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| US08040855B2 |
Communication system using OFDM for one direction and DSSS for another direction
A method and apparatus for wireless communication are described. In one embodiment, a method for communicating with a subscriber comprises transmitting orthogonal frequency domain multiplexing (OFDM) signals to the subscriber, and receiving direct-sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) signals from the subscriber. |
| US08040853B2 |
Methods and apparatus for providing information indicative of traffic delay of a wireless link
Embodiments of methods and apparatus for providing information indicative of traffic delay of a wireless link are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US08040852B2 |
Media independent trigger model for multiple network types
A media independent trigger model for multiple network types is disclosed. A change in communication environment trigger is communicated from a media dependent interface to an upper media independent application. The communication environment trigger may be from a local event detected by the interface or may be a remote trigger received from another device. The upper media independent application adjusts operations according to the communication environment trigger. |
| US08040846B2 |
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. |
| US08040843B2 |
Transmit scheme adaptation for wireless data transmissions
An integrated circuit radio transceiver and method therefor is operable to determine a transmit scheme according to an ordered manner. More specifically, the system is operable to determine a transmit scheme that defines a signaling configuration that includes number of spatial streams, antenna configuration information, code rate, quadrature modulation type, and transmission protocol modulation scheme, transmitting a packet according to the transmit scheme and collecting packet error rate success and failure information of ongoing data transmissions. |
| US08040842B2 |
Radio communication system
A radio communication system for preventing transmission and receiving data from colliding with each other in radio relay communication. The radio communication system includes a plurality of radio base stations each having a scheduler for arranging a schedule of assignment of a slot into which data is to be inserted in a radio frame, a terminal for performing communication with at least one of the radio base stations through a connection, and a relay station for performing relay forwarding of the radio frame exchanged through the connection, the relay station including a scheduler control section for giving an instruction of the schedule to the scheduler. The scheduler control section gives the instruction to the scheduler so as not to generate duplicate slot assignment, in which the whole or a part of data is assigned to the same slot in radio frames sent at the same timing. |
| US08040839B2 |
Radio terminal unit, radio communication system and communication control method
A radio terminal unit and a radio communication system, enabling power savings, the improvement of the quality of real-time communication such as voice communication, and the reduction of transmission delays which often occur when a plurality of radio terminal units are connected to one radio base station. A radio terminal unit comprises an operation mode of communication application determination unit for determining operation mode of one or more communication which is operated at the radio terminal unit, a control packet changing unit for changing a timing of transmission of the control packet according to the operation mode of one or more communication applications determined by the operation mode of communication application determination unit, and a communication control section for sending the control packet according to the timing of transmission changed by the control packet changing unit after the transmission of data from the application. |
| US08040833B2 |
Method for the transmission of data
A method, system and computer program product for the transmission of data from a transmitter to a receiver according to the standard universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS standard). The present invention is directed to improving data transmission according to the UMTS standard. To this end, the transmission of data is accelerated, and an inband-signaling of information is carried out on an MAC-layer plane, wherein the information is particularly relevant to the UMTS base station (BS). |
| US08040826B2 |
Apparatus and method for supporting relay service in a multi-hop relay broadband wireless access communication system
An apparatus and method for configuring a subframe to support a relay service in a multi-hop relay BWA communication system are provided, in which a first zone of a subframe is configured for at least one of communication between a BS and a first MS within the coverage area of the BS and communication between at least one RS and a second MS within the coverage area of the at least one RS, and a second zone of the subframe is configured for at least one of communication between the BS and the at least one RS and communication between the at least one RS and another RS. |
| US08040817B2 |
Wireless communication device, wireless communication method, and computer program product
A wireless communication device performs a wireless communication with a communication target device via an intermediate device. A route-information obtaining unit obtains communication route information indicating a communication route to the communication target device. A quality-information obtaining unit obtains quality information indicating quality of a signal received by a device included in the communication route indicated by the communication route information. A route selecting unit selects an optimum communication route to the communication target device based on the quality information. |
| US08040812B1 |
Network outage assessment
A system is provided for network outage assessment. An outage tool retrieves a scheduled site list from a network management interface for a data network. The scheduled site list specifies sites associated with the network management interface that are scheduled to be active and sites that are scheduled to be inactive. The outage tool retrieves communication site lists from gateways associated with the network management interface. Each of the communication site lists is associated with a corresponding gateway and specifies sites that are in communication with the corresponding gateway. The outage tool identifies sites that are listed as the sites associated that are scheduled to be active and absent from the sites that are in communication with the corresponding gateway as a list of outage sites. The outage tool outputs outage site data based on the list of outage sites to the user interface to enable a management action. |
| US08040807B2 |
QoS on bonded channels of a shared access cable network
Various techniques are disclosed for managing traffic flow for transport over a plurality of communication channels of a shared access cable network. According to various embodiments, one or more devices of the cable network (such as, for example, a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS)), may be operable to implement at least a portion of the traffic flow management techniques. In at least one embodiment, one or more aspects of the traffic flow management techniques disclosed herein may be used for performing real-time shaping of traffic flows across multiple different channels of a DOCSIS channel bonding group. In some embodiments, various different traffic shaping and/or traffic scheduling techniques may be employed (e.g., in DOCSIS 3.0 compatible cable networks) to reduce and/or mitigate issues which, for example, may arise as a result of an inability to represent traffic schedulers as tree-based hierarchies. Other aspects are disclosed for implementing quality of service (QoS) procedures on shared access network(s), such as for example hybrid fiber/coaxial (HFC) cable networks. |
| US08040803B1 |
Using packet-transport metrics for call-admission control
Methods and systems are provided for using packet-transport metrics for call-admission control. In an embodiment, a base station provides packet-data service to mobile stations, which comprises (a) providing wireless service over an air interface in a wireless coverage area and (b) providing transport service over a packet-data network. The base station measures, over at least the packet-data network, each packet-transport metric in a set of one or more packet-transport metrics. The base station conducts call-admission control in the wireless coverage area based at least in part on the one or more measured packet-transport metrics. |
| US08040799B2 |
Network on chip with minimum guaranteed bandwidth for virtual communications channels
A network on chip (‘NOC’) with guaranteed minimum bandwidth for virtual communications channels, the NOC including: integrated processor (‘IP’) blocks, routers, memory communications controllers, and network interface controllers, each IP block adapted to a router through a memory communications controller and a network interface controller, each memory communications controller controlling communications between an IP block and memory, each network interface controller controlling inter-IP block communications through routers, each router coupled for data communications with at least one other router through at least one link, each link including a wire bus wide enough to accommodate simultaneously, for transmission in one direction on the link, all or part of a data switching packet, each router implementing two or more virtual communications channels, each virtual communications channel characterized by a communication type, each virtual communications channel guaranteed at least a minimum bandwidth for data transmissions over a link between routers. |
| US08040798B2 |
Discovering communication rules in a network trace
The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates managing a network by mining a communication rule. An analysis engine can employ a packet trace within a network in order to provide timing information, wherein the network includes at least one of a host, a protocol, or an application. A traffic evaluator can extract a communication rule for the network based upon an activity matrix generated from the timing information in which the activity matrix includes at least one of a row of a time window for the packet trace and a column for a flow in the packet trace. |
| US08040795B2 |
Backup path convergence in the APS environment
A SONET network terminated by routers includes working paths and backup paths. The routers pre-establishes in their link state data bases the links in both for both the working and backup paths. However, the links involved in the backup paths are given higher costs, then the links working paths, that the routers select only the links in the working path. If there is a failure in a link in a working path, an APS arrangement provides rapid switchover of the optical links so as to substitute one or more links in the corresponding backup path. This is accomplished by changing the relative costs of the working and backup links involved, so that the routers select the backup links for their routing tables. |
| US08040793B2 |
Method, system and device for processing failure
A method, a system, and a device for processing failure is provided; the method is applicable to a label switched path (LSP) including a first node, a second node, and at least one third node. The first node and the second node are adjacent nodes suffering communication breakdown. The first node restarts. The third node is a normal node closest to the restarted first node. When the communication between the first node and the second node is broken, the third node maintains control state information of the LSP in certain time. When the communication between the first node and the second node is recovered in the certain time, the first node, the second node, and the third node recover the control state information of the LSP. A failure processing system and a device on LSP are further provided. Therefore, when several nodes on the LSP suffer communication failures, the LSP can be reliably recovered. |
| US08040792B2 |
Techniques for determining local repair connections
Techniques for configuring a local repair connection for a protected connection including determining a path for the local repair connection. The path traversed by a local repair connection starts at a node in the path associated with the protected connection and ends at a merge point node in the path associated with the protected connection that is downstream from the start node. In one embodiment, the merge point node may even be more than two hops downstream from the start node in the path associated with the protected connection. The local repair path may include zero or more nodes that are not included in the path associated with the protected connection. Techniques are also described for optimizing the path associated with a local repair connection. |
| US08040785B2 |
Optical disc, optical disc manufacturing method, optical disc recording device and optical disc reproduction device
An optical disc includes a reflective film formed on concave and convex marks after the concave and convex marks are synchronized with the integral multiple of a channel bit length and formed in accordance with modulated main information. Thereafter, continuous or intermittent laser light synchronized with the integral multiple of the channel bit length is irradiated at intervals longer than the longest one of the concave and convex marks in accordance with a spiral track formed in a circumferential direction of the concave and convex marks, whereby an optical characteristic of the reflective film is changed to form a recordable mark and sub-information necessary to reproduce the main information is recorded in a superimposition manner. |
| US08040782B2 |
Wavelength-selective light-shielding element and optical head using the same
In order to provide a wavelength-selective light-shielding element capable of blocking circularly-polarized light beams rotating in a specific direction among light beams whose wavelengths falling in a specific range, a light-shielding region is provided in a portion of a transparent substrate, wherein the light-shielding region permits passage of first circularly-polarized light rotating in a first direction regardless of a wavelength of the first circularly-polarized light and blocks second circularly-polarized light beams whose wavelengths falling within a predetermined range, among second circularly-polarized light beams rotating in the second direction, to thus permit passage of the second circularly-polarized light beams falling outside the predetermined range. |
| US08040777B2 |
Information recording method, information recording medium and information recording apparatus
An information recording method using a recording medium includes forming a plurality of recording pulses in accordance with both a reference waveform having been stored in the recording medium and data regarding a shifting value relying on material of the recording medium also having been stored in the recording medium in a table manner, and recording information included in the plurality of recording pulses to the recording medium. The recording information is arranged to be stored according to the material of the recording medium. |
| US08040775B2 |
Optical disc apparatus and optical disc discriminating method
An optical disc apparatus capable of discriminating swiftly and accurately a dual disc from other discs and an optical disc discriminating method, wherein the optical disc apparatus irradiates laser beams having a different wavelength onto the optical disc, detects the reflected light obtained by the irradiation of the laser beams having the individual wavelengths, determines amplitude of an error signal according to the detected results of the individual reflected lights, and discriminates the optical disc based on a ratio of amplitudes of the individual reflected lights. |
| US08040770B2 |
Recording method and optical disc apparatus
A recording power adjustment process to adjust a recording power is carried out in each recording layer of a multilayered optical disc, and a shift test writing process to adjust the pulse condition of a recording pulse is carried out only with regard to some of the respective recording layers. Then, based on the processing result of the recording power adjustment process and the processing result of the shift test writing process, a processing result of the shift test writing process in each of the recording layers, to which the shift test writing process has not been performed, is predicted. Then, information is recorded on a corresponding recording layer of the multilayered optical disc while adjusting the pulse condition of the recording pulse based on the processing result of the shift test writing process or the prediction result. |
| US08040769B2 |
Optical disc reproducing apparatus and operation method thereof
An optical disc reproducing apparatus includes: a decode processing circuit configured to generate decoded data by decoding encoded data read out from an optical disc such that the decoded data is written into a buffer memory, and to output a write signal to indicate a data rate when the decoded data is written in the buffer memory. A data processing circuit converts the decoded data read out from the buffer memory into an output data, and outputs a read signal to indicate a data rate when the decoded data is read out from the buffer memory. An optical disc rotation control circuit controls a number of rotations of the optical disc based on the write signal and the read signal. |
| US08040768B2 |
Information recording apparatus
An information recording apparatus such as an optical disc that can avoid an unrecordable condition between a power-on operation and an available state for recording thereby to solve a problem that an image taking chance is missed in a recording step, wherein its constitution is such that: receiving a command to turn on the apparatus after switching, a system controller drives a power-supply circuit to activate a drive controller and a memory controller; if the optical disc is not replaced while in power-off operation by a sub-battery, the system controller issues a request for high-speed activation, based on information stored in an EEPROM, to the drive controller, and drives plural drive control units one after another thereby to establish an activation period confirmedly, allowing the memory controller to accept a request for a recording start from the system controller without waiting for a report of activation completion to be issued by the drive controller. |
| US08040764B2 |
Optical disc apparatus and correction servo control signal generation method
An optical disc apparatus includes an objective lens that converges a light beam emitted from a light source and irradiates an optical disc having recording marks formed in a uniform recording layer with it, a detection signal generation section that receives a return light beam from the recording mark and generates a detection signal, a servo control signal generation section that generates a servo control signal representing relative displacement between the recording mark and a focus of the light beam from the detection signal and a servo signal correction section that generates a correction servo control signal by connecting peaks or neighborhoods of the peaks of servo control signals, the peaks being produced according to the recording marks. |
| US08040763B2 |
Objective lens driving device and optical pickup device
An objective lens driving device includes a lens holder (3) holding an objective lens (1, 2), a stationary part (5) that supports the lens holder (3) via wires (7a, 7b), an electromagnetic coil (11a-11d, 12a-12d) provided on the lens holder, and a magnet (4a, 4b) provided on the stationary part and magnetized in a multipolar manner so that different magnetic pole surfaces are arranged on a surface of the magnet facing the electromagnetic coil. The lens holder has a convex portion (16a-16d, 17a-17d) on a surface thereof facing the magnet. The convex portion has at least one groove (601-604, 701-704) portion extending parallel to a direction of magnetic flux lines of the magnet facing the convex portion, and at least a surface of the convex portion is formed of material having magnetic property. |
| US08040756B2 |
Resonance ultrasonic transducer
The present invention provides a resonance ultrasonic transducer. The resonance ultrasonic transducer comprises an ultrasound source for transmitting ultrasound, and a reflecting unit disposed opposite to the ultrasound source. The ultrasound source and the reflecting unit constitute a resonance cavity. The reflecting unit can also act as an ultrasound source. A specific distribution of the acoustic field may be formed in the resonance cavity by matching the transmitting acoustic field of one ultrasonic transducer with the reflecting acoustic field of the other ultrasonic transducer. This resonance ultrasonic transducer can be widely used in ultrasonic diagnosis device, ultrasonic therapy device and ultrasonic detection device, and carries out effective focusing and controlling of an ultrasonic field. |
| US08040753B2 |
System and method for capturing data signals using a data strobe signal
A signal capture system and method is used to capture a data signal using a data strobe signal having a preamble of strobe signal transitions. The system includes a data latch circuit receiving the data signal. The data latch circuit is clocked by transitions of the data strobe signal to capture respective bits of data corresponding to the data signal. A decoder receives a memory command signal and generates a data start signal after a delay period from receiving the memory command signal if the command signal corresponds to a read or a write command. The receipt of read or write command signals is used by a control circuit to identify the start of valid read or write data signals. The control circuit then outputs the captured data signals responsive to the data start signal, thereby ignoring the transitions in the preamble of the data strobe signal. |
| US08040752B2 |
Counter circuit, latency counter, semiconductor memory device including the same, and data processing system
To provide a counter circuit capable of accurately counting a high-frequency signal in which hazard or the like is easily generated. There are provided: a frequency dividing circuit that generates first and second frequency dividing clocks, which differ in phase to each other, based on a clock signal; a first counter that counts the first frequency dividing clock; a second counter that synchronizes with the second frequency dividing clock to fetch a count value of the first counter; and a selection circuit that exclusively selects count values of the first and second counters. According to the present invention, a relation of the count values between the first and second counters is kept always constant, and thus, even when hazard occurs, the count values are only made to jump and the count values do not fluctuate. |
| US08040747B2 |
Circuit and method for controlling precharge in semiconductor memory apparatus
A circuit for controlling precharge in a semiconductor memory apparatus includes a read clock driver configured to drive an internal clock signal and generate a read burst clock signal; a read precharge control unit configured to generate a read auto precharge signal in response to the read burst clock signal, a burst end signal, and a read write mode signal; a write clock driver configured to drive the internal clock signal and generate a write burst clock signal in response to the read write mode signal and a data input off signal; a write precharge control unit configured to generate a write auto precharge signal in response to the write burst clock signal, the burst end signal, a write latency signal, and a write address combination signal; and a precharge signal generation unit configured to combine the read and write auto precharge signals and generate an auto precharge signal. |
| US08040745B2 |
Stacked memory and fuse chip
A stacked memory comprises one or more memory core chips and a fuse chip. Each of the memory core chips has a memory cell array including spare memory cells for replacing defective memory cells. The fuse chip has a fuse unit including a plurality of fuse elements whose electrical cut state corresponding to a replacement with the spare memory cells can be set. Also the fuse chip has a redundancy cell control circuit for controlling a redundancy cell operation of the defective memory cells based on state information of the fuse unit. |
| US08040743B2 |
Data storage using read-mask-write operation
Method and apparatus for writing data to a storage array, such as but not limited to an STRAM or RRAM memory array, using a read-mask-write operation. In accordance with various embodiments, a first bit pattern stored in a plurality of memory cells is read. A second bit pattern is stored to the plurality of memory cells by applying a mask to selectively write only those cells of said plurality corresponding to different bit values between the first and second bit patterns. |
| US08040742B2 |
Semiconductor device having variable parameter selection based on temperature and test method
A semiconductor device that may include temperature sensing circuits is disclosed. The temperature sensing circuits may be used to control various parameters, such as internal regulated supply voltages, internal refresh frequency, or a word line low voltage. In this way, operating specifications of a semiconductor device at worst case temperatures may be met without compromising performance at normal operating temperatures. Each temperature sensing circuit may include a selectable temperature threshold value as well as a selectable temperature hysteresis value. In this way, temperature performance characteristics may be finely tuned. Furthermore, a method of testing the temperature sensing circuits is disclosed in which a current value may be monitored and temperature threshold values and temperature hysteresis values may be thereby determined. |
| US08040741B2 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a boost circuit configured to boost a power supply voltage so as to generate first and second voltages, the second voltage being lower than the first voltage, a load circuit supplied with the first voltage, and a capacitor. The capacitor has first and second diffusion regions, a first insulating film formed on a channel region, a first electrode formed on the first insulating film, a second insulating film formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the second insulating film. The second voltage is applied to the first electrode. The first voltage is applied to the second electrode. The power supply voltage is applied to at least one of the first and second diffusion regions. |
| US08040740B2 |
Semiconductor device with output buffer control circuit for sequentially selecting latched data
A semiconductor device includes a data compression circuit that performs sequential processes based on timings of an external clock signal. The sequential processes include compressing data input in parallel, latching the compressed data, and outputting the latched data. |
| US08040736B2 |
Non-volatile memory device, computing system and wordline driving method
A nonvolatile memory device including a memory cell; a word line coupled to the memory cell; a drive line; a switch coupled between the word line and the drive line, and configured to electrically connect the word line and the drive line; and a voltage generator coupled to the drive line and configured to charge the drive line to a precharge voltage. The precharge voltage is higher than a bias voltage applied to the word line during a corresponding operation on the memory cell. |
| US08040734B2 |
Current-mode sense amplifying method
A sense amplifying method, applied in a memory having a memory cell and a reference cell, includes: charging the memory cell and the reference cell to have a cell current and a reference current, respectively; duplicating the cell current and the reference current to respectively generate a mirrored cell current via a first current path and a mirrored reference current via a second current path and equalizing a first voltage drop generated as the mirrored cell current flows by the first current path and a second voltage drop generated as the mirrored reference current flows by the second current path; and removing the equalization of the first voltage drop and the second voltage drop and adjusting first voltage drop and the second voltage drop according to a first current flowing by the first current path and a second current flowing by the second current path. |
| US08040733B2 |
Non-volatile memory device and method of operating the same
A non-volatile memory device includes first and second strings memory cell transistors, related first and second word lines respectively connected to gates of the first string memory cell transistors, wherein respective first and second word lines are connected to commonly receive a bias voltage. The non-volatile memory device also includes dummy cell transistors connected to the first and second strings, and first and second dummy word lines configured to receive different bias voltages. |
| US08040732B2 |
NAND memory device column charging
Embodiments of NAND Flash memory devices and methods recognize that effective column coupling capacitance can be reduced by maintaining a sourced voltage on adjacent columns of an array. Maintaining the columns in a charged state prior to array operations (read, write, and program) reduces current surges and improves data read timing. Devices and methods charge the array columns at pre-charge and following array access operations. |
| US08040725B2 |
Flash memory device and method for adjusting read voltage of flash memory device
A flash memory device includes a cell array and a read voltage adjuster. The cell array includes a first field having first memory cells and a second field having second memory cells. The read voltage adjuster determines a read voltage for reading first data from the first memory cells of the first field with reference to second data read from the memory cells of the second field. |
| US08040717B2 |
SRAM cell and SRAM device
A static random access memory (SRAM) cell includes a first to a fourth semiconductor thin plate that are provided on a substrate and are arranged parallel to each other. On respective semiconductor thin plates, there is formed a first four-terminal double-gate field effect transistor (FET) with a first conductivity type, a second and a third four-terminal double-gate FET which are connected in series with each other and have a second conductivity type, a fourth and a fifth four-terminal double-gate FET which are connected in series with each other and have the second conductivity type, and a sixth four-terminal double-gate FET with the first conductivity type. The third and the fourth four-terminal double-gate FETs form select transistors, and the first, second, fifth and sixth four-terminal double-gate FETs form a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) inverter. |
| US08040715B2 |
Semiconductor storage device
Plural memory cell arrays laminated on the semiconductor substrate each includes a plurality of first wirings and second wirings formed to intersect with each other. The control circuit provides, in a non-selected second memory cell array that shares the first wiring with a selected first memory cell array, and a non-selected third memory cell array located more distant from the first memory cell array than the second memory cell array, the first potential to all of the first wirings and all of the second wirings. It also provides, in a non-selected fourth memory cell array that shares the second wiring with the first memory cell array and a non-selected fifth memory cell array located more distant from the first memory cell array than the fourth memory cell array, the second potential to all of the first wirings and all of the second wirings. |
| US08040710B2 |
Semiconductor memory arrangement
A semiconductor memory arrangement includes a circuit board having at least a first layer and a second layer, a plurality of memory units, and a first control device and a second control device adapted to receive command and address signals. A first bus system is disposed in the first layer of the circuit board and coupled to the first control device and to a first group of memory units of the plurality of memory units to transmit the command and address signals to the first group of memory units. A second bus system is disposed in the second layer of the circuit board and coupled to the second control device and to a second group of memory units of the plurality of memory units to transmit the command and address signals to the second group of memory units. |
| US08040701B2 |
Control circuit and method for charge pump circuit with pulse modulation
A first switch group includes switches provided on a path for charging a flying capacitor using an input voltage. A second switch group includes switches provided on a path for charging an output capacitor using charge stored in the flying capacitor. A pulse modulator generates a pulse signal having a duty ratio adjusted so that a feedback voltage corresponding to an output voltage of a charge pump circuit matches a given reference voltage. A driver receives the pulse signal from the pulse modulator, and turns on either one of the first switch group and the second switch group during a period corresponding to a high-time of the pulse signal and turns on the other switch group during a period corresponding to a low-time thereof. |
| US08040693B2 |
Universal expandable patch panel bracket
The present invention is directed toward a device that vertically mounts a patch panel to a server cabinet. The device includes a main bracket, a lower mount bracket and rail mount brackets. The main bracket includes an upper end and a lower end. The lower mount bracket is adjustably secured to the lower end of the main bracket. One of the rail mount brackets is adjustably secured to the upper end of the main bracket and a second rail mount bracket is adjustably secured to a lower end of the lower mount bracket. The rail mount brackets secure the device to the server cabinet. |
| US08040692B2 |
Assembly device for line and plug connector elements
The invention relates to a mounting apparatus for electrical line and plug-in connecting elements for telecommunications and data technology, having at least one front panel (5), which has a supporting structure (12) with side supporting elements (14) and at least one panel (11) with a plurality of receptacles (10) for connecting sockets, with the front panel (5) being formed completely from plastic. |
| US08040691B2 |
In-wall video/audio signal adapter device
An in-wall video/audio signal adapter device including a first adapter and a second adapter. The first adapter includes a transmitter unit fixed on a mount. The mount can be locked in a first cavity previously formed on a wall. The second adapter includes a receiver unit fixed on a mount. The mount can be locked in a second cavity previously formed on the wall. CAT5/CAT6 Internet signal transmission cables are previously embedded in the wall. The Internet signal transmission cables are connected between the first adapter and the second adapter. |
| US08040684B2 |
Package for electronic component and method for manufacturing the same
A package for providing electromagnetic shielding for microwave circuits. The package includes a top board having an upper surface, a lower surface opposite to the upper surface and a side surface joining the upper surface and the lower surface, and a bottom board having an upper surface attached to the lower surface of the top board, a lower surface opposite to the upper surface and an outer side surface joining the upper surface and the lower surface. The top board further includes at least one ground layer formed therein and a first metal coating formed on at least part of the side surface of the top board. The bottom board includes an inner side surface extending from the upper surface of the bottom board toward the lower surface of the bottom board and an inner lower surface joining the inner side surface, thereby providing an inner space for accommodating the microwave circuit. The bottom board further includes a second metal coating formed on at least part of the outer side surface of the bottom board and a third metal coating formed on at least part of the lower surface of the bottom board. The ground layer, the first metal coating, the second metal coating and the third metal coating are electrically coupled to provide an electric shield for the microwave circuit. |
| US08040683B2 |
Active dual in line memory module connector with re-driven propagated signals
An Active edge connector for memory modules has a base including two PCB sides and a spacer separating the sides, with driver chips mounted on each side of each side, printed wiring electrically connecting a first set of electrical signals from each of the driver chips to a mother board on which the connector is mounted, and printed wiring for electrically connecting a second set of electrical signals from each of the driver chips to a memory module inserted in the edge connector. When a group of connectors are mounted on a mother board, electrical signals arriving at the first connector are routed to its driver chips, producing re-driven signals to the next connector, and so on. A decoder circuit provides addressing signals determining the last such connector to which the signals are intended, and which prevents the signals from going to any connectors containing memories not addressed. |
| US08040682B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device comprises: a plurality of semiconductor chip; a socket; and a mounting board equipped with the socket. Each of the semiconductor chips has a major surface, a back surface and a plurality of connection terminals on the major surface. The socket has internal connection terminals inside and external connection terminals outside, and the internal connection terminals are in contact with the connection terminals of the semiconductor chips. |
| US08040675B2 |
Optical module
According to an aspect of the embodiment, an optical module includes a case, an optical transceiver part in the case, a radiating part on the case; a thermal conductive sheet having a property of transferring and having a first end and second end; a first fixing part for fixing the first end of the thermal conductive sheet to the optical transceiver unit; and a second fixing part for fixing the second end of the thermal conductive sheet to the radiating point. |
| US08040674B2 |
Heat dissipation module and fan thereof
The present invention provides a heat dissipation module and a fan thereof. The heat dissipation module includes a heatsink and a frameless fan. The fan is disposed in the heatsink. The fan includes a motor base, an impeller, a motor and at least one engaging member. The impeller and the motor are disposed on the motor base. The motor drives the impeller to rotate, and the engaging member is extended radially from the motor base. The fan is directly assembled to the heatsink via the engaging member. |
| US08040669B2 |
Adjustable shifting structure and display device using the same
An adjustable shifting structure is disclosed. The adjustable shifting structure comprises a base bracket, a movable bracket, a fixture element, and an adjustment element. The movable bracket is movably connected to the base bracket. The fixture element is disposed on the base bracket. The movable bracket is gripped by the fixture element and the base bracket to limit the moving direction of the movable bracket. The adjustment element extends through the base bracket, the movable bracket and the fixture element. The movable bracket may be moved by adjusting the adjustment element to apply force on the fixture element. |
| US08040665B2 |
Modular compact secondary substation
An electricity transformer station having a foundation and a housing on top of the foundation, the housing comprising walls and a roof. The housing comprises a plurality of identical modules assembled in a row along a longitudinal axis of the housing, each of the modules having two side walls and a roof section connecting the side walls. |
| US08040659B2 |
Capacitor liner
A capacitor is presented that includes a housing, an electrode stack, a liner, and a fill port. The liner is located between the housing and the electrode stack. The liner includes a recessed portion. A fill port extends through the housing across from the recessed portion in the liner. A gap is formed between the recessed portion and the fill port. |
| US08040658B2 |
Semiconductor ceramic powder, semiconductor ceramic, and monolithic semiconductor ceramic capacitor
A SrTiO3-based grain boundary insulation type semiconductor ceramic contains a donor element in solid solution in crystal grains, an acceptor element at least in crystal grain boundaries, an integral width of (222) face of the crystal face of 0.500° or less, and an average powder grain size of crystal grains of 1.0 μm or less. A semiconductor ceramic is obtained by firing this ceramic, and a monolithic semiconductor ceramic capacitor is obtained by using the semiconductor ceramic. The SrTiO3-based grain boundary insulation type semiconductor ceramic powder has a large apparent relative dielectric constant ∈rAPP of 5,000 or more even when the average ceramic grain size of crystal grains is 1.0 μm or less and which has an excellent insulating property. The monolithic semiconductor ceramic capacitor is capable of having a large capacity through reduction in thickness and multilayering. |
| US08040656B2 |
Array variable capacitor apparatus
An array variable capacitor apparatus includes a line unit including a ground line and a signal line which operates as a lower electrode; and a plurality of plates which are engaged with the line unit to generate capacitance and which operate as upper electrodes, the plurality of plates being arranged in an array pattern and having different degrees of stiffness. |
| US08040652B2 |
Programmable power distribution switches with two-level current sensing
Programmable power distribution switches with two-level current sensing are disclosed. In a particular example, a power distribution switch includes a programmable output device having a resistance based on a programmed maximum output current and generates an output voltage based on the resistance and a load current. The example power distribution switch also includes a reference voltage generator that is configured to generate a reference voltage corresponding to the output voltage when the load current is substantially equal to the programmed maximum output current. A current limiter is also included to reduce the load current in response to a comparison of the output voltage and the reference voltage, when the comparison is indicative of the load current exceeding the programmed maximum output current. |
| US08040650B2 |
Excess-current protection circuit and power supply
An excess-current protection circuit includes an outer input terminal, an outer output terminal, a driver transistor connected between the input terminal and the output terminal to control an excess current, an excess-current control circuit, and an excess-current detection circuit. The excess-current control circuit compares a predetermined first bias voltage with a voltage obtained by a current flowing through a first sense transistor multiplied by a resistance value of a sense resistor and controls the gate voltage of the driver transistor in accordance with a comparison result. The excess-current detection circuit compares voltage difference between the drain and source of the driver transistor with a predetermined second bias voltage and controls the gate voltage of the driver transistor in accordance with a comparison result. |
| US08040643B2 |
Power supply switching apparatus with severe overload detection
Power supply switching apparatus comprising an output switch for supplying power from a power supply to a load connected to an output terminal, a driver for controlling turn-on of said output switch, and a control signal generator for controlling said driver to produce a desired progressive turn-on characteristic. The apparatus also includes overload detection means responsive to a parameter of the load relative to a reference signal to provide a fault signal in case of detection of an overload condition after a turn-on phase of said output switch. The control signal generator is responsive to the reference signal to activate said overload detection means to provide a fault signal during the turn-on phase of the output switch even in presence of a severe overload condition at the output terminal. |
| US08040640B2 |
Slider and micro-actuator assembly, head gimbal assembly, and disk drive unit with the same
A slider and micro-actuator assembly of the present invention comprises a substrate having a trailing edge and a leading edge opposite the trailing edge; a read/write transducer formed at the trailing edge of the substrate and a piezoelectric micro-actuator formed at the leading edge of the substrate. The piezoelectric micro-actuator connects with the leading edge of the substrate via two spaced insulation layers so as to form a space between the piezoelectric micro-actuator and the leading edge of the substrate, the substrate with the read/write transducer rotates against a center thereof when the piezoelectric micro-actuator is driven to generate a rotation torque to the substrate via the space. The structure of the slider and micro-actuator assembly prevents the read/write transducer from damaged and gets better operation performance when the piezoelectric micro-actuator is driven. The present invention also discloses a method for manufacturing a slider and micro-actuator assembly, a HGA with the slider and micro-actuator assembly and a disk drive unit having such HGA. |
| US08040635B2 |
Substrate for suspension, and production process thereof
A substrate for suspension which is produced at low costs and can sufficiently attain the prevention of damage by electrostatic discharge and restraint of noises. The substrate for suspension includes: a metallic substrate, an insulating layer formed on the metallic substrate and having an opening from which the metallic substrate is exposed, a grounding-wiring layer formed on the insulating layer and arranged near the opening, and a ground terminal formed in the opening and contacting the metallic substrate and the grounding-wiring layer. The ground terminal is made of a metal having a melting point of 450° C. or lower. |
| US08040634B2 |
Magnetic head suspension
