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| US08284747B1 |
BSS selection using path loss
A wireless client station includes a signal strength module configured to estimate signal strengths of signals received from a plurality of access points, wherein each of the signals includes a transmit power level signal. A control module is configured to determine path losses for each of the plurality of access points in response to the signal strengths and the transmit power level signals. The control module is configured to associate with one of the plurality of access points having a lowest one of the path losses. The control module is configured to adjust a minimum transmit power level of the wireless client station in response to the lowest one of the path losses and a receiver sensitivity of the wireless client station. |
| US08284743B2 |
Maintaining prefix consistency in dynamic moving networks
The present invention relates to arrangements providing a solution for maintaining prefix consistency in dynamic (splitting and merging) moving networks and reducing the negative consequences of splits and mergers. |
| US08284742B2 |
Radio measurement procedure in wireless communication system
There is provided a radio measurement procedure for station statistics measurements in wireless communication network. In the method a requesting station transmits to a requested station a triggered station statistics measurements request message including a group identity field which indicates the requested QoS statistics group and a triggered reporting field for QoS station counters which is used to specify trigger conditions comprising reporting triggers and QoS statistics thresholds for the corresponding reporting triggers. And the requesting station receives from the requested station a QoS station statistics measurements report message when the trigger conditions specified in the triggered reporting field for QoS station counters of the triggered station statistics measurements request message. |
| US08284738B2 |
Distributed adaptive scheduling of communications among nodes in a mobile ad hoc network
Communications in a mobile network are scheduled by defining reservation frames having time slots during which network nodes can transmit certain traffic loads while avoiding interference. The nodes maintain maps that identify the slots as either free or reserved based on each node's existing reservations, and reservation information the node receives from neighboring nodes. A node wishing to transmit traffic determines the number of slots required to carry the traffic, selects a first set of slots from among those identified in its maps as free, and transmits a reservation initiation message (RIM) that identifies the first set of slots. Nodes receiving the RIM determine which, if any, of the first set of slots are already reserved based on their own maps, and transmit counter reservation initiation messages (CRIMs) if any slots are reserved. The CRIMs also identify those slots that the CRIM transmitting nodes determine to be currently free. |
| US08284736B2 |
Apparatus and method for power-saving in multiple antenna communication system
A multiple-antenna transceiver in the present invention includes a frame controller and circuitry for transmitting and receiving. The transmitting component includes a sequence selection circuit, a MIMO modulation and coding circuit, and numerous TX RFE and AFE circuits. The receiving component includes a MIMO demodulation and decoding circuit, a sequence separation circuit, and numerous RX RFE and AFE circuits. The frame controller can enable and disable the TX and RX RFE and AFE circuits individually so as to reduce power consumption of the whole system. |
| US08284728B2 |
DPCCH and HS-DPCCH control at low grants for E-DCH
A method for power control in an enhanced uplink telecommunication system is disclosed. The power for an uplink DPCCH in a first E-DCH is controlled by a base station. The base station and a user calculate power for an E-DPDCH in the first E-DCH based on a power offset configuration and absolute grant provided by the base station. The user terminal transmits the uplink data traffic on the first E-DCH with the controlled DPCCH power and the calculated E-DPDCH power. When the base station and the user terminal detect that the E-DPDCH absolute grant is different from a grant threshold, the base station changes a SIR target value. The first base station and the first user terminal compensate the change by recalculating the E-DPDCH power, reflecting both the changed DPCCH power resulting from the changed SIR target value and the improvement due to optimized channel estimation. |
| US08284722B2 |
Method and apparatus of transmitting data in a wireless communication system
A method of transmitting data in a wireless communication system includes allocating persistent resources, monitoring a control channel according to the persistent resources so as to find a scheduling grant, the scheduling grant comprising information on uplink radio resources and transmitting data using the uplink radio resources by overriding the persistent resources when the scheduling grant on the control channel is found. |
| US08284721B2 |
Methods and apparatus for antenna isolation-dependent coexistence in wireless systems
Methods and apparatus for selectively switching one or more antennas in a multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) antenna array so as to mitigate interference with another RF interface within the same space-constrained device, based on radio frequency isolation. In one embodiment, the MIMO interface comprises a WLAN interface having a 2×2 or 3×3 array of antennae which are placed in a wireless device in an asymmetric fashion with respect to the antenna of the second interface, and the other interface comprises a PAN (e.g., Bluetooth) interface operating in an overlapping frequency band (e.g., ISM band). When both interfaces are operating, interference is mitigated through selectively switching off one or more of the MIMO antennae, and using the remaining antenna(e) having the best isolation from the Bluetooth antennae. This approach allows simultaneous operation of both interferences without significant degradation to user experience or the operation of either interface, and may also provide power savings critical to mobile device battery longevity. |
| US08284720B2 |
Method for supporting short latency data transmission in a mobile communication system
Disclosed is a method for transmitting a frame by a base station in a mobile communication system, in which the frame includes at least one uplink Advanced Air Interface (AAI) frame and at least one downlink AAI frame, the uplink AAI frame includes at least one uplink AAI subframe, the downlink AAI frame includes at least one downlink AAI subframe, the downlink AAI subframe includes resource assignment information, feedback information, and data, and the uplink AAI subframe includes feedback information and data. |
| US08284717B2 |
Method and a device for transferring a flow of data by a first telecommunication device to a second telecommunication device
The present invention concerns a method for transferring a flow of data by a first telecommunication device to a second telecommunication device in a wireless cellular telecommunication network, the first and second telecommunication devices being linked through a radio channel, characterized in that the method comprises the steps executed by the first telecommunication device of: splitting the flow of data in at least two splits, transferring a first split to the second telecommunication device through the radio channel, transferring at least a second split to the second telecommunication device via at least a third telecommunication device, the third telecommunication device being a first base station of the wireless cellular telecommunication network. |
| US08284714B2 |
Systems and methods for temporary media file storage on a wireless communication device
Methods, devices, computer program products, processors and wireless networks are presented that provide for temporary storage of media content on a wireless communication device. According to aspects, when a wireless communication device requests media content from a media content service but is unable to receive the media due to insufficient memory availability, insufficient wireless network signal strength or another delivery attribute, the media content service automatically re-directs delivery of the content to the associated temporary storage wireless communication device. In turn, the wireless device that requested the media content is able to automatically retrieve the media content from the temporary storage device when memory capacity or network signal strength is deemed sufficient to provide for storage or reception. |
| US08284711B2 |
Apparatus and methods for addressable communication using voice-grade radios
The invention relates to methods and apparatus for conducting directed communication using voice-grade radios. The methods and apparatus can be used to form a packet-switched wireless network using legacy analog transceivers, providing, e.g., both data and voice-over-Internet Protocol communication. |
| US08284710B2 |
Communication terminal device, communication system, relaying-device selecting device, communication method, and program
In order to perform communication while configuring a disclosure level on an attribute of a user to be disclosed to a communication destination to a designated disclosure level, there is provided a communication relaying device selecting means (2) that selects, among a plurality of communication relaying devices (401-403) capable of relaying communication to a communication destination terminal (501), a communication relaying device corresponding to a disclosure level designated as the disclosure level on the attribute of the user from among disclosure levels in multiple steps. There is provided a communication means (4) that communicates to the communication destination terminal (501) through the communication relaying device selected by the communication relaying device selecting means (2). |
| US08284706B2 |
Semi-connected operations for wireless communications
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate reducing battery consumption during periods of inactivity intermixed with traffic bursts in wireless communications systems. A semi-connected mode is provided that fast recognition of mobile devices upon wakeup and access while enabling mobile devices to operate in reduce power states. A mobile device operates in a semi-connected mode with all base stations in an active set of the mobile device. Moreover, mechanisms are provided to notify mobile devices of pending data while avoiding latency associated with paging channels. |
| US08284694B2 |
Wireless routing based on data packet classification
Apparatuses and methods of using multiple radios of a wireless access node of a wireless network are disclosed. One method includes selecting a 4.9 GHz radio exclusively for public safety data packets, selecting other radios for other types of data packets, and selecting other radios for public safety data packets depending upon specification by a network operator. |
| US08284689B2 |
Frequency reuse techniques in mote-appropriate networks
Mote appropriate networks employing multiple frequencies, such as those utilized in frequency reuse techniques. |
| US08284685B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing end to end virtual private network performance management
A method and apparatus for managing a virtual private network are disclosed. For example, the method collects performance data for at least one parameter from a plurality of customer edge routers and a plurality of provider edge routers associated with the virtual private network. The method correlates the performance data for identifying one or more performance exceptions based on a threshold for each of the at least one parameter, and performs a trending analysis using the one or more performance exceptions to predict a potential problem that will impact the virtual private network. |
| US08284677B2 |
Scalable connectivity fault management in a bridged/virtual private LAN service environment
A method and apparatus that proxies connectivity check messages and sends fault state changes messages across an MPLS/VPLS network is described. A network element proxies connectivity check messages for remote maintenance endpoints based on a local database. The network element updates the database based on received fault state change message that identify a fault state change of a remote maintenance endpoint. The network element detects fault state changes of local maintenance endpoints and sends a fault state change message to other network elements that proxy connectivity check message for the local maintenance endpoints. |
| US08284676B1 |
Using measurements from real calls to reduce the number of test calls for network testing
In a network diagnostics system, network topology discovery determines the links that make up the network, artificial call quality management determines the set of test calls that need to be made to test the network, and real call quality management collects call-quality data about real calls in the network. The set of test calls is reduced by calls that would duplicate paths, or portions of paths, of the real calls, and artificial call quality management performs only the test calls of the reduced set and collects call-quality data thereon. Analysis analyzes the combined data of the real calls and the test calls to determine the possibly-bad call paths in the network. |
| US08284674B2 |
Aircraft data link network routing
A method includes selecting a first communications network from a plurality of communications networks based on one or more aircraft state inputs. The one or more aircraft state inputs include at least one of a flight phase, a flight event, an aircraft position, an aircraft trajectory, an aircraft state, and an aircraft distance from a ground station. The method further includes transmitting data over the first communication network. The method further includes selecting a second communications network from the plurality of communications networks based on a change in the one or more aircraft state inputs. |
| US08284670B2 |
Mobile communications system, mobile communications method, server, transfer device, and mobile communications terminal
A mobile communications system for transferring packets to a mobile communications terminal according to address information of the mobile communications terminal is disclosed. The mobile communications terminal is located in a moving network connected to a given node in a core network. The address information of the mobile communications terminal includes common information related to the given node to which the moving network is connected, and individual information which is unrelated to the given node to which the moving network is connected and is unchanged when the given node to which the moving network is connected is changed. |
| US08284669B2 |
Data acknowledgement apparatus and method
In the sending of data in a network from a sending node to a receiving node via a relay node, the receiving node sends a notification arranged to notify both the sending node and receiving node of receipt of data at the receiving node. Notifications acknowledge that the data has been correctly received over each individual stage of transmission, and further acknowledge to the sending node that data has been correctly transmitted over the whole transmission path and received at the receiving node. The burden on the network of sending acknowledgments is reduced while notifications of data transmission over single stages and over the whole transmission path are provided. |
| US08284666B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling packet flow in a packet-switched network
A method and apparatus for controlling data packet flooding in a data-communication network to promote network security and provide for more efficient utilization of network resources. One or more network nodes include a flooding disable device, for example a disable bit in a L2 hardware lookup table associated with a particular device in an Ethernet application. When the disabler is set, packets from the particular device are not flooded on all ports even when the node cannot associate a particular port with the packets' intended destination. The flooding disable in the network node may be set statically or dynamically, either by a network operator or by a communication received from a server or other network device. |
| US08284665B1 |
Flow-based rate limiting
A device may include logic configured to receive a packet, identify a flow associated with the packet in a flow table, and identify a rate limit associated with the flow in the flow table. A current rate associated with the flow may be calculated based on the packet. It may be determined whether the current rate associated with the flow exceeds the rate limit associated with the flow. If so, the packet may be discarded or tagged as “over limit.” |
| US08284663B2 |
Selectively ordered protocol for unreliable channels
A communication protocol provides a selective ordering of packets such that some sequences of packets on the channel are guaranteed not to be delivered out of order, while other packets on the same channel may be delivered before earlier sent packets are received, thereby preempting their delivery. The communication protocol can be implemented using UDP over IP. The protocol may be used for exchange of information in a distributed multi-player game. |
| US08284662B2 |
Flexible, cost-effective solution for peer-to-peer, gaming, and application traffic detection and treatment
A method and apparatus for detecting peer traffic based on a heuristic model and deep packet inspection is described. A suspect set of peer packets is detected using a heuristic model. From the suspect set of peer packet, a set of verified peer packets is detected using deep packet inspection. The set of verified peer packets is processed according to the peer processing policy, while the non-verified peer packets is processed according a non-peer policy. Furthermore, the statistics are generated from the set of suspect peer packet. These statistics are used to update the heuristic model. |
| US08284660B2 |
Method and apparatus for scheduling of quality of service (QoS) transmissions in a wireless communication system
Scheduling real-time Quality of Service (QoS) data flows in a large-scale wireless communications system uses credit allocation to active QoS flows based on quality-of-service weights, and the credits are measured in dimensionless units of air interface slot capacity. Scheduling addresses inactive QoS flows with no data pending for transmission that may accumulate up to a burst credits limit based upon a fair share of all credits that would be allocated in a 100% busy system. Intermittent flows such as echo requests or keyboard input can thereby get immediate service by using their burst credits. The flow with the highest credit accumulation is serviced first and may use up to a full time slot (or system quanta) of air interface time reducing header encapsulation overhead when payload sizes (and spectral efficiency) are low. Additive and multiplicative aspects age the negative credits back to zero whenever a flow overspends its credit allocation. |
| US08284657B1 |
Dynamic mirroring of a network connection
Methods and systems are directed to dynamically mirroring a connection between network devices. Mirroring is managed by forwarding a packet between a first network device and a second network device. In one method, the first network device receives the packet from a client and communicates the packet to the second network device. A forwarding device, pre-determined from the first and second network devices, forwards the packet to a server. The first network device receives a response from the server, and communicates it to the second network device. The forwarding device forwards the response packet to the client. In one configuration, the first network device and forwarding device is an active device, and the second network device is a standby device. In another configuration, the first network device is a standby device, and the second network device and forwarding device is an active device. |
| US08284652B2 |
Enhanced forward link transmission
A method for processing forward link channel signals generated by a CDMA base station includes time sharing by several mobile stations of spreading codes, which are orthogonal codes such as Walsh Code, and code-combining soft/softer handoff across sectors in the mobile station active set to increase dimensions on the CDMA2000 and WCDMA downlink while minimizing intra-sector interference. Since different parts of a packet or frame are transmitted to the user by the different base stations in the active set, earlier decoding and therefore early packet termination is enabled. |
| US08284651B2 |
Preamble formats for MIMO wireless communications
A method for generating a preamble of a frame for a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless communication begins by, for each transmit antenna, generating a carrier detect field. The method continues by, for a first grouping of the transmit antennas, generating a first guard interval following the carrier detect field; and generating at least one channel sounding field. Continuing, the method applies cyclical shift prior to transmission via the first grouping of the transmit antennas. When the MIMO wireless communication includes more than the first grouping of the transmit antennas, for another grouping of the transmit antennas. For the another grouping of the transmit antennas, generating at least one other channel sounding field. The method proceeds by generating the first guard interval prior to the at least one other channel sounding field, and applying another cyclical shift prior to transmission via the another grouping of the transmit antennas. |
| US08284650B2 |
Transmission device, reception device and radio communication method
A transmitting apparatus includes a first OFDM modulator that generates a first OFDM modulation signal by modulating a first information signal using a first modulation scheme, the first OFDM modulation signal having a plurality of subcarriers. A second OFDM modulator generates a second OFDM modulation signal by modulating a second information signal using the first modulation scheme, the second OFDM modulation signal having a plurality of subcarriers, and that generates a third OFDM modulation signal by changing a second position in an in-phase quadrature-phase plane in which a signal point of the second OFDM modulation signal is positioned, to a third position, the third position being different from a first position in the in-phase quadrature-phase plane in which a signal point of the first OFDM modulation signal is positioned. A multiplexer generates a multiplexed signal to be transmitted in a common frequency band, by multiplexing the first OFDM modulation signal and the third modulation signal. A transmitter transmits the multiplexed signal. |
| US08284649B1 |
Controlled chatter patterning for writing/data storage at the nanometer scale
In accordance with aspects of the present disclosure, a method, product, apparatus and system is disclosed. In some aspects of the present disclosure, a method of writing data to a data storage device is described that includes acquiring data from a data source; encoding the data in a format for writing; and embedding the encoded data into one or more periodic structures formed by controlled chatter patterning onto a substrate of the data storage device. |
| US08284647B2 |
Method and device for detecting thickness of optical disc
A method for detecting a thickness of an optical disc is provided. Firstly, a beam intensity signal and a focusing error signal are generated. Then, a first time interval for a focus point of the laser beam to move from a first layer to a second layer of the optical disc is acquired according to the beam intensity signal or the focusing error signal. Then, a second time interval between two peak values of an S curve of the focusing error signal is detected. Afterwards, the thickness between the first layer and the second layer is calculated according to a known S-curve detection range, the first time interval and the second time interval. The S-curve detection range is multiplied by said first time interval and divided by said second time interval to obtain the thickness between the first layer and the second layer of the optical disc. |
| US08284645B2 |
Cyclic memory and disc device
Provided is an orbiting memory capable of suppressing residual deviation even when a phase difference is caused between a signal to be compensated and information stored in a memory to be fed back and a disc device using the orbiting memory. The disc device includes: an adder to which a signal (s10) to be compensated and having a cyclic frequency component such as a control system error signal is inputted; and a feed back signal system for successively updating and storing an output signal of the adder for each cycle in a memory and inputting one-cycle information stored in the memory to the adder. The feed back signal system includes: a filter unit for outputting a signal contained in a learning band which is arbitrarily set among output signals from the adder; the memory for successively updating and storing the output signal of the filter unit; a phase correction unit capable of arbitrarily setting a phase amount when inputting the output of the memory to the adder; and a gain element for multiplying the one-cycle information subjected to the phase correction by the phase correction unit by a value not smaller than 0 and not greater than 1 and inputting the obtained value to the adder. |
| US08284641B2 |
Optical disc apparatus
A simple circuit configuration allows an optical disc apparatus to reduce a problem of sound skips occurring due to damage on an optical disc. To this end, an LPF extracts a low-frequency component from a tracking actuator drive signal obtained by a tracking actuator driver. When the optical disc apparatus reads and writes information to and from the optical disc, a sled drive signal supplier outputs a sled pulse signal, as a drive signal for a sled motor, for a set-up predetermined time within each interval of a predetermined length, the sled pulse signal having a level corresponding to a level of the low-frequency component obtained by the LPF. On the other occasions, the sled drive signal supplier outputs the low-frequency component obtained by the LPF as the drive signal for the sled motor. |
| US08284640B2 |
Optical pickup
An optical pickup, having an optical pickup housing made of resin, for maintaining the heat radiation performance or capacity of a semiconductor laser, also an objective lens driving mechanism, and further a driver IC for the semiconductor laser, while keeping small-size and light-weight thereof, comprises a pickup housing, in which an optical part and a semiconductor laser are fixed; an objective lens, which is attached within the pickup housing; and an objective lens driving mechanism, which is configured to drive the objective lens, further comprising: a metal-made bottom cover, which is configured to cover a lower surface of the pickup housing and a side surface of an inner periphery of an optical disc, wherein the metal-made bottom cover and the semiconductor laser are thermally connected with each other. |
| US08284637B2 |
Shaped plasmon generators for thermally-assisted magnetic recording
A TAMR (Thermal Assisted Magnetic Recording) write head uses the energy of optical-laser generated plasmons in a plasmon generator to locally heat a magnetic recording medium and reduce its coercivity and magnetic anisotropy. To enable the TAMR head to operate most effectively, the antenna is formed in three portions, a wide portion of uniform horizontal area, a tapered portion tapering towards the ABS of the write head and a narrow tip extending from the tapered portion to the ABS. The wide portion enhances coupling of optical radiation from a waveguide to surface plasmons generated within the generator, the tapered portion condenses and focuses the plasmons as they propagate towards the ABS and the narrow tip further focuses the surface plasmon field at the medium surface. |
| US08284631B2 |
Multimedia projection alarm clock with integrated illumination
A multimedia projection alarm clock with integrated illumination is disclosed. It includes a projector module which projects an animated image, an illuminating light source which emits illuminating light of adjustable color and/or brightness, a speaker which outputs music or sound effects, and a control unit which animates a projected image and/or varies an illuminating light with music or sound effects so that an alarm signal featuring a theme of vivid figures with matching backgrounds may be provided. The control unit is also equipped with a simple user interface allowing the user to access handy bedside functions such as the night light easily. |
| US08284630B2 |
Annular-sum transform of irregularly sampled seismic data
A method for interpolating irregularly sampled seismic data, including receiving seismic data acquired at irregularly spaced seismic sensors in a survey area, defining a plurality of regularly spaced locations in the survey area, forming an annular ring around one of the plurality of regularly spaced locations, and interpolating the seismic data inside the annular ring to estimate seismic data that would have been acquired at the one of the plurality of regularly spaced locations. |
| US08284629B2 |
Wireless sensor interface with mobile terminal satellite modem and global location system
A system and method for implementing a low-power local-area wireless network for use with a mobile terminal satellite modem. This low-power local-area wireless network enables sensors on an asset to wirelessly transmit sensor data to a mobile terminal affixed on the asset. The mobile terminal reports the sensor data along with asset position information to a centralized facility via a communications satellite. |
| US08284628B2 |
Voltage regulator for memory
A voltage regulator includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a feedback unit, a comparison unit, a first control unit and a second control unit. The first transistor is controlled by the feedback unit and the comparison unit, for stabilizing the voltage of the output node. When the first control unit turns on the second transistor, the voltage of the output node rises. When the first control unit turns off the second transistor, it triggers the second control unit turning on the third transistor, so the first transistor is turned on completely. Therefore, when the third transistor is turned off, the first transistor can be controlled by the feedback unit and the comparison unit for stabilizing the voltage of the output node. |
| US08284627B2 |
Reducing energy consumption and optimizing workload and performance in multi-tier storage systems using extent-level dynamic tiering
Embodiments of the invention relate to reducing energy consumption and optimizing workload and performance in multi-tier storage systems using extent-level dynamic tiering. An aspect of the invention includes a receiving data access information of a storage extent stored in a storage system and utilization information of storage devices in the storage system. The storage system includes a plurality of storage tiers and each of the plurality of storage tiers is made up of a plurality of storage devices. Storage resources required for each of the plurality of the storage tiers to satisfy the storage extent's performance and capacity requirements are estimated based on the data access information. One storage tier that would incur the lowest power consumption to the storage system for satisfying the storage extent's performance and capacity requirements is determined. The one storage tier is determined by calculating the amount of power that would be consumed by the storage extent in each of the plurality of storage tiers based on the estimated storage resources. At least one storage device in the one storage tier that has available storage resources that would satisfy the storage extent's performance and capacity requirements is determined based on the data access information and utilization information. The storage extent is allocated to the one storage tier and to one storage device (among the at least one storage device) that has the least amount of available storage capacity. |
| US08284626B2 |
Voltage compensated tracking circuit in SRAM
Supply voltage compensated tracking circuit in a split-rail static random access memory (SRAM). The circuit includes a tracking circuit for tracking a delay required for generating sense amplifier enable (SE) signal in a memory. The tracking circuit receives an array supply voltage (VDDAR) and a periphery supply voltage (VDDPR). Further, the circuit includes a discharge control circuit, operatively coupled to the tracking circuit, for increasing delay in activating a first transistor of the tracking circuit when VDDAR is higher than VDDPR; and a contention circuit including an output coupled to the first transistor, for delaying a discharge path activation through the first transistor when VDDAR is lower than the VDDPR. |
| US08284623B2 |
Electronic device comprising non volatile memory cells and corresponding programming method
A device with non volatile memory cells, with optimized programming, of the type comprising a sector of matrix memory cells organized in rows and columns, with the columns organized in a plurality of global bit-lines associated with at least one plurality of local bit-lines and respectively enabled by a first select signal and by at least one second select signal generated by a decoder, these columns being associated with at least one program load PL controlled by a logic circuit and suitable for applying a programming pulse to a plurality of cells belonging to the enabled bit-lines, comprising a plurality of discharge transistors, each associated with a corresponding column controlled by a control signal complementary to the control signal of the adjacent discharge transistor. |
| US08284620B2 |
Memory controller-adaptive 1T/2T timing control
Circuits, methods, and apparatus that adaptively control 1T and 2T timing for a memory controller interface. An embodiment of the present invention provides a first memory interface as well as an additional memory interface, each having a number of address and control lines. The address and control lines of the redundant memory interface may be individually enabled and disabled. If a line in the additional interface is enabled, it and its corresponding line in the first interface drive a reduced load and may operate at the higher 1T data rate. If a line in the additional interface is disabled, then its corresponding line in the first interface drives a higher load and may operate at the slower 2T data rate. In either case, the operating speed of the interface may also be considered in determining whether each line operates with 1T or 2T timing. |
| US08284618B2 |
Data input device of semiconductor memory appartus and control method thereof
A data input device of a semiconductor memory apparatus includes: a differential amplifier configured to compare an input to a reference voltage and output a differential signal based on the comparison; and a control circuit configured to adjust a current driving capacity of the differential amplifier by turning on a first current path connected to the differential amplifier in response to a first enable signal and turning off a second current path connected to the differential amplifier in response to a second enable signal in a standby mode, wherein, during a time that a plurality of external command signals toggle back and forth between a status of all being high signals and a status of all being low signals repeatedly, the second enable signal is controlled to be maintained at a low state signal. |
| US08284616B2 |
Trench memory structure operation
Memory cells utilizing dielectric charge carrier trapping sites formed in trenches provide for non-volatile storage of data. The memory cells of the various embodiments have two control gates. One control gate is formed adjacent the trench containing the charge carrier trap. The other control gate has a portion formed over the trench, and, for certain embodiments, this control gate may extend into the trench. The charge carrier trapping sites may be discrete formations on a sidewall of a trench, a continuous layer extending from one sidewall to the other, or plugs extending between sidewalls. |
| US08284613B2 |
Semiconductor memory device having bit line pre-charge unit separated from data register
A semiconductor memory device is described that can, in certain embodiments, reduce a delay in access time and/or an area of a memory cell array. In one or more embodiments, a flash memory device that includes a memory cell array, a data register, a state machine, input/output pads, a row decoder, and a column decoder. The memory cell array includes a pre-charge unit that is placed between a plurality of memory cell arrays. The pre-charge unit pre-charges a bit line in a read operation. A data register is separated from the pre-charge unit and is located away from the arrays. Write data are coupled from a data register to the arrays, and read data are coupled from the arrays to the data register. |
| US08284612B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes memory cells, holding circuits, and a logical gate chain. The memory cells are associated with columns. The holding circuits are associated with the columns and capable of holding first information indicating whether associated one of the columns is a verify-failed column or not. The logical gate chain includes a plurality of first logical gates associated with the columns and connected in series. Each of the first logical gates outputs a logical level to a next-stage first logical gate in a series connection. The logical level indicates whether the verify-failed column exists or not based on the first information in associated one of the holding circuit. The content indicated by the logical level output from each of the first logical gates is inverted using one of the first logical gates associated with the verify-failed column as a border. |
| US08284609B2 |
Compensation of non-volatile memory chip non-idealities by program pulse adjustment
To program a set of non-volatile storage elements, a set of programming pulses are applied to the control gates (or other terminals) of the non-volatile storage elements. The programming pulses have pulse widths that vary as a function of simulated pulse magnitude data. The programming pulses can also have pulse magnitudes that vary based on measurements taken while testing the set of non-volatile storage elements. In one embodiment, the pulse widths are determined after simulation performed prior to fabrication of the non-volatile storage elements. In another embodiment, the pulse magnitudes are calculated after fabrication of the non-volatile storage elements. |
| US08284608B2 |
Combined EEPROM/flash non-volatile memory circuit
A non-volatile memory circuit includes memory rows and supporting circuits coupled to the memory rows, where at least one of the memory rows include at least one Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM) memory element and at least one Flash memory element. The EEPROM and Flash elements are configured to share some of the supporting circuits and can be accessed in parallel. |
| US08284607B2 |
Semiconductor memory system including a plurality of semiconductor memory devices
A communication line is connected to first and second chips, and held at a first signal level. A monitor circuit changes a signal level of the communication line from the first signal to a second signal level while one of the first and second chips uses a current larger than a reference current. When the signal level of the communication line is the second signal level, the other of the first and second chips is controlled to a wait state that does not transfer to an operating state of using a current larger than the reference current. |
| US08284606B2 |
Compensating for coupling during programming
Shifts in the apparent charge stored on a floating gate (or other charge storing element) of a non-volatile memory cell can occur because of the coupling of an electric field based on the charge stored in adjacent floating gates (or other adjacent charge storing elements). To compensate for this coupling, the read or programming process for a given memory cell can take into account the programmed state of an adjacent memory cell. To determine whether compensation is needed, a process can be performed that includes sensing information about the programmed state of an adjacent memory cell (e.g., on an adjacent bit line or other location). |
| US08284600B1 |
5-transistor non-volatile memory cell
A non-volatile memory (NVM) cell comprises an NMOS control transistor having commonly-connected source, drain and bulk region electrodes and a gate electrode connected to a storage node; a PMOS erase transistor having commonly-connected source, drain and bulk region electrodes and a gate electrode connected to the storage node; an NMOS data transistor having source, drain and bulk region electrodes and a gate electrode connected to the storage node, the bulk region electrode being connected to a common bulk node; the first NMOS pass gate transistor having a source electrode connected to the drain electrode of the NMOS data transistor, a drain electrode, a bulk region electrode connected to the common bulk node, and a gate electrode; and a second NMOS pass gate transistor having a drain electrode connected to the source electrode of the NMOS data transistor, a source electrode, a bulk region electrode connected to the common bulk node, and a gate electrode. |
| US08284599B2 |
Nonvolatile memory device and related programming method
A method of programming a nonvolatile memory device comprises programming memory cells connected to a first wordline, programming memory cells connected to a second wordline, programming memory cells connected to a third line between the first wordline and the second wordline, and adjusting a threshold voltage of the memory cells connected to the first wordline to compensate for interference generated by the programming of the memory cells connected to the third wordline. |
| US08284598B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array provided with a plurality of memory cells in a matrix; and a power supply circuit configured to supply an intermediate voltage between a power supply voltage and a ground voltage to each of the plurality of memory cells. |
| US08284597B2 |
Diode memory
A diode memory device has an intermediate structure between the two terminals, such as a p terminal and the n terminal. |
| US08284596B2 |
Integrated circuit including an array of diodes coupled to a layer of resistance changing material
An integrated circuit includes an array of diodes and an electrode coupled to each diode. The integrated circuit includes a layer of resistance changing material coupled to the electrodes and bit lines coupled to the layer of resistance changing material. The layer of resistance changing material provides a resistance changing element at each intersection of each electrode and each bit line. |
| US08284594B2 |
Magnetic devices and structures
Magnetic devices, magnetoresistive structures, and methods and techniques associated with the magnetic devices and magnetoresistive structures are presented. For example, a magnetic device is presented. The magnetic device includes a ferromagnet, an antiferromagnet coupled to the ferromagnet, and a nonmagnetic metal proximate to the ferromagnet. The antiferromagnet provides uniaxial anisotropy to the magnetic device. A resistance of the nonmagnetic metal is dependent upon a direction of a magnetic moment of the ferromagnet. |
| US08284593B2 |
Multi-port memory having a variable number of used write ports
A multi-port memory is operated according to a method. Data is written, in a first mode, to a storage node of a memory cell from a first port through a first conductance. The first mode is characterized by a power supply voltage being applied at a power node at a first level. Data is written, in a second mode, to the storage node of the memory cell simultaneously from the first port through the first conductance and a second port through a second conductance. The second mode is characterized by the power supply voltage being applied at the power node at a second level different from the first level. |
| US08284592B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and method of updating data stored in the semiconductor memory device
The semiconductor memory device executes, in address units, operation for inverting data stored in a memory cell designated by an internal address and writing the data in the memory cell and increments the internal address every time inversion writing operation for the memory cell is executed. |
| US08284585B2 |
Josephson quantum computing device and integrated circuit using such devices
A Josephson quantum computing device and an integrated circuit using Josephson quantum computing devices which can realize a NOT gate operation controlled with 2 bits will be provided. The Josephson quantum computing device (1) comprises: a superconducting ring member (10) having a π-junction (6) and a 0-junction (7); and a quantum state detecting member (20) constituted by a superconducting quantum interference device arranged outside of the superconducting ring member, wherein a bonding and an antibonding state brought about by a tunneling effect between a |↑> and a |↓> state as two states degenerate in energy of the superconducting ring member (10) are regarded as quantum bits. The bonding and antibonding states as the quantum bits are read out by the quantum state detecting member (20). The two bit controlled NOT gate operation can be performed by the two quantum bits comprising said quantum bits. |
| US08284581B2 |
Active rectifier and method for energy harvesting power management circuit
