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| US08315334B2 |
DTV transmitting system and method of processing DTV signal
A digital television (DTV) transmitting system is provided that includes an encoder, a group formatter, a packet formatter and a transmission unit. The group formatter forms data groups where the plurality of second known data sequences are spaced 16 segments apart within at least one of the data groups that includes a transmission parameter inserted between the first known data sequence and the plurality of second known data sequences and the first known data sequence has a first M-symbol sequence and a second M-symbol sequence, the first M-symbol sequence and the second M-symbol sequence have a first pattern, each of the plurality of second known data sequences has a second pattern other than the first pattern, and the second pattern is positioned from a last symbol to a previous N symbol in each of the plurality of second known data sequences. |
| US08315331B2 |
Transmission method, transmission circuit and transmission system
A transmission method for transmitting transmission data via a single line, includes: transmitting, as the transmission data, data that has one rising or falling transition of the amplitude of the data in each clock cycle of a clock and that carries a 2- or greater-bit value, making use of the phase from the edge of the clock to the transition in amplitude of the data. |
| US08315328B2 |
Methods to transmit and receive for low dimensions MIMO systems
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for applying successive multi-rank beamforming strategies (e.g., successive precoding strategies) for the design of precoders over a set of parallel channels. Successive beamforming is applied to a narrow band channel model and is also applied for finer quantization of a single beamforming vector (e.g., recursive beamforming). A first embodiment provides the optimal approach with high complexity. An alternative embodiment provides successive beamforming for near optimal precoding selection with medium complexity. A low complexity method for precoder selection is also provided wherein a channel representative matrix for the set of parallel channels is determined and successive beamforming on the calculated channel representative is applied. |
| US08315327B2 |
Apparatus for transmitting a signal including transmit data to a multiple-input capable node
An apparatus for transmitting a signal including the transmit data to a multiple-input capable node is provided. The apparatus comprises: at least two antennas; a multiple-input and multiple-output capable transceiver in communication with each of the at least two antennas; encoding circuitry capable of causing first data to be encoded; decoding circuitry capable of causing second data to be decoded; processing circuitry capable of causing diversity combining, the processing circuitry being in communication with the multiple-input and multiple-output capable transceiver, the encoding circuitry, and the decoding circuitry. In operation, the processing circuitry is capable of causing the apparatus to: receive a first signal, calculate weights associated with the first signal, apply the weights to transmit data, and add a cyclic prefix to the transmit data. Additionally, the apparatus is configured such that the at least two antennas are capable of transmitting a second signal including the transmit data to a multiple-input capable node. |
| US08315325B2 |
Method for transmitting/receiving multiple codeword in a multiple input multiple output communication system
A method for transmitting a multiple codeword (MCW) in a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) communication system is disclosed. A method for transmitting a multiple codeword (MCW) in a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) communication system includes performing a channel coding and modulation process for each codeword of the multiple codeword (MCW), multiplying the channel-coded-modulated result by a rotation matrix decided by either a spatial multiplexing rate or a layer (R), and performing a codeword permutation (CP) on the multiple codeword (MCW), performing a MIMO encoding on the multiple codeword (MCW), and transmitting the multiple codeword (MCW) via a multi-antenna. |
| US08315320B2 |
Uplink power headroom reporting for carrier aggregation
A method for reporting power headroom is disclosed. Power headroom may be reported across all carriers (wideband), for a specific carrier, or for a carrier group. The formula used to calculate the power headroom depends on whether the carrier (or a carrier in the carrier group) has a valid uplink grant. If the carrier or carrier group does not have a valid uplink grant, the power headroom may be calculated based on a reference grant. The power headroom is calculated by a wireless transmit/receive unit and is reported to an eNodeB. |
| US08315319B2 |
Transmitter, multicarrier transmitting method, and receiver
A transmitter modulates for each symbol period a plurality of carriers that include a carrier group that consists of a plurality of prescribed carriers, and repeatedly transmits control information in cycles by using the carrier group. The transmitter transmits multiple-bit binary data of the control information in each symbol period, thereby transmitting the control information once in each of the cycles that includes at least one symbol period. The transmitter controls the transmission unit to switch, within the carrier group, for each of the cycles, carriers of bits of the control information, according to a prescribed rule. |
| US08315318B2 |
OFDM signal transmitting apparatus and OFDM signal receiving apparatus
An OFDM signal receiving apparatus (30) includes a receiver section (31) configured to perform receiving processing on a received OFDM signal, for each OFDM symbol duration period; a plurality of deinterleaving sections (341 . . . 34n) each configured to perform deinterleaving processing on data acquired through the receiving processing, in a unit of an interleaving block; and a plurality of decoder sections (361 . . . 36n) each configured to perform decoding processing on data outputted from a corresponding one of the plurality of deinterleaving sections (341 . . . 34n). The interleaving block is a part of a transmission time interval block including data to be transmitted in a transmission time interval. |
| US08315310B2 |
Method and device for motion vector prediction in video transcoding using full resolution residuals
A transcoder and methods of encoding inter-prediction frames of a downsampled video wherein the downsampled video is a spatially downsampled version of a full-resolution video. Full-resolution motion vectors are downscaled and a weighting factor is calculated for each downscaled motion vector based upon the transform domain residual coefficients associated with that full-resolution motion vector. A motion vector prediction is made based on the weighted average using the downscaled motion vectors and their weighting factors. |
| US08315295B2 |
Method and apparatus for designing modulation and coding set of communication system
The present invention provides method and apparatus for designing modulation and coding set of communication System. The method for designing modulation and coding set designs a proper set of modulation and coding schemes (MCS), based on probability distribution of the quality of received signal in the communication system, so as to optimize the whole performance of the communication system. The method comprises the steps of: acquiring the probability distribution of the quality of the received signal in the communication system; performing a calculation on the target performance of the communication system based on the acquired probability distribution of the quality of the received signal and a plurality of MCSs, to design a proper set of MCSs for the communication system, so that a region where the probability of the quality of the received signal appears more frequently are provided with more levels of the MCSs. |
| US08315292B2 |
Communication apparatus
A communication apparatus according to the present invention comprises a transmitter for generating and transmitting a data signal where data is superposed as time length of a pulse interval, and a receiver for receiving the data signal. The transmitter and the receiver are connected through a single communication line. The receiver comprises: a receiver-side oscillator circuit for oscillating a reference pulse as a count reference of the data signal; a counter circuit for counting a pulse interval of the received data signal by converting it to a reference pulse number of the oscillator circuit; and a comparator circuit stores a first reference value therein, and judges data of the data signal by comparing the pulse interval of the data signal counted by the counter circuit with the first reference value. |
| US08315290B2 |
UWB multi-burst transmit driver for averaging receivers
A multi-burst transmitter for ultra-wideband (UWB) communication systems generates a sequence of precisely spaced RF bursts from a single trigger event. There are two oscillators in the transmitter circuit, a gated burst rate oscillator and a gated RF burst or RF power output oscillator. The burst rate oscillator produces a relatively low frequency, i.e., MHz, square wave output for a selected transmit cycle, and drives the RF burst oscillator, which produces RF bursts of much higher frequency, i.e., GHz, during the transmit cycle. The frequency of the burst rate oscillator sets the spacing of the RF burst packets. The first oscillator output passes through a bias driver to the second oscillator. The bias driver conditions, e.g., level shifts, the signal from the first oscillator for input into the second oscillator, and also controls the length of each RF burst. A trigger pulse actuates a timing circuit, formed of a flip-flop and associated reset time delay circuit, that controls the operation of the first oscillator, i.e., how long it oscillates (which defines the transmit cycle). |
| US08315289B2 |
Optical apparatus and method
An optical apparatus comprising a gain medium exhibiting polarisation dependent absorption along two axes, the gain medium having a weakly absorbing axis and a strongly absorbing axis, an optical pump source arranged to direct pump light towards a first face of the gain medium such that the pump light entering the gain medium has a component of its polarisation parallel to the weakly absorbing axis, a polarisation modifying apparatus and one or more reflectors which are together arranged to modify the polarisation of pump light which exits the gain medium through a second face of the gain medium, and to direct the pump light with modified polarisation back towards said second face of the gain medium. |
| US08315285B2 |
Header assembly for extended temperature optical transmitter
A header assembly for extended temperature optical transmitters is disclosed. The header assembly may include a hermetic enclosure and a header base with an interior surface. A plurality of conductive leads penetrate from the outer portion of the header assembly to the interior surface. A thermoelectric cooler (“TEC”) having a planar configuration and a thickness not exceeding 500 microns is positioned adjacent to the interior surface of the header assembly, the TEC being in thermal communication with the header base and a mounting surface. A submount, on which a laser diode is positioned, is in thermal communication with the mounting surface of the TEC. In this manner, the TEC may be configured affect a selective transfer of heat to the laser diode and transfer of heat away from the laser diode. In some embodiments, the header assembly is configured to operate at optical data transmission rates of 10 Gbps or higher in such extended ambient temperatures. |
| US08315283B2 |
Wavelength selectable laser systems and related methods
Laser systems and related methods are provided. In this regard, a representative laser system includes: a laser diode array that generates light; a first crystal having a cavity; an optical element operative to focus the generated light onto the first crystal such that the light generates a high-power circulating beam within the cavity; a second crystal positioned with respect to the first crystal such that the frequency of the high-power circulating beam is doubled; and a first coating applied to the first crystal and second coating applied to the second crystal, the first coating and the second coating being operative to cause at least a portion of the beam to be emitted within a particular wavelength range of the generated light. |
| US08315276B2 |
Transmitting data between a base station and a transponder
In particular embodiments, an error correction during the transmission of the data word is made possible through the change of the modulation state at pre-defined time points. |
| US08315273B2 |
Bandwidth segmentation and multi-segment operation and control
Bandwidth segmentation according to a one carrier approach conveyed in a main information block (MIB) supports a plurality of contiguous frequency segments with one frequency segment seen by legacy terminals and the whole bandwidth seen by advanced terminals. Control regions either within data regions of a legacy frequency band segment or with one or two contiguous advanced frequency band segments separated by the legacy frequency band segment are communicated to advanced terminals in system information blocks (SIBs) or conveyed to an advanced UE by dedicated signaling. |
| US08315271B2 |
Method and apparatus for an ad-hoc wireless communications system
An IBSS that allows token passing for round-robin service of QoS flows is disclosed (an RRBSS). The RRBSS permits low-latency, reduced contention, distributed scheduling useful in any ad hoc network, but particularly suitable for high data rates. Distributed scheduled access is provided for flows through a round-robin token passing service discipline. STAs follow a round-robin order, or list, and are able to communicate with round-robin transmit opportunities during a defined period. Each STA in the list transmits a respective token to transfer access to the shared medium to the next STA in the RR List. The sequence is terminated with an end token. STAs maintain station identifiers and list updates are maintained with a sequence identifier. Techniques are disclosed to add and remove STAs to the sequence; establish connectivity lists (receive and forward), and maintain other sequence parameters such as bandwidth management and TXOP duration. Various other aspects are also disclosed. |
| US08315270B2 |
Communication method and communication apparatus
A communication method of communicating among a plurality of communication apparatuses connected to a transmission channel and sharing a communication band is provided. The communication method includes: sequentially updating a slot ID with the lapse of time by a first communication apparatus; transmitting first data and a first access ID to the transmission channel by the first communication apparatus after the lapse of a first waiting time and when the slot ID is updated to a first slot ID corresponding to the first access ID; transmitting second data and a second slot ID to the transmission channel by a second communication apparatus after the lapse of a second waiting time longer than the first waiting time; and receiving the second slot ID by the first communication apparatus. In updating the slot ID, the slot ID is updated to a slot ID subsequent to the second slot ID. |
| US08315267B2 |
Method and arrangement for an improved buffer solution within a communication network switch
In asynchronous optical packet switches, scheduling packets from a buffer randomly will cause less efficient utilization of the buffer. Additionally, reordering of packets may cause problems for service quality demanding applications. According to the present invention a new electronic buffer scheduling algorithm is proposed and a switch utilizing this algorithm is disclosed. The algorithm is designed for utilizing the buffer resources efficiently, still avoiding serious packet reordering. |
| US08315265B2 |
Adaptive routing process by deflection with training by reinforcement
The invention concerns a management process for a network of routers based on the technique of training by reinforcement in which priority is given to objects already present in the network over those which wish to enter. |
| US08315262B2 |
Reverse timestamp method and network node for clock recovery
A method of clock recovery of Time Division Multiplex signal in a packet network, wherein a first Provider Edge receives a timing message from a second Provider Edge and upon reception of said timing message a counter of said first Provider Edge is increased. The first Provider Edge sends to the second Provider Edge encapsulated Time Division Multiplex packet traffic and each packet sent to the second Provider Edge causes the counter to decrease. The first Provider Edge compares value of the counter with an Upper Threshold value and with a Low Threshold value and increases a rate of generation of the encapsulation packets if the counter is above said Upper Threshold or reduces the rate of generation of the encapsulation packets if the counter is below said Low Threshold. |
| US08315260B2 |
Transport multiplexer-mechanisms to force ethernet traffic from one domain to be switched in a different (external) domain
A network comprising a switch configured to switch traffic between a plurality of external interfaces via a plurality of virtual interfaces associated with the external interfaces, and wherein the traffic comprises a plurality of external virtual local area network (VLAN) identifiers (VIDs) associated with the external interfaces to select the virtual interfaces. Also disclosed is a network component comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising receiving a frame from a physical port, obtaining an external VID from a VLAN tag in the frame, removing the VLAN tag from the frame, selecting a virtual interface based on the external VID, and delivering the frame to the selected virtual interface. |
| US08315259B2 |
Base station, apparatus, and mobile station
First paging information is determined in advance according to the characteristics of delivered data for each channel of delivered multicast data, and the multicast data delivery frame of each channel is determined based on the first paging information. Paging information (second paging information) for a mobile station which selects a channel is determined from the first paging information determined for each selected channel. Due to this, multicast data delivery frame can be overlapped (is synchronized) with frames for monitoring for paging announcements, and power consumption for an MS in the idle mode can be reduced. |
| US08315258B2 |
Routing messages
This invention relates to a method of routing for a message via an IMS system is disclosed. A message is received at an ICSCF. Address information is obtained for one of an application server, server or gateway for which said message is intended. The message is sent to said application server, server or gateway in accordance with said address information. |
| US08315257B2 |
Apparatus and method for transmitting voice packet in wireless communication network
An apparatus and method for transmitting a voice packet in a wireless communication network are provided. The method includes generating voice data of a fixed length, which includes a voice packet having a length that is determined according to a rate of the voice packet, and a Forward Error Correction (FEC) code, and transmitting the generated voice data through a fixed resource. |
| US08315256B2 |
State-based filtering on a packet switch appliance
A packet switch appliance includes a plurality of ports. One of the plurality of ports is configured to operate as a network port connected to a packet-switching network. Another of the plurality of ports is configured to operate as a first instrument port connected to a network instrument. To filter packets, one or more packets or copies of packets received through the first network port are examined prior to the packets or copies of packets being sent out the first instrument port to determine a current state of a state-based protocol, which includes a plurality of potential states. A filter is created or modified for the first network port or the first instrument port based on the determined current state of the state-based protocol. |
| US08315254B2 |
Bandwidth management switching card
A bandwidth management card includes a switch control unit and multiple ports connected to one or more line cards that are separate from the bandwidth management card. The bandwidth management card further includes at least one switch, and multiple network ports, where each of the multiple network ports is connected to a respective link to at least one external network. A first switch of the at least one switch receives instructions from the switch control unit, switches a first subset of the multiple network ports through to a first port of the multiple ports based on the received instructions, and switches a second subset of the multiple network ports through to a second port of the multiple ports based on the received first instructions. |
| US08315253B2 |
Systems and methods for providing customer support
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing sales or customer support using a telephone having a camera to capture at least a partial image of a product or service; wherein the at least partial image is used to select a database updated by one or more knowledgeable persons on the product or service. |
| US08315247B2 |
System and method for providing registration-coupled subscriptions in a session initiation protocol (SIP) environment
A system and method for coupling a subscription to a registration in a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) environment includes creating a first registration-coupled subscription to initiate registration of a communication session and to initiate a subscription to an event package. The first registration-coupled subscription is transmitted, and a response is received to the first registration-coupled subscription, wherein the response confirms the subscription to the event package. |
| US08315243B2 |
Transport of PDCP control PDUs within MAC frames
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate efficiently communicating a data packet related to a protocol layer within a wireless communication system. The systems and/or methods can provide cross-layer optimization by directly transporting or communicating data to a particular protocol layer. In general, a MAC header can include data that indicates a protocol layer to which such data is directed or targeted. The MAC header can allow a portion of data (e.g., PDUs, SDUs, etc.) to bypass at least one protocol layer above the MAC protocol layer for efficient and optimized processing of such data. |
| US08315242B2 |
Method and apparatus for handling timers during reestablishing transmitting sides in wireless communications systems
A communications device utilized in a wireless communications system has an RLC entity with a transmitting side and a receiving side. Handling timers during reestablishment of the transmitting side includes only reestablishing the transmitting side in the RLC entity of the communications device, stopping a first timer corresponding to the transmitting side, and prolonging and not stopping a second timer corresponding to the transmitting side. The second timer is not a periodic timer. |
| US08315241B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing quality of service in wireless networks and sensor networks
A method and apparatus that provides quality of service in wireless or sensor networks is disclosed. The method may include determining a class of service for transmission of one or more messages, adjusting a maximum packet length based on the determined class of service, allocating message time slots based on the determined class of service, setting a guard band size and frequency of resynchronization, and transmitting one or more messages using the adjusted maximum packet length, the allocated message time slots, and the set guard band size and frequency of resynchronization. |
| US08315240B2 |
Enhanced uplink rate indicator
The claimed subject matter relates to providing uplink data rate option information in an uplink traffic channel segment. A wireless terminal may indicate a data rate option being used for the segment via an energy pattern applied to the tone-symbols of the segment. To indicate a first data rate option, additional energy may be applied to a first set of tone-symbols of the segment. To indicate a second rate option, additional energy may be applied to a second set of tone-symbols of the segment, the second set being different from the first set. According to some aspects, each implemented energy pattern may be represented by a pattern, which has a slope (e.g., in a logical, pre-hopped representation of the channel segment), where some of the patterns have positive slope and some of the patterns have negative slope. The use of positive and negative slopes facilitates the representation of more data rate options than would be possible if only one type of slope (positive or negative) for the energy pattern were utilized. |
| US08315235B2 |
Methods and systems for decoding broadcast paging messages in WiMAX networks
Embodiments of the present disclosure propose a method for addressing MAC protocol data units which include MOB_PAG-ADV messages in an attempt to improve the success rate of decoding BS broadcast paging messages. For example, certain embodiments propose parsing and continuing to decode MPDUs with MOB_PAG-ADV messages although the corresponding CRC failed. |
| US08315231B2 |
Discovery of multiple inter-node links in wireless multi-hop networks
An extension to reactive ad-hoc routing protocols in multi-hop wireless mesh networks. The protocol discovers bi-directional links during route establishment, particularly multiple links between a single pair of nodes. Source and intermediate nodes transmit a route request, at least one of the nodes transmitting the route request on more than one wireless interface. Upon receiving a route request, each node creates at least one reverse link to the node from which the route request was received. The destination and intermediate nodes transmit, via at least one of the reverse links, at least one route reply which enables a node receiving the route reply to identify one or more wireless interfaces of the node transmitting the route reply. Upon receiving a route reply, each node creates at least one forward link to the node from which the route reply was received. Routes may then be established using any discovered bidirectional link. |
| US08315220B2 |
Channel access for cognitive networks
A system for managing wireless interaction based on communication performance. Source apparatuses may desire to establish wireless links to target apparatuses. Prior to initiating new wireless links, source apparatuses may evaluate whether the establishment of new wireless links will increase the cumulative performance of the wireless communication environment, wherein the wireless communication environment may comprise the apparatuses communicating wirelessly within transmission range of a source apparatus. The evaluation may determine, for example, whether predicted cumulative performance of the wireless communication environment after the new wireless link is initiated would be greater than cumulative performance prior to link initiation. |
| US08315218B2 |
Method for supporting route optimization in 6LoWPAN based MANEMO environment
A method is provided for registering a mobile router in an Internet Protocol version 6 over Low power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) network. The mobile router detects movement into a wireless network through the reception of a beacon message, and sends a Router Solicitation (RS) message requesting registration in the wireless network to a gateway. The gateway acquires an address of the mobile router from the RS message, stores the acquired address, assigns a new address to be used in the wireless network to the mobile router, and sends a Router Advertisement (RA) message with assigned address information and gateway address information, to the mobile router. The mobile router acquires the assigned address information and the gateway address information from the RA message. |
| US08315217B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling UE emission in a wireless communication system
Techniques for controlling the operation of user equipments (UEs) to mitigate emissions out of band are described. A base station may identify a UE potentially causing excessive emissions out of band due to transmission of control information and may schedule the UE to reduce the emissions out of band. In one design, the base station may schedule the UE to send control information on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) instead of a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH). In another design, the base station may assign the UE with resources for the PUCCH to send control information. The assigned resources may be selected to mitigate the emissions out of band and may be (i) located within a target frequency range, (ii) located away from a frequency band to be mitigated with the emissions out of band, or (iii) obtained with a reuse scheme and have less inter-cell interference from other UEs. |
| US08315214B2 |
Method and system for discontinuous reception de-synchronization detection
A method and apparatus for discontinuous reception desynchronization detection between an enhanced Node B and a user equipment, the method having the steps of: waiting for a predefined event to occur; and upon the predefined event occurring, sending a message from one of the enhanced Node B and the user equipment to the other of the enhanced Node B and user equipment, wherein the message contains one of a request for discontinuous reception period information or discontinuous reception period information, the discontinuous reception period information or discontinuous reception period information being utilized to detect desynchronization. |
| US08315213B2 |
System and method for allocating subchannels among mobile stations in a wireless access network
Embodiments of base station and method for allocating subchannels of a time-slot in a wireless access network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, the assignment of subchannels may be based on subchannel quality and average throughput for mobile stations currently associated with a base station. In some embodiments, modified proportional fairness may be achieved. |
| US08315208B2 |
Apparatus and method for detecting femto base station in wireless communication system
An apparatus and a method for detecting a femto Base Station (BS) of a Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless communication system including a macro BS and a femto BS are provided. The method includes receiving a request, from the macro BS, to monitor an UpLink (UL) signal of an MS permissible by the femto BS to access, and monitoring the UL signal of the MS permissible to access. |
| US08315206B2 |
Proxy mobile IP system, access gateway and method for determining the order of registration notification messages used therefor
A proxy mobile IP system comprises: a mobile terminal including a time management/notification unit; the time management/notification unit alerting time information, managed by the mobile terminal itself, to an access gateway at the time of access authentication in proxy mobile IP (Internet Protocol) communication; the access gateway; the access gateway including a time information acquisition/management unit alerting the time information, received from the mobile terminal, to a mobility anchor, at the time of performing proxy mobile IP registration in the proxy mobile IP communication, as the time information received from the mobile terminal is carried on a registration notification message; and the mobility anchor; the mobility anchor including a time information acquisition/management unit alerting the registration notification message including the time information to a proxy mobile IP registration unit responsible for performing proxy mobile IP registration. |
| US08315198B2 |
Mobile provisioning tool system
A mobile provisioning tool system including a software provisioning tool application. The mobile provisioning tool system includes mobile devices capable of conducting wireless communication with wireless access points. A carrier network is connected with the wireless access points and a customer network that includes at least one business application. A provisioning tool application is located on a provisioning server. The provisioning tool application includes a CRM Rep component and an IT Admin component. A software provisioning tool application allows the provisioning workstation to automatically install mobile business services and configure network configuration settings on the mobile device. |
| US08315196B2 |
Method for determining placement of internet taps in wireless neighborhood networks