A magnetic head suspension having a thin metallic plate as a substrate which is caused to have a new function besides a function as a spring. The magnetic head suspension plural lines for connecting a magnetic head and a control circuit board to each other are formed over a thin metallic plate having a spring property through an insulating layer, and are integrated with the thin metallic plate A metallic pad made of a same metal layer as the plural lines is formed independently of the lines, an opening is made in a portion of the metallic pad to penetrate the insulating layer and then to reach the thin metallic plate, and an electroconductive region is formed into the opening by metal plating, thereby connecting the metallic pad and the thin metallic plate electrically to each other. Thereby, the desired portions of the suspension can be grounded through this simple structure without adopting a complicated structure wherein additional special lines for grounding are not separately laid besides the lines, which are lines for connecting a magnetic head and a control circuit board to each other. |
| US08040633B2 |
Magnetic head and magnetic recording-reproducing apparatus
A magnetic recording-reproducing apparatus includes: a magnetic recording medium in which portions corresponding to track portions serve as recording areas and in which portions between the recording areas serve as non-recording areas; and a magnetic head having a main pole and a side shield disposed on both sides of the main pole in a cross-track direction. In the magnetic recording-reproducing apparatus, following inequality (I) is satisfied: S>Tw/2+Gw (I) where Tw is a track width, Gw is a gap width, and S is a distance between the center of the main pole of the magnetic head and an edge on the main pole side of each of the side shields. |
| US08040631B2 |
Servo processors that alternately control head positioning relative to sequential servo patterns
The operational bandwidth of a servo control circuit can be increased using a plurality of servo processors that handoff between them the responsibility for controlling head positioning in response to sequentially occurring servo patterns. |
| US08040627B2 |
Methods and apparatus for generating a hard drive write signal
Methods and apparatus for generating a hard drive write signal are here in disclosed. A disclosed method comprises generating a hard drive write signal on an output of a switch based on an edge of the first control signal and reducing the hard drive write signal based on an edge of a second control signal via a second switch. |
| US08040626B2 |
High-rate transition control code for magnetic recording channels
A method and apparatus for reducing noise in a communication signal is provided. The method includes converting raw channel data from the communication signal to a sequence of transition code symbols, each symbol having a plurality of bits, each bit having a position within the symbol. The method also includes sending the bits of each symbol to a plurality of bins, each bin corresponding to the position of each bit within the symbol. For each bin having a number of transitions greater than a number of non-transitions, the method also includes flipping every bit in the bin and setting a corresponding bit in a flip control word to a first value. The method still further includes binary adding the flip control word to each transition code symbol. |
| US08040618B2 |
Imaging lens and imaging apparatus using imaging lens
An imaging lens includes, in order from an object side, a positive first lens group, a stop, and a positive second lens group. The first lens group includes, in order from the object side, a first lens, which is a negative meniscus lens having a convex object-side surface, and a second lens having a positive power and including a convex image-side surface. The second lens group includes, in order from the object side, a third lens having a negative power and including a concave object-side surface, a fourth lens having a positive power and including a convex image-side surface, a fifth lens, which is a biconvex lens, and a sixth lens, which is a meniscus lens having a negative power and including a convex surface facing an image side. Each of the first to sixth lenses is a single spherical glass lens. |
| US08040617B2 |
Real image display device with wide viewing angle
A 3-dimensional image display device having wide viewing angles using Fresnel lenses is disclosed. According to an embodiment of the invention, the 3-dimensional image display device includes an image source providing part for providing an image source, a first Fresnel lens refracting and transmitting the image source that is incident from the image source providing part, and a second Fresnel lens for generating a 3-dimensional image by refracting and transmitting the image source transmitted from the first Fresnel lens. At least one of the first Fresnel lens and the second Fresnel lens is a curved type Fresnel lens surface. The present invention can maximize the display area for a 3-dimensional image and realize the 3-dimensional image having wide viewing angles without distortion on the left and right boundaries. |
| US08040615B2 |
Zoom lens and optical apparatus equipped therewith
A zoom lens is provided with comprising a plurality of lens groups including, in order from an object, a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, a second lens group G2 having negative refractive power, a third lens group G3, and a fourth lens group G4, upon zooming from a wide-angle end state W to a telephoto end state T, a distance between the first lens group G1 and the second lens group G2 increasing, a distance between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3 decreasing, and the most image side lens group among the plurality of lens groups moving along an optical axis with a trajectory having convex shape facing the object side, and given conditional expressions being satisfied, thereby excellently correcting chromatic aberration in a farther away shooting range, capable of having excellent optical performance with being compact. |
| US08040614B2 |
Zoom lens and image pickup device
Disclosed herein is a zoom lens including a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group, a fourth lens group, and a fifth lens group. The zoom lens satisfies following conditional expressions (1) and (2), 0.03 |
| US08040610B2 |
Light guiding film
A light guiding film has a film body and a micro-structured portion. The film body has a first side, a second side and a reference horizontal level vertical to the second side. The micro-structured portion is set on the second side and has a plurality of V-shaped grooves, and each one of the V-shaped grooves has a first sub-face and a second sub-face. The first sub-face has a first included angle between 16° and 22° with respect to said reference horizontal level, and the second sub-face has a second included angle between 8° and 17° with respect to said reference horizontal level. When an incident light beam injects downwardly on said micro-structured portion in a predetermined incident angle range, a predetermined percentage of said incident light beam emit an emissive light beam projected out in an included angle range between 0° and 90° with respect to said reference horizontal level. |
| US08040608B2 |
System and method for self-interference fluorescence microscopy, and computer-accessible medium associated therewith
Exemplary apparatus and/or method can be provided using which, it is possible to provide information associated with at least one portion of a sample. For example, at least one electro-magnetic radiation received from the at least one portion of the sample can be separated into a plurality of first radiations, one of the first radiations having a phase delay that is different from a phase delay of another of the first radiations. In addition, at least one of the first radiations can be received and separated into second radiations according to wavelengths of the received at least one of the first radiations. Further, it is possible to detect the second radiations and generate information regarding a position of the at least one portion of the sample as a function of at least one characteristic of at least one interference of the first radiations. According to another exemplary embodiment, it is possible to provide system, method and computer accessible medium, in which data associated with first radiations can be obtained, and the information regarding a position of the at least one portion of the sample may be generated. Such information can be generated based on the data by separating second radiations associated with the portion(s) of the sample according to wavelengths of at least one of the second radiations. For example, one of the second radiations can have a phase delay that is different from a phase delay of another one of the second radiations, and the second radiations may be interfering. |
| US08040605B2 |
Dispersive element, diffraction grating, color display device, demultiplexer, and diffraction grating manufacture
In a transmission grating as a dispersive element, diffraction efficiency is enhanced and manufacturing costs are considerably reduced. A dispersive element includes resin members for forming a diffraction grating, being composed of a plurality of diffraction grating members having a cross-sectional shape respectively surrounded by two straight lines such as a triangular shape, and metal members as light-shielding members each being formed on corresponding one of the diffraction grating members at one side of the diffraction grating member along any of the straight line and the curved line of the cross-sectional shape of the diffraction grating member formed by the resin member. The metal members are configured to reduce zero-order transmitted light with respect to incident light, and to enhance diffraction efficiency of first-order transmitted light. |
| US08040600B2 |
Binocular display having an adjustment system
A binocular display device can include first and second display assemblies. A rail system can adjustably support the first and second display assemblies. The rail system can have a first rail slidably secured to a front region of the display assemblies, and second rail slidably secured to a rear region of the display assemblies. One rail can be at an upper region and the other rail can be at a lower region. Each display assembly can be slidably mounted to one rail along a bearing length L1 and to the other rail along a bearing length L2 that is less than the bearing length L1. A release/locking system can be included for releasing the display assemblies relative to the rail system to allow the position of the display assemblies relative to each other on the rail system to be adjusted, and for locking the display assemblies at a desired position. |
| US08040597B2 |
Illuminating device
An illuminating device adapted to be included in a microscope is provided. The illuminating device includes at least one lens that can change the numerical aperture of a light beam collected on a pupil plane of an objective lens. |
| US08040595B2 |
Light microscope with novel digital method to achieve super-resolution
Methods and apparatus for reconstructing a wave, including interpolation and extrapolation of the phase and amplitude distributions, with application to imaging apparatus, such as microscopes. |
| US08040594B2 |
Multi-color electrophoretic displays
A multi-color electrophoretic medium contains first, second and third species of particles, the particles having substantially non-overlapping electrophoretic mobilities and bring of three different colors. The particles are dispersed in a fluid having a fourth color. A method for driving such a display is also described. |
| US08040593B2 |
Transflective display apparatus using dielectrophoresis and method of manufacturing the transflective display apparatus
Example embodiments relate to a transflective display apparatus using dielectrophoresis and a method of manufacturing the transflective display apparatus. The display apparatus may include a display panel; a backlight unit providing the display panel with light for forming an image; and a reflective plate arranged under the backlight unit. The reflective plate may reflect external light incident thereon via the display panel back to the display panel. The display panel may include a plurality of pixel areas transmitting or blocking light using dielectrophoresis. |
| US08040586B2 |
Metamaterials
One exemplary metamaterial is formed from a plurality of individual unit cells, at least a portion of which have a different permeability than others. The plurality of individual unit cells are arranged to provide a metamaterial having a gradient index along at least one axis. Such metamaterials can be used to form lenses, for example. |
| US08040584B2 |
Light controlling apparatus
A light controlling apparatus includes a substrate in which an optical aperture is formed, a first light controlling means and a second light controlling means, each having an optical aperture regulating portion, and a drive source which operates the first light controlling means and the second light controlling means. The first light controlling means and the second light controlling means move mutually to a first stationary position retracted from a position of the optical aperture and a second stationary position which overlaps with the position of the optical aperture. A rotating shaft member is formed integrally with the first light controlling means. A coupling portion is formed on at least one of the first light controlling means and the second light controlling means, and the first light controlling means is rotated by rotating the rotating shaft member by the drive source, and the second light controlling means is also rotated in conjunction by the coupling portion. The first light controlling means and the second light controlling means rotate with the same axis of rotation as a center of rotation. |
| US08040581B2 |
Method for calibrating color image forming apparatus
A calibration method for calibrating a color image forming apparatus includes detecting the color of a patch formed on a recording medium by the color image forming apparatus using a color sensor, converting a detected color signal in a first color specification system into a color signal in a second color specification system, and adjusting at least one of the image forming conditions for the color image forming apparatus, based on the color signal converted in the conversion step, where the conversion conditions in the color signal conversion are different depending on the attributes of the patch. |
| US08040579B2 |
Image processing apparatus, computer program product, and preview image displaying method
An image processing apparatus includes a preview creating unit, an image storing unit, a display unit, and a system control unit. The preview creating unit creates a preview image indicating a result of processing an image based on setting specified for the image. The image storing unit stores therein the preview image. The system control unit reads the preview image from the storage unit and displays the preview image on the display unit to restore the setting. |
| US08040577B2 |
Image reading apparatus
In an image reading apparatus, a retreat control device moves a conveyance target through a conveyance mechanism, when a stop operation is performed by a stop control device, in an opposite direction to an image reading direction to a position further from a restart reference position set by a position setting unit. A reading control device again moves the conveyance target, which has been moved by the retreat control device, at a constant speed in the image reading direction under a predetermined condition; inputs a line start signal to a reading unit when an offset time set by a time setting unit has elapsed from a time point when the conveyance target reaches the restart reference position; and periodically inputs a line start signal to thereby cause the reading unit to perform a reading operation from a point; where the reading unit is located when the offset time has elapsed. |
| US08040576B2 |
Image reading apparatus
An image reading apparatus includes an original-sheet support table and reading an image on an original sheet supported by the original-sheet support table. The original-sheet support table includes: (a) an original-sheet support surface on which the original sheet is supported; (b) a contact surface which stands up from the original-sheet support surface and is contactable with one side of the original sheet supported by the original-sheet support surface; and (c) at least one guide mark which is provided in the contact surface. The original sheet is positioned on the original-sheet support surface in a state in which the one side of the original sheet is held in contact with the contact surface of the original-sheet support table and one end of the one side of the original sheet is aligned with the at least one guide mark. |
| US08040575B2 |
Double side image scanner
A double side image scanner includes a case having a medium guide track with a reference loading line, a main frame mounted inside the case, a first roll feed including a first feed roller mounted on a front side of the guide track and a first idle roller disposed above the first feed roller for cooperating with the first feed roller to load the medium, a second roll feed including a second feed roller mounted on a rear side of the guide track and a second idle roller disposed above the second feed roller for cooperating with the second feed roller to load the medium, a drive device for rotating the first feed roller and the second feed roller, first and second image sensors for scanning opposite surfaces of the medium to acquire image data, and a tracking device for biasing the medium toward the reference loading line. |
| US08040571B2 |
Image processing for extracting unique information from region of paper determined to be suitable
The present invention provides a technique relating to image processing capable of searching for, from a surface of paper, a more suitable region for matching of paper fingerprint information or print paper surface unique information. Its configuration includes a region dividing section for dividing image data including a read out paper fingerprint into a plurality of regions; a section for obtaining variance of gradation values of pixels in the individual regions divided by the region dividing section; a deciding section for making a decision from each variance value obtained by the section for obtaining variance of gradation values as to whether a corresponding region is suitable for matching of the paper fingerprint information; and an extracting section for extracting the paper fingerprint information in the region decided by the deciding section. |
| US08040567B2 |
Image processing method, program, recording medium, image processing device, and image forming apparatus
An image processing method configured to produce image data output from an image forming apparatus configured to form an image by using a recording head composed of a liquid ejecting head having plural arranged nozzles configured to eject a liquid drop and an energy generating device configured to generate ejection energy corresponding to each nozzle while conducting a halftone processing configured to covert input image data to an N value which is less than a tone (M value) thereof (N value: M>N≧2) is provided, wherein a halftone processing configured to substantially reduce a driving frequency of a driving wave pattern applied to the energy generating device is conducted when a liquid drop with a drop size causing ejection irregularity or a liquid drop from a nozzle causing ejection irregularity is ejected. |
| US08040566B2 |
Image generating device, image generating method and printing device
An image generating method comprises the steps of extracting elliptical shape parameters (specifying an elliptical shape), gradation pattern parameters (specifying a gradation pattern to be drawn in the elliptical shape) and drawing area parameters (specifying a drawing area) from an instruction for drawing an elliptical radial gradation, generating a transformation matrix for transforming the elliptical shape into a perfect circular shape based on the elliptical shape parameters, calculating an inverse matrix of the transformation matrix, transforming the gradation pattern parameters using the transformation matrix, transforming a first area containing the drawing area using the transformation matrix, drawing a radial gradation in the perfect circular shape in a second area containing the transformed first area based on the transformed gradation pattern parameters, and generating the elliptical radial gradation for the drawing area by inversely transforming the second area (in which the radial gradation has been drawn) using the inverse matrix. |
| US08040565B2 |
Image processing device, image forming apparatus including same, image processing method, and image processing program
An image processing device including an image signal reception unit configured to receive an image signal of an image to be processed; a density reduction area detector configured to detect a density reduction area satisfying predetermined image density reduction requirements in the image to be processed based on the image signal; a specific image area detector configured to detect a specific image area satisfying predetermined specific image requirements different from the predetermined image density reduction requirements in the image to be processed based on the image signal; and a density controller configured to reduce density of the density reduction area detected by the density reduction area detector in a non-specific image area other than the specific image area detected by the specific image area detector, and to not reduce density of the density reduction area in the specific image area. |
| US08040558B2 |
Apparatus and method for shift invariant differential (SID) image data interpolation in fully populated shift invariant matrix
An image processing system for interpolating image data is comprised of a shift invariant point determining device, an illumination averager, a second order differentiator, and color data calculator. The shift invariant point determining device ascertains shift invariant points within the mosaic color element array pattern. The illumination averager determines average illumination values of clusters of a plurality of pixels. The second order differentiator determines a second order derivative of the average illumination values of the clusters of the plurality of pixels. The color data calculator determines color data for each of the plurality of pixels from the image data and second order derivative. A second order derivative scaler multiplies the second order derivative by a scaling factor for selectively smoothing and sharpening the second order derivative. A color data averager averages color data values of adjacent pixels to a resolution of the image data. |
| US08040556B2 |
Image data generating method, printing method, image data generating apparatus, and printer
A head in a printer has an outlet row including a plurality of outlets arranged in a width direction perpendicular to a scan direction. A threshold matrix is stored in a main body control part, and sleep elements representing sleep of ejection of ink are arranged in the threshold matrix at a regular interval in each element row which is a plurality of elements arranged in a row direction corresponding to the width direction. The threshold matrix is compared with a grayscale original image to generate data of a halftone image where during printing, the number of outlets included in each outlet group not brought into sleep state continuously in the width direction is made equal to or larger than 1 and equal to or smaller than a predetermined number. Thus, it is possible to easily suppress occurrence of unevenness in a printed image, caused by cross talk between outlets. |
| US08040554B2 |
Method of revealing hidden content on a printed substrate using handheld display device
A method of revealing hidden content associated with a printed substrate using a handheld display device having touch-sensitive screen and a transceiver for sending and receiving digital information. The method comprises the steps of: imaging an area of the substrate containing printed content and generating image data using an optical sensor; determining interaction data using the image data, the interaction data identifying a substrate identity; retrieving display data comprising first data corresponding to the printed content and second data corresponding to the hidden content; and displaying, on the touch-sensitive screen, display information based on the display data. The display information includes first content corresponding to the printed content and second content corresponding to the hidden content, thereby revealing the hidden content on the screen. |
| US08040552B2 |
Variable data image generating device, variable data image forming system and computer readable storage medium
There is provided a variable data image generating device including a plurality of first type image generating units that execute a first rendering instruction for a distributed record and generates a first type image corresponding to the record; a first type image memory that stores the first type image corresponding to each record generated by each of the first image generating units; a distributing unit that distributes a record in variable data to each of the first type image generating units; and a document image generating unit that executes a drawing program including one or more instructions for each record in the variable data, wherein the document image generating unit generates a document image for each record by obtaining the first type image corresponding to the record from the first type image memory and laying out the obtained image in response to the first rendering instruction in the rendering program. |
| US08040548B1 |
Automated creation of printed works having customized and/or personalized content
Disclosed are various embodiments for automatically creating printed works. A subset of electronic publications from a collection of electronic publications is periodically selected in at least one computing system. The selecting is directed at least in part by at least one rule predefined by a user. The subset of electronic publications includes at least two distinct electronic publications. A printed work that includes the subset of electronic publications is encoded for printing. |
| US08040545B2 |
Method and system for printing content according to print capabilities of image forming apparatuses using a device
A method and system are provided for printing content according to print capabilities of a network of image forming apparatuses using a device. At least one image forming apparatus forming a network with the device is searched and a list is provided of at least one extensible hyper text markup language (XHTML)-Print template, which can be processed by an image forming apparatus selected from among the searched image forming apparatuses. XHTML-Print data of content is created using an XHTML-Print template selected from the list of XHTML-Print templates and the created XHTML-Print data is transmitted to the selected image forming apparatus. The transmitted XHTML-Print data is analyzed and the content printed. Accordingly, printing is performed by supporting specific XHTML-Print templates for providing functions, differentiated according to types of image forming apparatus, as well as supporting limited XHTML-Print templates applicable to all image forming apparatuses. |
| US08040544B2 |
Image output system having image log recording function, and log recording method in image output system
An image output system includes input section for inputting an image or data, instruction acceptance section for accepting an instruction of outputting the input image or an image generated from the input data, image output section for outputting the instructed image, and log-recording section for recording an image log, including at least the image to be output and the result information of an output process for the image to be output, irrespective of whether or not the output of the instructed image has been completed successfully. |
| US08040543B2 |
Instruction file execution device, instruction file execution method and job flow system
An instruction file execution device which includes a receiver, a comparison section and a job execution section. The receiver receives an instruction file and a usable money amount, which instruction file describes a job flow which defines linking of a number of jobs. The comparison section compares an execution charge of a job being handled of the jobs of the instruction file received by the receiver with the usable money amount received by the receiver. If the comparison section determines that the usable money amount is greater than or equal to the execution charge, the job execution section executes the job being handled. |
| US08040542B2 |
Display system, information distributing apparatus, electronic device, and portable terminal
A display system is provided that can perform suitable procedure display in accordance with the respective operation statuses of a plurality of electronic devices. The display system is formed by connecting an electronic device, a portable terminal, and an information distributing apparatus through a network, and the electronic device has a description tool affixed to the device to indicate the electronic device information of the device and transmits the state information of the device to the information distributing apparatus. The portable terminal acquires the electronic device information of the electronic device from the description tool and transmits it to the information distributing apparatus and displays the returned operation procedure information. The information distributing apparatus registers the received state information of the electronic device and returns the specified procedure display information to the portable terminal based on the electronic device information received from the portable terminal and the registered state information. |
| US08040539B2 |
Method and system for mitigating errors when processing print stream data
A method and system for processing data indicative of pages of mailpiece content material, and for printing pages “on demand” for use in a mailpiece inserter. The method comprises the steps of: (i) transmitting data from the application software to a print processor along read and write paths and (ii) activating one of the write and read such that when one path is activated the other path is inactivated. The data is then rendered into a print control language (PCL) compatible with a printer integrated with the mailpiece inserter and printed for use therein. The method and system mitigates printing errors by eliminating synchronous access to the same data location within the spool file, i.e., by the application software/spooler along the write path and the print processor along the read path. |
| US08040537B2 |
Adaptive forced binary compression in printing systems
Forced compression halftone processes and forced compression techniques may be used to forcibly compress page raster images passed between a Digital Front End (DFE) processor and a Continuous Feed (CF) printer within a CF printing system. If a DFE processor determines that a compressed image size exceeds a static or dynamically predetermined threshold, the DFE processor may re-render the image using a “forced compression” halftone process, such as 2-to-1 forced compression, 4-to-1 forced compression, reduced resolution, etc. Once the page raster image has been re-rendered, the DFE processor may use a forced compression technique, which is complimentary to the applied “forced compression” halftone process to re-compress the page raster image. The approach allows page raster images to be compressed to meet interface bandwidth constraints associated with the physical interface between the DFE processor and CF print engine, thereby allowing otherwise unprintable jobs to be printed with reasonable quality. |
| US08040536B2 |
Image data communication in image processing system
An image processing apparatus comprises: a reception unit adapted to receive image data transmitted from a host computer; first and second communication units adapted to communicate with a second image processing apparatus different from the image processing apparatus; a determination unit adapted to determine a type of image data; and a decision unit adapted to decide, on the basis of determination by the determination unit, whether to use the first communication unit or the second communication unit to transfer the image data. |
| US08040535B2 |
Image forming apparatus, image forming system, recovery processing method, program, and storage medium
There is provided an image forming apparatus that can reduce the burden placed on the user by avoiding input errors and a complicated input operation when making settings for a color/black-and-white mixing operation and can perform a proper recovery even when a sheet determined to be abnormal is included in other sheets. Images are formed on sheets by an MFP 104 in accordance with an image forming job. The sheets on which the images have been formed are conveyed to a stacker tray 1207 detachably attached to the MFP 104. Information relating to the image forming job for the sheets conveyed to the stacker tray 1207 is written into a storage device 1202 provided in the stacker tray 1207. |
| US08040534B2 |
Image processing method and apparatus comprising an image processing in which a RIP process is performed on original image data
An image processing method in which a RIP process is performed on original image data to obtain raster data with a first resolution, and a smoothing process is performed through oversampling the obtained raster data to generate output image data with a second resolution which is smaller than the first resolution. The method is performed for recording an image on a recording medium by an inkjet recording device that performs the recording by discharging an ink drop on the recording medium from an inkjet head based on the output image data. Here, the first resolution in the RIP process for performing the smoothing process on the raster data is determined according to information that indicates the number of gradations corresponding to the number of ink drops selected in advance and the second resolution. |
| US08040523B2 |
Measurement method of chromatic dispersion of optical beam waveguide using interference fringe measurement system
The present invention relates to a measurement method of the chromatic dispersion of an optical waveguide using an optical interferometer with a broadband multi-wavelength light source and an optical spectrum analyzing apparatus, wherein one arm, called “reference arm” of the interferometer's two arms has an adjustable air spacing and the other arm, called “sample arm” can contain said optical waveguide to be measured, and including the following measurement and analysis steps: measuring interference spectra of the optical beam output exiting from the said interferometer with an optical spectrum analyzing apparatus when said optical waveguide is connected to said sample arm, and when said optical waveguide is not connected to said sample arm respectively; by adjusting the reference arm length for appearance of clear interference patterns; converting the wavelength-domain interference spectra into frequency-domain interference spectra and calculating phase difference values of the interference peaks of one of the spectra from a predetermined reference peak as a function of the frequency change by counting the interference peak (or valley) points; finding a Taylor series curve fit function for each set of the phase difference value data corresponding to each of the two interference spectra; and calculating a chromatic dispersion coefficient of the optical waveguide by using the coefficients of the Taylor series curve fit functions. |
| US08040521B2 |
Holographic condition assessment system for a structure including a semiconductor material
An improved condition testing system and method integrated into microelectronic circuits includes a structure including a semiconductor material with a target portion and a second portion for determining the presence and nature of various external (e.g. magnetic field, microwave, bioelectric or incident radiation) or internal stresses (e.g. binary circuit-state or analog signal recognition) or conditions acting upon the material. The target portion has a first feature when at least one of the following occurs: an external force is received by the second portion of the structure and an internal condition occurs in the target portion. The system and method further has a test grating determined and shaped and located to produce a first optical interference pattern when the target portion and the grating are exposed to non-invasive illumination and when the target portion has the first feature. Further implementations use one or more diffraction structures, holograms, or holographic optical elements spaced apart from the circuit or electronic device under test to non-invasively optically test in parallel two or more targeted conditions having a shape, size, structure, intensity or orientation of the stress acting upon the material. |
| US08040520B2 |
Device for detecting the edges of a workpiece, and a laser beam processing machine
A device for detecting the edges of a workpiece held on the chuck table of a processing machine, having a beam oscillation means for oscillating a detection beam, an objective lens for focusing the detection beam oscillated from the beam oscillation means, and a reflected light detection means for detecting the reflected light of the detection beam applied through the objective lens, wherein the beam oscillation means oscillates the detection beam in such a manner that the optical axis of the detection beam becomes parallel to the center axis of the objective lens at a position offset from the center axis; and the reflected light detection means detects the edge of the workpiece based on a positional difference between reflected light obtained when the detection beam applied through the objective lens is reflected on an area where the workpiece is not existent and refracted by the objective lens and reflected light obtained when the detection beam is reflected on the workpiece and refracted by the objective lens. |
| US08040515B2 |
Fluorescence detection apparatus and method, and prism used therein
In order to provide a fluorescence detection apparatus having a high sensitivity, a high processing capacity and a competitive edge in cost, the fluorescence detection apparatus according to this invention irradiate the sample with light so that the aspect ratio of the form of the irradiated region by light on the arrangement surface of the sample may be 1±0.1. The preferable form of irradiate region is not limited to one and varies to some extent depending on the item to be optimized. The form of irradiated region may be, for example, a circle, an equilateral triangle, a square, a regular hexagon and the like. |
| US08040508B2 |
Laser-based apparatus and method for measuring agglomerate concentration and mean agglomerate size
Apparatuses, methods, and systems for measuring mean particle size and concentration of a polydispersion of agglomerates are disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatuses include a light source; a focusing lens to form a probe volume; a first light detector positioned at a first angular position from the beam of light; and a second light detector positioned at a second angular position from the first direction of the beam of light, the mean particle size and concentration being determined using nearly invariant functions of a ratio of the light scattered measured by the first and second detectors. |
| US08040504B2 |
Defect inspecting method and defect inspecting apparatus
Provided is a method and apparatus for inspecting a defect of a shape formed on a substrate. Primary inspection is sequentially performed on specific patterns in a plurality of divided regions of the substrate by using an optical method, and one or more regions on which secondary inspection is to be performed are selected from the regions. One or more defects are detected by performing the secondary inspection using an electron beam on the selected regions. |
| US08040502B2 |
Optical inspection of flat media using direct image technology
The invention is directed at a method and system of detecting defects in a transparent media such as a piece of glass. The method comprises the steps of transmitting light from a light source towards the transparent media and then detecting defects in the transparent media by scanning the light as it is reflected or passes through the transparent media. The method and system may operate in any one of a dark field mode, a bright field mode for scanning or a bright field mode for inspecting. |
| US08040501B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes a carrier, a forming device forming a mark on the carrier, a sensor, a determiner, a changer, an evaluator and a controller. The sensor includes a light emitting device that emits light toward the carrier and the light receiving device that receives light reflected from the carrier or the mark and outputs a light reception signal corresponding to the received light quantity. The determiner determines a position of the mark based on the light reception signal. The changer changes sensor sensitivity by changing a quantity of light from the light emitting device or sensitivity of the light receiving device. The evaluator obtains the light reception signals multiple times and evaluates a degree of closeness between an average level of the light reception signals and a target level. The controller controls the changer to change the sensor sensitivity of the sensor according to an evaluation result. |
| US08040499B2 |
Transmitted light refractometer
A transmitted light refractometer allows high measurement accuracy across a broad measurement range, even under difficult measuring conditions. The transmitted light refractometer can be connected to a process simply via a single access. In accordance with advantageous features, the transmitted light refractometer covers a measurement range for all practically relevant media and includes integrated temperature compensation. A reversing optics unit is arranged relative to an illumination optics unit such that the reversing optics unit deflects a parallel beam through the process liquid and a measurement prism into the transmitted light refractometer back to the side from which it was radiated. The illumination optics unit, an imaging optics unit, and a detector plane are arranged on the light radiation side such that only one process access is needed. |
| US08040498B2 |
Method and system for identification of changes in fluids
Method and system for identification of a changed state of a fluid with respect to a reference state of the same fluid, the fluid having an optical parameter changing with the change of the state of the fluid. The method comprises: a) providing an optical arrangement including a transparent enclosure with a portion of the fluid, and an object observable through the optical arrangement, the arrangement being designed such that an image of the object in the changed state of the fluid is optically distinctive from an image of the object in the reference state of the fluid due to change of the optical parameter, at least one of the images being predetermined; b) illuminating the object with diffuse light; c) observing a current image of the object though the optical arrangement along an optical axis; and d) comparing the current image to the predetermined image to identify the changed state of the fluid. The comparison and the identification may be performed by eye or by a sensor with a logical circuit. |
| US08040497B2 |
Method and test structure for estimating focus settings in a lithography process based on CD measurements
By encoding process-related non-uniformities, such as different height levels, which may be caused by CMP or other processes during the fabrication of complex device levels, such as metallization structures, respective focus parameter settings may be efficiently evaluated on the basis of well-established CD measurement techniques. |
| US08040495B2 |
Method and device for optical analysis of a tissue
The invention relates to a method and device for analyzing a tissue (70), which comprises: —irradiating the tissue (70) with light focused on a focal region (40); —collecting light coming back from the focal region (40) into a first detection device (100A), the first detection device (100A) being arranged to only collect the light coming back from the focal region (40), on a first detection area (140A), by confocal spectroscopy, in order to generate a first signal, containing information on an optical property of the tissue (70); —collecting light, scattered from the focal region (40) to at least a second region (60), coming back from the second region (60), into a second detection device (100B), the second detection device (100B) being arranged to only collect the light coming back from the second region (60), on a second detection area (140B), in order to generate a second signal, —using the first and second signals in order to get information on the scattering and/or absorption coefficients of the tissue (70) in the region between the focal region (40) and the second region (60). Thanks to the invention, information can be gathered on the scattering and/or absorption properties of the tissue. |
| US08040493B2 |
Thermal flow meter
A thermal flow meter for use in dialysis is described, that uses a thermal wave to generate a signal in the fluid for which the flow rate is to be measured. The phase angle of the thermal wave signal changes when traversing downstream. The phase difference between the signals received downstream, compared with a reference excitation source signal is measured, and used to determine the flow rate of the fluid. |
| US08040490B2 |
Liquid immersion exposure apparatus, exposure method, and method for producing device
A liquid immersion exposure apparatus includes: a first optical member having an exit surface via which an exposure beam exits; a first movable body movable with respect to the first optical member while holding a substrate; a cover member movable with movement of the first movable body and capable of retaining a liquid in a space formed between the exit surface and the cover member when the cover member is arranged at a position opposite to the exit surface; a first holding portion provided on the first movable body and holding the cover member; and a transport section removing the cover member from the first holding portion and moving the cover member independently from the first movable body. Upon exposing the substrate through the liquid, it is possible to suppress the deterioration of the performance which would be otherwise caused due to the cover member. |