An active rectifier (12) couples a first input voltage (Vin1) to a first electrode of a first transistor (M3) having a second electrode coupled to an output (4) conducting an output voltage (Vout), and couples a second input voltage (Vin2) to a first electrode of a second transistor (M4) having a second electrode coupled to the output conductor. A first amplifier (A1) controls a voltage (V16) of a gate of the first transistor to maintain an input offset of the first amplifier between the first input voltage and the output voltage while the first input voltage exceeds the output voltage, and a second amplifier (A2) controls a voltage (V15) on a gate of the second transistor to maintain an input offset between the second input voltage and the output voltage while the first input voltage exceeds the output voltage. The input offsets prevent backflow of current from the output to either of the first electrodes when the first or second input is nearly equal to the output voltage. |
| US08284574B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling an inverter using pulse mode control
A method and apparatus for controlling an inverter includes operating the inverter in a one of a normal run mode or a pulse mode depending on one or more criteria. When operating in the pulse mode, the inverter generates a sinusoidal output pulse waveform including a plurality of pulses having a determined pulse width. The pulse width is less than a half-wave period of a full-cycle sinusoidal waveform and may be determined as function of, for example, the output power of the inverter, a grid voltage, and/or other criteria. |
| US08284573B2 |
Synchronous rectifier circuit capable of preventing flow-through current
A synchronous rectifier circuit (DC-DC converter) includes a CR integration circuit and a discharge circuit. The CR integration circuit outputs a voltage that varies at delayed timing as compared with a voltage induced in a secondary-side main winding. The discharge circuit discharges a gate voltage of a rectifier transistor as a result of conduction of a discharge transistor in response to the output voltage from the CR integration circuit. According to such a configuration, the rectifier transistor is turned off earlier than the timing of switching of polarity of voltages induced in the secondary-side main winding and a secondary-side auxiliary winding in response to turn-on of a primary-side transistor. |
| US08284572B2 |
Current control method and apparatus
Current control method and apparatus are disclosed. A current limiter is coupled to a switch connected in series with an energy transfer element of a power supply. The current limiter detects a current flowing through the switch and, when the current exceeds a current limit signal, turns off the switch. A limit signal generator provides the current limit signal, detects the maximum current value of the current, and updates the current limit signal according to the maximum current value and an ideal current limit value. |
| US08284571B2 |
Control arrangement for a PFC power converter
In a PFC (power factor correction) control unit for controlling a PFC converter, a transconductance amplifier is coupled to receive a feedback signal representative of an output voltage of the PFC converter. The transconductance amplifier is coupled to generate an output error signal in response to the feedback signal. A PWM (pulse width modulated) converter is coupled to receive the output error signal, the PWM converter is coupled to generate a PWM signal in response to the output error signal. A chopper is coupled to receive the PWM signal. The chopper is coupled to switch a current representative of an input current of the PFC converter in response to the PWM signal. A filter is coupled to receive the switched current representative of the input current of the PFC converter. The filter is coupled to generate a PFC converter control signal in response to the filtered switched current representative of the input current of the PFC converter. |
| US08284570B2 |
Method and system of syntonic circuit modulation controlling
A modulation control method and system for a resonance circuit that generally relate to electrical communication technique. In the system, a controlling chip of the resonance circuit is connected to associated controlling means providing voltage matching and resistance control. The controlling means provides controlling parameters to the chip in accordance with input voltage. The controlling chip modulates the resonance circuit accordingly. A phase-shifting pulse width modulation controlling chip or a pulse width modulation controlling chip is connected to a voltage matching module and a resistance controlling module, wherein the voltage matching module matches the voltage ranges and the resistance controlling module adjusts the equivalent resistance of RT terminal to the external as the voltage of loop circuit changes accordingly. In the method, a controlling chip is used to realize a controlling mode of frequency modulation, pulse width modulation, and combination thereof with respect to the resonance circuit through the voltage matching module and the resistance controlling module. The present invention is advantageous in low cost and high efficiency. |
| US08284569B2 |
Shield casing and electronic apparatus
A shield casing, which is configured to surround an electronic component mounted on a circuit board, includes a frame body including an engagement recess and a lid body including a hook unit configured to engage with the engagement recess. The lid body is fitted to the frame body to cover the frame body. The hook unit is elastically deformable in a second direction that is opposite to a first direction in which the lid body is fitted to the frame body as the lid body is fitted to the frame body, and then snaps into mating engagement in the engagement recess. |
| US08284568B2 |
Key button mechanism and portable electronic device using same
A key button mechanism and a portable electronic device using same are provided. The key button mechanism includes a key button and an elastic element integrally formed with the key button. The elastic element includes a main body and two elastic arms extending out, backward from the main body and located at two opposite ends of the main body respectively. The main body includes two resisting blocks protruding from one surface thereof away from the key button side and are located adjacent to the two opposite ends of the main body. |
| US08284564B2 |
Circuit board
A circuit board includes balls as electrodes in a grid, a power supply wiring pattern area connected to power supply terminals of an integrated circuit mounted thereon, and a feeding pattern area connected to a feeding point; the balls include first and second power supply ball groups connected respectively to power supply terminal arrays, at a predetermined interval, of the integrated circuit, and the power supply wiring pattern area includes first and second power supply connection patterns connected respectively to the first and second ball groups, and at least one connection pattern connecting the first and second power supply connection patterns noncontact to the balls, and has first and second connection portions connected respectively to the feeding pattern area and one electrode of a first bypass capacitor, and the second power supply connection pattern has a third connection portion connected to one electrode of a second bypass capacitor. |
| US08284563B2 |
Circuit structure that connects an electronic part to a conducting path
There is provided a circuit structure in which a control circuit is formed on the upper surface of an insulating plate 14 by control busbars 15, and a power circuit is formed on the lower surface of the insulating plate 14 by power busbars 18. By this configuration, the circuit structure can be made small in size as compared with the case where the control circuit and the power circuit are formed on separate circuit boards. Also, the insulating plate 14 is formed with an opening 23, and a power busbar 18 is positioned over the opening 23. In the opening 23, a terminal 25B of a relay 16 is positioned, and is connected to the power busbar 18. Thereby, the connecting work process can be simplified as compared with the case where the power circuit and the terminal 25B of the relay 16 are connected to each other, for example, by a jumper wire. |
| US08284561B2 |
Embedded component package structure
The present invention directs to fabrication methods of the embedded component package structures by providing preformed lamination structures, joining or stacking the preformed laminate structures and mounting at least one electronic component to the joined structures. By way of the fabrication methods, the production yield can be greatly improved with lower cycle time. |
| US08284559B2 |
Lightweight audio system for automotive applications and method
A lightweight radio/CD player for vehicular application is virtually “fastenerless” and includes a case and frontal interface formed of polymer based material that is molded to provide details to accept audio devices such as playback mechanisms (if desired) and radio receivers, as well as the circuit boards required for electrical control and display. The case and frontal interface are of composite structure, including an insert molded electrically conductive wire mesh screen that has been pre-formed to contour with the molding operation. The wire mesh provides EMC, RFI, BCI and ESD shielding and grounding of the circuit boards via exposed wire mesh pads and adjacent ground clips. The PCB architecture is bifurcated into a first board carrying common circuit components in a surface mount configuration suitable for high volume production, and a second board carrying application specific circuit components in a wave soldered stick mount configuration. The major components and subassemblies are self-fixturing during the final assembly process, eliminating the need for dedicated tools, fixtures and assembly equipment. The major components and subassemblies self-interconnect by integral guide and connection features effecting “slide lock” and “snap lock” self-interconnection. The radio architecture includes improved push buttons employing 4-bar living hinge linkage and front loaded decorative trim buttons. |
| US08284556B2 |
Electronic substrate device
This invention is to provide an electronic substrate device which is capable of reliably and stably transferring heat generated by a heat generating component to a base member serving as a heat dissipater without intermediation of an electronic substrate. An electronic substrate device according to the present invention, in which a base member (10A) includes a central protruding portion (15A) which is accommodated in a penetrating portion (32A) while facing a die pad (42A) through an intermediation of a first gap (G1), and first separated protruding portions (17a and 17b) which are provided around the central protruding portion (15A) and have a height dimension smaller than that of the central protruding portion (15A), the first separated protruding portions (17a and 17b) having a top surface which abuts a rear surface portion of the electronic substrate (30A) to form a second gap (G2), and in which a first heat transfer bond (16A) which is a heat conductive adhesive is applied to the first gap (G1) and the second gap (G2) communicating with the first gap (G1). |
| US08284555B2 |
Heat-dissipated fastener and elastic frame thereof
A heat-dissipated fastener including a heat-dissipated plate, an elastic frame and a heat sink module is provided. The elastic frame includes a sheet element, multiple connecting ribs and multiple attaching portions. Two elastic arms extend from two corresponding sides of the sheet element, respectively. The attaching portions are located below the sheet element and attached to the heat-dissipated plate. The connecting ribs are connected to the attaching portion and the sheet element, and an accommodating space is formed by the connecting ribs, the sheet element and the heat-dissipated plate to accommodate the heat sink module. When the heat-dissipated plate is attached to the heat source and the elastic arms are bent and fixed to the circuit board of the heat source, the connecting ribs exert force on the heat-dissipated plate vertically, respectively. |
| US08284554B2 |
Electronic device housing with pivoting and sliding portions
An electronic handset device includes a panel pivotally coupled to a base housing portion wherein the panel is pivotal between closed and opened configurations relative to the base housing portion. A movable housing portion is slidably coupled to the panel and is pivotal in unison with the panel. A user interface on the panel is concealed by the movable housing portion when the movable housing portion slides to a closed configuration relative to the panel, and the user interface is exposed when the movable housing portion slides to an opened configuration relative to the panel. |
| US08284552B2 |
Computer system expansion device adaptable for internal and external use
Systems and apparatus for providing supplemental functionality to a computer system with an expansion card adaptable for both internal and external coupling to the computer system. An expansion card has a bracket for internally coupling to a host computer and a housing for external coupling to a host computer. The expansion card may receive power from the host computer via an edge connector when internally coupled and through a power adapter via a power port when externally coupled. The expansion card may further receive data from the host computer via the edge connector when internally coupled and through an external bus when externally coupled. When externally coupled, the expansion card is mounted within a housing that may be mounted to an outside surface of a computer rack to preserve space within the rack. |
| US08284551B2 |
Apparatus with data storage devices
An apparatus includes an enclosure, a first interconnect card, a second interconnect card, and a connection circuit board. The enclosure receives a first data storage device and a second data storage device. The first interconnect card is connected to the first data storage device. The second interconnect card is connected to the second data storage device. The second interconnect card includes an external connector which is capable of connecting to a peripheral apparatus outside of the enclosure. The connection circuit board is connected to the first and the second interconnect cards. The first data storage device communicates with the external connector via the first interconnect card, the connection circuit board, and the second interconnect card. The second interconnect card communicates with the external connector via the second interconnect card. |
| US08284547B2 |
Display apparatus and method for assembling the same
In a display apparatus and a method for assembling the display apparatus, the display apparatus includes for an embodiment a backlight assembly, a lower receiving member, a display panel and an upper receiving member. The backlight assembly provides light. The lower receiving member receives the backlight assembly. The display panel is disposed over the backlight assembly. An end portion of the upper receiving member is disposed on a non-display area of the first substrate and protrudes between an end portion of the front case and the first substrate. The upper receiving member is combined with the lower receiving member and fixes the display panel. Thus, the display panel may be safely fixed (secured). |
| US08284543B2 |
Structure of keyboard combinable with electronic device
A structure of a keyboard is combinable with an electronic device, and includes a keyboard body and a frame. The frame is of a U-shape having two limbs that has end portions slidably fit in elongate slots defined in two side walls of the keyboard body to be movable along the slots and rotatable with respect thereto. When the keyboard body and the frame are assembled together, the keyboard structure defines in a top thereof a receptacle for receiving and retaining the electronic device. The keyboard body includes a signal output structure engageable with a signal transmission interface of the electronic device. When combined together for operation, the electronic device is movable with the frame to expose keys of the keyboard. The electronic device is detachable from the keyboard structure for independent operation thereby reducing the overall size for easy carrying. |
| US08284541B2 |
Method and apparatus to move an arcing fault to a different location in an electrical enclosure
An electrical enclosure includes a housing having a first end, an opposite second end, and a plurality of sides disposed therebetween to define an internal volume; an electrical busway having a number of electrical bus members, wherein at least one of the number of electrical bus members has a first bus member, a second bus member and a number of fusible links electrically connected between the first bus member and the second bus member, wherein the at least one of the number of electrical bus members is structured to electrically conduct a rated current, wherein the number of fusible links are structured to electrically conduct the rated current, and wherein the number of fusible links are structured to vaporize responsive to a current which is substantially greater than the rated current. |
| US08284536B2 |
Surge protection module for luminaires and lighting control devices
A luminaire can comprise an electronic circuit, such as an LED driver or electronic ballast. A surge protection device in the current path between a power supply and the luminaire components can be configured to protect the electronic circuitry by absorbing and/or redirecting energy of a surge by switching into a low-impedance state while maintaining the protected circuitry (including its internal protective components, if any) in a high-impedance state. The surge protection device can comprise a MOV stage and a filter stage, for example. The surge protection device can be configured as a replaceable module, with the luminaire including an assembly designed to receive the module and allow for easy replacement over the useful life of the other components. Use of fuses or thermal components may cause the surge protection device to interrupt power flow if protection is lost due to internal failure, indicating when module replacement is needed. |
| US08284532B2 |
Over-voltage protection system and electronic device using the same
An over-voltage protection system is connected between a power supply and two working circuits of an electronic device, and includes a first over-voltage protection circuit, a second over-voltage protection circuit, and a voltage load circuit. The over-voltage protection system detects voltage of the power supply, isolates the power supply from a first working circuit when the power supply exceeds a first predetermined voltage value, and isolates the power supply from a second working circuit when the voltage of the power supply exceeds a second predetermined voltage value and is lower than the first predetermined voltage value. The voltage load circuit bears partial voltage of the power supply to provide necessary power to the second working circuit when the voltage of the power supply exceeds a second predetermined voltage value and is lower than the first predetermined voltage value. |
| US08284531B2 |
Voltage protection arrangement for an electronic device
A voltage protection arrangement for an electronic device, in particular for a control system in automation engineering has a great functionality, and also a greater range of applications, due to the fact that the arrangement has a switching-off unit and a voltage detection unit connected to the output of the switching-off unit, the switching-off unit having a voltage comparator and a normally electrically closed switch connected to the output of the voltage comparator, arranged between the input and the output of the switching-off unit, wherein the voltage detection unit has a voltage comparator and a switch output connected to the output of the voltage comparator for signaling an impermissible voltage, and wherein, in the event of an impermissible voltage occurring at the input of the switching-off unit, the electrical switch is opened and, in the event of a subsequent permissible voltage occurring, the switch is closed again. |
| US08284526B2 |
Tunneling junction magnetoresistive effect element and manufacturing method thereof
According to one embodiment, a TMR effect element includes a ground layer, an antiferromagnetic layer above the ground layer, a first ferromagnetic layer above the antiferromagnetic layer and exchange-coupled to the antiferromagnetic layer, an anti-parallel coupling layer above the first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer having a magnetic moment coupled anti-parallel to the magnetic moment of the first ferromagnetic layer via the anti-parallel coupling layer, an insulation barrier layer above the second ferromagnetic layer, and a third ferromagnetic layer above the insulation barrier layer. At least a portion of the second ferromagnetic layer and at least a portion of the third ferromagnetic layer on an insulation barrier layer side are comprised of a crystal, and the insulation barrier layer comprises MgO and an oxide material having an independent cubic crystal structure and complete solid solubility with MgO. Other elements, heads, and formation methods are described according to various embodiments. |
| US08284523B2 |
Pivot attach method for disk drive actuator using taper lock shims
Various methods and apparatus relating to disk drive actuators and methods of manufacturing them are disclosed and claimed. In certain embodiments, a disk drive actuator assembly comprises a pivot bearing defining a pivot bearing rotational axis; an actuator arm including a bore, the pivot bearing disposed at least partially within the bore; a first tapered shim, interposed in the bore between the pivot bearing and the actuator arm, the first tapered shim having a thickness at a first end greater than a thickness at a second end; and a second tapered shim, interposed in the bore between the pivot bearing and the actuator arm, the second tapered shim having a thickness at a third end greater than a thickness at a fourth end; wherein the second tapered shim frictionally engages the first tapered shim to hold the pivot bearing substantially in place relative to the actuator arm. |
| US08284521B2 |
Magnetic head slider
Embodiments of the present invention help to provide a flying height adjusting type magnetic head slider with reduced influence of a heater coil induction field. According to one embodiment, a magnetic head slider comprises a heater, a read element, and a write element, which are formed on a substrate. The heater is formed between a lower magnetic shield of the read element and the substrate by meandering a heater coil in direction Y going away from ABS. Magnetic fields by generated in direction Y orthogonal to a track width direction X of the lower magnetic field upon energization of the heater coil are offset each other, exerting no influence on the magnetized state in the track width direction X of the lower magnetic shield. A magnetic field hx induced in the track width direction X of the lower magnetic shield is coincident with the magnetizing direction of the lower magnetic shield, acting to maintain the magnetized state of the lower magnetic shield. |
| US08284512B2 |
Recording medium and apparatus for protecting copyrighted digital data
Copying, dubbing or reproducing copyrighted digital data can be inhibited or restricted to properly protect a copyright. AV data recorded on a pre-recorded tape is output from a reproducing unit of a first digital VCR with protective information indicating whether the copy of the AV data is inhibited or not. The protective information is input with the A/V data to a second digital VCR. Copy permission information of a blank tape loaded in the second digital VCR is discriminated and the second digital VCR records the AV data supplied from the first digital VCR based on the protective information and the copy permission information. |
| US08284511B2 |
Magnetic disk controller to process plural data sets for recording onto a medium
Systems, methods and computer program products for writing and reading a plurality of data sets and error codes are described. In some implementations, a magnetic disk controller can be provided that includes an error code unit configured to generate one or more error codes for each of a plurality of data sets to be written onto corresponding sectors of a medium. The magnetic disk controller can also include a buffer unit configured to store each data set and an error code in an associated buffer, and an encoding unit configured to encode the plurality of data sets. In some implementations, at least one data set is encoded concurrently with the buffer unit storing another different data set in the associated buffer. The magnetic disk controller can also include a control unit configured to write each encoded data set and a corresponding error code onto a corresponding sector. |
| US08284510B1 |
Detecting and recovering timing slips in a self servo write (SSW) system
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method including recording time stamps for a repeating characteristic of a spindle back electromotive force (BEMF) signal and comparing one or more of the recorded time stamps for the repeating characteristic of the spindle BEMF signal with an expected value for the one or more recorded time stamps to detect a timing error associated with writing a servo pattern on a machine readable medium of a self-servo write (SSW) system. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. |
| US08284498B2 |
Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus having the same
A zoom lens comprising, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit of a positive refractive power, a second lens unit of a negative refractive power, a third lens unit of a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit of a positive refractive power. In zooming, the first lens unit is configured fixed and the second, third, and fourth lens units are configured movable. The following conditions are satisfied where f3st is a movement amount of the third lens unit associated with zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, f3 is a focal length of the third lens unit, β2w is a lateral magnification of the second lens unit at the wide angle end, and z is a zoom ratio, 0.010<(|f3st|/f3)/z<0.045, and −0.33<β2w<−0.20. |
| US08284497B2 |
Zoom lens, optical apparatus, and method for manufacturing zoom lens
The present invention provides a zoom lens ZL comprising a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, a second lens group G2 having negative refractive power, a third lens group G3 having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group G4 having positive refractive power, the first lens group G1 including a negative meniscus lens L11 and a positive meniscus lens L12, the second lens group G2 including a negative meniscus lens L21, a biconcave negative lens L22 and a positive meniscus lens L23, and the fourth lens group G4 including one positive lens L41, and the refractive indexes of at least three lenses in the zoom lens ZL being greater than 1.9. |
| US08284491B2 |
Lenticular product
A multi-ply mount (frame member) for displaying an image in a lenticular environment includes a lenticular sheet having lenticules. The lenticular sheet has a clear coating deposited on a portion of the front surface thereof. The clear coating at least substantially fills the valleys of the lenticules within the portion to form a filled region that defines a windowed region. A reverse-mounted image, such as a photograph, is disposed along and faces the back surface and is in registration with the windowed region resulting in the reverse-mounted image being viewable through the clear coating without lenticular distortion. A multi-layer backing structure seals the reverse-mounted image within the mount. |
| US08284489B2 |
Spectrally adjustable filter
Spectrally filtering at least one input beam includes dispersing spectral components of at least one input beam at different respective angles in a spectral plane; changing at least some of the angles of the propagation axes of the dispersed spectral components so that the maximum angular separation among the propagation axes of the spectral components changes; receiving a plurality of the dispersed spectral components incident on a reflective surface at a location at which the central rays of each of the spectral components are incident at different points on the reflective surface; and tilting the reflective surface to select at least one and fewer than all of the received spectral components to be directed to a selected output path. |
| US08284487B1 |
Large format tiled projection display screen with flexible surface film
A large format tiled flexible projection display screen. The tiled modules of the screen each include a rear projection screen film adhered to a transmissive flexible substrate with an optically clear adhesive. When electronic content is projected onto the tiled projection screens, the electronic content is visible on a front surface side of the substrates. |
| US08284485B2 |
Illumination optical system and fluorescent microscope
An illumination optical system which irradiates a sample surface with light through an illuminating lens includes: a light source; a condensing optical system receiving the light emitted from the light source; and a lens array optical system including a first lens array surface and a second lens array surface each formed by a plurality of lens elements. The first lens array surface has a conjugate relation with a back focal position of the illuminating lens. The second lens array surface is placed at a back focal position of the lens array optical system, has a conjugate relation with a pupil position of the illuminating lens, and the light source and the condensing optical system are arranged to form an image of the light source on the first lens array surface. |
| US08284483B2 |
Method and device for acquiring signals in laser scanning microscopy
A method for acquiring signals in laser scanning microscopy, includes the steps of: moving a focused optical excitation beam relative to an object to be measured so that the focus point of the beam follows a predetermined path in the space of the object; and acquiring optical measurement signals along the path according to at least one acquisition parameter; characterized in that the path of the excitation beam is determined so as to substantially minimize the variations of the optical properties of at least one portion of the environments crossed by the excitation beam between consecutive acquisitions, and in that at least one acquisition parameter among the acquisition parameters is modulated during the movement of the excitation beam. A device for implementing the method is also described. |
| US08284480B2 |
Laser amplified power extraction enhancement system and method
A high extraction efficiency laser system. The novel laser system includes a laser amplifier and a laser source adapted to provide a laser beam to the amplifier such that polarization states for incident and reflected light within the amplifier are perpendicular one to another. In an illustrative embodiment, the laser beam is input to the amplifier such that the beam reflects back and forth between the side walls of the amplifier with an angle of incidence of about 45 degrees, and the laser beam is linearly polarized in the plane of incidence. This arrangement reduces interference fringes in the amplifier. In an alternative embodiment, the system includes an aberrator adapted to add time-varying aberrations in the laser beam at a rate exceeding an inversed lifetime of an inverted population in the amplifier to increase spatial homogenization of saturation and extraction patterns in the amplifier. |
| US08284476B2 |
Backlight utilizing desiccant light turning array
An interferometric display comprises a backlight with light extraction features formed from a desiccant material within the display. A light source is positioned at one or more edges or corners of the back glass, and the desiccant based features patterned in or on the back glass remove unwanted moisture and create uniform light extraction from the back glass. |
| US08284471B2 |
Touch control electrochromic device
In a touch control electrochromic device such as a resistive or capacitive touch panel, the electrochromic device combined with a resistive touch panel includes a resistive touch panel unit having a first transparent conductive substrate and a second conductive substrate; an electrochromic material, which is a pure liquid filled into the resistive touch panel unit; an insulator installed at internal peripheries of the first transparent conductive substrate and the second conductive substrate; and a controller electrically coupled to the resistive touch panel unit for turning on/off an external power source of the electrochromic material by an external touch control signal. The resistive touch panel unit directly drives the coloration/decoloration of the electrochromic material to achieve the effect of a power saving window or smart glass. |
| US08284470B2 |
Systems and methods of providing improved performance of scanning mirrors coupled to limited rotation motors
A mirror is disclosed for use in a limited rotation motor system, wherein the mirror includes a body, an aperture within the body, and a high density material within the aperture. The body, formed of one or more materials, has an exposed mirror surface and is mountable with the limited rotation motor system for rotation with respect to an axis of mirror rotation. The aperture is positioned at least proximate to a portion of the axis of mirror rotation. The high density material is provided within the aperture such that it is capable of movement within the aperture, and the high density material has a density that is greater than a density of the material of the body of the mirror. |
| US08284465B2 |
Image scanner, and method and computer readable medium therefor
An image scanner includes a feeding unit performing document feeding to sequentially feed sheets, a flatbed glass being loaded with a sheet thereon, a scanning unit performing document scanning in any one of a first mode for sequentially scanning sheets being fed by the feeding unit and a second mode for scanning each sheet which is placed on the flatbed glass on a sheet-by-sheet basis, an interrupting unit detecting an error during the document feeding and interrupting the document feeding, an identifying unit identifying damaged sheets among document sheets to be scanned, and a controller configured to, after the interrupted document feeding is released with the detected error being settled, control the scanning unit to perform the document scanning in the second mode for the damaged sheets and in the first mode for undamaged sheets other than the damaged sheets. |
| US08284461B2 |
Scanner for scanning items marked with tags
A scanner for scanning items marked with tags is disclosed. The scanner has a laser for producing a beam, a mirror assembly to re-direct the beam, a deflecting arrangement to receive the re-directed beam, the deflecting arrangement including a horizontal deflector, a vertical deflector and a pair of synchronized drivers to drive the deflectors, a steering mirror to steer the deflected beam, a scanning mirror to direct the beam onto the tag to be scanned, and a light collection system to collect light reflected by the tags. |
| US08284459B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
A page image is acquired. Area information that includes information on existence or absence of a text area and a picture area is extracted from the acquired page image. The page image is divided into a plurality of blocks. An image feature amount of each of the divided blocks is calculated. Whether the page image includes a picture area is determined on the basis of the extracted area information and the calculated image feature amounts of the blocks. |
| US08284458B2 |
Image processing apparatus and method for managing documents with output-prohibit area
A detecting unit detects output-prohibit area information indicating an output-prohibit area from image data. An identifying unit identifies the output-prohibit area in the image data based on the output-prohibit area information detected by the detecting unit. A masking unit performs a masking on the output-prohibit area identified by the identifying unit. A rearranging unit rearranges an image of an area other than the output-prohibit area over the output-prohibit area on which the masking is performed by the masking unit. An outputting unit outputs image data obtained by rearranging the image by the rearranging unit. |
| US08284457B2 |
Internet facsimile and control method thereof and communication instruction terminal
In an Internet fax, to receive an electronic mail document for fax transfer, if a password related to a control command for indicating a facsimile communication function is encrypted and set in the destination field or the main body of the received electronic mail, the encrypted password is decrypted and using the decrypted password, facsimile transfer of the electronic mail document is executed following the control command. |
| US08284456B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium storing image processing program
A special pattern determination section determines whether a special pattern is included in a document image read by a document reading section. If the special pattern determination section determines that the special pattern is included, the breaking pattern applying section applies a breaking pattern to the document image, and the print image generating section accumulates image data of the document image applied with the breaking pattern into a memory. On the other hand, if it is determined that the special pattern is not included, the print image generating section accumulates the image data of the document image directly into the memory. Then, if it is set by a user so as not to print the breaking pattern, the controller deletes image data of the document image accumulated in the memory and applied with the breaking pattern. |
| US08284451B2 |
Generating print data based on attributes of segmented regions of an input image
An input image is segmented into regions based on attributes of the input image. It is determined whether each segmented region is an illustration region. When it is determined that the segmented region is an illustration region, the color of the determined illustration region is compared with that of a region around the illustration region. When these colors coincide with each other as a result of the comparison, attribute information of the illustration region is changed to that of the region around the illustration region. Print data is generated based on the changed attribute information. |
| US08284450B2 |
Streak compensation in compressed image paths
In accordance with the present disclosure, there is provided a method for compensating tones on a compressed digital image data. The method comprises generating the compressed digital image from an input digital image data using a wavelet-based compression method; recovering a low resolution version of the input digital image data from the compressed digital image data by partially decompressing the compressed digital image; applying compensating tone reproduction curves (TRC) to the low resolution version of the input digital image data to generate a compensated low resolution image; re-compressing the image using the compensated low resolution image; and, subsequently decompressing all of the compensated pixel arrays to produce decompressed compensated image data. |
| US08284449B2 |
Image forming apparatus and control method thereof
An image forming apparatus is provided which associates specific folders, which are set for specific setting items, with a specific file, and performs operations on the specific file according to the settings of the specific folders. The image forming apparatus includes an associating unit that associates a file having setting on its own file with one of the specific folders, and a setting contents substituting unit that substitutes setting contents of the specific folder with setting contents of the own file. |
| US08284448B2 |
Image processing apparatus performing color conversion
An image processing apparatus handling combined data including read data from a scanner and written data written by a touch pen, capable of performing appropriate color conversion both on the read data and written data is provided. When a display image obtained by combining the read data and the written data is to be printed, the image processing apparatus executes first image processing on the read data, and second image processing on the written data, respectively. By an image forming apparatus, the combined data including the read data and the written data, which have been appropriately color-converted by respective image processing, is printed. |
| US08284446B2 |
Method, device and computer readable medium for reducing consumable ink in response to image quality degradation such smear
Consumable reduction is achieved for a printing device by utilizing a processor (32), memory (34) and software for receiving input information representative of an image to be printed and generating output information representative of a reduced consumable image in response to consumable smear, spatial relationship between adjacent dots and an image quality degradation. Factors such as print medium characteristics, heat or humidity and composure of the consumable are considered in performing the consumable reduction. |
| US08284443B2 |
Apparatus and system for managing form data obtained from outside system
Example embodiments of the present invention relate generally to an apparatus and system for managing form data obtained from an outside system, which may be combined with image data to be printed. |
| US08284442B2 |
Image processing system with maximum magnification image data generation section and preview editing
An image processing system readily provides a client PC with preview of a target image for printing or transmission. In accordance with a request from a client PC, a server requests a MFP to generate base image data by reducing the size of an original image and to transmit information of image editing contents available for the MFP to the server. In accordance with the requests from the server, the MFP subsequently provides the base image data and necessary information to the server. Then, the server provides the client PC with a preview window to display the image data obtained by reducing the size of the base image data and an image editing window to display image editing contents available for the MFP. |
| US08284441B2 |
Image forming apparatus for enlarged divisional printing
An image forming apparatus to set full breed printing automatically in case enlarged divisional printing is set. |
| US08284440B2 |
Interactive document retrieval method
A method is disclosed which produces a second interactive document. A processor receives indicating data identifying a page identity of a first interactive document and locations on the first interactive document. The processor uses the page identity to identify a network address of a server storing a first page description which describes a relationship between visual elements and positions on the first interactive document. The processor then retrieves from the network address, using the locations on the first interactive document, a second page description which describes a relationship between visual elements and positions on the second interactive document. Finally a print engine is controlled to print visible elements and invisible coded data tags to provide the second interactive document. Each coded data tag encodes a page identity of the second interactive document and location of the coded data tag on the second interactive document. |
| US08284438B2 |
Image forming apparatus and image forming method for printing a sequential pattern
Disclosed is an image forming method to perform a printing for a plurality of sheets of paper, comprising: expressing any one region in a first color, the one region being one of a predetermined number of regions which are provided at an end part of each sheet of the plurality of sheets of paper and are continuous in an extending direction of the end part of the sheets; expressing the other regions except the one region in a second color; and printing an additional image in which the one region expressed in the first color is shifted sequentially in the extending direction of the end part of the sheets, in an order of the printing of each sheet of paper. |
| US08284436B2 |
Image data processing apparatus and method
An image data processing apparatus, increase: a reader that reads image data included in an image file in read units of a specified data length from an external storage medium storing the image file; a storage that temporarily saves the image data read by the reader; and a data processor that requests image data to the reader and applying a specified data processing to the image data given from the reader in response to the request; wherein the reader reads image data requested by the data processor from the storage and supplies them to the data processor and, if the image data requested by the data processor cannot be read from the storage, reads image data of a specified data length including the image data from the storage medium and supplies them to the data processor, and the reader optimizes the read unit according to the form of the request from the data processor. |
| US08284433B2 |
Print control method and apparatus
Upon designating bookbinding print, preview images are displayed in a layout after bookbinding. When “store” of intermediate data is designated in a print process, a spooler (302) stores intermediate data and an output job setup file in a spool file (303). When the stored job is selected, a previewer (306) displays a list of jobs, and displays a print preview image. In this case, upon setting bookbinding print, pages are displayed in a spread state and order after bookbinding. Also, the open direction (right or left open), and the bookbinding unit are also expressed on preview images. |
