives injected into the mixer so as to form a semi-treated foaming material. And then, the semi-treated foaming material is mixed with a second foaming reaction solution including diisocyanate injected into the mixer so as to obtain a completed-treated foaming material. Lastly, the completed-treated foaming material is poured into a mold and then water vapor is uniformly introduced into the mold so as to induce the completed-treated foaming material to proceed foaming reaction.
US07943671B2	Formation of an emulsion in a fluid microsystem There is described a method for forming an emulsion (1) containing at least one dispersed phase (3) and a continuous phase (2) in a fluidic microsystem (100), said method comprising the steps: forming flows (4, 5) of different liquids which flow towards a dispersion region (10), and forming the emulsion (1) from the liquids in the dispersion region (10), wherein the flows (4, 5) run through a common channel (20) to the dispersion region (10) and the flows (4, 5) are arranged next to one another relative to a first reference direction, and wherein the emulsion (1) is produced as the liquids flow through a cross-sectional widening (11) provided in the dispersion region (10), at which the cross section of the channel (20) widens in a second reference direction different from the first reference direction. A fluidic microsystem for forming an emulsion (1) containing a continuous phase (2) and at least one dispersed phase (3) is also described. A fusion of droplets in electric fields is also described.
US07943669B2	Phenoxy acetic acids as PPAR delta activators The present invention describes phenoxy-acetic acids and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same and methods of using the same. The phenoxy-acetic acids are activators of PPAR-δ and should be useful for treating conditions mediated by the same.
US07943666B2	Esters of capsaicin for treating pain The present invention relates to the formulations of ester derivatives of capsaicin and ester derivatives of myristoleic acid. These derivatives are capable of reverting to the active parent compound following enzymatic or chemical hydrolysis. These derivatives have a higher lipophilicity, lipid solubility and less irritation to the skin than the parent compound, and hence are better able to be incorporated into certain pharmaceutical formulations, including cream and ointment pharmaceutical formulations. The pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention contain a compound of following formula (Ia): R—CO-CAP (Ia) wherein CAP refers to collectively the capsaicins represented in FIG. 1 and a compound of formula (Ib): MCO-O—R (Ib) wherein MCO refers to myristoleic acid. In formulae Ia and Ib, R is selected from alkyl groups of up to about 18 carbon atoms and aryl groups of up to about 18 carbon atoms and alkylene group of up to about 18 carbon atoms and an arylene group of up to about 18 carbon atoms. The alkyl, aryl and alkylene groups may be substituted or un-substituted, branched or straight chains. In addition, R may contain heteroatoms and may be straight chained or branched.The pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of formulae Ia and Ib are useful for pain management in mammals in vivo and have been contemplated to be used in the treatment of various pains in humans.
US07943665B2	Anticancer agents based on regulation of protein prenylation Oncoproteins such as Ras and RhoB are known to induce cell division in an unrestrained manner when such proteins are localized at the inner surface of a cancer cell membrane. The localization is effected by the prenylation reaction, whereby a hydrophobic group (e.g. a farnesyl group) is attached to the protein in the presence of an enzyme (e.g. farnesyl protein transferase). Deactivation of the prenylation enzyme through covalent modification can therefore ultimately result in the mitigation and/or cessation of cancer cell growth. Various prenylation inhibitors having the necessary structural groups to bond covalently, or essentially irreversibly, to the prenylation enzyme include carbonyl or thiocarbonyl compounds (or masked versions of these compounds) and alpha oxo-epoxides bonded to a hydrophobic, substrate-mimicking group. The carbonyl or thiocarbonyl compounds also contain a nucleofugal atom or group to enhance the tendency to form covalent bonds.
US07943664B2	Phosphate binding materials and their uses Phosphate binding materials and compositions comprising them which are solid ligand-modified poly oxo-hydroxy metal ion materials are disclosed that are based on ferric iron oxo-hydroxides modified with carboxylic acid ligands, or ionized forms thereof. These materials are made and tested in the examples provided in the application to demonstrate that they can bind phosphate in in vitro and in in vivo studies.
US07943661B2	Substituted 1,3-diphenylprop-2-en-1-one derivatives and preparation and uses thereof The invention concerns novel substituted 1,3-diphenylprop-2-en-1-one derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions comprising same, their therapeutic uses, in particular for treating cerebral ischemia. The invention also concerns a method for preparing said derivatives.
US07943660B2	Inhibitors of the LFA-1/ICAM-1 interaction and uses thereof The invention relates to the treatment of disorders or diseases mediated by LFA-1/ICAM-1 molecular interaction. This is based on the use of novel chemical compounds capable of inhibiting said interaction, and more particularly, to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds.
US07943659B2	MAPK/ERK kinase inhibitors Compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, kits and methods are provided for use with MEK that comprise a compound selected from the group consisting of: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
US07943657B2	Imidoalkanpercarboxylic acids Imidoalkancarboxylic acids of formula: are described, wherein A, X and M are as defined in the application, said acids being in a crystalline form which in contact with water gives rise to crystals having sizes lower than 30 micron.
US07943656B2	Crystal forms of saxagliptin and processes for preparing same Physical crystal structures of a compound of the formula I: are provided including the free base monohydrate thereof (form H-1) and the hydrochloric acid salt thereof, including hydrochloric acid salt containing 0.75 equivalent of H2O (form H0.75-3) and hydrochloric acid salt containing 2 equivalents of H2O (form H2-1), and hydrochloric acid salt Pattern P-5, preferably in substantially pure form, and other forms as described herein, pharmaceutical compositions containing structures of compound I or IA, processes for preparing same, intermediates used in preparing same, and methods of treating diseases such as diabetes using such structures.