| US08040484B2 |
Liquid crystal display panel having a constant cell gap and method of making the same
An LCD panel that provides improved image quality by preventing light leakage and maintaining constant cell gap is provided, along with a method of making the LCD panel. The LCD panel includes a first member that has a column spacer, a second member that is positioned substantially parallel to the first member, and a polymer layer disposed between the column spacer and the second member. The polymer layer combines the column spacer with the second member. A liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first member and the second member. |
| US08040481B2 |
In-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device having first and second common electrode connection lines and first and second pixel electrode connection linesbeing formed on the same layer
An in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate; a gate line disposed in a first direction on the first substrate; a data line disposed in a second direction on the first substrate, the data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel region; pixel electrodes and common electrodes disposed in the first direction in the pixel region, the pixel electrodes and the common electrodes generating an in-plane electric field within the pixel region; first and second common lines disposed parallel to the data line at right and left sides of the pixel region; a first common electrode connection line connecting at least two common electrodes and forming a first common electrode overlapping region by overlapping the first common line; and a second common electrode connection line connecting at least two other common electrodes and forming a second common electrode overlapping region by overlapping the second common line, wherein the first common electrode overlapping region and the second common electrode overlapping region have substantially the same area. |
| US08040476B2 |
Display device and method of producing the same
The display device includes a pair of insulating substrates arranged so as to be opposed, a bonding layer, and a strain suppressing plate. The bonding layer is provided on the outer surface side of one insulating substrate. The strain suppressing plate has rigidity higher than that of the insulating substrate to suppress the strain caused by curving the insulating substrate. The strain suppressing plate is fixed to the insulating substrate by the bonding layer. |
| US08040474B2 |
Mold and method of manufacturing display device
A mold for a display device, comprising a supporting frame; at least one pattern forming part provided on a surface of the supporting frame; and a protrusion projecting from the supporting frame and disposed along the circumference of the pattern forming part, an inside wall of the protrusion toward the pattern forming part standing upright from the surface of the supporting frame. |
| US08040473B2 |
Multilayer black-matrix-equipped filter and liquid crystal display
A black-matrix-equipped filter including a black matrix adapted to selectively shield light being incident from a light introduction side, and to transmit the unshielded light to a light output side, wherein the black matrix includes: a light shielding layer; and a first reflection inhibition layer formed at the light introduction side of the light shielding layer. |
| US08040472B2 |
Large pixel multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display using fringe fields
A multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display that does not require physical features on the substrate (such as protrusions and ITO slits) is disclosed. Each pixel of the MVALCD is subdivided into color components, which are further divided into color dots. The polarity of the color dots are arranged so that fringe fields from adjacent color dots causes multiple liquid crystal domains in each color dot. Specifically, the color dots of a pixel are arranged so that each color dot of a first polarity has four neighboring pixels of a second polarity. Thus, a checkerboard pattern of polarities is formed. Furthermore, the checkerboard pattern is extended across multiple pixels in the MVALCD. In addition, many display unit include multiple pixel designs to improve color distribution or electrical distribution. |
| US08040471B2 |
Liquid crystal display including color filters, and manufacturing method thereof
A liquid crystal display includes a first display panel including a first substrate, and first and second color filters disposed on the first substrate and adjacent to each other, a second display panel including a second substrate facing the first display panel and a first spacer disposed on the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second display panels. The first color filter includes a first protrusion protruded toward and overlapped with the second color filter. The first spacer faces the first protrusion, and the first and second display panels contact each other at a location area of the first spacer. |
| US08040468B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
The invention relates to a liquid crystal display device comprising a retardation layer wherein an in-plane slow axis of the retardation layer is within the direction of 90±40 degrees relative to an absorption axis of the polarizing layer disposed at a closer position to the retardation layer; Re(550) meets following relation, 25 nm≦Re(550)≦230 nm; R[40°] of the retardation layer which is measured for incident light in a direction tilted by 40 degrees toward the tilt direction of the retardation layer relative to the normal line of the retardation layer meets following relation, 0 nm≦R[40°]≦300 nm; and R[+40°] of the retardation layer and retardation R[−40°] of the retardation layer meet following relation, 1 |
| US08040465B2 |
External light illumination of display screens
Apparatus and methods for harnessing external light to illuminate a display screen of an electronic device are provided. The display screen may be illuminated using a light harness, a reflector, a translucent surface, or any combination thereof. The light harness may be cylindrical or hexahedral. The light harness may be coupled to an external light input or a collector. The reflector may be repositioned toward or away from the display screen to reflect external light toward the display screen. The translucent surface may allow external light to pass through it to illuminate the display screen. The translucent surface may protect the rear face of the display screen, or the rear face of the display screen may itself be translucent. |
| US08040462B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
The present invention can provide an optical device, an optical uniform device, an optical sheet and a backlight unit and a display apparatus. In the present invention, a lamp image can be removed by uniformly emitting incident light from a plurality of light sources. Further, even if a distance between a light source and an optical device and between a light source and an optical uniform device are short, warpage due to heat generated from a light source does not occur. |
| US08040461B2 |
Compound diffusion plate structure, backlight module, and liquid crystal display
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight module. The backlight module comprising: a reflection unit, a light emitting unit, and a compound diffusion plate structure. The light emitting unit has a plurality of light emitting components installed within the installation space of the reflection unit. The compound diffusion plate structure is placed on one side of the light emitting unit, comprising: a body unit and a printing micro diffusion unit. The body unit has a main layer, and a plurality of micro diffusion particles formed inside the body unit, allowing light to diffuse within the body unit. The printing micro diffusion unit has a plurality of convex lens units formed on a light entrance plane or a light exit plane of the body unit by means of printing. |
| US08040455B2 |
Display device and information processing device having the same
A display device including a display module and an information processing device having the same is described herein. The display device includes a display module, a supporting frame, and a fixing frame. The supporting frame supports a rear face of the display module corresponding to a peripheral area, a side face of the display module, and includes a coupling portion used for connecting the fixing frame to an information input device. A rear housing receives the display device. A front housing is connected to the rear housing and has an opening to expose a display screen of the display module. |
| US08040452B2 |
Manufacturing method for a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display having an insulating layer exposing portions of a gate island
A pixel unit of TFT-LCD array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof is disclosed. In the manufacturing method, besides a first insulating layer and a passivation layer, a second insulating layer is adopted to cover the gate island, and forms an opening on the gate island to expose the channel region, the source region and the drain region of the TFT. A gray tone mask and a photoresist lifting-off process are utilized to perform patterning, so that the TFT-LCD array substrate can be achieved with just three masks. |
| US08040450B2 |
Liquid crystal electro-optic device
In a horizontal electric field drive type liquid crystal electro-optic device wherein a liquid crystal material is driven by controlling the strength of an electric field parallel to a substrate, noncontinuity of the electric field strength around each pixel electrode is minimized and thereby the occurrence of flaws in the orientation of the liquid crystal material and dispersion in operation are reduced and a construction having improved display characteristics and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. In a horizontal electric field drive type liquid crystal electro-optic device wherein a gate electrode 403, a source electrode 407, a drain electrode 408, a semiconductor film 406 and a common electrode 404 are formed on a glass substrate and a liquid crystal material is driven by controlling the strength of an electric field substantially parallel to the glass substrate, the electrodes and the semiconductor film are made curved, for example semi-circular or semi-elliptical, in sectional profile. These curved sectional profiles can be formed by suitably selecting and combining various patterning and etching methods. |
| US08040449B2 |
Thin film transistor array panel and manufacturing method of the same
A thin film transistor array panel includes a substrate; a gate electrode formed on the substrate; a data line formed on the substrate; a gate insulating layer formed on the data line and the gate electrode, and having a first contact hole exposing the gate electrode, and a second contact hole exposing the data line; a gate line intersecting the data line, and connected to the gate electrode through the first contact hole; a semiconductor formed the gate insulating layer, and including a channel of a thin film transistor; a source electrode connected to the data line through the second contact hole; a drain electrode opposite to the source electrode with respect to the channel on the semiconductor; a passivation layer having a third contact hole exposing the drain electrode; and a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode through the third contact hole are included. |
| US08040447B2 |
Method of driving display device comprising electrically connecting a control capacitor to the second pixel electrode and changing the voltage of the first pixel electrode by changing a voltage of a first storage line
A display device includes a pixel comprising first and second pixel electrodes receiving respective pixel voltages; a control capacitor electrically connected to the second pixel electrode by a switching operation in order to change the voltage of the second pixel electrode; and a first storage line overlapping the first pixel electrode and having a variable voltage in order to change the voltage of the first pixel electrode. A method of driving a display device includes providing a pixel voltage to each of first and second pixel electrodes of a pixel; and then changing the voltages applied to the first pixel electrode and/or the second pixel electrode to cause the first and second pixel electrodes to simultaneously be at different voltages. |
| US08040446B2 |
Thin film transistor array panel for liquid crystal display and method for manufacturing the same
In a method of fabricating a liquid crystal display, an insulating layer for storage capacitors is reduced in thickness to increase the storage capacity while maintaining the aperture ratio in a stable manner. A thin film transistor array panel for the liquid crystal display includes an insulating substrate, and a gate line assembly and a storage capacitor line assembly formed on the insulating substrate. The gate line assembly has gate lines and gate electrodes. A gate insulating layer covers the gate line assembly and the storage capacitor line assembly. A semiconductor pattern is formed on the gate insulating layer. A data line assembly and storage capacitor conductive patterns are formed on the gate insulating layer overlaid with the semiconductor pattern. The data line assembly has data lines, source electrodes and drain electrodes. The storage capacitor conductive patterns are partially overlapped with the storage capacitor line assembly to thereby form first storage capacitors. A passivation layer covers the data line assembly, the storage capacitor conductive patterns and the semiconductor pattern. First and second contact holes are formed at the passivation layer while exposing the drain electrodes and the storage capacitor conductive patterns. Pixel electrodes are formed on the passivation layer while being connected to the drain electrodes and the storage capacitor conductive patterns through the first and the second contact holes. The pixel electrodes form second storage capacitors in association with parts of the storage capacitor line assembly. |
| US08040443B2 |
Method for stacking thermal actuators with liquid crystal elastomer
A method comprising arranging a first heating element on a first liquid crystal elastomer, arranging a first layer of thermal paste on the first heating element, and arranging a second liquid crystal elastomer on the first layer of thermal paste. |
| US08040436B2 |
Device and method for modifying video image of display apparatus
A method for modifying a video image of a display apparatus, the method including dividing received broadcast signals into a video signal, an audio signal, and supplementary information, converting the video signal to a video image and displaying the converted video image, displaying a video image modifying menu for allowing a user to remotely change a size or aspect ratio for the displayed video image, and adjusting at least one of the size and aspect ratio of the displayed video image based on the supplementary information. |
| US08040432B2 |
Information processing equipment, method, provision system and computer program product that synthesizes content by adopting a mean value
Disclosed are information processing equipment and an information processing method, a provision system and method, and a program that are intended to readily produce a content of higher quality, wherein, an acquisition unit acquires an interpolative content with which a main content is interpolated in a spatial or temporal direction or with which gray levels into which the main content is quantized are interpolated, and, a synthesis unit synthesizes the main content and interpolative content so that the first content will be interpolated in the spatial or temporal direction or the gray levels into which the first content is quantized will be interpolated. |
| US08040429B2 |
Electronic apparatus having autofocus camera function
An electronic apparatus including a drive mechanism, a signal processing section, an image pickup lens, an image pickup device and a focus control section is described. The drive mechanism changes a position of the image pickup lens relative to the image pickup device. The image pickup device outputs an electric signal of an image at each of a plurality of relative positions. The signal processing section processes the electric signal and generates a digital image signal corresponding to the plurality of relative positions. The focus control section extracts, from the digital image signal, high-frequency components for pixels selected from a focus area set in the image of the digital image signal, calculates a focus evaluation value corresponding to each relative position, identifies a maximum focus evaluation value among the calculated focus evaluation values, and moves the image pickup lens to the relative position that provides the maximum focus evaluation value. |
| US08040428B2 |
Method for focus control
A camera or other optical system is focused by generating a plurality of digital images each obtained with a different focus setting of the optical system. These images are analysed to generate for each image a score (S) by comparing first groups of pixels chosen from the image with second groups chosen from the image such that the pixels of each second group have same respective positional relationships with respect to one another as the pixels of the first group with which it is compared have to one another, the score (S) being a function of the number of matches obtained with said comparisons. The focus setting that gives the score corresponding to the largest number of matches is chosen. |
| US08040427B2 |
Imaging device and autofocusing method
In a digital video camera according to one aspect of the invention, a black level of a video signal is specified during an initialization process. An autofocusing process obtains an AF evaluation value and a brightness evaluation value at each current position of a compensator lens and updates a maximum AF evaluation value and a corresponding position of the compensator lens based on the obtained data. The autofocusing process also detects an AGC gain, computes an offset value of the AF evaluation value from the detected AGC gain, the obtained brightness evaluation value, and the specified black level, and calculates a threshold value from the computed offset value and the updated maximum AF evaluation value. When the obtained AF evaluation value is less than the calculated threshold value, the lens position corresponding to the maximum AF evaluation value is specified as the focus position. When the obtained AF evaluation value is not less than the calculated threshold value, on the other hand, this series of processing is repeated with a position shift of the compensator lens by a preset number of steps. This arrangement ensures efficient and precise hill-climbing autofocus control in view of the potential influence of high frequency noise in the digital video camera or another electronic camera. |
| US08040425B2 |
Imaging apparatus and imaging method using ND filters for color-temperature correction
An imaging apparatus includes one or a plurality of optical filters, an image sensor, an imaging signal processing part, a detecting part, and a control part. The one or the plurality of optical filters are selectively arranged in a path of an optical system for obtaining imaging light. The image sensor is provided for converting the imaging light obtained through the optical system into an imaging signal. The imaging signal processing part is provided for subjecting the imaging signal from the image sensor to a color-temperature correction processing. The detecting part is provided for detecting a type of the one or the plurality of optical filters arranged in the optical system. The control part is provided for adjusting a color temperature that is set at the imaging signal processing part to a color temperature defined for each filer detected by the detecting part. |
| US08040424B2 |
Mobile communication device with camera mode and mobile communication mode and operation method thereof
A mobile communication device with camera comprises a mobile communication module, a camera module, a storage unit, a display unit, and a switching module. The mobile communication module has a first transmission interface, the camera module has a second transmission interface; image data processed that are outputted by means of the camera module via the second transmission interface, and next the image data outputted that are received by the mobile communication module via the first transmission interface, and next the image data received that are transmitted to the storage unit to be stored and to the display unit to be displayed. The switching module is installed in the mobile communication module for switching to the camera module operation or the mobile communication module operation. |
| US08040420B2 |
Camera
The camera according to this invention comprises an L-shaped frame that is capable of changing the size or aspect ratio of the viewfinder by relative movement, a back-face image-pickup device for photographing an image of the eye of the photographer, and a photographing optical system for forming the image of the subject image to the internal CCD, analyzes the image captured by the back-face image-pickup device and calculates the distance and direction to the eye of the photographer from the center of the viewfinder, and based on the calculated information and the size or aspect ratio information of the viewfinder, the photographer performs optical zooming or shifting of the photographing optical system, or performs electronic zooming or shifting by cropping the taken image by use of the CCD, in order for the range that the photographer observed via the viewfinder to become the photographing range. |
| US08040419B2 |
Image reproducing device capable of zooming in a region of an image, image reproducing method and recording medium for the same
According to the image reproducing device, the image reproducing method, the image reproducing program and the image capturing device of the present invention, if a face image is not detected in an image, a main object can be zoomed by detecting the center part of the image or a focused object. If a plurality of face images are detected from an image, the detected face images can be zoomed in order by simple operation. |
| US08040416B2 |
Solid-state imaging apparatus
A solid-state imaging apparatus including a plurality of pixels, each pixel containing a photoelectric conversion section; an accumulation section; a transfer section; an amplification section; and a reset section for resetting the accumulation section; the pixel section having output signal lines provided column by column onto which the pixel signal is outputted, connected to the other end of a constant current supply having one end grounded; and a control section where, of a first one of the pixels and a second one of the pixels connected to the same one output signal line, taking the first pixel as one of the pixels subject to reading of pixel signal conforming to the incident light and the second pixel as non-subject one of the pixels set in accordance with a location of the first pixel, an output from the second pixel onto the output signal line is used at the time of outputting of the pixel signal from the first pixel onto the output signal line to effect control so that an electric potential difference between the one end and the other end of the constant current supply is kept in a range where the constant current supply is operable. |
| US08040411B2 |
Image pickup device and image pickup method
An image pickup device includes an image pickup section that picks up a long-time exposure image and short-time exposure image; a combining section that combines the long-time exposure image and short-time exposure image with each other, to generate a combined image, the exposure images being combined on the basis of a ratio between the exposure time of the long-time exposure image and the exposure time of the short-time exposure image; a dynamic range calculating section that calculates an object dynamic range from the long-time exposure image, the exposure time of the long-time exposure image, the short-time exposure image, and the exposure time of the short-time exposure image; and a compressing section that, using base compression curve data, calculates a compression curve suitable for the object dynamic range, and generates a compressed image in accordance with the calculated compression curve. |
| US08040409B2 |
Image processing device capable of performing retinex process at high speed
A storage portion stores, in association with first pixel values, table values including either gamma-corrected values obtained by performing gamma correction on the first pixel values using a predetermined reflectance component or second pixel values calculated based both on the gamma-corrected values and on the first pixel values. A pixel-value generating portion includes an extracting portion and a determining portion. The extracting portion extracts at least one of the table values corresponding to a pixel value of a subject pixel. The determining portion determines a pixel value of an output image based on the at least one of the table values extracted by the extracting portion. The predetermined reflectance component is the reflectance component calculated by the reflectance-component calculating portion when the pixel value of the subject pixel is substantially identical with the average luminance of the peripheral pixels. |
| US08040407B2 |
Image capturing apparatus and image capturing apparatus control method
An image capturing apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit; a smear detection unit; and a smear correction unit which corrects a level of pixels in a smear region in original image data by a first correction amount obtained by multiplying a smear amount by a first coefficient, thereby generating first image data, and corrects the level of pixels in the smear region in the original image data by a second correction amount obtained by multiplying the smear amount by a second coefficient, thereby generating second image data, wherein the first image data is used for at least either of image displaying and image recording, the second image data is used for at least one of exposure control, focus adjustment, and white balance control, and the first coefficient is smaller than the second coefficient. |
| US08040405B2 |
Solid-state imaging apparatus
The present invention relates to solid-state imaging apparatus such as digital camera for outputting video signals, and more particularly relates to a solid-state imaging apparatus in which vertical stripe-like noise and horizontal shading can be corrected. |
| US08040402B2 |
Imaging apparatus
An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device including first and second pixels; imaging control means for carrying out a first imaging action and a second imaging action; storage means for storing first image data acquired from the first pixels in the first imaging action and second image data acquired from the first pixels in the second imaging action; noise data acquisition means for acquiring first noise data based on pixel signals produced in the second pixels in the first imaging action and acquiring second noise data based on pixel signals produced in the second pixels in the second imaging action; noise estimation means for estimating a noise component in the first image data using the second image data and a noise ratio of the noise in an exposure period to the noise in a non-exposure period; and noise correction means for removing the noise component from the first image data. |
| US08040401B2 |
Replay apparatus for noise reduction signal processing
An image pickup system according to the present invention includes an extracting unit for extracting a block area with a predetermined size from a signal of an image pickup device, a transforming unit for transforming the signal in the extracted block area into a signal in a frequency space, an estimating unit for estimating the amount of noises of a frequency component except for a zero-order component based on the zero-order component in the transformed signal in the frequency space, a noise reducing unit for reducing noises of the frequency component except for the zero-order component based on the estimated amount of noises, and a compressing unit for compressing the zero-order component and the frequency component except for the zero-order component from which the noises are reduced. |
| US08040397B2 |
Automatic image quality adjustment according to brightness of subject
The image processing device performs image processing using image data generated by an image generating device, and image generation record information associated with the image data where the image generation record information includes at least operating information about the image generating device at the time of generation of the image data. A picture quality adjuster is able, when the image generation record information includes subject brightness information relating to the brightness of a subject at the time of generation of the image data, to adjust the picture quality of the image data using the subject brightness level derived from the subject brightness information. |
| US08040395B2 |
System and method for automatic format selection for digital photographs
A system and method for automatically determine whether an image captured by a digital camera should be stored in a raw format or a compressed format. After an image is captured by the digital camera, the digital camera checks certain sets of characteristics of the captured image to check the image quality. If the image quality falls within an acceptable range, then the digital camera saves the image in a compressed format. If the captured image does not fall within predetermined quality levels, then the captured image is save in raw format for later processing. |
| US08040383B2 |
Communication system, communication method, computer-readable medium and image shooting device
A communication system includes a first and a second communication devices, and the first and the second communication devices includes a first and a second transmission units that are disposed respectively on bodies of the communication devices and wirelessly transmits predetermined information to each other. The first communication device further includes a first reception unit that is disposed in a position where the first reception unit is capable of communicating with the second transmission unit and receives second information that has been transmitted from the second transmission unit, and a first control unit that controls the first communication device such that, when communication becomes possible between the first reception unit and the second transmission unit, the first reception unit receives the second information, and such that, when communication becomes possible between the first transmission unit and the second reception unit, the first transmission unit transmits first information. |
| US08040379B2 |
Imaging apparatus and recording medium
As shown in FIG. 2B, a photographing area is divided into a plurality of blocks. The block at the center of the photographing area is defined as an observation block 31, and the blocks at the periphery of the photographing area are defined as background blocks 32. When the number of background blocks 32 having the largest number of identical motion vectors is larger than a threshold m, when the scalar quantity of the motion vectors of these background blocks 32 with the largest number is larger than a threshold v, and when the scalar quantity of the motion vector of the observation block 31 is smaller than a threshold vc, the digital camera 1 judges that the user is performing a follow shot and there is no blurring of the observed photographic subject, and performs an automatic shooting. |
| US08040371B2 |
Three-dimensional display device and driving method thereof
A three-dimensional display device according to the present invention includes a panel that time-shares images and displays left and right eye images, a panel control unit for controlling the panel by applying a display control signal that includes vertical and horizontal signals to the panel, a barrier facing the panel and separating the images of the panel into user left and right eye images, and a barrier control unit for controlling the barrier. The panel can be converted between a first mode of a portrait-type view and a second mode of a landscape-type view, and the barrier may be operated corresponding to the mode conversion of the panel. |
| US08040370B2 |
Stereoscopic image display apparatus having stereoscopic pixel with approximately square shape and stereoscopic image display method
It is possible to prevent an image processing amount from increasing and obtain excellent display characteristics. A stereoscopic image display apparatus includes: a flat display device having approximately square pixels arranged on a flat display plane in a square manner: and an optical plate which is disposed in front of the display device and has optical apertures which extend linearly in the same direction as a diagonal line of a rectangle obtained by connecting n pieces of the pixels vertically, for controlling directions of light rays from the pixels. The flat display plane of the flat display device are divided to elemental images, each corresponding to each of the optical apertures in the optical plate, and an average value of pitches of the elemental images is larger than m (m=1,2,3 . . . ) times a length of a diagonal line of a rectangle obtained by connecting n pieces of the pixels laterally and the pitch of the optical apertures in the optical plate is equal to m times the length of the diagonal line of the rectangle obtained by connecting n pieces of the pixels laterally. |
| US08040369B1 |
System and method for transferring objects in a video conferencing session
A system and method of virtually passing an object in near real time between separated participants in a remote conference session is disclosed. The method includes providing a video screen at first and second locations. An object can be inserted into a scanning device coupled to a scanner opening located proximate to the video conference screen in the first location to form a scanned object file. Video imaging of the insertion of the object can be transmitted and displayed at the second location. The scanned object file can be received and printed at the second location in near real time and output through a printer opening positioned proximate the video screen at the second location to create an illusion of virtually passing the object between locations. |
| US08040368B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive member on which an electrostatic latent image is to be formed; a first body which rotatably supports the photosensitive member; an exposing unit which exposes the photosensitive member; a second body which supports the exposing unit movably between an exposing position in which the exposing unit exposes the photosensitive member and a retracting position in which the exposing unit is retracted from the photosensitive member; a first grounding unit which, when the exposing unit is positioned at the exposing position, causes the exposing unit to be electrically connected to the first body; and a second grounding unit which, when the exposing unit is positioned at the retracting position, causes the exposing unit to be electrically connected to the first body via the second body. |
| US08040366B2 |
Thermal printer and control method thereof
When printing on a printing medium, a second image adjacent to a first image, which is already printed, control is performed such that the trailing edge of a first coating layer of the first image transferred onto the printing medium does not reach the trailing edge of the first image, and the leading edge of a second coating layer transferred onto the second image is either the same as the trailing edge of the first coating layer of the first image or is made to overlap with the trailing edge of the first coating layer. |
| US08040364B2 |
Latent resistive image layer for high speed thermal printing applications
An imaging system including an image receiving structure including a tunable-resistivity material; and an energy source to emit an energy beam at the image receiving structure to pattern-wise program the tunable-resistivity material. A resistivity can be pattern-wise changed. Marking material can be pattern-wise adhered in response to the pattern-wise changed resistivity. |
| US08040362B2 |
Driving device and related output enable signal transformation device in an LCD device
An output enable signal transformation device for a gate driver in an LCD device includes a reception terminal coupled to a timing generator of the LCD device for receiving an enable synchronization signal, an enable clock signal and a plurality of enable control signals generated by the timing generator, a shift register module coupled to the reception terminal for shifting the enable synchronization signal according to the enable clock signal, a multiplexer module coupled to the shift register module and the timing generator for generating a plurality of output enable signals according to the enable synchronization signal and the plurality of enable control signals, and an output terminal coupled to the multiplexer module and a logic circuit of the gate driver for outputting the plurality of output enable signals to the logic circuit. |
| US08040357B1 |
Quotient remainder coverage system and method
Embodiments of the present invention pixel processing system and method provide convenient and efficient processing of pixel information. In one embodiment, quotient-remainder information associated with barycentric coordinate information indicating the location of a pixel is received. In one exemplary implementation quotient-remainder information is associated with barycentric coordinate information through the relationship c divided by dcdx, where c is the barycentric coordinate for a particular edge and dcdx is the derivative of the barycentric coordinate in the screen horizontal direction. The relationship of a pixel with respect to a primitive edge is determined based upon the quotient-remainder information. For example, a positive quotient can indicate a pixel is inside a triangle and a negative quotient can indicate a pixel is outside a triangle. Pixel processing such as shading is performed in accordance with the relationship of the pixel to the primitive. |
| US08040356B2 |
Color management user interface
Various embodiments described above provide a user interface system that can expose end users and others to color management information in an easy-to-understand manner. In one or more embodiments, the user interface system can provide information that allows the user to easily ascertain whether a device, component or application is color managed, and the status of the device, component or application. Further, the user interface system can enable the user to access links that provide additional information and/or diagnostic help in the event a color management issue is identified. |
| US08040352B2 |
Adaptive image interpolation for volume rendering
Sampling frequency of a ray casting for generating a projection image is varied in dependence of information derived from a 3D volume data during rendering. Furthermore, an interpolation is performed for skipped pixels for which no ray casting was performed in the projection image, based on this information. |
| US08040348B2 |
Combined sectional view producing method and apparatus
A combined sectional view is produced by obtaining a section plane based on one of a plurality of section lines, which is currently set as a target, and on a cut face along the target section line, obtaining an adjacent section plane passing a crossed point between a connected section line, which is connected to the target section line, and the target section line and being perpendicular to a plane including the plurality of section lines and to the section plane, specifying one or more elements and/or parts of elements of a three-dimensional model, which are necessary to draw a sectional view of the model, with respect to the section plane and the adjacent section plane, projecting the specified elements and/or the parts of the elements to obtain a sectional view corresponding to the target section line, and combining a plurality of sectional views obtained by executing the above-described processes for each of the section lines. |
| US08040347B2 |
Method for constructing surface of fluid-body simulation based on particle method, program for the same, and storage medium for storing program
Thin films or sharp edges in a fluid body are expressed in the display of a particle-based fluid-body simulation. The surface construction method is a method applied to a method for rendering calculation results on the screen of a display device using data that are obtained by calculation of a fluid-body simulation based on a particle method executed by a CPU or the like. The method has a first stage of allocating a concentration sphere to a particle that is a calculation object and computing an implicit function curved surface, and computing a plurality of base vertices (V0) for creating a fluid-body surface by the implicit function curved surface; and a second stage that is executed at least one time for adjusting a surface sharpness for each of the plurality of base vertices (V0) for creating the fluid-body surface that is computed in the first stage. |
| US08040345B2 |
Systems for hybrid geometric/volumetric representation of 3D objects
The invention provides a system for modeling three-dimensional objects using hybrid geometric/volumetric representation, wherein sharp edges are created by a geometric representation that is connected to the volumetric representation. The system creates, maintains, and updates the hybrid representation according to user input. The system also provides for conversion of the hybrid representation into either a wholly geometric representation or a wholly volumetric representation, as may be needed for output to a given device, such as a display device, a printer, and/or a fabricating device. |
| US08040336B2 |
Rescue circuit line, display device having the same and method for manufacturing the same
A display device includes a rescue circuit line structure having a first conductive pattern, a second conductive pattern and a dielectric layer. The first conductive pattern is adapted to electrically interconnect a first circuit element and a second circuit element, wherein the first conductive pattern has an open. Neither of the first and second conductive patterns is used as a data line or a scan line. The dielectric layer is located on the open and disposed between the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern. |
| US08040335B2 |
System, method of controlling system and apparatus
According to an aspect of an embodiment, a system comprises a display having a display area for displaying an image corresponding to image data signals applied thereto, the display being capable of maintaining the image to be displayed after termination of application of the image data signals, an area designation unit for designating a part of the display area and a controller unit for receiving image data and generating image data signals to be applied to the display, the controller unit being configured to inhibit application of image data signals to the part of the display area when designated while applying new image data signals to the display. |
| US08040334B2 |
Method of driving display device
A method for driving a display device comprises processing a plurality of sequent frame data by a graphics controller. The graphics controller is capable of optimizing a frame rate and outputting a first plurality of display signals at the frame rate. And then, a timing controller is used to convert the first plurality of display signals into a second plurality of signals at a predetermined refresh rate. |
| US08040333B2 |
Type of radial circuit used as LCD drivers
This invention discloses a type of radial circuit for use in driving LCD monitors. The radial circuit includes an odd-even column data generator. The odd-even column data generator receives data from a modulation counter and divides the data into two groups of data having opposite levels: odd column modulation data and even column modulation data. The odd-even column data generator then sends the two sets of data to a comparator comparing the display data and modulation data of the LCD. The comparator is used to control the odd and even columns of the LCD. This utility model divides all the columns in the same row into odd and even columns. An opposite driver voltage waveform is output from between the odd and even columns of the neighboring columns. While the odd columns discharge, the even column recharges. This type of simultaneous discharge and recharge process creates just the right mutual electric charge compensation; and it results in minimizing the electric charge dissipation which saves energy. |
| US08040330B2 |
Untethered stylus empolying multiple reference frequency communication
An untethered stylus is configured to cooperate with a location sensing device that generates a drive signal. The stylus includes transceiver circuitry disposed in a housing, which is configured to receive the drive signal and transmit a stylus signal for reception by the location sensor. Energy circuitry is disposed in the housing and energized by the drive signal. A reference frequency generator, disposed in the housing and coupled to the transceiver circuitry and energy circuitry, is configured to generate a number of reference frequencies based on a source frequency of the drive signal, the reference frequencies indicative of a number of stylus states and synchronized to the source frequency of the drive signal. The transceiver circuitry is configured to mix the reference frequencies with the stylus signal. |
| US08040329B2 |
Frequency control circuit for tuning a resonant circuit of an untethered device
An untethered device, configured to inductively couple to a source device, includes a tunable resonant circuit having a resonance frequency and configured to generate a supply voltage for the untethered device in response to a varying magnetic field produced by the source device. The tunable resonant circuit includes an inductive coil comprising a center tap and a capacitive circuit coupled to the inductive coil. The capacitive circuit includes an anti-series arrangement of varactor diodes that behave as a capacitance when placed in reverse bias. A frequency control circuit is coupled to the tunable resonant circuit and includes a control voltage source coupled to the center tap of the inductive coil. The control voltage source produces a control signal to place the varactor diodes in reverse bias and to change the capacitance of the capacitive circuit, thereby effecting a change in the resonance frequency of the tunable resonant circuit. |