Disclosed is a method for determining the placement of ITAPs in wireless neighborhood networks. The method disclosed provides for efficient integration of multi-hop wireless networks with the Internet by placing ITAPs at strategic locations. Initially the method provides for the formulation of the ITAP placement problem under three wireless models. For each model, methods are developed to efficiently place ITAPs in the networks. The methods aim to minimize the number of required ITAPs while guaranteeing users' bandwidth requirements. Next, a fault tolerance version of the placement method is presented that provides bandwidth guarantees in the presence of failures. Finally the methods are extended to take into account variable traffic demands by developing an approximation algorithm to simultaneously optimize ITAP placement based on demands over multiple periods. |
| US08315191B2 |
Timing acquisition and mode and guard detection for an OFDM transmission
Techniques for detecting mode and guard length and estimating timing offset for an OFDM transmission are described. Multiple hypotheses for different combinations of mode and guard length that might have been used for the OFDM transmission are evaluated. For each hypothesis, correlation is performed on received samples for a hypothesized guard interval to obtain correlation results. The energy of the hypothesized guard interval is determined. A first metric is derived based on the correlation results and the energy. The first metric may be filtered, e.g., averaged. Noise is estimated, e.g., based on a set of elements for the filtered first metric at locations determined by an estimated timing offset for the hypothesis. A second metric is derived based on the filtered first metric and the estimated noise. The second metric for all hypotheses may be used to determine the mode, guard length, and timing offset for the OFDM transmission. |
| US08315187B1 |
Dynamic head of line allocation
A dynamic HOL allocation module that supports, dynamically configurable classes of service, virtual output queues that support dynamically configurable HOL blocking factors, and dynamically configurable queue assignment schemes, is described. A user may define classes of service assigned to a source port within a network switch and may configure each class of service with a set of virtual output queues, or queue set. Each queue set may be configured to include a user configured number of virtual output queues based on an HOL blocking factor, e.g., 1:1, 1:24, etc., selected by the user for the class of service. Further, the assignment scheme used to assign packets received on a source port to a class of service and the assignment scheme used to assign packets assigned to a class of service to a virtual output queue may be dynamically configurable based on day, day/time, traffic load, alarm events and/or other factors. |
| US08315186B2 |
System for extracting and combining information from IP device configurations, inventory systems, and real-time network monitoring
The inventive system and method for improving network security, availability, and regulatory compliance, and maximizing a network comprises a network configuration component, a network inventory component, a network monitoring component, and a network assessment component, wherein information is extracted from each of the configuration, inventory, and monitoring components, the extracted information is combined and assessed in the assessment component, and the maximized network is produced using the combined information. In one embodiment, the combined information is stored in a database. In one embodiment, an XML is produced from the extracted inventory information, and this XML is converted to a canonical form. |
| US08315184B2 |
Computer to mobile two-way chat system and method
Systems and methods are provided for a two-way chat. In one aspect there is provided a system including a processor, which further includes a memory. The processor and memory provide a web client application. The system further includes a mobile wireless device and a centralized server. The centralized server provides a two-way chat between the web client application and the mobile wireless device. |
| US08315181B2 |
System and method for mapping potential internet protocol television interference
A method is disclosed for determining a mitigation strategy to limit a potential source of interference on an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) system. A new user installation request is received at a server in the IPTV system. A first geographical location of a customer premises associated with the new user installation request is received. A second geographical location of an amplitude modulation broadcasting facility is received. The first geographical location and the second geographical location are plotted. A first distance between the first geographical location and the second geographical location is determined. A first signal transmission power rating for the amplitude modulation broadcasting facility is retrieved. A first mitigation strategy to limit a first interference of the amplitude modulation broadcasting facility on an IPTV signal provided to the first geographical location when the first distance is less than the first threshold distance is determined. |
| US08315180B2 |
Apparatus and method for selecting relay station mode in wireless communication system
Method and apparatus for selecting an RS mode in a BWA communication system are provided. In a method for a BS to select an RS mode in a BWA communication system, bidding prices are received from a set of RSs covered by the BS. The winner RS of at least one or more auctions is determined on the basis of the bidding values and the interference information of the RS set. The winner RS is set to operate in an active mode. |
| US08315179B2 |
System and method for authorizing threshold testing within a network
A system and method for authorizing test traffic over a network. A request is received to perform a throughput test. A state of the network is determined. The throughput test is authorized in response to the determined state of the network being acceptable for performing the throughput test. The throughput test is terminated in response to the determined state of the network being unacceptable for performing the throughput test. |
| US08315176B2 |
Digital subscriber line (DSL) access multiplexer wiring validation
Example methods and system to validate proper network connections between a digital subscriber line (DSL) access multiplexer (DSLAM) and the subscriber loop to a customer location are disclosed. A disclosed example device includes first and second nodes to electrically couple the device to a port of a DSLAM and to a first end of a communication circuit, the communication circuit to facilitate electrical coupling of the port of the DSLAM to a central office (CO) switch at a second end of the communication circuit, and a signature circuit electrically coupled between the first and second nodes to generate a signature signal in response to a test signal injected onto the communication circuit at a second end of the communication circuit, the signature signal having a magnitude substantially proportional to the test signal. |
| US08315168B2 |
Priority-based hierarchical bandwidth sharing
Methods and apparatus for communicating data are disclosed. The example method includes allocating tokens to a first token bucket of a first two-rate, three-color meter (trTCM) at a first rate and allocating tokens to a second token bucket of the first trTCM at a second rate. The example method further includes allocating tokens to a first token bucket of a second trTCM at a third rate and allocating tokens to a second token bucket of the second trTCM at a fourth rate. The example method also includes reallocating tokens allocated to the first token bucket of the first trTCM to the first token bucket of the second trTCM when a token count of the first token bucket of the first trTCM exceeds a first capacity and reallocating tokens allocated to the second token bucket of the first trTCM to the second token bucket of the second trTCM when a token count of the second token bucket of the first trTCM exceeds a second capacity. |
| US08315165B2 |
Survivable and resilient real time communication architecture
Enhanced communication systems with various resiliency and survivability aspects are provided. Data center, cluster, network, and load balancer survivability are provided for seamless communication experience in case of data center, cluster, discovery infrastructure, or hardware load balancer failures. Call, data, and authentication survivability are provided through dynamic re-routing over alternative networks, continuous data replication, and alternative authentication mechanisms. Seamless failover is ensured through use of identical signaling protocols and data carried by protocols between primary and backup clusters. Voicemail resiliency is achieved by re-routing calls directed to voicemail over alternative paths such as PSTN connections. |
| US08315159B2 |
Utilizing optical bypass links in a communication network
Optical By-Pass (OBP) links may be created by adding wavelengths between nodes on the network. The OBP may extend between any pair of nodes on the network. Intermediate nodes on the OBP are transient nodes and simply forward traffic optically. An OBP extends between a pair of nodes and, unlike express links, is created in such a manner that it does not affect the previous allocation of resources on the network. This enables capacity to be added between pairs of nodes on the network to alleviate congestion at a portion of the network, without changing other traffic patterns on the network. This enables inclusion of an OBP to be deterministic and of linear impact on the network. The OBP links may be statically provisioned or created on demand. Optionally, the OBP links may be crated to coincide with PBB-TE tunnels on the network. |
| US08315158B2 |
Methods and apparatus for decentralized rapid recovery for Ethernet rings
A telecommunications system including a plurality of switches defining an Ethernet ring; a plurality of virtual local area networks defined on the Ethernet ring, defining a number of virtual local area networks (VLANs) equal in number to the number of links; and a ring recovery system configured to recover from a link failure by rerouting traffic to a destination on the Ethernet ring via a VLAN not including a failed link. |
| US08315150B2 |
Synchronized multipoint-to-point communication using orthogonal frequency division
A multipoint-to-point, orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) communication system is provided. The system includes a plurality of remote units and a host unit that includes a demodulator. Each of the remote units transmits an upstream OFDM signal using a multiple access scheme to the host unit demodulator using at least one of a plurality of orthogonal tones within an OFDM waveform. The host unit receives the upstream OFDM signals from a plurality of the remote units. Portions of upstream OFDM signals from at least two of the remote units arrive at the host unit at the same time. The host unit demodulator demodulates the portions and the upstream signals from the plurality of remote units arrive at the host unit synchronized in time and frequency within the OFDM waveform. |
| US08315148B2 |
Method, apparatus, and computer product for generating an SC-FDMA signal
A technique for generating a Single-Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) signal based on a Constant Amplitude Zero Auto-Correlation (CAZAC) sequence is disclosed. A method embodiment of this technique comprises generating a frequency domain representation of the CAZAC sequence by providing an analytical representation of the CAZAC sequence in the frequency domain with an integer phase term and calculating the integer phase term in a recursive manner for each of a plurality of frequency domain samples of the CAZAC sequence. The resulting frequency domain representation of the CAZAC sequence is then mapped to a pre-determined frequency location before being transformed into the time domain to obtain a time domain representation of the SC-FDMA signal. The SC-FDMA signal may be a random access signal for transmission on a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH). |
| US08315139B2 |
Servo structure in single-bit holographic volume recording and readout
Methods and systems are provided for recording micro-holograms in a holographic disk. Disk tilting or disk imperfections may cause counter-propagating recording and reference beams to deviate from the target data position in the disk. In some embodiments, a tracking beam is directed to a tracking position in the disk, and deviation of the tracking beam from the tracking position may indicate tracking and/or focusing errors of the recording and/or reference beams. A detector may generate an error signal in response to such errors. A first servo-mechanical system may actuate a first optical head (e.g., transmitting the reference and tracking beams) to compensate for such errors, and a second servo-mechanical system may actuate a second optical head (e.g., transmitting the recording beam) to follow the actuation of the first servo system, such that an interference of the reference beam and the recording beam may be maintained in the target data position. |
| US08315138B2 |
Adaptive writing method for high-density optical recording apparatus and circuit thereof
An apparatus configured to write input data on an optical recording medium using a write pulse waveform including a first pulse, a last pulse and a multi-pulse train is provided. The apparatus includes a discriminator configured to discriminate a magnitude of a present mark, a magnitude of a leading space, and a magnitude of a trailing space from the input data, a write waveform controller configured to control the write pulse waveform based on a grouping table, the grouping table being configured to store rising edge data of the first pulse of the write pulse waveform grouped in corresponding pulse groups according to magnitudes of a plurality of present marks and magnitudes of a plurality of spaces adjacent to the plurality of present marks, the write pulse waveform being controlled to generate an adaptive write pulse waveform by varying a position of a rising edge of a first pulse of the mark to be written according to at least the magnitudes of the present mark and the leading space, and a processor configured to process the input data on the optical recording medium using the adaptive write pulse waveform. The discriminator is further configured to apply the magnitude of the present mark, the magnitude of the leading space, and the magnitude of the trailing space to the write waveform controller. The width of the first pulse is varied by varying the position of the rising edge. |
| US08315137B2 |
Optical recording method and optical recording device
In a medium of the phase change type, a power ratio and modulation degree for use in recording are determined from a recommended pulse width value in the recommended write strategy parameters recorded in the optical disk, the recommended power ratio value, the recommended recording power value, and the characteristics of the optical recording device, and recording is carried out on the optical disk according to the power ratio value and modulation degree value thus determined. Optimal recording can be carried out even on an optical disk for which the optimal write strategy information has not been determined in advance, without the need to store write strategy information suitable for each and every optical disk. |
| US08315132B1 |
Defect detection design
A system and method are provided to detect defects in a data storage medium by sampling data read from the data storage medium. Time referenced samples of data read from the data storage medium are equalized to mediate the effects of channel noise and the equalized samples are decoded by a decoder, such as a Viterbi decoder. The decoded signal is then reconstructed through a reconstruction filter to approximate the equalized signal. The equalized data signal and the reconstructed data signal are then combined and compared in a bit-by-bit deconstruction scheme to determine, based on a variation between the signal elements, that a defect exists on the data storage medium. Additional action is then taken to mediate the effects of attempting to process corrupted data based on the defect by isolating the defective bit. |
| US08315126B2 |
Antenna device, reception device, and radio wave timepiece
An antenna device includes an oscillating body capable of oscillating at a predetermined natural frequency, and being displaceable by external magnetic field, and a converter for converting motion of the oscillating body to an electrical signal. When a radio wave signal of a frequency band at which the oscillating body resonates comes, the oscillating body resonates with a magnetic field component of the radio wave signal, and the converter converts the motion to the electrical signal, whereby an electrical signal corresponding to the radio wave signal is outputted. |
| US08315121B2 |
Internal power generating apparatus, multichannel memory including the same, and processing system employing the multichannel memory
An internal power generating system for a semiconductor device is disclosed. The device may include a plurality of channels. The system comprises a reference voltage generator configured to generate a reference voltage. The system further comprises a plurality of internal power generators that are allocated to the plurality of channels in one-to-one correspondence and that are configured to commonly use the reference voltage generated by the reference voltage generator. Each internal power generator may be configured to receive a fed back internal power voltage, to compare the fed back internal power voltage to the reference voltage, and to generate an internal power voltage based on the comparison. The system further comprises a plurality of channel state detectors that are allocated to the plurality of channels in one-to-one correspondence, and that are configured to respectively detect operation states of the plurality of channels based on separate respective sets of command signals for each channel. The system additional comprises a plurality of internal power controllers that are allocated to the plurality of channels in one-to-one correspondence, and that are configured to respectively control driving capabilities for the internal power voltages according to the detected operation states. |
| US08315119B2 |
Sense amplifier scheme for low voltage SRAM and register files
A sense amplifier scheme for SRAM is disclosed. In accordance with one of the embodiments of the present application, a sense amplifier circuit includes a bit line, a sense amplifier output, a power supply node having a power supply voltage, a keeper circuit including an NMOS transistor, and a noise threshold control circuit. The keeper circuit is sized to supply sufficient current to compensate a leakage current of the bit line and maintains a voltage level of the bit line and the noise threshold control circuit lowers a trip point of the sense amplifier output. |
| US08315111B2 |
Voltage regulator with pre-charge circuit
A regulator circuit is provided having multiple regulated output voltages. In accordance with various example embodiments, a regulator includes first and second pass transistors driven by a reference voltage generator circuit. The first pass transistor has a gate coupled to an output of the reference voltage generator circuit. A switching circuit is configured to couple the output of the reference voltage generator circuit to the gate of the second pass transistor in response to the enable signal being in a first state. The regulator includes a pre-charge circuit configured to charge the gate of the second pass transistor in response to an enable signal being in the first state. |
| US08315109B2 |
Memory interface circuit and semiconductor device
There is a need to provide a small-sized memory interface circuit capable of adjusting timing between a strobe signal and a data signal without interrupting a normal memory access.An expected value acquisition latch latches write data in synchronization with a clock signal. A WDLL outputs a write strobe signal WDQS. An RDLL outputs a delayed write strobe signal WDQS_d. A read data latch latches looped-back write data in synchronization with the delayed write strobe signal WDQS_d. A comparator compares the read data latch with an output from the expected value acquisition latch. A register portion stores a delay value to be placed in the RDLL. A register control portion updates a delay value in the register portion in accordance with a comparison result. A delay selection portion places a delay value read from the register portion in the RDLL. |
| US08315108B2 |
Memory interface circuit
According to one embodiment, a differential circuit receives, as differential inputs, a readout signal read out from a semiconductor storage element and a reference voltage. An equalizing circuit controls, taking into account a state of a past input signal output from the differential circuit, the potential of the present differential signal output from the differential circuit. A sense amplifier detects a state of the differential signal output from the equalizing circuit. A state holding circuit holds a past state of the differential signal detected by the sense amplifier and supplies the state to the equalizing circuit. |
| US08315107B2 |
Erase completion recognition
Embodiments include but are not limited to apparatuses and systems including a main memory array, at least one erase status memory cell associated with the main memory array and configured to store a value indicative of an erase completion status of the main memory array, and a control module operatively coupled to the at least one erase status memory cell, the control module configured to perform operations on the main memory array based at least in part on the value stored in the at least one erase status memory cell. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US08315104B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell which stores data and which is capable of being rewritten electrically, a bit line which is connected electrically to one end of a current path of the memory cell, a control circuit which carries out a verify operation to check a write result after data is written to the memory cell, and a voltage setting circuit which sets a charging voltage for the bit line in a verify operation and a read operation and makes a charging voltage in a read operation higher than a charging voltage in a verify operation. |
| US08315103B2 |
Flash memory device and operating method for concurrently applying different bias voltages to dummy memory cells and regular memory cells during erasure
Integrated circuit flash memory devices, such as NAND flash memory devices, include an array of regular flash memory cells, an array of dummy flash memory cells and an erase controller. The erase controller is configured to concurrently apply a different predetermined bias voltage to the dummy flash memory cells than to the regular flash memory cells during an erase operation of the integrated circuit flash memory device. Related methods are also described. |
| US08315099B2 |
Techniques for providing a direct injection semiconductor memory device
Techniques for providing a direct injection semiconductor memory device are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a direct injection semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory cells arranged in an array of rows and columns. At least one of the plurality of memory cells may include a first region coupled to a respective bit line of the array and a second region coupled to a respective source line of the array. At least one of the plurality of memory cells may also include a body region spaced apart from and capacitively coupled to a respective word line of the array, wherein the body region may be electrically floating and disposed between the first region and the second region. At least one of the plurality of memory cells may further include a third region coupled to a respective carrier injection line of the array and wherein the respective carrier injection line may be one of a plurality of carrier injection lines in the array that are coupled to each other. |
| US08315097B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device
A memory string is configured by a plurality of memory transistors and a spare memory transistor connected in series. Word lines are connected to gates of the memory transistors. A spare word line is connected to a gate of the spare memory transistor. The memory string comprises a first semiconductor layer, a charge storage layer, a plurality of first conductive layers, and a second conductive layer. The first semiconductor layer extends in a perpendicular direction with respect to a substrate. The charge storage layer surrounds a side surface of the first semiconductor layer. The plurality of first conductive layers surround a side surface of the first semiconductor layer with the charge storage layer interposed therebetween, and function as the word lines. The second conductive layer surrounds a side surface of the first semiconductor layer with the charge storage layer interposed therebetween, and functions as the spare word line. |
| US08315091B2 |
Device and method to read data subject to a disturb condition
A storage device includes a plurality of memory elements and a controller. The controller is configured to receive measured characteristics of the memory elements. The measured characteristics correspond to a plurality of values including a first value stored at a first memory element of the plurality of memory elements and a second value stored at a second memory element of the plurality of memory elements. The controller is configured to test whether at least some of the plurality of values match a particular pattern correlated to a disturb condition at the first memory element. The controller is configured to provide a data value corresponding to the first memory element, where the data value is determined at least in part based on a result of the test. |
| US08315090B2 |
Pseudo page mode memory architecture and method
A non-volatile memory array includes a plurality of word-lines and a plurality of columns. One of the columns further includes a bistable regenerative circuit coupled to a first, a second, a third, and a fourth signal lines. The column also includes a non-volatile memory cell having current carrying terminals coupled to the first and second signal lines and a control terminal coupled to one of the plurality of word-lines. The column further includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor is coupled to the first terminal of the bistable regenerative circuit, and to a fifth signal line. The second transistor has a first current carrying terminal coupled to the second terminal of the bistable regenerative circuit, and a second current carrying terminal coupled to a sixth signal line. The gate terminals of the first and second transistors are coupled to a seventh signal line. |
| US08315088B2 |
Multiple phase change materials in an integrated circuit for system on a chip application
An integrated circuit includes a plurality of memory cells on a substrate, in which a first set of memory cells uses a first memory material, and a second set of memory cells uses a second memory material. The first and second memory materials have different properties such that the first and second sets of memory cells have different operational memory characteristics, such as switching speeds, retention and endurance. |
| US08315086B1 |
SRAM strap row well contact
An integrated circuit containing an SRAM array having a strap row and an SRAM cell row. The strap row includes a tap connecting region that connects two columnar regions of a first polarity well. The strap row also includes a well tap active area in a tap connecting well region. The well tap active area includes a tap layer and a well contact plug that is disposed on the top surface of the tap layer. |
| US08315085B1 |
SRAM timing tracking circuit
A timing tracking circuit is configured within a functional memory array, obviating the need for a separate, standalone timing tracking circuit. A generated pulse is routed circuitously through conductors enlisted for timing purposes, to trigger switching of a test cell in the array, which discharges an associated bit line from a pre-charged high value. The pulled down signal resulting from the discharge is detected at a measurement unit to infer timing characteristics of the memory array. The timing tracking circuitry is implemented by re-purposing certain conductors, test cells and dummy cells inserting certain conductive or nonconductive regions at one or more layers or at vias between layers to alter operation of the respective conductors and cells. Cells and conductors not enlisted for timing remain available for efficient, reliable memory access performance. |
| US08315072B2 |
Controller for switching power supply
A switching power supply has an inductor that includes a coil. A chopper circuit chops the primary current drawn through the coil, for the inductor to output an induced current. A multifunction junction of the power supply has a multifunction voltage that is a function of a primary voltage that drives the coil. A first circuit suspends the chopping in response to a first sensed voltage crossing a first threshold, the first sensed voltage being a function of the multifunction voltage. A second circuit suspends the chopping in response to a second sensed voltage crossing a second threshold, the second threshold being a function of the multifunction voltage. |
| US08315071B2 |
Composite 24-pulse AC to DC power converter having a main rectifier and multiple auxiliary rectifiers
A 24-pulse composite AC-to-DC converter is a converter using two or more conversion methods in parallel. The converter may include a main rectifier receiving at least a portion of an input AC signal, an autotransformer having an output voltage with lower amplitude than the input AC signal, and a plurality of auxiliary bridge rectifiers, each receiving the output from each leg of the autotransformer. In one embodiment of the invention, the main rectifier may receive a substantial portion of the load current, allowing each of the auxiliary bridge rectifiers to be generally smaller than the main rectifier. |
| US08315069B2 |
Spillover fitting for routing cables
The present invention is directed to a spillover fitting that routes cables from a lateral trough. The spillover fitting includes fitting walls and a floor positioned between the fitting walls. The floor has an extension flange that extends into the lateral trough. The spillover fitting also includes a containment member that extends from the extension flange. The containment member is positioned over the lateral trough to contain cables routed out of the lateral trough into the spillover fitting. |
| US08315066B2 |
Printed circuit board
A printed circuit board (PCB) includes a top layer, a memory controller, two gaps, and two connectors. The memory controller is located on the top layer. A number of golden fingers are respectively set on the top layer near each gap and electrically connected to the memory controller. Each connector includes a first slot to hold the gold fingers near a corresponding one of the gaps and a second slot to hold a number of gold fingers of a corresponding one of two memory chips. The first slot is electrically connected to the second slot. Each memory chip and the PCB are coplanar. |
| US08315065B2 |
Self-locking features in a multi-chip module
A multi-chip module (MCM) is described. This MCM includes at least two substrates that are remateably mechanically coupled by positive and negative features on facing surfaces of the substrates. These positive and negative features may mate and self-lock with each other. For example, the positive features on one of the surfaces may include pairs of counterposed micro-springs, and the negative features may include pits or grooves on the other surface. When the substrates are mechanically coupled, a given pair of positive features may provide a force in a plane of the other surface. Furthermore, by compressing the MCM so that the surfaces of the substrates are pushed toward each other, the mechanical coupling may be released. |
| US08315064B2 |
Apparatus for detecting pattern alignment error
An apparatus for detecting pattern alignment error includes a first conductive pattern disposed over a first insulation member with a power source applied of the first conductive pattern; a second insulation member for covering the first conductive pattern; a second conductive pattern disposed on the second insulation member; a conductive via connected to the second conductive pattern and passing through the second insulation member; and an insulation pattern disposed in the first conductive pattern for detecting an alignment error in response to a position of the conductive via. The apparatus for detecting pattern alignment error can detect the alignment of lower wiring in a device with multi-layer wiring. |
| US08315061B2 |
Electronic circuit with elongated strip layer and method for the manufacture of the same