| US08284429B2 |
Facsimile machine including a transmission inhibition unit which inhibits and release a transmission operation
A facsimile machine is provided. The facsimile machine includes a first reading unit which reads an image of an original placed on a platen; a second reading unit which reads an image of an original while feeding the original; a transmitting unit which is configured to execute a first transmission operation to transmit the image of the original read by the first reading unit as facsimile data and a second transmission operation to transmit the image of the original read by the second reading unit as facsimile data; a transmission inhibition unit which inhibits the first transmission operation by the transmitting unit; and a release unit which releases the inhibition of the first transmission operation by the transmission inhibition unit. |
| US08284421B2 |
Printing client management method and wireless LAN printer in wireless network
A printing client management method and a wireless LAN printer in a wireless network is provided. According to the printing client management method for a wireless Local Area Network (LAN), information is extracted from Media Access Control (MAC) frames of the printing clients that associate with a Basic Service Set (BSS) including the wireless LAN printer. A list of the printing clients is formed using MAC addresses of the MAC frames as indexes, and management of printing operations of the printing clients is completed according to the list. |
| US08284419B2 |
System and device with selection of image formation when embedded data cannot be written in a storing part on a print medium
An image-forming system includes a transmission device and an image-forming device. The transmission device includes a transmitting unit that transmits image data, command data instructing to form an image corresponding to the image data on a recording medium having a storing part and to write embedded data to the storing part, and first selection data indicating whether or not the image should be formed when the embedded data cannot be written in the storing part. The image-forming device includes an image-forming unit and a controlling unit. The controlling unit controls, when the image-forming unit cannot write the embedded data in the storing unit, the image-forming unit to form the image if the first selection data indicates that the image should be formed, and to fail to form the image if the first selection data indicates that the image should not be formed. |
| US08284418B2 |
Document information acquisition and notification of duplicate document storage
Mechanisms for document information acquisition and notification of duplicate document storage are provided. The mechanisms convert a physical hard copy document to an electronic form of the document and generates a first digital fingerprint of the electronic form of the document. The mechanisms further retrieve one or more second digital fingerprints for previously stored electronic forms of documents. The first digital fingerprint is compared to the one or more second digital fingerprints. Storage of the electronic form of the document is controlled based on results of comparing the first digital fingerprint to the one or more second digital fingerprints. |
| US08284416B2 |
Digital image printing a job including monochromatic and color images
Separate multicolorant and monochromatic digital image marking engines are operated concurrently for print jobs having both monochromatic and color images. The marked multicolorant image sheets are batch printed and held in a sheet buffer and interspersed in sequence with the monochromatic marked sheets without interrupting the faster monochromatic marking engine or requiring multiple unnecessary run cost increasing start up and shut down cycles of the multicolorant marking engine. |
| US08284414B2 |
Image forming system and managing method thereof
A managing method of an image forming system having at least one image forming apparatus including a first image forming apparatus, and a plurality of servers including a first server and managing the first image forming apparatus, the managing method includes determining whether the first server operates normally, requesting the plurality of server except the first server to manage the first image forming apparatus, if the first server operates abnormally, and allowing a second server among the plurality of servers except the first server to manage the first image forming apparatus in response to the request. |
| US08284408B2 |
Handheld display device having processor for rendering display output with real-time virtual transparency and video playback option
A handheld display device for interacting with printed content and playing associated video. The device includes: an optical sensor for imaging an area of a printed substrate containing the printed content and generating image data; an opaque touch-sensitive display screen for displaying display output to a user; a processor configured for: monitoring the identity of the substrate and the position of the device relative to the substrate using the image data; retrieving display data; rendering the display output to the display screen; interpreting user interaction with a video playback icon via the touch-sensitive display screen; retrieving video data; and initiating video playback. The opaque touch-sensitive display screen has real-time virtual transparency through the screen to the printed content from a user's perspective to provide a virtual window to the printed content. |
| US08284406B2 |
Displacement measurement method and apparatus thereof, stage apparatus, and probe microscope
The present invention provides a displacement measurement method, an apparatus thereof, a probe microscope. which make it possible to stably measure an amount of displacement and a moving distance of an object under measurement with an accuracy of the sub-nanometer order or below without being affected by disturbances such as fluctuations of air, mechanical vibration.Specifically, with the present invention, a pulsed beam is split into two; one beam is reflected by an object under measurement and then inputted to a delay optical path equivalent to one pulse period; and the other beam is sent through the same delay optical path in the opposite direction up to the object under measurement with a delay of one pulse period, and then reflected by the object under measurement. Then, an optical phase variation caused by the movement of the object under measurement is obtained by subjecting the two pulsed beams to interference. |
| US08284405B1 |
Remote passive sensing of a vibration signature using modulated light
An optical detector senses the intensity of scattered light reflected by a surface coupled to a vibration source. If the vibration source is operating, the coupled surface vibrates at the same frequency. Incident light reflected by the surface is modulated by the vibration at a hypertemporal frequency. The detector produces a direct electrical current as a temporal function of the detected modulated light intensity. A transimpedance amplifier converts the current into a voltage. A voltage amplifier amplifies the voltage. An analog-to-digital converter converts the amplified voltage into digital signal. A digital signal processor converts the digital signal into a function of power spectral density and frequency using Fourier transform and principle component analyses. The vibration signature of the vibration source, if present, is discerned from a graphical display of the foregoing function. |
| US08284403B2 |
Apparatus for sensing of chlorine dioxide
The instant invention provides apparatuses for measuring the level or concentration of chlorine dioxide gas in a sample and methods of using the same. One aspect of the invention provides an apparatus for measuring a concentration of a chlorine dioxide gas in a sample. The apparatus includes a light emitting diode (LED), a light sensor, and a flow path between the LED and the light sensor, and a filter configured to remove chlorine dioxide from a reference stream. The flow path is capable of containing a sample. The sensor is capable of measuring the level of chlorine dioxide in the sample and the reference stream. |
| US08284402B2 |
Fluorescence detection instrument with orthogonal laser entry
A detector assembly for analysis of light emitted form a fluorescent material, an optical alignment assembly for introducing an output beam into a detector array or demultiplexer, and methods of demultiplexing a beam of light into wavelength bands. The detector assembly generally includes an optical alignment assembly to introduce an output beam having a projected optical axis into an array of filters. The optical alignment assembly is mounted substantially orthogonally to a plane of reflective light defined by the path of the output beam through the filter array. The array includes filters arranged in two rows in parallel. Each filter transmits a particular band of the output beam and reflects the remaining bands to the next filter in the opposite row of filters. The array further includes a plurality of detectors mounted in detector ports. The optical alignment assembly presented herein generally includes a housing configured to receive an optical fiber, at least one collimating lens, a rotatable housing member with a beam reflecting element attached thereto. The optical alignment assembly is adjustable to introduce an output beam into a detector array utilizing a rotational adjustment mechanism and a goniometric tilt adjustment mechanism. These two mechanisms ensure that the point of entry of a light beam into the array remains at a fixed point in space despite the rotation or tilt of the rotatable housing member. |
| US08284399B2 |
Alignment system for optical lithography
An alignment system for optical lithography uses cameras fixed to a movable stage and to a lithography unit to view unique microscopic non-uniformities that are inherent to the surface of a work piece, e.g., metal or ceramic microcrystalline grains, for position referencing. Stage cameras image two sites on the work piece through windows in the stage to establish original position templates. After the work piece has been repositioned, e.g., reversed topside-down, the same two sites are again viewed and template matching establishes the transformed coordinates of the work piece, e.g. by a lithography unit camera under which the stage moves to approximate site locations. Two corner cameras can serve as a coarse positioning mechanism. The alignment system is particular useful for backside alignment in printed circuit board lithography. |
| US08284394B2 |
Methods and systems for determining a characteristic of a wafer
Methods and systems for determining a characteristic of a wafer are provided. One method includes generating output responsive to light from the wafer using an inspection system. The output includes first output corresponding to defects on the wafer and second output that does not correspond to the defects. The method also includes determining the characteristic of the wafer using the second output. One system includes an inspection subsystem configured to illuminate the wafer and to generate output responsive to light from the wafer. The output includes first output corresponding to defects on the wafer and second output that does not correspond to the defects. The system also includes a processor configured to determine the characteristic of the wafer using the second output. |
| US08284390B1 |
Vehicle tire changing system with tool positioning sensor
A vehicle tire changing system is configured with sensors to acquire dimensional information associated with tire service tools and a vehicle wheel assembly. The sensors acquire dimensional information associated with at least one feature of the vehicle wheel assembly or a tire service tool. The vehicle tire changing system is configured to utilize the acquired dimensional information to automate and monitor the movement of an associated tire service tool and optionally, to store or convey the acquired dimensional information for use by other vehicle service systems. |
| US08284389B2 |
Refractometer
A refractometer has a housing (1), a measurement cell (8) arranged in the housing (1), and a lid unit (2). The lid unit has a base plate (3) with a cutout (7) allowing access to the measurement cell, and a lid (4) for covering the measurement cell. The lid is connected to the base plate by way of a hinge. The lid unit also has a lid insert (11, 17, 18, 28, 31, 35, 39) that is arranged replaceably in the lid. The lid unit (2) is detachably connected to the housing by means of a connecting element that is itself connected to the base plate. |
| US08284388B2 |
Method for measuring optical characteristics of diffraction optical element and apparatus for measuring optical characteristics of diffraction optical element
A measurement method and an evaluating apparatus are provided which accurately evaluate the light amount of a spot beam, the diffraction efficiency, and the intensity distribution in the optical axis direction by detecting even a weak diffracted beam in an arbitrary wavelength range converged by a diffraction optical element as an imaging lens. Light emitted from a white light source passes through a wavelength band-pass filter and is diaphragmed by a pinhole slit. The resultant light is paralleled by a collimator lens and enters a diffraction optical element as an imaging lens. The light getting out from the diffraction optical element is converged to be a spot beam, is magnified by a microscope 18, and is then projected on a CCD. A distance changing member changes the distance between the CCD and the diffraction optical element, and then, the intensity distribution in the optical axis direction is measured. |
| US08284377B2 |
Display device and repairing method therefor
In a display device and a repairing method therefor, the display device includes a gate line and two gate-on-array circuits arranged at two sides thereof. Each of the gate-on-array circuits includes a stage coupled to the gate line. Each the stage includes a transistor and a repair circuit. The first source/drain electrode of the transistor is coupled to the gate line, and the second source/drain electrode of the transistor is coupled to receive a clock pulse signal. The repair circuit includes a first terminal coupled to the gate electrode of the transistor, a second terminal coupled to a predetermined potential, and at least one control terminal adapted to receive at least one repair signal to pull the potential on the gate electrode of the transistor to the predetermined potential. The transistor maintains at off-state when the at least one repair signal is supplied to the repair circuit. |
| US08284375B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof
As the screen size becomes larger, it is required to make the device achieve higher definition, higher open area ratio, and higher reliability. Further, requirements for improvements in productivity and cost minimization are also increased. In the present invention, a substrate is pasted with a counter substrate after the liquid crystal material 114 is discharged (or dripped) only over a pixel area that is on a pixel electrode provided over a substrate with a large area by ink jet. Further, both of applying a seal material and dripping of a liquid crystal may be performed to the counter substrate. The total amount of liquid crystal use in a manufacturing process is reduced by forming a liquid crystal layer by ink jet. |
| US08284374B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device capable of improving a contrast ratio is provided. The device includes a first substrate including a first alignment film and a first polarizing film having a first transmission axis parallel to an alignment direction of the first alignment film, a second substrate including a second alignment film and a second polarizing film having a second transmission axis perpendicular to the first transmission axis of the first polarizing film, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, the liquid crystal layer including a dichroic dye, wherein the liquid crystal is aligned in horizontal direction. |
| US08284373B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a first substrate having a plurality of column spacers fixed thereto, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and having a plurality of projections at portions corresponding to the column spacers, the projections contacting the column spacers, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates. |
| US08284370B2 |
Mobile communication device having a liquid crystal panel and a conductive tape that is not overlapped with a drive integrated circuit
A mobile communication device comprises: a liquid crystal (LC) panel; a drive integrated circuit connected to the LC panel; a keypad printed circuit board (PCB) having a keypad connected to the drive integrated circuit; a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) for connecting the drive integrated circuit and the keypad PCB to each other; a backlight assembly having an outer case, for supplying light to the LC panel; and a fixing member for fixing the FPCB and one end of the outer case of the backlight assembly by adhering to each other. The mobile communication device prevents a part of light emitted from an optical source from being displayed on a screen with a high brightness. |
| US08284368B2 |
Array substrate and flat display device
A flat display device includes an array substrate. The array substrate includes a plurality of gate lines, data lines and pixels. The pixels include a plurality of first pixel units and second pixel units, and each of the first pixel units and each of the second pixel units include more than three pixels. The first pixel units and the second pixel units disposed in between two adjacent data lines are arranged alternately, wherein the first pixel units are electrically connected with one of the two adjacent data lines, and the second pixel units are electrically connected with the other data line. |
| US08284359B2 |
Liquid crystal panel and liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal panel (2) includes a pair of substrates (10, 20) and a liquid crystal layer (30) sandwiched between the substrates (10, 20). At least one of the substrate (10, 20) is provided with combtooth electrodes (12, 13). The liquid crystal layer (30) is driven by a transverse electric field generated between the combtooth electrodes (12, 13). The liquid crystal layer (30) contains liquid crystal molecules (31) that align themselves perpendicularly to surfaces of the substrates when no electric field is applied. The liquid crystal panel 2 satisfies 0.33≦S/(S+L)≦0.64, where L is the width of each of the combtooth electrodes (12, 13) and S is the electrode interval. |
| US08284356B2 |
LCD device including a reflection film having a convex-concave surface
An LCD device includes a reflective area in each pixel. A reflection film having a convex-concave surface is provided in the reflective area, film in cross section configuration is formed. Each pixel includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode for applying a lateral electric field on a LC layer. The inclination angle of the reflection film has an inclination angle distribution, wherein the angle component in an area corresponding to the electrodes has a lower angle distribution than the angle components in an area corresponding to a gap between adjacent two of the electrodes. |
| US08284354B2 |
Liquid crystal on silicon display panel and electronic device using the same
A liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) display panel and an electronic device using the same are provided. The electronic device comprises the LCOS display panel and a circuit board. The LCOS display panel comprises a silicon substrate, a transparent substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The transparent substrate has a base plate and a mask layer. The circuit board is electrically connected to the display panel. The transparent substrate is disposed opposite to the silicon substrate, and the liquid crystal layer is positioned between the silicon substrate and the transparent substrate. The base plate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface that faces the silicon substrate. The mask layer is disposed on the second surface and has at least one opening to form at least one light-transmitting region and one light-blocking region, and the light-transmitting region is a displaying region of the transparent substrate. |
| US08284351B2 |
Backlight unit and a liquid crystal display apparatus applying the same therein
A backlight unit and a video display apparatus having a plural number of sets of one or more of light sources. A light guidance plate for guiding lights from the light sources to a side of a liquid crystal panel, to be emitted. The light sources are disposed on one end side of the light guidance plate. Assuming that width of the gap or groove is “d”, distance between a light incident surface of the liquid crystal panel and a light emission surface of the light guidance plate, or distance between a light incident surface of an optical member disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the light guidance plate and a light emission surface of the light guidance plate is “h”, and further 2.0 mm>d≧0.1 mm and 10.0 mm>h≧0.4 mm, then the following condition is satisfied: 4≦h/d≦100. |
| US08284348B2 |
Backlight apparatus and liquid crystal display apparatus
A backlight apparatus is provided that enables a balance of brightness to be maintained and long life to be achieved over the entire area of a display screen. Light guide plate 130 has upper end surface 132a and lower end surface 132b as inputting surfaces, and principal surface 131 as an outputting surface opposite the rear surface of liquid crystal panel 110. LEDs 140a and 140b are placed in proximity to upper end surface 132a and lower end surface 132b. LED drive circuits 160 supply LEDs 140a and 140b with a current that causes LEDs 140a and 140b to emit light that illuminates liquid crystal panel 110 via light guide plate 130. LED drive circuits 160 supply a lower current to LEDs 140a and 140b placed in proximity to a part having a higher ambient temperature within upper end surface 132a and lower end surface 132b. |
| US08284347B2 |
Illumination device, light emitting element, and liquid crystal display device
A backlight (illumination device) according to the present invention includes a plurality of light sources, and a light guiding body for causing light emitted from the light sources to be emitted from a light emitting surface. The light sources are provided inside the light guiding body, and emit light in directions which are substantially parallel to a light emitting surface of the light guiding body. At least two of the plurality of light sources emit the light in directions which are different from each other. More specifically, at least two of the plurality of light sources are provided so as to face each other, and provided so that one of the plurality of light sources emits light toward the other one of the plurality of light sources, and vice versa. |
| US08284346B2 |
Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device including the same
A backlight unit for a liquid crystal display panel includes a diffusor that diffuses light emitted from a front surface thereof, a reflective plate that reflects light toward a rear surface of the diffusor; and a collimator that collimates the light emitted from the front surface of the diffusor toward the liquid crystal display panel. The collimator includes a base layer that refracts the diffused light from the diffusor toward the liquid crystal panel, a collimating layer of lenses disposed along two perpendicular directions on a front surface of the base layer, and a reflective pattern on a rear surface of the base layer along a boundary of each of the lenses, the reflective pattern exposing an aperture portion of the base layer facing each of the lenses. |
| US08284344B2 |
Protection plate integrated display apparatus
A protection plate integrated liquid crystal display panel, including: a liquid crystal display panel having an optical sheet stuck thereto so as to be overlapped with the whole of a screen area; a protection plate arranged to be opposed to the optical sheet of the liquid crystal display panel; a spacer including a first layer arranged on an outside of the screen area between the optical sheet and the protection plate and a second layer arranged between the first layer and the protection plate; and a resin layer filled up and polymerized between the liquid crystal display panel and the protection plate in an area enclosed with the spacer. The first layer is formed to extend from an inner area of a periphery of the optical sheet to the external area of the same, and the second layer is discontinuously arranged on the first layer. |
| US08284342B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and backlight device thereof
A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, a plurality of light sources for irradiating onto the liquid crystal display panel, at least two electrode boards at ends of each of the light sources for electrically connecting the light sources, an inverter board aligned parallel to the light sources for providing drive signals to the light sources through the electrode boards, and a first cover for accommodating the liquid crystal display panel, the light sources and the electrode boards on a first side thereof and for accommodating the inverter board on a second side thereof such that the inverter board is substantially on a same plane as a main portion of the cover. |
| US08284339B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
A column for defining the interval between a TFT substrate and an opposed substrate is formed at a crossing point between a drain line and a scanning line. At the crossing point where the column is formed, the drain line is formed to have a wider width to prevent light leakage. Further, at the crossing point where the column is formed, the scanning line is formed to have a narrower width to prevent increase of capacitance between the drain line and the scanning line. The column is formed at a crossing point corresponding to a specific color, e.g., a blue pixel B, so that a difference in transmittance and in characteristic of thin film transistors due to formation of the column is initially compensated. |
| US08284338B2 |
Display device, method of manufacturing the same and mask for manufacturing the same
A mask is provided. The mask includes a mask body, a first exposing part and a second exposing part. The first exposing part is on the mask body. The first exposing part includes a first light transmitting portion and second light transmitting portions. The first light transmitting portion exposes a portion of the photoresist film corresponding to the output terminal to a light of a first light amount. The second light transmitting portions exposes an adjacent portion of the photoresist film adjacent to the output terminal to a light of a second light amount smaller than the first light amount. The second exposing part is on the mask body. The second exposing part includes third light transmitting portions for partially exposing the photoresist film corresponding to the storage electrode to a light of a third light amount that is between the first and second light amounts. |
| US08284337B2 |
Display apparatus with storage electrode line having different widths and manufacturing method thereof
A display apparatus includes a thin film transistor array panel including a display region and a non-display region, a gate line extending along a first direction, a data line extending along a second direction, substantially perpendicular to the first direction, the data line being insulated from and crossing the gate line, a storage electrode line which receives a common voltage signal, and a first gate driver disposed on the thin film transistor array panel and which supplies at least one of a gate on signal and a gate off signal to the gate line. The storage electrode line includes a first portion extending along the first direction and a second portion extending along the second direction in the non-display region. A width, measured along the second direction, of the first portion is less than a width, measured along the first direction, of the second portion. |
| US08284334B2 |
Display device and method of fabricating the same
Provided are a display device for realizing a multi-view image and a method of fabricating the same. The display device includes: a display panel for displaying an image and a barrier pattern disposed on an outer side of the display panel and for adjusting an optical path in at least two viewing angle directions. |
| US08284326B2 |
Method and apparatus for scanning channel
Method and apparatus for scanning channels of a broadcast receiver are provided. The channel scanning method includes determining whether to perform an entire channel scanning operation or a partial channel scanning operation in response to a channel scan command, if the entire channel scanning operation is determined to be performed, performing the entire channel scanning operation by scanning all channels and storing channel information regarding a channel in which a broadcast signal exists in a channel map, and if the partial channel scanning operation is determined to be performed, performing the partial channel scanning operation by scanning a channel which is not registered in a pre-created channel map, and storing channel information regarding the non-registered channel in which a broadcast signals exists in the non-registered channel map. |
| US08284324B2 |
Video display apparatus and video processing method
A television receiver apparatus in an embodiment includes: a video processing module configured to perform signal processing for input video signals and to output display video signals to a display panel; a selector configured to turn ON/OFF operation of low-delay processing that involves a short delay time of the display video signals with respect to the video signals as the signal processing; and a controller configured to control the video processing module to perform scaling processing conformable to the display panel when the operation of the low-delay processing is ON and when OFF according to the selector. |
| US08284320B2 |
Program delivery apparatus and operation button function assigning method
A program delivery apparatus including a program delivery control section configured to control program delivery based on a program delivery program made up of a plurality of items; a switcher configured to switch video signals when connected to the program delivery control section via communication channels; a plurality of operation buttons; and a storage section configured to store function assignment information about assigning functions to the plurality of operation buttons. |
| US08284317B2 |
Device and method for color adjustment
Device and method for color adjustment for adjusting white color of an image including a weight generating unit, a color shift value generating unit, and an adjustment unit. The weight generating unit receives a first color value of the image and generates a weight according to the first color value. The color shift value generating unit receives the first color value and the weight and generates a color shift value according to the first color value and the weight. The adjustment unit receives the first color value and the color shift value and generates a second color value according to the first color value and the color shift value. |
| US08284316B2 |
Real-time image processing circuit capable of enhancing brightness contrast and color saturation
A real-time image processing circuit includes: a first converting unit for converting an input image frame into hue data, first saturation data and first luminance data; a saturation processing unit operable to adjust the first saturation data based on saturation mapping information to generate second saturation data corresponding to the input image frame and having a saturation distribution range larger than that of the first saturation data; a luminance processing unit operable to adjust the first luminance data based on luminance mapping information to generate second luminance data corresponding to the input image frame and having a luminance distribution range larger than that of the first luminance data; and a second converting unit for converting the hue data, the second saturation data and the second luminance data into an output image frame corresponding to the input image frame and outputting the output image frame. |
| US08284315B2 |
PAL signal demodulating apparatus
A PAL signal demodulating apparatus comprises BPF filters that perform band pass filtering to pass a chroma band for frames 1 to 5, thereby producing the BPF output signals for the frames, a 3D color phase distortion correcting color signal acquiring unit that calculates correlations between frames 1 and 3 and between frames 3 and 5 and takes a weighted average of the BPF output signals for frames 2 and 4 with weights according to the two calculated correlations, thereby producing a 3D color phase distortion correcting color signal N, and a carrier chrominance signal extracting unit that takes the addition/subtraction of the BPF output signal for frame 3 and the 3D color phase distortion correcting color signal, thereby extracting carrier chrominance signals, to perform correctly U/V separation for a line different in color from its preceding and following lines in the same frame. |
| US08284314B2 |
Adaptive edge enhancement using directional components from non-linear filtering
A video processing device includes an input to receive pixel values for a set of pixels comprising a pixel window substantially centered around a select pixel that initially has a first pixel value. The video processing device further includes a first filter unit to determine a horizontal transient improvement value based on non-linear filtering of the pixel values in a horizontal direction, a second filter unit to determine a vertical transient improvement value based on non-linear filtering of the pixel values in a vertical direction, a third filter unit to determine a first diagonal transient improvement value based on non-linear filtering of the pixel values in a first diagonal direction, and a fourth filter unit to determine a second diagonal transient improvement value based on non-linear filtering of the pixel values in a second diagonal direction that is perpendicular to the first diagonal direction. The video processing device also includes an output to provide a second pixel value for the select pixel, the second pixel value based on the first pixel value, the vertical transient improvement value, the horizontal transient improvement value, the first diagonal transient improvement value, and the second diagonal transient improvement value. |
| US08284305B2 |
System and method for acquiring images
A vision system useful in acquiring images includes: a light dome having a window and a perimeter; an annular light curtain positioned within and radially inwardly from the perimeter of the light dome such that an annular gap is formed between the light dome and the light curtain; and a light ring positioned to illuminate the gap between the light dome and the light curtain. The light curtain and window are sized and positioned such that no direct light from the light ring reaches the window. The system further comprises a camera having a lens facing the window to acquire images of an object on a side of the window opposite the camera. The images acquired by the camera can then be compared to stored images to determine whether the identity of the objects (which may be pharmaceutical tablets) is as expected. |
| US08284304B2 |
Portable electronic apparatus, image processing method, photographing apparatus, and computer readable recording medium
Even when a remaining amount of an image memory built in a digital camera is decreased, the photographing can be further continued while reserving a photographed image. An image which is obtained from an image input unit including image pickup means is accumulated into an image memory. When a remaining amount calculating unit detects that the remaining amount of the imag memory is small, an image record discriminating unit compares it with an image size in a photograph mode at that time which is obtained from an image size table, thereby discriminating whether the continuation of the photographing can be performed or not. When the photographing is impossible, an image selecting unit selects an old image, an image in which the number of colors is small, or the like on the basis of management data regarding the photographed images in a memory managing table. The selected image is transmitted by a PHS communication by a data transmitting apparatus. After it was transmitted, the image is erased from the image memory. |
| US08284301B2 |
Camera body
A camera body includes an imaging element, a hot shoe, and a camera controller. The imaging element is configured to convert an optical image of the subject into an electrical signal, and is configured to produce image data about the subject. The hot shoe allows the flash device to be mounted. The camera controller is configured to calculate an evaluation value on the basis of the image data produced by the imaging element, and is configured to perform video autofocusing on the basis of this evaluation value. The camera controller is configured to control the imaging element and the flash device so that when the camera controller decides that auxiliary light is needed, and the camera controller decides that the external auxiliary light source of the flash device mounted to the hot shoe is not compatible with video autofocusing, the image data is acquired while an external main light source of the flash device intermittently emits light during the video autofocusing. |
| US08284292B2 |
Probability distribution constructing method, probability distribution constructing apparatus, storage medium of probability distribution constructing program, subject detecting method, subject detecting apparatus, and storage medium of subject detecting program
A probability distribution constructing method extracts a subject shape similar to a subject of a specific type repeatedly appearing in various sizes in plural images obtained by repeatedly photographing a field using a fixedly disposed camera, from plurality images, in accordance with a size of the similar subject shape and positional information of the camera on a view angle. Subsequently, the probability distribution constructing method determines the similar subject shape, and calculates an appearance probability distribution of the size of the subject, and detects the subject using the appearance probability distribution. |
| US08284291B2 |
Photographing optical lens assembly
A photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, a second lens element with negative refractive, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, and a fifth lens element having a concave image-side surface and having at least one inflecting point. |
| US08284290B2 |
Synthetic image formation signal processing hardware for vignetted optoelectronic arrays, lensless cameras, and integrated camera-displays
Hardware arrangement performing electronic image formation and refinement from overlapping measurement vignettes captured by an array of image sensors and associated micro-optics are presented. The invention is directed to a new type of image formation system that combines readily-fabricated micro-optical structures, a two-dimensional image sensor array with electronic or digital image processing to actually construct the image. Image formation is performed without a conventional large shared lens and associated separation distance between lens and image sensor, resulting in a “lensless camera.”In an application, a readily fabricatable LED array is used as a light-field sensor. In an application, the LED array further serves as a color “lensless camera.” In an application, the LED array also serves as an image display. In an application, the LED array further serves as a color image display. In an embodiment, one or more synergistic features of an integrated camera/display surface are realized. |
| US08284289B2 |
Lens barrel, camera and mobile information terminal device having the same
At least one object of the present invention is to provide a lens barrel, including: a fixed frame (21) having a fixed cylinder (21); a telescopic cylinder (22, 23, 24, etc.) configured to be accommodated within the fixed cylinder (21); a plurality of lens groups (11, 12) configured to be retained in the telescopic cylinder; a lens driving device (51, 52, etc.) configured to drive the plurality of lens groups along a optical axis of the telescopic cylinder between a collapsed position and an extended position; and two retractable lens groups (13, 14) configured to be retracted into the telescopic cylinder when the telescopic cylinder is in the extended position and configured to be retracted out of the telescopic cylinder when the telescopic cylinder is in the collapsed position. |
| US08284288B2 |
Image shooting apparatus, video display apparatus, and video processing system therewith
An image shooting apparatus records video information obtained by shooting a subject, and transfers the video information to an external appliance by communication conforming to the HDMI standards. The image shooting apparatus also records rotation information representing how, when a video based on the video information is displayed on the external appliance, the video is to be rotated, and, when transferring the video information, transmits the rotation information to the external appliance by use of CEC conforming to the HDMI standards. Thus, an image shooting apparatus that transmits a shot video to an external appliance also transmits rotation information by use of CEC so as to be capable of making the external appliance display the shot image in a rotated state. |
| US08284285B2 |
Duty correction circuit, delay locked loop circuit, column A/D converter, solid-state imaging device and camera system
A duty correction circuit includes: a C-element including a first input and a second input; and an inverter connected to the second input of the C-element, wherein the C-element obtains an output of a logic “1” when both inputs are the logic “1”, obtains an output of a logic “0” when both inputs are the logic “0”, and maintains the output to a previous state in other conditions, and complementary clocks having a phase difference of an approximately half cycle are inputted to the first input of the C-element and the inverter respectively. |
| US08284278B2 |
Image processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, method of correction coefficient calculation, and storage medium storing image processing program
An image processing apparatus includes a location information storing section, a correction coefficient storing section, a correction object pixel location setting section, a correction object pixel data extracting section, an other-color pixel data extracting section, and a pixel data correcting section. |
| US08284272B2 |
Electronic camera
An electronic camera is provided with: a gain information calculator for calculating gain information indicating a gain of a color information signal in a predetermined aperture state based on a gain of a color information signal obtained by performing a white balance adjustment using an object image signal; a storer for storing the gain information calculated by the gain information calculator, a detector for detecting a difference between an aperture state at a time of photographing and a predetermined aperture state; a corrector for correcting the gain information stored by the storer based on the difference detected by the detector; and an adjustor for adjusting the color information signal at a time of photographing by using the gain information corrected by the corrector. |
| US08284270B2 |
Imaging device, edition device, image processing method, and program
An imaging device for supporting the user to generate satisfactory synthesized images, not missing photo opportunities. The imaging device generates a plurality of still images continuously and generates a synthesized image from the still images. While the shooting button is pressed to instruct continuous shooting, the imaging device performs a process in which it writes still image data, which is obtained by the continuous shooting, into a recording medium sequentially. After the continuous shooting ends, the imaging device enters a wait state to wait for a new instruction, and then upon receiving an instruction to start generating a synthesized image, it performs a process of generating a synthesized image by using a plurality of pieces of still image data stored in the recording medium. |
| US08284267B2 |
Virtual camera for sharing a physical camera
A virtual camera component allows multiple camera-use applications to share a camera simultaneously. For example, a first application can request access to the camera for a first set of data, and a second application can also request access to the camera for a second set of data. The virtual camera component is coupled between the first and second applications and the camera, and caches and then processes the data according to respective requirements of the first and second applications. |
| US08284256B2 |
Imaging apparatus and computer readable recording medium
Once an imaging mode is set, an imaging apparatus displays a through image with a tracking frame on the predetermined position. If a shutter button is pressed halfway, an object that is overlapped by the tracking frame is recognized as a main subject that a user wants to capture. Until the shutter button is fully pressed or until the halfway-press is released, it is detected where the recognized subject is in frame image data that is captured in sequence, and the tracking frame is displayed based on the detected position. If the halfway press of the shutter button is released before the shutter button is fully pressed, the tracking frame is displayed on the predetermined position. Then if the shutter button is pressed halfway once again, the process is repeated. |