| US08040325B2 |
Base capacitance compensation for a touchpad sensor
Methods are provided for base capacitance compensation of traces in a touchpad sensor. Compensation areas are calculated by evaluating the differences between the base capacitances of the traces, or the differences between the base capacitances of the traces and a target value. The compensation areas are electrically connected to respective traces to equalize the base capacitances of the traces. Alternatively, a relationship between the areas of the traces and the distances from the traces to a grounding layer for equalizing the base capacitances of the traces is derived and from which the areas of the traces or the position of the grounding layer are adjusted. |
| US08040323B2 |
Input device
An input device, especially an input device for a vehicle, includes a display for optical display of information, a touchscreen arranged above the display for input of commands by touching an operating surface of the touchscreen and a control for optical display of additional or other information on the display during at least a second simultaneously occurring touching of the operating surface. |
| US08040320B2 |
Input device and method of operation thereof
A generic input device built of Electro-optical camera, sensors, buttons and communication means, provides a measure for operating in absolute and/or relational mode, most software applications on many electronic platforms with display independent of the screen characters. |
| US08040318B2 |
Electrophoretic display panel
The electrophoretic display panel(1) for displaying a picture and subsequently displaying a subsequent picture has a pixel(2) having an electrophoretic medium (5) having first and second charged particles (6,7) and an optical state depending on the positions of the particles (6,7) in the common region (30) of the pixel (2). Furthermore, transition control means are able to control a transition of the first and the second particles (6,7) being in substantially separated domains of the common region (30) for displaying the picture to substantially separated domains of the common region (30) for displaying the subsequent picture. For the display panel (1) to be able to have an attainable optical state for displaying the subsequent picture which is unequal to the optical state determined by the mixture of the first and second particles (6,7), even if the particles (6,7) have substantially equal electrophoretic mobilities, the transition control means are further able to control the first and the second particles (6,7) to be in substantially separated domains of the common region (30) during the transition. |
| US08040315B2 |
Device for driving a display panel with sequentially delayed drive signal
A display device includes a scanning line drive circuit, which includes plural stages of D type of flip-flops (DFFs) connected in cascade. The first DFF stage receives a pixel signal of video data to be displayed. These DFF stages have outputs respectively connected to AND gates. The DFF stages and AND gates receive a common clock signal. The DFF stages are responsive to the clock signal to sequentially shift respective values held therein to the following stages with delay. Thus, a drive device is provided which can drive a display panel in a simple configuration without using an OE (Output Enable) signal. |
| US08040314B2 |
Driving apparatus for liquid crystal display
A liquid crystal display having a plurality of pixels and blocks of shift registers that are connected to one another for temporarily storing data signals and from which the data signal outputs are sequentially applied to drive the pixels. Each of the shift registers receives a shift start signal and at least one of first and second clock signals, of which phases are opposite to each other, and a high period of the shift start signal corresponds to two cycles of the respective clock signals so that each pixel is pre-charged from the data signal from previous block of registers before receiving the data signal for the current block thereby preventing a boundary between blocks from being visually recognized. |
| US08040306B2 |
Display driving chip
Disclosed is a display driving chip of a semiconductor chip. According to an embodiment, the display driving chip comprises, input/output (I/O) pads each electrically connected to a lower interconnection on an active area, the I/O pads forming a perimeter on an inner peripheral surface of the active area, and dummy pads formed on the active area within the perimeter of I/O pads. |
| US08040300B2 |
Demultiplexer and display device using the same
A display device includes a demultiplexer. The demultiplexer programs time-divided and sequentially input data currents to at least two signal lines. The demultiplexer includes first and second sample/hold circuits for alternately sampling data currents and holding sampled data corresponding to the sampled data, and third and fourth sample/hold circuits for respectively sampling the sampled data held by the first and second sample/hold circuits and programming the current which correspond to the sampled data to the two signal lines. |
| US08040298B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display and manufacturing method thereof
An OLED display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate, a gate line formed on the substrate and including a first control electrode, a data line intersecting the gate line, a switching TFT connected to the gate line and the data line, a driving TFT connected to the switching TFT, a first electrode connected to the driving TFT, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and a light emitting member formed between the first electrode and the second electrode. At least one of the switching TFT and the driving TFT includes a plurality of channels. |
| US08040293B2 |
Shift register and organic light emitting display using the same
A shift register and an organic light emitting display using the same with a simplified design of a shift register having high reliance, and reduced dead space includes a plurality of stages dependently connected to a start pulse input line, each of the stages including: a voltage level controller to control voltage levels of first and second output nodes according to a start pulse or an output signal of a previous stage and a second clock signal; a control capacitor coupled between the first output node and an input line of a first clock signal; a first transistor coupled between a first power supply and a third output node and including a gate electrode coupled to the first output node; and a second transistor coupled between the third output node and an input line of the third clock signal and including a gate electrode coupled to the second output node. |
| US08040292B2 |
Portable communication display device
A head-mounted display system displays information via a matrix display element mounted within a housing that is positioned relative to at least eye of a user. The display is connected to a video or information source such that the user can view information or images shown on the display. The display can be mounted to a frame so that the user can move the display in and out of the user's field of view without adjusting the supporting harness that holds the display on the user's head. |
| US08040291B2 |
F-inverted compact antenna for wireless sensor networks and manufacturing method
An F-inverted compact antenna for ultra-low volume Wireless Sensor Networks is developed with a volume of 0.024λ×0.06λ×0.076λ, ground plane included, where λ is a resonating frequency of the antenna. The radiation efficiency attained is 48.53% and the peak gain is −1.38 dB. The antenna is easily scaled to higher operating frequencies up to 2500 MHz bands with comparable performance. The antenna successfully transmits and receives signals with tolerable errors. It includes a standard PCB board with dielectric block thereon and helically contoured antenna wound from a copper wire attached to the dielectric block and oriented with the helix axis parallel to the PCB. The antenna demonstrates omnidirectional radiation patterns and is highly integratable with WSN, specifically in Smart Dust sensors. The antenna balances the trade offs between performance and overall size and may be manufactured with the use of milling technique and laser cutters. |
| US08040284B2 |
Handset device
A handset device including a ground plane, an antenna, a first conductive strip and a second conductive strip is provided. The antenna is electrically connected to the ground plane and forms a current loop with the ground plane. The ground plane forms a current area according to the current loop. The first conductive strip is electrically connected to the current area and changes a current distribution on the ground plane to increase a current density passing through the current area. |
| US08040283B2 |
Dual band antenna
An antenna applied in a communication device is provided. The antenna includes a conductive supporting portion, a radiator and a grounding portion. The radiator operates in a first frequency band. The grounding portion is connected to the radiator through the conductive supporting portion. The grounding portion includes a cavity extended from a top surface of the grounding portion into the interior of the grounding portion. A resonant cavity operating in a second frequency band is formed between the radiator and the cavity. |
| US08040280B2 |
Apparatus and method for computing location of a moving beacon using received signal strength and multi-frequencies
Provided is an apparatus and method for computing the location of a radio beacon by using received signal strength (RSS) and multiple frequencies. The apparatus and method of the present invention computes the location of a radio beacon without limitation in distance by using multiple frequencies and received signal strength to resolve the problem of phase ambiguity. A radio beacon location computing system includes a plurality of base stations configured to receive signals of multiple frequencies transmitted from the radio beacon, and detect and output phase differences and received signal strength; and a location computing server configured to receive the phase differences and the received signal strength outputted from the respective base stations, acquire calculation distances based on the phase differences, remove phase ambiguity from the calculation distances based on the received signal strength, and compute the location of the radio beacon. |
| US08040279B2 |
Measuring positions
Techniques, systems and computer readable medium are disclosed for measuring a position of an object device. A position measuring apparatus includes a receiving unit designed to receive a signal transmitted from an object device for position measurement. The position measuring apparatus also includes a position computing unit designed to compute a position of the object device by applying Angle Of Arrival (AOA) and Time Of Arrival (TOA) techniques using the received signal. The position measuring apparatus also includes a medium channel estimating unit designed to estimate a channel of a medium, through which the received signal penetrates on a transmission path, using the received signal. The position measuring apparatus also includes a position correcting unit configured to compute a delay time caused by the received signal penetrating the medium using the estimated medium channel and correcting the position of the object device computed by the position computing unit using the delay time. |
| US08040278B2 |
Adaptive antenna beamforming
Adaptive antenna beamforming may involve a maximum signal-to-noise ratio beamforming method, a correlation matrix based beamforming method, or a maximum ray beamforming method. The adaptive antenna beamforming may be used in a millimeter-wave wireless personal area network in one embodiment. |
| US08040276B2 |
Generation of multi-satellite GPS signals in software
A method for testing GPS receivers may read GPS files with data for a plurality of GPS satellites, and two or more GPS satellites may be selected from that data. The method may receive parameters for a GPS receiver to be tested. The method may generate two or more GPS signals for the two or more selected GPS satellites. The method may operate on the two or more GPS signals using the received parameters for the GPS receiver to generate two or more calculated GPS signals. These two or more calculated GPS signals may be re-sampled to a common rate. The two or more re-sampled GPS signals may be added together to create a composite GPS signal. The composite GPS signal may be generated using a hardware signal generator, where the composite GPS signal used to test the GPS receiver. |
| US08040271B2 |
A/D conversion apparatus, A/D conversion method, and communication apparatus
An A/D conversion apparatus includes: a first and a second D/A converter to sample an analog signal and successively compare the analog signal and a reference signal to generate a first and a second comparison signal respectively; a first comparator to compare the first comparison signal generated by the first D/A converter with a benchmark signal; a second comparator to compare the second comparison signal generated by the second D/A converter with the benchmark signal; and a converter to convert the analog signal to a digital signal according to results of the comparisons by the first and second comparators. |
| US08040269B2 |
Analog-to-digital conversion in pixel array
An analog-to-digital converter generates an output digital value equivalent to the difference between two analog signals. The converter forms part of a set of converters. The converter receives a first analog signal and a second analog signal (Vreset, Vsig) and a ramp signal (Vramp). A clock is dedicated to the converter, or a sub-set of converters. A control stage enables a first counter based on a comparison of the ramp signal with the first analog signal and the second analog signal. The converter can be calibrated by at least one reference signal (Vref1, Vref2) which is common to the set of converters. A-to-D conversion can include a first A-to-D conversion stage which determines a signal range, selected from a plurality of signal ranges, and a second A-to-D conversion stage which determines an M-bit digital value equivalent to the difference between the first and second analog signals by comparing the signals with a ramp signal, with the ramp signal having the signal range determined by the first analog-to-digital conversion stage. |
| US08040268B2 |
Data readout system having non-uniform ADC resolution and method thereof
A data readout system with non-uniform resolution has a pick up head for reading data stored in an optical disc and generating an analog signal, a reference voltage unit for producing a plurality of reference voltage levels, wherein voltage differences between two adjacent reference voltage levels are not all the same, a plurality of comparators for comparing the reference voltage levels with the analog signal and generating comparison results, and an encoder for encoding the comparison results into a digital signal. |
| US08040266B2 |
Programmable sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter
A system includes an analog-to-digital modulator to convert at least one analog input signal into at least one digital output signal. The system also includes a processing device to set an operational order and a quantization level of the analog-to-digital modulator. The analog-to-digital modulator converts the analog input signal into the digital output signal according to the operational order and the quantization level. |
| US08040259B2 |
Systems and methods for alerting to traffic proximity in the airport environment
Systems and methods for alerting to traffic proximity in the airport environment. Knowledge of the geographic position, speed, rate of change of speed, heading (or track-angle) and/or altitude of own-aircraft (or vehicle) and another, potentially conflicting aircraft (or vehicle) are used to calculate a predicted distance between the two aircraft (or vehicles) at given point of time in the future. If separation distance is predicted to be less than a predetermined acceptable value, then an alert message (aural, visual or both) is issued to the pilot or operator of the vehicle. |
| US08040256B2 |
Context sensitive speed tracking
A method and apparatus for performing a context sensitive speed tracking by generating a location of the mobile tracking device; determining context information related to the location; and analyzing the location and context information to determine an appropriate speed of the mobile tracking device in view of the context information. |
| US08040254B2 |
Method and system for controlling and adjusting traffic light timing patterns
The present invention relates to methods and systems for controlling and adjusting traffic light timing patterns, and more particularly, to a method and system for controlling and adjusting traffic light timing patterns based on input variables related to known or predicted events, and for gradually changing traffic light intervals over time. |
| US08040251B2 |
Detection of fast poll responses in a TWACS inbound receiver
A method for use in a power line communication systems for an electrical distribution system (1) to quickly and accurately poll electrical meters (6) installed at user facilities to determine if an outage has occurred at a facility. An outbound communications message is transmitted to the meter at the facility requesting a short response consisting of a bit pattern that is either partially or completely known to the receiver. Any perceived response from the meter is then processed to ascertain whether or not the meter actually transmitted a message. Receipt of a message indicates that an outage has not occurred at that site, while an indication the message was not received indicates an outage has likely occurred. In processing the received message, two types of errors can potentially occur; i.e., a false positive or a false negative. A false positive occurs when a detection algorithm used to process the response indicates that the meter sent a response when actually it did not. A false negative occurs when the detection algorithm indicates the meter did not send a response when actually it did. The method utilizes a signal processing algorithm to determine if a response was actually sent by the meter and is important because it minimizes the probability of both types of errors. |
| US08040250B2 |
Retractable sensor system and technique
A technique usable with a well includes disposing a retractable line in a conduit having an open end located above a region of interest in the well. The retractable line comprises a sensing portion that, when the line is deployed, extends from the open end of the conduit and into the region of interest. Information observed by the sensing portion in the region of interest is communicated to the surface. When further well operations are to be performed in the region of interest, the retractable line is retracted until the sensing portion is located above the region of interest and below the surface. After the well operation is completed, the retractable line may be re-deployed such that the sensing portion again extends through the open end of the conduit and into the region of interest to continue observing characteristics associated with the well. |
| US08040248B2 |
Device for detection of surface condition data
A device is disclosed for detection of surface properties or conditions, in particular detection of water, snow and ice and in particular to road surfaces by means of detector means mounted on individual vehicles, and transmitting the data from the vehicle, preferably together with position data of the vehicle, to be used by drivers of other vehicles for warning of slippery road conditions ahead of the vehicle. According to a particular aspect, it has been realised that the fact that polarized light which is mirror reflected by e.g. ice or water on a surface, preserves its polarization, whereas polarized light which is diffuse reflected largely becomes depolarized, may be utilised to separate the two types of reflection and thus provide a much more compact sensor device for surface properties, in which the light may be emitted close to or parallel to the road surface normal. |
| US08040247B2 |
System for rapid detection of drowsiness in a machine operator
The present invention discloses a system and a process for rapidly detecting drowsiness in a individual operating a machine. The system can capture a plurality of facial images of the individual and compare one or more facial parameters from the images to a plurality of stored high priority sleepiness facial actions that are in a prioritized action database. Based on the comparison, a current level of sleepiness can be determined for the individual and an actuator can be actuated in order to alert the individual and possibly any other individuals that may be in the vicinity. |
| US08040245B2 |
Hand washing monitor for detecting the entry and identification of a person
Methods, systems, and computer-storage media provide for the monitoring of hand washing by people entering a room. A person is detected entering a room and an image of the person is captured. The person is identified as an employee using various employee identifiers or is identified as a visitor. The image may be used to identify distinguishing features of the visitor to be compared to an image subsequently during hand washing to verify the identity of the hand washer as the person who entered the room. Similarly, the employee identifier is used to verify the identity of a hand washer as the employee that entered the room. If any person entering the room remains for a threshold period of time without activating the soap dispenser, then a notification that includes the person's identity is provided within the room to remind the person that hand washing is required. |
| US08040240B2 |
Method and apparatus to automatically trigger position location fixes for external devices
A method and apparatus automatically triggers position location fixes for external devices. In one embodiment of the present invention, a mobile station generates position location data for a position location function in an external device in response to determining that the mobile station is electrically coupled to the external device, and in response to determining that the position location function in the external device is active. The mobile station does not generate position location data for the position location function in the external device in response to determining that the mobile station is electrically decoupled from the external device, or in response to determining that the position location function in the external device is not active. |
| US08040237B2 |
Methods and apparatus to detect carrying of a portable audience measurement device
Methods and apparatus to detect carrying of a portable audience measurement device are disclosed herein. An example portable audience measurement device includes a housing; a media detector in the housing to collect media exposure data; a first status sensor to detect a first distance between the housing and an object at a first time, wherein the first status sensor is to detect a second distance between the housing and the object at a second time; and a distance comparator to generate a first signal indicative of a relationship between the first distance and the second distance to enable determination of whether the device is being carried by a person. |
| US08040234B2 |
Method and apparatus for remote service of an appliance
An appliance network has a service key accessory to facilitate remote diagnosis and service of an appliance. |
| US08040230B2 |
Alarm control apparatus
An alarm control apparatus which collects alarms from a plant and handles the alarms includes: a defining section for defining a conditioning process which is executed when performing a filtering process on the alarms; and a filtering section for performing the filtering process on the collected alarms in accordance with the conditioning process defined by the defining section. |
| US08040224B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling vibration in mobile terminal
An apparatus and method for controlling vibration in a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes, upon detecting a key input by a user, determining whether a current feedback signal is detected when an external case with a first vibrator is connected to the mobile terminal, upon detecting the current feedback signal, determining that the external case is connected to the mobile terminal and applying a drive signal to the first vibrator, and controlling the first vibrator to be activated in response to the received drive signal to output a haptic feedback. |
| US08040220B2 |
Method and apparatus for managing tag information, and computer product
A storing unit stores a plurality of pieces of tag information to be stored in a single radio-frequency-identification tag. A responding unit transmits, in response to a request from a reader/writer, part of the stored tag information to the reader/writer. |
| US08040215B2 |
Address selection for an I2C bus
An address configuration circuit and a method for sharing a series bus connected to a first device between two secondary devices by a configuration within each secondary device of a different address, including, in a configuration phase, the temporary configuring of an output terminal of each secondary device in a mode of reading of the voltage present on this terminal to select one address out of two within the device. |
| US08040213B2 |
Thin film resistor element and manufacturing method of the same
In order to provide a thin-film resistor and a manufacturing method thereof capable of restraining reduction of a Q-value of varactor by reducing a parasitic capacitance between the resistor and the substrate, the thin-film resistor includes a semiconductor substrate 10 including an integrated circuit 12 having a plurality of electrode pads 14 placed in a distance from each other in the most upper part of a plurality of stacked interconnections, and the integrated circuit 12 having a passivation film 16 formed between the plurality of electrode pads 14; a secondary interconnections 18 electrically connected to the electrode pads 14; an insulating film 20 formed in a place in between the secondary interconnections 18 on the passivation film 16; and a resistor 26 formed 18 in a predetermined place in between the secondary interconnections 18 on the insulating film 20. |
| US08040210B2 |
Electromagnetically operated switching device
A switching contact, an electromagnetically operated electromagnet for driving the switching contact, and a drive power source device for driving the electromagnetically operated electromagnet. The electromagnetically operated electromagnet includes a movable core coupled to a movable contact of the switching contact, a fixed core located in a peripheral portion of the movable core, and coils wound around the movable core and the fixed core. Currents are supplied to the coils to drive the movable core. Capacitors store charges for supplying the current to the coils. Resistors are arranged in series with a path through which the capacitors are connected with the coils of the electromagnetically operated electromagnet and through which a current for closing operation flows. Capacitances of the capacitors and values of the resistors are controlled to adjust a supplied current characteristic to the electromagnetically operated electromagnet. |
| US08040206B2 |
Circular and/or linear polarity format data receiving apparatus
An apparatus has an antenna configured to receive transmitted digital data, wherein the data comprises circular polarity (CP) and linear polarity (LP) format signals. The apparatus also has a waveguide coupled to the antenna and configured to propagate: 1) a first component of the CP format signal which is received; 2) a second component of the CP format signal which is received, said second component being substantially orthogonal to said first component; and 3) the LP format signal which is received. The apparatus further has one or more phase adjusters configured to allow adjustment to be made to match a phase of the first and second components of the CP format signal. The apparatus also has one or more amplitude adjusters configured to allow adjustments to be made to match an amplitude of the first and second components of the CP format signal. |
| US08040204B2 |
Radio frequency combiners/splitters
Disclosed is a radio-frequency divider comprising: an input port; and two output ports, separated by a bridge bar, wherein the divider is arranged in microstrip form and the microstrip structure takes the form of a generally tapering section connecting the input port to the bridge bar such that the input port is positioned at the relatively thinner end of the tapering section and the bridge bar is positioned at the relatively wider end of the tapering section. Also disclosed is a corresponding method. The divider is able to operate equally as a combiner. |
| US08040199B2 |
Low profile and compact surface mount circulator on ball grid array
A surface mount circulator. The novel circulator includes a substrate, a predetermined number of microstrip lines disposed on a first surface of the substrate, a ground layer and a predetermined number of electrical contacts disposed on the second surface of the substrate, and a mechanism for coupling each microstrip line to one of the electrical contacts. In an illustrative embodiment, the circulator uses edge wrap metallization to wrap a microstrip line down a side of the substrate to connect with a corresponding contact. A ball grid array can then be used to connect the signal contacts and ground at the second surface of the substrate with a circuit board. The circulator also includes a magnet on first surface of the substrate over a resonator circuit connecting the microstrip lines and a pole piece on the second surface of the substrate beneath the ground to provide magnetic bias to the substrate. |
| US08040196B2 |
Digitally controlled oscillator
A digitally controlled oscillator includes a ring oscillator, a parallel resistor bank connected to a first terminal of the ring oscillator and having a resistance that varies according to a digital code, and a serial resistor bank connected to a second terminal of the ring oscillator and having a resistance that varies according to the digital code. A frequency of the ring oscillator linearly varies with a variation in the resistance of the parallel resistor bank and the resistance of the serial resistor bank according to the digital code. |
| US08040191B2 |
PLL circuit with VCO gain control
A PLL circuit includes first and second charge pump circuits controlling an output voltage according to an output signal of a phase comparator, a first filter filtering out predetermined frequency component included in a signal generated according to current output from the first charge pump circuit, and outputting the signal as a first voltage signal, a second filter inputting a current output from the second charge pump circuit and outputting a predetermined constant voltage as a second voltage signal, a voltage control unit outputting a third voltage signal according to a comparison result between the first voltage signal output from the first filter and a reference voltage signal, and a voltage controlled oscillator that has a first low gain property, a second low gain property, and a high gain property, and is controlled by the first to third voltage signals to generate an oscillating frequency. |
| US08040181B2 |
Time delay compensation and pulse width correction
A system, method and apparatus is provided for pulse width correction in a power driver. In an embodiment, an apparatus includes an operational amplifier having an input and an output. The input of the operational amplifier is coupled to receive an input pulse signal. The apparatus further includes an output stage having an input coupled to the output of the operational amplifier. The output stage also includes a current output configured to couple to a load and to a voltage sense output. The apparatus also includes a comparator having an inverting input coupled to the voltage sense output of the output stage, a non-inverting input configured to couple to an input signal, and an output. Also, the apparatus includes a timing circuit with an input coupled to the output of the comparator and an input coupled to the input signal. The timing circuit also has an output to supply the input pulse signal. The timing circuit measures a delay from a change in the input signal to a change in the output of the comparator. The timing circuit replicates the measured delay as a delay in a change to the input pulse signal. |
| US08040180B2 |
Operational amplifier capable of compensating offset voltage
An operational amplifier capable of compensating offset voltage includes an input stage circuit having a positive input end, a negative input end, a first current output end, and a second current output end, for outputting current corresponding to voltage received by the positive and negative input ends, an output stage circuit coupled to the first current output end and the second current output end of the input stage circuit, for outputting voltage according to current outputted from the first current output end and the second current output end, and an trimming device coupled between the input stage circuit and the output stage circuit, for adjusting current of the first current output end or the second current output end for compensating offset voltage. |
| US08040179B2 |
Apparatus and method for estimating power for amplifier
Described herein is an apparatus and method for estimating the amount of power that is to be consumed by an amplifier. An estimation section may be determined based on frame data of an input signal that is to be input to the amplifier. The estimation section may be stored to in a predetermined section, and the amount of power to be consumed by the amplifier may be estimated in advance based on the stored signal. The predetermined section may be determined in consideration of response a characteristic of a power supply of the amplifier. The amount of power may be calculated by assigning weight to the stored signal. |
| US08040178B2 |
Oscillator, and receiving device and electronic device using the oscillator
An oscillator unit is configured such that a frequency adjustment unit of a synthesizer used by a controller is smaller than a frequency variation tracking capability of a demodulator connected to an output side of a frequency converter. This structure successfully combines the temperature compensation control of an oscillator unit and the receiving process of a high-frequency receiving device. Accordingly, an oscillator unit with large temperature coefficient is applicable to high-frequency receiving devices. |
| US08040175B2 |
Supply regulated charge pump system
An apparatus and a method for maintaining an output voltage of a charge pump circuit near a target voltage is disclosed. A regulated supply voltage is generated based on the output voltage of the charge pump. The regulated supply voltage is applied to a voltage input to the charge pump circuit and to a voltage input of a clock driver that provides a regulated clock signal to the charge pump circuit. |
| US08040172B2 |
Logic level converter
A logic level converter includes two first electronic switches coupled in a bi-stable flip-flop arrangement having at least one output line, and a forcing circuitry including two second electronic switches to force switching of the first electronic switches in the flip-flop arrangement. The forcing circuitry has an input terminal to receive a logic input signal having a given level to produce switching of the flip-flop arrangement and generate at the output line(s) of the flip-flop arrangement, a logic output signal(s) whose voltage level is converted with respect to the level of the logic input signal. The converter includes, interposed between each of the two first electronic switches in the flip-flop arrangement and a respective one of the second electronic switches in the forcing circuitry, at least one respective cascode electronic switch to limit the voltage across the two first electronic switches in the flip-flop arrangement. |
| US08040168B2 |
Charge pump circuit
The charge pump circuit includes: a first switch for controlling either one of push operation and pull operation based on a first control signal; a current mirror circuit composed of a transistor different in attribute from the first switch; and a second switch composed of a transistor same in characteristic as a transistor constituting the first switch, for controlling input of a current into the current mirror circuit based on a second control. The other operation, the push operation or the pull operation, is performed with a current output from the current mirror circuit. |
| US08040164B2 |
Circuits and methods for programming integrated circuit input and output impedances
An integrated circuit may include at least a first replica driver stage coupled between a reference impedance input and a first power supply node and having a first programmable driver impedance set by a first driver configuration value in the same manner as a first output driver section of the integrated circuit. At least a first replica input termination stage may be coupled between the reference impedance input and the first power supply node and having a first programmable termination impedance set by a first termination configuration value in the same manner as a first input termination section of the integrated circuit. An impedance programming circuit may generate at least the first driver configuration value and the first termination configuration value in response to a potential at the reference node. |
| US08040160B2 |
Driver arrangement and signal generation method
A driver arrangement comprises a charge pump based oscillator (OSC) having a first charging element (CE1) with a first capacitance (C1) for generating an oscillator signal depending on a first capacitance (C1) and on a first charging current (I1). A controllable current source (CCS) is configured to generated a first and a second charging current (I1, I2) depending on a current control signal, wherein first and second charging currents (I1, I2) have a first predetermined scaling ratio (α). The current control signal is provided by a control unit (CTL). An output circuit (DRV) of the driver arrangement comprises a second charging element (CE2) having a second capacitance (C2). The output circuit (DRV) is configured to generate an output signal depending on a data signal (TXD), on the second charging current (I2) and on the second capacitance (C2). Herein, the second capacitance (C2) has a second predetermined scaling ratio (β) with respect to the first capacitance (C1). |
| US08040159B1 |
Comparator with jitter mitigation
In one example, a comparator circuit includes a differential stage adapted to receive a differential input signal. The comparator circuit includes first and second diodes coupled to the differential stage. The first and second diodes are adapted to selectively switch on and off to provide a differential output signal at first and second differential output nodes in response to the differential input signal. The comparator circuit includes a current steering circuit adapted to selectively provide a reference current from a current source to the first or second diode in an off state to reduce a voltage swing of the first or second diode between the off state and an on state. The comparator circuit includes an output stage coupled to the first and second diodes at the first and second differential output nodes. The output stage is adapted to convert the differential output signal to a single ended output signal. |
| US08040156B2 |
Lock detection circuit and lock detecting method
Provided are a lock detection circuit and a lock detecting method. The lock detection circuit includes two delay devices, four flip-flops and two logic gates, and can accurately detect a lock state of a phase locked loop (PLL) circuit. Therefore, the lock detection circuit can be implemented in a simple structure, and as a result, the lock detection circuit can be compact in size and can consume less electric power. Also, the lock detecting method enables lock detection process to be simpler, so that a lock state can be detected within a short time period. |
| US08040152B1 |
Separate configuration of I/O cells and logic core in a programmable logic device
A programmable logic device (PLD) is provided that includes: a plurality of programmable logic blocks, the plurality of programmable logic blocks being associated with a first configuration data shift register operable to shift in configuration data for the plurality of programmable logic blocks; a plurality of input/output (I/O cells), each I/O cell associating with a corresponding set of I/O configuration memory cells; and a plurality of boundary scan cells corresponding to the plurality of I/O cells, each boundary scan being configurable to form a second data shift register for the I/O configuration memory cells. |
| US08040151B2 |
Programmable logic device with programmable wakeup pins
A programmable logic device (PLD) adapted to enter a low-power or sleep mode with programmable wakeup pins in a wakeup group of pins is disclosed. Wake on a single pin change, wake on vector, and wake on a single pin transition are supported. The approach is to select the actively participating pins, enable the desired operation, define the wakeup condition, enter sleep mode, monitor the external signals coupled to the active pins, and exit sleep mode when the wakeup condition is detected. |
| US08040144B2 |
Interface circuit
An interface circuit includes a reference voltage generation circuit to generate a reference voltage, a differential voltage signal generation circuit to convert send data input in sending data into a pair of differential voltage signals and output the pair of differential voltage signals based on the reference voltage generated by the reference voltage generation circuit, a receiver to convert a pair of differential voltage signals input in receiving data and output received data, and a receiver test circuit to perform a sensitivity test of the receiver, the receiver test circuit having a resistance circuit to generate a pair of differential voltage signals having a potential difference being necessary for the sensitivity test of the receiver. |
| US08040143B2 |
Capacitance sensing with mismatch compensation
Systems and methods are provided for determining the value of a capacitance. A system for sensing capacitance comprises an oscillator arrangement comprising a plurality of oscillators and a mismatch compensation arrangement coupled between the oscillator arrangement and a first capacitive element having a first capacitance. The mismatch compensation arrangement is configured to selectively couple the first capacitive element to a respective oscillator of the plurality of oscillators, wherein an oscillation frequency of the respective oscillator is influenced by the first capacitance. |
| US08040137B2 |
Method for measuring an ionization current of a spark plug of the type with resonant structure and corresponding device
A device for measuring an ionization current of a spark plug of a type with a resonant structure, including a motor vehicle ignition system, the spark plug being coupled to a generator including a regulating capacitor. The generator includes a polarizer that polarizes the spark plug, connected between the generator and the spark plug, and a device that measures ionization current of the spark plug, connected between the regulating capacitor and ground. |
| US08040134B2 |
Magnetic resonance imaging device configured to suppress signals from fat by excluding effect of non-uniformity of irradiated magnetic field
A magnetic resonance imaging device includes control means for controlling receiving means according to a predetermined pulse sequence that includes an unnecessary material suppressing sequence unit for suppressing a signal from an unnecessary material which is not a measurement target, and a main imaging sequence unit for measuring a nuclear magnetic resonance signal used to create an image of an examinee. The unnecessary material suppressing sequence unit generates at least two or more high frequency magnetic field pulses so that the longitudinal magnetization of the unnecessary material is made spatially uniform in the imaging space under application of a first high frequency magnetic field pulse in the main imaging sequence unit. |
| US08040129B2 |
Rotation detector and rotation detector-equipped bearing
A rotation detecting device capable of outputting information on the absolute angle using an ABZ phase signal and without extra operation and procedures required, and a bearing assembly having this rotation detecting device incorporated therein are provided. The device includes an absolute angle detecting sensor unit for detecting the rotation angle of a rotating member as an absolute angle and a rotation pulse signal generating section for generating a rotation pulse signal including an index signal corresponding to a zero phase of the absolute angle detecting sensor unit and a pulse signal of a constant interval, based on the absolute angle detected by the absolute angle detecting sensor unit. The rotation pulse signal is outputted in an absolute angle output mode, under which the rotational pulse signal is outputted from a time the index signal is outputted to the current absolute angle. |
| US08040125B2 |
Device and method for the analysis of a measured signal transmitted via a multi-channel system
A device, in particular, a multi-channel oscilloscope, for the analysis of at least one measured signal transmitted via a multi-channel system, with several measurement channels. The device includes in each case a sampling device, a baseband mixing device, and a filter device, and an analysis device. The measured signal is supplied to the measurement channels and to the respective sampling devices for simultaneous sampling. The sampled measured signal is supplied to the baseband mixing devices connected downstream of the sampling devices for the mixing of the measured signal down into the baseband, to the filter devices connected downstream of the baseband mixing devices for the decimation of the sampled values of the measured signal in the baseband and to the analysis device connected to the filter devices for the analysis of the measured signal. |
| US08040124B2 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring leakage current of a faraday cup