The invention relates to an electronic circuit and to a method for the manufacture of an electronic circuit comprising at least two electronic components on a common flexible substrate, wherein the at least two electronic components in each case have at least one electrical functional layer composed of identical functional layer material. The electrical functional layers are formed from identical functional layer material and from layer regions of a layer formed in strip-type fashion on the substrate. |
| US08315059B2 |
Screw less fixing assembly for interface card
A screw-less fixing assembly for an interface card having a fixing support includes a frame, a movable cover module and an elastic member. The frame has an I/O opening. One side of the I/O opening is provided with an accommodating space. A long plate of the fixing support is positioned to correspond to the I/O opening, and a short plate of the fixing support is received in the accommodating space. The movable cover module is mounted in the accommodating space. The elastic member has an elastic protrusion positioned to correspond to the short plate of the fixing support. The movable cover module is moved to drive the elastic protrusion to tightly fix the short plate of the fixing support to the frame. With this arrangement, the interface card can be rapidly detached from the frame or attached thereto without using screws. |
| US08315055B2 |
Systems and methods for providing heat transfer
There is provided a heat dissipating device. An exemplary heat dissipating device comprises a thermally conductive plate that is adapted to be disposed adjacent to at least one heat generating device. The thermally conductive plate has surface features configured to promote turbulent airflow over the thermally conductive plate, the thickness of the surface features being approximately equal to or less than the thickness of the plate. |
| US08315047B2 |
Rotatable display apparatus
A display apparatus, comprising a display having a longitudinal edge and a latitudinal edge, where the longitudinal edge is longer than the latitudinal edge, a first supporting member having an upper end portion rotatably coupled to the display and a lower end portion rotatably coupled to a base, wherein the display is configured to be rotatable between a first position in which the longitudinal edge is substantially in parallel with the base and a second position in which the longitudinal edge is substantially perpendicular to the base. |
| US08315041B2 |
Connecting mechanism and electronic device utilizing the same
A connecting mechanism for connecting a first housing and a second housing together is provided. The second housing defines a slot. The connecting mechanism includes a fixing member fixed on the first housing, two connecting elements, and a movable member. The two connecting elements are connected to the fixing member, and each connecting element comprises a main body, a pin protruding from the main body, and an enlarged head on the pin. The movable member comprises two sliding grooves. The heads are received in the two sliding grooves, and the main bodies are located outside the sliding grooves, respectively. To connect the first housing and the second housing together, the second housing is moved to cause the movable member to totally pass through the slot, the movable member is rotated from a vertical orientation to a substantially horizontal orientation and rests on the second housing. |
| US08315036B2 |
Ceramic electronic component and method for manufacturing the same
A ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body and a plurality of external electrodes disposed at a surface of the ceramic body. The external electrodes include a plating layer containing glass particles each coated with a metal film. The plating layer is formed by co-deposition of a plating metal and the metal-coated glass particles. |
| US08315035B2 |
Multilayer capacitor and method of manufacturing same
A multilayer capacitor which can prevent chattering noises from occurring and improve the packaging density and packaging yield, and a method of manufacturing a multilayer capacitor are provided. Even when an electrostrictive vibration is generated in this multilayer capacitor upon voltage application, a joint surface of a metal terminal can flex, so as to mitigate the electrostrictive vibration, thereby preventing chattering noises from occurring. The joint surface is formed with a cutout and thus can fully secure its flexibility. In this multilayer capacitor, a step formed by a terminal connecting surface, a substrate connecting surface, and the joint surface is positioned within an area overlapping a capacitor element body as seen in the laminating direction of dielectric layers. Therefore, solder fillets do not protrude out of the capacitor element body, whereby the packaging density on a mounting substrate K can be improved. The state of solder fillets is easy to see from the outside, and a connection yield can also be secured. |
| US08315028B2 |
Overcurrent protection apparatus
An overcurrent protection apparatus which, when a layer short or a dead short occurs in a load circuit, interrupts the circuit in accordance with respective situations, whereby the load circuit is protected is provided. The apparatus includes a first overcurrent detecting section for detecting a counter electromotive force generated in a power supply wiring, and a second overcurrent detecting section, disposed in each of the plural load circuits, for detecting that a load current ID becomes an overcurrent. The apparatus includes a delaying section for outputting a delay signal at a first delay time when an overcurrent is detected by the second overcurrent detecting section, and for outputting the delay signal at a second delay time which is shorter than the first delay time when an overcurrent is detected by both of the first overcurrent detecting section and the second overcurrent detecting section. According to the configuration, in the case of the occurrence of a layer short, the load circuit can be interrupted at the first delay time, and, in the case of the occurrence of a dead short, the load circuit can be interrupted at the second delay time. |
| US08315025B2 |
Circuit arrangement for protection against electrostatic charges and method for dissipation thereof
A circuit arrangement for protection against electrostatic discharges comprises an shunt device, which is connected between a first and a second terminal of the circuit arrangement and has a control input, via which the conduction of the shunt device can be controlled. In addition there is a trigger element, which has a trigger output for issuing a trigger signal in dependence on a voltage between the first and the second terminal of the circuit arrangement. The circuit arrangement additionally comprises an interruption unit that can be controlled via a deactivation input by means of a sendable deactivation signal and which is connected on the input side to the trigger output and on the output side to the control input. In addition, a method for shunting electrostatic discharges is shown. |
| US08315024B2 |
Electrostatic discharge protection circuit, integrated circuit and method of protecting circuitry from an electrostatic discharge voltage
Implementations are presented herein that include an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit. The ESD protection circuit includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor has a first terminal that is coupled to a first supply line and a bulk that is coupled to a second supply line. The second transistor has a first terminal that is coupled to the second supply line, a bulk that is coupled to the first supply line and a second terminal that is coupled to a second terminal of the first transistor to define a protected node. The ESD protection circuit further includes a current limiting element that has a first terminal that is coupled to the protected node. |
| US08315023B2 |
Residual-current circuit breaker
A residual-current circuit breaker includes a summation current transformer having a core, a first secondary winding wound onto the core, and at least one second secondary winding wound onto the core, with lines of an electric network to be protected extending through the core. A tripping apparatus is operably connected to break contacts for opening the break contacts. A first arrangement is provided for detecting alternating residual currents and connected to the first secondary winding of the summation transformer. A second arrangement is connected to the second secondary winding for detecting direct residual currents, wherein a predeterminable alternating operation of the first and second arrangements is controlled by a timer device. |
| US08315021B2 |
Motor detecting and protecting apparatus and its method
A motor detecting and protecting apparatus electrically connected with a motor. The motor detecting and protecting apparatus includes a detecting unit, an error determining unit, a controlling unit and a driving unit. The detecting unit detects a state of the motor and outputs at least one first detecting signal and at least one second detecting signal to the error determining unit. The error determining unit has a first predetermined value, wherein the error determining unit outputs a warning signal to the controlling unit while a variation value between the first detecting signal and the second detecting signal exceeds the first predetermined value. And the controlling unit will control the motor to stop operating by the driving unit in accordance with the warning signal. And a motor detecting and protecting method is also disclosed. |
| US08315019B1 |
Method and system for providing an improved magnetoresistive structure utilizing an oxidation buffer layer
A method and system for providing a magnetic transducer is described. The method and system include providing a magnetoresistive structure having a plurality of sides. At least one oxidation buffer layer covers at least the plurality of sides. The method and system also include providing at least one oxide layer after the oxidation buffer layer is provided. The oxide layer(s) reside between the sides and the oxidation buffer layer(s). |
| US08315016B2 |
Head slider, head assembly, and magnetic disk device
Provided is a head slider that can heat a recording medium with a simple structure. In the head slider (10), a hole portion (14h) having an opening in a medium facing surface (10a) facing a disk-shaped recording medium (2) is formed, and a heating element (32) that is heated by being energized and a reflection portion (43) for reflecting heat radiated from the heating element (32) toward the disk-shaped recording medium (2) are disposed in the hole portion (14h). |
| US08315013B2 |
Magnetic write head with flux diverting structure
A magnetic write head with a flux diverting structure for diverting stray flux received from an external source. The write head includes a yoke with two poles and a non-magnetic gap formed there between, and functions to write data to a magnetic storage medium. The flux diverting structure is proximate to the first pole and has a magnetic connection toward the back of the structure, and a non-magnetic separation toward the front of the structure. The flux diverting structure is comprised of a magnetic permeable material such that stray flux is diverted away from portions of the write head. |
| US08315011B2 |
Disk drive device improved in stiffness of fluid dynamic bearing
A disk drive device includes a bearing unit and a drive unit. The bearing unit includes: a shaft; a sleeve configured to allow relative rotation, with the shaft as the axis; a flange projected in the radial direction of the shaft and configured to rotate integrally with the shaft; a flange housing space portion provided continuously from the sleeve and configured to rotatably house the flange; a counter plate structured with both a first surface, which faces the end surface in the axial direction of the flange and seals the flange housing space portion, and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface. The projected dimension of the flange is designed to be larger than the wall thickness of the flange surrounding wall portion in the radial direction of the flange, the flange surrounding wall portion defining the flange housing space portion. |
| US08315009B2 |
System and method for changing resonant frequency in hard disk drive components
A method for changing resonance frequency of hard disk drive components to reduce electromagnetic interference and electrostatic discharge from said components. Electrically sensitive hard disk drive components having a high resonance frequency consistent with a resonance of present electromagnetic interference forces are determined. A damper material is layered to alter electrical properties of said hard disk drive components to limit the magnitude of electromagnetic interference potential of said electrically sensitive component. Electrically sensitive hard disk drive components having a high capacitance are determined. The damper material is layered to increase a volume of the material constitution of the hard disk drive components to alter a capacitance of the hard disk drive component. |
| US08315008B2 |
Magnetic disk device and head position control method
According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a magnetic disk, a magnetic head, a position error signal output module, a vibration pattern detector, an adder, and a head positioning controller. The magnetic head moves over the magnetic disk. The position error signal output module outputs a position error signal based on a difference between a head position of the magnetic head over the magnetic disk and a target position on the magnetic disk. The vibration pattern detector detects a vibration pattern of the magnetic head caused by vibration. The adder adds the position error signal to an offset signal indicating amplitude of the vibration pattern. The head positioning controller moves the head position to the target position based on a result of addition by the adder. |
| US08315007B1 |
Flying height measurement
Some of the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a disk drive system comprising a disk drive system comprising a disk having a track upon a surface of the disk, the track including a first data-storing sector and a second data storing sector, and a servo sector located between the first data-storing sector and the second data-storing sector, the servo sector including a first flying height (FH) field having a predetermined pattern. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. |
| US08315005B1 |
Ramp detection by profile sweep method utilizing integrator values
A system to detect a ramp position is disclosed. The system includes a head positioner coupled to an actuator arm to position a head relative to a disk and a controller to: control the head positioner to move the head toward the ramp; determine a plurality of integrator values while moving the head; generate a threshold based on the plurality of integrator values; and determine the ramp position based on a first integrator value exceeding the threshold. |
| US08315004B2 |
Recording apparatus, server apparatus, recording method, program, and storage medium
A data recording apparatus recording data of a CD on an HDD in a manner such that the content of record in the CD is faithfully accounted for and shortening an operation time for a synchronized ripping operation. When the data recording apparatus reads, from the CD, track data managed by track, according to TOC, and records the track data onto the HDD, the data recording apparatus recognizes data unrecorded on the HDD, from among the track data recorded on the CD. This recognition process is automatically performed based on the TOC read from the CD, and album information replayed using the TOC and held by the HDD. The recording apparatus reproduces and outputs only the unrecorded data from the CD based on the recognition result concerning the unrecorded data. In this way, the data already recorded on the HDD is not transferred from the CD to the HDD. The operation time for the synchronized ripping operation is reduced accordingly. |
| US08315003B1 |
Bit patterned magnetic media data format
In an implementation, a media drive comprises bit patterned magnetic media and one or more modules. The one or more modules are to cause data to be written on the bit patterned magnetic media in a data sector that includes a synchronization mark disposed between data blocks of the data sector. |
| US08314998B2 |
Imaging lens and imaging apparatus
Disclosed is an imaging lens that has a wide angle of view, a small size in the diametric direction of a lens system, and a good optical performance. An imaging lens includes a first negative lens having a meniscus shape in which a concave surface faces an image side, a second negative lens having a meniscus shape in which a concave surface faces the image side and including at least one aspheric surface, a third positive lens including at least one aspheric surface, an aperture diaphragm, and a fourth positive lens including at least one aspheric surface, which are arranged in this order from an object side. The imaging lens satisfies the following Conditional expression 1: f2/f<−4.5, where f indicates the focal length of the entire system and f2 indicates the focal length of the second lens. |
| US08314995B2 |
Variable power optical system and imaging apparatus
A variable power optical system, including a fixed negative first lens group, a second positive lens group and a third positive lens group, wherein the first lens group includes a deflecting element arranged to bend an optical path, and when d12w denotes a distance between an image side principal point of the first lens group and an object side principal point of the second lens group at a short focal length end, d12t denotes a distance between the image side principal point of the first lens group and the object side principal point of the second lens group at a long focal length end, fw denotes a focal length of the optical system at the short focal length end, ft denotes a focal length of the optical system at the long focal length end, and f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens group, the optical system satisfies: 2.5<(d12w/d12t)/|√{square root over (fw×ft)}/f1|<4.0. |
| US08314994B1 |
Scope having a zoom slider
A scope having a zoom mechanism that includes a cam tube holding an optical train of lenses whose relative positions change when said cam tube is rotated, causing an image seen through the scope to expand or contract. A gear is in contact to said cam tube and is positioned so as to rotate said cam tube when said gear is rotated. Finally, an actuator is positioned on a side of said scope and operatively connected to said gear so that said actuator causes said gear to turn when a user moves said actuator. |
| US08314993B2 |
Split exit pupil expander
The specification and drawings present a new apparatus and method for using a split exit pupil expander to provide general diffractive optics method that uses a plurality of diffractive elements for expanding the exit pupil of a display of an electronic device for viewing. |
| US08314989B1 |
Decorative, ornamental, or jewelry articles having arrays of diffraction gratings
A flat substrate bears a set of flat, coplanar diffraction gratings; a jewelry mounting is secured to the substrate. The gratings are arranged to occupy corresponding areas of the substrate that are arranged to correspond to a two-dimensional projection of multiple, non-coplanar facets of a three-dimensional gemstone. Each grating differs from one or more other gratings with respect to grating wavevector direction so that each grating differs from at least one other grating with respect to direction of dispersion of spectrally dispersed output directions of a diffracted portion of light incident on the gratings along a given input direction. The grating wavevectors are spatially distributed among the corresponding gratings to form two or more subsets of three or more gratings along which subsets the corresponding grating wavevector direction of each grating of the subset varies monotonically with position of that grating along a given dimension of the substrate. |
| US08314985B2 |
Surface plasmon optical modulator
A high-speed optical modulator based on Surface Plasmon-Polariton (SPP) at the hetero-junction of a metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) tunneling diode and including a phase-matching optical element, such as a prism or gold-lattice structure, is described. An investigation using the coupled mode theory shows that the applied bias across the hetero-junction changes the optical reflectance of an optically coupled MIS tunneling diode, such as a prism-coupled MIS tunneling diode or a gold lattice-coupled MIS tunneling diode, while the modulation efficiency achievable of the device depends on the thickness of the metal film used to construct the tunneling diode. |
| US08314979B2 |
Color management methods and systems to adaptively tune colors for image marking devices
Disclosed are color management methods and systems to adaptively tune colors for one or more image marking devices. Specifically, exemplary embodiments include methods and systems to create profiles for preference color matching. For example, Lab values associated with target node colors can be warped using a predefined function for special regions of interest. |
| US08314976B2 |
Image reading apparatus
An image reading apparatus comprising: an automatic document feeding apparatus which conveying a document that has a part written by pigment that becomes colorless when heated and is loaded in a document tray to a sheet discharge location via a conveying path that passes through a prescribed reading out position; a reading section for obtaining an image information by reading out optically from the document which is conveyed by the automatic document feeding apparatus at the reading out position; a storage section for storing the image information obtained by reading the document in the reading section; and a heating unit for heating the document in a temperature of the pigment becomes colorless on a downstream side of the reading out position while the document passing through the conveying path. |
| US08314975B2 |
Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus
A first main-scanning-position correction unit divides a surface to be scanned into first areas in a main scanning direction into areas, sets a separate clock-pulse timing for first area, and corrects a main-scanning position error. A second main-scanning-position correction unit divides the surface into second areas in the main scanning direction based on first-scanning-position correction data, sets a separate clock-pulse timing for each second area, and corrects the main-scanning position error. |
| US08314964B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
If a position where a previous operator added information and a position where a next operator added information overlap each other with respect to a document, an image processing apparatus notifies the previous operator that information has been added by the subsequent operator, and also notifies the previous operator where the information has been added and the operator that added the information. |
| US08314962B2 |
Image forming apparatus that discriminates an operation of a service requested and constructs a job corresponding to the operation by selecting a job scenario prepared in advance
An operation control program controls a computer provided in an image forming apparatus to serve as: a service section which discriminates an operation of a service requested by a user, and constructs a job corresponding to the operation by selecting one or a plurality of job scenarios prepared in advance as constituting element of the job and using the selected job scenario; and a job performing section for executing sequentially a processing indicated by each job scenario constituting the job constructed by the service section. |
| US08314959B2 |
Adaptive cycle up convergence criteria
A method of adjusting cycle-up criteria of a device based on estimated noise levels, including obtaining a current estimated noise level, adjusting the cycle-up criteria according to the estimated noise level, comparing at least one signal, from which the noise level is estimated, with at least one target value, calculating the difference between the signal and the at least one target value, calculating the calculated difference between the signal and the at least one target value with the adjusted cycle-up criteria; and initiating a print job if the calculated difference falls within the adjusted cycle-up criteria. |
| US08314957B2 |
Processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
A processing apparatus enabling initial settings to be easily configured as a user desires e.g. upon purchase of the apparatus without unpacking the apparatus from a shipping carton. The processing apparatus comprises a wireless communication unit operable by an AC power supply or a battery, and an EEPROM operable by the AC power supply or the battery and stores initial settings information for the apparatus. An MCU of the processing apparatus determines whether electric power is currently supplied from the AC power supply or from the battery. Further, the MCU determines whether or not power-on history information on the AC power supply has been stored. When the battery is used and no power-on history information has been stored, the MCU rewrites the initial settings information stored in the EEPROM, based on initial settings information received from a dealer's PC by wireless communication. |
| US08314955B2 |
Apparatus and method for requesting password re-entry for external-device display and not requesting password re-entry for image display on display unit of the apparatus
The image forming apparatus decodes a two dimensional code within an image and obtains a password; stores the image in a storage unit if the password thus obtained matches a password entered through an operating section; and when an instruction is given by a user to display the image stored in the storage unit on a display unit of the image forming apparatus, displays the image on the display unit of the image forming apparatus without requesting an entry of the obtained password, and when an instruction is given by a user to display the image stored in the storage unit on a display unit of an external device, other than the display unit of the image forming apparatus, requests re-entry of the password for displaying the image on the display unit of the external device. |
| US08314948B2 |
Image forming system utilizing network camera
When a client PC receives a request for printing output data, an imaging apparatus captures an image of a user. The image data of the user captured by the imaging apparatus and the output data is transferred to a management server. The management server performs predetermined image processing on the acquired image data, calculates a characteristic amount of the image data of the user, and registers the calculated characteristic amount and the output data by associating with each other. When the user requests printing of the output data from an image forming apparatus, image data of the user captured by the imaging apparatus is transferred to the management server. The management server calculates a characteristic amount of the acquired image data of the user, compares the calculated characteristic amount with the characteristic amount in the management server, and transfers the output data to the image forming apparatus. |
| US08314945B2 |
Terminal device
A communication device has a process unit, a network interface, a communication interface, an interface control unit, a device control unit, and a relay unit. The network interface communicates with a terminal device connected to a network. The communication interface communicates with a locally connected peripheral device. The interface control unit controls the communication interface and transmits control data to the peripheral device, the control data being for controlling the peripheral device. The device control unit generates the control data for the peripheral device in accordance with an instruction entered from the processing unit, and transmits the control data to the interface control unit. The relay unit extracts the control data for the peripheral device from a packet received by the network interface, and transmits the control data to the interface control unit. |
| US08314944B2 |
Image forming device, method, and computer readable medium to avoid unnecessary image forming position correction
An image forming device includes a main body casing, a cover configured to be openable and closable with respect to the main body casing, a sensing unit configured to sense an opening-closing operation of the cover, a forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet, a detecting unit configured to perform a detecting operation to detect a deviation of an image forming position of the image to be formed by the forming unit, an accepting unit configured to accept a print request, and a control unit configured to control the detecting unit to perform the detecting operation in response to the print request being accepted when the sensing unit senses an opening-closing operation of the cover after execution of a previous detecting operation, and thereafter to control the forming unit to form the image in the image forming position corrected to cancel the deviation detected in the detecting operation. |
| US08314943B2 |
Image forming apparatus, method of controlling the same based on speech recognition, and computer program product
An image forming apparatus includes a speech input unit that collects a sound including an ambient sound and a speech from a user for operating the image forming apparatus, a speech recognizing unit that recognizes the speech from collected sound, and an operation control unit that changes, when speech recognizing unit recognizes the speech, an operation state of the image forming apparatus. |
| US08314939B2 |
Reference sphere detecting device, reference sphere position detecting device, and three-dimensional-coordinate measuring device
A reference sphere detecting device used for a reference sphere position detecting device comprises an optical unit having a laser light source, a collective lens for collecting light from the laser light source and irradiating the light to a reference sphere positioned at or near a front focal position, a first image pickup device for receiving and detecting reflected light from the reference sphere, the first image pickup device being disposed at a rear focal position of the collective lens; driving units for rotationally moving the optical unit about a reference point; and a control unit for controlling the driving units on the basis of the position at which the reflected light is received and rotationally moving the optical unit so that the reflected light reaches a predetermined reference position of the first image pickup device. |
| US08314938B2 |
Method and apparatus for measuring surface profile of an object
A method for measuring a surface profile of an object, the method includes, acquiring information about a first direction where a step of a surface of the object extends relative to a scanning direction, setting phase distribution applied to the irradiation beam according to the information, and scanning the object in the scanning direction with the irradiation beam. |
| US08314937B2 |
Measurement method and measurement apparatus that measure a surface figure of an aspheric surface based on an interference pattern
The present invention provides a measurement apparatus that illuminates a surface to be tested having an aspheric surface using light beams that form spherical waves to measure a figure of the surface to be tested, including a detection unit configured to detect interference patterns between light beams from the surface to be tested and light beams from a reference surface, and a controller configured to control processing for obtaining a figure of the surface to be tested based on the interference patterns detected by the detection unit. |
| US08314935B2 |
Target substance-detecting apparatus and target substance-detecting method
A target substance-detecting apparatus for detecting a target substance in an analyte comprises a detecting device having a substrate and metal structures capable of causing a plasmon resonance arranged thereon, an illumination optical system for illuminating an incident light containing a polarization component polarized in a first direction onto the detecting device to cross the arranged metal structures, a light-receiving device for receiving light containing the polarization component polarized in the first direction and transmitted through or reflected by the detecting device, and an arithmetic unit for calculating on signals from the light-receiving device to analyze a characteristic of the analyte; the metal structures arranged at first intervals not more than 1/10 of a plasmon resonance wavelength in lines in the first direction and at second intervals not less than ¼ of the plasmon resonance wavelength and not more than the wavelength in lines parallel in a second direction. |
| US08314930B2 |
Inspection device and inspection method