US07943655B2	Polymorphic and pseudopolymorphic forms of trandolaprilat, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for production and use The present invention provides novel polymorphic and pseudopolymorphic forms of Trandolaprilat, including crystalline Trandolaprilat Form A, crystalline Trandolaprilat Form B, crystalline Trandolaprilat Form C, crystalline Trandolaprilat Form D, crystalline Trandolaprilat Form E, and mixtures thereof. The invention also provides novel methods for producing Trandolaprilat, pharmaceutically acceptable salts of Trandolaprilat, and polymorphic and pseudopolymorphic forms of Trandolaprilat, pharmaceutical compositions including one or more novel Trandolaprilat compounds and methods for treating high blood pressure and/or cardiac insufficiency using one or more novel Trandolaprilat compounds.
US07943648B2	Salts of imidazole-5-carboxylic acid derivatives, a method for preparing same and pharmaceutical compositions comprising same The present invention provides pharmaceutically acceptable salts of imidazole-5-carboxylic acid derivatives, methods for preparing same and pharmaceutical compositions comprising same. The salts obtained by the present invention can be easily dissolved in common solvents, such as water and methanol. The bioavailability thereof is good in animal body. Thereby it is applicable to be developed as a normal preparation for treating hypertension.
US07943647B2	Process for the preparation of tetrazole derivatives from organo aluminium azides The present invention relates to a method for preparing substituted tetrazoles of the formula or a tautomer or salt thereof, wherein R represents an organic residue. Also provided are compounds obtained according to this method, new reactants and new tetrazole derivatives, useful as pharmaceuticals or agricultural compositions, foaming agents, automotive inflators, and the like.
US07943645B2	Piperidine compounds for use as orexin receptor antagonist This invention relates to N-aroyl cyclic amine derivatives and their use as pharmaceuticals, specifically as orexin receptor antagonists.
US07943644B2	Stabilization of iodine-containing biocides by means of special azole compounds Specific azole compounds are outstandingly suitable for stabilizing iodine-containing biocides in industrial materials, more particularly in paints based on alkyd resin.
US07943643B2	Aryl substituted pyridines and the use thereof This invention relates aryl substituted pyridines of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug or solvate thereof, wherein Ar and R1-R4 are set in the specification. The invention is also directed to the use of compounds of Formula I for the treatment of neuronal damage following global and focal ischemia, for the treatment or prevention of neurodegenerative conditions such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and for the treatment, prevention or amelioration of both acute or chronic pain, as antitinnitus agents, as anticonvulsants, and as antimanic depressants, as local anesthetics, as antiarrhythmics and for the treatment or prevention of diabetic neuropathy.
US07943642B2	Insecticidal N,N-di(heteroarylalkyl)amine derivatives Certain novel N,N-di(heteroarylalkyl)amine derivatives have provided unexpected insecticidal and acaricidal activity. These compounds are represented by formula (I): wherein Ar Ar1, a, b, c, R, Rd, Re, Rf, Rg, Rh, R′, R3 and Rk are fully described herein. In addition, compositions comprising an insecticidally effective amount of at least one compound of formula I, and optionally, an effective amount of at least one of a second compound, with at least one insecticidally compatible carrier are also disclosed; along with methods of controlling insects comprising applying said compositions to a locus where insects are present or are expected to be present.
US07943641B2	7-((1H-imidazol-4-yl)methyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoline A compound having a structure or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or a prodrug thereof is disclosed herein. Therapeutic methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed.
US07943639B2	Compounds The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I), wherein P is sulfone or sulfonamide; and A, B, W, X, Y and R3 are as defined in the description; to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and to the use of the compounds for the prophylaxis and treatment of medical conditions relating to obesity, type II diabetes, and/or CNS disorders, to achieve reduction of body weight and of body weight gain.
US07943638B2	Carboxamide compound and use of the same A carboxamide compound represented by the formula (1): [wherein Q represents a nitrogen-containing 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic group optionally fused with a benzene ring, one of ring constitutional atoms of the heterocyclic group is a nitrogen atom and the heterocyclic group may be substituted with a group selected from the group consisting of a C1-C3 alkyl and the like, R1 represents a C1-C3 alkyl group or the like, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or the like] and a plant disease controlling agent comprising this as an active ingredient.
US07943637B2	Thienopyridine derivatives and the use thereof as HSP90 modulators Novel thienopyridine derivatives of the formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3 and Y have the meanings indicated in claim 1, are HSP90 inhibitors and can be used for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of diseases in which the inhibition, regulation and/or modulation of HSP90 plays a role.
US07943635B2	Benzylimidazolyl substituted 2-quinoline and quinazoline derivatives for use as farnesyl transferase inhibitors This invention comprises the novel compounds of formula (I) wherein r, t, Y1, Y2, R1, R2, R3, R5, R6 and R7 have defined meanings, having farnesyl transferase inhibiting activity; their preparation, compositions containing them and their use as a medicine.
US07943633B2	Alkaloid compounds and their use as anti-malarial drugs Anti-malarial alkyloid compounds have the formula: wherein R1-R11 have various disclosed values or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same.
US07943630B2	3,9-diaza-spiro[5.5]undecane derivatives and their use as monoamine neurotransmitter re-uptake inhibitors This invention relates to novel 3,9-diaza-spiro[5.5]undecane derivatives useful as monoamine neurotransmitter re-uptake inhibitors.In other aspects the invention relates to the use of these compounds in a method for therapy and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention.

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