A current branch circuit is electrically coupled with a Faraday cup and an operation amplifier separately. The Faraday cup, the current branch circuit and the operation amplifier are formed as a portion of an ion implanter. When the Faraday cup is electrically coupled with a ground through a conductive structure formed by an ion beam received by the Faraday cup, a current flows from the output of the operation amplifier to the current branch circuit to balance another current flow from the current branch circuit through the Faraday cup to the ground. By dynamically monitoring the voltage of the output of the operation amplifier, current flows through the Faraday cup to the ground and through the resistance of the conductive structure can be dynamically monitored. Accordingly, the difference between the ion current measured by the Faraday cup and the real ion current implanted to the wafer can be dynamically acquired to avoid overdosage of the wafer with the ion beam. |
| US08040123B2 |
Reference voltage circuit
A reference voltage circuit that obtains a precisely constant voltage by compensating a temperature variation of a reference voltage circuit using band gap voltage. A p-type MOS transistor (PNP) outputs a reference voltage according to a control voltage, and provides respective PNPs having diode connections with currents corresponding to the reference voltage. A temperature compensation unit adds compensation currents proportional to the second power of absolute current to currents flowing in the respective PNPs, so that both voltages generated corresponding to the currents flowing in the respective PNPs become the same in the case where the band gap unit has temperature characteristics including a peak value. The band gap unit has a differential amplifier for outputting the control voltage. In the case where the band gap unit has a bottom value, the compensation unit subtracts the above compensation currents from the currents flowing in the respective PNPs. |
| US08040115B2 |
Multiple branch alternative element power regulation
A power regulation circuit includes at least a first regulator connected to a second regulator in series forming a first regulator pair and a third regulator connected to a fourth regulator in series forming a second regulator pair. The first regulator pair is connected in parallel with the second regulator pair. Each individual regulator is configured to separately regulate an input voltage to a predetermined regulated output voltage. The second regulator pair regulates the input voltage if a short condition occurs within the first regulator pair and the second and fourth regulators each regulate the input voltage if an open condition occurs within the first or third regulator respectively. |
| US08040114B2 |
Method and apparatus to increase efficiency in a power factor correction circuit
A controller for use in a power factor correction (PFC) converter includes a power factor correction controller circuit coupled to output a drive signal to switch a power switch between an on state and an off state to transfer energy to an output of the PFC converter. The controller also includes an switching frequency adjuster coupled to output a frequency adjust signal to the power factor correction controller circuit to adjust an average switching frequency of the power switch in response to a load signal representative of a load coupled to the output of the PFC converter, wherein the frequency adjust signal is responsive to a range of load conditions. |
| US08040113B2 |
Fault tolerant generator or starter/generator with low torque ripple
A fault tolerant generator apparatus includes subsystems isolated from each other, so that the generator may operate in a fault mode with low torque ripple. The apparatus comprises a machine and a power controller unit. In an embodiment, the machine has a plurality of electrical three phase windings and the power controller unit has a plurality of power converters. Each three phase winding of the machine is coupled to a separate corresponding power converter to form an operating subsystem. The operating subsystems are physically and electrically isolated from each other to provide fault tolerant operation of the apparatus. Accordingly, each of the operating subsystems is effective to provide a balanced electrical load for the machine. |
| US08040112B2 |
Vehicle-use power generation control device
The vehicle-use power generation control device includes a first function of detecting a temperature around a generator mounted on a vehicle, a second function of setting a target control voltage in accordance with the temperature detected by the first function, and a third function of controlling an output voltage of the generator at the target control voltage set by the second function. The second function is configured to determine the target control voltage on the basis of a target power generation voltage defining the target control voltage to be set at a predetermined temperature, and a predetermined gradient of the target control voltage with respect to the temperature detected by the first function. |
| US08040109B2 |
Battery terminal inspection apparatus, inspection method, and cylindrical dry battery
Poor contact on a terminal face that is likely to especially occur with a dry battery with low electromotive force can be appropriately inspected and suppressed. Moreover, the inspection can be highly efficiently performed in a non-contacting state. Also, a cylindrical dry battery in which the poor contact on the terminal face is certainly suppressed is provided. An apparatus 50 that inspects an electric contact at an outer surface of a positive terminal 12 and a negative terminal 32 of a dry battery 10, includes: a light-emitting section 51 that makes a light incident on a part to be measured on a terminal face of the battery; a light-receiving section 52 that detects a reflection state of the light from the part to be measured, and a measurement processing section 55 that quantifies gloss level of the part to be measured based on detection with the light-receiving section 52, wherein evaluation data of the electric contact is obtained with measurement values of the gloss level. |
| US08040107B2 |
Battery charger, secondary battery unit and electric apparatus equipped therewith
A mobile telephone has a rechargeable battery, and the rechargeable battery is charged through a battery charger; the battery charger includes an information processing system serving as a charge controller and a battery manager; the battery manager measures a discharging time period of the rechargeable battery so as to store pieces of duration data expressing a charge-and-discharge cycle, and determines a charge initiation level and a charge completion level on the basis of the pieces of duration data in such a manner to reduce the number of charging operation without shortage of electric charge for the rechargeable battery; and the charge controller carries out the charging with reference to the charge initiation level and charge completion level so that the rechargeable battery is prolonged in life time. |
| US08040106B2 |
Method of controlling battery charging
The present teachings are directed toward methods of controlling the charging of a battery. The method includes the steps of receiving current and voltage output information for the battery during a charging/discharging cycle at a certain time interval, and using a model to determine both charging efficiency of the battery and the overpotential for a side reaction. These values for the charging efficiency and the overpotential of the side reaction are then compared to respective first and second given values. If either the charging efficiency or the overpotential is less than their respective given values, then the charging of the battery is suspended. The present method is particularly applicable to Li-ion batteries. |
| US08040105B1 |
Emergency power generating source for mobile devices
Various portable electronic devices are respectively equipped so that manually provided mechanical energy is converted into electrical energy and stored there in. The stored electrical energy can be used to power the respective portable electronic device for at least a brief period. Suitably equipped portable electronic devices can thus be operated in emergency situations without external sources of electrical power, replacement batteries, or the like. |
| US08040101B2 |
Alternating current motor drive circuit and electric vehicle drive circuit
A current source rectifier is provided at an output of an alternating current generator, an alternating current motor is connected to an output of the rectifier via a voltage source inverter, furthermore, two arms having switching elements connected in inverse parallel to diodes are connected to the output of the rectifier, and one terminal of a direct current power source capable of a power supply and absorption is connected to a midpoint between the arms, while the other terminal thereof is connected to a neutral point of motor coils or generator coils, thereby eliminating a need for a large volumetric reactor in a direct current chopper, achieving a downsizing of the circuit. |
| US08040098B2 |
Position controller
A position controller includes a position control part that calculates a speed command on the basis of a difference between a position command and a rotation position of a motor, a PI control part that calculates a torque command on the basis of a speed difference between the speed command and a feedback speed, an observer that generates the feedback speed on the basis of the torque command and a rotation speed of the motor, a phase lead compensator that generates a phase lead compensation signal of the torque command on the basis of the speed command, and an adder that generates a new torque command by adding the phase lead compensation signal of the torque command to the torque command. |
| US08040090B2 |
Brushless motor controller and brushless motor
A brushless motor controller that controls a brushless motor by determining an energizing timing of a three-phase stator coil based on the rotational position and speed of a rotor. The controller includes a normal timing generation unit, an advancing timing generation unit, and a control switching unit. The normal timing generation unit generates a normal energizing timing. The advancing angle timing generation unit generates an advancing angle energizing timing advanced by a predetermined amount from the normal energizing timing and a final advancing angle energizing timing delayed by a delay amount from the advancing angle energizing timing. The control switching unit switches rotation control of the motor between a first rotation control executed in accordance with the normal energizing timing and a second rotation control executed in accordance with the final advancing angle energizing timing. |
| US08040087B2 |
Control devices and methods
A control device for driving a motor which includes a rotor and a stator is provided. The control device includes a Hall detector and driving circuit. The Hall detector detects magnetic flux variation when the rotor rotates and generates a first detection signal and a second detection signal. The first and second detection signals represent current rotation location when the rotor rotates. The driving circuit generates a driving signal to drive the stator. The driving circuit turns on or off the driving signal according to a control signal and the relationship between the first and second detection signals. |
| US08040086B2 |
Current detector unit and motor control device
A current detector unit has a current detecting portion detecting a current flowing between a three-phase inverter and a direct-current power supply as a detection current; a three-phase current detecting portion for detecting a three-phase current of the inverter based on the detection current; and a judging portion judging, based on the detection current, whether or not a target time point belongs to a period during which the three-phase current can be detected. If the judging portion judges that the target time point belongs to the period, the three-phase current detecting portion detects the three-phase current. |
| US08040085B2 |
Brushless motor apparatus
A brushless motor apparatus includes a fixedly arranged stator 14, a rotor 12 rotated in a manner sequentially excited by a plurality of excitation patterns, a magnetic-pole-position detecting magnet 16 fixed to the rotor and having twice the number of poles of the rotor, and a position detecting element 18 arranged opposite to the magnetic-pole-position detecting magnet and detecting the position of magnetic poles of the rotor, and further includes a motor drive circuit serving as a control such that when the stator is excited with a different excitation pattern between regular excitation patterns on normal operation at the time of phase matching carried out upon actuation of a power source, the rotation angle of the rotor is one-half the rotation angle corresponding to the regular excitation pattern. |
| US08040083B2 |
Motor drive control system and method for controlling the same
In a motor drive control system configured to include a converter capable of stepping up the voltage, when the locked state of MG2 operating as an electric motor does not occur (NO in S130), a voltage command value VHref for the converter output voltage is set according to respective required voltages of MG1 operating as an electric generator and MG2 (S140). In contrast, when the locked state of MG2 occurs (YES in S130), the voltage command value VHref is set to a limit voltage Vlmt or less for limiting the voltage step-up by the converter (S150, S180). When the locked state occurs, the converter output voltage is decreased and accordingly the DC voltage switched by the inverter is lowered, so that a switching loss at the switching device forming a part of the inverter is reduced and the temperature increase due to the heat generation can be suppressed. |
| US08040080B2 |
Force invariant touch sensitive actuator
A user interface for a lighting control has a touch sensitive front surface; a four-wire resistive touch pad responsive to a point actuation on the front surface, the touch pad having a longitudinal resistive element for providing a first control signal representative of the position of the point actuation along the longitudinal axis, and a lateral resistive element for providing a second control signal representative of the position of the point actuation along the lateral axis; a controller receiving the first and second control signals; a first capacitor coupled between the lateral resistive element and a circuit common that charges and discharges through the longitudinal resistive element of the resistive touch pad to stabilize the first control signal; and first, second, and third switches controlled by the controller to provide a DC supply voltage to the resistive elements and to couple a respective resistive element to the controller. The controller determines, from the second control signal, if the touch sensitive front surface is presently being actuated, and determines, from the first control signal, the position of the point actuation along the longitudinal axis. |
| US08040079B2 |
Peak detection with digital conversion
A peak detection/digitization circuit includes a plurality of level detect units, each having a comparator and a flip-flop with a clock input responsive to the output of the comparator. For a detection period, each level detect unit configures a data output signal of the flip-flop to a first data state responsive to a start of the detection period. Further, each level detect unit is configured to enable the comparator responsive to the data output signal having the first data state or a second data state, respectively. While the comparator is enabled during the detection period, the level detect unit configures the data output signal of the flip-flop responsive to a comparison of an input signal to a corresponding reference voltage level by the comparator. The data output signals of the flip-flops of the level detect units at the end of the detection period are used to determine a digital value representative of a peak voltage level of the input signal. |
| US08040074B2 |
Discharge-lamp lighting device and luminaire
There is provided a discharge-lamp lighting device that, upon start-up of a high-intensity discharge lamp, alternately outputs a period A during which a starting circuit applies a high voltage to the high-intensity discharge lamp by resonance operation when a DC/AC inverter outputs a high-frequency voltage, and a period B during which the DC/AC inverter applies a low-frequency-square-wave voltage or a DC voltage to the high-intensity discharge lamp via the starting circuit. The period A for applying the high voltage by the resonance operation is set to about a time enough for a high-intensity discharge lamp in an initial aging stage to cause a dielectric breakdown, and a period C for alternately outputting the high-voltage generating period A and the period B for outputting the low-frequency-square-wave voltage or the DC voltage is set to about a time enough for a high-intensity discharge lamp in a life's last stage to cause a dielectric breakdown. |
| US08040073B2 |
AC power supply system for balanced energization of a plurality of loads
A gas-discharge lamp igniter is disclosed which has a group of gas-discharge lamps, such as those for LCD backlighting, connected in parallel with one another between the pair of outputs of an AC power supply. Provided one for each lamp to be energized, current-balancing transformers have their secondary windings serially interconnected. The lamps are connected to one of the pair of outputs of the AC power supply via the respective primary windings of the current-balancing transformers and the serial connection of the secondary windings thereof. |
| US08040070B2 |
Frequency converted dimming signal generation
There is provided a lighting control circuit comprising a duty cycle detection circuit, an averaging circuit, a waveform generator and a comparator circuit. The duty cycle detection circuit generates a first periodic waveform having a duty cycle and frequency corresponding to an input waveform duty cycle and frequency. The averaging circuit generates a first signal having a voltage level corresponding to the duty cycle of the first periodic waveform. The waveform generator outputs a second periodic waveform having a frequency different from the input waveform frequency. The comparator circuit compares the second periodic waveform with the first signal to generate an output waveform having a duty cycle corresponding to the input waveform duty cycle and a frequency corresponding to the frequency of the second periodic waveform. Also, there are provided methods. |
| US08040069B2 |
Method and apparatus for maximizing the sustainable flash of a handheld portable electronic device
A method and apparatus for maintaining a maximum sustained flash current over the whole length of a flash using a programmable current drive in a handheld portable device powered by a battery. The method involves measuring the battery voltage before and after a flash is initiated and calculating the equivalent series resistance (ESR) of the battery. The calculated ESR is then used to adjust the flash current. The process may be repeated to correct for errors in the flash current. |
| US08040068B2 |
Radio frequency power control system
A radio frequency (RF) system includes a control module that allocates M predetermined frequency intervals. The system also includes N RF sources that each applies first RF power to electrodes within a plasma chamber at frequencies within an assigned respective one of the M predetermined frequency intervals. The N RF sources also each respond to second RF power including feedback from the plasma chamber. The N RF sources each include a processing module that adjusts the first RF power based on the second RF power and the respective one of the M predetermined frequency intervals. M and N are integers greater than 1. |
| US08040067B2 |
Magnetron with cathode decoupled from output
A magnetron including a cathode, an anode axially aligned with the cathode and including a plurality of radial vanes defining resonant cavities, an output coupler connected to a first set of the vanes, a second set of vanes not connected to the output coupler, and extensions formed on only the vanes of the second set, the extensions extending in the axial direction towards the output coupler in a direction parallel to the axis of the anode, the extensions not being connected to the output coupler, whereby a capacitance between the axial extensions and the cathode at least partly compensates for the capacitance between the output coupler and the cathode. |
| US08040066B1 |
Flesh illuminating device
A flesh illuminating device (FID) (10) that is comprised of three major elements: an electronic control unit (ECU) (12), an LED assembly (50) and a flesh attachment assembly (70). The ECU (12) and the LED assembly (50) are attached to the flesh attachment assembly (70) which is dimensioned to allow the LED assembly (50) to be attached to a selectable section of flesh. The section of flesh can consist of either an arm, a hand, a leg, a foot, at least one ear lobe or at least one breast. When the FID (10) is manually or remotely turned ON, the LED assembly (50) which preferably consists of at least one LED (60), illuminates causing the selected section of flesh to illuminate. |
| US08040062B2 |
Electroconductive laminate, and electromagnetic wave shielding film and protective plate for plasma display
Provided is an electroconductive laminate having a substrate and an electroconductive film formed on the substrate, wherein the electroconductive film has a multilayer structure having an oxide layer and a metal layer alternately laminated from the substrate side in a total layer number of (2n+1) (wherein n is an integer of at least 1); the oxide layer predominantly contains zinc oxide and titanium oxide having a refractive index of at least 2.3; the oxide layer has an atomic ratio of titanium to a total amount of titanium and zinc of 15-50 atomic %; and the metal layer predominantly contains silver or a silver alloy. Also provided is a process for producing the electroconductive laminate. |
| US08040057B2 |
Display panel having a contact angle between the substrate and electrode
A display panel includes a substrate and an electrode disposed on the substrate. A contact angle θ between the substrate and the electrode is expressed by the following Equation 1: arc tangent(T/S)≦θ≦arc tangent(40T/S) (S: surface area of electrode cross section, T: peak height of electrode cross section). |
| US08040051B2 |
Organic light emitting display and method of manufacturing the same
An organic light emitting display is capable of preventing or reducing a scratch and a short between the wire lines due to the scratch. The organic light emitting display includes a pixel substrate including an organic light emitting element formed on a pixel region and wire lines formed in a surrounding area of the pixel region; and a protrusion formed between the wire lines. |
| US08040050B2 |
AC driven light emitting device
An alternating current (AC) driven light emitting device includes a substrate, K number of first light emitting diode (LED) cells arranged in a row on a top surface of the substrate, where K is an integer satisfying K≧3, K number of second LED cells arranged in a row parallel to the row of the first LED cells on the top surface of the substrate, and (K−1) number of third LED cells arranged in a row between the respective rows of the first and second LED cells on the top surface of the substrate. The AC driven light emitting device has a connection structure between LED cells to be operable at an AC. |
| US08040049B2 |
Organic EL element and method for manufacturing thereof
One embodiment of the present invention is a method for manufacturing an organic electroluminescence element wherein the organic electroluminescence has a substrate, a partition wall on the substrate, a pixel on the substrate sectioned by the partition wall, an organic luminescent layer on the pixel, forming an under-layer on the entire surface of a luminescent area including the inside surface of the pixel and the upper surface of the partition wall and forming the organic luminescent layer by coating an ink which includes an organic luminous material by a printing method on the surface of the under-layer. |
| US08040046B2 |
Organic electroluminescent display having light scattering film
An organic electroluminescent display includes a pair of substrates; an organic electroluminescent device between the pair of substrates, including: a pair of electrodes of an anode and a cathode, and a light-emitting layer between the pair of electrodes; and a light scattering film on a substrate on the viewing side of the pair of substrates, including: a transparent substrate film, and a light scattering layer which contains a light transmitting resin and a light scattering particle having a particle size of from 0.3 μm to 1.2 μm, wherein a ratio of (np/nb) is from 0.80 to 0.95 or from 1.05 to 1.35, taking a refractive index of the light scattering particle and the light transmitting resin as np and nb, respectively. |
| US08040043B2 |
Display device and luminous panel
In an organic EL panel for enhancing luminous efficiency and utilization efficiency of light, monochromatic RGB lights emitted from the organic EL panel in which organic EL elements optimum for three monochromatic primary RGB colors are patterned in a stripe-like manner, are adjusted by a liquid crystal panel so as to obtain monochromatic RGB output lights. In addition, the three monochromatic RGB lights are led through color filters with black matrices in order to enhance the color purities and visibilities of the adjusted lights. |
| US08040042B2 |
Transparent electroconductive layered structure, organic electroluminescent device using the same layered structure, method for producing the same layered structure, and method for producing the same device
Disclosed is an organic EL device comprising a transparent electroconductive anode layer which is formed by a simple coating method that enables film formation at a low temperature, which organic EL device is free from electrical short circuit between the transparent electroconductive anode layer and a cathode layer. Also disclosed is a transparent electroconductive layered structure used for manufacturing such an organic EL device. The transparent electroconductive layered structure is characterized by comprising a flat and smooth substrate, a transparent electroconductive anode layer which is formed on the substrate by a coating method and mainly composed of conductive particles, and a transparent substrate joined to the transparent electroconductive anode layer via an adhesive layer. The transparent electroconductive layered structure is also characterized in that the flat and smooth substrate can be separated from the transparent electroconductive anode layer. |
| US08040041B2 |
Light emitting apparatus
A red nitride phosphor of formula (I) or (II), and two green phosphors of formulas (III) and/or (IV) are included. MwAlxSiyBzN((2/3)w+x+(4/3)y+z):Eu2+ (I) M is any of Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba, and 0.5≦w≦3, x=1, 0.5≦y≦3 and 0≦z≦0.5, MpSiqN((2/3)p+(4/3)q):EU2+ (II) 1.5≦p≦2.5 and 4.5≦q≦5.5, MxMgSizOaXb:Eu2+ (III) M is any of Ca, Sr, Ba, Zn and Mn, X is any of F, Cl, Br and I, and 6.5≦x<8.0, 3.7≦z≦4.3, a=x+1+2z−b/2 and 1.0≦b≦1.9, SicAldOfNg:Eu2+ (IV) c+d=6, 5.0≦c<6, 0 |
| US08040039B2 |
Device and method for emitting composite output light using multiple wavelength-conversion mechanisms
A device and method for emitting composite output light uses multiple wavelength-conversion mechanisms to convert the original light generated by a light source of the device into longer wavelength light to produce the composite output light. One of the wavelength-conversion mechanisms of the device is a fluorescent substrate of the light source that converts the original light into first converted light. Another wavelength-conversion mechanism of the device is a wavelength-conversion region optically coupled to the light source that converts the original light into second converted light. The original light, the first converted light and the second converted light are emitted from the device as components of the composite output light. |
| US08040038B2 |
High frequency, cold cathode, triode-type, field-emitter vacuum tube and process for manufacturing the same
Disclosed herein is a high frequency, cold cathode, triode-type, field-emitter vacuum tube including a cathode structure, an anode structure spaced from the cathode structure, and a control grid, wherein the cathode structure and the anode structure are formed separately and bonded together with the interposition of spacers, and the control grid is integrated in the anode structure. |
| US08040036B2 |
Organic light emitting device and method for manufacturing the same
Disclosed is an organic light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same. The organic light emitting device includes a base rod, and a plurality of organic light emitting units. Each of the plurality of organic light emitting units includes a first electrode formed on the base rod, an organic layer formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the organic layer. The plurality of organic light emitting units are formed in longitudinal direction of the base rod and come into continuous contact with each other. The first electrode of each of the organic light emitting units comes into contact with the second electrode of each of the organic light emitting units adjoining said first electrode of each of the organic light emitting units. |
| US08040033B2 |
Electrode device for gas discharge sources and method of operating a gas discharge source having this electrode device
The present invention relates to an electrode device for gas discharge sources, a gas discharge source comprising such an electrode device and to a method of operating the gas discharge source. The electrode device comprises an electrode wheel (1) rotatable around a rotational axis (3) and a wiper unit (11) arranged to limit the thickness of a liquid material film applied to at least a portion of an outer circumferential surface (18) of the electrode wheel (1) during rotation of said electrode wheel (1). The wiper unit (11) is arranged and designed to form a gap (17) between the outer circumferential surface (18) and a wiping edge (19) of the wiper unit (11) and to inhibit or at least reduce a migration of liquid material from side surfaces to the outer circumferential surface (18) of the electrode wheel (1) during rotation. With the proposed electrode device the electrode wheel (1) can be rotated at higher rotational speeds without the formation of droplets resulting in a higher output power and pulse frequency of a gas discharge source having such an electrode device. |
| US08040028B2 |
Photo luminescent light source
An apparatus for providing a photoluminescent light source is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a light source that emanates light of a particular spectrum, photoluminescent material which converts light from the light source to light of another spectrum, and a selective mirror which reflects light generated by the light source and transmits light generated by the photoluminescent material. The photoluminescent material may be arranged so as to provide a plurality of light sources that emanate light of various colors. |
| US08040025B2 |
Method of producing ceramic structure and ceramic structure
Striped sheets each having a structure in which two types of first layers and second layers are stacked in the X direction are prepared. More specifically, first raw material sheets having the same composition as the first layers and second raw material sheets having the same composition as the second layers are regularly alternately stacked in the X direction to prepare a uniaxial stack. The uniaxial stack is then cut along the X direction to prepare the striped sheets. A large number of striped sheets and a large number of homogeneous sheets are then collected to form a sheet group. The striped sheets and the homogeneous sheets are alternately stacked in the Y direction different from the X direction to prepare a biaxial stack having two stacking axes in the X direction and the Y direction. The biaxial stack is fired to produce a ceramic structure. |
| US08040023B2 |
Bending transducer for generating electrical energy from mechanical deformations
A bending transducer device for generating electrical energy from deformations, and a circuit module which has such a bending transducer. The bending transducer includes at least one electrically deformable, vibration-capable, electrically conductive support structure, one piezoelectric element and a first contacting element, the conductive support structure having a first restraining area and a second restraining area for restraining the support structure, the piezoelectric element being designed and situated on the support structure in such a way that the piezoelectric element is deformable due to the deformation of the support structure caused by vibrations, and a first electrode for picking up the voltage generated by the deformation of the piezoelectric element is formed and contacted by the support structure, the first contacting element being connected electrically conductively to the support structure outside the first restraining area and the second restraining area. |
| US08040022B2 |
Forced vibration piezo generator and piezo actuator
Piezoelectric elements for power generation and/or actuation are described. An aspect is directed to generators utilizing piezoelectric elements for electrical power generation. Such a generator can use one or more arrays of piezoelectric cantilevers for electrical power generation in conjunction with modulated air pressure used for exciting the cantilevers. The pressure level/modulation and cantilever area can be controlled variables for maximizing the bending, and hence energy generation, of the cantilevers. A further aspect is directed to hydraulic fluid actuators utilizing a pumping mechanism that includes a piezoelectric element. The linear actuators can advantageously utilize the high force and high frequency characteristics of a piezoelectric membrane in conjunction with a large stroke and actuation direction conversion afforded by hydraulic transmission. |
| US08040019B2 |
Driver and driving method
Conventional drivers for transducers oftentimes did not provide an efficient driving mechanism because the driving signal was not “close enough” to the natural frequency of the transducer. Here, a driver for a transducer is provided that measures the natural frequency of the transducer and generates a driving signal accordingly. Thus, a more efficient driver is provided. |
| US08040018B2 |
Piezoelectric transformer type high-voltage power apparatus and image forming apparatus
A piezoelectric transformer high-voltage power source apparatus, in which a driving voltage determined by a value of a driving frequency is applied to a piezoelectric transformer, and thereby an output voltage output by the piezoelectric transformer is provided to a load, includes: an output voltage detection unit to compare an output voltage with a reference voltage for controlling the output voltage, in order to maintain the output voltage at a predetermined value, and based on the comparison result, detecting the change of the output voltage as a digital value; and a driving control unit to perform driving control of the piezoelectric transformer according to the detected digital value. The high-voltage power source apparatus performs stable frequency control without falling into an abnormal oscillation or uncontrollable state, and a high-voltage can be output within a short rise time. |
| US08040015B2 |
Rotor for an electric motor
The invention relates to a rotor for an electric motor, comprising a rotor shaft, a rotor core stack that is attached to the rotor shaft, a ring member which surrounds the rotor core stack, and a gap located between the rotor core stack and the ring member. Adhesive is introduced into the gap for fastening the ring member to the rotor core stack. Molded articles that are used as spacers are admixed to the adhesive. |
| US08040008B2 |
Axial gap motor
The axial gap motor includes the rotor having: a rotor frame including a plurality of ribs extending in a radial direction, an inner circumferential side annular shaft, and an outer circumferential side annular rim, which are integrally coupled to each other through the ribs; the shaft has shaft side rib mounting holes through which the ribs are mounted, the rim has rim side rib mounting holes through which the ribs are mounted, the ribs have radial inner ends mounted and fixed into the shaft side rib mounting holes and radial outer ends mounted and fixed into the rim side rib mounting holes, and in the rotor frame, the main magnets and the sub magnets are alternately disposed in the circumferential direction, between the shaft and the rim. |
| US08040006B2 |
Motor rotor and electric power steering apparatus
A motor rotor has a rotor yoke having a polygonal column structure, a plurality of magnet fixing sections formed on the lateral surface of the rotor yoke, segment magnets respectively fixed to the magnet fixing sections and extending in the axial direction of the rotor yoke, and projections provided on the rotor yoke and protruding outward from the rotor yoke, the projections being provided at each boundary section located between each of the adjacent magnet fixing sections and being provided in pairs in the axial direction of the rotor yoke. |
| US08040004B2 |
Motor device with pin terminals
A motor device may include a motor, a plurality of pin terminals protruded from a side face of a motor case on an outer side in a radial plane direction, and a wiring circuit board which is connected with the plurality of the pin terminals. The plurality of the pin terminals includes first pin terminals which are bent at predetermined positions in the radial plane direction toward one side in an axial direction of the motor, and second pin terminals which are bent toward the one side in the axial direction at inner sides in the radial plane direction with respect to the first pin terminals. The wiring circuit board is connected with the first pin terminals and the second pin terminals in a state where a circuit board face is directed in the axial direction. |
| US08040002B2 |
Ventilated rotor of high-power turbogenerator for production of electricity
A ventilated rotor of a high-power turbogenerator for the production of electricity has a shaft extending along an axis; a plurality of axial slots obtained in the shaft; a plurality of conductor bars arranged at least partly in the slots; a plurality of axial channels suitable for ventilating the conductor bars; a plurality of subslots, each of which is arranged below a slot to distribute a ventilating gas; a plurality of axial portions traveled over by respective flows of ventilating gas along each axial channel; and at least one radial channel, which is intended to convey directly the ventilating gas from the subslot to the outer surface of the rotor via the conductor bars and is arranged between two consecutive and adjacent axial portions of an axial channel. |
| US08039995B2 |
Controlling inductive power transfer systems
An inductive power transfer system (1) comprises a primary unit (10) operable to generate an electromagnetic field and at least one secondary device (30), separable from the primary unit, and adapted to couple with the field when the secondary device is in proximity to the primary unit so that power can be received inductively by the secondary device from the primary unit without direct electrical conductive contacts therebetween. The system detects if there is a substantial difference between, on the one hand, a power drawn from the primary unit and, on the other hand, a power required by the secondary device or, if there is more than one secondary device, a combined power required by the secondary devices. Following such detection, the system restricts or stops the inductive power supply from the primary unit. Such a system can detect the presence of unwanted parasitic loads in the vicinity of the primary unit reliably. |
| US08039994B2 |
Reduction of inrush current due to voltage sags
Various systems and methods are provided for minimizing an inrush current to a load after a voltage sag in a power voltage. In one embodiment, a method is provided comprising the steps of applying a power voltage (100) to a load (246), and detecting a sag in the power voltage (106) during steady-state operation of the load. The method includes the steps of adding an impedance (RT) to the load upon detection of the sag in the power voltage, and removing the impedance when the power voltage has reached a predetermined point in the power voltage cycle after the voltage has returned to normal. |
| US08039993B2 |
High-voltage bus discharge with logarithmic self-protection
Systems and methods for discharging a high-voltage bus coupled to a discharge circuit are provided. A method comprises obtaining a first voltage level of the high-voltage bus. The method further comprises determining a first discharge time based on the first voltage level and activating the discharge circuit. The method further comprises obtaining a second voltage level of the high-voltage bus after the first discharge time, comparing the first voltage level and the second voltage level, and deactivating the discharge circuit if a difference between the first voltage level and the second voltage level is less than a threshold value. |
| US08039992B2 |
Series connection apparatus for generators
In an apparatus for series-connecting at least two engine generators driven by an internal engine and each generates and outputs alternating current through single-phase two-wire output terminals, there are equipped with a magnetic coupler such as transformer that can magnetically couple the single-phase two-wire output terminals of the generators with the primary side and the secondary side, and a connector that can connect one of the single-phase two-wire output terminals of one of the generators and one of the single-phase two-wire output terminals of other of the generators. With this, single-phase three-wire output terminals are formed by the single-phase two-wire output terminals of the generators using the connector as a neutral line, without a communication line. |
| US08039991B2 |
Cogeneration system with first and second power plants
In a cogeneration system having a first power plant connected to an AC power feed line between a power network and an electrical load and a first internal combustion engine for driving the first power plant such that exhaust heat of the first engine is supplied to a thermal load, power supply from the first power plant to the power network is interrupted by turning off a switch installed in the feed line, when outage of the power network is detected and a second power plant is operated, such that outputs of the first and second power plants are supplied to the electrical load. With this, it becomes possible to respond to a commercial power network outage for preventing reverse flow of the power output by the cogeneration system into the power network and supplying as much electric power as possible to the electrical load. |
| US08039990B2 |
DC UPS configured as intrinsic power transfer switch
Methods of manufacturing a direct current (DC) uninterruptible power supply (UPS) configured as an intrinsic power transfer switch are provided. One method includes providing multiple inputs, multiple rectifiers coupled to the inputs, a common node coupled to the rectifiers, and at least one DC output coupled to the common node. The DC output(s) is/are adapted for connection to at least one electrical load and a first input is adapted for connection to a first electrical service. A second input is adapted for connection to a second electrical service, the DC UPS continuing to supply power to the at least one electrical load in the event of a loss of either the first or second electrical services. Also provided are methods of manufacturing an intrinsic power transfer switch for a high-power electrical load requiring at least two electrical service inputs. |
| US08039989B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method for a low cost multiple output redundant power supply
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a low cost multiple output redundant power supply. Disclosed is a power supply that includes a primary stage for regulating voltage on an internal bus. The power supply includes a first regulator stage and a second regulator stage connected to the internal bus. The first regulator stage regulates voltage on a bus configured to connect to a first system. The second regulator stage regulates voltage on a bus configured to connect to a second system. The each regulator stage continues to operate in the event the other regulator stage is not operating. A disconnecting means is connected between the primary stage and the each regulator stage for isolating the failed regulator stage from the other regulator stage and the primary stage. |
| US08039985B2 |
Wind turbine
A wind turbine has a housing, multiple cross-flow fan assemblies, a turbine generator assembly, an air guide and multiple wind-driven fans. The housing has a chamber having top and bottom openings. The cross-flow fan assemblies are mounted on the housing and each has a casing, a cross-flow fan blade and a transmission shaft. The cross-fan blade rotates to provide airflow to the chamber. The turbine generator assembly is mounted in the chamber and has a generator, a generator shaft mounted on the generator and a turbine blade mounted on the generator shaft and driven by the airflow to activate the generator. The air guide is mounted on the transmission shafts and guides airflow outwards. The wind-driven fans are mounted respectively on the transmission shafts and are driven by outward airflow. The wind turbine derives energy from the airflow exiting out of the wind turbine for improved energy extraction efficiency. |
| US08039980B2 |
Wind turbine generator and method of controlling the same
An object of the invention is to reduce stop time of a wind turbine generator caused by icing on a wind turbine blade in the wind turbine generator. The invention provides the wind turbine generator including an ice detecting unit for detecting an amount of icing on a wind turbine blade, wherein an operation mode is switched to a no-load operation mode with no power being generated in a case where the icing amount detected by the ice detecting unit exceeds a first predetermined value, and an icing amount is detected by the ice detecting unit in a state where the apparatus is operated in the no-load operation mode. |
| US08039979B2 |
Wind turbine generator system and method of controlling output of the same