An inspection device for inspecting defects of an inspection object including a light source for irradiating a luminous flux to the inspection object; an optical system for guiding reflected light from the inspection object; a photoelectric image sensor having a plurality of photoelectric cells arranged, for converting the light guided to detection signals; a detection signal transfer unit having channels each constituted by a signal correction unit, a converter and an image formation unit, and corresponding to each of a plurality of regions formed by dividing the photoelectric image sensor, respectively; and an image synthesis unit for forming an image of the surface of the object by synthesizing partial images outputted; the inspection device inspecting defects of the object by processing the synthesized image; whereby it becomes possible to correct a detection signal from said photoelectric cell close to a predetermined reference target value. |
| US08314926B2 |
Apparatus for optical fiber testing
An apparatus for fiber optic testing is presented. In one exemplary embodiment, the apparatus may comprise a plurality of fiber optic connectors for coupling to one or more fiber optic cables, one or more photodetectors operatively connected to the plurality of fiber optic connectors, an optical power measurement module operatively connected to the one or more photodetectors, a display for displaying information received from the optical power measurement module, and one or more user controls for accepting user input. |
| US08314923B2 |
Configurable rangefinding devices and methods
Systems and methods are provided to selectively measure one or more conditions, such as temperature, wind speed, and angle of inclination, that may assist a golfer in making a play. If it is not permissible to present to the golfer additional information (e.g., an adjusted distance, temperature, wind speed, or a suggested club) that may assist a golfer in making a play, only a line-of-sight distance to a target on a golf course may be displayed. Modular rangefinders are also provided in which a dongle is coupled to a rangefinder to provide unique functionality. For example, a TGR™ dongle may provide golf specific functionality, such as calculating an adjusted distance that the golfer may use to play an inclined shot and a TBR® dongle may provide hunting specific functionality, such as calculating an equivalent horizontal distance that a hunter may use for precise shooting on an incline. |
| US08314922B2 |
Telecentricity corrector for microlithographic projection system
A telecentricity corrector is incorporated into a microlithographic projection system to achieve telecentricity targets at the output of the microlithographic projection system. The telecentricity corrector is located between an illuminator and a projection lens of the projection system, preferably just in advance of a reticle for controlling angular distributions of light illuminating the reticle. |
| US08314921B2 |
Exposure apparatus
An exposure apparatus for producing exposed structures in a photosensitive layer arranged on an object is provided. An object carrier and an exposure device, which can be moved relative to one another in an advance direction, enable exposure spots to be produced on the photosensitive layer in a position-controlled manner. The exposure device has at least one exposure unit with a series of radiation exit regions which are arranged successively in a series direction and from which exposure beams emerge, by means of each of which, passed through an imaging optical system, an exposure spot can be produced on the photosensitive layer and each of which can be deflected by a deflection unit in a deflection direction running transversely to the series direction, such that each exposure beam can produce exposure spots that at least partly overlap one another in a multiplicity of successive positions in the deflection direction. |
| US08314919B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing same
A liquid crystal display device 10 of the present invention includes a liquid crystal panel 11 and a lighting device 12. The liquid crystal panel 11 has a liquid crystal layer 50 between a pair of glass substrates 31 and 41. The lighting device 12 supplies illumination light to the liquid crystal panel 11. The glass substrate 31 at least has a colored portion including a nonbridging oxygen hole center in an area that can block light to luminance defect area X that is a possible cause of a luminance point defect. |
| US08314911B2 |
Liquid crystal panel and manufacturing method thereof
The embodiment of the invention provides a liquid crystal panel, comprising a color filter substrate, an array substrate and a layer of liquid crystal molecules interposed between the color filter substrate and the array substrate. The color filter substrate includes a black matrix, color filters, a protection layer and a common electrode formed a substrate, and cut-off patterns used to decrease motion speeds of impurity ions are formed in the common electrode so as to suppress image sticking. |
| US08314906B2 |
Phase delay element for transmissive and reflective type liquid crystal display
A phase delay element includes a brightness enhancement layer intermediate a reflection layer and an artificial light. The brightness enhancement layer is defined by a first surface and an opposite second surface. The first surface faces the reflection layer. A first light from the artificial light is incident on the second surface. A phase of the first light is delayed by about 1/4 phase (λ/4) so that a second light is emitted from the first surface toward the reflection layer. The second light is reflected from the reflection layer so that a third light is emitted from the reflection layer toward the first surface. A phase of the third light is delayed by about 1/4 phase (λ/4) so that a fourth light is emitted from the second surface. Therefore, a portion of the artificial light, which is reflected from the reflection layer, is recycled to improve a luminance of an LCD apparatus. |
| US08314902B2 |
Transparent display device
Disclosed is a transparent display device that includes a LCD panel; a light source at one side of a lower portion of the LCD panel to emit light; a first polarizing plate polarizing light emitted from the light source; a light guide plate at a lower portion of the LCD panel to totally reflect the light polarized to an axis by the first polarizing plate to a lateral surface and supply to the LCD panel, and transmit natural light from a lower direction; a second polarizing plate at an upper portion of the LCD panel to control the amount of polarized light passing through the LCD panel; and an optical sheet at a lower portion of the light guide plate to change the polarized state of a first polarized light from the light guide plate and reflect the light, and transmit a second polarized component from the lower portion therethrough. |
| US08314899B2 |
Array substrate and display device
In the array substrate where the display region has the non-quadrangle shape, a sub-capacitance line which forms a sub-capacitance is disposed at the pixel, a intersection region of the scanning lead-out line and a signal lead-out line is located at the frame region on the outside of the display region, a common lead-out line which connects the sub-capacitance line in common is disposed at the frame region side where the scanning lead-out line is disposed, the common lead-out line is not disposed in the intersection region, but disposed in a region between a region of the scanning lead-out line and a region of the signal lead-out line while intersecting any one of the scanning lead-out line and the signal lead-out line. |
| US08314897B2 |
2D/3D image display
A display comprises a display panel, a polarizer, a polarization rotator, and a scatterer arranged to scatter light having a first polarization as compared with a second polarization. The display can be switched between 2D and 3D modes by operating the polarization rotator. In 3D mode, the polarization rotator transmits light with relatively little change to its polarization. Light transmitted by the scatterer is used to present three-dimensional images. In 2D mode, the polarization rotator alters the polarization of the light, and light that is scattered by the scatterer is used to present a two-dimensional image. The polarization rotator may be arranged so that light incident on a first area thereof undergoes a different change in polarization to light incident on a second area, to simultaneously present 2D and 3D images. |
| US08314896B1 |
Pivoting remotely controlled television holder apparatus
The pivoting remotely controlled television holder apparatus provides for improved television viewing whether fitted with a flat screen television in one embodiment or a CTR television in an alternate embodiment. The pivoting remotely controlled television holder apparatus pivots a flat screen television in the vertical plane. The apparatus also pivots a television in the horizontal plane. The apparatus further raises and lowers a television. These pivoting, raising, and lowering functions are performed remotely via the remote. The alternate embodiment of the apparatus is suitable for a CTR television and offers side to side movement whereby the television is taken through an arc to pivot the viewing screen in the horizontal plane. |
| US08314895B2 |
Image display system for vehicle
An image display system attached to a ceiling of a vehicle includes a main body, attached to the ceiling, having a first housing recess and a second housing recess which is positioned further backward than the first housing recess in a length of the vehicle; a rotatable monitor portion having a display screen, wherein a contained state in which the display screen is contained in the first housing recess and an unfolded state in which the display screen protrudes from the first housing recess are switchable by rotating the display screen, and the display screen is oriented toward a back seat of the vehicle in the unfolded state; and a controller having an operation-face for controlling operation of the image display system, wherein the controller is detachably contained in the second housing recess in a manner such that the operation face is positioned facing downward. |
| US08314891B2 |
Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data in digital broadcasting system
A digital broadcast receiving system and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The method includes the steps of receiving a broadcast signal having mobile service data and main service data multiplexed therein, extracting transmission parameter channel (TPC) signaling information and fast information channel (FIC) signaling information from a data group within the received mobile service data, wherein the FIC signaling information includes a current/next (C/N) indicator, and wherein the TPC signaling information includes FIC version information, and detecting ensemble configuration information of a current MH frame. |
| US08314890B2 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
In an image processing apparatus, a min-max pixel difference value computing unit computes the difference between the maximum and minimum pixel values in a first image portion including a target pixel and neighbor pixels. A maximum adjacent pixel difference value computing unit computes the maximum value among the difference values between adjacent pixels in the first image portion. An image change feature value computing unit computes a feature value corresponding to the suddenness of image change in the first image portion. A filter coefficient computing unit computes filter coefficients. A sharpen filter accepts, as input, pixels forming a second image portion including the same target pixel as the first image portion and neighbor pixels, and computes an output pixel value for the target pixel. |
| US08314884B2 |
Device and method for adaptive blending motion compensation interpolation in frame rate up-conversion
An adaptive blending MCI method and device thereof are disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention. The adaptive blending MCI method uses adjacent four motion vectors to get the corresponding pixels, and uses linear interpolation equation to blend four pixels to reduce block artifacts. The method uses adaptive weighting coefficient to favor reliable motion vector to avoid bad motion vector degrade image quality. |
| US08314879B2 |
Digital camera having autofocus capability and continuous shooting capability
A digital camera includes an imaging system which performs a photographing operation and records captured image files in a buffer memory; an AF system which performs a focus-state detection process, in which the AF system detects a focus state, and a focusing lens group driving process, in which the AF system moves a focusing lens group to an in-focus position; and first and second switches which actuate the AF system and the imaging system, respectively. While the first and second switches are held ON, the digital camera performs a continuous shooting process in which the imaging system repeatedly performs the photographing operation and the AF system repeatedly performs the focus-state detection process. Upon the buffer memory becoming full during the continuous shooting process, the imaging system suspends the photographing operation and the AF system performs the focus-state detection process and the focusing lens group driving process. |
| US08314878B2 |
Image pickup apparatus with impact resistance
An image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup substrate on which an image pickup device is mounted on an object side; an optical unit having a lens for imaging an object light on the image pickup device; a blade member adjusting an amount of the object light entering into the lens; a drive unit having a motor driving the blade member; and a motor substrate supplying the motor with a drive power. The optical unit is provided in the image pickup substrate. The drive unit is provided in the optical unit so as to be spaced apart from the image pickup substrate. The motor substrate is provided in the drive unit so as to face the image pickup substrate. The conductive member electrically connecting the image pickup substrate with the motor substrate is disposed between the image pickup substrate and the motor substrate. |
| US08314870B2 |
Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus
A solid-state imaging device includes a layout in which one sharing unit includes an array of photodiodes of 2 pixels by 4×n pixels (where, n is a positive integer), respectively, in horizontal and vertical directions. |
| US08314869B2 |
Image sensor with improved black level calibration
An imaging system capable of black level calibration includes an imaging pixel array, at least one black reference pixel, and peripheral circuitry. The imaging pixel array includes a plurality of active pixels each coupled to capture image data. The black reference pixel is coupled to generate a black reference signal for calibrating the image data. Light transmitting layers are disposed on a first side of a pixel array die including the imaging system and cover at least the imaging pixel array and the black reference pixel. A light shielding layer is disposed on the first side of the pixel array die and covers a portion of the light transmitting layers and the black reference pixel without covering the imaging pixel array. |
| US08314868B2 |
Solid state imaging device, imaging apparatus, electronic apparatus, AD converter, and AD conversion method
A solid state imaging device includes: an AD conversion section having a comparing section, which receives a reference signal from a predetermined reference signal generating section and which compares the reference signal with an analog signal to be processed, and a counter section, which receives a count clock for AD conversion and performs a count operation on the basis of a comparison result of the comparing section, and acquiring digital data of the signal on the basis of output data of the counter section; a count operation period control section controlling an operation period of the counter section on the basis of the comparison result; and a driving control section controlling the reference signal generating section and the AD conversion section such that for the signal to be processed, data of upper N−M bits is acquired in first processing and data of lower M bits is acquired in second processing. |
| US08314866B2 |
Imager with variable area color filter array and pixel elements
A color pixel array includes a plurality of micropixels. Each micropixel includes a photosensitive element and a color filter optically aligned with the photosensitive element to filter incident light prior to reaching the photosensitive element. The micropixels are organized into a repeating pattern of triangular macropixels each having a triangular shape within the color pixel array. |
| US08314865B2 |
Lens shading correction
A method including using an optical image stabilization function in an imaging apparatus comprising a lens and an image sensor; acquiring system change information, the system change information concerning changes that affect optical path through the lens to the image sensor during capturing of an image through the lens; adjusting a lens shading correction function on the basis of the acquired system change information; and applying the adjusted lens shading correction function to image data representing the captured image. |
| US08314863B2 |
Image processing device, image processing method, and program pertaining to image correction
An image processing device includes: a blurring correction processing unit configured to perform blurring correction processing on output signals of an imaging device having an RGBW array which includes RGB pixels and white (W) pixels, and generate blurring-corrected signals corresponding to each pixels; and a data conversion unit configured to convert the RGBW array into an RGB array; wherein the data conversion unit executes processing of generating blurring-corrected RGB signals (Rd, Gd, Bd) which are blurring-corrected signals corresponding to RGB that have been estimated from blurring-corrected signals generated by the blurring correction processing unit, and applying the blurring-corrected RGB signals (Rd, Gd, Bd) to determine RGB signals values configuring an RGB array. |
| US08314860B2 |
Recording media control apparatus, recording media controlling method, and computer program
A recording media control apparatus is disclosed which includes: a host interface configured to connect recording media to a recording media unit, the recording media being subject to the writing and reading of data thereto and therefrom, the recording media unit incorporating an internal temperature sensor; an access request section configured to make either a data write request or a data read request to the recording media unit; a temperature status determination section configured to request temperature acquisition from the recording media unit in a predetermined cycle and, based on the acquired temperature, to determine temperature status of the recording media; and an access control section configured to transmit a command to the recording media unit via the host interface in response to an access request from the access request section and the temperature acquisition request from the temperature status determination section. |
| US08314857B2 |
Data processing apparatus and control method thereof with generating of single unique identification information using device identification information, device state information and recording information
A data recording apparatus holds device state information which is updated according to use of the apparatus and represents a use state of the apparatus, and device identification information unique to the apparatus. Upon recording data, the data recording apparatus acquires information associated with generation of recording data, which is different from the device state information, as recording information, in association with the recording data. The apparatus generates unique identification information of the recording data based on the device identification information, the device state information, and the recording information, and records a file including the recording data and the unique identification information in a recording medium. |
| US08314854B2 |
Apparatus and method for image recognition of facial areas in photographic images from a digital camera
Disclosed is an apparatus for photographing an image using a digital camera capable of providing a preview image, including: an image sensor for capturing an image of a subject; a first image signal processor for processing at least one captured image as a sequent image in order to display the captured image as a preview image on a display window and detecting a face area from the captured image; a buffer for storing the image including at least one detected face area; a capture button for capturing a still image during outputting the sequent image as the preview image on the display window; a second image signal processor for processing the captured still image using the capture button; a controller for controlling to store the captured still image and information related on the face area detected from the first image signal processor prior to the input of the capture button; and a memory for storing the processed still image together with the information related on the detected face area. |
| US08314853B2 |
Image search apparatus, control method, and storage medium
The present invention provides an image search apparatus including a control unit configured to, when a search key image is set, perform an obtaining process of obtaining at least either of feature amounts of the search key image, a generation process of generating a plurality of search conditions different from each other from the at least either of the feature amounts and the image capturing conditions, a search process of searching the plurality of images except the search key image for an image matching or similar to the search condition for each of the plurality of search conditions, the display control process of displaying a plurality of images that are images found for the plurality of search conditions, a selection process of selecting one image from the plurality of images, and a setting process of setting, as a new search key image, the image selected. |
| US08314851B2 |
Image processing apparatus, method for processing image, and storage medium
When calculating the amount of color blur suppression based on gradient values at edge portions of image data, the degree of color blur suppression has been different between a non-addition readout method and an addition readout method even with an identical subject. To solve this problem, there is provided an image processing apparatus that calculates a suppression coefficient so as to suppress color blur when a gradient value exceeds a threshold value, and sets up the threshold value so that the gradient value range required for color blur suppression when an image sensor is driven by the addition readout method to generate image data is wider than the gradient value range required when the image sensor is driven by the non-addition readout method. |
| US08314842B2 |
Imaging apparatus and method for controlling the same
An imaging apparatus includes an image capturing unit including an image sensor capable of photoelectrically converting a subject image and configured to generate moving image data based on an output signal of the image sensor, a storage unit configured to store foreign substance information including information relating to at least a position and a size of a foreign substance adhered to an optical element disposed on a front side of the image sensor, a detection unit configured to detect a shake amount of the image sensor, a control unit configured to control an image clipping position on an entire screen of the image sensor according to the shake amount of the image sensor detected by the detection unit, and a recording unit configured to record the foreign substance information and information indicating the image clipping position in association with the moving image data. |
| US08314836B2 |
Medical capsule including shake absorption section and indwelled and fixed in vivo
A medical apparatus of the present invention includes an image pickup apparatus provided for a medical instrument to pick up an image of a region to be examined in a body, a fixing section that keeps the image pickup apparatus indwelling in and fixed to a body wall in the body, a transmission section that extends from the image pickup apparatus and transmits a power or an electric signal to/from a device outside the body, and a shake absorption section that absorbs and suppresses shaking of the transmission section by means of a movable member connected to the transmission section and freely movable with respect to the image pickup apparatus and a holding member connected to the transmission section for holding the movable member in a freely movable manner, wherein when a treatment is applied to a subject in the body while observing the subject, the apparatus can suppress shaking of the image pickup apparatus left indwelling in the body, acquire an excellent observed image and prevent damage to a cable extending from the image pickup apparatus. |
| US08314832B2 |
Systems and methods for generating stereoscopic images
Systems and methods are disclosed for generating stereoscopic images for a user based on one or more images captured by one or more scene-facing cameras or detectors and the position of the user's eyes or other parts relative to a component of the system as determined from one or more images captured by one or more user-facing detectors. The image captured by the scene-facing detector is modified based on the user's eye or other position. The resulting image represents the scene as seen from the perspective of the eye of the user. The resulting image may be further modified by augmenting the image with additional images, graphics, or other data. Stereoscopic mechanisms may also be adjusted or configured based on the location or the user's eyes or other parts. |
| US08314827B2 |
Image forming apparatus with optical scanner
In a scanner housing of an optical scanner fixed to a main body housing of an image forming apparatus, an opposite wall is disposed between a support wall on which an optical element is supported and a wall of the main body housing. A space at an extreme end of an inner projection has a distance smaller than distances at all other spaces between the support wall and the opposite wall. A space at an extreme end of an outer projection has a distance smaller than distances at all other spaces between the wall of the main body housing and the opposite wall. The space at the extreme end of the inner projection overlaps with the space at the extreme end of the outer projection as viewed from a direction in which the inner projection and the outer projection project. |
| US08314825B2 |
Laser direct imaging apparatus and imaging method
A laser beam direct imaging apparatus and an imaging method which can precisely determine a back-surface-side position with respect to a front-surface-side position even if any kind of photosensitive material is used. In the laser direct imaging apparatus, a laser beam is deflected toward a main scanning direction (X-axis direction) while a workpiece mounted on a table is moved in a sub-scanning direction (Y-axis direction) so that a pattern is imaged on the surface of the workpiece. Hollow pins are disposed on the table so that the tips of the hollow pins 20 project over the surface of the table by a predetermined distance. The workpiece is sucked onto the table so that indentations (indentations by the tips of the hollow pins) are formed on the back surface of the workpiece. When a pattern is imaged on the back surface, imaging is performed with reference to the indentations. |
| US08314823B2 |
Printer and method of printing
A printer comprises a moveable print head such that print elements of the print head are able to print to two streams of media having different physical locations. |
| US08314818B2 |
Light emitting device and driving method thereof
A light emitting device and a driving method thereof, and a method for reducing motion blur and flicker phenomena of a display is provided. A light emitting device for providing light to a display that displays images is provided. The device includes: a display unit that includes scan lines, column lines, and light emission pixels, the scan lines respectively applied with first scan signals and second scan signals during one frame period; a local brightness controller that generates a dimming signal having brightness information of the light emission pixels, generates motion flag signals having motion information corresponding to the light emission pixels, and generates ratio control signals having division information of the dimming signal according to the motion flag signals; and a controller that divides the dimming signal into first divided dimming data and second divided dimming data according to the ratio control signals. |
| US08314807B2 |
Memory controller with QoS-aware scheduling
In an embodiment, a memory controller includes multiple ports. Each port may be dedicated to a different type of traffic. In an embodiment, quality of service (QoS) parameters may be defined for the traffic types, and different traffic types may have different QoS parameter definitions. The memory controller may be configured to schedule operations received on the different ports based on the QoS parameters. In an embodiment, the memory controller may support upgrade of the QoS parameters when subsequent operations are received that have higher QoS parameters, via sideband request, and/or via aging of operations. In an embodiment, the memory controller is configured to reduce emphasis on QoS parameters and increase emphasis on memory bandwidth optimization as operations flow through the memory controller pipeline. |
| US08314806B2 |
Low power display mode
A controller is described that includes wiring to transport notification that a FIFO that holds data to be used to display content on a display has reached a threshold. The controller also includes first control circuitry to turn on a phase locked loop (PLL) circuit to cause logic circuitry within the controller downstream from the PLL to begin to receive a first clock in response to the notification. The logic circuitry is to transport data read from a memory toward the FIFO. The controller also includes second control circuitry to cause the memory to use a second clock provided by the controller in response to the notification. |
| US08314801B2 |
Visual state manager for control skinning
Embodiments described herein are directed to automatically generating an animation for a transition between a current state and a new state. In one embodiment, a computer system accesses state properties of a visual element corresponding to a current state the visual element is in and a new state the visual element is to be transitioned to. The state properties include visual properties and transition description information. The computer system determines the differences between the visual properties of the current state and the new state and automatically generates an animation based on the determined differences between the visual properties for the current state and the new state, such that the animation is playable to transition the visual element from the current state to new state. |
| US08314799B2 |
Enhanced motion behavior framework
An enhanced motion behavior framework, in which an input is received from a user corresponding to an object to be animated and one or more animation parameters to be applied to the object, the one or more animation parameters are applied to the object, and an animation of the object is displayed based on the application of the one or more parameters to the object. |
| US08314796B2 |
Method of reconstructing a tomographic image using a graphics processing unit
The present invention provides a method of reconstructing a tomographic image. In a first step, a tomographic image is forward-projected along a list of geometrical lines in a GPU. This list of geometrical lines may be list-mode event data acquired from a tomographic scanner. Alternatively, the list may be a list of weighted lines derived from a sinogram, a histogram, or a timogram acquired from a tomographic scanner. Next, the list of geometrical lines is back-projected into a 3-dimensional volume using the GPU. The results of the forward- and back-projection are then used to reconstruct the tomographic image, which is then provided as an output, e.g. to make the image available for further processing. Examples of output include storage on a storage medium and display on a display device. |
| US08314795B2 |
Image processing device, image processing method and information storage medium