| US08284255B2 |
Inter-camera ink relation information generating apparatus
The apparatus comprises a feature quantity extraction part for extracting a feature quantity of a subject from video captured by plural cameras, an In/Out point extraction part for extracting In/Out points indicating points in which a subject appears and disappears in each video captured, an In/Out region formation part for forming In/Out regions based on the In/Out points extracted, a correlation value calculation part for calculating a correlation value by obtaining the total sum of similarities every feature quantity of the subject in each of the plural combinations of In/Out points included in the In/Out regions, a frequency histogram creation part for creating a frequency histogram based on the correlation value, and a link relation information generation part for extracting a peak of the frequency histogram and estimating the presence or absence of a link relation between the plural cameras and generating link relation information. |
| US08284243B2 |
Stereoscopic image display apparatus
A stereoscopic image display apparatus includes a display panel and an image conversion sheet. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel units. Each pixel unit has a zigzag shape that extends in a first direction. The image conversion sheet includes a plurality of lens units. Each lens unit extends in the first direction and is disposed in a second direction different from the first direction. A plurality of the lens units is disposed in parallel with each other. |
| US08284240B2 |
System for adaptive three-dimensional scanning of surface characteristics
There are provided systems and methods for obtaining a three-dimensional surface geometric characteristic and/or texture characteristic of an object. A pattern is projected on a surface of said object. A basic 2D image of said object is acquired; a characteristic 2D image of said object is acquired; 2D surface points are extracted from said basic 2D image, from a reflection of said projected pattern on said object; a set of 3D surface points is calculated in a sensor coordinate system using said 2D surface points; and a set of 2D surface geometric/texture characteristics is extracted. |
| US08284236B2 |
Preventing interference between primary and secondary content in a stereoscopic display
A method of positioning primary and secondary images on a stereoscopic display device involves ascertaining a perceived depth of the primary image and the secondary image; transforming the perceived depth of at least one of the primary and secondary image data by compressing the perceived depth of the at least one of the primary and secondary image data; and transforming at least one of the primary and secondary image data so as to position the perceived secondary image at a position that will be perceived by a viewer to be situated at a depth when viewed on the stereoscopic display such that the secondary image appears to be situated fully between the primary image and the viewer when viewed stereoscopically. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. |
| US08284230B2 |
Video communication device and camera tracking method thereof
A video communication device includes a video communication device body; a camera fitted to the video communication device body to record images of an object; at least one detection unit fitted to the video communication device body to detect the object according to a predetermined condition; and a camera rotation angle adjuster fitted to the video communication device body to adjust a rotation angle of the camera according to detection data from the detection unit so that the camera automatically tracks a position of the object when the object moves. The moving object can be located through a detection unit, such as a voice sensor, a codec, a color sensor and an IR sensor, and be automatically tracked by suitable adjustment of the rotation angle of a camera. A wide angular field is ensured and video telephony quality is improved. |
| US08284225B2 |
Printer and control method for a printer
A printer and a control method for a printer can externally detect the number of elements in the line head, and can determine the dot density of the line head from the detected number of elements. The printer has a thermal head 1 having an array of plural elements for forming print dots, a plural stage shift register 3 that shifts the input data according to a clock signal, a latch 2 that temporarily stores the output from each stage (3-1 to 3-n) of the shift register 3, a driver 2 that outputs the data held in each latch to the element of the thermal head 1 corresponding to each latch as print data based on a strobe signal, a output terminal 4 that outputs the output data of the last stage of the shift register 3, an element count detection data generating unit 13 that inputs to the shift register 3 input data of which the value corresponding to the first clock pulse is 1 and all following values are 0, and an element number counting unit 12 that detects the number of elements by counting the clock pulses until the data output from the output terminal 4 is 1. |
| US08284224B2 |
Thermal printer
A thermal printer allows ink ribbon replacement without interference of a hook positioned in the opened state particularly in an ink ribbon replacement operation.A thermal printer includes a head lock lever 40 which includes a hook 41 at the tip of the lever. The hook is mounted such that it can be moved in the longitudinal direction relative to a turn shaft 26 during turning of the turn shaft 26, allowing the distance between the turn shaft 26 and the hook 41 to be changed. A movement control moves the head lock lever 40 such that the distance between the turn shaft 26 and the hook 41 in the opened state in which the thermal head 12 is separated from the platen roller 11 is smaller than that in the pressed state in which the thermal head 12 is pressed into contact with the platen roller 11. |
| US08284218B2 |
Display device controlling luminance
A display device in which the image quality is improved by control of the peak luminance. A plurality of instantaneous luminances are expressed by performing signal writing to each pixel plural times within one frame period. The gray level is expressed by controlling time integration levels of the plurality of instantaneous luminances. Moreover, the time integration level is increased as the level of gray level data of the pixel is higher, and the time integration level is increased as the average value of gray level data of an image to be displayed is smaller. |
| US08284212B2 |
Systems and methods for combining images into a file using multiple color palettes
Image data systems and methods combine a plurality of images into a single multiple-palette image data file, or generate a selected image from the multiple-palette image data file. An exemplary embodiment receives first pixel information for a first pixel of a first image, the first pixel having a first color; receives second pixel information for a like-located second pixel of a second image, the second pixel having a second color; and specifies a color palette location value that identifies a first color palette array element in a first color palette of the first image and identifies a second like-located color palette array element in a second color palette of the second image. First color information stored in the first color palette array element defines the first pixel color. Second color information stored in the second image data color palette array element defines the second pixel color. |
| US08284211B2 |
Displaying user interface elements having transparent effects
Embodiments are configured to provide information for display. Various embodiments include processing functionality that can be used to efficiently process pixel data associated with video, graphical, and other information. The functionality can be used in conjunction with different hardware and/or software architectures and configurations. In an embodiment, a computing device includes functionality to use a distinct window having alpha and occlusion features that can be used when processing pixel data associated with user interface (UI) elements and video, but is not so limited. The computing device can use the distinct window to display user interface elements having different levels or amounts of transparency as part of video capture and playback operations. |
| US08284209B2 |
System and method for optimizing display bandwidth
Aspects of a system and method for optimizing memory bandwidth in a video system may comprise examining different combinations of input and output video formats and video processes that occur between the input and output of the video system. For each combination, a desirable memory bandwidth may be determined, where the desirable memory bandwidth may ensure a maximum system data rate is not exceeded. After determining the desirable values for all combinations of input and output video formats, an optimal value may be selected, where the optimal value may ensure that for any of the combinations the maximum system data rate is not exceeded. |
| US08284207B2 |
Method of generating digital images of objects in 3D scenes while eliminating object overdrawing within the multiple graphics processing pipeline (GPPLS) of a parallel graphics processing system generating partial color-based complementary-type images along the viewing direction using black pixel rendering and subsequent recompositing operations
A multi-pass method of generating an image frame of a 3D scene while eliminating the overdrawing of objects within the multiple graphics processing pipelines (GPPLs) supported on a parallel graphics processing system The GPPLs include a primary GPPL, and each GPPL, includes a color frame buffer and Z depth buffer. The GPPLs support an object-division based parallel graphics rendering process, in which the 3D scene is decomposed into objects that are assigned to particular GPPLs for processing. The multi-pass method involves, during a first pass, locally a Global Depth Map (GDM) which is provided to the Z depth buffer of each GPPL. This step involves the transmission of graphics commands and data for all objects in the image frame, to all GPPLs to be rendered. Then, during subsequent passes, a complementary-type partial image consisting of visible pixels only is generated within the color buffer of each GPPL using the GDM and a Z test filter supported by the Z depth buffer. After subsequent passes are performed, a complete color image is recomposited within the primary GPPL, using the complementary-type partial images stored in the color buffers of the GPPLs, without comparing or recompositing depth values in the Z depth buffers. |
| US08284204B2 |
Apparatus, method and a computer program product for providing a unified graphics pipeline for stereoscopic rendering
A device for rendering to multiple viewpoints of a stereoscopic display is provided. The device includes vertex shaders which receive vertices corresponding to primitives and process viewpoint dependent information. The device also includes a primitive replication unit which replicates primitives according to a number of viewpoints supported by the stereoscopic display. The primitive replication unit adds unique view tags to each of the primitives which identify the viewpoint that the respective primitive is destined for. Each replicated primitive is processed by a rasterizer and converted into pixels. The rasterizer adds a view tag to the rasterized pixels so that the pixels identify a respective primitive and identify a respective pixel buffer that the pixel is destined for. The pixels can then be processed by a pixel processing unit and written to a pixel buffer corresponding to a respective viewpoint. The pixels are subsequently output to the stereoscopic display. |
| US08284199B2 |
Graph plotting device and graph plotting method, yield analyzing method and yield improvement support system for executing the graph plotting method, program, and computer-readable recording medium
In the present invention, a matrix display area for displaying m×n elements arranged in matrix form and a graph display area for displaying a graph image are set on an identical display screen. The m×n statistics between m variates belonging to a first data group and n variates belonging to a second data group are computed and displayed as matrix elements arranged in n rows and m columns in the matrix display area. A graph image representing a relation between two variates, one of which belongs to the first data group and the other of which belongs to the second data group, and corresponding to one matrix element specified by the matrix element specification section, is formed and displayed in the graph display area on the display screen. |
| US08284196B2 |
Method and system for reconstructing a model of an object
The invention relates to a method, system and computer program product for reconstructing a model of an object of projection data advantageously gathered by X-ray imaging. It is characteristic for the invention, that after a point of at least one object of interest from at least two projection images is marked as a seed point, where said point locates inside the object of interest in the corresponding projection image, the model of the object of projection data is reconstructed by adding plurality of elementary object elements around the marked seed point in each direction until a criteria, such as likelihood criteria, is fulfilled in said direction, where priori information relating to the object of interest is connected with said elementary object element. |
| US08284195B2 |
Cooperative utilization of spatial indices between application and rendering hardware
According to embodiments of the invention, a data structure may be created which may be used by both a ray tracing unit and by a rendering engine. The data structure may have an initial or upper portion representing bounding volumes which partition a three-dimensional scene and a second or lower portion representing objects within the three-dimensional scene. The integrated acceleration data structure may be used by a rendering engine to render a two-dimensional image from a three-dimensional scene, and by a ray tracing unit to perform intersection tests. |
| US08284194B2 |
Method and system for three-dimensional model acquisition
A system and method for acquiring geometric information from images includes a modulated light source configured to provide light energy at a rate unperceivable by the human eye. A camera is configured to acquire images at a rate at which a differential pair of images is obtained such that one of the pair of images includes light from the light source and the other image of the pair does not include light from the light source. A comparison module is configured to compare the differential pair of images to create a depth map for three-dimension model creation. |
| US08284190B2 |
Registration of street-level imagery to 3D building models
Point of origin information for image data may be inaccurately registered against a geographic location absolute. A process for aligning image and highly accurate model data adjusts a point of origin of the image data by matching elements in the image with corresponding elements of the model. In a street-level image, building skylines can be extracted and corresponding skylines from the building model can be placed over the image-based skyline. By adjusting the point of origin of the image, the respective skylines can be aligned. Building edge and facade depth information can similarly be matched by adjusting the image point of origin of the image. The adjusted point of origin of the image can be used to then automatically place images on the models for a long run of images. |
| US08284185B1 |
Power consumption detection apparatus, power consumption control apparatus image processing apparatus, self-luminous display apparatus, electronic device, power consumption detection method, power consumption control method, and computer program
Disclosed herein is a power consumption detection apparatus including: a line current calculation section configured to calculate, based on an image signal, a value of a line current consumed by each of horizontal lines; and a power consumption calculation section configured to calculate, on a horizontal line cycle, power consumed by an entire display panel based on the most recent values of the line currents, the values corresponding in number to a vertical resolution. |
| US08284178B2 |
Display panel module and electronic apparatus
A self-light-emission-type display panel module employs: a pixel array section including pixel areas laid out to form a two dimensional matrix in a display area to serve as pixel areas each having a signal holding capacitor, a device driving transistor, and a signal sampling transistor; a first driving section; a second driving section; and a third driving section. |
| US08284175B2 |
Light pointing device employed in input apparatus, driving method and input apparatus using the same
A light pointing device employed in an input apparatus comprises a signal receiving interface and a light emitting component. The signal receiving interface is used to receive a system signal from the input apparatus. The light emitting component can generate a flashing light source whose intermittence cycle is synchronized with the reference clock cycle of the system signal. Furthermore, the ratio of the intermittence cycle of the flashing light source to the reference clock cycle of the system signal is a natural number. |
| US08284171B2 |
Liquid crystal display device with input function
In a liquid crystal display device having a built-in capacitive coupling touch sensor, a pair of facing transparent substrates sandwich a liquid crystal layer 113 and a liquid crystal display circuit for driving liquid crystal using a lateral electrical field having a color filter layer 107 is formed on one of the transparent substrates 101 in order to make the touch sensor highly sensitive to change in the capacitance, and a capacitive coupling touch sensor circuit layer 117 is formed on the other substrate 116, on the side opposite to the liquid crystal. |
| US08284170B2 |
Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for moving on-screen objects without using a cursor
An electronic device with a touch screen display: detects a single finger contact on the touch screen display; creates a touch area that corresponds to the single finger contact; determines a representative point within the touch area; determines if the touch area overlaps an object displayed on the touch screen display, which includes determining if one or more portions of the touch area other than the representative point overlap the object; connects the object with the touch area if the touch area overlaps the object, where connecting maintains the overlap of the object and the touch area; after connecting the object with the touch area, detects movement of the single finger contact; determines movement of the touch area that corresponds to movement of the single finger contact; and moves the object connected with the touch area in accordance with the determined movement of the touch area. |
| US08284167B2 |
Electronic device capable of showing page flip effect and method thereof
A method for showing page flip effect when use electronic device enjoy electronic document, the method provides a flip-page operation table, the flip-page operation table defines relationships between flip effect parameters and lengths of a first touch path or a second touch path. The method comprising: receiving touch signals, determining the touch path and lengths of the touch path according the touch signals; determining which page will be brought into view (hereinafter target page) according to the touch path; obtaining a flip effect parameter when the touch path increase to lengths defined in flip effect table; combining a combined page according to the current page, the next page and the flip effect parameter. Present invention also providing an electronic device capable of executing said steps. |
| US08284165B2 |
Information display apparatus with proximity detection performance and information display method using the same
An information display apparatus with proximity detection performance contains a display device that displays image information, a sensor constituted of plural detection electrodes, and an adjusting device of detection resolution that adjusts the detection resolution to be detected based on a distance between the sensor and an object that is contacted to any one of the detection electrodes. |
| US08284163B2 |
Handheld electronic device
A handheld electronic device includes an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a processor apparatus. The input apparatus includes a reduced keyboard and roller ball input. The roller ball input includes a movable portion that is substantially continuously rotatable with respect to a housing of the device and is rotatable about more than one axis providing input. The processor apparatus includes a disambiguation routine that can output various proposed interpretations of inputs from the reduced keyboard. The roller ball input advantageously provides various inputs to the handheld electronic device without requiring significant user attention, which enables a user to direct greater amount of attention to the output from the disambiguation routine and other aspects of the device. The roller ball input can be configured to additionally be translatable to provide an input, and additionally and/or alternatively the roller ball input can provide a tactile or other feedback to a user. |
| US08284155B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: a first insulating substrate; a main pixel which is formed on the first insulating substrate and comprises a plurality of sub-pixels and a single sensing electrode; a second insulating substrate which faces the first insulating substrate; a sensing spacer formed on the second insulating substrate which faces the sensing electrode; and a contact electrode formed on the sensing spacer. |
| US08284152B1 |
Backlight dimming and LCD amplitude boost
Embodiments of the present invention generally provide m Methods and apparatus for reducing power consumption of backlit displays are described. Power consumption is reduced by dimming backlighting by a first scale factor and boosting pixel values by a second scale factor to compensate for the dimming. The scale factors may be constant values. Alternately, one or both of the scale factors may be determined based on pixel values for one or more frames to be displayed and/or one or more frames that have been displayed. For example, scale factors may be calculated based on an average linear amplitude of one or more frames of pixel values or from a maximum pixel value of one or more frames of pixel values. A graphical processing system is described including an integrated circuit capable of transforming a pixel value from a gamma-compensated space to a linear space. |
| US08284150B2 |
Shift register and organic light emitting display device using the same
A shift register is disclosed. In one aspect, the shift register has a plurality of stages dependently coupled to an input line of a start pulse and is driven by first, second and third clock signals respectively input to first, second and third input lines. The shift register includes first and second voltage stabilizer circuits to prevent leakage currents. |
| US08284148B2 |
Clockless transmission system and clockless transmission method
A clockless transmission system includes display controller 101 and display driver 106. Display controller 101 includes data transmission circuit 102 configured to output general data obtained by multiplexing a clock by coding serialized pixel data for each pixel data during a data communication interval and also to output a predetermined control signal during a blanking interval. Display driver 106 includes clock and data recovery circuit 107 configured to output the pixel data from the general data transferred from the display controller and to increase a loop gain of a feedback loop in clock recovery such that the loop gain is larger than that when the general data is received, according to control data of the control signal, to recover and output a clock, and display driving circuit 109 configured to output a signal for driving a display based on the pixel data and the recovered clock. |
| US08284144B2 |
Method for driving a liquid crystal display device
A method for driving a liquid crystal display device that decreases a sticking of the display image. The liquid crystal display device includes a pixel electrode and a counter electrode. A polarity of the signal supplied to the pixel electrode is periodically inverted at the first period and the second period. The length of the first period is different from that of the second period. |
| US08284140B2 |
Display apparatus, and method and apparatus for driving the same
A display apparatus includes a display panel, a gate driver, a gray scale compensator, and a date driver. The gate driver sequentially applies gate data to the gate lines. The gray scale compensator compares the primitive gray scale data of the n-th frame with the primitive gray scale data of the (n−1)-th frame to output a compensated gray scale data of a n-th frame, when a primitive gray scale data of a (n−1)-th frame is lower than a gray scale data of a first gray scale and a primitive gray scale data of the n-th frame is higher than a gray scale data of a second gray scale. The date driver converts the compensated gray scale data into a date voltage corresponding to the compensated gray scale data and applies the data voltage to the date line. Therefore, response time of the liquid crystal molecules may be reduced. |
| US08284138B2 |
Light-emitting device and electric appliance
An inexpensive light emitting device capable of displaying a bright image and an electric appliance using the light emitting device. In the light emitting device having a pixel portion and a driver circuit formed on one insulating member, all of semiconductor elements for the pixel portion and the driver circuit are formed by n-channel semiconductor elements, thereby enabling the manufacturing process to be simplified. Each of light-emitting elements provided in the pixel portion emits light in such a direction that most of the light travels away from the insulating member, so that substantially the whole of the pixel-forming segment electrode (corresponding to a cathode of an EL element) is formed as an effective light-emitting area. Therefore, a low-priced light-emitting device capable of displaying a bright image can be obtained. |
| US08284137B2 |
Apparatus and method of driving backlight of liquid crystal display
An apparatus for driving a backlight includes: a pulse width modulation signal phase shifting unit that shifts phases of at least one of red, green, and blue pulse width signal modulation signals so as to output at least one of phase-shifted red, green, and blue pulse width signal modulation signals; red, green, and blue light emitting diode arrays, each of which includes a plurality of light emitting diodes; and at least one light emitting diode driving unit driving one of the red, green, and blue light emitting diode arrays by using one of the phase-shifted red, green, and blue pulse width signal modulation signals. |
| US08284130B2 |
Display device
The inventors found out that in the case of performing a low gray scale display in which a very small amount of current is supplied to a light emitting element, variations in threshold voltages of driving transistors become notable since the gate-source voltage is low. In view of this, the invention provides a display device in which variations in the threshold voltages of the driving transistors are reduced even in the low gray scale display, and a driving method thereof. According to the invention, a gate-source voltage of the driving transistor is set higher in the low gray scale display than that in the high gray scale display. As one mode to achieve this, different power source lines are provided for the low gray scale display and the high gray scale display and their potentials are set to be different. |
| US08284129B2 |
Light emitting pixel and apparatus for driving the same
A light emitting pixel includes a first organic light emitting diode (OLED) and a capacitor supplying to the first OLED current generated by an electric charge corresponding to a difference between a first voltage supplied to a first electrode of the capacitor and a second voltage supplied to a second electrode of the capacitor. The light emitting pixel further include a second OLED to supply the first voltage to the first electrode. The light emitting pixel further includes a voltage supply device to supply the first voltage to the first electrode in response to the second voltage. |
| US08284127B2 |
Display device and method of driving the same
A display is conducted by using a time gray-scale system, in which one frame period is divided into a plurality of sub-frame periods, and a voltage applied to an EL element of a pixel is varied on a sub-frame period basis. Because of this, a display device is provided in which the fluctuations in brightness caused by an environment temperature of an EL element are suppressed with a gray-scale display method that is unlikely to be influenced by variations in characteristics of TFTs in a pixel portion and that is unlikely to be influenced by variations in a display period. |
| US08284126B2 |
Organic light emitting display and driving method thereof
An organic light emitting display capable of displaying an image with uniform luminance regardless of deterioration of an organic light emitting diode and threshold voltage and/or mobility of a drive transistor is disclosed. The organic light emitting display senses deterioration of the organic light emitting diode and threshold voltage and/or mobility of a drive transistor and modifies the data supplied to the pixel according to the sensed parameters. |
| US08284125B2 |
Active matrix organic electro-luminescence display panel and fabrication method thereof
An active matrix organic electro-luminescence display panel is provided. The display panel includes a substrate, an organic electro-luminescence device array, a driving circuit array and an insulating layer. A plurality of anodes of the organic electro-luminescence device array is disposed on the substrate. The circuit array is disposed on the organic electro-luminescence device array. The insulating layer is disposed on the substrate and located between the organic electro-luminescence device array and the driving circuit array. The insulating layer exposes a part of each the organic electro-luminescence device. Each driving circuit includes a scan line, a data line and a control unit. The control unit is electrically coupled to the scan line, the data line and a lower voltage source, while the corresponding organic electro-luminescence device is electrically coupled between the control unit and a higher voltage source. |
| US08284124B2 |
Organic electroluminescent display device and driving method of the same
An organic electroluminescent display device includes an organic light-emitting diode, a first transistor outputting a data voltage by an nth scan signal (n is a natural number), a second transistor providing a current to the organic light-emitting by the data voltage, a capacitor storing the data voltage, and a third transistor supplying the second transistor and the capacitor with a pre-charge voltage by an (n−1)th scan signal, the pre-charge voltage having an opposite polarity to the data voltage. |
| US08284117B2 |
Antenna device and method of manufacturing the same
A signal transmitting/receiving antenna device for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) which executes contactless data communication, and a method of manufacturing the same. The antenna device includes an antenna module including a dielectric film substrate, an antenna pattern which is a conductive pattern printed on the top and bottom sides of the dielectric film substrate, the top and bottom antenna pattern parts being connected to each other through one or more via holes extending through the dielectric film substrate, and top and bottom passivation layers formed on the dielectric film substrate to cover the top and bottom antenna pattern parts; and a radio wave absorbent printed on one of the top and bottom passivation layers of the antenna module. |
| US08284115B2 |
Coupling and counterpoise apparatus for radio communication device
The present invention provides an apparatus for coupling a radio communication device to a host system. The apparatus comprises a housing including a counterpoise operatively coupled to the radio communication device. The apparatus also comprises a signal pathway operatively coupling the radio communication device to the host system. The apparatus thereby provides a counterpoise for the radio communication device which is external to both the host system and the radio communication device. |
| US08284108B2 |
Method of measuring radiation characteristic of antenna
Disclosed is a method of measuring the radiation characteristic of an antenna, where sufficient power is secured within a short period of time and supplied in a stable manner so as to always keep the intensity of measurement signals high irrespective of the measurement frequency. With the antenna radiation measurement method, upon receipt of measurement frequency signals, location information and measured values are processed to transmit measurement signals, and a charging high frequency of several hundred megahertz (MHz) to several hundred gigahertz (GHz) is scanned toward a tester body such that inductive power is generated to allow the self-charging. The measurement frequency signals are transmitted toward the tester body through a source antenna, and the measured signals transmitted from the measurement antennas of the respective measurement modules are received and data-processed at a measurement controller. |
| US08284105B2 |
Multi-band microstrip meander-line antenna
A multi-band microstrip meander-line antenna includes a substrate, two meander-shaped conductors, and two feed lines. The first meander-shaped conductor is disposed on the substrate in a first reciprocating bend manner for providing a resonant frequency band corresponding to a first operating frequency. The second meander-shaped conductor is disposed on the substrate in a second reciprocating bend manner for providing a resonant frequency band corresponding to a second operating frequency. The first feed line includes the first end electrically connected to a first feed point of the antenna and the second end electrically connected to the end of the first meander-shaped conductor. The second feed line includes the first end electrically connected to the second feed point of the antenna and the second end electrically connected to the end of the second meander-shaped conductor. |
| US08284104B2 |
Multiple-resonator antenna
A Radio-Frequency IDentification (RFID) receiver is disclosed that comprises a plurality of resonant structures arranged to form an antenna. The resonant structures are interconnected in series and are arranged, relative to one another, so as to achieve a received electrical signal with an increased voltage, when the antenna is exposed to an incident electromagnetic signal. This occurs for a majority of all possible incident electromagnetic signals and, therefore, an RFID receiver based on such an antenna provides, in a majority of cases, an improved performance. |
| US08284100B2 |
Providing indoor location, position, or tracking of a mobile computer using sensors
Providing indoor location, position, or tracking of a mobile computer is disclosed. Outdoor location, indoor location, and determined motion information is used to track the mobile computer indoors. |
| US08284095B2 |
Radar detection device used in wireless communication device
A radar detection device of an example of the present invention includes a section which increments a value of a counter when a first difference value between a receiving power value in detecting an edge of a received signal of wireless communication and a receiving power value after a first time elapses since the edge detection is more than a first threshold, and a section which determines whether a second difference value between the value of the counter and a value of the counter before a third time is not lower than a second threshold in each of passage of a second time, and determines that radar is detected when the second difference value is not lower than the second threshold. |
| US08284094B2 |
Wireless control system
To easily ensure that appropriate recognition information is used. A remote control system (1) includes a DVR (13) and a remote control (11) that controls the DVR (13) via a wireless communication path. The remote control (11) which is one apparatus out of the DVR (13) and the remote control (11) obtains, by a wireless reception unit (114), recognition information used by the apparatus to uniquely recognize the other apparatus, via another communication path (a communication path through a TV (12)) different from the wireless communication path connecting the apparatus and the other apparatus. When a connected apparatus recognized via the wireless communication path is identified by the obtained recognition information, the remote control (11) sets, by a control circuit (115), the connected apparatus as the DVR (13) which is the other apparatus to enable communication with the connected apparatus. |
| US08284091B2 |
Flash analog-to-digital converter
An analog-to-digital converter comprises a signal input (6) for receiving an analog input signal and a set of comparators (4). Each comparator (4) has a first input (21) connected to the signal input (6) and a second input (22) connected to a reference voltage (16). Each comparator generates an output based on the comparison of the signals at the first input (21) and second input (22). The reference voltage is the same for all comparators. The set of comparators (4) has a non-identical response to the reference voltage (16) and the input signal and is due to an internally arising offset. An adder (25) determines a sum of the outputs of the set of comparators and conversion logic (27) generates an output digital signal dependent on the determined sum. Multiple sets of comparators can be provided, each set having a different respective reference voltage. |
| US08284087B2 |
System and method for detecting accessory connection and accessory class
A method comprises disabling a video digital-to-analog converter (DAC) that is configured to provide an output current representative of a video signal to an output node of an accessory connector in an enabled state. The accessory connector is coupleable to an accessory device. The method further comprises determining, while the video DAC is disabled, whether the accessory connector is coupled to the accessory device based on a voltage at the output node while the output node is connected to the first voltage reference via a resistor having a resistance. |
| US08284076B1 |
Systems and methods for a notification system that enable user changes to quantity of goods and/or services for delivery and/or pickup
Systems and methods are disclosed for automated notification systems. A representative method, among others, can be summarized by the following steps: monitoring travel data in connection with a mobile thing (MT) that is destined to pickup or deliver an item or service at a stop location; causing initiation of a notification communication session with a personal communications device (PCD) based upon the travel data; and during the notification communication session, enabling a party associated with the PCD to change one or more tasks associated with the pickup or delivery. A representative system, among others, comprises a computer or other automated system that is programmed or designed to perform the foregoing steps. |
| US08284075B2 |
Apparatus and methods for self-powered communication and sensor network
A measurement and communication system for use with a tubular string, comprises a tubular string having a plurality of self-powered, autonomous telemetry stations disposed at predetermined locations along the tubular string. Each autonomous telemetry station is adapted to receive at least one first signal and transmit at least one second signal related to the at least one first signal. Power is extracted from potential energy sources proximate each autonomous telemetry station. A method of communicating information along a tubular string comprises, disposing an autonomous telemetry station at predetermined locations along the tubular string. A preferred transmission path is autonomously determined at each of the autonomous telemetry stations. Information is transmitted along the tubular string according to the autonomously determined preferred path. |
| US08284070B2 |
Assessment device
An assessment device is provided which allows for measurement of a position of interest, e.g., a body part, while a subject is in a functional position, such as may be required for the demands of an activity of interest without also requiring a lengthy setup time, tethered connection to other equipment external to the subject or tedious manual measurements. Moreover, an indicator such as an alarm or other output may be provided for receiving immediate, real time feedback, such as when a functional activity falls outside a tolerance or threshold. |
| US08284068B2 |
Activity monitor to alleviate controlled substance abuse
An activity monitor which can be pre-programmed at the factory, the doctors office or the pharmacist, or that can be programmed by the user. The activity monitor is affixed to a medicine bottle or container and activity associated with the bottle or container, such as movement, opening, volume changes, etc. are monitored in view to the schedule. The activity monitor records and allows for the analysis of the recorded data to determine is there is a likelihood of substance abuse. |
| US08284062B2 |
Theft deterrent device
A theft deterrent device includes a carrier having a pivotally mounted pin and an alarm tag for receiving the pin to secure the carrier and alarm tag together when secured on an item of merchandise by an adhesive pad on the carrier. Spaced electrical contacts within the alarm tag receive the pin therebetween to provide an electrical path between the contacts to close a first electrical circuit which turns the device on. A flexibly mounted projection on the carrier depresses a plunger switch to arm the device when the carrier is attached to an item of merchandise. The security device is configured to sound an onboard alarm in response to prying of the carrier from the alarm tag or cutting of the pin of the carrier, or if an EAS tag receives a wireless signal from a security gate. Security gate alarms also sound if the tag moves through the gate or within a predetermined distance thereof. The carrier can remain on the purchased merchandise for subsequent disposal after removal of the alarm tag from the carrier by the use of a magnetic key to unlock a spring biased ball detent locking mechanism which engages the pin to lock the carrier to the alarm tag. |
| US08284060B2 |
System for managing mail carriers in a sorting facility using persistent asset routing terminals
A system for managing a plurality of carriers in a mail sorting facility includes a server configured to create, implement and/or execute a sort plan, a plurality of terminals disposed on the plurality of carriers and each configured to send a wireless beacon signal and at least one gateway in communication with the server and configured to receive the wireless beacon signals from the terminals. The terminals preferably each include an alert mechanism. Preferably, the server is further configured to determine the location of a terminal based on the beacon signal transmitted by the terminals to the servers via the at least one gateway and configured to compare the location of each terminal to the location required by the sort plan and to activate the alert mechanism in any terminal determined to be in an incorrect location. |
| US08284053B2 |
Fuel dispenser
A fuel dispenser comprises fuel dispensing apparatus mounted within a housing and a nozzle for dispensing fuel. The fuel dispensing apparatus includes control electronics and at least one touch display mounted in the housing and operatively coupled to the control electronics. The touch display is configured to allow a user to make selections for conducting a transaction. A camera or other suitable proximity detector is configured to detect the presence of a user and whether the user exceeds a height threshold without the user physically touching the fuel dispenser. In response to detecting the presence of the user, the fuel dispenser control electronics activates the display so that instructions are presented to the user in a first orientation or a second orientation depending on whether the user's height exceeds the threshold. |
| US08284046B2 |
Health-related signaling via wearable items
Systems and methods are described for configuring and using displays, speakers, or other output devices positioned by an article of clothing or other such structure wearable by a healthcare recipient, for example, in a clinic or residential care facility. |
| US08284045B2 |
Container tracking system
Shipping containers are networked for transferring data between the shipping containers. The shipping containers include sensors for detecting conditions associated with the shipping containers. The conditions sensed by any shipping container whether transported by rail or ship is transmitted from an ad hoc network, via a gateway configured for satellite or cellular communications for example, to a container-tracking application server or equivalent computer system. The computer system is remotely located to the shipping container for central compilation, analysis, and/or display of data regarding the shipping containers. |
| US08284039B2 |
Vehicle monitoring system with power consumption management