It is an object to supply, to the utmost extent, reactive power according to a demand of a utility grid side while maintaining the power factor within a predetermined range. The wind turbine generator system includes a main controller 19. The controller 19 includes a first controller 31 performing constant-reactive-power regulation, a second controller 32 performing constant-power-factor regulation, a judging unit 34 for judging whether a present operating condition is within a predetermined operating region, and a control-switching unit 35 for switching from the first controller 31 to the second controller 32 when the first controller 31 is performing the constant-reactive-power regulation and the judging unit 34 detects a deviation from the operating region. |
| US08039972B2 |
Printed circuit board and method thereof and a solder ball land and method thereof
A printed circuit board and method thereof and a solder ball land and method thereof. The example printed circuit board (PCB) may include a first solder ball land having a first surface treatment portion configured for a first type of resistance and a second solder ball land having a second surface treatment portion configured for a second type of resistance. The example solder ball land may include a first surface treatment portion configured for a first type of resistance and a second surface treatment portion configured for a second type of resistance. A first example method may include first treating a first surface of a first solder ball land to increase a first type of resistance and second treating a second surface of a second solder ball land to increase a second type of resistance other than the first type of resistance. A second example method may include first treating a solder ball land to increase a first type of resistance and second treating the solder ball land to increase a second type of resistance other than the first type of resistance. |
| US08039971B2 |
Electronic circuit arrangement
Electronic circuit arrangement, includes a chip and a chip carrier having a substrate and a chip contact location. At least the chip contact location is provided with a soldering layer. The chip includes a bonding layer. A silver layer for eutectic bonding with the bonding layer is provided on the soldering layer in the region of the chip contact location. |
| US08039969B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device 1 includes a semiconductor chip 10 (first semiconductor chip), a semiconductor chip 20 (second semiconductor chip) and a seal ring 30. The semiconductor chip 20 is provided on a surface S1 of the semiconductor chip 10 so as to be spaced apart from the semiconductor chip 10 with a predetermined spacing therebetween. A seal ring 30 is interposed between the semiconductor chip 10 and the semiconductor chip 20. An internal region, which is an inner region of the seal ring 30, and an external region, which is an outer region of the seal ring 30, are provided between the semiconductor chip 10 and the semiconductor chip 20. |
| US08039965B2 |
Semiconductor device with reduced layout area having shared metal line between pads
A semiconductor device with a reduced layout area includes pads disposed between a first voltage line and a second voltage line; first and second driver units adjacently disposed at an upper portion or a lower portion of the respective pads; and a metal line disposed between the pads and supplying power commonly to the first and second driver units. |
| US08039964B2 |
Fluorine depleted adhesion layer for metal interconnect structure
A line trough and a via cavity are formed within a dielectric layer comprising a fluorosilicate glass (FSG) layer. A fluorine depleted adhesion layer is formed within the line trough and the via cavity either by a plasma treatment that removes fluorine from exposed surfaces of the FSG layer, or by deposition of a substantially fluorine-free dielectric layer. Metal is deposited within the line trough and the via cavity to form a metal line and a metal via. The fluorine depleted adhesion layer provides enhanced adhesion to the metal line compared with prior art structures in which a metal line directly contacts a FSG layer. The enhanced adhesion of metal with an underlying dielectric layer provides higher resistance to delamination for a semiconductor package employing lead-free C4 balls on a metal interconnect structure. |
| US08039959B2 |
Microelectronic connection component
A microelectronic connection component includes a substrate having a first surface, a second surface and a peripheral edge. First and second terminals are exposed at the first surface of the substrate. Wire bond pads are exposed proximate the peripheral edge of the substrate at the first surface. First conductive paths couple the first terminals to the wire bond pads. Bonding leads extend beyond the peripheral edge of the substrate. Second conductive paths couple the second terminals to the bonding leads. |
| US08039956B2 |
High current semiconductor device system having low resistance and inductance
A high current semiconductor device (for example QFN for 30 to 70 A) with low resistance and low inductance is encapsulated by molding compound (401, height 402 about 0.9 mm) so that the second lead surfaces 110b remain un-encapsulated. A copper heat slug (404) may be attached to chip surface (101b) using thermally conductive adhesive (403). Chip surface (101a), protected by an overcoat (103) has metallization traces (102). Copper-filled windows (107) contact the traces and copper layers (105) parallel to traces (102). Copper bumps (108) are formed on each line in an orderly and repetitive arrangement so that the bumps of one line are positioned about midway between the bumps of the neighboring lines. A substrate has elongated leads (110) oriented at right angles to the lines; the leads connect the corresponding bumps of alternating lines. |
| US08039955B2 |
Mold lock on heat spreader
A mold lock and a method of forming the mold lock are provided. The mold lock is used in an encapsulated semiconductor device and includes a neck and a shaped head integral with the neck. The mold lock can be formed to project above a support component, such as a heat spreader, of the semiconductor device and the neck is formed from the support component. The shaped head is of a greater dimension than the neck and can present a “T” shape in side view or a “Y” shape in side view. A base portion of the neck is seated within the support component. A method is provided for forming the described mold lock. |
| US08039953B2 |
System and method using self-assembled nano structures in the design and fabrication of an integrated circuit micro-cooler
Heat sink structures employing carbon nanotube or nanowire arrays to reduce the thermal interface resistance between an integrated circuit chip and the heat sink are disclosed. Carbon nanotube arrays are combined with a thermally conductive metal filler disposed between the nanotubes. This structure produces a thermal interface with high axial and lateral thermal conductivities. |
| US08039952B2 |
System and method for dissipating heat from a semiconductor module
The system includes a circuit board, a semiconductor module, a heat dissipator, and at least one thermal via. The circuit board has substantially flat opposing first and second sides. The semiconductor module includes multiple semiconductor devices. The semiconductor module is oriented substantially parallel to the circuit board near the first side, while the heat dissipator is disposed near the second side. The thermal via extends through the circuit board to thermally couple the semiconductor module to the heat dissipator, which may be a heat spreader, heat sink, cooling fan, or heat pipe. |
| US08039951B2 |
Thermally enhanced semiconductor package and method of producing the same
This invention includes a heat sink structure for use in a semiconductor package that includes a ring structure with down sets and a heat sink connected to the ring structure. The down sets can be slanted or V-shaped. The invention also includes a method of manufacturing a semiconductor package that includes inserting a substrate with an attached semiconductor chip in a first mold portion, placing a heat sink structure on top of a portion of the substrate, placing a mold release film onto a second mold portion, clamping a second mold portion onto a portion of the heat sink structure, injecting an encapsulant into a mold cavity, wherein the encapsulant surrounds portions of the substrate, semiconductor chip and heat sink structure, curing the encapsulant, whereby the heat sink structure adheres to the encapsulant and singulating the encapsulated assembly to form a semiconductor package. |
| US08039950B2 |
Solder material lining a cover wafer attached to wafer substrate
The invention relates to a cover wafer with a core and with an inside, whereby the inside has one or more annular outer areas, (an) annular area(s), which inwardly adjoin(s) the outer area(s), and has (a) inner area(s), and to a component cover with only one annular outer area on its inside. The invention is characterized in that at least area(s) has/have a buffer layer, which has a wetting angle of <35° for a metallic eutectic solution that melts in a range of >265° C. to 450° C. The invention also relates to a component cover having one of the areas which has said buffer layer in a comparable manner. The invention additionally relates to a wafer component or to a component, which can be inserted using microsystem technology and which has a cover wafer or component cover applied with the aid of a solder material, and to a method for the production thereof. |
| US08039949B2 |
Ball grid array package having one or more stiffeners
Electrically and thermally enhanced die-up ball grid array (BGA) packages are described. A BGA package includes a stiffener, substrate, a silicon die, and solder balls. The die is mounted to the top of the stiffener. The stiffener is mounted to the top of the substrate. A plurality of solder balls are attached to the bottom surface of the substrate. A top surface of the stiffener may be patterned. A second stiffener may be attached to the first stiffener. The substrate may include one, two, four, or other number of metal layers. Conductive vias through a dielectric layer of the substrate may couple the stiffener to solder balls. An opening may be formed through the substrate, exposing a portion of the stiffener. The stiffener may have a down-set portion. A heat slug may be attached to the exposed portion of the stiffener. A locking mechanism may be used to enhance attachment of the heat slug to the stiffener. The heat slug may be directly attached to the die through an opening in the stiffener. |
| US08039944B2 |
Electrical connection device and assembly method thereof
An electrical connection device and assembly method thereof includes a substrate with a plurality of contacting portions arranged on a surface thereof; a chip module having a plurality of terminals inclining in one direction and compressed and contacted with the contacting portions correspondingly; at least one restricting structure which restricts the chip module to move a distance relative to the substrate depending on the compression deformation of the terminals when the terminals are contacted with the contacting portions; and at least one elastic element just producing deformation when the chip module moves the distance. When the terminals are compressed and contacted with the contacting portions, the restricting structure restricts the chip module to move the distance depending on the compression deformation of the terminals, so that the elastic element just produces deformation, which make the chip module only move in the direction opposite to the deformation direction of the terminals. |
| US08039938B2 |
Airgap micro-spring interconnect with bonded underfill seal
A package includes a pad chip having contact pads, a spring chip having micro-springs in contact with the contact pads to form interconnects, the area in which the micro-springs contact the contact pads forming an interconnect area, an assembly material between the pad chip and the spring chip arranged to form a gap between the pad chip and the spring chip, and an underfill material in a portion of the gap to form a mold from the pad chip and the spring chip. A package includes a pad chip having contact pads, a spring chip having micro-springs in contact with the contact pads to form interconnects, the area in which the micro-springs contact the contact pads forming an interconnect area, an assembly material between the pad chip and the spring chip arranged to form a gap between the pad chip and the spring chip, an underfill material in the gap to form a mold from the pad chip and the spring chip, and at least one wall between the underfill material and the interconnect area. A method of assembling a package includes aligning a pad chip with a spring chip to form at least one interconnect in an interconnect area, adhering the pad chip to the spring chip so that there is a gap between the pad chip and the spring chip, dispensing underfill material into the gap to seal the interconnect area from an environment external to the package, and curing the underfill material to form a solid mold. |
| US08039937B2 |
Method of forming semiconductor chips, the semiconductor chips so formed and chip-stack package having the same
Provided are methods of fabricating semiconductor chips, semiconductor chips formed by the methods, and chip-stack packages having the semiconductor chips. One embodiment specifies a method that includes patterning a scribe line region of a semiconductor substrate to form a semiconductor strut spaced apart from edges of a chip region of the semiconductor substrate. |
| US08039936B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element and a connector. The semiconductor element has a power device of a voltage drive type for controlling an on operation and an off operation of a main current by input of a drive signal. The connector receives the drive signal without making contact with an issuing unit issuing the drive signal, and transmits the drive signal to the semiconductor element. The semiconductor element preferably includes a control unit for converting the drive signal received by the connector into a voltage value, and transmitting the voltage value to the semiconductor element. |
| US08039932B2 |
Lead frame, semiconductor device, method of manufacturing the lead frame, and method of manufacturing the semiconductor device
A lead frame is provided which can prevent a short circuit between wires and the ends of adjacent leads, the short circuit being caused by wire sweep during the injection of molding resin, in a configuration where the electrodes of a semiconductor chip and the leads disposed around the semiconductor chip. The lead having sides substantially perpendicular to the direction of a resin flow has an end whose upstream side relative to the resin flow is constricted. |
| US08039931B2 |
Power semiconductor component having a topmost metallization layer
A power semiconductor component and a method for the production of a power semiconductor component are disclosed. According to one embodiment of the invention, a topmost metallization region that is provided is formed in a manner extended laterally and outside contacts formed, in such a way that, as a result, a protection and sealing material region to be provided is formed, whilst avoiding electrically insulating additional protection and sealing layers that are usually to be provided. |
| US08039923B2 |
Interdigitated capacitors
The specification describes matched capacitor pairs that employ interconnect metal in an interdigitated form, and are made with an area efficient configuration. In addition, structural variations between capacitors in the capacitor pair are minimized to provide optimum matching. According to the invention, the capacitor pairs are interdigitated in a manner that ensures that the plates of each pair occupy common area on the substrate. Structural anomalies due to process conditions are compensated in that a given anomaly affects both capacitors in the same way. Two of the capacitor plates, one in each pair, are formed of comb structures, with the fingers of the combs interdigitated. The other plates are formed using one or more plates interleaved between the interdigitated plates. |
| US08039919B2 |
Memory devices having a carbon nanotube
In a memory device having a carbon nanotube and a method of manufacturing the same, the memory device includes a lower electrode, an upper electrode having a first void exposing a sidewall of a diode therein, an insulating interlayer pattern having a second void exposing a portion of the lower electrode between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, and a carbon nanotube wiring capable of being electrically connected with the diode of the upper electrode by a voltage applied to the lower electrode. The memory device may reduce generation of a leakage current in a cross-bar memory. |
| US08039915B2 |
Solid-state image sensor
A solid-state image sensor (1) includes: an imaging device wafer (2A); a plurality of imaging devices (3) which are formed on the imaging device wafer (2A); a spacer (5) which surrounds the imaging devices (3) on the imaging device wafer (2A) and is joined to the imaging device wafer (2A) with an adhesive (7); a transparent protection member (4) which covers the imaging devices (3) on the imaging device wafer (2A) and is attached on the spacer (5); and a plurality of electrostatic discharge protection devices (10A) which are formed on the imaging device wafer (2A), the electrostatic discharge protection devices (10A) being positioned under the spacer (5), each of the electrostatic discharge protection devices (10A) having diffusion layers (12, 13) and a well layer (11) between the diffusion layers (12, 13), the well layer (11) being provided with a channel stopper (20). |
| US08039914B2 |
Solid-state imaging device, method of making the same, and imaging apparatus
A solid-state imaging device includes the following elements. A photoelectric conversion section is arranged in a semiconductor layer having a first surface through which light enters the photoelectric conversion section. A signal circuit section is arranged in a second surface of the semiconductor layer opposite to the first surface. The signal circuit section processes signal charge obtained by photoelectric conversion by the photoelectric conversion section. A reflective layer is arranged on the second surface of the semiconductor layer opposite to the first surface. The reflective layer reflects light transmitted through the photoelectric conversion section back thereto. The reflective layer is composed of a single tungsten layer or a laminate containing a tungsten layer. |
| US08039913B2 |
Magnetic stack with laminated layer
A magnetic stack with a multilayer free layer having a switchable magnetization orientation, the free layer comprising a first ferromagnetic portion and a second ferromagnetic portion with an electrically conducting non-magnetic intermediate layer between the first portion and the second portion. The magnetic stack also includes a first ferromagnetic reference layer having a pinned magnetization orientation, a first non-magnetic spacer layer between the free layer and the first reference layer, a second ferromagnetic reference layer having a pinned magnetization orientation, and a second non-magnetic spacer layer between the free layer and the second reference layer. |
| US08039912B2 |
Systems and methods for reduced stress anchors
Anchor systems and methods anchor components of a Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) device to a substrate. An exemplary embodiment has a trace anchor bonded to a substrate, a device anchor bonded to the substrate, and an anchor flexure configured flexibly couple the trace anchor and the device anchor to substantially prevent transmission of a stress induced in the trace anchor from being transmitted to the device anchor. |
| US08039906B2 |
High-voltage metal oxide semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof
A high-voltage metal oxide semiconductor device comprising a main body of a first conductivity type, a conductive structure, a first well of a second conductivity type, a source region of the first conductivity type, and a second well of the second conductivity type is provided. The conductive structure has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is extended from an upper surface of the main body into the main body. The second portion is extended along the upper surface of the main body. The first well is located in the main body and below the second portion. The first well is kept away from the first portion with a predetermined distance. The source region is located in the first well. The second well is located in the main body and extends from a bottom of the first portion to a place close to a drain region. |
| US08039905B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first area and a second area, a first transistor in the first area, a second transistor in the second area, an isolation layer between the first area and the second area, and at least one buried shield structure on the isolation layer. |
| US08039903B1 |
Passivated tiered gate structure transistor
In various embodiments, a tiered gate structure transistor is provided including a source, a drain, and a gate between the source and the drain. The tiered gate structure transistor including a gate foot having a top portion and sidewalls. A gate head is attached to the top portion of the gate foot. A passivation layer extends along and directly contacts an uppermost surface of the source, and extends along and directly contacts an uppermost surface of the drain, the passivation layer surrounds the sidewalls of the gate foot such that the top portion is not covered by the passivation layer and such that the passivation layer surrounding the sidewalls supports the gate head. |
| US08039901B2 |
Epitaxial source/drain transistor
A semiconductor device includes a gate electrode disposed on a semiconductor substrate and source/drain regions disposed at both sides of the gate electrode, the source/drain regions being formed by implanting impurities. The source/drain regions include an epitaxial layer formed by epitaxially growing a semiconductor material having a different lattice constant from that of the semiconductor substrate in a recessed position at a side of the gate electrode, and a diffusion layer disposed in a surface layer of the semiconductor substrate. |
| US08039892B2 |
Semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device
A semiconductor device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a channel formation region formed on a side wall, having a mixture of a first semiconductor material with a first lattice constant, a second semiconductor material and carbon, the second semiconductor material having a second lattice constant differing from the first lattice constant. |
| US08039891B2 |
Split charge storage node outer spacer process
Memory cells containing two split sub-lithographic charge storage nodes on a semiconductor substrate and methods for making the memory cells are provided. The methods can involve forming two split sub-lithographic charge storage nodes by using spacer formation techniques. By removing an exposed portion of a fist poly layer between sloping side surfaces or outer surfaces of spacers while leaving portions of the first poly layer protected by the spacers, the method can provide two split sub-lithographic first poly gates. Further, by removing an exposed portion of a charge storage layer between sloping side surfaces or outer surfaces of spacers, the method can provide two split, narrow portions of the charge storage layer, which subsequently form two split sub-lithographic charge storage nodes. |
| US08039890B2 |
Random number generating device
A random number generating device includes a semiconductor device including a source region, a drain region, a channel region provided between the source region and the drain region, and an insulating portion provided on the channel region, the insulating portion including a trap insulating film having traps based on dangling bonds and expressed by Six(SiO2)y(Si3N4)1-yMz (M is an element other than Si, O, and N, x≧0, 1≧y≧0, z≧0, the case where x=0 and y=1 and z=0 is excluded), conductivity of the channel region varying randomly depending on the amount of charge caught in the traps, and a random number generating unit connected to the semiconductor device and generating random numbers based on a random variation in the conductivity of the channel region. |
| US08039889B2 |
Non-volatile memory devices including stepped source regions and methods of fabricating the same
A non-volatile memory device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first section including a substantially planar first top surface, a second section including a substantially planar second top surface, and a sidewall extending between the first and second top surfaces. The second top surface of the substrate is closer to a bottom surface of the substrate than is the first top surface. A charge storage pattern extends on the first and second top surfaces of the substrate and along the sidewall therebetween. A source region in the first section of the substrate extends from the first top surface into the second section of the substrate and has a stepped portion defined by the sidewall and the second top surface. Related fabrication methods and methods of operation are also discussed. |
| US08039888B2 |
Conductive spacers for semiconductor devices and methods of forming
A method of forming a conductive spacer on a semiconductor device. The method includes depositing a polysilicon layer on the semiconductor device, selectively implanting dopant ions in the polysilicon layer on a first side of a transistor region of the semiconductor device to define a conductive spacer area, and removing the polysilicon layer except for the conductive spacer area. Optionally, a silicidation process can be performed on the conductive spacer area so that the conductive spacer is made up of metal silicide. |
| US08039886B2 |
Depletion-type NAND flash memory
A depletion-type NAND flash memory includes a NAND string composed of a plurality of serially connected FETs, a control circuit which controls gate potentials of the plurality of FETs in a read operation, a particular potential storage, and an adjacent memory cell threshold storage, wherein each of the plurality of FETs is a transistor whose threshold changes in accordance with a charge quantity in a charge accumulation layer, the adjacent memory cell threshold storage stores a threshold of a source line side FET adjacent to a source line side of a selected FET, and the control circuit applies a potential to the gate electrode of the source line side FET in the read operation, the applied potential being obtained by adding a particular potential stored in the particular potential storage to a threshold stored in the adjacent memory cell threshold storage. |
| US08039884B2 |
Semiconductor device having a contact hole with a curved cross-section and its manufacturing method
A semiconductor device includes: a ferroelectric capacitor including a first electrode provided above a substrate, a ferroelectric film provided on the first electrode and a second electrode provided on the ferroelectric film; a hydrogen barrier film that covers a top surface and a side surface of the ferroelectric capacitor; an interlayer dielectric film that covers the ferroelectric capacitor and the substrate; a contact hole that penetrates the interlayer dielectric film and the hydrogen barrier film and exposes the second electrode; a barrier metal that covers a top surface of the second electrode exposed in the contact hole and an inner wall surface of the contact hole and is composed of a conductive material having hydrogen barrier property; and a plug conductive section that is embedded in the contact hole and conductively connects to the barrier metal, wherein the inner wall surface of the contact hole at the hydrogen barrier film includes a concave curved surface facing the interior of the contact hole, and the contact hole at the hydrogen barrier film has an inner diameter that gradually becomes smaller toward the second electrode. |
| US08039881B2 |
Deuterated structures for image sensors and methods for forming the same
A pixel cell with a photo-conversion device and at least one structure includes a deuterated material adjacent the photo-conversion device. |
| US08039877B2 |
(110)-oriented p-channel trench MOSFET having high-K gate dielectric
A method of forming a field effect transistor having a heavily doped p-type (110) semiconductor layer over a metal substrate starts with providing a heavily doped p-type (110) silicon layer, and forming a lightly doped p-type (110) silicon layer on the P heavily doped-type (110) silicon layer. The method also includes forming a p-channel MOSFET which has a channel region along a (110) crystalline plane in the lightly doped p-type (110) silicon layer to allow a current conduction in a <110> direction. The p-channel MOSFET also includes a gate dielectric layer having a high dielectric constant material lining the (110) crystalline plane. The method further includes forming a top conductor layer overlying the lightly doped p-type (110) silicon layer and a bottom conductor layer underlying the heavily doped p-type (110) silicon layer. A current conduction from the top conductor layer to the bottom conductor layer is characterized by a hole mobility along a <110> crystalline orientation and on a (110) crystalline plane. |
| US08039876B2 |
Metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistors having a recessed gate electrode
A metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) includes an isolation layer disposed in a semiconductor substrate to define an active region. A source region and a drain region are disposed on both sides of the active region such that a first direction is defined from the source region to the drain region. A channel recess is disposed in the active region between the source and drain regions. The channel recess has a convex surface when viewed from a cross-sectional view taken along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A gate electrode fills the channel recess and crosses the active region in the second direction. A gate insulating layer is interposed between the gate electrode and the active region. |
| US08039871B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes: a compound semiconductor substrate; a buffer layer, a channel layer, and a Schottky junction forming layer sequentially formed on the compound semiconductor substrate, the buffer layer, the channel layer, and the Schottky junction forming layer each being a compound semiconductor; a source electrode and a drain electrode located on the Schottky junction forming layer; and a gate electrode disposed between the source and drain electrodes and forming a Schottky junction with the Schottky junction forming layer. The dopant impurity concentration profile in the channel layer is inversely proportional to the third power of depth into the channel layer from a top surface of the channel layer. The channel layer has fixed sheet dopant impurity concentration, and the top surface of the channel layer has a dopant concentration in a range from 5.0×1017 cm−3 to 2.0×1018 cm−3. |
| US08039870B2 |
Multifinger carbon nanotube field-effect transistor
A multifinger carbon nanotube field-effect transistor (CNT FET) is provided in which a plurality of nanotube top gated FETs are combined in a finger geometry along the length of a single carbon nanotube, an aligned array of nanotubes, or a random array of nanotubes. Each of the individual FETs are arranged such that there is no geometrical overlap between the gate and drain finger electrodes over the single carbon nanotube so as to minimize the Miller capacitance (Cgd) between the gate and drain finger electrodes. A low-K dielectric may be used to separate the source and gate electrodes in the multifinger CNT FET so as to further minimize the Miller capacitance between the source and gate electrodes. |
| US08039867B2 |
ZnO-containing semiconductor layer, its manufacture method, and semiconductor light emitting device
A ZnO-containing semiconductor layer, doped with Se, has an emission peak wavelength in visual light and has a band gap equivalent to a band gap of ZnO. |
| US08039865B2 |
Light emitting apparatus, and method for manufacturing the same, and lighting system
A light emitting apparatus includes: a substrate including a first conductive type impurity; a first heatsink and a second heatsink on a first region and a second region of the substrate; second conductive type impurity regions on the substrate and electrically connected to the first heatsink and the second heatsink, respectively; a first electrode electrically connected to the first heatsink on the substrate; a second electrode electrically connected to the second heatsink on the substrate; and a light emitting device electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode on the substrate. |
| US08039861B2 |
GaN compound semiconductor light emitting element and method of manufacturing the same
The present invention relates to a gallium nitride (GaN) compound semiconductor light emitting element (LED) and a method of manufacturing the same. The present invention provides a vertical GaN LED capable of improving the characteristics of a horizontal LED by means of a metallic protective film layer and a metallic support layer. According to the present invention, a thick metallic protective film layer with a thickness of at least 10 microns is formed on the lateral and/or bottom sides of the vertical GaN LED to protect the element against external impact and to easily separate the chip. Further, a metallic substrate is used instead of a sapphire substrate to efficiently release the generated heat to the outside when the element is operated, so that the LED can be suitable for a high-power application and an element having improved optical output characteristics can also be manufactured. A metallic support layer is formed to protect the element from being distorted or damaged due to impact. Furthermore, a P-type electrode is partially formed on a P-GaN layer in a mesh form to thereby maximize the emission of photons generated in the active layer toward the N-GaN layer. |
| US08039859B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting devices including an optically transmissive element
Methods of packaging a semiconductor light emitting device include dispensing a first quantity of encapsulant material into a cavity including the light emitting device. The first quantity of encapsulant material in the cavity is treated to form a hardened upper surface thereof having a shape. A luminescent conversion element is provided on the upper surface of the treated first quantity of encapsulant material. The luminescent conversion element includes a wavelength conversion material and has a thickness at a middle region of the cavity greater than proximate a sidewall of the cavity. |
| US08039858B2 |
Fluorescer solution, light-emitting device, and method for manufacturing same
In a fluorescer solution, a plurality of types of fluorescent particles are contained in a resin liquid. Average particle sizes of these fluorescent particles decrease as densities of the types increase. In other words, average settling rates vs of the types of the fluorescent particles ascertained by v s = D p 2 × ( ρ p - ρ f ) × g 18 × η are equal to each other, where Dp is an average particle size of each of the types of fluorescent particles, pp is a density of each of the types of fluorescent particles, pf is a density of the resin liquid, η is a viscosity of the resin liquid, g is the acceleration due to gravity, and vs is an average settling rate of each of the types of fluorescent particles. |
| US08039857B2 |
Optical semiconductor device and method of manufacturing optical semiconductor device
An optical semiconductor device includes a light emitting element having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface having a first electrode provided thereon, the second surface being located on the opposite side from the first surface and having a second electrode provided thereon; a first conductive member connected to the first surface; a second conductive member connected to the second surface; a first external electrode connected to the first conductive member; a second external electrode connected to the second conductive member; and an enclosure sealing the light emitting element, the first conductive member, and the second conductive member between the first external electrode and the second external electrode, and being configured to transmit light emitted from the light emitting element. |
| US08039855B2 |
Radiation-emitting optical component
A radiation-emitting semiconductor component, having a layer structure (30) which includes an active layer (32) which, in operation, emits radiation with a spectral distribution (60), and electrical contacts (36, 38, 40) for applying a current to the layer structure (30), includes a coating layer (44) which at least partially surrounds the active layer (32) and holds back a short-wave component of the emitted radiation (60). |
| US08039854B2 |
Pulsed growth of catalyst-free growth of GaN nanowires and application in group III nitride semiconductor bulk material
Exemplary embodiments provide semiconductor devices including high-quality (i.e., defect free) group III-N nanowires and uniform group III-N nanowire arrays as well as their scalable processes for manufacturing, where the position, orientation, cross-sectional features, length and the crystallinity of each nanowire can be precisely controlled. A pulsed growth mode can be used to fabricate the disclosed group III-N nanowires and/or nanowire arrays providing a uniform length of about 10 nm to about 1000 microns with constant cross-sectional features including an exemplary diameter of about 10-1000 nm. In addition, high-quality GaN substrate structures can be formed by coalescing the plurality of GaN nanowires and/or nanowire arrays to facilitate the fabrication of visible LEDs and lasers. Furthermore, core-shell nanowire/MQW active structures can be formed by a core-shell growth on the nonpolar sidewalls of each nanowire. |
| US08039852B2 |
Thin film transistor for a liquid crystal device in which a sealing pattern is electrically connected to a common electrode wiring
A display apparatus including a TFT array substrate on which TFTs are formed in an array, a counter substrate disposed so as to face the TFT array substrate, and a sealing pattern for adhering the TFT array substrate and the counter substrate to each other, wherein the counter substrate has a counter electrode, and the TFT array substrate has a first conductive layer, a first insulating film formed on the first conductive layer, a second conductive layer disposed so as to intersect the first conductive layer via the first insulating film, a second insulating film formed on the second conductive layer and having at least two layers, and common electrode wiring provided below the sealing pattern and electrically connected to the counter electrode by the sealing pattern, and the sealing pattern overlaps the second conductive layer via the second insulating film. |
| US08039848B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting device substrate strips and packaged semiconductor light emitting devices
Semiconductor light emitting device packaging methods include fabricating a substrate configured to mount a semiconductor light emitting device thereon. The substrate may include a cavity configured to mount the semiconductor light emitting device therein. The semiconductor light emitting device is mounted on the substrate and electrically connected to a contact portion of the substrate. The substrate is liquid injection molded to form an optical element bonded to the substrate over the semiconductor light emitting device. Liquid injection molding may be preceded by applying a soft resin on the electrically connected semiconductor light emitting device in the cavity. Semiconductor light emitting device substrate strips are also provided. |
| US08039844B2 |
Microcrystalline silicon thin film transistor and method for manufacturing the same
This invention provides a top-gate microcrystalline thin film transistor and a method for manufacturing the same. An inversion layer channel is formed in a top interface of a microcrystalline active layer, and being separated from an incubation layer in a bottom interface of the microcrystalline active layer. The inversion layer channel is formed in the crystallized layer of the top interface of the microcrystalline active layer. As such, the present microcrystalline thin film transistor has better electrical performance and reliability. |
| US08039842B2 |
Thin film transistor and display device including thin film transistor
A thin film transistor with favorable electric characteristics is provided, which includes a gate electrode layer; a first insulating layer covering the gate electrode layer; a pair of impurity semiconductor layers forming source and drain regions, which are provided with a distance therebetween and at least partly overlap with the gate electrode layer; a microcrystalline semiconductor layer which is provided over the first insulating layer in part of a channel formation region, and at least partly overlaps with the gate electrode layer and does not overlap with at least one of the pair of impurity semiconductor layers; a second insulating layer between and in contact with the first insulating layer and the microcrystalline semiconductor layer; and an amorphous semiconductor layer over the first insulating layer, covering the second insulating layer and the microcrystalline semiconductor layer. The first insulating layer is a silicon nitride layer and the second insulating layer is a silicon oxynitride layer. |
| US08039840B2 |
Display device and method for manufacturing the same
A display device having the high aperture ratio and a storage capacitor with high capacitance is to be obtained. The present invention relates to a display device and a manufacturing method thereof. The display device includes a thin film transistor which includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, a first semiconductor layer, a channel protective film, a second semiconductor having conductivity which is divided into a source region and a drain region, and a source electrode and a drain electrode; a third insulating layer formed over the second conductive film; a pixel electrode formed over the third insulating layer, which is connected to one of the source electrode and the drain electrode; and a storage capacitor formed in a region where a capacitor wiring over the first insulating layer and the pixel electrode are overlapped with the third insulating layer over the capacitor wiring interposed therebetween. |
| US08039835B2 |
Semiconductor device, method for manufacturing the same, electro-optical device and electronic apparatus
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a transparent oxide layer disposed on one surface side of the substrate, a gate disposed apart from the transparent oxide layer, and a gate insulating layer disposed between the transparent oxide layer and the gate. The transparent oxide layer includes a source, a drain, and a channel formed integrally between the source and the drain, and is made of a transparent oxide material as the main material. The gate provides an electric field to the channel. The gate insulating layer insulates the source and the drain from the gate. The average thickness of the channel is smaller than the average thickness of the source and the drain so that the source and the drain function as conductors and the channel functions as a semiconductor. |
| US08039827B2 |
Apparatus and methods for measuring at least one physical characteristic of a threaded object
In some embodiments, an inspection system includes a collimated light source defining a source optical path and useful to cause a collimated light beam to propagate along the source optical path and a sensing device defining a sensor optical path. A positioning device includes a positioning device stage movably disposed relative to the positioning device, sensing device and collimated light source. A retention mount is disposed on the positioning device stage and within the sensor optical path such that when an object is retained within the retention mount, the object blocks at least a portion of the collimated light beam. |
| US08039825B2 |
Installation for exposing a cinematographic film from digital images
This installation includes: a light source; means for storing film photoresist for exposure and exposed photoresist; a film carrier for positioning said film photoresist at an exposure plane; a projection lens capable of projecting the digital images at the exposure plane; a liquid crystal matrix where the various digital images to be exposed are displayed; a retractable mirror oriented at 45° to an optical axis of the projection lens; and an image analysis device positioned symmetrically to said exposure plane with regard to the plane containing said mirror when the latter is in place on the optical axis. When said mirror is positioned on the optical axis, the image analysis device is suitable for receiving the image transmitted by the liquid crystal matrix issuing from the projection lens. The signals thereby detected are processed using an associated software, for setting the characteristics of the optical members of the installation. |
| US08039824B2 |
Canister for final repository of spent nuclear fuel
The invention relates to a canister (1) for final repository of spent fuel elements from a nuclear reactor, comprising an insert (2) that contains said spent fuel elements, an inner copper casing (4a, 4b, 4c) that encloses the insert (2), and at least one outer casing (5a, 5b, 5c) that encloses the copper casting and that consists of a passive-film-forming metal or metal alloy, the passive film on the casing being constituted by an essentially oxidic film that is rich in one or more of the metals in the group of metals that consist of the metals zirconium, chromium and titanium. |
| US08039823B2 |
Material activating device
There is provided a material activating device capable of being formed in any one of various shapes and having an improved material activating effect.A material activating device formed by superposing a plurality of polymer film 31 each having one surface coated with a metal film 32, and radioactive layer 33 of a radioactive means has a very small thickness and is very flexible. The metal films 32 are insulated from each other by the electrically insulating polymer films 31 and are spaced from each other by a distance corresponding to the thickness of the polymer films 31. Consequently, the material activating effect of the radioactive rays emitted by the radioactive layer 33 of the radioactive means is enhanced. |
| US08039822B2 |