To provide an image processing device capable of simplifying a process for highlight expression. The present invention relates to an image processing device for displaying a picture obtained by viewing a virtual three dimensional space from a given viewpoint. According to the present invention, a first object (an inner surface object (50)) having a texture image (54) attached thereon is placed in the virtual three dimensional space (40), the texture image (54) including a highlight image portion (54a) for expressing highlights caused by light reflection. Also, a second object (an outer surface object (48)) having an opening (49), a notch, or a semi-transparent portion formed on a part thereof is placed in the virtual three dimensional space (40) such that the position, in the virtual three dimensional space, of the highlight image portion (54a) of the texture image (54) attached on the first object and the position, in the virtual three dimensional space (40), of the opening (49), the notch, or the semi-transparent portion of the second object, have a predetermined positional relation with each other. |
| US08314792B2 |
Prediction of cardiac shape by a motion model
The invention relates to a system (100) for propagating a model mesh based on a first mean model mesh and on a second mean model mesh, the system comprising: a registration unit (110) for computing a registration transformation for registering the first model mesh with the first mean model mesh; a forward transformation unit (120) for transforming the model mesh into a registered model mesh using the registration transformation; a computation unit (130) for computing a propagation field for propagating the registered model mesh, the propagation field comprising vectors of displacements of vertices of the second mean model mesh relative to respective vertices of the first mean model mesh; a propagation unit (140) for transforming the registered model mesh into the propagated registered model mesh based on applying the vertex displacement vectors comprised in the propagation field to respective vertices of the registered model mesh; and an inverse transformation unit (150) for transforming the propagated registered model mesh into the propagated model mesh using the inverse of the registration transformation, thereby propagating the model mesh. Using the propagation field comprising vectors of displacements of vertices of the second mean model mesh relative to respective vertices of the first mean model mesh improves modeling motion of anatomical shapes. Advantageously, the propagation field of vertex displacement vectors is straightforward to compute and to apply. |
| US08314791B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining view impact
A computer implemented method of determining a view impact of a target structure, the method constituted of: loading a 3D scene; determining a view point and direction of interest of the loaded 3D scene; rendering, without the target structure, a plane of the loaded 3D scene image perpendicular to the determined view point and direction of interest at a distance from the view point distal of the target structure; counting the number of pixels for the rendered plane without the target structure; rendering, with the target structure, a plane of the loaded 3D scene image perpendicular to the determined view point and direction of interest at the distance from the view point distal of the target structure; counting the number of pixels for the rendered plane with the target structure; and calculating the difference between the counted pixels with the target structure and the counted pixels without the target structure. |
| US08314788B2 |
Organic light emitting display device
An organic light emitting display device capable of displaying an image having a uniform luminance is disclosed. The organic light emitting display device includes a scan driver for supplying a scan signal to scan lines, supplying a control signal to control lines and supplying a light emitting control signal to light emitting control lines. The device also includes a data driver for supplying a data signal to data lines and pixels, each pixel including an organic light emitting diode, a second transistor connected to the scan lines and the data lines, a first transistor connected between a second electrode of the second transistor and the organic light emitting diode, a storage capacitor having one terminal connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor and the other terminal connected to the control lines, and a third transistor connected between a gate electrode and a second electrode of the first transistor. |
| US08314781B2 |
Hospital bed having multiple touchscreen displays
Embodiments of an apparatus for controlling a plurality of modules coupled to a communications network of a bed are disclosed. The apparatus may comprise an interface module, a plurality of user interfaces, and a plurality of dedicated data links. The interface module may include a transceiver coupled to the communications network, a processor configured to output graphics data, and a plurality of transmitters configured to receive the graphics data and generate a plurality of synchronous graphics signals. Each of the plurality of user interfaces may include a graphical display. Each of the plurality of dedicated data links may be coupled to one of the plurality of transmitters and to one of the plurality of user interfaces. |
| US08314774B1 |
Method and apparatus for quasi-3D tracking using 2D optical motion sensors
One embodiment relates to a user input device for tracking motion. The device includes a tracking ball and a user-accessible touching area for user manipulation of the tracking ball. First and second two-dimensional sensors are positioned at tracking heights away from the tracking ball. The first two-dimensional sensor may be positioned across the tracking ball and opposite to the user-accessible touching area. The second two-dimensional sensor may be positioned at an angle with respect to a z-axis defined as extending from the user-accessible touching area through a center of the tracking ball to the first two-dimensional sensor. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed. |
| US08314773B2 |
Mouse having an optically-based scrolling feature
A peripheral input device for controlling movements on a display screen. The peripheral input device includes a housing and an optical touch pad carried by the housing. The optical touch pad is configured to translate finger motion into movements on the display screen. |
| US08314766B2 |
Liquid crystal display panel
A liquid crystal display panel includes a display area, a wiring area, and an external circuit area, wherein the wiring area is between the display area and the external circuit area. The liquid crystal display panel includes many pixel structures, external pads and wiring sets. Each wiring set includes a plurality of upper-layer main wires disposed on one plane and lower-layer main wires disposed on another plane, wherein the two planes are parallel. In addition, each upper-layer main wire corresponds to one lower-layer main wire and the shadow which the upper-layer main wire vertically projects on the surface overlaps a part of the corresponding lower-layer main wire. The light leakage around the display area can be eliminated by proper arrangement of main wiring sets, and therefore the display quality is improved. |
| US08314765B2 |
Driver circuit, display device, and electronic device
To suppress malfunctions in a shift register circuit. A shift register having a plurality of flip-flop circuits is provided. The flip-flop circuit includes a transistor 11, a transistor 12, a transistor 13, a transistor 14, and a transistor 15. When the transistor 13 or the transistor 14 is turned on in a non-selection period, the potential of a node A is set, so that the node A is prevented from entering into a floating state. |
| US08314763B2 |
Display device transferring data signal with clock
A display device includes; a panel, a timing controller generating an embedded clock data signal combining image data and a clock signal, and a column driver driving the panel in response to the embedded clock data signal. The data bits within the embedded clock data signal are communicated at one of three voltage levels in a three-level signaling scheme, and the timing controller determines one of the three voltage levels for a current data bit (DIN[n]) within the embedded clock data signal in relation to a voltage level of a previous data bit (DIN[n−1]) within the embedded clock data signal. |
| US08314762B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
A LCD device adapted to reduce data lines and prevent the deterioration of picture quality characteristics. The LCD device includes: a substrate defined into a plurality of pixels; a plurality of data lines arranged in a first direction on the substrate to divide the pixels in twos; a plurality of gate lines arranged on the substrate in a second direction crossing the first direction; thin film transistors each disposed on the pixels to be electrically connected to the respective gate lines and data lines; pixel electrodes each disposed on the pixels, to be electrically connected to the respective thin film transistors; and compensation electrodes each overlapped with the pixel electrodes adjacent to the respective gate lines in the center of an insulation film, to reduce parasitic capacitances between the pixel electrodes and the gate lines. |
| US08314753B2 |
Plasma display device
A plasma display device having a first diode with an anode coupled to an electrode. A first switch is coupled between a cathode of the first diode and a first voltage source that supplies a first voltage. A first inductor and a second switch are coupled in series between a power recovery capacitor and the cathode of the first diode, and a third switch is coupled between the anode of the first diode and a second voltage source that supplies a second voltage lower than the first voltage. |
| US08314752B2 |
Display device and related driving method using low capacity row buffer memory
In a method for driving a display device, an address counter is used for generating a plurality of address variables corresponding to data of a scan line. Next, an address mapping circuit generates a first target address by data-mapping an address variable, and generates a second target address by data mapping data stored in an address look-up table memory. Subsequently, a row buffer memory accesses data corresponding to a first scan line based on the first target address, and accesses data corresponding to a second scan line based on the second target address. |
| US08314743B2 |
Portable electronic device
A portable electronic device includes a circuit board and an antenna coil installed on the circuit board. The antenna coil includes a magnetic core and a coil wound at either side of an unwound portion. The winding direction of the coil is changed at either side of the unwound portion. When the length of the magnetic core is defined as X and the distance between two intersecting points at which a virtual line formed by projecting the central line of the magnetic core onto the circuit board intersects the outer periphery of the circuit board is defined as Y, the antenna coil satisfies Y≧X≧0.8Y. |
| US08314741B2 |
One-wavelength loop antenna
A one-wavelength loop antenna includes a looped antenna element having a length equivalent to one wavelength related to communication; and a feeding cable for feeding current to a feeding point on the antenna element, wherein an inner conductor is disposed inside an outer conductor in a section between the feeding point and an extraction position of the feeding cable distanced from the feeding point by ⅛ wavelength or more, at least one of the outer and inner conductors functioning as the feeding cable. |
| US08314740B2 |
RFID system
A magnetic field focusing assembly includes a magnetic field generating device configured to generate a magnetic field, and a split ring resonator assembly configured to be magnetically coupled to the magnetic field generating device and configured to focus the magnetic field produced by the magnetic field generating device. |
| US08314734B2 |
Receiver for radio positioning signals
A GPS, GLONASS or Galileo receiver for radio positioning signals wherein at least a part of the computing of position related data based on radio signals received from a plurality of space vehicles is carried out by a graphics or sound processor. The receiver thus makes use of available computing resources, thus achieving a lower bill of material. |
| US08314731B2 |
High-precision radio frequency ranging system
Methods for estimating a distance between an originator and a transponder, methods for calculating a fine time adjustment in a radio, computer-readable storage media containing instructions to configure a processor to perform such methods, originators used in a system for estimating a distance to a transponder, and transponders used in a system for estimating a distance to an originator. The methods utilize fine time adjustments to achieve sub-clock cycle time resolution. The methods may utilize offset master clocks. The methods may utilize a round-trip full-duplex configuration or a round-trip half-duplex configuration. The method produces accurate estimates of the distance between two radios. |
| US08314724B2 |
Providing a feedback loop in a low latency serial interconnect architecture
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a de-serializer to receive serial data at a first rate and to output a parallel data frame corresponding to the serial data aligned to a frame alignment boundary in response to a phase control signal received from a feedback loop coupled between the de-serializer and a receiver logic coupled to an output of the de-serializer. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US08314723B2 |
Ghost key detecting circuit and related method
A ghost key detecting circuit includes at least first and second scan lines, at least first and second return lines, a plurality of switch elements, and a level detecting circuit. The level detecting circuit is used for performing level detection upon measured voltage values at the first and second return lines. When a measured voltage value at a return line is greater than or equal to a reference voltage value, the level detecting circuit generates a logic signal for indicating that a switch element corresponding to the return line at a current scan line is turned off. When the measured voltage value is smaller than the reference voltage value, the level detecting circuit generates a logic signal for indicating that the switch element is turned on. |
| US08314722B2 |
Keyboard based in polymer, copolymer or composites with piezo- and/or pyroelectric properties and respective use
The invention refers to a new keyboard based in a polymeric, copolymeric or composite film (11) with piezo- and pyroelectric properties capable of receiving a tactile signal and giving a respond in the form of an electrical signal. The system described in this invention includes one or more keys (10), being each one of them made by a piezoelectric film (11) with electric conductive contacts, transparent or not, above and below the piezoelectric film and with the inferior layer of grounded electrodes (13). The present invention allows the use of just one piezoelectric film (11) without external power supply, the use of electrode connections which form the keys (10) that converge in one side of the keyboard and are available in the spots (12) to make the connection to the active filter circuits instead of amplifiers in the electronic readout, as well as the possibility of introduction of new functionalities in these keyboards identical to the ones of tactile sensors, upon distinction between a pyroelectric and a piezoelectric signal from a particular key, differing the signals generated by pressure variation or by temperature variation. |
| US08314711B2 |
Optical switch
An optical switch having a housing and optical fibers connectable to a light source and a light detector. The light source and light detector are located remote from the housing. The first and second light guide cables have distal ends positioned in a separator assembly and are optically aligned but separated by a gap. The switch includes a device to modify a light beam, and the device is usually adapted to removably occupy the gap. The switch may be embodied in a float. |
| US08314708B2 |
System and method for reducing driving risk with foresight
Systems and methods for the capture, analysis, and reporting of risky driver behavior are provided in combination with coaching of individual drivers to improve driver performance. The system comprises an event capture device that records both audio and video of an event. The event data, which includes the audio, video, and other related information, is provided to an evaluation server where it is then analyzed and scored and compiled with other event data. Event data can be compiled for individual drivers, groups of drivers, and the entire universe of drivers for an organization. The evaluation server provides managers, supervisors, and executives with access to reports including granular information about risky behavior and trends related to individual drivers, groups of drivers, or the entire universe of drivers for the organization. Additionally, the evaluation server provides coaching sessions for drivers (with or without their supervisors) to demonstrate to the driver with audio, video, and other related information (e.g., speed) how the event occurred and improved ways to avoid such an event in the future. In this fashion, driver improvement is achieved and insurance costs may be reduced for the organization. |
| US08314706B2 |
Coupled radio frequency identification (RFID) and biometric device
A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)-based identification device can comprise first and second RFID antennas. When first and second RFID antennas are in a first arrangement, the resonant frequencies of the antennas can be away from an interrogation frequency such that no identification information is transferred. When the first and second RFID antennas are in a second arrangement, the resonant frequency of the identification device shifts such that identification information, including biometric data, is transferred. |
| US08314701B2 |
Method for the traceability of plants
The invention relates to a method for the traceability of plants after field planting and during the whole productive and commercial cycle, by means of the RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Tags technology, comprising: 1) marking of the plants by the grafting of radio-frequency microchips containing information relating to the plant it-self, directly in the trunk or other parts of the plant or by means of external systems; 2) handling and display of the traceability data by means of a suitable software system. |
| US08314698B2 |
Anti-tamper assembly for surface mounted security switch
An anti-tamper assembly is provided in order to sense the attempted removal of a body attached to a surface by a fastener. The assembly includes an anti-tamper access-blocking element positioned in an anti-tamper position proximal to the fastener, along with an anti-tamper switch operably coupled with the element in order to bias the switch to one switch condition. In the event that the element is moved from its anti-tamper position, the switch moves to another switch condition, which generates an alarm signal. The assembly may be used to protect an alarm section forming a part of an alarm assembly. The section includes a sensor or switch operable to detect relative movement between first and second members such as a door and doorframe. A mechanically actuatable switch having an actuating arm may be used where the arm engages access-blocking element. |
| US08314694B2 |
System and method for suppressing redundant alarms
The present invention is concerned with an alarm system and a method for suppressing redundant alarms in a monitored system. The alarm system comprises a process control unit, an FDI unit, a filter, and an alarm display unit. The process control unit detects anomalies in the monitored system and generates alarms corresponding to them. The FDI unit diagnoses failures in the monitored system and generates a failure-cause-effect graph comprising a list of generated alarms, along with the alarms corresponding to the causes and effects of each listed alarm. The FDI unit dynamically updates the failure-cause-effect graph concurrently with the generation of alarms by the process control unit and the diagnosis of failures by the FDI unit. The filter receives the generated alarms and identifies redundant and not-yet-classified alarms from the received alarms, by using the failure-cause-effect graph. The filter suppresses the identified redundant alarms and passes on non-redundant and the not-yet-classified alarms to the alarm display unit, for display. |
| US08314690B2 |
Immobilizer for shopping carts
To generally prevent people from being able to take out and move shopping carts from shopping cart parking areas at times when the store is not open, the blocking devices on the shopping carts are activated when the shopping carts are parked in shopping cart parking areas when the store is not open. |
| US08314688B2 |
Method and apparatus for low power modulation and massive medium access control
An ultra low power, low complexity, low collision, deterministic modulation method that also works as a massive medium access mechanism for communication systems is based on positioning data in a communication resource space, such as time and frequency, such that the position of a symbol in that space determines its value and its access to the medium. The number base of the symbol is determined by the size of the subset of the resource space it is positioning itself in and, thereby, a few sparsely located symbols can convey a large value, while the remainder of the space can be simultaneously and massively used by other sparsely resource using members of the network. |
| US08314684B2 |
Systems and methods for automatically programming pagers
Systems and methods for addressing pagers are described. The pagers are reprogrammable and can be assigned identifiers as required. Pagers may be automatically assigned one of a plurality of identifiers. Thereafter, the assigned identifier may form the basis of a unique network address that allows the pagers to communicate wirelessly with a network in order to receive information commands and pages. The assigned identifier is maintained on the pager and can be presented on a display for identification of the pager. The assigned identifier can be transmitted to the pager by a charging unit when the pager is connected to the charging unit and can be calculated using the location of a port at which the pager is connected to the charging unit. |
| US08314683B2 |
Incident response system
A method for responding to incidents includes receiving incident information corresponding to an incident at an incident location. An incident scenario is generated based at least in part on the incident information, where the incident scenario identifies a number of responders for responding to the incident. A responder is identified based at least in part on an incident effectiveness of the responder with respect to the incident, where the incident effectiveness is based at least in part on past performance of the responder. A request for assistance with the incident is sent to a mobile device of the responder. |
| US08314681B2 |
System and method for automatic key recognition
A system and method are disclosed for using a single key to authenticate a user with respect to multiple user access points and to allow a single access point to authenticate multiple keys having different physical characteristics. The system may comprise an access control system that includes an insertion receptacle for receiving a physical key, and a translation device for observing the physical characteristics of the key and translating those characteristics into electrical signals. In a learning mode, the electrical signals are transmitted to a processor and stored in memory. In a verification mode, the electrical signals are transmitted to the processor and compared with the previously-stored signals. If the processor concludes that the signals match the signals stored in memory, then the processor instructs a lock actuation mechanism to actuate an access control device to allow the user access to a location. The translation device may comprise a laser light reader, a piezoelectric crystal, a variable resistor, an electromagnet, or an image acquisition device. A method of using the system is also disclosed. |
| US08314675B2 |
Method for production of a winding block for a coil of a transformer and winding block produced in this way
A method is disclosed for production of a winding block for a coil of a transformer, having at least one winding composed of electrically conductive wire or strip material with a plurality of turns. An insulating layer is composed of electrically insulating fiber material with a specific number of windings of the insulating fiber material. The turns composed of electrical conductive material are fitted independently of the turns of the insulating material and, after a predetermined number of turns of electrically conductive material have been fitted, a smaller number of turns of electrically insulating material are fitted over the same section onto these turns of electrically conductive material, such that electrically insulating material which remains before reaching a number of turns of electrically conductive material is used as edge insulation. |
| US08314674B2 |
Electrical transformer with unidirectional flux compensation
An electrical transformer with unidirectional flux compensation is provided. The transformer includes a soft magnetic core on which a primary winding arrangement, a secondary winding arrangement, and a compensation winding arrangement are arranged. The compensation winding arrangement is connected to a current control device which feeds a compensation current into the compensation winding arrangement using a control signal. A magnetic field measuring device measures the magnetic field in the core of the transformer or the stray magnetic field that closes outside the core via an air path and provides the control signal. |
| US08314672B2 |
Magnetic attachment system having composite magnet structures
A magnetic attachment system for attaching a first object to a second object. A first magnet structure is attached to the first object and a second magnet structure is attached to the second object. The first and second objects are attached by virtue of the magnetic attraction between the first magnet structure and second magnet structure. The magnet structures comprise magnetic elements arranged in accordance with patterns based on various codes. In one embodiment, the code has certain autocorrelation properties. In further embodiments the specific type of code is specified. In a further embodiment, an attachment and a release configuration may be achieved by a simple movement of the magnet structures. In a further embodiment, the magnetic field structure may comprise multiple structures based on multiple codes. |
| US08314671B2 |
Key system for enabling operation of a device
A key system for enabling operation of a device. The key system is based on magnets arranged according to one or more codes. The codes may act as a unique identifier or key, requiring a matching part to operate the device. Thus, the code can act like a key that will only achieve lock when matched with a like (complementary) pattern. The codes may be from a set of codes having low cross correlation among codes in the set, for example Kasami codes or Gold codes. |
| US08314660B2 |
System and method for effectively implementing a unit Gm cell
An apparatus and method for effectively implementing a unit Gm cell includes an input P that receives an input P signal and an input N that receives an input N signal. The unit Gm cell further includes an output P that generates an output P signal that is connected through a first bias resistor to the input N. The unit Gm cell also includes an output N that generates an output N signal that is connected through a second bias resistor to the input P. The unit Gm cell features level-shifting resistors that cause the output P signal and the output N signal to be at different respective voltage levels. A Vcore supply voltage may thus be reduced by a voltage potential across the level-shifting resistors to operate the unit Gm cell with a reduced Vcore supply voltage. |
| US08314659B2 |
Controlling amplifier input impedance
An amplifier (22) containing an arrangement of capacitive elements (26, 28) in place of a source degeneration inductor arrangement to set the real part of the amplifier's input impedance. |
| US08314657B2 |
D-class amplifier
A D-class amplifier includes: a bridge circuit adapted to drive an inductive load; a power supply voltage detection section outputting a quantized power supply voltage signal indicating a power supply voltage fed to the bridge circuit; and a gain-controlled PWM section adjusting a gain in response to the quantized power supply voltage signal, amplifying the input signal in response to the gain, generating a PWM signal from the amplified input signal, and feeding the PWM signal to the bridge circuit. The power supply voltage detection section includes: an error integration section generating a quantized signal by integrating a difference between the power supply voltage and the quantized power supply voltage signal; and a digital filter removing high frequency components of the quantized signal to output the quantized power supply voltage signal. The gain-controlled PWM section controls the gain such that variations of the power supply voltage are cancelled. |
| US08314656B2 |
Power series digital predistorter and distortion compensation control method thereof
Coefficients W0, W1 and W2 to be used in finding a new quadratic function f2(W) indicating dependence of a distortion component on an coefficient by the least square method are obtained as values that satisfy a relational expression f1(W0)=f1(W2)=f1(W1)+P (where P is a true value) on the basis of a quadratic function f1(W) indicating unupdated distortion component coefficient dependence. |
| US08314649B1 |
Semiconductor apparatus
Provided is a semiconductor apparatus including a divided voltage generation circuit that includes a first resistor element and a first transistor connected in series between a first power supply and a second power supply and generates a divided voltage by dividing a voltage difference between the first power supply and the second power supply with a resistance ratio of the first resistor element and the first transistor specified according to a level of a first current flowing to the first transistor, and a current control circuit that includes a second transistor that is connected in a mirror configuration to the first transistor and determines the level of the first current by a control current flowing from a first terminal to a second terminal, and increases and decreases the control current according to an increase and decrease in a voltage difference between the first power supply and a ground power supply. |
| US08314646B2 |
Signal reproducing device
The purpose is to detect minute electrical signals embedded in noise with a simple device configuration and easily reduce the area of the device by utilizing a semiconductor device in particular. This signal reproducing device (1) includes: N FETs (61 to 6N) each receiving a common input signal (VIN) at a gate terminal and having a bias voltage (VDD) applied to a drain terminal; and an adder circuit (4) connected to source terminals of the FETs (61 to 6N), for combining currents between the drain terminals and the source terminals of the FETs (61 to 6N) and outputting the resulting current, wherein the FETs (61 to 6N) and the bias voltage (VDD) are set so that a voltage at the gate terminal having the common input signal (VIN) applied thereto falls within a subthreshold region of voltages less than a threshold voltage of the FETs (61 to 6N). |
| US08314643B2 |
Circuits and methods employing a local power block for leakage reduction
A circuit having a local power block for leakage reduction is disclosed. The circuit has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is configured to operate at a substantially greater operating frequency than the operating frequency of the second portion. The second portion has a local power block configured to decouple the second portion if the second portion is inactive to reduce leakage current associated with the second portion without sacrificing performance of the first portion. |
| US08314641B2 |
Self-timed fine tuning control
A delay lock loop having improved timing control of input signals. Specifically, a fine delay block is provided having feedback loops therein such that the fine delay block is self tuning. The output of the fine delay block may be implemented to control a coarse delay block in a delay lock loop. |
| US08314633B2 |
Reducing switching noise
Described herein are various principles for operating a transmitter circuit to reduce noise affecting a signal being generated and reducing jitter. In some embodiments, a circuit is operated in a way that switching occurs at or above a bit rate of transmission, such that at least one switch changes state at least for every bit. Operating the circuit in such a way leads to a switching rate that is above a resonant frequency of the circuit and prevents large oscillations and noise from being inserted into the signal and causing communication problems. |