A system, method and device for monitoring a vehicle is provided wherein a vehicle monitoring device regulates its power consumption of a host power source based upon determined states of operation of the vehicle. The power consumption management scheme of the monitoring device utilizes the following modes of operation to regulate power consumption: a work mode, a transport mode, and sleep mode, and a deep sleep mode. The mode of operation of the monitoring device depends on the determined state of vehicle operation. The monitoring device utilizes the various states of operation to power down certain portions of the monitoring device in order to reduce the electric power consumed by the monitoring device. A communication network is adapted to communicate the vehicle data to an end user via an access device. The communication network is also adapted to communicate end-user data via an access device to the monitoring system. The power consumption management scheme of the monitoring device may be remotely configurable by the end user in order to customize the monitoring device's utilization of the stored energy resident within the host power source. |
| US08284038B2 |
System and method for indicating a vehicle driving mode
A display system for a vehicle is provided. The display system includes an information display that changes color based upon an operating state of a vehicle. The information display includes display lighting that illuminates at least a portion of the display in a color associated with the vehicle's current operating state to indicate the operating state to a driver. |
| US08284035B2 |
Systems and methods for conveying information using a control signal referenced to alternating current (AC) power
Systems and methods convey information from a controller to at least one slave unit using a single wire referenced to an alternating current (AC) power supply. A control signal has a high voltage and a low voltage. The high voltage is greater than a voltage midpoint of the AC power supply and the low voltage is less than the voltage midpoint. The control signal is conveyed through the single wire to each of the at least one slave unit. At each slave unit, a comparison voltage, representative of the voltage midpoint, is generated by dividing substantially midway the potentials between the power lines of the AC power supply and the control signal is compared to the comparison voltage to determine low and high states of the control signal; the low and high states represent the information. |
| US08284033B2 |
Object tracking
A method of tracking an object (1) tagged with a radio frequency identification tag (2) having an identification code using a network of readers (3) is described. A reader (3) interrogates the tag (2) by transmitting its identification code. In response to receiving its identification code, the tag identifies itself to the reader. Otherwise, it does not identify itself. The method comprises identifying an expected location of the object and directing one or more selected readers according to the expected location to interrogate the tag using its identification code. |
| US08284024B2 |
System and method of issuing patient identification devices
A system and method of issuing patient identification devices to patients in a self service fashion at a provider facility. The system includes a processor for obtaining first patient identification information from a patient, for retrieving second patient identification information from patient records, for positively identifying the patient by comparing the first identification information to the second identification information, for initiating a patient identification device with a code unique to the patient, for issuing the identification device to the patient, and for storing an indication that the identification device has been initiated and issued. |
| US08284023B2 |
Internal locking apparatus and methods for making and using same
An internal locking system is disclosed, which utilizes electromechanical locking devices to lock and unlock lockable openings. |
| US08284017B2 |
Structure having substantially parallel resistor material lengths
A design structure including a pair of substantially parallel resistor material lengths separated by a first dielectric are disclosed. The resistor material lengths have a sub-lithographic dimension and may be spacer shaped. |
| US08284012B2 |
Ultra-stable refractory high-power thin film resistors for space applications
A method of fabricating a thin film resistor including providing a substrate, using a low-temperature pulsed-laser deposition process to deposit a titanium carbide (TiC) layer on the substrate, removing portions of the TiC layer with an etching process to leave a TiC pattern on the substrate, and depositing conductive material on opposite ends of the TiC pattern to provide a thin film resistor. |
| US08284011B2 |
Cap for a temperature-dependent switch
A cap (27) for a temperature-dependent switch (10) having a first connection area (22) and at least one second connection area (23) on the outer surface of its housing (11, 12) for the purpose of electrically connecting leads (25, 26) is designed as a cup-like surrounding housing that can be pushed onto the switch (10), preferably with an accurate fit, such that the connection areas (22, 23) for electrical connection are accessible from the outside after said surrounding housing has been pushed on, whereby a first opening (28) for the first connection area (22) and a second opening (29) for the second connection area (23) are provided in said cap (27). |
| US08284010B2 |
Inductor and DC-DC converter
An inductor includes a coil electrode section in which a first spiral electrode and a second spiral electrode are wound in substantially the same direction, lie in substantially the same plane, and are connected to each other by a connection electrode. The coil electrode section is sandwiched by the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer from both directions substantially perpendicular to the plane. A first protrusion electrode and a second protrusion electrode at ends of the first spiral electrode and the second spiral electrode that are opposite to the connection electrode extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane, have a length at which each of the protrusion electrodes protrudes from the first magnetic layer, and define opposite end electrodes of the inductor. Arranging this low-profile inductor on a mounting circuit board achieves a low-profile DC-DC converter including a two-layer structure. |
| US08284009B2 |
Transformer
The present invention provides a transformer including a first bobbin around which a primary coil is wound, a second bobbin which is disposed adjacent to the first bobbin and around which a secondary coil is wound, a core disposed across the first and second bobbins and forming a closed magnetic path. The core is divided into a first core positioned on the side where the first bobbin is present and a second core positioned on the side where the second bobbin is present, and an insulating member is interposed in a magnetically coupled portion between the first core and the second core, the insulating member including outer circumference sheaths that cover at least one of the first and second cores and a barrier interposed between the opposing surfaces of the first and second cores. |
| US08284003B2 |
Operating element having improved tilting haptics
A control element for a motor vehicle including a control button, a bearing location for the control button located in a housing of the control element, an extension firmly connected with the control button, a first permanent magnet attached to the extension, and a second permanent magnet attached in the housing, where the permanent magnets form a permanent magnet pair, and unlike poles of the magnets face each other at a distance in a mid-position of the control button, wherein a magnetically conductive material is attached at least in some areas and circumferentially to the permanent magnet pair. |
| US08284001B2 |
Differential filtering device with coplanar coupled resonators and filtering antenna furnished with such a device
A differential filtering device with coupled resonators, including: a pair of coupled resonators disposed on one and the same face of a dielectric substrate, each resonator including two conducting strips positioned in a symmetric manner with respect to a plane perpendicular to the face on which the resonator is disposed, these two conducting strips being joined respectively to two conductors of a bi-strip port for connection to a line for transmitting a differential signal, wherein each conducting strip of each resonator is folded back on itself so as to form a capacitive coupling between its two ends, and wherein the two resonators of the pair are coupled by the disposition opposite one another of their respective conducting strips disposed on the same side with respect to the symmetry plane, over respective portions of length of these folded-back conducting strips. |
| US08284000B2 |
Resonator and filter
A resonator includes: a dielectric block; first and second ground electrodes provided on or in the dielectric block, and disposed to oppose each other; a first via conductor provided in the dielectric block orthogonally to the first and second ground electrodes, and having a short-circuit end connected to the first ground electrode and an open end extending toward the second ground electrode; a second via conductor interdigitally-coupled with the first via conductor, and provided in the dielectric block orthogonally to the first and second ground electrodes, and having a short-circuit end connected to the second ground electrode and an open end extending toward the first ground electrode; a first capacitor electrode provided in the dielectric block, and connected to the first via conductor; and a second capacitor electrode provided in the dielectric block, and connected to the second via conductor. |
| US08283998B2 |
Antenna feed device
An antenna feed device (100) having a first waveguide (102) and a second waveguide (104) separated from the first waveguide (102), each of which is assigned to feed one polarization of a dedicated antenna and each of said waveguides exhibit an overall L-shape form where at least one section of the L-shape of each waveguide is in parallel to the other, both having respectively a first (106) and a second (108) antenna end ending in one plane for connection to an ortho-mode transducer associated with the antenna, while the other sections of the two L-shape waveguides extend in opposite directions, having respectively a first (110) and a second (112) radio end, each of which ends with a single waveguide port for connection to a radio equipment and the waveguides arrangement yields an overall compact T-shape interconnection of the antenna and the radios dedicated to the orthogonal polarizations. |
| US08283996B2 |
Duplexer module
A duplexer module prevents a transmission signal and a reception signal in the same band from interfering with each other. The duplexer module includes a transmission line, a reception line, and an antenna common line. In addition, the duplexer module includes a plurality of mounting electrodes arranged along the four sides of an outer edge of a mounting surface of a multilayer substrate. The fourth mounting electrode defining a monitoring port is disposed on a side different from a side on which each of the first mounting electrode defining a transmission port, the second mounting electrode defining a reception port, and the third mounting electrode defining an antenna port is disposed. The fourth mounting electrode defining the monitoring port is a mounting electrode used to output a signal of the monitoring line through which a portion of electrical power is transmitted from the transmission line. |
| US08283995B2 |
Balanced-output triplexer
A balanced-output triplexer includes: a first filter provided between an input terminal and a pair of first balanced output terminals; a second filter provided between the input terminal and a pair of second balanced output terminals; and a third filter provided between the input terminal and a pair of third balanced output terminals. All of the first to third filters are provided within a layered substrate. All of the balanced output terminals are disposed to be adjacent to one of the sides of the top surface of the layered substrate and one of the sides of the bottom surface of the layered substrate. |
| US08283986B2 |
Method and system for reduced clock feed-through in a phase locked loop
Aspects of a method and system for reduced clock feed-through in a phase locked loop are provided. In this regard, a control voltage for controlling a VCO may be generated via a filter comprising at least one switching element clocked via a clock booster circuit and comprising one or more thick oxide transistors to reduce clock feed-through. A first switching element of the filter may be a first transmission gate comprising thick oxide transistors. The first transmission gate may be part of a sample and hold circuit. A DC voltage on an input node of the sample and hold circuit may be periodically reset via a reset switching element, which may comprise thick oxide transistors. The reset switching element may be controlled via a clock booster circuit. The filter may also comprise a buffer having an input stage comprising one or more thick oxide transistors. |
| US08283984B2 |
Method and apparatus of phase locking for reducing clock jitter due to charge leakage
A phase lock loop is disclosed comprising a first phase detector configured to receive a first clock and a second clock and output a first detector output signal; a second phase detector configured to receive the first clock and the second clock and output a second detector output signal; a summing circuit to sum the first detector output signal and the second detector output signal into a control signal; a loop filter to filter the control signal into a refined control signal; and a controllable oscillator to generate the output clock in accordance with a control by the refined control signal. |
| US08283983B2 |
Frequency calibration device and method for programmable oscillator
A frequency calibration method for a programmable oscillator includes the steps of: counting an oversampling number of an oversampling signal and estimating an accumulated bit number of a USB data stream according to the oversampling signal; calculating a difference between the oversampling number and M times of the accumulated bit number when the accumulated bit number is larger than or equal to a predetermined value; and determining a frequency calibration step of the oversampling signal according to the difference. The present invention further provides a frequency calibration device for a programmable oscillator. |
| US08283981B2 |
Operational amplifier having a common mode feedback circuit portion
An operational amplifier that can suppress lowering of the current driving capability while performing a self adjustment of the common mode voltage is disclosed. A common mode voltage adjusting transistor and an auxiliary transistor are connected in parallel with a low-voltage side drive transistor of each of push-pull amplifying circuits that produce first and second amplified difference signals having different polarities in accordance with drive signals obtained by level-shifting a difference signal indicating a difference value of the levels of the first and second input signals by predetermined values. Current drive capabilities during a period of outputting said first and second amplified difference signals and a common mode voltage adjusting period respectively are increased by driving said auxiliary drive transistor by alternately using the drive signal obtained by level-shifting the difference signal and a common mode voltage adjusting signal. |
| US08283979B2 |
Amplifier system for a power converter
An amplifier system for a power converter includes at least a first switching device and a second switching device formed in an integrated circuit in a substrate of a semiconductor. The first and second switching devices may be formed in a half bridge configuration and may be cooperatively switchable to generate an amplified output signal on an output node of the semiconductor. A resistor and a capacitor may be coupled in parallel between a power supply input node and a substrate node included in the semiconductor. The capacitor may be selectively charged to a de-biasing voltage during a switching cycle of the first and second switching devices to reverse bias a parasitic switching device appearing in the integrated circuit. |
| US08283978B2 |
CDMA/OFDM compliant wireless communication from a non-linear finite impulse response filter configured with coefficients that are responsive to an input signal magnitude
A digital pre-distortion system which can provide the flexibility to model the highly non-linear distortion associated with High Efficiency RF Power Amplifiers while through a novel implementation of a least squares estimation process allows an implementation well suited for an FPGA application where limited resources and in particular memory resources are available. |
| US08283976B2 |
Switching device of digital amplifier and method for driving the same
A switching device of a digital amplifier and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. In accordance with the present invention, a linearity is maintain even for a short pulse width since a data signal having a pulse width shorter than a predetermined length. Moreover, when an MLP signal is located at both sides of a compensating signal without overlapping with each other, a problem due to a common mode may be prevented. |
| US08283971B2 |
Internal voltage generation circuit and semiconductor apparatus using the same
An internal voltage generation circuit includes a voltage detection unit configured to generate a voltage detection signal that indicates whether a voltage level of an internal voltage is a first target voltage level or a second target voltage level higher than the first target voltage level, according to control of a normal operation signal. The internal voltage generation circuit also includes an operation control signal generation unit configured to selectively activate an operation control signal in response to the normal operation signal and the voltage detection signal, a periodic pulse signal generation unit configured to generate a periodic pulse signal in response to the operation control signal and the normal operation signal, and a charge pumping unit configured to generate an internal voltage by performing a charge pumping operation according to control of the periodic pulse signal. |
| US08283970B2 |
Negative charge pump with current protection
A charge pump circuit includes a first power transistor selectively actuated by a first control signal to deliver relatively higher amounts of current to a capacitor and a second non-power transistor connected in parallel with the first power transistor and selectively actuated by a second control signal to deliver relatively lower amounts of current to the capacitor. The charge pump circuit includes a pumped voltage output that is sensed to generate a sensed voltage output. A comparison circuit compares the sensed voltage output to a threshold voltage. A logic circuit receives an output of the comparison circuit and enables the first power transistor and disables the second non-power transistor in a first mode of operation if the comparison is not satisfied. The logic circuit further disables the first power transistor and enables the second non-power transistor in a second mode of operation if the comparison is satisfied. The logic circuit returns from the second mode of operation to the first mode of operation after the comparison is subsequently not satisfied. |
| US08283966B2 |
Integrator circuit
An integrator circuit is provided in the present invention, which utilizes a first capacitor and a first switching unit to sample an input signal and carries out distribution of charges between the first capacitor and a second capacitor. The second capacitor is larger than the first capacitor in capacitance. The integrator circuit transmits the charges stored in the second capacitor to a node of the first capacitor which is coupled to a ground previously. Accordingly, a direct current voltage level of the first capacitor may increase, facilitating an increase in a direct current voltage level at the second capacitor. Thereby, the accuracy and linearity of the integrator circuit may improve. |
| US08283960B2 |
Minimal bubble voltage regulator
A digital voltage regulator including a dual rail delay chain having large size, feed forward cross-coupled inverters that interconnect the two rails. Stages of the delay chain include a dual-ended output that provides a data signal and a substantially simultaneous data complement signal to a flip-flop component associated with a sampling circuit. In use, the enhanced resolution delay chain and the reduced metastability window flop-flop increase the precision of the digital voltage regulator. |
| US08283958B2 |
Delay-locked loop and electronic device including the same
A delay locked loop is provided. The delay locked loop controls the number of delay cells that delay the phase of an input clock during a locking operation and controls a phase delay value of at least one delay cell among a plurality of delay cells after the locking operation is completed. |
| US08283957B2 |
Phase-locked loop circuit and radio receiver
The voltage-controlled oscillator generates a first signal and a second signal having a phase reverse to that of the first signal, frequencies thereof being controlled depending on control voltages. The sub-sampling phase comparator generates first/second sampled voltages by sampling voltages of the first/second signals in each cycle of the reference signal having cycles. The current generating circuit has first/second charge pumps configured to generate first/second current signal depending on supply voltages, the second current signal having a polarity reverse to that of the first current signal. The selection controller selectively carries out a first supply mode for supplying the first and second sampled voltages to the second and first charge pumps and a second supply mode for supplying the first and second sampled voltages to the first and second charge pumps respectively. The loop filter generates the control voltages supplied to the voltage-controlled oscillator by smoothing the composite current signal. |
| US08283955B2 |
Double data rate interface
The present invention relates to a double data rate interface and method for use between a processor and random access memory, comprising a delay line including means for creating a delay in a data strobe signal from the random access memory, the delay line being arranged such that the delay in the data strobe signal is equal to the sum of set-up time and data bus rise time. The interface of includes the delay line comprising the delay locked loop which in turn comprises a ring oscillator. The ring oscillator includes a buffer and a Vernier delay. |
| US08283954B2 |
RSMRST signal output circuit
A resume and reset (RSMRST) signal output circuit, for outputting a low level voltage RSMRST signal, includes a first switch circuit, a delay circuit, and a second switch circuit. The first switch circuit receives a first voltage signal and converts the first voltage signal to a second voltage signal. The delay circuit is charged by the second voltage signal and outputs the second voltage signal it is when fully charged. The second switch circuit receives the second voltage signal and outputs the low level voltage RSMRST signal. The delay circuit is charged during a first state and discharged during a second state. |
| US08283952B2 |
Circuit arrangement
A circuit includes a switching unit, a switching element, and a control unit. The control unit provides at least one supply signal depending on a switching position of the switching element. An advance signal and the supply signal(s) of the control unit are assigned to the switching unit on the input side. The switching unit supplies and controls predetermined components of the switching unit, which are configured to control the switching element in accordance with the advance signal in such a way that the components activate the switching element. The switching unit is also configured to detect the supply signal(s) present once the switching element has been activated and in response thereto to switch to supplying the predetermined components by way of the supply signal(s). |
| US08283945B2 |
Semiconductor device
FPGAs and MPLDs, which are conventional programmable semiconductor devices, have had poor cost performance and did not suitably take long signal lines into account. To solve this, a flip-flop is built into each MLUT block comprised of a plurality of MLUTs, each MLUT comprising a memory and an address-data pair. With respect to the adjacent line between adjacent MLUTs, alternated adjacent line are introduced, while in the case of interconnects between non-adjacent MLUTs, dedicated distant line and, furthermore, a torus interconnect network are provided. |
| US08283944B2 |
Electronic circuit device
In the electronic circuit device with stacked plural components of the same function, this invention enables to select an arbitrary component among plural components by a control element, without setting pre-determined identification information in each component. By installing a sequential logic circuit in each component, and changing a state of the sequential logic circuit by control data transmitted from the component stacked in a preceding stage or the control element, the state of the controlled component is set to a state that accepts a selection made by the control element. |
| US08283943B2 |
Analog processor comprising quantum devices
Analog processors for solving various computational problems are provided. Such analog processors comprise a plurality of quantum devices, arranged in a lattice, together with a plurality of coupling devices. The analog processors further comprise bias control systems each configured to apply a local effective bias on a corresponding quantum device. A set of coupling devices in the plurality of coupling devices is configured to couple nearest-neighbor quantum devices in the lattice. Another set of coupling devices is configured to couple next-nearest neighbor quantum devices. The analog processors further comprise a plurality of coupling control systems each configured to tune the coupling value of a corresponding coupling device in the plurality of coupling devices to a coupling. Such quantum processors further comprise a set of readout devices each configured to measure the information from a corresponding quantum device in the plurality of quantum devices. |
| US08283939B2 |
Test probe
A test probe includes a filtering unit and a contact unit. The filtering unit includes an inductive component, a capacitive component, and an insulation component insulates the inductive component from the capacitive component. The contact unit contacts a test point to get a test signal. The filtering unit filters noise from the test signal. The test probe can be assembled and disassembled easily, and parameters of the filtering unit can be changed by changing structure of each component. |
| US08283938B2 |
Monitoring system and input and output device thereof
A monitoring system includes a controller, a number of input and output devices, a number of sensors, and a number of electronic devices. Each input and output device includes a switching circuit, a first input circuit, a second input circuit, and a connector. The connector is connected to a sensor or an electronic device. The controller controls the switching circuit to receive a detecting signal of the sensor or supply power to the electronic device. The first input circuit and the second input circuit are connected between the switching circuit and the controller. |
| US08283921B2 |
Magnetoresistance sensors for position and orientation determination
A magnetoresistance sensor for use in a position and orientation tracking system includes an insulating substrate, a pattern of a metal material and/or a semiconductor material deposited on a surface of the insulating substrate, and a bias magnet material deposited over the alternating pattern of a metal material and a semiconductor material. The position and orientation tracking system includes at least one magnetoresistance reference sensor attached to a fixed object, at least one magnetoresistance sensor attached to an object being tracked, and a processor coupled to the at least one magnetoresistance reference sensor and the at least one magnetoresistance sensor. |
| US08283919B2 |
Magnetic sensor and electronic device including the same
A magnetic sensor according to the invention includes: a detector detecting the intensity of magnetic field; a comparison portion comparing the result of the detection with a set threshold value and outputting an output signal corresponding to the result of the comparison; and a threshold-value adjuster adjusting the threshold value. Thus, inconveniences due to a reverse magnetic field phenomenon or magnetic-field offset phenomenon can be solved as simple as possible. |
| US08283918B2 |
Apparatus and method for searching eddy current of electric heat tube using measuring magnetic permeability in steam generator
A detection apparatus for an eddy current in a heat generating tube using a permeability measurement method, and a method using the apparatus are provided. In the detection apparatus, a bobbin type probe acquires detection information with respect to a magnetic flux change by a magnetic phase occurring in the heat generating tube using a coil which is wound in an axis direction of at least one yoke located in a perpendicular direction with a bobbin of the bobbin type probe, and a material having a corresponding magnetic phase and a circumferential defect, which is difficult to be detected by the bobbin type probe, are detected based on the detection information. |
| US08283917B2 |
Multi-rotation angle detection device
A rotating axis of a first driven gear provided with a magnet and a rotating axis of a second driven gear provided with a magnet are orthogonalized with respect to a plane which includes a rotating axis of a rotor having a first gear and a second gear each with a different number of teeth concentrically provided for a flanged gear forming section. |
| US08283915B2 |
Sensor magnet device, gear mechanism and speed reducing electric motor
In a speed reducing electric motor, a speed reducing gear unit has a sensor magnet device, which is fixed to a worm wheel and includes an inner ring magnet, an outer ring magnet and connecting portions. The inner ring magnet is placed along a predetermined first imaginary circle. The outer ring magnet is placed along a predetermined second imaginary circle, which is coaxial with the first imaginary circle and has a diameter that is smaller or larger than that of the first imaginary circle. The connecting portions connect between the inner ring magnet and the outer ring magnet. The sensor magnet device is fixed to the worm wheel by a magnet fixing structure. |
| US08283912B2 |
Sensor device with magnetic washing means
A sensor device for detecting magnetic particles in a sensitive region of a sample chamber includes a dump region. Magnetic particles can be moved by magnetic forces from the sensitive region into the dump region which is arranged such that the magnetic particles cannot return to the sensitive region by pure sedimentation. The separation between the sensitive and the dump region can optionally be enforced by a barrier. |
| US08283910B1 |
Long range phasing beacon
A long range wireless electrical phasing system using a centrally located beacon to transmit reference phase angle information to any number of locally handheld (Meter Probes) display modules containing a receiver to receive the distant beacon signal and a contact electrode used to contact a local electrical conductor. The display module processes the distant message and local electrical phase information and displays the exact phase angle difference of the local electrical conductor with respect to a distant reference phase. |
| US08283904B2 |
Circuitry for supplying electrical power to loads
A power supply, comprising a boost converter which provides voltage to a first load, and a flyback converter which provides voltage to a second load and which utilizes an inductive element of the boost converter as a primary winding of a transformer of the flyback converter. Also, a power supply comprising a MOSFET which is disposed between solid state elements and a second reference potential and which controls current flowing through the solid state elements. Also, a circuit comprising a transformer, a first circuit portion comprising the primary winding of the transformer and a second circuit portion comprising the secondary winding of the transformer. Also, a power supply comprising means for using a common transformer for providing a boost converter and a flyback converter. Also, a power supply comprising a transformer, means for providing a boost converter utilizing the transformer, and means for providing a flyback converter utilizing the transformer. |
| US08283900B2 |
Methods and systems for controlling boost converters
A method for controlling a boost converter having a duty cycle includes the steps of receiving an electric current command for the boost converter, measuring a source current for the boost converter, regulating the duty cycle as a function of the electric current command and the source current, subject to a first minimum limit if a rapid change in duty cycle is required above a predetermined threshold and a second minimum limit if the rapid change in duty cycle is not required. |
| US08283898B2 |
Battery charging circuit
A battery charging circuit that stabilizes operation when switching between charge modes includes first and second transistors. The first transistor has a source connected to a first switch circuit. The first switch circuit connects the second transistor to either one of first and second external terminals. A mode switch circuit generates a switch signal for switching from a trickle charge mode to a fast charge mode. The mode switching circuit provides the switching signal to a comparison circuit. After a predetermined time elapses, the mode switching circuit provides the switching signal to the switch circuit. The comparison circuit lowers a current restriction reference voltage, which determines a charging current value, and returns the current restriction reference voltage to its original value after switching modes. |
| US08283895B2 |
Circuit current balancing method and apparatus for battery apparatus
A circuit current balancing apparatus balances circuit currents among units of a battery device. The circuit current balancing apparatus is provided with a plurality of cell stacks respectively composed of at least one cell. The apparatus balances a circuit current of a control circuit connected to each of the plurality of cell stacks for controlling and monitoring a status of the cell stack. The apparatus also includes a comparator for calculating and outputting a voltage difference between an output voltage of the corresponding cell stack and a voltage of the control circuit connected to the corresponding cell stack, and a current source for adding or subtract a dummy current to/from a circuit current of the control circuit in correspondence with the output of the comparator. |
| US08283893B2 |
Protection circuit for battery pack and battery pack including the same
A protection circuit for a battery pack including a rechargeable battery cell having a positive electrode and a negative electrode is disclosed. The protection circuit includes a self-discharge switching device electrically connected to the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the battery cell, and a control unit electrically connected to the battery cell and the self-discharge switching device to turn-on or turn-off the self-discharge switching device according to a temperature of the battery cell. |
| US08283890B2 |
Charging station for battery powered biopsy apparatus
A charging station for a battery powered biopsy apparatus includes a charging dock having a housing and a charging unit contained in the housing. The charging unit has a set of electrical contacts. The housing is received in a first cavity of a driver assembly with the electrical contacts being coupled in electrical communication with the driver assembly when the driver assembly is mounted on the charging dock for charging. The charging unit provides a signal to the driver assembly to reset the driver assembly to an initialized state when the driver assembly is mounted to the charging station. |
| US08283887B2 |
Portable device
A portable device includes a case configuring the body of the portable device and a fuel cell system included in the case and having air inlets formed in the surface of the case, and also has a solar cell disposed on a portion on the surface of the case, in which the air inlets are provided. The solar cell has holes corresponding to the air inlets. |
| US08283886B2 |
Charging device for battery
A charging device for charging primary cells includes a transforming rectifying unit, a voltage current processing unit, a microprocessor, an agitating unit, a detecting unit and a display unit. The transforming rectifying unit transforms an input power source into a direct-current output power source, which is transformed by the voltage current processing unit into a direct-current power source and charging power source. The charging power source is used for charging the battery set. The detecting unit detects an output voltage of the battery set and produces a detecting signal. The microprocessor controls an overall charging operation of the charging device according to the detecting signal, including making the agitating unit produce a sine pulse to chemically activate the battery set to remove the carbon deposition, and making the display unit show the charging status. |
| US08283884B2 |
Numerical controller controlling five-axis machining tool
A five-axis machining tool that machines a workpiece mounted on a table using three linear axes and two rotary axes is controlled by a numerical controller. The numerical controller calculates a translational compensation amount and a rotational compensation amount by obtaining axis-dependent translational compensation amounts and axis-dependent rotational compensation amounts on the basis of commanded axis positions. Then, the numerical controller moves the three linear axes and the two rotary axes of the five-axis machining tool to positions obtained by adding the translational compensation amount and the rotational compensation amount thus calculated to a command linear axis position and a command rotary axis position, respectively. |
| US08283874B2 |
LED lighting system having a reduced-power usage mode
An LED lighting system, with first and second types of LEDs of different efficacies, has a reduced-power usage mode. A control system independently controls first and second control groups of first and second types of LEDs, respectively. The control system has one or more modes including a reduced-power usage mode for decreasing the overall power consumption of the lighting system while maintaining a light level of at least a predetermined percentage of the level present when the first control group of LEDs operates at a power level between less-than-full power and full power and the second control group is off. The predetermined percentage is 50. The control system decreases the overall power consumption of the lighting system in the reduced-power usage mode by turning off or dimming the first control group and turning on the second control group to at least some extent. |
| US08283869B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting circuits including light emitting diodes and semiconductor shunt devices
Semiconductor light emitting circuits include semiconductor light emitting diodes that are serially connected between a pair of input terminals. Four layer semiconductor devices, such as Shockley diodes and/or thyristors are also provided, a respective one of which is connected across a respective one of the semiconductor light emitting diodes. The four layer semiconductor devices can allow a string of light emitting diodes to continue to be lit if one light emitting diode fails. |
| US08283866B2 |
Electrodeless lamps with externally-grounded probes and improved bulb assemblies
An electrode-less plasma lamps comprises generally of a bulb containing a gas-fill that is excited to produce light using radio-frequency (RF) energy. In specific embodiments, the use of grounded coupling-elements with integrated bulb assemblies simplifies manufacturability, improves resonant frequency control, and enables the use of solid, partially filled, and hollow lamp bodies. In some embodiments, a method of operating an electrodeless plasma lamp device includes transferring RF energy from the RF source to an input coupling-element and illuminating electromagnetic energy substantially from the length of a gas-filled vessel from discharge of the gas-filled vessel. |
| US08283865B2 |
Excimer discharge lamp and method of making the same
An excimer discharge lamp includes an electric discharge container having a pair of plates which face each other and connected by a side wall. An electrical discharge space is formed between the plates. A pair of external electrodes are provided on exterior surfaces of the plates. A light emission gas of rare gas, halogen or halide is enclosed in the electrical discharge space. The pair of plates and the side wall are made of sapphire, YAG, or single crystal yttria. Impurities which exist in an inner surface of the electric discharge container surrounding the electrical discharge space contain at least silicon, carbon, or cerium, and the quantity thereof is 0.6 ng/cm2 or less. |
| US08283860B2 |
Organic light emitting display device and method of fabricating the same
A method of fabricating an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is provided. According to the method, a first electrode overlaps a scan line, a common power supply line and/or a data line. A pixel defining layer (PDL) is etched by backside exposure so that an aperture ratio of the OLED may be enhanced. |
| US08283852B2 |
Organic light emitting device
An organic light emitting device includes: a substrate; thin film structures formed on the substrate; a pixel electrode including a metal layer formed on the thin film structures, and a transparent conductor layer formed on the metal layer; a common electrode facing the pixel electrode; and an organic light emitting member disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, wherein the organic light emitting member includes an emission layer and a plurality of auxiliary layers, and the profile thickness of a first layer as at least one layer among the emission layer and the auxiliary layers on the substrate is different from the profile thickness of at least one second layer that is different from the first layer among the emission layer and the auxiliary layers. |
| US08283849B2 |
Segmented electroluminescent device with resistive interconnect layers
A segmented electroluminescent device (100) with resistive interconnect layers (102), each segment (104,104′, 104″) comprising an electroluminescent layer (110) arranged in between a first (106) and a second electrode (108) layer. The segments (104, 104′, 104″) are connected via resistive interconnect layers (102), the resistive interconnect layers having a larger square resistance than the second electrode layer. The resistive interconnect layers (102) add a ballast resistance to the electroluminescent device such that no additional electric ballast is needed. As the electric ballast is divided over multiple layers the problem of a heat management for the electric ballast becomes less important. By adding an isolation layer (122) the surface of the resistive interconnect layers (102) can be increased to almost the whole surface of the electroluminescent device (100). The system of the electrode layer (108), the isolating layer (122) and the resistive layer (102) functions as a capacitor. |
| US08283848B2 |
Phosphor and image displaying device employing the same
The present invention provides a red-emitting phosphor emitting luminescence of excellent color purity with high efficiency under the excitation with near UV light, and it also provides a color image displaying device employing that phosphor. This phosphor comprises an ARS2 matrix (A is at least one of Na, K and Rb, and R is at least one of Y, Gd and Lu) doped with 0.003 to 0.3 mol % of Bi and 0.1 to 3 mol % of Mn, and is suitable as a red-emitting phosphor used in a color image displaying device without a color filter. |
| US08283844B2 |
Lighting device
A lighting device is disclosed herein. In the lighting device, a plurality of the light emitting elements may be provided based on a desired amount of light. The lighting device may include a reflector provided over the light emitting elements and a lens provided over the reflector. The reflector may be configured to reflect light emitted from the light emitting elements to reduce light loss and to improve light distribution efficiency in the lighting device. |
| US08283840B2 |
High-efficiency compact miniaturized energy harvesting and storage device
An energy harvesting and storage system includes an array of piezoelectric electrodes, in which the piezoelectric electrodes generate electrical energy from mechanical displacements of the piezoelectric electrodes; and an array of capacitor electrodes disposed in proximity to the piezoelectric electrodes, in which the array of capacitor electrodes stores a portion of the energy generated by the piezoelectric electrodes. An energy system includes a substrate including an array of micro-post electrodes connected to a cathode layer of the substrate; an isolation material covering the array of micro-post electrodes; and an anode layer including electrodes filling the remaining region between the isolation material-covered micro-post electrodes, in which the anode layer, electrodes, isolation material, micro-post electrodes, and substrate are monolithically coupled. |