Particle therapy apparatus and method for modulating a particle beam generated in an accelerator
The invention relates to a particle therapy apparatus having an accelerator for generating a particle beam, a passive energy modulator comprising an absorber element, and a control entity. The control entity is designed to switch between an active adjustment of the energy in the accelerator and a passive energy modulation by the energy modulator, for the purpose of changing the energy of the particle beam from a high energy level to a low energy level in a step-by-step manner. In particular, this has the effect of shortening the dead times when changing between the energy levels. |
| US08039814B2 |
Luminescence sensor operating in reflection mode
A luminescence sensor, such as a luminescence biosensor or a luminescence chemical sensor, includes a substrate having at least one aperture filled with a medium. The aperture has a first lateral dimension larger than the diffraction limit of excitation radiation in the medium, and a second lateral dimension smaller than the diffraction limit of the excitation radiation in the medium. A method is also provided for the detection of luminescence radiation, e.g. fluorescence radiation, generated by at least one optically variable molecule, e.g. fluorophore, in the at least one aperture. Beneficially, the excitation radiation is polarized to suppress the excitation radiation in the apertures. The luminescence sensor and the method are able to detect relatively low concentrations of optically variable molecules, e.g. fluorophores. |
| US08039795B2 |
Ion sources for improved ionization
Improved apparatuses and methods are provided for ionizing samples and analyzing the samples with mass spectrometry. |
| US08039794B2 |
Mass spectrometry assay for thiopurine-S-methyl transferase activity and products generated thereby
Methods are described for measuring the amount of a methylation TPMT enzyme product in a sample. More specifically, mass spectrometric methods are described for detecting and quantifying 6-MMP or isotopically labeled 6-MMP in a test sample utilizing mass spectrometric techniques and for using such methods to determine the activity of TPMT enzyme that is present in a sample. |
| US08039792B2 |
Wide band gap semiconductor photodetector based gamma ray detectors for well logging applications
A gamma ray detector uses a scintillation detector having a response that matches a response characteristic of a photodiode. The detector may be used to measure natural gamma rays and/or gamma rays produced by interaction of neutrons from a neutron source with the earth formation. |
| US08039790B2 |
Phantoms and methods for verification in radiotherapy systems
Methods and phantoms for verification in radiotherapy systems. A phantom for verification in a radiotherapy system may include a body to support a detector surface for obtaining a panoramic image of individual radiation beams in the radiotherapy system. The detector surface may be positioned in an intermediate region between the one or more sources and a target isocenter of the radiotherapy system. The detector surface may at least partially surround the target isocenter. |
| US08039787B2 |
Digital pulse processor slope correction
A method of adjusting a response of an energy measuring filter, such as an FIR filter, of a pulse processor based on a slope of a preamplifier signal having a plurality of step edges each corresponding to a respective photon is provided that includes receiving a digital version of the preamplifier signal comprising a plurality of successive digital samples each having a digital value, the preamplifier signal having a portion defined by a first one of the step edges and a second one of the step edges immediately following the first one of the step edges, using the digital values of each of the digital samples associated with the portion to determine an average slope of the portion normalized by a length of the portion, and using the average slope of the portion normalized by a length of the portion to correct the response of the energy measuring filter. |
| US08039786B2 |
Absolute position encoder obtains signals corresponding to individual imaging ranges of imaging optical systems
In an absolute position detection type photoelectric encoder devised so as to detect a pseudorandom pattern disposed on a main scale by means of a plurality of imaging optical systems, assembling of the absolute position detection type photoelectric encoder is facilitated and production cost thereof is reduced by providing: a single light-receiving array element disposed on the imaging surfaces of the imaging optical systems, which incorporates a greater light-receiving array portion in the length measurement direction than the light-receiving range of the respective imaging optical systems; a window signal storing portion for storing a window signal showing a light-receiving range of the respective imaging optical systems; and a window signal comparison portion for obtaining signals corresponding to individual imaging ranges by comparing scanning signals of the light-receiving array element with window signals. |
| US08039785B2 |
LED array having array-based LED detectors
The present invention provides an optical system having an array of light emitting semiconductor devices to performing an operation that have multiple characteristics associated with performing the operation. The array includes at least one detector located within the array to selectively monitor multiple characteristics of the light emitting semiconductor devices and is configured to generate a signal corresponding to the selected characteristic. A controller is configured to control the light emitting semiconductor devices in response to the signal from the at least one detector. At least one of the multiple characteristics may be concentrated at an area of the array and the at least one detector may be located within the array at the area of the array to selectively monitor characteristic that is concentrated at the area of the array. |
| US08039784B2 |
Readout chip with binary counter for fast single photon counting
A readout chip for single photon counting has a plurality of N individually working channels each assigned to a respective detector diode. Each channel has a counter designed as a binary counter having a length of M bits and a number of programmable bits. Further, the readout chip has a serial shift register or parallel data input register for entering values for the counter and the programmable bits, and a number of data output shift registers each having a number of K data outputs. Means are provided for selectively multiplexing each of the K data outputs onto a selectable bit of the data output shift register. |
| US08039783B2 |
Methods and materials for detecting light released from a labeling material using self triggering excitation
The present disclosure relates generally to methods and materials for detecting light released from a labeling material using self triggering excitation. In particular, the present disclosure provides an architecture for a detection system that detects accumulated phase shifts in the form of a ring-oscillator frequency. The present disclosure provides devices for detection of a light released by a labeling material, the device comprising: a start-up circuit that provides power to a pulse generator block that drives an LED driver, a photodetector that detects the light released by a labeling material and provides a first signal; a variable reference that provides a second signal; a slicer for comparing the first signal to the second signal, wherein the slicer generates an output signal with a delay that triggers the pulse generator block after the start-up circuit is disabled; a frequency reference; and a frequency counter for comparing the output from the slicer to the frequency reference thereby producing a output signal. |
| US08039782B2 |
Optical sensor device and electronic apparatus with an amplifier circuit and dual level shift circuit
In an optical sensor device employing an amorphous silicon photodiode, an external amplifier IC and the like are required due to low current capacity of the sensor element in order to improve the load driving capacity. It leads to increase in cost and mounting space of the optical sensor device. In addition, noise may easily superimpose since the photodiode and the amplifier IC are connected to each other over a printed circuit board. According to the invention, an amorphous silicon photodiode and an amplifier configured by a thin film transistor are formed integrally over a substrate so that the load driving capacity is improved while reducing cost and mounting space. Superimposing noise can be also reduced. |
| US08039778B2 |
Laser processing apparatus and laser processing method
The present invention relates to a laser processing apparatus and the like having a structure for implementing at the same time both an efficient laser processing in the place where a laser beam is difficult to reach and a laser processing without damages in the place where the laser beam is easy to reach. This laser processing apparatus comprises a laser light source, an irradiation optical system applying a laser beam to an object while scanning the laser beam, a photo-detector detecting the laser beam applied from the irradiation optical system, and a control section of making switching between a continuous oscillation and a pulse oscillation of the laser beam at the laser light source. In particular, the control section makes a continuous oscillation of the laser beam with respect to the laser light source in the case in which the laser beam applied from the irradiation optical system is detected at the photo-detector; while it makes a pulse oscillation of the laser beam with respect to the laser light source in the case in which no laser beam applied from the irradiation optical system is detected at the photo-detector. |
| US08039769B2 |
Joystick deactivation
The invention concerns an armrest mounted joystick for communication of operator initiated control signals to a vehicle controller. A plurality of switches require that the operator be safely located in the operation position in order for the control signals to reach the vehicle controller. Only when all of the switches change state, at substantially the same time, does the joystick either activate or de-activate, in response. |
| US08039767B2 |
Compound operation input device
A compound operation input device includes a case; an operating member for pushing operation, tilting operation and rotating operation, having a push button for pushing operation and a rotary knob for rotating operation; an operation support portion for supporting the operating member in a pushingly, tiltingly and rotatingly operable manner; and at least one of a tilting operation detecting push switch and a pushing operation detecting push switch, disposed to be contactable with a base end side of at least one of the operation support portion and the operating member. The push switch includes a snap plate, and a key top with one end portion contactable with a top portion of the snap plate, the key top being elastically extendable and contractable in an axial direction. An elastic force of the key top is set to be greater than that of the snap plate. |
| US08039761B2 |
Printed circuit board with solder bump on solder pad and flow preventing dam
Disclosed is a printed circuit board having a flow preventing dam and a manufacturing method thereof. The printed circuit board includes a base substrate having a solder pad, a solder bump formed on the solder pad of the base substrate, and a flow preventing dam formed on a peripheral area of the base substrate using a dry film resist. The flow preventing dam can prevent the outflow of an underfill solution and can be simply formed. |
| US08039760B2 |
Mounting board and method of producing the same
A mounting board of the invention includes: an insulative base; a plurality of first conductive elements provided on the insulative base and having lands; a plurality of second conductive elements disposed on the lands; a plurality of solder pieces each disposed on each of the second conductive elements; and an electronic component which includes electrode sections each contacting each of the solder pieces, wherein the first conductive elements are made from a first element that contains at least silver; the second conductive elements are made from a second element that contains at least copper; and the solder pieces are made from a third element that contains at least tin. |
| US08039759B2 |
Method for manufacturing a printed circuit board with a thin film capacitor embedded therein having a dielectric film by using laser lift-off, and printed circuit board with a thin film capacitor embedded therein manufactured thereby
A method for manufacturing a printed circuit board with a capacitor embedded therein which has a dielectric film using laser lift off, and a capacitor manufactured thereby. In the method, a dielectric film is formed on a transparent substrate and heat-treated. A first conductive layer is formed on the heat-treated dielectric film. A laser beam is irradiated onto a stack formed, from below the transparent substrate, to separate the transparent substrate from the stack. After the transparent substrate is separated from the stack, a second conductive layer is formed with a predetermined pattern on the dielectric film. Also, an insulating layer and a third conductive layer are formed on the first and second conductive layers to alternate with each other in a predetermined number. |
| US08039758B2 |
Mounting structure for electronic component
A mounting structure is provided in which outer electrodes of an electronic component are soldered on lands provided on a circuit board. Two of the lands on which two of the outer electrodes disposed along a diagonal of a principal surface of the electronic component are soldered, are configured such that inner vertexes defined at opposite ends of a minimum distance between the lands are aligned with inner vertexes defined at opposite ends of a minimum distance between the outer electrodes. That is, sides of the outer electrodes are aligned with outer edges of the lands. Accordingly, only one positional relationship is permitted between the electronic component and the mounting surface, the positional relationship causing a total area of the outer electrodes facing the lands to be maximized. |
| US08039757B2 |
Electronic part mounting substrate and method for producing same
An electronic part mounting substrate has a ceramic substrate, a metal member bonded to one side of the ceramic substrate, a metal plate of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, one side of the metal plate being bonded directly to the other side of the ceramic substrate, and an electronic part bonded directly to the other side of the metal plate. |
| US08039756B2 |
Multilayered wiring board, semiconductor device in which multilayered wiring board is used, and method for manufacturing the same
A multilayered wiring board has electrodes disposed on a first surface and a second surface, alternately layered insulation layers and wiring layers, and vias that are disposed in the insulation layer and electrically connect the wiring layers. The second electrode disposed on the second surface is embedded in the insulation layer exposed on said second surface, and the second wiring layer covered by the insulation layer exposed on said second surface does not have a layer for improving adhesion to the insulation layer. |
| US08039753B2 |
Flexible printed circuit board
A flexible printed circuit board includes a first substrate portion having at least one first terminal, a second substrate portion in communication with the first substrate portion and having at least one circuit device, a connection substrate portion in communication with the second substrate portion, the connection substrate portion extending away from the second substrate portion in a same direction as the first substrate portion, and a third substrate portion in communication with the connection substrate portion, the third substrate portion having at least one second terminal. |
| US08039751B2 |
Motor and compressor with the same
In a motor, one ends of a plurality of electric wires with the other ends connected to the motor side are connected to a terminal rod, and the terminal rod is exposed to the exterior of a motor casing via a terminal base. The terminal rod is provided with a flange portion and a crimping portion. A concave part is formed on an end surface of the crimping portion, and a communication part providing communication between an outer surface and the concave part is formed. The terminal base is provided with a depression to be fitted to the flange portion of the terminal rod, a seal portion having a diameter reduced from the depression, and a through portion passing from the seal portion through to the exterior of the motor casing. A seal member is put on the terminal rod. In a state that the electric wires are inserted into the concave part of the crimping portion, the outer surface of the crimping portion is pressurized, so that the electric wires are fixed to the crimping portion. With such a configuration, it is possible to reduce electric resistance between the electric wires from the motor side and the terminal rod and strongly combine the electric wires and the terminal rod. |
| US08039750B2 |
Cable connector having length adjustability
A combined cable connector and cable untangler is disclosed. The combined cable connector and untangler comprises a single elongated body with at least one through hole extending along the whole body length. The cable connector is adapted to be used with a portable electronic device. The cable connector enables the cable to be adapted in length and prevents it from being entangled. |
| US08039748B2 |
Electronic apparatus with flexible flat cable for high-speed signal transmission
A flexible flat cable includes a plurality of ground lines and a plurality of signal lines. Each of the ground lines is connected to an electromagnetic shield layer by two connection line members. An arrangement of the ground lines and signal lines that are positioned in a region on one side of a center line of the flexible flat cable and an arrangement of the ground lines and signal lines on a region on the other side are symmetric with respect to the center line. In each of two connectors to which end portions of the flexible flat cable are coupled, terminals corresponding to the ground lines are grounded, a terminal corresponding to a signal line interposed between two ground lines is assigned a high-speed signal, and a terminal corresponding to another signal line is assigned a ground potential. |
| US08039746B2 |
Electric connector and cable
An electrical connector includes a terminal (11) fixed to a connector housing (10). The electrical connector includes a conductor (23) exposed from a covering (22) and having a connection portion connected to a connection portion of the terminal (11). The electrical connector includes a foam element (31) at a predetermined foam ratio located around respective connection portions of the conductor (23) and the terminal (11). |
| US08039745B2 |
Cable strain relief module assembly
A cable strain relief module assembly for securing a cable and providing strain relief is described. The cable strain relief module assembly includes a module and a twist nut. The module has a male threaded portion and the twist nut has a female threaded portion. A portion of a cable may be captivated between the male threaded portion of the module and the female portion of the twist nut when the module and twist nut are engaged. |
| US08039743B2 |
Apparatus and method for longitudinal sealing of electrical lines
In a method for longitudinal sealing of electrical conductors that include one or more conductor elements disposed inside an external sheath, and include cavities between the individual conductor elements and between the individual conductor elements and the external sheath, in which the one end, requiring sealing, of the conductor is immersed in a liquid sealing compound, and the other end of the conductor has negative pressure applied to it. A sealing apparatus suitable for carrying out said method encompasses a supply reservoir for the liquid sealing compound into which the one end, requiring sealing, of the conductor is immersed, and a negative-pressure source to which the other end of the conductor is connected. |
| US08039742B2 |
Superconductive cable
A superconductive cable capable of promoting a heat insulating function by a heat insulating tube. A heat insulating tube contained within a cable core of a superconductive cable includes a first metal tube and a second metal tube and a third metal tube arranged from an inner side in a diameter direction. An inner side heat insulating portion is formed between the first metal tube and the second metal tube, and an outer side heat insulating portion is formed on an inner side of the third metal tube and on an outer side of the inner side heat insulating portion. A heat insulating function of the heat insulating portion on an outer side is set to be lower than a heat insulating function of the heat insulating portion on an inner side thereof. |
| US08039738B2 |
Active rare earth tandem solar cell
The use of rare-earth (RE and O, N, P) based materials to transition between two different semiconductor materials and enable up and/or down conversion of incident radiation is disclosed. Rare earth based oxides, nitrides and phosphides provide a wide range of lattice spacing enabling, compressive, tensile or stress-free lattice matching with Group IV, III-V, and Group II-VI compounds. |
| US08039733B2 |
Construction method of solar battery modules
A construction method of solar battery modules by which solar battery modules are fixed using a fixing member, including: connecting a first frame body of a solar battery module between a pedestal and a to-be connected portion on a side opposite to a side of a plate-like portion extending outward farther than the pedestal with respect to an axis of the fixing member; sliding the fixing member to a position of a structural member such as a rafter along the first frame body; fixing the fixing member to a support member by the plate-like portion extending outward farther than the pedestal; and connecting a first frame body of a second solar battery module different from the first solar battery module between the pedestal and the to-be connected portion on a side identical to a side of the plate-like portion extending outward farther than the pedestal with respect to the axis. |
| US08039732B2 |
Solar energy trap
A solar energy trap (10) includes a chamber (11) having inlet post (12), such that solar energy (13) entering the chamber (11) through the inlet port (12) is absorbed and reflected within the chamber (11) means until substantially all the solar energy (13) is absorbed by the chamber (11). Preferably, the inlet port (12) is arranged to cause photons of the solar energy (13) entering the chamber (11) to circulate substantially in a single direction within the chamber (11) until absorbed, such that on re-passing the inlet port (12) substantially no photons emerge from the inlet port (12). |
| US08039726B2 |
Thermal transfer and power generation devices and methods of making the same
A device includes a first thermally conductive substrate having a first patterned electrode disposed thereon and a second thermally conductive substrate having a second patterned electrode disposed thereon, wherein the first and second thermally conductive substrates are arranged such that the first and second patterned electrodes are adjacent to one another. The device includes a plurality of nanowires disposed between the first and second patterned electrodes, wherein the plurality of nanowires is formed of a thermoelectric material. The device also includes a joining material disposed between the plurality of nanowires and at least one of the first and second patterned electrodes. |
| US08039724B1 |
Removable electronic drum head for an acoustic drum
A removable electronic drum head for an acoustic drum is disclosed. The electronic drum head includes an elastic strike layer, a rigid plate centered below the elastic strike layer. A first sensor is attached to a bottom surface of the rigid plate. A structural body supports the elastic strike layer, rigid plate and first sensor. The structural body is further adapted to attach to an acoustic drum. Other optional foam layers may be included above and below the rigid plate. |
| US08039722B2 |
Methods and formats for visually expressing music
A method for visually expressing music includes marking a region of a stave to identify a musical note's pitch, wherein the stave includes four lines each of which is parallel or substantially parallel to the other three lines, and each of which defines at least three regional positions where a mark can be made to identify a musical note's pitch, wherein the stave includes at least twelve regional positions and each of the at least twelve regional positions corresponds to a unique pitch of a musical note within a musical octave. The method also includes marking the region of the stave to also identify the duration of the musical note. With at least twelve regional positions defined by the stave, each of the 12 pitches in an octave can have a position within the stave that uniquely identifies the pitch of the note. Furthermore, the stave can span exactly the twelve pitches in an octave to allow one to quickly identify the pitch of the note being visually expressed without having to memorize each position and its associated pitch in the stave. In addition, each pitch in an octave can be identified by numbers (1-N). Western music using 12 notes would have the following 12 Arabic numerals, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. |
| US08039721B2 |
Kit and method for learning to play an instrument
A kit and method for learning rhythms, composing music, to play a musical instrument, and then read music; in that particular order of events. The kit comprises a set of hands on manipulatives that assemble into a structured system of interactive musical instrument concept training components. The method comprises employing the kit according to instructions in at least one or more training manuals to assemble the hands on manipulatives into a structured system of interactive musical instrument concept training components. |
| US08039718B2 |
Inbred corn line BB33
An inbred corn line, designated BB33, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line BB33, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line BB33 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn line BB33 with itself or another corn line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line BB33. |
| US08039716B1 |
Maize variety hybrid 10085650
A novel maize variety designated 10085650 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing maize variety 10085650 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 10085650 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety 10085650, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety 10085650. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety 10085650. |
| US08039715B1 |
Maize variety hybrid X7K448
A novel maize variety designated X7K448 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing maize variety X7K448 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X7K448 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X7K448, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X7K448. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X7K448. |
| US08039713B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH105778
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH105778. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH105778, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH105778 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 CH105778. |
| US08039711B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH110135
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH110135. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH110135, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH110135 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 CH110135. |
| US08039709B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH414517
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH414517. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH414517, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH414517 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 CH414517. |
| US08039708B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH550494
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH550494. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH550494, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH550494 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 CH550494. |
| US08039701B2 |
Cotton variety 565452G
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 565452G. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 565452G. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety 565452G and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 565452G with itself or another cotton variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US08039699B2 |
Cotton variety 303308G
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 303308G. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 303308G. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety 303308G and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 303308G with itself or another cotton variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US08039696B2 |
Soybean cultivar 8023330
A soybean cultivar designated 8023330 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 8023330, to the plants of soybean 8023330, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 8023330 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 8023330 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 8023330, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 8023330 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 8023330 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US08039691B2 |
Pea line 08250833
The invention provides seed and plants of the pea line designated 08250833. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pea line 08250833, and to methods for producing a pea plant produced by crossing a plant of pea line 08250833 with itself or with another pea plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of pea line 08250833, including the seed, pod, and gametes of such plants. |
| US08039690B2 |
Stress-regulated genes of plants, transgenic plants containing same, and methods of use
Clusters of plant genes that are regulated in response to one or more stress conditions are provided, as are isolated plant stress-regulated genes, including portions thereof comprising a coding sequence or a regulatory element, and to consensus sequences comprising a plant stress-regulated regulatory element. In addition, a recombinant polynucleotide, which includes a plant stress-regulated gene, or functional portion thereof, operatively linked to a heterologous nucleotide sequence, is provided, as are transgenic plants, which contain a plant stress-regulated gene or functional portion thereof that was introduced into a progenitor cell of the plant. Also provided are methods of using a plant stress-regulated gene to confer upon a plant a selective advantage to a stress condition, methods of identifying an agent that modulates the activity of a plant stress-regulated regulatory element, and methods of determining whether a plant has been exposed to a stress. |
| US08039678B2 |
Process for the preparation of chloromethyl 2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl) ethyl ether
The present invention refers to a process for the preparation of chloromethyl 2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl) ethyl ether (sevochlorane), which consists of reacting hexafluoroisopropanol with: a formaldehyde equivalent selected between paraformaldehyde or 1,3,5-trioxane, a chlorinating agent selected from the group consisting of oxalyl chloride, phosphorus trichloride, phosphorus pentachloride, phosphorus oxychloride, sulfuryl chloride and thionyl chloride, and a strong acid selected from the group consisting of concentrated or fuming sulfuric acid. Said process provides sevochlorane in high purity and yield, which can be converted to sevoflurane by known means. |
| US08039675B2 |
Catalysts
Catalysts suitable for asymmetric hydrogenation reactions are described comprising the reaction product of a group 8 transition metal compound, a chiral phosphine and a chiral diamine of formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen, a saturated or unsaturated alkyl or cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or a urethane or sulphonyl group and R5, R6, R7 and R8 are independently hydrogen, a saturated or unsaturated alkyl or cycloalkyl group, or an aryl group, at least one of R1, R2, R3 and R4 is hydrogen and A is a linking group comprising one or two substituted or unsubstituted carbon atoms. |
| US08039674B2 |
Compound having S1P receptor binding potency and use thereof
Provided are: a compound represented by formula (I): (wherein ring A and ring D each represent a cyclic group which may have a substituent(s); E and G each represent a bond or a spacer having 1 to 8 atoms in its main chain; L represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; X represents amino which may have a substituent(s), or a heterocyclic group which contains at least one nitrogen atom and which may have a substituent(s); n represents 0 to 3, in which when n is 2 or more, a plurality of ring A's may be the same or different from one another); a salt thereof; an N-oxide form thereof; a solvate thereof, a prodrug thereof; and a medicament which includes those. The compound represented by formula (I) is capable of binding S1P receptors (in particular, EDG-1 and/or EDG-6), and useful for preventing and/or treating rejection in transplantation, autoimmune diseases, allergic diseases, etc. |
| US08039673B2 |
Macromolecular antioxidants comprising differing antioxidant moieties: structures, methods of making and using the same
Described are antioxidant macromolecules and methods of making and using same. |
| US08039672B2 |
Method of obtaining 3,3-diphenylpropylamines
The invention relates to a method of obtaining 3,3-diphenylpropylamines (I), wherein R1 is H, alkyl, haloalkyl or alkoxyalkyl, R2 is alkyl, alkoxy, halogen, NO2, CN, CHO, which may be free or protected, CH2OH or COOR6, and R3 and R4 are selected independently from H and alkyl or together with the nitrogen to which they are bound form a ring having 3 to 7 members. The inventive method consists in reacting a propylenephenylamine and a disubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon and, if necessary, separating the desired enantiomer or the mixture of enantiomers, and/or converting the compound (I) into a salt. Compounds (I) are muscarinic receptor antagonists which can be used in the treatment of urinary incontinence and other symptoms of urinary bladder hyperactivity. Said compounds include tolterodine. |
| US08039670B2 |
Analogs of alpha galactosyceramide and uses thereof
There are disclosed compound of formula I, in which R1 represents a hydrophobic moiety adapted to occupy the C′ channel of human CDId, R2 represents a hydrophobic moiety adapted to occupy the A′ channel of human CDId, such that R1 fills at least at least 30% of the occupied volume of the C′ channel compared to the volume occupied by the terminal nC14H29 of the sphingosine chain of α-galactosylceramide when bound to human CDId and R2 fills at least 30% of the occupied volume of the A′ channel compared to the volume occupied by the terminal nC25H51 of the acyl chain of α-galactosylceramide when bound to human CDId R3 represents hydrogen or OH, Ra and Rb each represent hydrogen and in addition, when R3 represents hydrogen, Ra and Rb together may form a single bond, X represents or —CHA(CHOH)nY or —P(=0)(0−)0CH2(CH0H)mY, in which Y represents CHB1B2, n represents an integer from 1 to 4, m represents 0 or 1, A årepresents hydrogen, one of B1 and B2 represents H, OH or phenyl, and the other represents hydrogen or one of B1 and B2 represents hydroxyl and the other represents phenyl, in addition, when n represents 4, then A together with one of B1 and B2 together forms a single bond and the other of B1 and B2 represents H, OH or OSO3H and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; the compounds of formula I are indicted for use in the treatment of a virus, microbial infection, parasite, an autoimmune disease, cancer, allergy or asthma. |
| US08039667B2 |
Compound for solid polymer electrolyte membrane
An unsaturated compound including a urethane bond in a main chain and a sulfonic acid group, a phosphoric acid group, an alkylsulfonic acid group, or an alkylphosphoric acid group on a benzene ring in a side chain is provided. In addition, a solid polymer electrolyte membrane containing a compound prepared by polymerizing the above-mentioned compound and an electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly including diffusion layers adhered on both surfaces of the electrolyte membrane are provided. Furthermore, a solid polymer fuel cell using the electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly is provided. |
| US08039666B2 |
Synthesis of amine boranes
A method for preparing an amine borane from an alkali metal borohydride and an amine salt. The alkali metal borohydride is allowed to react with 0.95 to 1.05 equivalents of the amine salt in a solvent which contains water and an amine. |
| US08039663B2 |
Monomers derived from pentacyclopentadecane dimethanol
The invention is based on the discovery that certain well-defined compounds derived from pentacyclopentadecane dimethanol are useful components in adhesive formulations. In particular, the invention compounds described herein provide high Tg values and low shrinkage. Compounds of the invention are useful as adhesives for use in the semiconductor packaging industry. |
| US08039654B2 |
Esterification reaction product, gelling agent containing the product, and cosmetic preparation containing them
Disclosed is an esterification reaction product which is capable of gelling both an oil agent and a cyclic silicone or a volatile dimethylpolysiloxane, or both an oil agent and a nonvolatile dimethylpolysiloxane. Also disclosed are a gelling agent contacting the esterification reaction product, and a cosmetic preparation containing the esterification reaction product or the gelling product and having an excellent feeling of use. Specifically, the cosmetic preparation contains, as a gelling agent, an esterification reaction product which is obtained by esterifying a component A that is a polyhydric alcohol or a condensate thereof, a component B that is a saturated dibasic acid having 10-28 carbon atoms, a component C that is a linear saturated fatty acid having 16-28 carbon atoms, and a component D that is a branched saturated fatty acid having 8-28 carbon atoms at a blending ratio (component A:component B) of 1.0 mole:0.10-0.20 mole. |
| US08039653B2 |
Methods and apparatus for removal of degradation byproducts and contaminants from oil for use in preparation of biodiesel
Methods, particles, and devices are disclosed for filtration of oil for use of the oil in the preparation of biodiesel. Disclosed particles may comprise a substantially inert porous particle with a coating comprising a polymer having amine, amino, and/or imine group(s). |
| US08039652B2 |
Methods for producing biodiesel
Transesterification, esterification, and esterification-transesterification (both one-step and two-step) for producing biofuels. The process may be enhanced by one or more of the following: 1) applying microwave or RF energy; 2) passing reactants over a heterogeneous catalyst at sufficiently high velocity to achieve high shear conditions; 3) emulsifying reactants with a homogeneous catalyst; or 4) maintaining the reaction at a pressure at or above autogeneous pressure. Enhanced processes using one or more of these steps can result in higher process rates, higher conversion levels, or both. |
| US08039650B2 |
Process for producing tetraglycidylamino compound
A diamine and an epihalohydrin are subjected to ring-opening addition reaction in the presence of water, to thereby produce a tetrahalohydrinamino compound (i.e., halohydrin compound). Thereafter, the halohydrin compound is reacted with an alkali metal hydroxide in the co-presence of a phase-transfer catalyst, to thereby allow cyclization reaction to proceed. An alkali metal halide by-produced during the cyclization reaction is dissolved in water and removed through phase separation. The resultant organic layer is washed with water for phase separation. Then, a crude tetraglycidylamino compound obtained by recovering unreacted epihalohydrin through evaporation is dissolved in an organic solvent and washed with water for phase separation. Subsequently, the organic solvent is recovered through evaporation under reduced pressure with heating, to thereby isolate a tetraglycidylamino compound (i.e., a product of interest). An aqueous alkali metal hydroxide solution is added to the organic solvent recovered through evaporation, followed by thermal treatment. The thus-purified organic solvent is recycled. This method can effectively produce, at low cost, a tetraglycidylamino compound (i.e., a product of interest) of reliable quality having low residual epihalohydrin and hydrolyzable halogen contents. |
| US08039646B2 |
Process for preparing glycidyloxyalkyltrialkoxysilanes
The present invention relates to a process for preparing glycidyloxy-alkylalkoxysilanes of the general formula (I) (R″)O—CnH2nSi(R′)m(OR)3-m(I) in which R and R′ groups are each independently linear or branched alkyl groups having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 and m is 0, 1, 2 or 3, and R″ is an H2C(O)CH— or H2C(O)CHCH2— group, by reacting (i) a functionalized alkene of the general formula (II) (R″)O—CnH2n-1(II) in which R″ is an H2C(O)CH— or H2C(O)CHCH2— group and n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 with (ii) at least one hydroalkoxy-silane of the general formula (III) HSi(R′)m(OR)3-m (III) in which R and R′ groups are each independently linear or branched alkyl groups having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and m is 0, 1, 2 or 3, in the presence (iii) of at least one homogeneous catalyst, (iv) of at least one solvent and/or of a diluent and (v) of at least one promoter. |
| US08039644B2 |
Hydrogenated benzo (C) thiophene derivatives as immunomodulators
The invention relates to novel thiophene derivatives, their preparation and their use as pharmaceutically active compounds. Said compounds particularly act as immunosuppressive agents. |
| US08039641B2 |
Tetrahydrofuro[3,2-b] pyrrol-3-one intermediates
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a compound of formula (Ia), (Ib), (Ic) or (Id), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, complex or prodrug thereof, said process comprising the steps of: (A) (i) treating a compound of formula (IVa), where R48 is alkyl or tosyl, with an oxidizing agent to form a compound of formula (Va); and (ii) converting said compound of formula (Va) to a compound of formula (Ia) or (Ic); or (B) (i) treating a compound of formula (IVb), where R48 is alkyl or tosyl, with an oxidizing agent to form a compound of formula (Vb); and (ii) converting said compound of formula (Vb) to a compound of formula (Ib) or (Id). |
| US08039640B2 |
Morphine compounds for pharmaceutical compositions
The invention relates to new morphine compounds of the formula: where R1 represents a C1-6 alkyl radical and the radicals R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atoms, methyl groups and acetyl groups. |
| US08039639B2 |
Kinase inhibitors and methods of use thereof
A compound of Formula II and salts thereof are useful in the preparation of a compound of Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof. |
| US08039638B2 |
Inhibitors of HIV replication
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein, compositions and uses thereof for treating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. In particular, the present invention provides novel inhibitors of HIV replication, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods for using these compounds in the treatment of HIV infection. |
| US08039630B2 |
Cationic compound, dye compound and method of using the same, and optical information recording medium
The present invention relates to a cationic compound denoted by the general formula (I). In general formula (I), Ar1 and Ar2 each independently denote an optionally substituted aryl group or aromatic heterocyclic group, L1 denotes a single bond or a divalent linkage group, with at least one from among Ar1, Ar2 and L1 comprising one or more onium cations; R3 and R4 each independently denote a substituent and may form a ring with a benzene ring substituted; m3 and m4 each independently denote an integer ranging from 0 to 4, and plural R3s and R4s may be identical or different from each other when m3 and m4 are an integer ranging from 2 to 4. |
| US08039628B2 |
Process for preparing (alpha S, beta R)-6-bromo-alpha-[2-(dimethylamino) ethyl]-2-methoxy-alpha-1-naphthalenyl-beta-phenyl-3-quinolineethanol
The present invention relates to a process for isolating (αS,βR)-6-bromo-α-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]-2-methoxy-α-1-naphthalenyl-β-phenyl-3-quinolineethanol from a mixture of stereoisomeric forms of 6-bromo-α-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]-2-methoxy-α-1-naphthalenyl-β-phenyl-3-quinolineethanol by optical resolution with chiral 4-hydroxydinaphtho[2,1-d:1′,2′-f][1,3,2]dioxaphosphepin 4-oxide or a derivative thereof, in particular (11bR)-4-hydroxydinaphtho[2,1-d:1′,2′-f][1,3,2]dioxaphosphepin 4-oxide, as resolution agent. |
| US08039626B2 |
Method of manufacturing of 7-ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin
The method of manufacturing of 7-ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin of formula I characterized in that 7-ethyl-1,2,6,7-tetrahydrocampotothecin of formula IV is oxidized with an oxidizing agent selected from the group comprising iodosobenzene, an ester of iodosobenzene, sodium periodate, potassium periodate, potassium peroxodisulfate and ammonium peroxodisulfate, in a solvent formed by a saturated aliphatic monocarboxylic add containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and in the presence of water. |
| US08039624B2 |
Azaspiro derivatives
The present invention is concerned with novel indol-3-yl-carbonyl-azaspiropiperidine derivatives as V1a receptor antagonists, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use for the treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders and other diseases. In particular, the present invention is concerned with compounds of the general formula (I) wherein R1 to R6, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are as defined in the specification. |