| US08314631B2 |
Testing system and testing method
The invention discloses a testing system and a testing method. The testing system includes a testing platform and a fetching device. The testing platform includes a metal base plate, a DUT board, a testing stand and a metal wall. The DUT board is disposed on the metal base plate. The testing stand is disposed on the DUT board. The metal wall is disposed on the metal base plate and surrounds the testing stand. The fetching device is movably disposed above the testing platform and used for placing a DUT on the testing stand. A metal covering plate of the fetching device corresponds to the metal wall of the testing platform. When the fetching device places the DUT on the testing stand, the metal covering plate cooperates with the metal wall and the metal base plate of the testing platform to form an isolated space, so as to isolate the DUT. |
| US08314629B2 |
SAS interface output signal detecting apparatus
A serial attached small computer system interface (SCSI) (SAS) interface output signal detecting apparatus includes an SAS female connector, an SAS male connector, and two subminiature version A (SMA) connectors. Each of the SAS female and male connectors includes first and second groups of data pins and a group of power pins. The power pins of the SAS female connector are connected to the power pins of the SAS male connector. The SMA connectors are connected to two data output pins of the second or first group of data pins of the SAS female connector in response to the first group of data pins of the SAS female connector being connected to the first group of data pins of the SAS male connector or the second group of data pins of the SAS female connector being connected to the second group of data pins of the SAS male connector. |
| US08314627B2 |
Latent-image measuring device and latent-image carrier
A latent-image measuring device that measures the state of a photoconductor. The latent-image measuring device emits a charged-particle beam to the photoconductor to detects a charged-particle signal obtained through the emission of the charged-particle beam. The latent-image measuring device then exposes the photoconductor a plurality of times to form electrostatic latent images on the photoconductor, and measures an amount of change in latent-image depth while changing a time interval between a plurality of exposures. |
| US08314620B2 |
Systems and methods for online phase calibration
A system for online relative phase calibration is provided. The system includes at least one excitation source configured to generate multiple excitation signals. The system also includes at least two sensors coupled to respective ones of the at least one excitation source via a transmission line, wherein the two sensors are configured to receive respective ones of the excitation signals. The system further includes at least two phase detectors configured to receive at least two reflected signals from the two sensors via the transmission line, wherein each of the two phase detectors are configured to output a respective voltage representing a phase difference between respective ones of the reflected signals and respective ones of the excitation signals. The system also includes a switch coupled to the sensors and the phase detectors, the switch configured to switch the phase detectors between the sensors at a pre-determined switching interval. The system further includes a calibration module coupled to the phase detectors, wherein the calibration module is configured to receive and process the respective voltage from the at least two phase detectors to generate respective calibrated voltage signals, wherein the calibration module is further configured to and match the calibrated voltage signals of each of the phase detectors. |
| US08314619B2 |
Distance detection system
A distance detection system is disclosed. The distance detection system includes an electric-field forming apparatus and an electric-field receiving apparatus. Quasi-electrostatic-field forming means is included in the electric-field forming apparatus. The quasi-electrostatic-field forming means is for forming quasi-electrostatic fields for a plurality of frequencies. The intensity of the quasi-electrostatic field for each frequency falls below a predetermined threshold intensity at a different distance from the quasi-electrostatic-field forming means. Distance detection means is included in either one of the electric-field forming apparatus and the electric-field receiving apparatus. The distance detection means is for detecting a distance between the electric-field forming apparatus and the electric-field receiving apparatus, based on the frequency of a quasi-electrostatic field received by the electric-field receiving apparatus. |
| US08314614B2 |
PROPELLER MRI with phase correction
A device for MRI of a body (7) placed in an examination volume includes a main magnet (2) for establishing a substantially homogeneous main magnetic field in the examination volume. Gradient coils (3, 4, 5) generate switched magnetic field gradients superimposed upon the main magnetic field. An RF antenna (6) radiates RF pulses towards the body (7). A control system (12) controls the generation of the magnetic field gradients and the RF pulses. A demodulator (10) receives and samples MR signals. A computer (14) forms MR images from the signal samples. The computer (1) is arranged to generate a series of MR signals by subjecting at least a portion of the body (7) to an MRI sequence, to acquire the MR signals as a plurality of k-space blades according to the PROPELLER scheme, to compute phase errors from the phase differences of pairs of k-space blades having different rotation angles, to perform a phase correction of the acquired k-space blades on the basis of the computed phase errors, and to reconstruct an MR image from the acquired and phase-corrected MR data set. |
| US08314613B2 |
Electrochemical biosensor measuring system
Disclosed are an electrochemical biosensor which comprises a production lot information identification portion, on which information is recorded in a magnetization mark, and a measuring device which can automatically identify the production lot information of the biosensor with the insertion of the electrochemical biosensor into the measuring device. The electrochemical biosensor and the measuring device thereof can record production lot information in the form of magnetization marks on an electrochemical biosensor strip and read the information as digital signals through a magnetoresistance sensor device, which can be mounted on the surface of a circuit board using Surface Mounted Technology (SMT). Without the need for a high-priced filter or a complicated calculation system, the magnetic detector system has a simple construction and realizes economic efficiency in the construction of the measuring device. Also, the measuring device automatically identifies the production lot information recorded on the biosensor, so that inconvenience and the frequency of errors, which occur when a user personally inputs the production lot information, can be reduced, with the result that the measured values can be conveniently and accurately acquired. |
| US08314608B2 |
Method of determining distance to a ferrous material
In one aspect of the present invention a method of determining a distance to a ferrous material comprises providing a plurality of magnetometers spaced at varying distances from a ferrous material, detecting a ferrous material with each of the plurality of magnetometers individually, establishing one of the plurality of magnetometers as a primary magnetometer, obtaining sensor readings from each of the plurality of magnetometers, forming a first ratio of the differences in the sensory readings of the primary magnetometer to the sensory readings of the other magnetometers, forming a second ratio of the differences in inversely cubed distances to the ferrous material from the primary magnetometer to inversely cubed distances to the ferrous material from the other magnetometers, setting the first ratio and the second ratio equal to each other, and calculating the distance to the ferrous material from the plurality of magnetometers. |
| US08314606B2 |
Current sensing and measuring method and apparatus
A method can include obtaining a voltage across a first transistor as an obtained voltage. The method can also include multiplying the obtained voltage by a predetermined multiple M to yield a multiplied voltage. The method can further include applying the multiplied voltage to a second transistor, wherein the second transistor is N times smaller than the first transistor. The method can additionally include providing an output current of the second transistor as an M/N scaled estimate of an output current of the first transistor. |
| US08314604B2 |
Apparatus and method for spurious-free signal range measurement for RF circuitry
The present invention is directed to an apparatus and methodology for performing spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) measurements on an RF circuit, such as a mixer, using a single analog input port. The present invention is designed for use when access to the intermediate frequency (IF) port in a radio frequency (RF) front-end circuit is not available, when the traditional two-port method for making an SFDR measurement is inadequate. Passing the analog input through a directional coupler between the RF combiner and the mixer facilitates the performance of the traditional third order intermodulation (IMD) test. Key differences between the single-port and traditional two-port setups are considered and examined, and experimental data obtained using the single-port setup is compared to data obtained using the traditional two-port set-up for different mixer models. Comparison of similar results yields confirmation and a calibration to account for the additional losses introduced by the directional coupler. |
| US08314603B2 |
Network cable with tracer optical waveguide
A network cable includes a data cable with cable connectors at opposing ends. A tracer optical waveguide is connected to the data cable, e.g., within the same jacket or by connectors such as heat shrink tubing. The ends of the tracer optical waveguide are physically separate from corresponding ends of the optical waveguide, e.g., the ends of the tracer optical waveguide furcate from the data cable. In use, a light signal is introduced into one end of the tracer optical waveguide, e.g., by Visual Fault Locator, and the light signal is emitted and can be observed from the opposing end, thereby identifying corresponding ends of the tracer optical waveguide, and thus, opposing ends of the connected data cable. |
| US08314602B2 |
Converter cell module, voltage source converter system comprising such a module and a method for controlling such a system
A converter cell module and a voltage source converter system. The converter cell module includes at least two switching elements, means for energy storage and an autotransformer. The autotransformer is arranged to bypass the converter cell module in the case of failure occurring in the converter cell module. |
| US08314599B2 |
DC/DC converter control circuit and DC/DC converter control method
A DC-DC converter has an error amplifier, a first control unit and an oscillator. The error amplifier amplifies an error voltage between an output voltage and a set voltage, the output voltage being outputted from an inductance element by feeding an input voltage to an inductance element in a predetermined cycle. The first control unit controls the output voltage to a set voltage by causing a switching operation of a switch element in response to an output of the error amplifier, the switch element forming a path for input voltage feed to the inductance. The oscillator generates a periodical signal at the time of switching the switch element. The oscillator handles an oscillation cycle as a short cycle in comparison to any prior cycles, in response to a drop in the output voltage from the set voltage by an amount equivalent to a first voltage value or more. |
| US08314595B2 |
Battery equalization using a plug-in charger in a hybrid electric vehicle
In a hybrid electric motor vehicle , a power supply system for storing and supplying electrical power includes a motor-generator located onboard the vehicle, driveably connected to the vehicle wheels and producing AC electric power, an energy storage device for alternately storing and discharging electric power, an inverter coupled to the motor-generator and the energy storage device for converting alternating current produced by the motor-generator to direct current transmitted to the energy storage device, and for converting direct current stored in the energy storage device to alternating current transmitted to the motor-generator, an off board source of AC electric power located external to the vehicle, and a charger coupled to said electric power source and the energy storage device for supplying DC electric power to the energy storage device from said AC electric power source. |
| US08314591B2 |
Charging case for a personal vaporizing inhaler
A personal vapor inhaling unit is disclosed. An electronic flameless vapor inhaler unit that may simulate a cigarette has a cavity that receives a cartridge in the distal end of the inhaler unit. The cartridge brings a substance to be vaporized in contact with a wick. When the unit is activated, and the user provides suction, the substance to be vaporized is drawn out of the cartridge, through the wick, and is atomized by the wick into a cavity containing a heating element. The heating element vaporizes the atomized substance. The vapors then continue to be pulled by the user through a mouthpiece and mouthpiece cover where they may be inhaled. |
| US08314589B2 |
Battery pack
A battery pack is constructed with a rechargeable battery, a protection circuit part that protects the battery when the battery is charged and discharged, and a switching unit that turns on or off a power source of the protection circuit part. Also, the battery pack may be constructed with a rechargeable battery, a protection circuit part that protects the battery when the battery is charged and discharged, and electric wiring lines constructed so that the power source of the protection circuit part may be turned on and off. When the battery pack is not connected to a charger or a load by the switching unit or the electric wire lines, the power source of the circuit is blocked to prevent the battery pack from being shorted and to reduce the idle power. When the battery pack is connected to the charger or the load, the power source is applied to the circuit so that the circuit operates. |
| US08314585B2 |
Methods and systems for eliminating structural modes in a servo mechanism employed to control a flexible structure
A servo system is provided for controlling movement of a flexible structure having multiple masses and elements. Each element couples a respective two of the masses and functions as a spring when the flexible structure is subject to a linear or rotational input at or above a frequency at which the respective element exhibits flexure. The servo system includes multiple sensors, where each sensor is disposed relative to a respective one of the masses to sense a respective acceleration. A motor having a torque input may operatively be configured to output one of a linear or rotational force on the first mass based on a torque signal present on the torque input. A servo controller that receives each sensed acceleration from each sensor may generate a compensation feedback signal based on a sum of sensed accelerations. The torque signal may be output to the motor based on the compensation feedback signal. |
| US08314579B2 |
Sensorless motor control device
A sensorless motor control device includes a magnetic pole position estimating unit that does not use a sensor to detect a magnetic pole position of a motor having a salient rotor, and overlays a high-frequency current on the motor to estimate the magnetic pole position of the rotor of the motor; and a high-frequency current control unit for changing a magnitude of the high-frequency current based on a magnitude of one of a torque and a current of the motor. |
| US08314577B2 |
Energy converter and electromechanical apparatus
An energy converter includes magnetic coils of N phases (N is an integer of 3 or more), and a PWM drive circuit for driving the magnetic coils of N phases, wherein the magnetic coil of each phase can be independently controlled by the PWM drive circuit. |
| US08314575B2 |
Method and device for determining a drive force produced by an electric motor
In order to determine a drive force (FAct) produced by an electric motor, the motor current (Ia) supplied to the electric motor (10) from a power supply source (32) is measured and a force is calculated from this; in addition, the motor voltage (UBat) applied to the electric motor (10) is measured, and drive force fluctuations which result from voltage fluctuations that occur during operation of the power supply source are compensated for, with at least one compensation force component being determined which is based on the measured motor voltage (UBat), including voltage fluctuations. |
| US08314574B2 |
Light emitting diode lamp and control circuit thereof
A control circuit of an LED lamp includes a voltage regulator, at least a photo resistor and a feedback circuit. The voltage regulator includes an output terminal and a feedback terminal. The feedback circuit includes an amplifier having a first input end, a second input end and an output end. The LED lamp is connected between the first input end of the amplifier and the output terminal of the voltage regulator. The at least a photo resistor can sense a change of brightness level of an environment surrounding the LED lamp and a resistance of the at least a photo resistor increases along with a decrease of the brightness level. The change of resistance of the photo resistor is fed back to the voltage regulator via the amplifier, to thereby control an electric current flowing through the LED lamp. |
| US08314569B2 |
Light wand for lighting control
A lighting system (100) includes light sources (110, 115, 120) and a light wand (250) configured to control the light sources in response to user input. The light wand (250) is configured to copy a light attribute of a first light provided from a first light source, and paste the copied light attribute into a second light source so that the second light source provides a second light having the light attribute of the first light. |
| US08314559B1 |
LED headlamp with a heated cover
A vehicle headlamp using a high-power LED light source, receiving power regulated by a driver circuit, is mounted in a housing and covered at least in part by a light transmissive cover using a construction by which heat developed by the driver circuit (current regulator) is conducted to the light transmissive cover, thereby heating the transparent cover and so retarding the formation or accumulation of ice and snow on the light transmissive cover. |
| US08314545B2 |
Organic electroluminescence element
An organic EL (electroluminescence) element capable of efficiently recombining holes and electrons in a light emitting layer and also improving efficiency and lifetime of the element. The element comprises electrodes 1 and 2, the light emitting layer 4, and transport layers 3 and 5 that transport holes and electrons to the layer 4. The layer 4 contains compound functioning as electron accepting dopant and/or substance functioning as electron donating dopant. Accordingly, it is possible to optimize the injection valance of holes or electrons into the layer 4. |
| US08314542B2 |
Organic electroluminescence device
Provided is an organic electroluminescence device. The organic electroluminescence device includes: a first device including a first substrate, a first electrode, a first organic light emitting layer and a second electrode, the first electrode, the first organic light emitting layer and the second electrode being sequentially stacked on the first substrate; a second device facing the first device and including a second substrate, a third electrode, a second organic light emitting layer and a fourth electrode, the third electrode, the second organic light emitting layer and the fourth electrode being sequentially stacked on the second substrate; and a bonding layer bonding the first device with the second device, wherein one of lights emitted from the first and second organic light emitting layers resonates in one of the first device or the second device. |
| US08314540B2 |
Color converted light emitting apparatus
A color converted light emitting apparatus is provided that has excellent light emission characteristics and can be manufactured while a viscosity suitable for a printing method is maintained. The color converted light emitting apparatus can include a light emitting element and a color conversion layer containing a phosphor that is excited by light emitted from the light emitting element and which emits fluorescent light. The color conversion layer can further contain, as first and second thickeners, two types of particles with different average primary particle diameters. The average primary particle diameter of the second thickener can be less than one half of the average primary particle diameter of the first thickener. By appropriately adjusting the average primary particle diameters and the amounts of the thickeners added, the light emission characteristics and the emission chromaticity can be improved. For example, the first thickener can be adjusted to be present in the amount of at least 30 wt % and less than 100 wt % based on a total weight of the first and second thickeners. |
| US08314539B2 |
Field electron emitter including nucleic acid-coated carbon nanotube and method of manufacturing the same
A field electron emitter includes a thin film layer including a carbon nanotube (“CNT”) disposed on a substrate, wherein the thin film layer includes nucleic acid. |
| US08314535B2 |
Piezoelectric multilayer component
A piezoelectric multilayer component has a stack of green piezoceramic layers arranged one on top of the other. A first electrode layer is applied onto a piezoceramic layer and contains a first metal. A structured sacrificial layer is applied onto a further piezoceramic layer, adjacent to the first electrode layer in the stacking direction, and contains a higher concentration of the first metal than does the first electrode layer. When the intermediate product is sintered, the first metal diffuses from the structured sacrificial layer to the first electrode layer and in the process leaves cavities which form a weak layer. |
| US08314533B2 |
Vibratory actuator
A supporting structure for an actuator body, which can prevent reduction of vibration of an actuator body and maintain a contact state of a driver element with an abutment body in a stable manner even when the driver element receives reactive force from the abutment body is realized.An ultrasonic actuator (2) includes an actuator body (4) for generating vibration, driver elements (8), provided on a mounting surface (40a) of the actuator body (4), for outputting driving force, a pressing rubber (62) for pressing the actuator body (4) to a stage (11), a case (5) to which the actuator body (4) is coupled, and a plate spring (61) for elastically supporting the actuator body (4) relative to the case (5). The plate spring (61) supports the mounting surface (40a) of the actuator body (4) on which the driver elements 8 are provided. |
| US08314531B2 |
Piezoelectric actuator driver circuit
In a piezoelectric-actuator driving circuit for driving a piezoelectric actuator, an amplifier circuit amplifies a signal output from a feedback circuit and supplies the amplified signal to a non-inverting amplifier circuit and an inverting amplifier circuit. The non-inverting amplifier circuit amplifies the output voltage of the amplifier circuit with a predetermined gain and applies the amplified voltage to a first terminal of the piezoelectric actuator. The inverting amplifier circuit inverts and amplifies the output voltage of the amplifier circuit with the same gain as that of the non-inverting amplifier circuit and then applies the amplified voltage to a second terminal of the piezoelectric actuator through resistors. The feedback circuit amplifies a difference between voltages at respective ends of the resistor and supplies the amplified difference to the amplifier circuit. |
| US08314526B2 |
Engine generator
An engine generator is disclosed in which an engine drives a generator and causes a cooling fan to rotate to cool the generator. The generator includes an intake duct having an intake port provided in a lower portion thereof and oriented downward. Moisture-containing outside air sucked through the intake port impinges on a barrier plate disposed in the intake duct. The barrier plate is located above the intake port and faces the intake port. The moisture adheres to the barrier plate in the form of water droplets, which then fall toward the intake port after having separated from the outside air. |
| US08314525B2 |
Actuator with electrical equipment enclosed in a separate enclosure made of a fire resistant
An electrical actuator comprising a housing of plastic with a reversible low voltage motor (2), electrical equipment for controlling and supplying the motor with power, where the electrical equipment (19,15) is enclosed in an enclosure (20) of fire resistant material. By this the housing (1) can be designed according to strength, hygiene and sealing, while fire prevention as a result of defect in the electrical equipment can be limited to the separate enclosure. |
| US08314522B2 |
Printed circuit board with ground conductor for electric motor, and electric motor
A printed circuit board (PCB), in particular for an electric motor, has two opposite main surfaces with at least one main surface carrying electrical components. A plurality of outer end faces extend between the two opposite main surfaces. One of the outer end faces is provided with a metallization that is connected to a ground conductor on the PCB. |
| US08314519B2 |
Electromechanical linear actuator
An Electromechanical linear drive with a housing (10) and with at least one piston rod (16) protruding on one side form the housing (10), extending through an opening on the end face housing lid (11), supported by a push element (15) arranged for longitudinal movement in the interior of the housing (10), wherein the push element (15) for its movement is supported by a drive shaft driven by a drive and the piston rod (16) is arranged eccentric to the drive shaft, is characterized in that the push element (15) supporting the at least one piston rod (16) is guided relative to the housing (10) with a force transmitting twist protection formed as interlocking guiding elements arranged at the housing (10) and the push element (15). |
| US08314516B2 |
Self-reactivating electrical appliance
A household appliance including a wiring, a power supply unit, a switch actuated by the wiring, and an energy store. The power supply unit is connected to a power supply network and supplies power to controlled functional units of the household appliance and to the wiring. The switch, which is actuated by the wiring, disconnects the power supply unit from the power supply network on a primary side of the power supply unit and in an idle state of the household appliance. The energy store stores energy that keeps the switch open in the idle state of the household appliance. |
| US08314514B2 |
Digital circuit having correcting circuit and electronic apparatus thereof
Provided is a digital circuit (30) that comprises: a switching circuit (31) having first transistors (32, 33) supplied with power supply potentials (VDD, VSS); correcting circuits (34, 36) connected between an input terminal (IN) inputted with an input signal and control terminals (gates) of the first transistors; capacitors (C2, C3) connected between the control terminals and the input terminal; diode-connected second transistors (35, 37) that are provided between nodes (N5, N6) between the capacitors and the control terminals and the power supply potentials and have the substantially same threshold voltage as the first transistors; and switches (SW2, SW3) connected in series with the second transistors. |
| US08314511B2 |
Method and apparatus for allocating electricity from a distributor
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for allocating current (20) from a distributor (22), having a maximum rated current, among a plurality of load circuits (24), including a variable load circuit (24α) that benefits from a full load current allocation but is operable at a lower current allocation. The invention provides for measuring the instantaneous current reserve of the distributor (22) as the maximum rated current of the distributor (22) less the instantaneous current flowing from the distributor (22) to the plurality of load circuits (24), and limiting the instantaneous current of the variable load circuit (24α) to the full load current of the variable load circuit (24α) if the instantaneous current reserve is greater than zero, and the sum of the full load current of the variable load circuit (24α) plus the instantaneous current reserve, if the instantaneous current reserve is less than or equal to zero. |
| US08314510B2 |
Method for selecting an electric power supply, a circuit and an apparatus thereof
A method for selecting an electric power supply and a circuit thereof are provided. The method includes detecting whether there is an output signal from a high electric power source, connecting a low electric power source with input of a transformer if there is no output signal from the high electric power source, disconnecting output of the transformer with a general circuit if there is no output signal from the high electric power source, transforming a voltage received from the low electric power source, and outputting the transformed voltage to a control unit. By disconnecting the output of the transformer with the general circuit, the low power source may reduce waste of an electric power. |
| US08314503B2 |
Generators using bio-kinetic energy
Devices for converting bio-kinetic energy into electrical energy. Devices may include a fluid conduit configured to contain a liquid conductive material, a transducer coupled to the fluid conduit and configured to drive flow of the liquid conductive material through the fluid conduit, and a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) power generation unit operatively coupled to the fluid conduit, wherein the MHD power generation unit is configured to convert liquid conductive material flow through the fluid conduit into electrical power. Devices may be incorporated into a number of wearable articles and building articles for conversion of bio-kinetic energy into electrical energy. |
| US08314502B2 |
Semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same
To provide a technique capable of positioning of a semiconductor chip and a mounting substrate with high precision by improving visibility of an alignment mark. In a semiconductor chip constituting an LCD driver, a mark is formed in an alignment mark formation region over a semiconductor substrate. The mark is formed in the same layer as that of an uppermost layer wiring (third layer wiring) in an integrated circuit formation region. Then, in the lower layer of the mark and a background region surrounding the mark, patterns are formed. At this time, the pattern P1a is formed in the same layer as that of a second layer wiring and the pattern P1b is formed in the same layer as that of a first layer wiring. Further, the pattern P2 is formed in the same layer as that of a gate electrode, and the pattern P3 is formed in the same layer as that of an element isolation region. |
| US08314497B2 |
Surface depressions for die-to-die interconnects and associated systems
Stacked microelectronic dies employing die-to-die interconnects and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a stacked system of microelectronic dies includes a first microelectronic die, a second microelectronic die attached to the first die, and a die-to-die interconnect electrically coupling the first die with the second die. The first die includes a back-side surface, a surface depression in the back-side surface, and a first metal contact located within the surface depression. The second die includes a front-side surface and a second metal contact located at the front-side surface and aligned with the first metal contact of the first die. The die-to-die interconnect electrically couples the first metal contact of the first die with the second metal contact of the second die and includes a flowable metal layer that at least partially fills the surface depression of the first die. |
| US08314496B2 |
Semiconductor device and inductor
A semiconductor device and an inductor are provided. The semiconductor device includes a top level interconnect metal layer (Mtop) pattern. A below-to-top level interconnect metal layer (Mtop−1) pattern is disposed directly below the top level interconnect metal layer pattern. A first via plug pattern is vertically disposed between the top level interconnect metal layer pattern and the below-to-top level interconnect metal layer pattern, electrically connected to the top level interconnect metal layer pattern and the below-to-top level interconnect metal layer pattern. The top level interconnect metal layer pattern, the below-to-top level interconnect metal layer pattern and the first via plug pattern have profiles parallel with each other from a top view. |