| US08283839B2 |
Three-dimensional electroactive polymer actuated devices
Devices employing electroactive polymer actuators are disclosed. Acrylic dielectric material based actuators are optionally provided in which architectures are presented that allow for improved power output as compared with other known acrylic dielectric material based transducers. Such technology may be applied in motor-driven applications, lightweight flight applications and lighting applications among others. |
| US08283838B2 |
Piezoelectric linear motor offering enhanced displacement
A piezoelectric linear motor for providing enhanced displacement using a dome-shaped piezoelectric ceramic is provided. The piezoelectric linear motor includes a dome-shaped piezoelectric ceramic (100) processed such that different electrodes are formed on opposite surfaces of the piezoelectric ceramic. A vibration shaft (200) is fixed to a first surface of the piezoelectric ceramic so that the vibration shaft moves in conjunction with displacement of the piezoelectric ceramic. A movable element (300) is linearly driven through friction with the vibration shaft while coming into contact with the vibration shaft. The movable element moves in a movement direction of the vibration shaft if the inertial force of the movable element is less than the frictional force between the movable element and the vibration shaft when the vibration shaft moves. According to the present invention, the piezoelectric ceramic is formed in a dome shape, so that movement displacement is enhanced. |
| US08283834B2 |
Power generating apparatus having ball bearings
A power generating apparatus (100) is provided with first substrates (2b, 2c) whereupon a first electrode (3) is arranged on one surface; a second substrate (1a) which includes a second electrode (6) arranged to face a first electrode on the one surface side of the first substrate; and sliding mechanisms (10, 11, 12, 13 and 14) arranged at least on the one surface side or the other surface side of the first substrate. The sliding mechanism holds the first substrate so that the first substrate moves relatively to the second substrate in a second direction (X direction) while suppressing movement of the first substrate in a first direction (Z direction). |
| US08283833B2 |
Rotor for electric rotary machine
A rotor for an electric rotary machine and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed wherein none of permanent magnets is fixed to a magnetic supporting segment of a magnet support ring in advance and each permanent magnet is assembled separately of the magnet support ring. Prior to the assembling of the permanent magnets, the magnet support ring is preliminarily located on claw-shaped magnetic poles at inner peripheral sides thereof under a state combined with a pair of field iron cores, after which the permanent magnets are inserted to magnet insertion spaces in longitudinal directions. The rotor includes positioning and restricting means for precluding the occurrence of positional displacement of each permanent magnet with respect to each magnet supporting segment of the magnet support ring. |
| US08283832B2 |
Sculpted field pole members and methods of forming the same for electrodynamic machines
A method, apparatus, article of manufacture and system for producing a field pole member for electrodynamic machinery are disclosed to, among other things, reduce magnetic flux path lengths and to eliminate back-iron for increasing torque and/or efficiency per unit size (or unit weight) and for reducing manufacturing costs. For example, a field pole member structure can either reduce the length of magnetic flux paths or substantially straighten those paths through the field pole members, or both. In one embodiment, a method provides for the construction of field pole members for electrodynamic machines. |
| US08283830B2 |
Rotating electric machine and drive system thereof
In a rotating electric machine, each phase of a plurality of three-phase windings is divided into a plurality of partial windings, disposed on a stator core. For example, the partial windings of the U-phase are distributively arranged on four U-phase winding areas 2U1 to 2U4, and on each of these winding areas, two partial windings overlap through a pair of slots between which two teeth are interposed. At each coincident location of a pair of slots, two partial windings of different three-phase windings overlap. For example, a pair of slots on the U-phase winding area 2U1, a partial winding UA1 of a U-phase winding UA and a partial winding UB3 of a U-phase winding UB overlap. At a pair of slots on the U-phase winding area 2U1, a partial winding UG2 of a U-phase winding UG and a partial winding UB2 of a U-phase winding UB overlap. |
| US08283828B2 |
Electric motor
An electric motor comprises a stator and a rotor received in the stator. The stator comprises a shell. The shape of a cross section of the shell perpendicular to the rotor axis is a polygon. The shell comprises a plurality of side walls and arcuate connection portions connecting neighboring side walls. The stator comprises 2n magnets disposed in the arcuate connection portions. The magnets form 2m magnetic poles, where m, n are unequal positive integers. Optionally, m is equal to half or twice n. The permanent magnets of the motor are located in the inner angle of polygon shell. Thus the diameter of rotor can be the greater, and the power density of motor can be increased in the same volume. |
| US08283824B2 |
Liquid deflecting baffle for an electric motor
A fluid deflecting baffle is provided for use on an electric motor to be used in an environment where liquid may otherwise pass through a vent opening in an endshield of the motor. The baffle is secureable to the endshield and extends in a partial covering relationship with the vent opening. The baffle includes a vent passage therethrough and has at least one liquid flow obstructing louver that extends across the vent opening to deflect liquid away from the vent passage while allowing venting air to flow through the vent passage. The louver includes a generally flat liquid deflection surface that is disposed at an oblique angle relative to the axis of the motor and at least partially faces a venting direction of incoming air and fluid. |
| US08283823B2 |
Motor shield for the drainage device of a cooling or air-conditioning system
A motor shield covered on a motor of a drainage device over a cooling vane is disclosed to include a shield body having an arched portion and a straight portion, a guide wall disposed in the shield body and having an arched segment and a straight segment connected to the straight portion of the shield body, an airflow zone defined in the shield body in an interference relationship relative to the cooling vane and surrounded by the arched segment and straight segment of the guide wall and the arched portion and straight portion of the shield body, horizontally extending air outlets and vertically extending air outlets respectively located on the arched portion and straight portion of the shield body, and air inlets located on the periphery of the shield body. During rotation of the cooling vane, a flow of air is induced to carry heat out of the shield body through the vertically and horizontally extending air outlets efficiently. |
| US08283814B2 |
Voice coil motor assembly with contamination prevention means
A voice coil motor assembly includes a housing, a voice coil motor, a cover, and a transparent board. The voice coil motor is received in the housing. The cover is secured to the voice coil motor and resists the top surface of the housing. The cover includes a top surface defining an aperture. A limiting element protrudes from the top surface of the cover. The transparent board is adhered to the top surface of the cover and covers the aperture. The movement of the transparent board is limited by the limiting element. |
| US08283812B2 |
Inductive power providing system having moving outlets
A power providing system includes at least one inductive power outlet configured to be movable behind an extended surface. The inductive power outlet includes a primary inductor configured to couple inductively with a secondary inductor wired to an electric load. The inductive power outlet is mounted upon a positioning mechanism upon which the primary inductor may be moved behind the extended surface. |
| US08283811B2 |
Atmospheric static electricity collector
An antenna for the collection of atmospheric static electricity in which an electrically conductive hub is suspended from a balloon or blimp via a tether. The hub is either solid or uses a spoke/arm arrangement. A number of rods extend from the hub enhance the collection of atmospheric static electricity. The collected atmospheric electricity is conducted from the rods to an electrical connection where the electricity is conducted to earth via a conductive line. |
| US08283810B2 |
System and method for generator phase signal monitoring and control of electrical current distribution
An electrical system comprises a generator and a control device coupled with the generator and operable to control electrical current through the electrical system via a switch module. The control device determines a loss of symmetry between two alternating phase signals generated by a first and second phase windings of a single or multiple stator generator. Specifically, the control device determines a first and second average values of two of the two or more alternating phase signals and operates to control electrical current distribution throughout the electrical system, via one or more switch modules, when the first average value differs from the second average value by a predetermined value. The control device may be further configured to sense average magnitudes of the electrical current in either direction between two electrical components, coupled with a switch module, and switch on/off the electrical current in either direction, via the switch module, to insure that the average magnitude of electrical current between the electrical components in either direction does not exceed one or more default average magnitudes. |
| US08283804B2 |
Semiconductor IC device having power-sharing and method of power-sharing thereof
A semiconductor IC device capable of power-sharing includes a first power line configured to be supplied with a first power, a second power line configured to be supplied with a second power, a switching block configured to connect the first power line with the second power line in response to a first control signal, and a power-sharing control block configured to generate the control signal in accordance with a plurality of operation command signals. |
| US08283803B2 |
Wind farm and method for operation of a wind farm
A wind farm in which electrical power produced in the wind farm is transported via a wind-farm-internal network to a substation. Upon being transferred to an external network, the electrical power is transformed to a voltage which is higher by a selectable step-up ratio than the voltage in the wind-farm-internal network. The electrical load level on a wind energy installation in the wind farm is determined, and the step-up ratio is adjusted as a function of the electrical load level. Accordingly, it is possible to influence the voltage in the wind-farm-internal network such that the wind energy installations are subject to a lower electrical load level. |
| US08283802B2 |
Dual column gang outlets for minimizing installation space
A power distribution unit disclosed herein includes a plurality of power outlets arranged in adjacent columns, the first and the second terminals of the power outlets in a first column formed along a first line, the first and the second terminals of the power outlets in a second column formed along a second line, ground terminals of the power outlets in the first column formed along a third line, and ground terminals of the power outlets of the second column formed along a fourth line, wherein the first line, the second line, the third line, and the fourth line are arranged in parallel, and wherein the plurality of power outlets are arranged in one of an arrangement in which the third and fourth lines are positioned between the first and second lines, and an arrangement in which the first and second lines are positioned between the third and fourth lines. |
| US08283801B2 |
Aircraft seat with shared control architecture
The invention essentially concerns an aircraft seat, comprising control units, at least one node to execute a particular action or function, and a display for viewing video data. The node and the display are capable of being actuated by the control units. A keyboard for transmitting a command signal addressed to the control units is connected to the control units. The control units are shared between the display, the keyboard and the node. |
| US08283800B2 |
Vehicle control system with proximity switch and method thereof
A control system for controlling a position of a window and method thereof are provided. The control system includes a cover at least partially adapted to have a trough, the cover having a interior side and an exterior side, and a first proximity sensor adjacent to the interior side that is configured to detect an object within the first portion of the trough. The control system further includes a second proximity sensor adjacent to the interior side that is configured to detect the object within the second portion of the trough, and a processor in communication with the sensors, and configured to communicate a control signal to the window as a function of the detection of the sensors, wherein the control signal is based upon a most recent detection of the sensors when both sensors are activated within a first time period. |
| US08283799B1 |
Vent turbine generator
A vent turbine generator. A generator mount is configured to couple to a top portion of a turbine base in turn configured to couple to a vent turbine. A threaded rod is configured to couple the vent turbine to a generator coupled to the generator mount. The rotational ratio of vent turbine to generator is one to one. A multi-device mount couples to the generator mount, partially encloses the generator, and receives a rectifier and inverter. A rectifier housing coupled to the multi-device mount houses the rectifier and has openings for access to the rectifier. An AC power plug couples the inverter to an electrical outlet. The generator, rectifier, inverter and AC power plug are electrically connected. When the vent turbine is rotated the vent turbine generator converts the rotational energy into electricity which is supplied to the building's power grid through the AC power plug plugged into the outlet. |
| US08283798B2 |
Method of controlling a wind energy system and wind speed sensor free wind energy system
A method for controlling a wind energy system is provided wherein the method comprises determining the effective wind speed taking into account the load on the rotor blades of said wind energy system exerted by the wind is provided. A computer-readable medium is provided that provides instructions which when executed by a computing platform cause the computing platform to perform operations wherein the operations include the method according to embodiments described herein. Further, a wind energy system having a calculation unit adapted for calculating the effective wind speed by taking into account the load on the rotor blades of said wind energy system exerted by the wind is provided. Further, a wind speed sensor free wind energy system having a generator for generating electric energy and a controller for shutting down and/or starting the electric energy generation in dependence of the wind speed is provided. |
| US08283794B2 |
Floor suitable for generating, converting and/or storing energy
The invention concerns a floor suitable for generating, converting and/or storing energy, wherein this energy can be generated, converted and/or stored by placing and/or displacing mass thereon, wherein the floor can comprise discrete modules (2), each with an own energy generation system. The discrete modules (2) are couplable in different configurations and form a floor which may or may not be continuous. |
| US08283790B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device includes a carrier, a surface mounting device, and solders. The carrier has a plurality of bonding pads, and at least one of the bonding pads has a notch, such that the bonding pad has a necking portion adjacent to the notch. The surface mounting device is disposed on the carrier. Besides, the surface mounting device has a plurality of leads, and each of the leads is connected to the necking portion of one of the bonding pads, respectively. The notch of each of the bonding pads is located under one of the leads. The solders connect the bonding pads and the leads. |
| US08283789B2 |
Assembled circuit and electronic component
An assembled circuit comprising an inductive component, a connecting conductor, and a first electronic component is disclosed. The connecting conductor is adapted to wrap a first surface of the inductive component. The first electronic component stacks on the inductive component. The assembled circuit is electrically connected to the carrier via the connecting conductor. |
| US08283788B2 |
Method of fabricating semiconductor device
Method of fabricating thin-film transistors in which contact with connecting electrodes becomes reliable. When contact holes are formed, the bottom insulating layer is subjected to a wet etching process, thus producing undercuttings inside the contact holes. In order to remove the undercuttings, a light etching process is carried out to widen the contact holes. Thus, tapering section are obtained, and the covering of connection wiring is improved. |
| US08283787B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a through-silicon-via arranged to couple a plurality of stacked semiconductor chips, an interconnection line coupled to the through-silicon-via at one side and arranged to couple the through-silicon-via to the semiconductor chip, an internal interconnection line disposed at the other side of the interconnection line and intersected with the interconnection line, and at least one first contact disposed to couple the internal interconnection line to the interconnection line. A region of the interconnection line in which the internal interconnection line is disposed is equally divided, and an area between the divided regions is removed. |
| US08283786B2 |
Integrated circuit system with contact integration
A method for forming an integrated circuit system includes providing an integrated circuit device; and forming an integrated contact over the integrated circuit device including: providing a via over the integrated circuit device; forming a selective metal in the via; forming at least one nanotube over the selective metal; and forming a cap over the nanotubes. |
| US08283783B2 |
Solder material, method for manufacturing the same, joined body, method for manufacturing the same, power semiconductor module, and method for manufacturing the same
A zinc based solder material 55 of the present invention is prepared by providing on the surface of a zinc based material 50, from which an oxide film 501 has been removed or at which an oxide film 501 does not exist, with a coating layer 51 containing primarily a metal whose oxide is more easily reducible than the oxide film 501. In a joined body and a power semiconductor module of the present invention, the zinc based solder material 55 is used in the joining portion, and after joining, the coating layer 51 does not exist. |
| US08283778B2 |
Thermally balanced via
A chip has a wafer portion of a first coefficient of thermal expansion, the wafer portion including at least one via defined by a peripheral sidewall, an insulating region having second average coefficient of thermal expansion, located within the via and covering at least a portion of the peripheral sidewall to a first thickness, a metallic region having a third average coefficient of thermal expansion, located within the via and covering the insulator to a second thickness, the first thickness and second thickness being selected such that expansion of the combination of the insulator and the metal due to heat will match the expansion of the wafer portion as a result of the combined effect of the first and second thicknesses and their respective second and third average coefficients of thermal expansion. |
| US08283777B2 |
Compressive ring structure for flip chip packaging
Flip chip packages having warpage control and methods for fabricating such packages are described. In one embodiment, the flip chip package comprises a package substrate; a chip coupled to the package substrate; and a ring structure coupled to the package substrate and positioned laterally around the periphery of the chip so that a surface of the chip is exposed, wherein the ring structure comprises one or more compressive members, each of the one or more compressive members compressively opposed to a surface of the package substrate to counter or absorb stresses in the package substrate. |
| US08283776B2 |
Microfabricated pillar fins for thermal management
An electrical package with improved thermal management. The electrical package includes a die having an exposed back surface. The package further includes a plurality of fins extending outwardly from the back surface for dissipating heat from the package. The die can be arranged in a multi-die stacking configuration. In another embodiment, a method of forming a die for improved thermal management of an electrical package is provided. |
| US08283774B2 |
Chip on film type semiconductor package
A chip on film type semiconductor package includes a film, a plurality of leads formed over the film, a chip formed over the plurality of leads, an under-fill layer filled an space between the chip and the plurality of leads and an insulating heating sheet formed on an opposite side of the film contacting to the plurality of leads, wherein the insulating heating sheet is formed of a compound based on a glass fiber. |
| US08283773B2 |
Semiconductor device having anti-warping sheet
A semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate having a ceramic substrate and metal coating layers on opposite surfaces of the ceramic substrate, a semiconductor chip mounted on one surface of the insulating substrate, a heat sink directly or indirectly fixed to the other surface of the insulating substrate and thermally connected to the semiconductor chip through the insulating substrate and at least one anti-warping sheet disposed on at least one surface of the heat sink. The anti-warping sheet is made of a metal sheet having a coating layer and has coefficient of thermal expansion between those of the insulating substrate and the heat sink. |
| US08283771B2 |
Multi-die integrated circuit device and method
In some embodiments, provided is an integrated circuit with a first die coupled to a second die. The second die has through-silicon vias disposed through it to provide power references to the first die. The through-silicon vias are laterally re-positionable without inhibiting circuit sections in the second die. |
| US08283769B2 |
Modular low stress package technology
A protective modular package cover has first and second fastening sections located at opposing first and second ends with one or more subassembly receiving sections disposed thereto and is configured to fasten the protective modular package cover to a core. Each fastening section has a foot surface located on a bottom surface of a fastening section and configured to make contact with the core, a mounting hole configured to receive a fastener, and a torque element. Each subassembly receiving section is configured to receive a subassembly and has a cross member formed along the underside of the protective modular package cover. Activation of the first torque element transfers a downward clamping force generated at the fastening element to a top surface of one or more subassemblies disposed in the one or more subassembly receiving sections via the cross member of each of the one or more subassembly receiving sections. |
| US08283768B2 |
Wafer Level package for heat dissipation and method of manufacturing the same
Disclosed herein are a wafer level package for heat dissipation and a method of manufacturing the same. The wafer level package includes a heat dissipation plate including a cavity and a hole, a die including a pad disposed in the cavity of the heat dissipation plate in a face-up manner, a thermal conductive adhesive disposed between the die and an inner wall of the cavity and disposed in the hole, and a redistribution layer connected at one end to the pad and at the other end extended. The wafer level package protects the die from external environments and enables the die to be easily flush with the heat dissipation plate. |
| US08283764B2 |
Microelectronic assembly with an embedded waveguide adapter and method for forming the same
A microelectronic assembly and a method for forming a microelectronic assembly are provided. A semiconductor substrate is provided. The semiconductor substrate has first and second opposing sides and first and second portions. A tuning depression is formed on the second opposing side and the second portion of the semiconductor substrate. A radio frequency conductor is formed on the first opposing side of the first semiconductor substrate. The radio frequency conductor has a first end on the first portion of the first semiconductor substrate and a second end on the second portion of the first semiconductor substrate. A microelectronic die having an integrated circuit formed therein is attached to the first opposing side and the first portion of the semiconductor substrate such that the integrated circuit is electrically connected to the first end of the radio frequency conductor. |
| US08283762B2 |
Lead frame based semiconductor package and a method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor package, where the package includes a surface for attachment of the package to a device by a joint formed of a connective material in a joint area of the surface. The method is characterized in that it comprises the step of patterning one or more channels on the surface which channels extend away from the joint area towards an edge of the surface. Also the method has the step of applying a compound to one or more channels which compound interacts with the connective material, such that when the semiconductor package is attached to the device the interaction defines one or more paths in the connective material. These correspond to the one or more channels on the surface and allow the passage of waste material away from the joint area to the outer edge of the surface. |
| US08283760B1 |
Lead frame interconnect scheme with high power density
An integrated circuit package configured to incorporate a lead frame and methods for its making are is described. The package comprising an IC with aluminum bond pads in communication with circuitry of the die with lead frame with silver bond pads. The package having gold bumps bonded between the aluminum bond pad of the die and the silver bond pad of the lead frame. The package including an encapsulant envelope and including various materials and bond pad structures and constructed in a manner formed by thermosonically or thermocompressionally bonding the gold balls to the bond pads. Also, disclosed are methods of making the package. |
| US08283757B2 |
Quad flat package with exposed common electrode bars
An electronic package is provided. The electronic package comprises a die pad having a die attached thereon. A plurality of leads surrounds the die pad and spaced therefrom to define a ring gap therebetween. At least one first common electrode bar is in the ring gap and substantially coplanar to the die pad, in which at least one of the plurality of leads extends to the first common electrode bar. A molding compound partially encapsulates the die pad and the first common electrode bar, such that the bottom surfaces of the die pad and the first common electrode bar are exposed. A length of the first common electrode bar is substantially equal to a predetermined distance between two pads among a plurality of power or ground pads on a side of the die facing the first common electrode bar. An electronic device with the electronic package is also disclosed. |
| US08283754B2 |
Seal ring structure with metal pad
A method includes providing a substrate having a seal ring region and a circuit region, forming a seal ring structure over the seal ring region, forming a first frontside passivation layer above the seal ring structure, etching a frontside aperture in the first frontside passivation layer adjacent to an exterior portion of the seal ring structure, forming a frontside metal pad in the frontside aperture to couple the frontside metal pad to the exterior portion of the seal ring structure, forming a first backside passivation layer below the seal ring structure, etching a backside aperture in the first backside passivation layer adjacent to the exterior portion of the seal ring structure, and forming a backside metal pad in the backside aperture to couple the backside metal pad to the exterior portion of the seal ring structure. Semiconductor devices fabricated by such a method are also provided. |
| US08283751B2 |
Split-channel antifuse array architecture
Generally, the present invention provides a variable thickness gate oxide anti-fuse transistor device that can be employed in a non-volatile, one-time-programmable (OTP) memory array application. The anti-fuse transistor can be fabricated with standard CMOS technology, and is configured as a standard transistor element having a source diffusion, gate oxide, polysilicon gate and optional drain diffusion. The variable gate oxide underneath the polysilicon gate consists of a thick gate oxide region and a thin gate oxide region, where the thin gate oxide region acts as a localized breakdown voltage zone. A conductive channel between the polysilicon gate and the channel region can be formed in the localized breakdown voltage zone during a programming operation. In a memory array application, a wordline read current applied to the polysilicon gate can be sensed through a bitline connected to the source diffusion, via the channel of the anti-fuse transistor. More specifically, the present invention provides an effective method for utilizing split channel MOS structures as an anti-fuse cell suitable for OTP memories. |
| US08283750B2 |
Electronic device having electrode with high area density and improved mechanical stability
The invention relates to an electric device including an electric element, the electric element comprising a first electrode (104) having a first surface (106) and a pillar (108), the pillar extending from the first surface in a first direction (110), the pillar having a length measured from the first surface parallel to the first direction, the pillar having a cross section (116) perpendicular to the first direction and the pillar having a sidewall surface (120) enclosing the pillar and extending in the first direction, characterized in—that, the pillar comprises any one of a score (124) and protrusion (122) extending along at least part of the length of the pillar for giving the pillar (108) improved mechanical stability. The electrode allows electrical elements such as capacitors, energy storage devices or diodes to be made with improved properties in a cost effective way. |
| US08283749B2 |
Bipolar junction transistor guard ring structures and method of fabricating thereof
Semiconductor devices with multiple floating guard ring edge termination structures and methods of fabricating same are disclosed. A method for fabricating guard rings in a semiconductor device that includes forming a mesa structure on a semiconductor layer stack, the semiconductor stack including two or more layers of semiconductor materials including a first layer and a second layer, said second layer being on top of said first layer, forming trenches for guard rings in the first layer outside a periphery of said mesa, and forming guard rings in the trenches. The top surfaces of said guard rings have a lower elevation than a top surface of said first layer. |
| US08283743B2 |
Photodiode, ultraviolet sensor having the photodiode, and method of producing the photodiode
A photodiode includes a silicon semiconductor layer; a P-type high concentration diffusion layer with a P-type impurity diffused therein at a high concentration; an N-type high concentration diffusion layer with an N-type impurity diffused therein at a high concentration; and a low concentration diffusion layer with one of the P-type impurity and the N-type impurity diffused therein at a low concentration. The P-type high concentration diffusion layer and the N-type high concentration diffusion layer are formed in the silicon semiconductor layer, and are arranged to face each other with the low concentration diffusion layer in between. The photodiode further includes an interlayer insulation film formed on the silicon semiconductor layer, so that a covalent bond between silicon and hydrogen is formed in an atom row of the low concentration layer adjacent to an interface thereof with respect to the interlayer insulation film. The silicon semiconductor layer where the low concentration layer is formed may have a thickness between 3 nm and 36 nm. |
| US08283736B2 |
Hydrogen ion sensing device using of arrayed gated lateral BJT
A hydrogen ion sensing device of the present invention includes: a reference electrode; a sensing portion which senses hydrogen ions by contacting an ion aqueous solution; and a plurality of ring-like lateral bipolar junction transistors, each including a lateral collector, an emitter, a vertical collector and a floating gate connected to the reference electrode, with the emitter surrounded by the floating gate and the lateral collector, wherein the plurality of ring-like lateral bipolar junction transistors are formed on a common substrate and are connected in parallel. |
| US08283734B2 |
Multi-threshold voltage device and method of making same
An integrated circuit device and method for manufacturing the integrated circuit device are disclosed. An exemplary method includes providing a substrate; forming a first gate over the substrate for a first device having a first threshold voltage characteristic, the first gate including a first material having a first-type work function; forming a second gate over the substrate for a second device having a second threshold voltage characteristic that is greater than the first threshold voltage characteristic, the second gate including a second material having a second-type work function that is opposite the first-type work function; and configuring the first device and the second device as a same channel type device. |
| US08283733B2 |
Semiconductor devices with gate electrodes and with monocrystalline silicon regions that contain atoms of nitrogen and one or more of chlorine, bromine, sulfur, fluorine, or phosphorus
Performance of field effect transistors and other channel dependent devices formed on a monocrystalline substrate is improved by carrying out a high temperature anneal in a nitrogen releasing atmosphere while the substrate is coated by a sacrificial oxide coating containing easily diffusible atoms that can form negatively charged ions and can diffuse deep into the substrate. In one embodiment, the easily diffusible atoms comprise at least 5% by atomic concentration of chlorine atoms in the sacrificial oxide coating and the nitrogen releasing atmosphere includes NO. The high temperature anneal is carried out for less than 10 hours at a temperature less than 1100° C. |
| US08283731B2 |
One-time programmable memory
The present invention provides a programmable memory array including a plurality of memory cells. At least one and preferably each memory cell of the plurality of memory cells include an isolation layer formed of a dielectric material, a field effect transistor, and a programmable element. The programmable element includes a conductive gate, a gate insulator present beneath the conductive gate, and a semiconductor body present under the gate insulator. The semiconductor body of the programmable element is of a different doping type then the doping of the channel region of the field effect transistor. Apart from these components, the memory cell also includes a bit line connected to the source of the field effect transistor, a select word line connected to the gate of the field effect transistor and a program word line connected to the conductive gate of the programmable element. |
| US08283730B2 |
Negative differential resistance device with high PVCR and fast switching speed and memory using the same
A negative differential resistance (NDR) device is designed and a possible compact device implementation is presented. The NDR device includes a voltage blocker and a current blocker and exhibits high peak-to-valley current ratio (PVCR) as well as high switching speed. The corresponding process and design are completely compatible with contemporary Si CMOS technology and area efficient. A single-NDR element SRAM cell prototype with a compact size and high speed is also proposed as its application suitable for embedded memory. |
| US08283725B2 |
Semiconductor device
In a semiconductor device including an n-type metal oxide semiconductor transistor for electrostatic discharge protection surrounded by a shallow trench for device isolation, in order to suppress the off-leak current in an off state, there is formed, in the vicinity of the drain region of the NMOS transistor for ESD protection, an n-type region receiving a signal from an external connection terminal via a p-type region in contact with the drain region of the NMOS transistor for ESD protection. |
| US08283724B2 |
Memory element and semiconductor device, and method for manufacturing the same
It is an object to solve inhibition of miniaturization of an element and complexity of a manufacturing process thereof. It is another object to provide a nonvolatile memory device and a semiconductor device having the memory device, in which data can be additionally written at a time besides the manufacturing time and in which forgery caused by rewriting of data can be prevented. It is further another object to provide an inexpensive nonvolatile memory device and semiconductor device. A memory element is manufactured in which a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer that is beside the first conductive layer, and conductive fine particles of each surface which is covered with an organic film are deposited over an insulating film. The conductive fine particles are deposited between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. |
| US08283720B2 |
Power semiconductor device
A power semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor layer and a third semiconductor layer provided in an upper portion of the first semiconductor layer and alternately arranged parallel to an upper surface of the first semiconductor layer; a plurality of fourth semiconductor layers provided on the third semiconductor layer; a fifth semiconductor layer selectively formed in an upper surface of each of the fourth semiconductor layers; a control electrode; a gate insulating film; a first main electrode provided on a lower surface of the first semiconductor layer; and a second main electrode provided on the fourth and the fifth semiconductor layers. Sum of the amount of impurities in the second semiconductor layer and the amount of impurities in the third semiconductor layer at an end on the second main electrode side of the second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer is smaller than the sum at a center of the second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer in the direction from the first main electrode to the second main electrode. |
| US08283717B2 |
Semiconductor storage device
Device isolation/insulation films each have a first height within a first area and a second height higher than the first height within a second area. At least the device isolation/insulation films adjacent to a contact diffusion region exist in the second area, and the device isolation/insulation films adjacent to memory transistors exist in the first area. The device isolation/insulation films are implanted with an impurity of a first conductivity type, and device formation regions each have a diffusion region of the first conductivity type, the diffusion region being formed by diffusion of the impurity of the first conductivity type from the device isolation/insulation films. |
| US08283715B2 |
Method and apparatus for buried word line formation
An integrated circuit with a memory cell is disclosed. The integrated circuit with a memory cell includes: a word line disposed in a word line trench of a substrate; a bit line disposed below the word line in a bit line trench and extending orthogonal to the word line; and, a separating layer disposed above the bit line in the bit line trench that separates the word line from the bit line; wherein an etching rate of the separating layer approaches that of the substrate. |
| US08283710B2 |
Low dark current image sensors with epitaxial SiC and/or carbonated channels for array transistors
A pixel cell having a substrate with a isolation channel formed of higher carbon concentrate such as SiC or carbonated silicon. The channel comprising SiC or carbonated silicon is provided over the substrate of the pixel cell to reduce the dark current leakage. |
| US08283704B2 |
Gas sensor
A gas sensor (30) includes two field-effect transistors and gate electrodes on gate insulation films (24) of the two field-effect transistors to detect gas using the gate electrodes. The gas sensor (30) includes a first gate electrode (5), a second gate electrode (6), and voltage applying means. The first gate electrode (5) is provided on one of the field-effect transistors. The second gate electrode (6) is provided on another one of the field-effect transistors. The voltage applying means is for, with the first gate electrode (5) and the second gate electrode (6) coupled to one another by wiring, applying thereto one of a direct-current voltage and an alternating-current voltage having a same potential or a constant voltage difference. The first gate electrode (5) and the second gate electrode (6) are made of different metals. The one field-effect transistor and the other field-effect transistor have approximately the same structures. |
| US08283702B2 |
Process for manufacturing a large-scale integration MOS device and corresponding MOS device
A process for manufacturing a MOS device and the MOS device manufactured thereby are disclosed. The process includes in a semiconductor layer forming a gate structure above the semiconductor layer; forming a first doped region within a first surface portion of the semiconductor layer; and irradiating the first doped region with electromagnetic radiation, to carry out annealing thereof. Prior to the irradiating step, a dielectric mirror is formed above a second surface portion of the semiconductor layer. The dielectric mirror, which may be of the Bragg-reflector type, reflects at least in part the electromagnetic radiation, and protects underlying regions from the electromagnetic radiation. |
| US08283696B2 |
Integrated low leakage diode
An integrated low leakage diode suitable for operation in a power integrated circuit has a structure similar to a lateral power MOSFET, but with the current flowing through the diode in the opposite direction to a conventional power MOSFET. The anode is connected to the gate and the comparable MOSFET source region which has highly doped regions of both conductivity types connected to the channel region to thereby create a lateral bipolar transistor having its base in the channel region. A second lateral bipolar transistor is formed in the cathode region. As a result, substantially all of the diode current flows at the upper surface of the diode thereby minimizing the substrate leakage current. A deep highly doped region in contact with the layers forming the emitter and the base of the vertical parasitic bipolar transistor inhibits the ability of the vertical parasitic transistor to fully turn on. |
| US08283695B2 |
Devices with adjustable dual-polarity trigger- and holding-votage/current for high level of electrostatic discharge protection in sub-micron mixed signal CMOS/BiCMOS integrated
Symmetrical/asymmetrical bidirectional S-shaped I-V characteristics with trigger voltages ranging from 10 V to over 40 V and relatively high holding current are obtained for advanced sub-micron silicided CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor)/BiCMOS (Bipolar CMOS) technologies by custom implementation of P1-N2-P2-N1//N1-P3-N3-P1 lateral structures with embedded ballast resistance 58, 58A, 56, 56A and periphery guard-ring isolation 88-86. The bidirectional protection devices render a high level of electrostatic discharge (ESD) immunity for advanced CMOS/BiCMOS processes with no latchup problems. Novel design-adapted multifinger 354/interdigitated 336 layout schemes of the ESD protection cells allow for scaling-up the ESD performance of the protection structure and custom integration, while the I-V characteristics 480 are adjustable to the operating conditions of the integrated circuit (IC). The ESD protection cells are tested using the TLP (Transmission Line Pulse) technique, and ESD standards including HBM (Human Body Model), MM (Machine Model), and IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) IEC 1000-4-2 standard for ESD immunity. ESD protection performance is demonstrated also at high temperature (140° C.). The unique high ratio of dual-polarity ESD protection level per unit area, allows for integration of fast-response and compact protection cells optimized for the current tendency of the semiconductor industry toward low cost and high density-oriented IC design. Symmetric/asymmetric dual polarity ESD protection performance is demonstrated for over 15 kV HBM, 2 kV MM, and 16.5 kV IEC for sub-micron technology. |
| US08283693B2 |
Light emitting device with a lens of silicone