| US08039622B2 |
Melanocortin receptor agonists
The present invention relates to a compound having a good agonistic activity to melanocortin receptor, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or isomer thereof, and an agonistic composition for melanocortin receptor comprising the same as an active ingredient. |
| US08039614B2 |
4' -C-substituted-2-haloadenosine derivative
The present invention provides a method for producing a 4′-C-substituted-2-haloadenosine derivative represented by the following formula [I], [II], or [III]: wherein X represents a halogen atom, R1 represents an ethynyl group or a cyano group, and R2 represents hydrogen or a phosphoryl group. The present invention also provides the derivative, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the derivative and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier therefor. The derivative is useful as a medicine for the treatment of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). |
| US08039606B2 |
Seneca Valley virus based compositions and methods for treating disease
The present invention relates to a novel RNA picornavirus that is called Seneca Valley virus (“SVV”). The invention provides isolated SVV nucleic acids and proteins encoded by these nucleic acids. Further, the invention provides antibodies that are raised against the SVV proteins. Because SVV has the ability to selectively kill some types of tumors, the invention provides methods of using SVV and SVV polypeptides to treat cancer. Because SVV specifically targets certain tumors, the invention provides methods of using SVV nucleic acids and proteins to detect cancer. Additionally, due to the information provided by the tumor-specific mechanisms of SVV, the invention provides methods of making new oncolytic virus derivatives and of altering viruses to have tumor-specific tropisms. |
| US08039605B2 |
Targeting of long chain triacylglycerol hydrolase gene for tuberculosis treatment
Disclosed herein are novel methods for screening for compounds useful in treating or preventing tuberculosis. In exemplary embodiments, screening methods are based on the implementation or manipulation of triacylglycerol hydrolase like polypeptides or polynucleotides encoding the same. The methods are useful in identifying agents active against TB infection. |
| US08039604B2 |
DNA sequence encoding penicillin acylase, novel recombinant recombinant DNA constructs and recombinant microorganisms
The invention consists in a nucleotide sequence having the size of (2646) bp, wherein the order of nucleotides is identical to the order of the nucleotide sequence encoding penicillin acylase from Achromobacter sp. CCM 4824 (formerly Comamonas testosteroni CCM 4824), eventually of the fragments of this sequence having the length of at least 150 nucleotides. The sequence can be used in the formation of a DNA construct, eventually the construct having at least one regulatory sequence regulating the expression of the gene and the production of a polypeptide with the penicillin acylase activity. The sequence can form part of a recombinant expression vector, which consists of the above-mentioned construct, promoter, translational start signal, translational and transcriptional stop signal. Further, the invention concerns a recombinant host cell, containing the nucleic acid construct carried by the vector or integrated into the cell chromosome, and the E. coli BL21 strain containing said sequence of the nucleotides encoding the penicillin acylase carried in the pKXIP1, the pKLP3 or the pKLP6 plasmid. |
| US08039600B2 |
Rapamycin assay
Monoclonal antibodies to rapamycin and to 40-O-alkylated derivatives of rapamycin are provided, together with novel haptens, immunogenic conjugates, and processes for making them and assay kits for using them. |
| US08039599B1 |
Rapamycin assay
Monoclonal antibodies to rapamycin and to 40-O-alkylated derivatives of rapamycin are provided, together with novel haptens, immunogenic conjugates, and processes for making them and assay kits for using them. |
| US08039591B2 |
Flowable collagen material for dural closure
Flowable graft materials are provided which comprise collagen powder and a liquid in an amount sufficient to impart a flowable consistency to the material. The graft materials are sufficiently formable and pliable so as to provide both superior contact with and easier access to a surgical site than typical, more rigid grafts such as collagen sheets. These flowable materials may also be in a fluidized, paste-like and/or gel-like state and may be moldable and/or ejectable. The flowable collagen materials reduce and/or eliminate post implantation problems associated with other materials, e.g. synthetic dural sealants (hemostasis products), such as product swelling after application and implantation. The flowable graft materials are particularly useful as a dural graft. |
| US08039579B2 |
Intermediates useful in the preparation of maleimide functionalized polymers
Methods for forming maleimide functionalized polymers are provided. In one such embodiment, a maleimide functionalized polymer is prepared in a method that includes a step of carrying out a reverse Diels-Alder reaction. Intermediates useful in the methods, as well as methods for preparing the intermediates, are also provided. Also provided are polymeric reagents, methods of using polymeric reagents, compounds and conjugates. |
| US08039578B2 |
Polyester composition with modifier hydroxyl compound
A process for producing non-solid-stated polyester polymer particles having one or more properties similar to polyester polymer particles that have undergone solid-state processing. In one embodiment, the process comprises (a) forming polyester polymer particles from a polyester polymer melt; (b) quenching at least a portion of the particles, (c) drying at least a portion of the particles, (d) crystallizing at least a portion of the particles, (e) annealing at least a portion of the particles. At all points during and between steps (b) through (e), the average bulk temperature of the particles is maintained above 165° C. |
| US08039575B2 |
Flame-retardant polycarbonate resin composition, polycarbonate resin molded article, and method for producing the polycarbonate resin molded article
Provided are a polycarbonate resin composition containing a glass filler, which is excellent in transparency, strength, and heat resistance and provided with high flame retardancy even without using a flame retardant, and a polycarbonate resin molded article obtained by molding the resin composition. The flame-retardant polycarbonate resin composition contains a combination including (A) 55 to 95 mass % of an aromatic polycarbonate resin containing a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer and (B) 45 to 5 mass % of a glass filler having a refractive index smaller or larger than a refractive index of the aromatic polycarbonate resin by 0.002 or less, and (C) 0.05 to 20.0 parts by mass of a silicone compound having a reactive functional group with respect to 100 parts by mass of the combination. The polycarbonate resin molded article has a thickness of 0.3 to 10 mm which is obtained by molding the composition. |
| US08039569B2 |
Polyethylene molding compositions for injection molding applications
Monomodal molding compositions based on polymers of ethylene, wherein the density of the molding compositions is in the range from 0.940 to 0.96 g/cm3, the Mi is in the range from 0.5 to 10.0 g/10 min. the polydispersity Mw/Mn is in the range from 3 to 20, the branches/1000 carbon atoms is in the range from 0.1 to 10 and the weight average molar mass Mw is in the range from 50 000 g/mol to 150 000 g/mol, and also injection-molded shaped bodies as well as screw closures comprising the molding compositions. |
| US08039567B2 |
Alternating copolymers of phenylene vinylene and biarylene vinylene, preparation method thereof, and organic thin film transistor comprising the same
Disclosed herein are an alternating copolymer of phenylene vinylene and biarylene vinylene, a preparation method thereof, and an organic thin film transistor including the same. The organic thin film transistor maintains low off-state leakage current and realizes a high on/off current ratio and high charge mobility because the organic active layer thereof is formed of an alternating copolymer of phenylene vinylene and biarylene vinylene. |
| US08039565B2 |
Catalytic system for obtaining conjugated diene/mono-olefin copolymers and these copolymers
A catalytic system usable for the copolymerization of at least one conjugated diene and at least one monoolefin, a process for preparing this catalytic system, a process for preparing a copolymer of a conjugated diene and at least one monoolefin using said catalytic system, and said copolymer are described. This catalytic system includes: (i) an organometallic complex represented by the following formula: {[P(Cp)(Fl)Ln(X)(LX)}p (1) where Ln represents a lanthanide atom to which is attached a ligand molecule comprising cyclopentadienyl Cp and fluorenyl Fl groups linked to one another by a bridge P of the formula MR1R2, M is an element from column IVa of Mendeleev's periodic table and R1 and R2 each represent alkyl groups of 1 to 20 carbon atoms or cycloalkyl or phenyl groups of 6 to 20 carbon atoms, X represents a halogen atom, L represents an optional complexing molecule, such as an ether, and optionally a substantially less complexing molecule, such as toluene, p is a natural integer greater than or equal to 1 and x is greater than or equal to 0, and (ii) a co-catalyst selected from alkylmagnesiums, alkyllithiums, alkylaluminums, Grignard reagents and mixtures of these constituents. |
| US08039562B2 |
Method for seed bed treatment before a polymerization reaction
In some embodiments, a method in which at least one continuity additive (“CA”) and a seed bed are pre-loaded into a reactor, and a polymerization reaction is optionally then performed in the reactor. In other embodiments, at least one flow improver, at least one CA, and a seed bed are pre-loaded into a reactor. Pre-loading of a reactor with a CA can significantly improve continuity of a subsequent polymerization reaction in the reactor during its initial stages, including by reducing sheeting and fouling. The CA can be pre-loaded in dry form (e.g., as a powder), or in liquid or slurry form (e.g., as an oil slurry). To aid delivery of a dry CA to the reactor and combination of the dry CA with a seed bed in the reactor, the dry CA can be combined with a flow improver and the combination of CA and flow improver then loaded into the reactor. Alternatively, the CA and flow improver can be sequentially loaded into the reactor, and then mixed together (and mixed with a seed bed) in the reactor after both the CA and flow improver have been separately loaded into the reactor. |
| US08039559B2 |
Unsaturated polyester resin or vinyl ester resin compositions
The present invention relates to a two-component composition comprising a first component and a second component, wherein the first component being a non-aqueous resin composition comprising an unsaturated polyester resin or vinyl ester resin, a transition metal compound selected from a copper, iron, manganese or titanium compound, a potassium compound, and the resin composition contains less than 0.01 mmol cobalt per kg primary resin system and less than 0.01 mmol vanadium per kg primary resin system; and the second component comprises a peroxide compound. |
| US08039558B2 |
Polymer composition with elastomeric properties at wide temperature ranges and process for the preparation thereof
It is depicted a polymer composition with elastomeric properties at wide temperature ranges of the type comprising polymers and/copolymers resulting from substituted or unsubstituted vinyl aromatic monomers and from dienic monomers, which is homogeneous and compatible in nature, with such composition being based on stereoregular polymers and without requiring the additional use of compatibilizing agents. Likewise, it is depicted the process to obtain the same, as well as to hydrogenise them, without requiring the use of additional catalyzers or processes. |
| US08039555B2 |
Thermoplastic resin composition and floor tile made of the same
The invention provides a thermoplastic resin composition including a thermoplastic resin component (I) in an amount of 100 parts by mass, and a filler (II) in an amount of 1 to 900 parts by mass, wherein the thermoplastic resin component (I) contains a block copolymer (A) in an amount of 5 to 90 mass %, the block copolymer (A) being at least one species selected from among a block copolymer and a hydrogenated product thereof, the block copolymer having a polymer block (a1) formed mainly of an aromatic vinyl compound unit(s), and a polymer block (a2) formed mainly of a conjugated diene unit(s); a polyolefin resin (B) in an amount of 5 to 90 mass %; and a block copolymer (C) in an amount of 5 to 90 mass %, the block copolymer (C) having a polymer block formed from a repeating unit having a polar group. |
| US08039553B2 |
Pressure-sensitive adhesive composition
The present invention relates to an adhesive composition comprising (A) a block copolymer composition comprising a block copolymer (a) formed from at least two polymer blocks composed mainly of a monoalkenyl aromatic compound and at least one polymer block composed mainly of a conjugated diene compound and a block copolymer (b) formed from a polymer block composed mainly of a monoalkenyl aromatic compound and a polymer block composed mainly of a conjugated diene compound, wherein the block copolymer (a) has a GPC peak molecular weight of 60,000 to 110,000 in terms of standard polystyrene, the polymer block composed mainly of a monoalkenyl aromatic compound has a peak molecular weight of 10,000 to 30,000 and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of 1.0 to 1.6, the block copolymer composition (A) has a content of the block copolymer (b) of 50 to 90% by weight, the block copolymer composition (A) has a total monoalkenyl aromatic compound content of more than 40% by weight and 50% by weight or less, the conjugated diene unit has a vinyl bond content of less than 20%, and the block copolymer composition (A) has a viscosity in a 15% toluene solution of 10 to 40 cP at 25° C. |
| US08039546B2 |
Modified natural rubber latex and method for producing the same, modified natural rubber and method for producing the same, rubber composition and tire
This invention provides a modified natural rubber latex formed by charging a polar group-containing mercapto compound into a natural rubber latex to add the polar group-containing mercapto compound to a natural rubber molecule in the natural rubber latex, a modified natural rubber formed by coagulating and drying the modified natural rubber latex, and the rubber composition using the modified natural rubber and being excellent in the low loss factor, wear resistance and fracture characteristics. |
| US08039539B2 |
Production of a composite comprising inorganic material and organic polymer
Physical properties and soiling resistance of polymer-bound inorganic composites such as artificial stone are improved by incorporating a silane adhesion promoter and at least one of three organosilicon compounds. |
| US08039537B2 |
Modified bismaleimide resins, preparation method thereof and compositions comprising the same
A modified bismaleimide resin of Formula (I) or (II) is provided. In Formula (I) or (II), Q is —CH2—, —C(CH3)2—, —O—, —S—, —SO2— or null, R is —(CH2)2—, —(CH2)6—, —(CH2)8—, —(CH2)12—, —CH2—C(CH3)2—CH2—CH(CH3)—CH2—CH2—, 10 |
| US08039533B2 |
Synthetic styrene resin composition for environment-friendly window frame
Disclosed are a synthetic resin composition for use as building materials such as window frames, as well as a product manufactured using the same. More particularly, the synthetic resin composition comprises a tetrapolymer of acrylic rubber-styrene monomer-butadiene rubber-vinyl cyanide monomer and a styrene-vinyl cyanide copolymer having a high molecular weight and a high degree of dispersion. Unlike products manufactured using prior polyvinyl chloride (PVC), building material such as window frames manufactured using the synthetic resin composition are recyclable, and thus can contribute to a reduction in the generation of hormone-disrupting chemical dioxin, which is released in the burning thereof. Also, the resin composition can be manufactured into products having excellent properties of weather resistance and colorability without using environmental pollutants such as cadmium stearate or lead stearate, which are used as thermal stabilizers. |
| US08039532B2 |
Heterocyclic compound, ultraviolet absorbent and composition containing the same
A compound represented by formula (I-1): wherein R21, R22, R23 and R24 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent, with the proviso that compounds, in which R21, R22, R23 and R24 each are an alkylthio group, are excluded; R21 and R22 and/or R23 and R24 each may bond to each other to form a ring, with the proviso that compounds, in which the formed ring is a dithiol ring or a dithiolane ring, are excluded; R25 and R26 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent; X21, X22, X23 and X24 each independently represent a hetero atom; compounds, wherein R21, R22, R23 and R24 each represent a cyan group; X21, X22, X23 and X24 each represent a sulfur atom; and R25 and R26 each represent a hydroxyl group or a hydrogen atom, are excluded; and compounds, wherein R21 and R23 each represent a hydrogen atom; R22 and R24 each represent an arylcarbonyl group; X21, X22, X23 and X24 each represent a sulfur atom; and R25 and R26 each represent a hydroxyl group, are excluded; and an ultraviolet absorbent, which has molecular weight of 10,000 or less and molar extinction coefficient at the maximum absorption wavelength of the ultraviolet absorbent of 80,000 or more. |
| US08039530B2 |
High thermal conductivity materials with grafted surface functional groups
The present invention provides a continuous high thermal conductivity organic-inorganic composite material. The composite material features high thermal conductivity materials bonded to a host resin matrix by covalent linkages. The bonding takes place through surface functional groups that are reactively grafted to the high thermal conductivity material. These surface functional groups react with the host resin matrix, forming the covalent linkages. The structure of the composite material is effective to reduce phonon scattering and increase phonon transport in the composite material. |
| US08039526B2 |
Thermoplastic vulcanizates including nanoclays and processes for making the same
A method for preparing a nanoclay-filled thermoplastic vulcanizate, the method comprising introducing an olefinic thermoplastic vulcanizate, a functionalized thermoplastic resin, and a surface-modified nanoclay, where the blending takes place at a temperature above the melt temperature of the thermoplastic vulcanizate but below the temperature at which the surface-modified nanoclay degrades. |
| US08039523B2 |
Resin composition for press foaming, foam and process for producing the foam
A resin composition for pressure-foam molding, which comprises an ethylene-based copolymer and a foaming agent, wherein the ethylene-based copolymer has monomer units derived from ethylene and monomer units derived from an a-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, has a melt flow rate of 0.01 to 0.7 g/10 minutes, a molecular weight distribution of 5 or more determined by a gel permeation chromatography, an activation energy of flow of 40 kJ/mol or more, and inflection points of 3 or less on a melting curve within temperature range from 25° C. to the end point of melting obtained by a differential scanning calorimetry; a foam obtained by press foaming; and a process for producing the foam. |
| US08039520B2 |
Electrolyte membrane comprising nanocomposite ion complex, manufacturing method thereof, and fuel cell including the same
An electrolyte membrane includes a nanocomposite ion complex that is a reaction product of a nanocomposite with a basic polymer. The nanocomposite includes a polymer having a sulfonic acid group and an unmodified clay. Either the unmodified clay has a layered structure and is dispersed in the polymer having the sulfonic acid group, and the polymer is intercalated between layers of the clay or the unmodified clay has an exfoliated structure and the exfoliated layers of the unmodified clay are dispersed in the polymer. The electrolyte membrane shows high mechanical strength, high ionic conductivity, and excellent methanol crossover impeding properties even when the degree of sulfonation of the polymer having the sulfonic acid group is high. When a methanol aqueous solution is used as a fuel, the fuel cell including the electrolyte membrane has a low methanol crossover, and thus, has a high operational efficiency and a long lifetime. |
| US08039518B2 |
Environmentally friendly water/oil emulsions
The invention relates to particular orthoester based polymers as well as the use of specific orthoester beased polymers as a demulsifier for water/oil emulsions. |
| US08039512B2 |
Biologically active oils
A process for the production of fats or oils and their extracts containing biologically active chemical compounds from a lipid substrate, the process comprising: a) inoculation of a lipid substrate with fungally derived lipolytic enzymes; b) incubating the inoculated substrate for a period of between about 7-120 days at a temperature of between about 435° C., at a humidity of between about 75-100%, and c) processing said substrate mixture to obtain a biologically active fat or oil. |
| US08039510B2 |
Methods of making and using theaflavin, theaflavin-3-gallate, theaflavin-3′-gallate and theaflavin 3,3′-digallate and mixtures thereof
The present invention discloses methods of making a mixture of theaflavin, theaflavin-3-gallate, theaflavin-3′-gallate and theaflavin 3,3′-digallate, pharmaceutical compositions of the above mixture of theaflavins, diet supplement compositions of the above mixture of theaflavins and methods for using the above mixtures of theaflavin and pharmaceutical compositions thereof to treat or prevent various diseases. The present invention also discloses methods of making theaflavin, theaflavin-3-gallate, theaflavin-3′-gallate and theaflavin 3,3′-digallate, each as a separate compound, pharmaceutical compositions of the above compounds, diet supplement compositions of the above compounds and methods for using the above compounds to treat or prevent various diseases. |
| US08039508B2 |
Lipase inhibiting composition
Pharmaceutical compositions that contain a lipase inhibitor having a melting point ≧37° C., a sucrose fatty acid ester wherein the sucrose fatty acid ester is a mono-, di-, tri- or tetra-ester, and optionally one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, are useful for treatment of obesity. |
| US08039507B2 |
Therapeutic substituted gamma lactams
Disclosed herein is a compound having a structure or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof; wherein Y, A, X, R and D are as described. Methods, compositions, and medicaments related thereto are also disclosed. |
| US08039506B2 |
Bicyclic lactam factor VIIa inhibitors useful as anticoagulants
The present invention provides novel bicyclic lactams derivatives, and analogues thereof, of Formula (I): or a stereoisomer, tautomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or prodrug thereof, wherein the variables A, B, C, W, Y, Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, R8, and R9 are as defined herein. These compounds are selective inhibitors of factor VIIa which can be used as medicaments. |
| US08039504B2 |
Chemicals, compositions, and methods for treatment and prevention of orthopoxvirus infections and associated diseases
Methods of using di, tri, and tetracyclic acylhydrazide derivatives and analogs, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, for the treatment or prophylaxis of viral infections and diseases associated therewith, particularly those viral infections and associated diseases cased by the orthopoxvirus. |
| US08039503B2 |
Lapachone compounds and methods of use thereof
The present invention provides novel tricyclic spiro-oxathiine naphthoquinone derivatives, a synthetic method for making the derivatives, and the use of the derivatives to induce cell death and/or to inhibit proliferation of cancer or precancerous cells. The naphthoquinone derivatives of the present invention are related to the compound known as β-lapachone (3,4-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-2H-naphtho(1,2-b)pyran-5,6-dione). |
| US08039490B2 |
Benzoyl-piperidine derivatives as dual modulators of the 5-HT2A and D3 receptors
The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula as dual modulators of the 5-HT2a and D3 receptors useful against CNS disorders, wherein A, R1, R2, n, p, q and r are as defined in the specification. |
| US08039488B2 |
Methods and compositions for inhibition of angiogenesis
The present invention comprises a group of compounds that effectively inhibit angiogenesis. More specifically, thalidomide and various related compounds such as thalidomide precursors, analogs, metabolites and hydrolysis products have been shown to inhibit angiogenesis and to treat disease states resulting from angiogenesis. Additionally, antiinflammatory drugs, such as steroids and NSAIDs can inhibit angiogenesis dependent diseases either alone or in combination with thalidomide and related compounds. Importantly, these compounds can be administered orally. |
| US08039485B2 |
Malate salts, and polymorphs of (3S,5S)-7-[3-amino-5-methyl-piperidinyl]-1-cyclopropyl-1,4-dihydro-8-methoxy-4-oxo-3-quinolinecarboxylic acid
The present invention is directed to malate salts of (3S,5S)-7-[3-amino-5-methyl-piperidinyl]-1-cyclopropyl-1,4-dihydro-8-methoxy-4-oxo-3-quinolinecarboxylic acid, and its polymorphs. The present invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the described salts and polymorphs. |
| US08039482B2 |
Composition of solifenacin or salt thereof for use in solid formulation
A solid pharmaceutical preparation of solifenacin or a salt thereof, the preparation being stable and inhibited from decomposing with time when supplied to clinical fields. In a pharmaceutical preparation containing solifenacin or a salt thereof, the compound in an amorphous form was revealed to be causative of cardinal-drug decomposition with time. The composition for a solid pharmaceutical preparation of solifenacin or a salt thereof contains solifenacin or its salt each in a crystalline from, and the content provided are: a process for producing the composition; and a medicinal composition for solid pharmaceutical preparations which contains solifenacin and an amorphization inhibitor. |
| US08039478B2 |
Purinone derivatives as HM74A agonists
The present invention relates to purinone derivatives which are agonists of the HM74a receptor. Further provided are compositions and methods of using the compounds herein, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts for the treatment of disease. |
| US08039472B2 |
Pyrazine-2-carboxamide derivatives to treat diseases mediated by blockade of the epithelial sodium channel
A compound of Formula I in free or salt or solvate form, where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10 and R11 have the meanings as indicated in the specification, is useful for treating diseases which respond to the blockade of the epithelial sodium channel. Pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds and processes for preparing the compounds are also described. |
| US08039470B2 |
Kinase inhibitor compounds
The invention relates to compounds, compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compound compositions. The compounds, compositions, and methods described herein can be used for the therapeutic modulation of kinase-mediated processes, and treatment of disease and disease symptoms, particularly those mediated by certain kinase enzymes. |
| US08039467B2 |
Compounds for the treatment of inflammatory disorders
This invention relates to compounds of the Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or isomer thereof, which can be useful for the treatment of diseases or conditions mediated by MMPs, ADAMs, TACE, TNF-α or combinations thereof. |
| US08039466B2 |
5-hydroxymethyl-oxazolidin-2-one antibacterials
The invention relates to novel chimeric antibiotics of formula I wherein R1 represents OH, OPO3H2 or OCOR5; R2 represents H, OH or OPO3H2; R3 represents H or halogen; R4 is H, (C1-C3)alkyl, or cycloalkyl; R5 represents piperidin-4-yl or R5 is the residue of a naturally occurring amino acid, of the enantiomer of a naturally occurring amino acid or of dimethylaminoglycine; n is 0 or 1; and to salts (in particular pharmaceutically acceptable salts) of compounds of formula I. These chimeric compounds are useful in the manufacture of medicaments for the treatment of infections (e.g. bacterial infections). |
| US08039465B2 |
Cytoskeletal active compounds, composition and use
The present invention is directed to synthetic cytoskeletal active compounds that are related to natural Latrunculin A or Latrunculin B. The present invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The invention is additionally directed to a method of preventing or treating diseases or conditions associated with actin polymerization. In one embodiment of the invention, the method treats increased intraocular pressure, such as primary open-angle glaucoma. The method comprises administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a cytoskeletal active compound of Formula I or II, wherein said amount is effective to influence the cytoskeleton, for example by inhibiting actin polymerization. |
| US08039464B2 |
Muscarinic antagonists with PARP and SIR modulating activity as agents for inflammatory diseases
The present invention relates generally to the cytoprotective activity of mixed muscarinic inhibition/PARP modulation and in particular to the use of dual inhibitors of M1 muscarinic receptor and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) as epithelioprotective medicaments, particularly as medicaments for the prevention and/or treatment of at least one of the common lung diseases associated with a significant inflammatory component such as severe sepsis, acute lung injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome, cystic fibrosis, asthma, allergic rhinitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary fibrosis, systemic sclerosis, pneumoconiosis or lung cancer. Particularly preferred compounds are condensed diazepinones, e.g. condensed benzodiazepinones such as pirenzepine or compounds which are metabolized to condensed benzodiazepinones such as olanzapine. |
| US08039461B1 |
Physical states of a pharmaceutical drug substance
An amorphous form of imipramine pamoate, morphologically pure forms, and mixtures of amorphous and morphologically pure imipramine pamoate characterized by differential scanning calorimetry, fourier transform infrared, and powder x-ray diffraction, and pharmaceutical compositions formed therefrom. |
| US08039460B2 |
CGRP receptor antagonists
Compounds of Formula (I): and Formula (II): (where variables R2, R4, A, B, D, W, X, Y and Z are as defined herein) useful as antagonists of CGRP receptors and useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the CGRP is involved, such as headache, migraine and cluster headache. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which CGRP is involved. |
| US08039456B2 |
Method of stimulating the motility of the gastrointestinal system using ipamorelin
The present invention provides a method of stimulating the motility of the gastrointestinal system in a subject in need thereof, wherein the subject suffers from maladies (i.e., disorders, diseases, conditions, or drug- or surgery-induced dysfunction) of the gastrointestinal system, by administering to the subject a ghrelin mimetic, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention also provides a method of treating a gastrointestinal malady by co-administering a ghrelin mimetic with a laxative, a H2 receptor antagonist, a serotonin receptor agonist, pure or mixed, an antacid, an opioid antagonist, a proton pump inhibitor, a motilin receptor agonist, dopamine antagonist, a cholinergic agonist, a cholinesterase inhibitor, somatostatin, octreotide, or any combination thereof. |
| US08039445B2 |
Methods and devices for delivering a therapeutic product to the ocular sphere of a subject
The present invention relates, generally, to improved methods of delivering a biologically active agent, in particular a therapeutic or prophylactic nucleic acid, to the ocular sphere of a subject comprising administering said agent to the ciliary body tissue(s) or cells and/or to the extra-ocular muscle tissue or cells. More particularly, the invention relates to devices, their uses, notably in gene therapy, and to methods for treating pathologies of the ocular sphere by specific ciliary body tissue(s) or cells and/or extra-ocular muscle or cells administration of a therapeutic product and transfer thereof into the ocular tissue to be treated. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the product in a form suitable for ciliary body tissue(s) or cells and/or extra-ocular muscle or cells administration, their preparation and uses. |
| US08039444B2 |
Antisense permeation enhancers
A pharmaceutical composition comprising an antisense oligonucleotide and a permeation enhancer that comprises a multi-carbon backbone having a functional group and also one or more side chains which have one or more carbon atoms and, optionally, one or more functional groups. |
| US08039440B2 |
Peptides for inhibiting chemokine binding to chemokine receptors
Novel peptidic or peptidomimetic agents or small molecules for modulating the biological effect of a chemokine. According to the present invention, the therapeutic agents preferably are endowed with the capacity to bind to certain chemokines in order to modulate the biological interaction between the target ligand, chemokine, and the respective target receptor, chemokine receptor. These peptides may be described as agonist ligands or antagonists. Next, preferably certain peptides share consensus sequences are described which characterize the families or categories of these modulator peptides. |
| US08039439B2 |
Cellular cycle anomalies for targeting oncology and neurodegeneration
The present invention relates to the field of medicine and biology. It concerns a novel test for screening and for therapeutic follow-up in oncology. More particularly, it relates to diagnostic and/or therapeutic tests in oncology and on neurodegenerative diseases. It is a diagnostic test and a prognostic test for various cancers (breast cancer, bladder cancer, ovarian cancer, lung cancer, skin cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, liver cancer, glioblastoma, sarcoma, leukemia, etc.) and therapeutics solutions for specific neurodegenerative diseases. More particularly, the invention concerns the use of the LIV21 protein, LIV21 gene and of derivatives thereof as diagnostic and prognostic markers for cancers. The invention therefore concerns the detection of the LIV21 protein with a kit comprising LIV21-specific antibodies. |
| US08039438B2 |
Synthetic peptides that cause F-actin bundling and block actin depolymerization
Synthetic peptides derived from sucrose synthase, and having homology to actin and actin-related proteins, sharing a common motif, useful for causing acting bundling and preventing actin depolymerization. Peptides exhibiting the common motif are described, as well as specific synthetic peptides which caused bundled actin and inhibit actin depolymerization. These peptides can be useful for treating a subject suffering from a disease characterized by cells having neoplastic growth, for anti-cancer therapeutics, delivered to subjects solely, or concomitantly or sequentially with other known cancer therapeutics. These peptides can also be used for stabilizing microfilaments in living cells and inhibiting growth of cells. |
| US08039437B2 |
Fn14/TRAIL fusion proteins
Fusion proteins which act on the TWEAK and TRAIL signaling axes are provided. The proteins are useful in the treatment or amelioration of autoimmune diseases, particularly multiple sclerosis, as well as other diseases such as alloimmune diseases and cancer. |
| US08039434B2 |
Method for producing human insulin-like growth factor I
A method is provided for producing hIGF-I with high purity and yield. This is a method for producing human insulin-like growth factor I, having a step of removing modified human insulin-like growth factor I from the human insulin-like growth factor I, the step including: (A) a step of adjusting the pH of a culture liquid of a human insulin-like growth factor I producing bacteria to 8 or more after completion of culture; (B) a step of letting the culture liquid obtained in step (A) stand; and (C) a step of removing the producing bacteria from the culture liquid obtained in step (B). |
| US08039432B2 |
Method of treatment of diabetes and/or obesity with reduced nausea side effect
The present invention provides methods of administering an insulinotropic peptide in an amount effective to treat a disorder or condition while reducing nausea side effect by administering to a subject in need thereof an insulinotropic peptide conjugated to albumin. The present invention also provides methods of selecting a subject for administration of a conjugated insulinotropic peptide. Exemplary disorders or conditions treatable with an insulinotropic peptide include obesity and type II diabetes. |
| US08039429B2 |
Method of treatment using high-affinity antagonists of ELR-CXC chemokines
The present invention provides novel polypeptide sequences, methods for production thereof and uses thereof for novel ELR-CXC chemokine receptor agonists and antagonists. |
| US08039427B2 |
Method for manufacturing a shaped article
A method for manufacturing a shaped article comprising the step of cutting a shaped article from a first article; wherein as the shaped article is cut from the first article the shaped article's cross-section is deformed and wherein the first article's cross-section is shaped such that it compensates for the deformation during the cutting step so as to achieve a shaped article with a desired cross-section. Shaped articles and compositions comprising shaped articles are also described. |
| US08039426B2 |
Method for hydrolyzing metallic salts with emulsions
The invention relates to a method for hydrolyzing hydrolyzable metallic salts, the metallic salts being reacted with emulsions of a) water and b) an inert liquid. |
| US08039425B2 |
Skin or hair cleanser composition comprising an alkoxylated C8-C10 alcohol and a siloxane
Provided is a skin or hair cleanser composition having an excellent foaming property and making a good feeling upon use available from cleansing until after drying, which comprises: from 0.2 to 20 wt. % of (A) a compound represented by the following formula (1): R1O-(AO)n—R2 (1) wherein R1 represents a straight-chain or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having from 8 to 10 carbon atoms, AO represents an alkyleneoxy group having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, n is the number of the alkyleneoxy group and stands for a number from 0.5 to 3.5 on average, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, from 5 to 60 wt. % of (B) a surfactant other than the component (A), and from 0.1 to 10 wt. % of (C) at least one of silicones and monohydric alcohols having from 15 to 28 carbon atoms. |
| US08039424B2 |
Universal synthetic lubricant additive with micro lubrication technology to be used with synthetic or miner host lubricants from automotive, trucking, marine, heavy industry to turbines including, gas, jet and steam
It is known by the inventor that a universal synthetic lubricant additive that can greatly enhance the performance standards of existing lubricants, petroleum based or synthetic, imparts a new and desirable property not originally present in the existing oil or it reinforces a desirable property already possessed in some degree can greatly benefit the consumer. Although additives of many diverse types have been developed to meet special lubrication needs, their principal functions are relatively few in number. This universal synthetic lubricant additive (invention) with micro lubrication technology, when used as directed will reduce the oxidative or thermal degradation of the host oil, substantially reduce the deposition of harmful deposits in lubricated parts, minimize rust and corrosion, control frictional properties, reduce wear, temperature, sludge, varnishes and prevent destructive metal-to-metal contact, reduce fuel consumption and harmful emissions while improving performance through increased horsepower and torque. |
| US08039423B2 |
Lubricant composition, speed reduction gear using the lubricant composition, and electric power steering apparatus using the speed reduction gear
Disclosed are a lubricant composition including a lubricating base oil, fine particles and a calcium sulfonate-based thickener, a speed reduction gear filled with the lubricant composition, and an electric power steering apparatus including the speed reduction gear. The invention reduces operating noise of the speed reduction gear, regardless of the amount of backlash that occurs on combining a small gear and a large gear and without a more complicated structure for the speed reduction gear, by action of the fine particles. Further, separation of oil is prevented, by action of the calcium sulfonate-based thickener of the lubricant composition, so that electric power steering apparatus noise within the inside of a car is reduced at a low cost. |
| US08039417B2 |
Catalyst for polyester polycondensation and method for producing polyester resin using the same
The invention relates to a liquid catalyst solution containing a polycondensation catalyst for polyester production, which contains titanium atoms, alkaline earth metal atoms and phosphorus atoms, has high reactivity and excellent long-term storage stability, can be easily produced industrially, and has an advantage in cost. |
| US08039412B2 |
Crystalline composition, device, and associated method
A composition including a polycrystalline metal nitride having a number of grains is provided. These grains have a columnar structure with one or more properties such as, an average grain size, a tilt angle, an impurity content, a porosity, a density, and an atomic fraction of the metal in the metal nitride. |
| US08039403B2 |
Thin film transistor, method of manufacturing same, display device, method of modifying an oxide film, method of forming an oxide film, semiconductor device, method of manufacturing semiconductor device, and apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor device
In a manufacturing method of a thin film transistor (1), the oxide film forming step is performed whereby: a process-target substrate (2) having a surface on which a gate oxide film (4) should be formed is immersed in an oxidizing solution containing an active oxidizing species; and a gate oxide film (4) is formed through direct oxidation of polycrystalline silicon (51) on the process-target substrate (2). With this step, a silicon dioxide film (42) is formed while growing a silicon dioxide film (41) on the process-target substrate 2. Accordingly, the interface between the polycrystalline silicon (51) and the gate oxide film (4) is kept clean. The gate oxide film (4) is uniformly formed with excellent quality in insulation tolerance and other properties. Therefore, the thin film transistor (1) contains a high quality oxide film with excellent insulation tolerance and other properties which can be formed at low temperature. |
| US08039401B2 |
Structure and method for forming hybrid substrate
A first and a second substrate are bonded together to thereby form a unitary hybrid substrate. Predefined portions of the first substrate are removed to form openings in the first substrate through which surface regions of the second substrate are exposed. A selective epitaxial growth process that is selective with respect to the crystalline orientations of the first and second substrates is carried out to thereby form epitaxial silicon from the exposed surfaces of the second substrate but not from exposed surfaces of the first substrate. The epitaxial silicon formed from the exposed surfaces of the second substrate has the same crystalline orientation as the second substrate. |
| US08039400B2 |
Reducing contamination of semiconductor substrates during BEOL processing by performing a deposition/etch cycle during barrier deposition
A conductive barrier material of a metallization system of a semiconductor device may be formed on the basis of one or more deposition/etch cycles, thereby providing a reduced material thickness in the bevel region, while enhancing overall thickness uniformity in the active region of the semiconductor substrate. In some illustrative embodiments, two or more deposition/etch cycles may be used, thereby providing the possibility to select reduced target values for the barrier thickness in the die regions, while also obtaining a significantly reduced thickness in the bevel region. |
| US08039393B2 |
Semiconductor structure, method for manufacturing semiconductor structure and semiconductor package
A semiconductor structure, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure and a semiconductor package are provided. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes the following steps. Firstly, a silicon substrate is provided. Next, a part of the silicon substrate is removed to form a ring hole and a silicon pillar surrounded by the silicon pillar. Then, a photosensitive material is disposed in the ring hole, wherein the photosensitive material is insulating. After that, the silicon pillar is removed, such that the ring hole forms a through hole and the photosensitive material covers a lateral wall of the through hole. Lastly, the conductive material is disposed in the through hole, wherein the outer surface of the conductive material is surrounded by the photosensitive material. |
| US08039392B2 |
Resistor random access memory cell with reduced active area and reduced contact areas
A memory device has a sidewall insulating member with a sidewall insulating member length according to a first spacer layer thickness. A first electrode formed from a second spacer layer having a first electrode length according to a thickness of a second spacer layer and a second electrode formed from the second spacer layer having a second electrode length according to the thickness of the second spacer layer are formed on sidewalls of the sidewall insulating member. A bridge of memory material having a bridge width extends from a top surface of the first electrode to a top surface of the second electrode across a top surface of the sidewall insulating member, wherein the bridge comprises memory material. |