| US08314493B2 |
Method for manufacturing a package-on-package type semiconductor device
Bump electrodes (conductive members) bonded onto lands disposed at a peripheral portion side than terminals (bonding leads) electrically coupled to pads (electrode pads) of a microcomputer chip (semiconductor chip) are sealed with sealing resin (a sealing body). Thereafter, the sealing resin is ground (removed) partially such that a part of each of the bump electrodes is exposed. The step of protruding the part of each of the bump electrodes from a front surface of the sealing resin is performed, after the grinding step. |
| US08314492B2 |
Semiconductor package and package-on-package semiconductor device
A semiconductor package includes a wiring board; a first electrode for external connection; a ball pad; a semiconductor chip; a mold resin; an electrode unit connected with the ball pad and penetrating the mold resin; and a second electrode for external connection connected with a portion of the electrode unit on a side of an outer surface of the mold resin. The electrode unit includes a first ball disposed on the ball pad; a second ball disposed between the first ball and the second electrode; and a solder material connecting between the ball pad and the first ball, between the first ball and the second ball, and between the second ball and the second electrode for external connection; each of the first ball and the second ball including a core part having a glass transition temperature which is higher than a melting point of the solder material. |
| US08314488B2 |
Sample liquid supply container, sample liquid supply container set, and microchip set
A sample liquid supply container is disclosed. The sample liquid supply container includes a first region which is depressurized therein and is hermetically sealed, a second region which is able to receive a liquid therein, a first penetration portion, in which an interior of the first region is punctured by a hollow needle from outside, and a second penetration portion, in which an interior of the second region is punctured by the hollow needle inserted into the first penetration portion and reaches inside the first region. |
| US08314487B2 |
Flange for semiconductor die
A semiconductor package includes a curved body and a plurality of semiconductor die. The curved body includes first and second opposing end regions and an intermediate center region. The curved body has a first inflection point at the center region, a second inflection point at the first end region and a third inflection point at the second end region. The center region has a convex curvature with a minimal extremum at the first inflection point, the first end region has a concave curvature with a maximal extremum at the second inflection point and the second end region has a concave curvature with a maximal extremum at the third inflection point. The plurality of semiconductor die are attached to an upper surface of the curved body between the maximal extrema. |
| US08314483B2 |
On-chip heat spreader
A three dimensional (3D) stacked chip structure with chips having on-chip heat spreader and method of forming are described. A 3D stacked chip structure comprises a first die having a first substrate with a dielectric layer formed on a front surface. One or more bonding pads and a heat spreader may be simultaneously formed in the dielectric layer. The first die is bonded with corresponding bond pads on a surface of a second die to form a stacked chip structure. Heat generated in the stacked chip structure may be diffused to the edges of the stacked chip structure through the heat spreader. |
| US08314480B2 |
Stackable semiconductor package with embedded die in pre-molded carrier frame
Semiconductor packages that contain multiple stacked chips that are embedded in a pre-molded carrier frame and methods for making such semiconductor packages are described. The semiconductor packages contain a full land pad array and multiple chips that are stacked vertically. The land pad array contains inner terminals that are formed by first stud bumps that are located on a lower die. The land pad array also contains middle terminals that are formed by first conductive vias in a first molding layer embedding the first die. The first conductive vias are connected to second stud bumps that are located on a second die that is embedded in a second molding layer. The second molding layer contains second conductive vias that are connected to a carrier frame, the bottom of which forms the outer terminals of the land pad array. The semiconductor packages therefore have a high input/output capability with a small package footprint, and a flexible routing capability that are especially useful for portable and ultra-portable electronic apparatus. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US08314473B2 |
Die backside standoff structures for semiconductor devices
Standoff structures that can be used on the die backside of semiconductor devices and methods for making the same are described. The devices contain a silicon substrate with an integrated circuit on the front side of the substrate and a backmetal layer on the backside of the substrate. Standoff structures made of Cu of Ni are formed on the backmetal layer and are embedded in a Sn-containing layer that covers the backmetal layer and the standoff structures. The standoff structures can be isolated from each other so that they are not connected and can also be configured to substantially mirror indentations in the leadframe that is attached to the Sn-containing layer. Other embodiments are described. |
| US08314472B2 |
Semiconductor structure comprising pillar
A semiconductor structure comprises a substrate and a metal layer disposed over the substrate. The metal layer comprises a first electrical trace and a second electrical trace. The semiconductor structure comprises a conductive pillar disposed directly on and in electrical contact with the first electrical trace; and a dielectric layer selectively disposed between the metal layer and the conductive pillar. The dielectric layer electrically isolates the second electrical trace from the pillar. |
| US08314471B2 |
Trench devices having improved breakdown voltages and method for manufacturing same
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a semiconductor power device. The semiconductor power device comprises a trenched gate and a trenched field region. The trenched gate is disposed vertically within a trench in a semiconductor substrate. The trenched field region is disposed vertically within the trench and below the trenched gate. A lower portion of the trenched field region tapers to disperse an electric field. |
| US08314465B2 |
Dielectric layer for semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device comprises a silicate interface layer and a high-k dielectric layer overlying the silicate interface layer. The high-k dielectric layer comprises metal alloy oxides. |
| US08314458B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
In the semiconductor device according to the present invention, a P type diffusion layer and an N type diffusion layer as a drain lead region are formed on an N type diffusion layer as a drain region. The P type diffusion layer is disposed between a source region and the drain region of the MOS transistor. When a positive ESD surge is applied to a drain electrode, causing an on-current of a parasite transistor to flow, this structure allows the on-current of the parasite transistor to take a path flowing through a deep portion of an epitaxial layer. Thus, the heat breakdown of the MOS transistor is prevented. |
| US08314455B2 |
Non-volatile semiconductor storage device
A non-volatile semiconductor storage device includes: a memory cell area in which a plurality of electrically rewritable memory cells are formed; and a peripheral circuit area in which transistors that configure peripheral circuits to control the memory cells are formed. The memory cell area has formed therein: a semiconductor layer formed to extend in a vertical direction to a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of conductive layers extending in a parallel direction to, and laminated in a vertical direction to the semiconductor substrate; and a property-varying layer formed between the semiconductor layer and the conductive layers and having properties varying depending on a voltage applied to the conductive layers. The peripheral circuit area has formed therein a plurality of dummy wiring layers that are formed on the same plane as each of the plurality of conductive layers and that are electrically separated from the conductive layers. |
| US08314448B2 |
Transistors with immersed contacts
Embodiments of a semiconductor structure include a first current electrode region, a second current electrode region, and a channel region. The channel region is located between the first current electrode region and the second current electrode region, and the channel region is located in a fin structure of the semiconductor structure. A carrier transport in the channel region is generally in a horizontal direction between the first current electrode region and the second current electrode region. |
| US08314445B2 |
Plasmonic device, system, and methods
A thin-film plasmonic device including a layer of a conductive material positioned over an array of electrodes of alternating polarity. |
| US08314444B2 |
Piezoresistive pressure sensor
A piezoresistive pressure sensor is provided, which can prevent the occurrence of ESD breakdown due to the nearness of interconnection layers of a resistive element according to miniaturization thereof. The piezoresistive pressure sensor is so configured that respective semiconductor resistive layers on both sides of an arrangement are formed to be relatively longer than an adjacent semiconductor resistive layer, and thus a corner portion of a semiconductor connection layer that extends from the respective semiconductor resistive layers on both sides of the arrangement and a corner portion of the semiconductor interconnection layer that is nearest to the corner portion of the semiconductor connection layer, between which the ESD breakdown occurs easily, can be separated from each other. |
| US08314443B2 |
Semiconductor light emitting device with a contact formed on a textured surface
A device includes a semiconductor structure comprising a light emitting layer disposed between an n-type region and a p-type region. The semiconductor structure includes an n-contact region and a p-contact region. A cross section of the n-contact region comprises a plurality of first regions wherein portions of the light emitting layer and p-type region are removed to expose the n-type region. The plurality of first regions are separated by a plurality of second regions wherein the light emitting layer and p-type region remain in the device. The device further includes a first metal contact formed over the semiconductor structure in the p-contact region and a second metal contact formed over the semiconductor structure in the n-contact region. The second metal contact is in electrical contact with at least one of the second regions in the n-contact region. |
| US08314438B2 |
Semiconductor chip assembly with bump/base heat spreader and cavity in bump
A semiconductor chip assembly includes a semiconductor device, a heat spreader, a conductive trace and an adhesive. The heat spreader includes a bump, a base and a flange. The conductive trace includes a pad and a terminal. The semiconductor device extends into a cavity in the bump, is electrically connected to the conductive trace and is thermally connected to the bump. The bump extends from the base into an opening in the adhesive, the base extends vertically from the bump opposite the cavity and the flange extends laterally from the bump at the cavity entrance. The conductive trace is located outside the cavity and provides signal routing between the pad and the terminal. |
| US08314433B2 |
Flexible thermal energy dissipating and light emitting diode mounting arrangement
A flexible thermal energy dissipating and LED mounting arrangement includes a plurality of LEDs and a flexible thermally conductive sheet. The thermally conductive sheet defines a plurality of openings therethrough each sized to receive and securely hold therein a different one of the plurality of LEDs with the flexible thermally conductive sheet about the opening in physical, thermally conductive contact with the at least one side portion of the encapsulating material. The flexible thermally conductive sheet absorbs thermal energy generated within each of the plurality of LEDs as a result of current flow through the LED circuit and rejects the absorbed thermal energy to an ambient environment surrounding the thermally conductive sheet. The flexible thermally conductive sheet is formable to direct radiation from the plurality of LEDs in multiple directions while securely holding each of the plurality of LEDs within a corresponding one of each of the plurality of openings. |
| US08314431B2 |
LED semiconductor element having increased luminance
An LED semiconductor element including at least one first radiation-generating active layer and at least one second radiation-generating active layer which is stacked above the first active layer in a vertical direction and is connected in series with the first active layer, wherein the first active layer and the second active layer are electrically conductively connected by a contact zone. |
| US08314429B1 |
Multi color active regions for white light emitting diode
A light emitting diode device has a gallium and nitrogen containing substrate with a surface region with an epitaxial layer overlying the surface region. Preferably the device includes a first active region overlying the surface and configured to emit first electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength ranging from about 405 nm to 490 nm; a second active region overlying the surface and configured to emit second electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength ranging from about 491 nm to about 590 nm; and a third region overlying the surface region and configured to emit third electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength ranging from about 591 nm to about 700 nm. A p-type epitaxial layer covers the first, second, and third active regions. |
| US08314428B2 |
Thin film transistor with LDD/offset structure
A thin film transistor including a lightly doped drain (LDD) region or offset region, wherein the thin film transistor is formed so that primary crystal grain boundaries of a polysilicon substrate are not positioned in the LDD or offset region. |
| US08314426B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same
There is disclosed a semiconductor device and a method of fabricating the semiconductor device in which a heat treatment time required for crystal growth is shortened and a process is simplified. Two catalytic element introduction regions are arranged at both sides of one active layer and crystallization is made. A boundary portion where crystal growth from one catalytic element introduction region meets crystal growth from the other catalytic element introduction region is formed in a region which becomes a source region or drain region. |
| US08314424B2 |
Thin film transistor array substrate, display panel comprising the same, and method for manufacturing thin film transistor array substrate
A TFT (5) includes: a gate electrode (12a); a first semiconductor portion (14a) that overlaps the gate electrode (12a) having the gate insulating film (13) interposed therebetween; a source electrode (15a) and a drain electrode (15b) that overlap the gate electrode (12a) having the gate insulating film (13) and the first semiconductor portion (14a) interposed therebetween; a second semiconductor portion (14b) that overlaps the gate electrode (12a) between the gate insulating film (13) and the source electrode (15a); and a conductive portion (15c) that overlaps the gate electrode (12a) having the gate insulating film (13) and the second semiconductor portion (14b) interposed therebetween. The TFT (5) brings the source line (15a) and the pixel electrode (17) into conduction by a switching element that includes short-circuit portion at the source electrode (15a) and the drain electrode (15b), the second semiconductor portion (14b) and the conductive portion (15c). |
| US08314421B2 |
Thin film transistors and circuits with metal oxynitride active channel layers
Thin film transistors and circuits having improved mobility and stability are disclosed in this invention to have metal oxynitrides as the active channel layers. In one embodiment, the charge carrier mobility in the thin film transistors is increased by using the metal oxynitrides as the active channel layers. In another embodiment, a thin film transistor having a p-type metal oxynitride active channel layer and a thin film transistor having an n-type metal oxynitride active channel layer are fabricated to forming a CMOS circuit. In yet another embodiment, thin film transistor circuits having metal oxynitrides as the active channel layers are provided. |
| US08314420B2 |
Semiconductor device with multiple component oxide channel
One exemplary embodiment includes a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device can include a channel including one or more compounds of the formula AxBxOx wherein each A is selected from the group of Ga, In, each B is selected from the group of Ge, Sn, Pb, each O is atomic oxygen, each x is independently a non-zero integer, and each of A and B are different. |
| US08314418B2 |
Electroluminescent organic semiconductor element and a method for repair of an electroluminescent organic semiconductor element
An electroluminescent organic semiconductor element includes a substrate and a first electrode arranged on the substrate. The semiconductor element additionally contains a second electrode and at least one organic layer, which is arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. The organic layer is a layer that generates light by recombination of charge carriers. At least one of the first and the second electrode contains a highly conductive organic sublayer. |
| US08314414B2 |
Light emitting device and light emitting device package for improving a light emission efficency
A light emitting device, a method of manufacturing the same, a light emitting device package, and a lighting system are disclosed. The light emitting device may include a first conductive semiconductor layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer, and an active layer interposed between the first and second conductive semiconductor layers. The first conductive semiconductor layer, the active layer, and the second conductive semiconductor layer may include Al. The second conductive semiconductor layer may have Al content higher than Al content of the first conductive semiconductor layer. The first conductive semiconductor layer may have Al content higher than Al content of the active layer. |
| US08314411B2 |
Particle beam therapy system
There is obtained a particle beam therapy system in which the beam size is reduced. There are provided an accelerator 14 that accelerates a charged particle beam; an irradiation apparatus that has a beam scanning apparatus 5a, 5b for performing scanning with the charged particle beam and irradiates the charged particle beam onto an irradiation subject; and a beam transport apparatus 15 that has a duct for ensuring a vacuum region or gas region that continues from the accelerator 14 to a beam outlet window 7 disposed at a more downstream position than the beam scanning apparatus 5a, 5b, and that transports the charged particle beam exiting from the accelerator 14 to the irradiation apparatus. |
| US08314405B2 |
Apparatus for measuring fluorescence lifetime
Disclosed is an apparatus for measuring a fluorescence lifetime. The apparatus for measuring the fluorescence lifetime comprises an excitation light generator that generates excitation light to be irradiated on a sample including fluorescence molecules; a fluorescence photon collecting unit that collects a plurality of fluorescence photons generated by irradiating the excitation light on the sample; a light sensor that converts the collected fluorescence photons into a fluorescence electrical signal; and a fluorescence lifetime signal processor that determines the fluorescence lifetime by calculating the average time of the fluorescence electrical signal with respect to a predetermined apparatus delay time. According to the above configuration, the present invention can accurately and precisely measure a fluorescence lifetime in a short measurement time by easy calculation. |
| US08314404B2 |
Distributed ion source acceleration column
An ion beam system uses a separate accelerating electrode, such as a resistive tube, to accelerate the ions while maintaining a low electric field at an extended, that is, distributed ion source, thereby improving resolution. A magneto-optical trap can be used as the ion source. |
| US08314402B2 |
Corrector
The invention concerns a corrector (9) for chromatic and aperture aberration correction in an electron microscope with six multipoles (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) which are disposed in the optical path (7) one after the other symmetrically with respect to a symmetry plane (8) for generating quadrupole fields (1′, 2′, 3′, 4′, 5′, 6′) and octupole fields, wherein the quadrupole fields (1′, 2′, 3′, 4′, 5′, 6′) of all six multipoles (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) are consecutively rotated through 90° with respect to one another, thereby generating a mirror-symmetrical exchange symmetry of the axial fundamental rays (xα, yβ).In accordance with the invention, the following is provided for correcting azimuthal coma: A double multipole (10) with a multipole element (11) upstream of the symmetry plane (8) and a multipole element (12) downstream of the symmetry plane (8), which generates two octupole fields (11′, 12′) of the same orientation as the quadrupole fields (1′, 2′, 3′, 4′, 5′, 6′) and two further octupole fields (11″, 12″), which have opposite poles and exert a force on the electrons in a direction rotated through 90° with respect to the above-mentioned octupole fields (11′, 12′) in the principal sections (x, y). The six multipoles (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) generate octupole fields (1″, 2″, 3″, 4″, 5″, 6″) with the same orientation, and the adjustment of the poles and of the field strengths of the octupole fields (1″, 2″, 3″, 4″, 5″, 6″, 1″, 12″) is used for the above-mentioned correction. |
| US08314401B2 |
Electron gun with magnetic immersion double condenser lenses
An electron gun comprises an electron emitter, an electrode surrounding the electron emitter, an extraction electrode, and a double condenser lens assembly, the double condenser lens assembly comprising a magnetic immersion pre-condenser lens and a condenser lens. In combination with a probe forming objective lens, the electron gun apparatus can provide an electron beam of independently adjustable probe size and probe current, as is desirable in electron beam applications. The electron emitter is immersed in the magnetic field generated by a magnetic type pre-condenser lens. When activated, the pre-condenser lens collimates the beam effectively to increase its angular intensity while at the same time enlarging the virtual source as compared with non-immersion case, due to geometric magnification and aberrations of its lens action. The pre-condenser lens is followed by a condenser lens. If the condenser lens is of the magnetic type, its peak magnetic field is far enough away and thus its action does not significantly affect the size of the virtual source. Independent adjustment of the lenses, combined with suitable selection of final probe forming objective aperture size, allows various combination of the final probe size and probe current to be obtained in a range sufficient for most electron beam applications. |
| US08314399B2 |
Radiation detector with optical waveguide and neutron scintillating material
A radiation detector includes a neutron sensing element comprising a neutron scintillating composite material that emits a first photon having a first wavelength and an optical waveguide material having a wavelength-shifting dopant dispersed therein that absorbs the first photon emitted by the neutron scintillating composite material and emits a second photon having a second, different wavelength, and a functionalized reflective layer at an interface between the neutron scintillating composite material and the optical waveguide material. The functionalized reflective layer allows the first photon emitted by the neutron scintillating composite material to pass through and into the optical waveguide material, but prevents the second photon emitted by the optical waveguide material from passing through and into the neutron scintillating composite material. The photons emitted from the neutron sensing element are collected and channeled through the optical waveguide material and into a photosensing element optically coupled to the neutron sensing element. |
| US08314396B2 |
Portable radiographic image capturing device
A portable radiographic image capturing device has: an image capturing unit at which is provided a radiation surface onto which radiation is irradiated at a time of capturing a radiographic image, and that captures a radiographic image expressed by radiation irradiated onto the radiation surface, and that incorporates therein a radiation detector that outputs electric signals expressing a captured radiographic image; and a control unit that is connected to the image capturing unit, and that incorporates therein a controller that controls image capturing operations of the radiation detector, and that can be changed between an expanded state in which the radiation surface is exposed to an exterior and a housed state in which the control unit covers the radiation surface. |
| US08314393B2 |
Method and apparatus for detecting unsafe conditions
A device can be made operable to distinguish between materials impinging on a predefined area based at least in part on differentials within sets of data indicative of measurable characteristics of the materials impinging on the defined area. Such a device can trigger a protection mechanism based at least in part on identification of such differentials. |
| US08314391B2 |
Controlling the bends in a fiber optic cable to eliminate measurement error in a scanning terahertz sensor
A terahertz time-domain spectrometer scanning sensor system includes a transmitter and a receiver that are secured to a mobile scanner head. Optical pump light, in the form of short pulses launched from a stationary laser located remotely from the scanner head, is delivered to the transmitter and receiver through a controlled fiber optic cable arrangement so that variations in temporal pulse relays that are associated fiber optic transmission are minimized. In this fashion, the movement of the fiber optic cable is maneuvered along a defined path so as to control the bends in the cable and thus minimize variations in temporal delays that can otherwise arise as the pulses of light are transmitted through the fiber. Pulses of laser light launched from the laser into the optical fiber will exit the cable with consistent (i) time of arrival, (ii) phase duration, and (iii) polarization state and energy. |
| US08314390B2 |
PIR motion sensor system
A passive infrared sensor has two or more detector element arrays, each consisting of positive polarity and negative polarity elements. The signals from the arrays are both summed together and subtracted from each other, and if either the sum or difference signal exceeds a threshold, detection is indicated. |
| US08314389B2 |
Measuring instrument
A measuring instrument includes a housing, a number of infrared light emitting devices, a number of infrared light receiving devices, at least two light sources, and a controller. The housing includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall substantially parallel to the first sidewall. The infrared light emitting devices are positioned on the first sidewall. The infrared light receiving devices are positioned on the second sidewall and receive infrared lights emitted by the infrared light emitting devices. The controller is electrically coupled to the infrared light receiving devices and the light sources. When one of the infrared light receiving devices does not receive infrared light emitted by a corresponding infrared light emitting device, the controller turns the light sources on. |
| US08314383B2 |
Practical ion mobility spectrometer apparatus and methods for chemical and/or biological detection
This invention describes an ion mobility spectrometer system for chemical detection in the field. The system allows: a high throughput operation, an interface to new ionization methods, and an interface to a mass spectrometer. |
| US08314377B2 |
Device and method for detecting plaque in the oral cavity
The present invention regards methods and devices for detecting plaque on a surface in the oral cavity to which a fluorescent agent capable of binding to plaque has been applied, whereby a radiation source emits incident radiation for contacting the surface, reflected light and fluorescent emission resulting from contact of the radiation with the surface is collected by an optical collector and conveyed by an optical pathway in the device, where the optical light signal of the reflected light and fluorescent emission is converted to an electrical signal, and where the electrical signals of the fluorescent emission and the reflected light are then mathematically manipulated to provide a compensated plaque value as a function of the distance from the optical collector and the surface of the oral cavity to which the fluorescent agent has been applied. |
| US08314376B2 |
Solid-state imaging device, method for driving solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatus
A solid-state imaging device having unit pixels arranged therein is provided, each unit pixel including: a transfer transistor configured to transfer a charge from a photoelectric conversion part to a floating diffusion part; a first reset transistor configured to reset the floating diffusion part; a charge storage capacitor; a charging transistor configured to charge the charge storage capacitor by a current corresponding to a charge in the floating diffusion part; a second reset transistor configured to reset the charge storage capacitor; an amplifying transistor configured to output an electric signal corresponding to a charge in the charge storage capacitor; and a selection transistor configured to selectively cause the amplifying transistor to be in an operation state. |
| US08314375B2 |
System and method for local string management unit
Apparatuses and methods include a solar array having one or more strings of series-connected local management units (LMUs). Each LMU is parallel-connected to one of a plurality of solar modules. The strings are connected in parallel via a parallel bus. Local string management units (LSMUs) can increase or decrease an output voltage of the solar array by upconverting or downconverting string output voltages from each string. LSMUs can also operate in a bypass mode to increase overall power output. |
| US08314374B2 |
Remotely-guided vertical take-off system and method for delivering an ordnance to a target
A lightweight, man-portable weapon delivery system includes a fuselage, and first and second wings mounted to opposing sides of the fuselage. The system includes an electric motor for driving a propeller for providing thrust to propel the system. The electric motor is mounted to the fuselage, and configured to be remotely started by a user. The system includes an imaging device mounted to the system and configured to capture images of a theater of operations of the system. The system includes a communication circuit in communication with the imaging device and configured to transmit the images from the imaging device to the user for viewing the theater of operations of the system for remotely steering the system. The communication circuit is configured to receive commands from the user for steering the system into the target. The system includes a payload configured to store the ordnance. |
| US08314373B1 |
Microwave susceptor system
A constructable microwave susceptor sheet for holding and cooking a food item in a microwave. The constructable microwave susceptor sheet generally includes an outer panel having a first susceptor layer and a first support layer attached to the first susceptor layer and an inner panel foldably connected to the outer panel for lining an interior surface of the outer panel, wherein the inner panel includes a second susceptor layer and a second support layer attached to the second susceptor layer. The outer panel has a raised platform and a plurality of legs foldably connected to the platform. The outer panel also includes a plurality of retainer flaps vertically extending upward from a perimeter of the platform for retaining a food item thereon. The inner panel seals a plurality of openings extending through the platform which are exposed by the flaps pivoting to a vertical position. |