Disclosed herein is a light emitting device with a silicone lens. The light emitting device comprises a heat sink. A package body surrounds at least a portion of the heat sink, and a light emitting diode is mounted on the heat sink. Meanwhile, the light emitting diode is covered with a silicone lens molded on the package body. The molded silicone lens can be employed to prevent reduction in light extraction efficiency due to poor bonding between lens and encapsulant. |
| US08283692B2 |
Light emitting device and light emitting device package having the same
Disclosed are a light emitting device and a light emitting device package having the same. The light emitting device includes a light emitting structure that includes a first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer on the first conductive type semiconductor layer, and a second conductive type semiconductor layer on the active layer, a first electrode including at least one arm shape and contacted with a portion of the first conductive type semiconductor layer, an insulating layer covering the first electrode, and a second electrode including on at least one arm shape, wherein the second electrode disposes on at least one of the insulating layer and the second conductive type semiconductor layer. |
| US08283691B2 |
Light emitting device package and a lighting device
Provided are a light emitting device package and a lighting device. The light emitting device package includes a base, a light emitting device on the base, a plurality of electrode pads on the base, the plurality of electrode pads electrically connected to the light emitting device, a frame disposed on the base, wherein a size of the frame is smaller than a size of the base, a silver layer on a portion of the plurality of electrode pads, the silver layer directly contacted with the frame and an optical member covering the light emitting device. |
| US08283690B2 |
Light emitting device having light extraction structure and method for manufacturing the same
A nitride-based light emitting device capable of achieving an enhancement in emission efficiency and an enhancement in reliability is disclosed. The light emitting device includes a semiconductor layer, and a light extracting layer arranged on the semiconductor layer and made of a material having a refractive index equal to or higher than a reflective index of the semiconductor layer. |
| US08283687B2 |
Light emitting device and method of manufacturing the same
Provided are a vertical-type light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same. The light emitting device includes a p-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and an n-type semiconductor layer that are stacked, a cover layer disposed on a p-type electrode layer to surround the p-type electrode layer, a conductive support layer disposed on the cover layer, and an n-type electrode layer disposed on the n-type semiconductor layer. |
| US08283684B2 |
LED semiconductor body and use of an LED semiconductor body
An LED semiconductor body includes a number of at least two radiation-generating active layers. Each active layer has a forward voltage, wherein the number of active layers is adapted to an operating voltage in such a way that the voltage dropped across a series resistor connected in series with the active layers is at most of the same magnitude as a voltage dropped across the LED semiconductor body. The invention furthermore describes various uses of the LED semiconductor body. |
| US08283682B2 |
Light emitting diode
The present invention comprises a substrate, and at least one serial array having a plurality of light emitting cells connected in series on the substrate. Each of the light emitting cells comprises a lower semiconductor layer, an upper semiconductor layer, an active layer interposed between the lower and upper semiconductor layers, a lower electrode formed on the lower semiconductor layer exposed at a first corner of the substrate, an upper electrode layer formed on the upper semiconductor layer, and an upper electrode pad formed on the upper electrode layer exposed at a second corner of the substrate. The upper electrode pad and the lower electrode are respectively disposed at the corners diagonally opposite to each other, and are symmetric with respect to those of adjacent another of the light emitting cells. |
| US08283677B2 |
Nitride semiconductor light-emitting device
A nitride semiconductor light-emitting device includes a substrate (101) made of silicon, a mask film (102) made of silicon oxide, formed on a principal surface of the substrate (101), and having at least one opening (102a), a seed layer (104) made of GaN selectively formed on the substrate (101) in the opening (102a), an LEG layer (105) formed on a side surface of the seed layer (104), and an n-type GaN layer (106), an active layer (107), and a p-type GaN layer (108) which are formed on the LEG layer (105). The LEG layer (105) is formed by crystal growth using an organic nitrogen material as a nitrogen source. |
| US08283676B2 |
Manufacturing process for solid state lighting device on a conductive substrate
A method for fabricating a light emitting device includes forming a trench in a first surface on a first side of a substrate. The trench comprises a first sloped surface not parallel to the first surface, wherein the substrate has a second side opposite to the first side of the substrate. The method also includes forming light emission layers over the first trench surface and the first surface, wherein the light emission layer is configured to emit light and removing at least a portion of the substrate from the second side of the substrate to form a protrusion on the second side of the substrate to allow the light emission layer to emit light out of the protrusion on the second side of the substrate. |
| US08283666B2 |
Thin film transistor array substrate and method of fabricating the same
A thin film transistor array substrate having a high charge mobility and that can raise a threshold voltage, and a method of fabricating the thin film transistor array substrate are provided. The thin film transistor array substrate includes: an insulating substrate; a gate electrode formed on the insulating substrate; an oxide semiconductor layer comprising a lower oxide layer formed on the gate electrode and an upper oxide layer formed on the lower oxide layer, such that the oxygen concentration of the upper oxide layer is higher than the oxygen concentration of the lower oxide layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the oxide semiconductor layer and separated from each other. |
| US08283663B2 |
Multichip device
A multichip device, which achieves a normal operation and a testing operation without the needs for terminals dedicated for the testing and/or an interposer substrate, is provided. The peripheral chip also includes a switching unit for providing a switching between a normal mode that provides a first connection condition and a testing mode that provides a second coupling connection condition. The switching unit, in turn, provides connections of at least some of a plurality of outside terminals to the functional circuits, respectively, in the normal mode, and connects at least some of a plurality of outside terminals to the inside terminals in the testing mode. Thus, the normal operation and the testing operation can be carried out without the needs for the external terminals and/or the interposer substrate, which are employed for the purpose of only the testing. |
| US08283660B2 |
Small molecule semiconductor
Disclosed is a small molecule semiconductor of Formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 are as described herein. The compound is useful in a semiconducting layer for an electronic device, such as a thin-film transistor. Devices including the compound exhibit high mobility and excellent stability. |
| US08283658B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a conductive layer formed in the junction region and a boundary layer arranged to wrap a side and a bottom of the conductive layer. |
| US08283650B2 |
Flat lower bottom electrode for phase change memory cell
A phase change memory cell having a flat lower bottom electrode and a method for fabricating the same. The method includes forming a dielectric layer over a substrate including an array of conductive contacts, patterning, a via having a low aspect ratio such that a depth of the via is less than a width thereof, to a contact surface of the substrate corresponding to each of the array of conductive contacts to be connected to access circuitry, etching the dielectric layer and depositing electrode material over the etched dielectric layer and within each via, and planarizing the electrode material to form a plurality of lower bottom electrodes on each of the conductive contacts. |
| US08283644B2 |
Measuring in-situ UV intensity in UV cure tool
Provided are improved apparatus and methods for radiative treatment. In some embodiments, a semiconductor processing apparatus for radiative cure includes a process chamber and a radiation assembly external to the process chamber. The radiation assembly transmits radiation into the chamber on a substrate holder through a chamber window. A radiation detector measures radiation intensity from time to time. The assembly includes a gas inlet and exhaust operable to flow a radiation-activatable cooling gas through the radiation assembly. |
| US08283642B2 |
Ion beam sample preparation apparatus and methods
Disclosed are embodiments of an ion beam sample preparation apparatus and methods for using the embodiments. The apparatus comprises a tilting ion beam irradiating means in a vacuum chamber that may direct ions toward a sample, a shield blocking a portion of the ions directed toward the sample, and a shield retention stage with shield retention means that replaceably and removably holds the shield in a position. The shield has datum features which abut complementary datum features on the shield retention stage when the shield is held in the shield retention stage. The shield has features which enable the durable adhering of the sample to the shield for processing the sample with the ion beam. The complementary datum features on both shield and shield retention stage enable accurate and repeatable positioning of the sample in the apparatus for sample processing and reprocessing. The tilting ion beam irradiating means may direct ions at the sample from more than one tilt angle. A rotating shield retention stage is also disclosed which works in concert with the tilting ion beam irradiating means to improve the flexibility and efficiency of the apparatus in preparing samples for microscopic observation. |
| US08283637B2 |
Semiconductive materials and associated uses thereof
High rate radiation detectors are disclosed herein. The detectors include a detector material disposed inside the container, the detector material containing cadmium, tellurium, and zinc, a first dopant containing at least one of aluminum, chlorine, and indium, and a second dopant containing a rare earth metal. The first dopant has a concentration of about 500 to about 20,000 atomic parts per billion, and the second dopant has a concentration of about 200 to about 20,000 atomic parts per billion. |
| US08283628B2 |
Ion mobility spectrometer
An ion mobility spectrometer is disclosed wherein ions are passed through an ion mobility spectrometer (5) and become temporally separated. Ions having a relatively high ion mobility are transmitted by a non-destructive ion gate (6) but ions having a relatively low ion mobility are subsequently trapped within the ion mobility spectrometer (5) when the ion gate (6) is switched so as to prevent ions from being onwardly transmitted. Ions which are transmitted by the ion gate (6) are trapped in a downstream ion trap (7). The ions are then returned back upstream to a second upstream ion trap (4). |
| US08283627B2 |
Methods for detecting dehydroepiandrosterone by mass spectrometry
Provided are methods for determining the amount of underivatized dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in a sample using mass spectrometry. The methods generally involve ionizing DHEA in a sample and detecting and quantifying the amount of the ion to determine the amount of DHEA in the sample. |
| US08283626B2 |
Electron transfer dissociation device
A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising an Electron Transfer Dissociation device comprising an ion guide. A control system determines the degree of fragmentation and charge reduction of precursor ions within the ion guide and varies the speed at which ions are transmitted through the ion guide in order to optimise the fragmentation and charge reduction process. |
| US08283621B2 |
Optical apparatus, imaging apparatus, and manufacturing method for optical apparatus with holding member for maintaining positional relation between optical elements
An optical device includes a first optical component and a second optical component that are adjacent to each other in a direction of an optical axis. The optical device further includes a holding member that is formed with a resin material absorbing laser beams and that holds the first optical component via an elastic property of the resin material. The second optical component is formed with a resin material that allows the laser beams to pass and that is compatible with the resin material forming the holding member, and is fixed to the holding member by laser welding. |
| US08283620B2 |
Optical sensor and sensing method with stray illumination compensation
An optical sensor includes an infra red LED, a photodetector and a lock in charge amplifier. The photodetector passes charge to a feedback capacitor of the charge amplifier following an illumination cycle during which the LED is emitting and also following an illumination cycle during which the LED does not emit. An amplifier presents an output indicative of the difference between the charge generated at the photodetector during the illuminated and non-illuminated cycles. |
| US08283617B2 |
Display device and light sensing system
A display device is applied to a light sensing system. The display device includes a display module and a pattern layer. The pattern layer is made of optical material and formatted on the display module. The pattern layer includes patterned optical material and gaps without optical material. The pattern layer selectively reflects or absorbs invisible light with specific wavelength emitted from the display module, such that a light sensor cannot sense the invisible light reflected or absorbed by the optical material or just can sense a little invisible light through the optical material. However, the invisible light can be emitted out of the gaps without the optical material, such that the light sensor can selectively sense the invisible light. Based on the light sensing result, the light sensor can recognize the corresponding pattern. |
| US08283613B2 |
Heat-pipe electric-power generating device
A heat-pipe electric-power generating device capable of converting thermal energy to electrical energy is provided. The device includes a heat pipe and the heat pipe has a sealed internal space that can produce a steam-flow from an evaporating end to a condensing end according to a pressure difference caused by a temperature difference between the ends. A steam-flow electric-power generating device has at least a rotating portion disposed in the internal space for generating electric power when driven by a steam-flow. An electrode structure is used for leading the electric power out. The heat pipe is maintained in a sealed condition. In addition, several heat-pipe electric-power generating devices can be arranged into an array to form a heat electric-power generator or disposed inside an apparatus with a heat source for recycling the conventional waste thermal energy into useful electrical energy. |
| US08283612B2 |
Heated planar element
The invention provides a planar element which is intrinsically heatable and which is particularly suitable for attachment to multi-dimensionally curved surfaces. For this purpose the planar element features particularly high deformability, achieved in accordance with the invention through a planar element having a layer sequence comprising a heating layer and a contacting layer, each of these two layers being composed of a polymeric material based on elastomers and/or on plastic polymers which have a particular elongation at break and at the same time a particular tensile elasticity modulus. Furthermore, the invention provides an adhesively bonded assembly comprising a bonding substrate and a planar element of the aforesaid kind, a method of producing a planar element of the aforesaid kind, and the use of such a planar element for heating an adhesively bonded assembly. |
| US08283611B2 |
Door hinge for a household appliance
A compact, low-cost hinge assembly for mounting a door to a household appliance. A stay bar has first and second elongate edge surfaces extending between opposing first and second ends. The first end is pivotally connected to a door-mounting bracket on which an abutment is located. A torsion spring is mounted to a body-mounting bracket, and an arm of the spring resiliently engages the first edge surface to urge the second surface into engagement with the abutment, urging the door, in a closed position, toward the closed position. A detent recess in the second surface receives the abutment to hold the door partially open. A stop face projects from the first edge surface, and the spring arm contacts the stop face to hold the door horizontal, in a fully open position. |
| US08283610B2 |
Method and device to open and close drawer-type cooking device
Methods and devices for opening and closing a door of a drawer-type cooking device, enabling reduction in operation force by causing a drive mechanism not to put a load during an initial period when the door is opened or closed are provided. When a drawer body is driven by a drive mechanism including an electric motor to reach a stroke end such as a fully closed (opened) position, the drive mechanism is reversely driven only for a distance corresponding to a backlash existing in a transmission mechanism (between a pinion and a rack) and is stopped. When the drawer body is manually operated in the direction away from the stroke end, the drawer body moves without driving the drive mechanism against the inertia or load only for the distance corresponding to the backlash. As a result, the drawer body can start to be manually moved with a light burden. |
| US08283607B2 |
Apparatus including heating source reflective filter for pyrometry
Methods and apparatus for processing substrates and measuring the temperature using radiation pyrometry are disclosed. A reflective layer is provided on a window of a processing chamber. A radiation source providing radiation in a first range of wavelengths heats the substrate, the substrate being transparent to radiation in a second range of wavelengths within the first range of wavelengths for a predetermined temperature range. Radiation within the second range of wavelength is reflected by the reflective layer. |
| US08283605B2 |
Process for automatically controlling the heating/cooking of a food item in a cooking oven and cooking oven adapted to carry out such process
A method for automatically controlling the heating/cooking of a food item in a cooking oven having a door, heaters and an oven temperature acquisition system, comprising the steps of measuring the total electrical power (Pin) absorbed by the oven, measuring the oven temperature, and assessing the actual power (Pload) transferred to the food item by automatically compensating disturbance factors. A cooking oven is also disclosed. |
| US08283603B2 |
Device for heating a golf ball
The present disclosure relates to a handheld clamp device for applying heat to a golf ball. The clamp may have two lever arms each attached at one end to a pivot. A golf ball receiving unit may be attached to each lever arm at the opposite end as the pivot. Each golf ball receiving unit may include a heating element. The internal heating surface of each golf ball receiving unit may contain a pattern, which can be a dimple pattern. When in use, the handheld device may heat the surface of a golf ball such that the pattern on the internal heating surfaces forms a dimple pattern into the surface of the golf ball. The handheld clamp device may be included as part of a kit, along with multiple sets of golf ball receiving units, and sometimes at least one golf ball. |
| US08283602B2 |
Heating blanket
An electric heating blanket including a flexible sheet-like heating element and a shell. The shell covers the heating blanket an includes two sheets of flexible material welded together. |
| US08283601B2 |
Bonding apparatus and method of metal plate
A bonding apparatus of metal plates includes an upper mold having a first guide pathway formed vertically inside thereof; a middle mold having a second guide pathway formed vertically inside thereof, where the middle mold is disposed under the upper mold; a lower mold having a metal removing pathway formed vertically inside thereof, where the lower mold is disposed under the middle mold; a heating unit for heating the metal plates and a metal tape; a punch for applying a bonding load to the metal plates; a clamping unit that applies a clamping load for clamping the metal plates to the upper mold; and a bonding unit that applies the bonding load to the punch for bonding the metal plates. |
| US08283598B2 |
Pulse welder and method utilizing a plasma boost
An electric arc welder includes a short detecting circuit for creating a short signal upon occurrence of a short circuit between an advancing electrode and a workpiece, and a boost circuit to create a plasma boost pulse after the short circuit is cleared during the time period when the welder is not outputting a peak pulse current. |
| US08283592B2 |
Laser welding method
The present invention relates to a laser welding method of welding an electrode and a cable core to each other satisfactory by irradiation of a laser beam, even when the core is thin and the area of the electrode is small. The laser welding method welds on a substrate the electrode and the core of a coaxial cable to each other by irradiation of the laser beam. The core is sandwiched between a pressing member and the electrode, while the electrode and the core are brought into contact with each other at a connection section. The pressing member is a member that is transparent to the processing laser beam. A part of the core is molten by radiating the laser beam from the pressing member side. As a result, the electrode and the core are connected with each other. |
| US08283591B2 |
Welding apparatus and welding method
A welding apparatus includes a first electrode tip; a second electrode tip opposing the first electrode tip; and an electrically conductive part which is provided so as to be freely interposed between the second electrode tip and a work and ensures electrical conduction between the second electrode tip and the work when the electrically conductive part is interposed between the second electrode tip and the work, the electrically conductive part including an electrically conductive member one side of which opposes the work with a presence of a void space from the work when the electrically conductive member is interposed between the second electrode tip and the work, and against which the second electrode tip is abutted on another side thereof, and a pair of electrically conductive abutment members which are provided integrally with the electrically conductive member in such a manner as to extend toward the work, and distal ends of which are abutted against the work, a position of abutment of the electrically conductive member against the second electrode tip being positioned between the pair of abutment members. |
| US08283589B2 |
Sorting apparatus
A sorting apparatus is described and which includes an inspection station; a multiplicity of electromagnetic radiation emitters and detectors; an optical filter which is positioned in front of the electromagnetic radiation detectors, and which passes electromagnetic radiation having a given polarization; an ejector assembly positioned downstream from the inspection station for removing defective objects of interest which are identified; and a computer/controller for selectively energizing the electromagnetic radiation emitter, and detector, and rendering the ejector assembly operational to remove defective objects of interest, from a stream of objects of interest which have passed through an inspection station. |
| US08283587B2 |
Button structure for portable electronic device
A portable electronic device attached to a housing includes a button, a elastic plate and a switch. The housing defines a through button hole. The button includes an operating portion and a resisting portion. The operating portion extends out of the housing from the button hole. The elastic plate is fixed to the housing. The elastic plate includes an arched portion and defines a guiding hole, the arched portion resists the button. The resisting portion is received in the guiding hole. The resisting portion contacts the switch to form an electronic signal when the button is pressed down. The arched portion of the elastic plate pushes the button to return to original position by a rebounding force when the button is released. |
| US08283580B2 |
System and method for counting nominally identical articles by weight
A method and apparatus for counting nominally identical articles employs weighing apparatus, which comprises a load hod (102) for holding a number of articles to be weighed and a load transducer (20) responsive to loading of the hod (102) to produce a derived electrical signal indicative of the apparent weight of articles in the hod (102). The signal is susceptible to fluctuation as a result of local air currents acting on the hod (102) or on the articles contained therein. The transducer derived signal is filtered to extract a component signal representative of such fluctuation. After further processing, the filtered component signal is used to correct the original transducer signal thereby to indicate the true weight of articles in the hod (102). The number of articles in the hod (102) is then determined by dividing the true weight indication by an expected average weight of an article. Fluctuations in the transducer signal due to air currents may also be removed by a system of validation of the signals depending on whether or not they are within range limits based on a running average. |
| US08283578B2 |
Electrical device, system and method for operating with reduced acoustic noise generation
Disclosed herein is a device for reducing noise generated by an electrical component, the device including a stiffening component secured to an electrical component, wherein the stiffening component provides rigidity to the electrical component, thereby reducing the mechanical resonance of the electrical component during operation. The electrical component has at least one end face and a flange portion that includes a flange face that extends about a perimeter of the end face. The flange face is substantially parallel to the end face, wherein the stiffening component is secured to the flange face of the electrical component such that it does not extend into a plane of the end face. Further, the stiffening component can include a stiffening portion and a securing portion, wherein the stiffening portion is secured to the flange face of the electrical component by the securing portion. Further, the electrical component can be a power semiconductor device. |
| US08283577B2 |
Printed matter and its manufacturing method, and electromagnetic shielding material and its manufacturing method
Intended is to provide an electromagnetic shielding material having a conductive layer pattern by transferring a conductive composite to a transparent base material, and an electromagnetic shielding material having a metal layer formed on the transferred conductive layer. The electromagnetic shielding material is free from the troubles such as the breaking of wire, the non-conforming shape or the low contact, which is based on the non-conforming transfer of the conductive composite. The electromagnetic shielding material comprises a transparent base material, a primer layer formed over the transparent base material, and a conductive layer formed in a predetermined pattern on the primer layer. In the primer layer, a portion having the conductive layer formed therein has a thickness larger than the thickness of a portion without the conductive layer. |
| US08283575B2 |
Flexible-circuit flat cable with cluster section
Disclosed is a flexible-circuit flat cable with cluster section, including at least one cluster section, at least one slip section, a first connection section, and a second connection section. The first connection section is set at a first end of the cluster section. The slip section has a first end connected to a second end of the cluster section and a second end at which the second connection section is set. The four sections are all provided with a plurality of signal transmission lines corresponding to and connecting each other. The first connection section and the second connection section are selectively provided with a connector or a plugging end. Further, the cluster section includes a cluster structure composed of a plurality of clustered flat cable components that are formed by slitting in a direction parallel to extension direction of a flexible circuit board to impose free and independent flexibility for bending to each clustered flat cable component. |
| US08283574B2 |
Printed circuit board with compound via
A printed circuit board (PCB) with compound via includes a substrate and a pair of through holes passing through the substrate. The substrate includes a signal layer which is the top layer of the substrate, a first reference layer adjacent to the signal layer, and a second reference layer not adjacent to the signal layer. A first and a second pair of pads are mounted on the signal layer. Each of the through holes extends through the first pair of pads such that the through hole and the first pair of pads jointly form a compound via. A first reserved opening is formed on the first reference layer and corresponds to the first and the second pair of pads and the compound via. A second reserved opening is formed on the second reference layer and surrounds the through hole thereon. |
| US08283573B2 |
Multi-layer printed circuit board and method of manufacturing multilayer printed circuit board
A multi-layer printed circuit board including a core structure including resin layers and conductor circuits sandwiched by the resin layers, the core structure having a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface, a first conductor layer including conductor circuits formed on the first surface of the core structure, and a second conductor layer including conductor circuits formed on the second surface of the core structure. The core structure includes a first via hole and a second via hole, the first via hole and the second via hole sandwich one or more conductor circuits in the core substrate and are positioned vertically to form a through hole electrically connecting respective ones of the conductor circuits of the first and the second conductor layers, and the first via hole and the second via hole are deviated from each other in a vertical direction. |
| US08283572B2 |
Printed circuit board
A printed circuit board includes a reference layer configured to connect to a power or a ground and a dielectric layer stacked on the reference layer. The dielectric layer includes a component surface opposing the reference layer. The component surface forms a differential pairs, a protection runner, and a power runner. The differential pairs include a substantially linear part. The protection runner is intervened between the linear part and the power runner, and is substantially parallel to the differential pairs. The length of the protection runner is approximately equal to that of the linear part. Each of the two ends of the protection runner forms a via that electrically connects the protection runner to the reference layer. |
| US08283564B2 |
Termination tool with corresponding male and female connectors
A termination tool for terminating multiple wires to a two part electrical connector assembly composed of a wire arrangement manifold and a jack housing is provided by the present disclosure. The termination tool includes a main tool body having a termination housing provided thereon including a first cavity, a second cavity and a passage extending between the first and second cavities. The first cavity has an open side to receive and is shaped to removably retain a wire arrangement manifold, the second cavity having an open side to receive and being shaped to removably retain a jack housing, and the passage being sized to allow, in use, the wire arrangement manifold to pass therethrough from the first cavity to the second cavity and having cutting means provided on opposing sides of its end proximate to the first cavity. |
| US08283563B2 |
Protective sleeve fabricated with hybrid yard, hybrid yarn, and methods of construction thereof
A hybrid yarn filament and sleeve constructed therefrom for protecting elongate members against at least one of EMI, RFI or ESD is provided, along with methods of constructing the hybrid yarn filament and sleeves. The hybrid yarn filament has a nonconductive filament and at least one conductive wire filament overlying an outer surface of the nonconductive filament. The hybrid yarn filament is arranged in electrical communication with itself or other hybrid yarn filaments during construction of the sleeve to provide uniform shielding against EMI, RFI, and and/or ESD. |
| US08283562B2 |
Electrical interface assembly
An electrical interface assembly configured to be supported within a wall of a mobile structure. The electrical interface assembly includes a frame having spaced apart inner and outer supports. Panels including electrical connectors are removably supported by the inner and outer supports. |
| US08283560B2 |
Photovoltaic device
A photovoltaic device including at least one active layer and a transparent cover plate which contains on at least one side an array of geometrical optical relief structures and which is in optical contact with a surface receiving side of the at least one active layer of a photovoltaic device, characterized in that the optical relief structures include a base and a single apex which are connected by at least three n-polygonal surfaces where n is equal to 4 or higher. |
| US08283554B2 |
Method and apparatus for concentrating light
An apparatus for obtaining radiant energy has first and second photovoltaic receivers. A primary curved reflective surface is disposed to reflect incident polychromatic radiation toward a first focal plane. A spectral separator is disposed between the first focal plane and the primary curved reflective surface. The spectral separator has a dichroic separating surface, convex with respect to the incident reflected polychromatic radiation and treated to reflect a first spectral band toward the first photovoltaic receiver and to transmit reflected polychromatic radiation outside the first spectral band. The spectral separator also has a curved separator reflective surface, convex with respect to the light transmitted through the dichroic separating surface and treated to reflect at least a portion of the light transmitted through the dichroic separating surface toward the second photovoltaic receiver. |
| US08283551B2 |
Vibration apparatus and method for seasoning stringed musical instruments
Apparatus and method for seasoning stringed musical instruments comprises an electric vibration generator coupled to a string cradle. The string cradle is detachably attachable to the strings of the instrument through a plurality of flanges extending between the strings. |
| US08283549B2 |
Information processing terminal and music information generating method and program
An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing terminal that specifies emotions from a voice and audio outputs music suitable for the specified emotions to enable the emotions of a loudspeaker who uttered the voice to be recognized readily.In an information processing terminal according to the present invention, an emotion inferring unit 23 detects, from sound information, at least two emotions of an utterer who uttered a voice included in the sound information, and a music data generating unit 24 synthesizes music data, stored in a music parts database 242 and corresponding to the emotions detected by the emotion inferring unit 23, and a controller 22 reproduces the music data generated by the music data generating unit 24. |
| US08283545B2 |
System for learning an isolated instrument audio track from an original, multi-track recording through variable gain control
The teachings described herein are generally directed to a system, method, and apparatus for learning music through an educational audio track embodied on a computer readable medium. The system can comprise components including a processor, an input device, a database, a transformation module, an emulation recording module, an integration engine, an output module, and an output device, wherein each component is operable in itself to perform it's function in the system and operable with other system components to provide a system to a user for learning music. |
| US08283540B2 |
Musical instrument tuning apparatus and method
A musical instrument tuning device includes a tuning sleeve and a tuning collar threadingly engaged to the tuning sleeve. The apparatus is mountable onto a first portion of a musical instrument which also has a second portion, the second portion being slidingly adjustable relative to the first portion to change the length of an air passage to tune that musical instrument. In one embodiment, the musical instrument tuning device is mounted on a neck portion of a saxophone to which a mouthpiece is typically engaged. Rotation of the tuning collar moves a saxophone mouthpiece relative to the neck portion and thereby enables a musician to quickly and precisely tune the saxophone. |
| US08283538B2 |
String of a musical instrument
In the case of a string of a musical instrument (1) with at least one composite core (2), wherein the at least one composite core (2) comprises a first core element (3) and a second core element (4), to achieve high volumes with little expenditure of force to excite the string as well as a rapid and precise response to quick changes of excitation, in particular quick bow changes, to achieve a natural sound and to extend a musician's artistic range, it is proposed that the first core element (3) and the second core element (4) comprise at least one organic material, and that the first core element (3) and the second core element (4) are joined at least in certain regions by means of a first polymer element (11) lying therebetween. |
| US08283532B1 |
Soybean cultivar 02432515
A soybean cultivar designated 02432515 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 02432515, to the plants of soybean cultivar 02432515, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 02432515, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 02432515. 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. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 02432515. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 02432515, 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 cultivar 02432515 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US08283526B1 |
Soybean variety RJS37001
According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated RJS37001. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety RJS37001, to the plants of soybean RJS37001 to plant parts of soybean variety RJS37001 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety RJS37001 with another soybean plant, using RJS37001 as either the male or the female parent. |
| US08283525B2 |
Cucumber line APD147-4004Mo
The invention provides seed and plants of the cucumber line designated APD147-4004Mo. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of cucumber line APD147-4004Mo, and to methods for producing a cucumber plant produced by crossing a plant of cucumber line APD147-4004Mo with itself or with another cucumber 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 cucumber line APD147-4004Mo, including the fruit and gametes of such plants. |
| US08283521B2 |
Transcription factor gene induced by water deficit conditions and abscisic acid from Helianthus annuus, promoter and transgenic plants
A new transcription factor coding gene induced by water deficit or abscisic acid of Helianthus annuus, having a homeodomain associated to a leucine zipper, was characterized. The transcription factor is useful to be cloned in DNA constructions for transforming host cells and plants. The transgenic plants comprising the transcription factor gene are tolerant and resistant to harmful environmental conditions such as water stress and high salinity. A nucleic acid promoting sequence is also provided wherein the sequence is induced by water deficit or abscisic acid. Constructions, host cells and transgenic plants that comprise the transcription factor gene are provided. |
| US08283520B1 |
Maize variety hybrid X8R673
A novel maize variety designated X8R673 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 hybrid maize variety X8R673 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X8R673 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X8R673, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X8R673. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X8R673. |
| US08283519B2 |
Plant transcriptional regulators of abiotic stress
The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, variants of naturally-occurring sequences, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties, including improved cold and other osmotic stress tolerance, as compared to wild-type or reference plants. The invention also pertains to expression systems that may be used to regulate these transcription factor polynucleotides, providing constitutive, transient, inducible and tissue-specific regulation. |
| US08283518B2 |
Administration of transposon-based vectors to reproductive organs
Methods and compositions for the administration of transposon-based vectors to the reproductive organs of animals and the creation of transgenic animals. Preferred methods involve administration of the transposon-based vectors to the lumen of the oviduct of an avian, expression of a vector derived transgene in the avian, and deposition of the resultant polypeptide in an egg. This invention allows for large amounts of protein to be deposited in the egg. |
| US08283514B2 |
Adhesive bandage
An adhesive bandage is provided with a body portion having a gauze portion and an adhesive portion. The adhesive portion having an adhesive on a first surface of the body portion adapted to adhere to skin. The body portion having a cavity for storing two or more gauze portions, the cavity having a first opening on the first surface for exposing one of the two or more gauze portions to the skin and a second opening on a second surface for removing the exposed gauze portion through the second opening and replacing the exposed gauze portion with another of the two or more gauze portions in the first opening. Also provided are adhesive bandages having a cavity for storing a medicament or a port, each in communication with the gauze portion for providing medicament to the gauze portion. |
| US08283513B2 |
Multilayer wound dressing
A flexible, multilayer wound dressing with antibacterial and antifungal properties, together with methods for making the dressing. The dressing includes a layer of silver-containing fabric, a layer of absorbent material, and (optionally) a layer of flexible air-permeable and/or water-impermeable material. The dressing can be used for prophylactic and therapeutic care and treatment of skin infections and surface wounds (including surgical incisions), as a packing material, and as a swab for surface cleaning. |
| US08283512B1 |
Method and system for enhanced energy production from transforming, reducing and eliminating organic material and medical wastes
A waste elimination apparatus includes a natural gas ignition system, a silica material bed, a heat transfer device, and a system for collecting plasma produced energy. A reaction formed by heat from ignition, carbon from the waste material, supercritical water, —OH radicals, and muons released from the silica bed transform the waste into a fuel. This fuel is more efficiently consumed by the complete combustion process resulting in near total elimination of the waste, increased energy production, and virtually no emissions. |
| US08283505B2 |
Recovery of higher alcohols from dilute aqueous solutions
This invention is directed to methods for recovery of C3-C6 alcohols from dilute aqueous solutions, such as fermentation broths. Such methods provide improved volumetric productivity for the fermentation and allows recovery of the alcohol. Such methods also allow for reduced energy use in the production and drying of spent fermentation broth due to increased effective concentration of the alcohol product by the simultaneous fermentation and recovery process which increases the quantity of alcohol produced and recovered per quantity of fermentation broth dried. Thus, the invention allows for production and recovery of C3-C6 alcohols at low capital and reduced operating costs. |
| US08283503B2 |
Methods of forming a tellurium alkoxide and methods of forming a mixed halide-alkoxide of tellurium
A method of forming a tellurium alkoxide includes providing a tellurium halide and a non-tellurium alkoxide in a liquid organic solvent. The liquid organic solvent has less moles of alcohol, if any, than moles of tellurium halide in the liquid organic solvent. The tellurium halide and the non-tellurium alkoxide within the liquid organic solvent are reacted to form a reaction product halide and a tellurium alkoxide. The liquid organic solvent is removed from the reaction product halide and the tellurium alkoxide to leave a liquid and/or solid mixture comprising the reaction product halide and the tellurium alkoxide. The mixture is heated effective to gasify the tellurium alkoxide from the reaction product halide. Other implementations are disclosed, including methods of forming a mixed halide-alkoxide of tellurium. |
| US08283501B2 |
Optically active 2,2′-biphenol derivative and production method of same
Disclosed herein are optically active biphenol derivatives represented by the following formulas (1) and (2), a method for optically resolving a biphenol derivative represented by formula (2′), a production method of an optically active biphenol derivative (1) comprising a step for reacting a Brønsted acid with a biphenol derivative (2), and a production method of an optically active biphenol derivative (3) comprising a step for reacting a Lewis acid with an optically active biphenol derivative (1) or an optically active biphenol derivative (2). |
| US08283495B2 |
Process for preparing optically active cyclic amines
Optically active cyclic amines of the formula (I) or salts thereof in which A, R0, R are each as defined in claim 1, and R0 and A, or R and A, or R0 and R may also form rings, where R and the NH—R0 group on the two ring carbon atoms marked with an asterisk (*) in each case are arranged in cis arrangement to one another and the stereochemical configuration on these carbon atoms is different from the racemic configuration, can be prepared effectively by a process, which comprises converting an imine (a racemic imine) of the formula (II) in which A, R0 and R are each as defined in formula (I), in the presence of hydrogen or a hydrogen donor and a nonenzymatic catalyst which comprises a catalytically active optically active complex of one or more transition metals from the group of ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, iridium, osmium, platinum, iron, nickel and samarium with organic ligands, to the compound of the formula (I). |
| US08283492B2 |
Manufacture of hydrofluoroalkanesulfonic acids
A process for manufacture of hydrofluoroalkanesulfonic acid with at least one hydrogen bonded to the carbon atom adjacent to the carbon atom bonded to the sulfonic acid group comprising: contacting a fluoroolefin with sulfite in an aqueous solution adjusted to about pH 4 to pH 12; removing water from the solution to form a solid; directly treating the solid with oleum; and distilling the hydrofluoroalkanesulfonic acid therefrom. Also a process for manufacture of potassium hydrofluoroalkanesulfonate in high purity is described. |
| US08283491B2 |
Isomerized alpha olefin sulfonate and method of making the same
The present invention is directed to an isomerized alpha olefin sulfonate and a method of making the same wherein the isomerized alpha olefin sulfonate is derived from sulfonating an isomerized alpha olefin with sulfur trioxide in the presence of air thereby producing an isomerized alpha olefin sulfonic acid, wherein the isomerized alpha olefin is derived from the isomerization of C12-C40 normal alpha olefins; and neutralizing the isomerized alpha olefin sulfonic acid with a source of a mono-valent cation. |
| US08283486B2 |
Norbornane skeleton structure-containing organosilicon compound and method of producing same
Disclosed are a radiation-polymerizable functional group-containing organosilicon compound, including (A) a norbornane skeleton structure, (B) a hydrolyzable silyl group bonded directly to the norbornane skeleton structure, and (C) a radiation-polymerizable functional group bonded to the norbornane skeleton structure, either directly or via a carbon atom, a hetero atom, or a combination thereof, and a method of producing the radiation-polymerizable functional group-containing organosilicon compound. Also disclosed are a haloalkyl group-containing organosilicon compound, including (D) a norbornane skeleton structure, (E) a hydrolyzable silyl group bonded directly to the norbornane skeleton structure, and (F) a haloalkyl group, which is bonded directly to the norbornane skeleton structure and either contains or does not contain a hetero atom, and a method of producing the haloalkyl group-containing organosilicon compound. These organosilicon compounds are useful as silane coupling agents having superior heat resistance stability. |
| US08283485B2 |
Process for selectively depositing copper thin films on substrates with copper and ruthenium areas via vapor deposition
A process for preparing a multi-layer substrate is described herein. In one embodiment, the process provides a multi-layer substrate comprising a first layer and a second layer where the process comprises the steps of providing the first layer comprising a barrier area and a copper area; and depositing the second layer comprising copper onto the first layer wherein the depositing provides the second layer comprising a first thickness ranging from about 20 Angstroms to about 2,000 Angstroms onto the barrier area and a second thickness ranging from about 0 Angstroms to about 1,000 Angstroms onto the copper area in the first layer wherein the first thickness is greater than the second thickness. |
| US08283481B2 |
Inhibitors of a 9-cis epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase
A compound of formula (I): wherein: R1 is —SR10, —O—C(O)—R11, —NR12R13, where R10 is a C1-8-alkyl group or a phenyl group unsubstituted or substituted by a C1-4-alkyl group, R11 is a thiophenenyl, furanyl or pyrrolyl group, R12 is H or a C1-4-alkyl group and R13 is a C1-8-alkyl group or a phenyl group unsubstituted or substituted by a C1-4-alkyl group; R2 is H or a C1-4-alkyl group; R3 and R4 are independently H or C1-4-alkyl groups; R5 and R6 are independently H, OH or OR14, or taken together are ═O, where R14 is a protecting group; R7 is H or a C1-4-alkyl group; and, R8 is H, R9 is OH and R15 is H, or R15 is H and R8 and R9 taken together are —O—, or R9 is OH and R8 and R15 taken together form a bond; and, R18 and R19 are both H, or R18 and R19 taken together form a bond, or a plant physiologically acceptable salt thereof is useful for inhibiting 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase (NCED) in a plant or seed and is therefore useful for regulating ABA biosynthesis in the plant or seed. |
| US08283480B2 |
Perfluoropolyether group-containing acrylate compound
The present invention relates to a photo-curable perfluoropolyether group-containing acrylate compound represented by the following formula (1): X1—[Z—Rf—Z—X2]v—Z—Rf—Z—X1 (1) wherein Rf is a divalent perfluoropolyether group; X1 is a group represented by the following formula (2): R2 is a group represented by the following formula (4): X2 is a group represented by the following formula (5): and Z is a divalent organic group. |
| US08283476B2 |
Transition metal catalyzed synthesis of 2H-indazoles
The present invention relates to a process for the regioselective synthesis of compounds of the formula I, wherein R0; R1; R2; R3; R4; R5; A1; A2; A3; A4, Q and J have the meanings indicated in the claims. The present invention provides a direct transition metal catalyzed process to a wide variety of multifunctional 2H-indazoles or 2H-azaindazoles of the formula (I) from 2-halo-phenylacetylenes or (2-sulfonato)phenylacetylenes and monosubstituted hydrazines. |
| US08283473B2 |
Platinum complex compound and utilization of the same
The present invention provides a novel dinuclear platinum(II) complex compound that can bind to DNA by a mode different from that of cisplatin-type drugs, a method of producing this compound and an anticancer agent comprising this compound as an effective component. This compound is a tetrazolato-bridged platinum complex compound represented by the following formula (I), wherein A is optionally substituted tetrazolato, B is an inorganic or organic anion, and m and n are integers determined in accordance with the charge number of the platinum complex ion and the charge number of the anion. |
| US08283471B2 |
Succinate salt of 2-((4-(1-methyl-4-pyridin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)phenoxy)methyl)quinoline
The present invention relates to a succinate salt of 2-((4-(1-methyl-4-(pyridin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)phenoxy)methyl)quinoline, and to a method for treating disorders of the Central Nervous System (CNS) and other disorders in a mammal, including a human, by administering to the mammal the succinate salt. It also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and the succinate salt. |
| US08283465B2 |
Triazolopyridine compound, and action thereof as prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor or erythropoietin production-inducing agent
The present invention provides a triazolopyridine compound having a prolyl hydroxylase inhibitory action and an erythropoietin production-inducing ability. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the following formula [I]: wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof, as well as a prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor or erythropoietin production-inducing agent containing the compound. The compound of the present invention shows a prolyl hydroxylase inhibitory action and an erythropoietin production-inducing ability and is useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for various diseases and pathologies (disorders) caused by decreased production of erythropoietin. |
| US08283463B2 |
Sterile hyaluronic acid solutions
A process for sterilizing a solution comprising hyaluronic acid. The process comprises providing an aqueous solution of hyaluronic acid with a weight average molecular weight from 0.6 MDa to 3.6 MDa, and the concentration of the hyaluronic acid is from 0.04% to 0.8% by weight. The aqueous solution also has an ionic strength equivalent to an aqueous concentration of sodium chloride from 3% to 30% by weight. Once the aqueous, high salt, hyaluronic acid solution is prepared the solution is maintained at a temperature from 40° C. to 80° C. for at least 1 hour and not longer than six days. Following the heat treatment step, the aqueous solution is filtered through a sterilization filter medium to provide a sterilized high salt, hyaluronic acid solution. |
| US08283462B2 |
Group of nucleic acid fragments for prevention of HIV infection or AIDS and the usage thereof
The invention provides a group of nucleic acid fragments, shown in the sequence listing, for prevention of HIV infection or AIDS and the usage thereof. In the invention, a series of RNA fragments, which are highly homogenous to all the published HIV gene sequences, were obtained by homology compare. The double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) derived from these fragments can effectively inhibit the expression of the HIV genes. The RNA transcribed by plasmid, also can suppress the expression of the HIV in the cell. After the adenovirus or associated virus which carry DNA corresponding above RNA infect the cell, the transcription dsRNA can inhibit the expression of the HIV genes. |
| US08283460B2 |
Short hairpin RNAs for inhibition of gene expression
Methods, compositions, and kits that include small hairpin RNA (shRNA) useful for inhibition of gene expression, such as viral-mediated gene expression, are described. |
| US08283453B2 |
Selective placement of carbon nanotubes through functionalization
The present invention provides a method for selectively placing carbon nanotubes on a substrate surface by using functionalized carbon nanotubes having an organic compound that is covalently bonded to such carbon nanotubes. The organic compound comprises at least two functional groups, the first of which is capable of forming covalent bonds with carbon nanotubes, and the second of which is capable of selectively bonding metal oxides. Such functionalized carbon nanotubes are contacted with a substrate surface that has at least one portion containing a metal oxide. The second functional group of the organic compound selectively bonds to the metal oxide, so as to selectively place the functionalized carbon nanotubes on the at least one portion of the substrate surface that comprises the metal oxide. |
| US08283441B2 |
Na+K+-ATPase-specific peptide inhibitors/activators of SRC and SRC family kinases
A method for regulating Src and its downstream signaling pathway which includes binding between Src and Na+/K+-ATPase is disclosed. The Na+/K+-ATPase/Src complex is a functional receptor for cardiotonic steroids such as ouabain. Also disclosed are Src inhibitors or activators which include either Na+/K+-ATPase or Src that interfere with the interaction between the Na/K-ATPase and Src, act via a different mechanism from ATP analogues, and is pathway (Na+/K+-ATPase) specific. |
| US08283437B2 |
Preparation of low-acid polyalkylene terephthalate and preparation of macrocyclic polyester oligomer therefrom
The invention provides methods and systems for manufacturing low-acid polyalkylene terephthalate, for example, polybutylene terephthalate (PBT). The invention also provides methods and systems for preparing macrocyclic polyester oligomer (MPO) from low-acid polyalkylene terephthalate. Finally, the invention provides methods and systems for preparing MPO via reaction of a diol and a dialkyl ester in an organic solvent to form non-isolated, low-acid polyalkylene terephthalate which undergoes cyclization (depolymerization) to form MPO. |
| US08283436B2 |
Process for synthesizing thiol terminated polymers
The present invention is directed to a process for the cleavage of one or more starting polymers having thiocarbonylthio groups of the formula —S—(C═S)— into derived polymers having thiol end groups of the formula —SH. The process includes contacting the aforedescribed starting polymers, with a reagent having the formula Xa Yb, wherein Xa is a nucleophilic group and Yb is an extracting group that results in the starting polymer and a byproduct, which is then separated from the derived polymer by conventional separation processes. The derived polymer is free from any odor or color that is sometimes associated with the starting polymer and it can be used in making optical lenses, such as contact lenses. |
| US08283434B2 |
Hydrolytically degradable polymers and hydrogels made therefrom
Methods for preparing a poly(ether carbonates) of the formula HO—[(CH2CH2—O)n—CO2]m—(CH2CH2—O)n—H are provided. The method comprises polymerizing an activated oligomer of the formula of H—O—(CH2CH2—O)n—CO2—Z, where Z is reactive leaving group. |
| US08283433B2 |
Polycarbonate resin and electrophotographic photosensitive body using the same
The present invention is directed to a polycarbonate resin comprising a structural unit represented by the following general formula (I), wherein the structural unit of general formula (I) occupies 5 to 100 mol % relative to all the structural units, and the limiting viscosity of the polycarbonate resin is 0.3 to 2.0 dl/g: wherein in the formula, R1 through R8 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen group, an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 through 9, an aryl group having a carbon number of 6 through 12, an alkenyl group having a carbon number of 2 through 5, an alkoxy group having a carbon number of 1 through 5, or an aralkyl group having a carbon number of 7 through 17. |
| US08283431B2 |
Increased polymerization reactor output by using a specific initiator system
The invention pertains to a process to polymerize one or more monomers wherein at most 90% w/w of a safely useable amount of a first initiator is used and a second initiator is dosed at least after the start of the polymerization, in an amount such that essentially the full cooling capacity of the polymerization reactor is used, resulting in a cost efficient process to make polymers, particularly polymers comprising polymerized vinyl chloride. |
| US08283427B2 |
Heterogeneous perfluoroaryl substituted Lewis acid catalysts for cationic polymerizations
A process for cationically polymerizing olefin monomers in a reaction mixture includes the step of contacting olefin monomers and a catalytically effective amount of an initiating composition containing (A) a heterogeneous perfluoroaryl substituted Lewis acid coinitiator selected from the group consisting of open chain and cyclic aluminoxane compounds or Group 13 perfluoroaryl Lewis acid compounds of formula (III) and (B) an initiator selected from the group consisting of (i) organic compounds, (ii) halogens, (iii) interhalogens; (iv) Brönsted acids, (v) boron halides; (vi) silicon compounds; and (vii) germanium compounds. A novel initiator system is further disclosed. |
| US08283425B2 |
Magnesium dichloride-ethanol adducts and catalyst components obtained therefrom
Adducts are provided comprising MgCl2, ethanol and a Lewis base (LB), said compounds being present in molar ratios defined by the following formula MgCl2.(EtOH)n(LB)p in which n is from 2 to 6 and p has values satisfying the following equation p/(n+p)≦0.1. The said adducts can be used as precursor in the preparation of high activity ZN catalysts. |
| US08283418B2 |
Polypropylene composition with low surface energy
Polypropylene composition comprising a) an isotactic polypropylene (iPP) produced in the presence of a single-site catalyst and said isotactic polypropylene (iPP) has a mean isotactic block length between two structural chain defects, as a statistical average, greater than 70, and b) an atactic polypropylene (aPP) with an absorbance ratio of the absorption band at 998 cm−1 to the absorption band at 973 cm−1 [A998/A973] below 0.80 wherein the weight ratio of said atactic polypropylene to the sum of said atactic polypropylene and said isotactic polypropylene (aPP/(aPP+iPP)) is at least 0.50 wt.-%. |
| US08283417B2 |
Impact modifier composition, an impact resistant composition, method of producing the same, and articles made therefrom
The instant invention is an impact resistant composition, method of producing the same, and articles made therefrom. The impact resistant composition comprises (1) at least 85 percent by weight of poly(vinyl chloride), based on the weight of the impact resistant composition; and (2) less than 10 percent by weight of an impact modifier composition, based on the weight of the impact resistant composition, comprising; (a) less than 30 percent by weight of high-density polyethylene, based on the weight of the impact modifier composition; and (b) at least 70 percent by weight of chlorinated polyethylene, based on the weight of the impact modifier composition; wherein the impact resistant composition has an instrumented dart drop impact of greater than 0.90 inch-pounds per mil at −10° C. The method for producing the impact resistant composition comprises the steps of (1) selecting poly(vinyl chloride); (2) selecting an impact modifier composition comprising; (a) less than 30 percent by weight of high-density polyethylene, based on the weight of the impact modifier composition; and (b) at least 70 percent by weight of chlorinated polyethylene, based on the weight of the impact modifier composition; (3) melt blending the poly(vinyl chloride) and the impact modifier composition; and (4) thereby producing the impact resistant composition comprising at least 85 percent by weight of poly(vinyl chloride), based on the weight of the impact resistant composition; and (2) less than 10 percent by weight of the impact modifier composition. |
| US08283414B2 |
Compositions comprising modified collagen and uses therefor
The invention provides modified collagen and related therapeutic and diagnostic methods. |
| US08283410B2 |
Ring-opening metathesis polymerization of norbornene and oxanorbornene moieties and uses thereof
The present invention provides homopolymers resulting from ROMP of oxanorbornene dicarboxylic anhydride moieties and non-homopolymers resulting from ROMP of norbornene dicarboxylic anhydrides and oxanorbornene dicarboxylic anhydrides with co-monomer moieties. The invention further provides hydrogenated homopolymers resulting from ROMP of oxanorbornene dicarboxylic anhydrides and hydrogenated non-homopolymers resulting from ROMP of norbornene dicarboxylic anhydrides and oxanorbornene dicarboxylic anhydrides with co-monomer moieties. The invention further provides a wide variety of compositions comprising the novel ROMP moieties. Some of the novel ROMP moiety structures are set out below, wherein R1, R2, X, n, and m are defined herein. |
| US08283405B2 |
Water-based paint compositions
This invention provides water-based paint compositions which can form coating film excelling in finished appearance such as coated surface smoothness and also of excellent performance in such properties as water resistance, which comprise water-dispersible acrylic polymer particles (A), reactive group-containing resin (B) and optionally curing agent (C), the water-dispersible acrylic polymer particles (A) having a weight-average molecular weight of at least 1,100,000 and an absorbance not higher than 0.2 at the wavelength of 330 nm as measured with spectrophotometer in the state of a liquid dispersion at a mass concentration of 1.35% in 1,4-dioxane solvent. |
| US08283404B2 |
Opacifying pigment particle
An opacifying pigment that includes a pigment particle having an average particle diameter of from 0.005 to 5 microns and an index of refraction of at least 1.8 such as, for example TiO2, at least partially encapsulated in polymer is provided. Also provided are processes for forming the encapsulated pigment particle and compositions including the encapsulated pigment particle. |
| US08283400B2 |
Polyolefin adhesive compositions
An adhesive and method for hot melt adhesive application. The adhesive comprises polyolefin base polymer and from 1 to 15 wt % of a at least two wax components, based on the total weight of the polyolefin base polymer and the at least two wax components, wherein the at least two wax components comprise a first wax component having a relatively low weight average molecular weight at least 1000 g/mole less than a second wax component having a relatively high weight average molecular weight. The adhesive may have at least 50% fiber tear at 25° C., and a characteristic set time of less than 3 seconds. The adhesive may also include from 1 to 10 wt % of at least one functionalized polyolefin. |
| US08283397B2 |
Resin-coated metal pigment, method for producing the same, and water base paint using the same
The present invention provides a resin-coated metal pigment capable of achieving both of water resistance of a water base paint and chemical resistance of a film at a high level, and a water base paint using the resin-coated metal pigment. The present invention provides a method for producing a resin-coated metal pigment including an adsorption step of bringing a solution or a dispersion liquid of a phosphate ester component (A) into contact with a metal pigment to prepare a phosphate ester adsorbing metal pigment, a slurry preparation step of preparing a slurry for polymerization obtained by dissolving a polymerization component (B) therein, and a coating step of polymerizing the polymerization component (B) to form a resin coating layer on the surface of the phosphate ester adsorbing metal pigment; a resin-coated metal pigment obtained by the method; and a water base paint using the resin-coated metal pigment. |
| US08283395B2 |
Method of producing organic-particles-dispersion liquid
A method of producing an organic particle dispersion, which has: dissolving an organic material into a good solvent to form a solution, mixing the solution with a poor solvent for the organic material in which the poor solvent is compatible with the good solvent, to form organic particles of the organic material in a mixed liquid, and thereby preparing a dispersion in which the organic particles are dispersed, in which a polymer compound having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 or more is contained when preparing the dispersion. |
| US08283394B2 |
Process for producing mouldings from cork particles
The use of water redispersible thermoplastic polymer powder stabilized with protective colloid as a binder in cork products produced from cork flour or granules allows use of reduced amounts of binder without compromising physical properties. |
| US08283392B2 |
Particle comprising a matrix and a radical initiator
The invention pertains to a particle comprising a composition containing a matrix and a peroxide or azo radical initiator, wherein the particle is a fiber or fibrid selected from aramid, polyester, polyimide, cellulose, and glass. The invention further relates to particle-elastomers comprising said composition, and skim products, tires, tire treads, and belts comprising these particle-elastomers. |
| US08283391B2 |
Tree resistant insulation compositions
Insulation compositions for electric power cables having a polyolefin base polymer and an additive comprising either low molecular weight wax or polyethylene glycol (PEG) and optionally further comprising one or more hindered amine light stabilizers, amine antioxidants and other antioxidant blends are disclosed. Also disclosed are insulation compositions comprising a C2 to C8 alpha olefin in combination with a polyethylene homopolymer together with, optionally, one or more hindered amine light stabilizer and a liquid cresol antioxidant. |
| US08283390B2 |
Siloxane block copolymer nanoporous foams, methods of manufacture thereof and articles comprising the same
Disclosed herein is a foam that includes a polysiloxane block copolymer; the polysiloxane block copolymer including a first block that comprises a polysiloxane block and a second block that includes an organic polymer; the second block not containing a polysiloxane; the polysiloxane block being about 5 to about 45 repeat units; the foam having average pore sizes of less than or equal to about 100 nanometers. |
| US08283388B2 |
Method for producing solid electrolyte material-containing sheet
A main object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a solid electrolyte material-containing sheet excellent in strength. The present invention attains the object by providing a method for producing a solid electrolyte material-containing sheet comprising the steps of: preparing a raw material composition containing a sulfide solid electrolyte material and a binder composition containing a monomer or oligomer having a double bond and a radical polymerization initiator; applying the raw material composition to form a sheet-shaped composition; and polymerizing the sheet-shaped composition by radical polymerization. |
| US08283384B2 |
Adhesive complex coacervates and methods of making and using thereof
Described herein is the synthesis of adhesive complex coacervates and their use thereof. The adhesive complex coacervates are composed of a mixture of one or more polycations and one or more polyanions. The polycations and polyanions in the adhesive complex coacervate are crosslinked with one another by covalent bonds upon curing. The adhesive complex coacervates have several desirable features when compared to conventional bioadhesives, which are effective in water-based applications. The adhesive complex coacervates described herein exhibit good interfacial tension in water when applied to a substrate (i.e., they spread over the interface rather than being beaded up). Additionally, the ability of the complex coacervate to crosslink intermolecularly increases the cohesive strength of the adhesive complex coacervate. The adhesive complex coacervates have numerous biological applications as bioadhesives and drug delivery devices. In particular, the adhesive complex coacervates described herein are particularly useful in underwater applications and situations where water is present such as, for example, physiological conditions. |
| US08283380B2 |
Methods for treatment of parkinson's disease
New uses of safinamide, safinamide derivatives and MAO-B inhibitors in novel types of treatment for Parkinson's Disease are described. More specifically, the invention relates to methods for treating Parkinson's Disease through the administration of safinamide, a safinamide derivative, or a MAO-B inhibitor, in combination with other Parkinson's Disease agents or treatments, such as levodopa/PDI or dopamine agonists. |
| US08283379B2 |
Methods and compositions for the treatment of CNS-related conditions
The present invention provides novel methods and compositions for the treatment and prevention of CNS-related conditions. One of the CNS-related conditions treated by the methods and compositions of the invention is Alzheimer's disease. |
| US08283376B2 |
Use of substituted 2-aminotetralins for preventive treatment of parkinson's disease
The invention relates to the use of substituted 2-aminotetralins of general formula (I) as a medicament for the preventive treatment of Parkinson's disease. |
| US08283375B2 |
2, 6 xylidine derivatives for the treatment of pain
The disclosure herein provides a compound of formula 1. The disclosure also provides a method of synthesizing the compound of formula 1. The compound of formula 1 or its pharmaceutical acceptable salts, as well as polymorphs, solvates, and hydrates thereof may be formulated as pharmaceutical composition. The pharmaceutical composition of compound of formula 1 or the final compound may be formulated for non-invasive peroral, topical (example transdermal), enteral, transmucosal, targeted delivery, sustained release delivery, delayed release, pulsed release and parenteral methods. Such compositions may be used to treat chronic pain manifested with chronic diseases or its associated complications. The compound may also be offered as a kit. |
| US08283372B2 |
2-(1H-indol-3-ylmethyl)-pyrrolidine dimer as a SMAC mimetic
A SMAC mimetic and pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of use. |
| US08283370B2 |
Imidazolidinedione derivatives as antimalarial agents, preparation thereof, and methods of use
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to new imidazolidinedione derivatives, methods of making these compounds, and methods of using the same to prevent, treat, or inhibit malaria in a subject. |
| US08283368B2 |
Selective ligands for the dopamine 3 (D3) receptor and methods of using the same
Potent and selective ligands for the dopamine 3 (D3) receptor are disclosed. The D3 receptor ligands have a structural formula (I) wherein X is C═O or SO2, R1 is C1-6 alkyl, R2 is aryl, heteroaryl, aryl, —(CH2)1-3aryl, or —(CH2)1-3heteroaryl, and n is 0 or 1. Methods of using the D3 receptor ligands in the treatment of diseases and conditions wherein modulation of the D3 receptor provides a benefit also are disclosed. |
| US08283367B2 |
Proteasome inhibitors and methods of using the same
The present invention provides boronic acid compounds, boronic esters, and compositions thereof that can modulate apoptosis such as by inhibition of proteasome activity. The compounds and compositions can be used in methods of inducing apoptosis and treating diseases such as cancer and other disorders associated directly or indirectly with proteasome activity. |
| US08283362B2 |
Beta-2-adrenoreceptor agonists
Compounds of formula in free or salt or solvate form, where Ar is a group of formula Y is carbon or nitrogen and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, X, n, p, q and r are as defined in the specification, their preparation and their use as pharmaceuticals, particularly for the treatment of obstructive or inflammatory airways diseases. |
| US08283361B2 |
Heterocyclic urea derivatives and methods of use thereof
Compounds of formula (I) and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are described. Processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, their use as medicaments and their use in the treatment of bacterial infections are also described. |
| US08283359B2 |
Thieno-pyridine derivatives as MEK inhibitors
A series of thieno[2,3-b]pyridine derivatives which are substituted in the 2-position by a substituted anilino moiety, being selective inhibitors of human MEK (MAPKK) enzymes, are accordingly of benefit in medicine, for example in the treatment of inflammatory, autoimmune, cardiovascular, proliferative (including oncological) and nociceptive conditions. |
| US08283358B2 |
N-sulfonamido polycyclic pyrazolyl compounds
The current invention provides compounds having a structure according to Formulae 1, 2, 3, and 4: wherein the A-ring, B-ring, C-ring, m, n, R25, R50, and R51 are as described in the specification. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formulae 1, 2, 3, and 4, as well as methods of treating cognitive disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease. The invention further provides intermediates useful in preparing the compounds of Formulae 1, 2, 3, and 4. |
| US08283354B2 |
Quinazolines useful as modulators of ion channels
The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disorders. |
| US08283352B2 |
Solubilization preparation
A solution-type preparation of lurasidone comprising N-[4-[4-(1,2-benzisothiazol-3-yl)-1-piperazinyl]-(2R,3R)-2,3-tetramethylene-butyl]-(1′R,2′S,3′R,4′S)-2,3-bicyclo[2,2,1]heptanedicarboxyimide hydrochloride (lurasidone) as an active ingredient and containing at least one substance selected from benzyl alcohol, N,N-dimethylacetamide, lactic acid and propylene glycol. |
| US08283351B2 |
Cyclic and acyclic hydrazine derivatives compositions including them and uses thereof
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating a disease in an animal, which disease is responsive to inhibiting of the functional cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) polypeptide by administering to a mammal in need thereof an effective amount of a cyclic or acyclic hydrazine derivative including those of formulas II or III: or compositions thereof, thereby treating the disease. The present invention particularly, relates to a method of treating diarrhea and polycystic kidney disease. |
| US08283350B2 |
Compositions and methods for reducing capillary permeability
The invention generally relates to compositions and methods for reducing capillary permeability. The compositions comprise highly selective alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonists, at low concentrations, such as below 0.05% weight by volume. The compositions preferably comprise brimonidine. The compositions preferably have pH between about 5.5 and about 6.5. |
| US08283347B2 |
Redox molecules and methods of making the same
A non-leaching mediator may include a compound having the general formula (I): and salts thereof, where n is about 9, and X is a halogen; a compound having the general formula (II): and salts thereof, where n is about 9, and X is a halogen; and/or a compound, having the general formula (III): and salts thereof, where n is about 8, and X is a halogen. |
| US08283343B2 |
Ansamycin formulations and methods of use thereof
Amorphous, polymorphic, and solvated forms of 17-amino geldanamycin are disclosed. These compounds are particularly useful for the treatment of cancer, a neoplastic disease state and/or a hyperproliferative disorder, and inhibiting Heat Shock Protein 90 (“Hsp90”). |
| US08283340B2 |
Treatment or prophylaxis of proliferative conditions
The disclosure relates to novel compounds for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of cancers and other proliferative conditions that are for example characterized by cells that express cytochrome P450 1B1 (CYP1B1) and allelic variants thereof. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more such compounds for use in medical therapy, for example in the treatment of prophylaxis of cancers or other proliferative conditions, as well as methods for treating cancers or other conditions in human or non-human animal patients. Provided are methods for identifying novel compounds for use in the treatment of prophylaxis of cancers and other proliferative conditions that are for example characterized by cells that express CYP1B1 and allelic variants thereof. Finally, provided is a method for determining the efficacy of a compound as described herein in treating cancer. |
| US08283329B2 |
Genetic inhibition of double-stranded RNA
A process is provided of introducing an RNA into a living cell to inhibit gene expression of a target gene in that cell. The process may be practiced ex vivo or in vivo. The RNA has a region with double-stranded structure. Inhibition is sequence-specific in that the nucleotide sequences of the duplex region of the RNA and of a portion of the target gene are identical. The present invention is distinguished from prior art interference in gene expression by antisense or triple-strand methods. |
| US08283324B2 |
Immunomodulatory and anti-tumour peptides
The present invention is related to the development of peptides derived from the sequence HYRIKPTFRRLKWKYKGKFW (SEQ ID NO.: 13), showing amino acid substitutions, these peptides unable to bind to the lipopolysaccharides and bearing anti-tumoral and immunomodulatory capacities. These peptides alone or in combination are useful to treat cancer, and also in synergy with conventional therapies. |
| US08283321B2 |
Kallikrein-binding “Kunitz domain” proteins and analogues thereof
This invention provides: novel protein homologous of a Kunitz domain, which are capable of binding kallikrein; polynucleotides that encode such novel proteins; and vectors and transformed host cells containing these polynucleotides. |
| US08283320B2 |
Haemostatic kit, a method of preparing a haemostatic agent and a method of promoting haemostasis
A haemostatic kit to be used as a medical device provides for a containment unit and a haemostatic agent in said containment unit, said haemostatic agent occupying less than 90% of the volume of the containment unit. This allows for facile and consequently sterile preparation of, for instance, a gelatin paste for use in haemostatis when combined with saline, thrombin or another agent to assist in haemostatis. |
| US08283317B1 |
Nanoparticles for protein drug delivery
The invention discloses particulate complexes composed of chitosan, poly-glutamic acid, and at least one bioactive agent, wherein equal moles of the positively charged chitosan and the negatively charged poly-glutamic acid substrate form an electrostatic network enabling improved loading the bioactive agent. |
| US08283316B2 |
Methods for treating radiation burns
The invention is directed to novel cellular factor-containing solution compositions (referred to herein as “CFS” compositions), including novel sustained-release cellular factor-containing solution compositions (referred to herein as “SR-CFS” compositions), methods of making such novel compositions and uses thereof. |
| US08283315B2 |
Inhibition of tumour growth
The present invention provides a cytotoxic 7 to 25 mer peptide with three or more cationic residues which has one or more non-genetic bulky and lipophilic amino acids, as well as esters, amides, salts and cyclic derivatives thereof as well as methods of preparing the peptides, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments, particularly as antibacterions or antitumoral agents. In a preferred aspect, the invention provides the use of said peptides in a method of inducing adaptive immunity against tumor growth or establishment in a subject, as well as the use of other lytic agents in a method of inducing adaptive immunity in a subject. |
| US08283312B2 |
Compositions and methods for modulating body weight and treating obesity-related disorders
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for regulating body weight, and for treating conditions associated with obesity, particularly, obesity-related diabetes. The present invention is premised on the discovery that body weight can be effectively regulated by modulating the levels and/or activities of two gut hormones, PYY and ghrelin. |
| US08283310B2 |
Hepatitis C virus inhibitors
Hepatitis C virus inhibitors having the general formula are disclosed. Compositions comprising the compounds and methods for using the compounds to inhibit HCV are also disclosed. |
| US08283300B2 |
Detergent products, methods and manufacture
A water-soluble pouch suitable for use in machine dishwashing and which comprises a plurality of compartments in generally superposed or superposable relationship, each containing one or more detergent active or auxiliary components, and wherein the pouch has a volume of from about 5 to about 70 ml and a longitudinal/transverse aspect ratio in the range from about 2:1 to about 1:8, preferably from about 1:1 to about 1:4. The water-soluble pouch allows for optimum delivery of dishwashing detergent. A process for the manufacture of multi-compartment pouches and a pack to contain the pouches are also disclosed. |
| US08283293B2 |
Method for producing a HTS coated conductor and HTS coated conductor with reduced losses
A method for producing a high temperature superconductor (=HTS) coated conductor (12), wherein a buffer layer (2; 22) and an HTS layer (4; 24; 65) are deposited on a substrate (1; 21), with the following steps: a) after depositing the buffer layer (2; 22), the surface (2a) is locally roughened, resulting in a roughened surface (13), b) a non-superconducting, closed intermediate layer (3; 23) is deposited on top of the roughened surface (13), c) and the HTS layer (4; 24; 65) is deposited on top of the intermediate layer (3; 23). A simple method for producing a HTS coated conductor with reduced losses, and with improved critical current and critical magnetic field is thereby provided. |
| US08283292B2 |
Agrochemical compositions containing naphthalene sulfonate derivatives and nitrogen-containing surfactants
The present invention relates to a composition comprising a) an anionic compound having wetting and dispersing properties selected from the group of a1) an alkyl naphthalene sulfonate, a2) a naphthalene sulfonate-formaldehyde condensate that may optionally be alkyl substituted and mixtures thereof, and b) a nitrogen-containing surfactant selected from the group consisting of alkylamine alkoxylates, alkylamidoamine alkoxylates, alkanolamides and their alkoxylates, alkylamidopropylamines, betaines, amino acids, or any mixtures thereof, wherein |
| US08283290B2 |
Forming resin substrates using dye sublimation and substrates formed using the same
Implementations of the present invention relate generally to methods, systems, and apparatus for manufacturing aesthetically pleasing, resin-based sheets including color and/or multi-decorated images. In particular, at least one implementation includes subjecting at least one surface of a polymer sheet to uniform heat and pressure in order to sublimate a dye into the surface, and ensure that that polymer sheet is not warped or otherwise damaged during processing. Additional implementations include decorative architectural resin panels including a resin sheet having a dye sublimated into one or more surfaces in order to create an effect of depth or other aesthetic. |
| US08283286B2 |
Thermosensitive recording material
A thermosensitive recording material which comprises a color forming layer comprising a color forming substance, which comprises a colorless or light color leuco dye, and a color developer and disposed on a support, wherein a mixture of (A) at least one compound selected from 4-hydroxy-4′-allyloxydiphenylsulfone, 4-hydroxy-4′-ethyloxydiphenylsulfone and 4-hydroxy-4′-n-propoxydiphenylsulfone and (B) a diphenylsulfone bridged compound represented by general formula (1): n representing an integer of 1 to 10, in amounts such that the ratio of the amounts by mass of (A) to (B) is 85:15 to 25:75 is used as the color developer. In the thermosensitive recording material, color is formed with a great density, image portions exhibit excellent properties for storage, in particular, excellent resistance to plasticizers, and portions of no color formation exhibit excellent properties for storage, in particular, excellent heat resistance. |
| US08283285B2 |
Scratch color-developable ink and invisible information printed sheet
Disclosed are a scratch color-developable ink comprising an electron-donating colorless or light-color dye precursor, an electron-accepting color developer and a varnish, wherein a solid particle component contained therein has an average particle diameter of 0.3 to 25 μm, a scratch color-developable ink comprising an electron-donating colorless or light-color dye precursor, an electron-accepting color developer and a varnish, wherein an azaphthalide compound is contained as the electron-donating colorless or light-color dye precursor, and an invisible information printed sheet obtained by printing invisible information on a support with the above scratch color-developable ink.The above scratch color-developable ink makes invisible information visible easily by scratching with a finger nail although the color of an invisible information printed portion is hard to develop by frictional contact during usual handling, gives a high developed color intensity and is free from the occurrence of dust during the visualization of invisible information. |
| US08283284B2 |
Thermosensitive recording medium
The present invention presents a thermosensitive recording medium having an excellent color developing property, water resistance and preservation properties (such as anti-self-color-development) and is harmless to the environment. The present invention is a thermosensitive recording medium having a thermosensitive recording layer comprising a colorless or pale colored basic leuco dye and an electron accepting developing agent on a substrate, wherein the thermosensitive recording layer further comprises a resin containing a carboxyl group, an epichlorohydrin resin and a polyamine/amide resin. This thermosensitive recording medium is suitable for recording with a low applied energy. |
| US08283280B2 |
Reforming catalyst preparation by dry impregnation
The invention relates to a method of preparing a reforming catalyst comprising a group VIII metal, a halogen, at least one metal selected from the group made up of the group VIIB metals and group IVA metals, a refractory oxide support. The method comprises stages of preparing a dry impregnation aqueous solution containing ammonia, either in solution or in gas form and a complexing agent, of aging the aqueous solution, of dry impregnation of the support, of maturing the impregnated support, of drying and of calcination. |
| US08283278B2 |
Process for sulfurizing hydrocarbon treatment catalysts
The present invention relates to a process for sulfurizing a hydrocarbon treatment catalyst, comprising: at least a first step of depositing, on the surface of the catalyst, one or more sulfurization auxiliaries of formula (I): and at least a second step of placing the catalyst in contact with a sulfur-containing gaseous mixture containing hydrogen and a sulfur compound. |