| US08314370B2 |
Cooking device
A cooking device includes, on its upper surface, an operation unit and a display unit. The operation unit includes a mode selection key for selecting one of a plurality of control modes, output increasing/decreasing keys for increasing and decreasing a set output and a set temperature, and time increasing/decreasing keys for increasing and decreasing heating. The mode selection key is separated from the time increasing/decreasing keys on the opposite side of the output increasing/decreasing keys. The display unit includes a numerical value display section for displaying a numerical value of a set value in the selected control mode, an output display section for displaying the set value for heating output, and a mode display section for displaying a cooking mode selected by using the mode selection key. The numerical value display section is separated from the mode display section on the opposite side of the output display section. |
| US08314369B2 |
Managing thermal budget in annealing of substrates
A method and apparatus are provided for treating a substrate. The substrate is positioned on a support in a thermal treatment chamber. Electromagnetic radiation is directed toward the substrate to anneal a portion of the substrate. Other electromagnetic radiation is directed toward the substrate to preheat a portion of the substrate. The preheating reduces thermal stresses at the boundary between the preheat region and the anneal region. Any number of anneal and preheat regions are contemplated, with varying shapes and temperature profiles, as needed for specific embodiments. Any convenient source of electromagnetic radiation may be used, such as lasers, heat lamps, white light lamps, or flash lamps. |
| US08314365B2 |
Electronic device having case capable of controlling colors and method of controlling colors thereof
An electronic device includes a case that is capable of controlling colors. The electronic device includes a case containing thermochromic pigments. The case includes a plurality of thermoelectric elements disposed at an internal surface. The case is coupled to a power source unit that supplies power to the plurality of thermoelectric elements and a temperature sensor that measuring a temperature of the plurality of thermoelectric elements. The electronic device includes an input unit for setting a color of the case and a controller for controlling power supply of the power source unit such that a temperature of the plurality of thermoelectric elements measured by the temperature sensor is included in a temperature range corresponding to a color input from the input unit. |
| US08314364B2 |
Method for operating an electrical auxiliary heater in a motor vehicle
The invention relates to a method for operating an electric add-heater in a motor vehicle having at least one rechargeable electrochemical cell as a power source and an electric generator which is connected with the cell and is driven by a drive engine of the motor vehicle and by which an electric add-heater can be supplied with current when the drive engine is running.It is provided according to the invention that in case of need the add-heater can be supplied with current even when no current is supplied by the generator, by switching over the add-heater to at least one electrochemical cell as a power source, monitoring the charging condition of at least one electrochemical cell, and interrupting the power supply of the electric add-heater realized by the at least one monitored electrochemical cell again when the charging condition of the at least one monitored electrochemical cell has dropped below a lower limit value. |
| US08314363B2 |
Heating system of a motor vehicle
The invention relates to a motor vehicle heating system comprising a heater (1) that has a heater core (2), through which a fluid flow to be heated can flow and which comprises a plurality of heating elements, and a top part (6) which is placed on the heater core (2) and forms a receptacle for a plug-in connector (10), and comprising a plug-in connector (10) that fits the top part and is used to connect the heater (1) to the electrical system of a motor vehicle, wherein the plug-in connector (10) includes a plurality of contacts, which are situated in a row, for contacting contacts (7) of the heater (1). According to the invention, the plug-in connector (10) includes a plurality of housings (12), each of which encloses one or two contacts of the plug-in connector (10), wherein the housings (12) are interconnected by mechanical adapter elements (13) which enable adjacent housings (12) to be moved toward one another or away from one another to adapt to the position of the contacts (7) of the heater (1). |
| US08314362B2 |
Device for machining a workpiece by means of parallel laser beams
A device for processing a workpiece using a plurality of parallel laser beams includes a focusing optical system displaceable in a direction of an axis of symmetry configured to focus each of the plurality of parallel laser beams onto a common focusing plane, and wherein the plurality of laser beams include a first and a second laser beam pair, each containing two laser beams equidistant from the axis of symmetry. The device further includes a reflector assembly having at least two reflectors each having a plurality of reflection surfaces displaceable relative to one another in a direction of the axis of symmetry. |
| US08314357B2 |
Joule heated nanowire biosensors
A method of using Joule heating to regenerate nanowire based biosensors. The nanowire based biosensor contains various detection molecules, such as nucleic acids, bound to the surface of the nanowire. Binding of analyte nucleic acids to the detection molecules alters the electrical properties of the nanowire, producing a detectable signal. By passing a Joule heating effective amount of electrical current through the nanowire, the nanowire may be heated to a temperature sufficient to dissociate the bound analyte from the detection molecule, without damaging the detection molecules or the bond between the detection molecules and the nanowire surface. The Joule heated nanowires may thus be regenerated to an analyte-free “fresh” state and used for further sensing. In alternate embodiments, the specificity of the nanowire for a particular analyte may be modulated by using Joule heating to heat the nanowire to an intermediate temperature where some analytes bind and some do not. |
| US08314355B2 |
Gas insulated breaking device
In a gas insulated breaking device which accommodates open/close elements including a puffer cylinder which compresses an insulation gas and extinguishes an arc and a contact finger which has a slide contact portion which is brought into slide contact with a slide contact portion of the puffer cylinder in the inside of a vessel in which the insulation gas is sealed, a relatively soft plating film is formed on the slide contact portion of the puffer cylinder, and a relatively hard plating film is formed on the slide contact portion of the contact finger, and the silver plating film of each slide contact portion has an inner layer thereof formed of a soft film and an outer layer thereof which constitutes a surface portion formed of a hard film. |
| US08314354B2 |
Accessory controller for electronic devices
Accessories such as headsets for electronic devices are provided. A headset may be provided with a button controller assembly that has user-actuated buttons and a microphone. The microphone may be formed by mounting a microphone transducer on a printed circuit board. A housing may be mounted over the transducer to form a sealed cavity for the transducer. Circuitry may be mounted on portions of the printed circuit board that extend beyond the edges of the microphone housing. The button controller assembly may have dome switches. The dome switches may have a housing that encloses dome switch components and that forms a structural internal part for the button controller. The dome switch housing structure may have tabs or other engagement features that mate with corresponding engagement features in a button member. The button member may be pressed by a user to actuate a desired dome switch. |
| US08314345B2 |
Device mounting board and semiconductor module
In a semiconductor module having the structure in which a bump electrode provided on a wiring layer is connected to a device electrode provided on a semiconductor device, connection reliability between the bump electrode and the device electrode is improved. An insulating resin layer is provided between the semiconductor device and the wiring layer. The bump electrode, formed integrally with the wiring layer and projected from the wiring layer toward the insulating resin layer, is electrically connected to the device electrode provided on the semiconductor device. Part of the height of the wiring layer on the end side in a bump connection area is lower than that of the wiring in a wiring area extending toward the side opposite to the end side. |
| US08314336B2 |
Specialty ceiling structure and functional ceiling grid
A rectangular ceiling tile proportioned for use in a standard rectangular ceiling grid module formed by grid tees, the tile having a pair of conductors arranged to feed low voltage electrical power from the grid elements to an electric or electronic device carried on the tile, the conductors each extending to an edge or edges of the tile and adapted to make physical contact with a conductor carried on a grid element when supported on such grid element. |
| US08314334B1 |
Adapter for electrical outlet cover
An electrical device cover with a lid coupled to a base assembly includes an adapter that couples to the base through sliding lateral to the opening in the base. Particular implementations of an adapter include adapters with “L-” or other-shaped engagement tabs and adapters includes straight, flat or pin-shaped engagement tabs.In particular implementations using an engagement tab, the adapter may be moved toward the base either before or after sliding parallel to the base surface, and thus engages with the base. In other implementations, the adapter is simply slid parallel to the base surface to engage with the base. |
| US08314333B1 |
Gangable electrical unit
A gangable electrical unit for positioning an electrical component beside an electrical outlet box that includes a bracket having a wall structure that defines a front opening is disclosed. First and second arms extend from the bracket and may each include an attachment wall extending from a front edge of the bracket and a support wall extending from the bracket behind the attachment wall. The attachment wall may include an electrical box mounting aperture therethrough. The bracket is configured for attachment to an adjacent electrical device mounting box by aligning the electrical box mounting apertures of the first and second arms with electrical box mounting apertures of the adjacent electrical device box. In addition, a gap between the attachment walls of the first and second arms is larger than an outer wall height of the adjacent electrical device mounting box. |
| US08314331B2 |
Electrical junction box
To provide an electrical junction box having a new structure that can be securely attached to a hole and can be readily removed even if a large clearance is required between the electrical junction box and a peripheral edge section around the attachment hole. An elastic projecting piece is integrally provided on a main body of an electrical junction box. The elastic projecting piece protrudes from an outer surface of the main body. The elastic projecting piece is provided with an engagement projection and an attachment projection that protrude outward from the main body opposite from each other in an extending direction of the elastic projecting piece to constitute an engagement fixing section. Elastic deformation of the elastic projecting piece permits the main body to be fitted into the attachment hole. A second inner peripheral edge portion around the attachment hole is clamped between the engagement and attachment projections. |
| US08314327B2 |
Photovoltaic cells based on nano or micro-scale structures
Novel structures of photovoltaic cells (also treated as solar cells) are provided. The cells are based on nanometer-scaled wires, tubes, and/or rods, which are made of electronic materials covering semiconductors, insulators or metallic in structure. These photovoltaic cells have large power generation capability per unit physical area over the conventional cells. These cells will have enormous applications in space, commercial, residential, and industrial applications. |
| US08314322B2 |
System and method for remotely generating sound from a musical instrument
A system and method for remotely generating sound from a musical instrument. In one embodiment, the system includes an input configured to receive a signal representative of the sound of a first musical instrument, an exciter for converting the signal to mechanical vibrations, and a coupling interface for coupling the mechanical vibrations into a second musical instrument. The method for remotely generating sound includes the steps of generating a signal representative of the sound of a first musical instrument, transmitting the signal, receiving the signal at an input, converting the signal to mechanical vibrations, and coupling the mechanical vibrations to a second musical instrument capable of producing sound waves. |
| US08314320B2 |
Automatic accompanying apparatus and computer readable storing medium
CPU 21 decides a current melody tone CM relating to a key depressed at a the leading position of a current beat and a previous melody tone PM relating to a key depressed at the leading position of a beat coming directly before the current beat, based on time information, in particular, beat information, controlling progress of automatic accompanying data in operation in a melody sequence progressing in response to manipulation of a keyboard 11. Further, CPU 21 performs a chord name deciding process to decide a current chord name, based on the decided current melody tone, previous melody tone, and a previous chord name PreCH, or a chord name at the previous beat. When deciding a melody tone, CPU 21 decides the current melody tone CM and the previous melody tone PM based on what number the current beat is in a measure. |
| US08314317B2 |
Hand actuated tremolo system for guitars
A tremolo device with a movable bridge, an adjustment device, and a support frame is implemented on an acoustic guitar, with features that can also be employed on an electric guitar or other stringed instruments. The movable bridge holds strings of the musical instrument in tension. The adjustment device, such as a tremolo bar, moves the bridge to change the tension of the strings. The support frame engages the bridge at a first area and engages the musical instrument at a larger second area. When the tremolo device is used, the support frame receives a force over the first area and transmits a corresponding force to the musical instrument over the larger second area, reducing the pressure that would be experienced by the musical instrument. The support frame also transmits string vibration received through the bridge to the instrument body to produce proper acoustic tones. |
| US08314313B1 |
Maize variety hybrid 10143760
A novel maize variety designated 10143760 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing maize variety 10143760 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 10143760 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety 10143760, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety 10143760. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety 10143760. |
| US08314306B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH189311
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH189311. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH189311, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH189311 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH189311. |
| US08314291B2 |
Method for producing plant with modified flower morphology
A plant with modified flower morphology is produced by suppressing a function of a transcription factor involved in determining the polarity of plants. More particularly, a plant with modified flower morphology is produced by the steps of obtaining a transformed cell by introducing a chimeric DNA in which a DNA encoding a transcription factor involved in determining the polarity and a functional peptide converting a transcription factor into a transcription repressor are fused; and regenerating a transformed plant from the transformed cell. |
| US08314290B2 |
Temporal regulation of gene expression by MicroRNAs
This invention provides molecular constructs and methods for the temporally specific control of gene expression in plants or in plant pests or pathogens. More specifically, this invention provides plant miRNA genes having novel circadian expression patterns that are useful for designing recombinant DNA constructs for temporally specific expression of at least one gene. Also provided are non-natural transgenic plant cells, plants, and seeds containing in their genome a recombinant DNA construct of this invention. |
| US08314289B1 |
Maize variety hybrid X8K837
A novel maize variety designated X8K837 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 X8K837 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X8K837 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X8K837, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X8K837. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X8K837. |
| US08314288B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH020386
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH020386. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH020386, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH020386 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH020386. |
| US08314287B2 |
Switchgrass cultivar EG1102
A switchgrass cultivar designated EG1102 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of switchgrass cultivar EG1102, to the plants of switchgrass EG1102, to plant parts of switchgrass cultivar EG1102 and to methods for producing a switchgrass plant produced by crossing switchgrass cultivar EG1102 with itself or with another switchgrass variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a switchgrass plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic switchgrass plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to switchgrass cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from switchgrass variety EG1102, to methods for producing other switchgrass cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from switchgrass cultivar EG1102 and to the switchgrass plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid switchgrass seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar EG1102 with another switchgrass cultivar. |
| US08314280B2 |
Process for the production of olefins
Disclosed is a process for the production of C2 to C3 olefins via the catalytic cracking of feedstocks including C4 and heavier olefins in an integrated reaction/regeneration system. |
| US08314278B2 |
Process and system for the production of isoprene
Disclosed herein is a process for producing isoprene that includes reacting a mixed C4 metathesis feed stream comprising isobutylene and at least one of 1-butene and 2-pentene in a first metathesis reactor in the presence of a first metathesis catalyst under conditions sufficient to produce an intermediate product stream comprising at least 30 wt. % 2-methyl-2-pentene based upon the olefin content of fresh feed in the mixed C4 feed stream, and at least one of ethylene and propylene, separating the 2-methyl-2-pentene, subjecting the separated 2-methyl-2-pentene to pyrolysis to produce a reaction product stream comprising isoprene, and separating the isoprene into an isoprene product stream using fractionation. A system used in producing isoprene is also disclosed. |
| US08314275B2 |
Methods for producing biomass-derived pyrolysis oils having increased phase stability
A process for stabilizing pyrolysis oil has been developed. The process involves heating the pyrolysis oil at a temperature of about 40° C. to about 85° C. under a reducing atmosphere for a time to stabilize the oil. The reducing atmosphere or gas is preferably hydrogen. |
| US08314274B2 |
Controlling cold flow properties of transportation fuels from renewable feedstocks
A process for improving cold flow properties of diesel range hydrocarbons produced from renewable feedstocks such as plant oils and animal oils. A renewable feedstock is treated by hydrogenating and deoxygenating to provide an effluent comprising paraffins followed by isomerizing and selectively hydrocracking at least a portion of the paraffins to generate a diesel range hydrocarbon product. A portion of the diesel range hydrocarbon product is selectively separated and recycled to the isomerization and selective hydrocracking zone. |
| US08314273B2 |
Production processes for making 1,1,1,2,2,3-hexafluoropropane
A process for making HFC-236cb is disclosed. The process comprises reacting TFE with HFC-32 in the presence of at least one co-product and a suitable catalyst to produce a product mixture comprising HFC-236cb, wherein the total amount of the at least one co-product is at least 10 ppmv based on the total amount of the tetrafluoroethylene, the difluoromethane and the at least one co-product. |
| US08314270B2 |
Inhibitors of the 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 enzyme
The present invention relates to compounds which are inhibitors of the 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase Type 1 enzyme. The present invention further relates to the use of inhibitors of 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase Type 1 enzyme for the treatment of non-insulin dependent type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity, lipid disorders, metabolic syndrome and other diseases and conditions that are mediated by excessive glucocorticoid action. |
| US08314268B2 |
1-phenylalkanecarboxylic acid derivatives for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases
1-Phenylalkanecarboxylic acid derivatives, the processes for the preparation thereof and the use thereof in the treatment and/or prevention of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. |
| US08314259B2 |
Method of manufacturing glycerol carbonate
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a glycerol carbonate (GC). The method includes a bio-catalyst reaction for generating the GC and byproducts generated by reacting a reactant solution using a lipase of a bio-catalyst. In this instance, the reactant solution is prepared by adding glycerol, a glycerol-containing composition, or a dimethyl carbonate (DMC) in a reaction solvent. |
| US08314253B2 |
Bridged tetrahydronaphthalene derivatives
The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, A, B, W and n are as defined in the description, and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such compounds. These compounds are useful as calcium channel blockers. |
| US08314252B2 |
Process for preparing oxazoline-protected aminodiol compounds useful as intermediates to florfenicol
Processes for preparing oxazoline compounds are disclosed. These oxazoline compounds are useful intermediates in the preparation of Florfenicol and related compounds. |
| US08314248B2 |
Process for preparing epothilone derivatives by selective catalytic epoxidation
The present invention describes a novel process for preparing an epothilone derivative using substituted pyridines and methyltrioxorhenium as catalyst. |
| US08314242B2 |
Process for the preparation of 4-aminobut-2-enolides
Process for the preparation of 4-aminobut-2-enolide compounds of the formula (I): comprising reaction of a 4-(methylamino)furan-2(5H)-one compound of the formula (II) with an amine of the formula (III) in which R1 and A have the definitions mentioned in the description, optionally in the presence of a Brønstedt acid. |
| US08314240B2 |
Sulfonamide compounds or salts thereof
[Object] A compound which is useful as an EP1 receptor antagonist is provided.[Means for Solution] The present inventors investigated EP1 receptor antagonists, and confirmed that a compound having a sulfonamide structure, in which the nitrogen atom of the sulfonamide structure is substituted with 2-fluoropropyl group, 3-fluoro-2-methylpropyl group or the like, has a potent EP1 receptor antagonistic action, thereby completing the present invention. The sulfonamide compound of the present invention has a potent EP1 receptor antagonistic action and can be used as an agent for preventing and/or treating a lower urinary tract symptom or the like. |
| US08314233B2 |
Process for preparing 2-(aminomethylidene)-4,4-difluoro-3-oxobutyric esters
The present invention relates to a process for preparing difluoromethyl-substituted pyrazol-4-ylcarboxylic acids and their esters, 2-(aminomethylidene)-4,4-difluoro-3-oxobutteric esters of the formula (I) in which R1, R2 and R3 independently of one another are C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, C2-C6-alkenyl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl or benzyl or NR2R3 is a 5- to 10-membered heterocyclic radical, to a process for preparing compounds of the formula (I) wherein an appropriate 3-aminoacrylic ester is reacted with difluoroacetyl fluoride and to the use of compounds of the formula (I) in the process for preparing difluoromethyl-substituted pyrazol-4-ylcarboxylic acids and their esters. |
| US08314232B2 |
Preparation of a quinolinyloxydiphenylcyclopropanedicarboxamide
The present invention relates to a process of preparing a compound of the following formula III: wherein R1-R4 are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to the preparation of intermediates used to prepare the compound of formula III. |
| US08314228B2 |
Bidirectional promoters in Nannochloropsis
Exemplary embodiments provided herein include novel promoters isolated from the microalgae, Nannochloropsis. These promoters drive gene expression in a bidirectional manner, and are especially useful for the genetic manipulation of Nannochloropsis and other organisms. The inventors herein successfully used these promoters (in both parallel and antiparallel orientations with respect to a Sh ble gene cassette) to impart zeocine-resistance to Nannochloropsis. |
| US08314225B2 |
Heavy chain mutant leading to improved immunoglobulin production
The current invention comprises a nucleic acid encoding the amino acid sequence of the C-terminal part of the CH3-domain of an immunoglobulin of the class IgA or IgG, or the C-terminal part of the CH4-domain of an immunoglobulin of the class IgE or IgM, wherein the glycine-lysine-dipeptide comprised in the amino acid sequence of the C-terminal part of the CH3- or CH4-domain is encoded by the nucleic acid ggaaaa, or the nucleic acid ggcaaa, or the nucleic acid gggaaa, or the nucleic acid gggaag, or the nucleic acid ggcaag, or the nucleic acid ggaaag. |
| US08314217B2 |
Cross-linked glycopeptide-cephalosporin antibiotics
This invention provides cross-linked glycopeptide-cephalosporin compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which are useful as antibiotics. This invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds; methods for treating bacterial infections in a mammal using such compounds; and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds. |
| US08314215B2 |
Mild chemically cleavable linker system
A linker system is provided where a small molecule reactive group, e.g., an activity based probe which binds to certain enzymes at the active site, is linked through an aryl diazo linker to an affinity molecule such as biotin. The reactive group may comprise a number of functionalities known to react with a specific target to be studied. This enables the probe to be exposed to analytes, such as proteins and bind specifically to them to form a complex having an affinity molecule allowing immobilization of the bound analyte on an affinity column or other support, e.g. with streptavidin. Then, the linker is cleaved without causing removal of the affinity group or dissociation of the probe from the analyte. The linker is cleaved under mild reducing conditions, e.g., dithionite. The probe is synthesized along with the linker on a solid support. |
| US08314214B2 |
Synthesis of azo bonded immunoregulatory compounds
Methods are disclosed for preparing compounds of Formula I: where R1, R3, and R4 are independently hydrogen or C1 to C4 alkyl, and R2 is: where R5 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1 to C4 alkyl, or where R6, R7 and R8 are independently hydrogen or C1 to C4 alkyl; or the esters or pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof. The methods can involve converting a suitably functionalized aniline compound to a diazonium salt (which aniline compound can be first formed by reduction of a nitrobenzene) and coupling the diazonium salt with a suitably functionalized benzene compound. The suitably functionalized aniline compound either includes a primary alcohol or aldehyde group, which is then oxidized to a carboxylic acid group, or includes a nitrile or amide group, which is hydrolyzed to a carboxylic acid group. The methods can also involve the direct coupling (via reduction of nitro groups to form an azo linkage) of suitably functionalized nitrobenzenes. The compounds and or their metabolites can be used to treat or prevent various diseases, particularly inflammatory conditions of the GI tract. |
| US08314213B2 |
Human equivalent monoclonal antibodies engineered from nonhuman variable regions
The present invention is directed to the creation of human equivalent CDRs and antibodies containing them by a method of producing an antibody which specifically binds to an antigen. |
| US08314211B2 |
Tissue sealant for use in non compressible hemorrhage
ClotFoam is a surgical sealant and hemostatic agent designed to be used in cases of non-compressible hemorrhage. It can be applied in the operating room through laparoscopic ports, or directly over lacerated tissue in laparotomy procedures or outside the operating room through a mixing needle and/or a spray injection method following abdominal, chest, extremities or other intracavitary severe trauma to promote hemostasis. Its crosslinking technology generates an adhesive three-dimensional polymeric network or scaffold that carries a fibrin sealant required for hemostasis. When mixed, Clotfoam produces a foam that spreads throughout a body cavity reaching the lacerated tissue to seal tissue and promote the coagulation cascade.The viscoelastic attachment properties of the foam as well as the rapid formation of a fibrin clot that ensure that the sealant remains at the site of application without being washed away by blood or displaced by movement of the target tissue. |
| US08314205B2 |
Glycerol-based product, process for obtaining same and use thereof in the manufacturing of dichloropropanol
The invention relates to a glycerol-based product comprising at least one nitrogen-containing compound and of which the total content of nitrogen-containing compound expressed as elemental nitrogen (N) is less than or equal to 1 g of nitrogen (N)/kg of product, to a process for obtaining glycerol, and to its use in the manufacture of dichloropropanol and of derived products such as epichlorohydrin and products derived from epichlorohydrin. |
| US08314201B2 |
Highly porous ceramic oxide aerogels having improved flexibility
Ceramic oxide aerogels incorporating periodically dispersed flexible linkages are provided. The flexible linkages impart greater flexibility than the native aerogels without those linkages, and have been shown to reduce or eliminate the need for supercritical CO2-mediated drying of the corresponding wet gels. The gels may also be polymer cross-linked via organic polymer chains that are attached to and extend from surface-bound functional groups provided or present over the internal surfaces of a mesoporous ceramic oxide particle network via appropriate chemical reactions. |
| US08314200B2 |
Pt-catalyzed, addition-crosslinking silicone compositions self-adhesive at room temperature
Pt-catalyzed, addition-crosslinking silicone compositions which are self-adhesive at room temperature, develop adhesion rapidly on unpretreated substrates, and contain a functional alkoxy α-silane as an adhesion promoter. |
| US08314198B2 |
Apparatus and process for gas phase fluidised bed polymerisation reaction
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a process for polymerization, and, in particular, provides an apparatus for gas phase fluidised bed polymerization of olefins, which apparatus comprises: A) a first section which is an upright cylindrical section having a diameter, D1, and cross-sectional area, A1, and B) a second section, provided vertically above the first section and centered about a common vertical axis to the upright cylindrical first section, the base of the second section having a cylindrical cross-section of diameter D1 and being joined to the top of the first section, and the horizontal cross-sectional area of the second section above its base being greater than the cross-sectional area of the first section, characterized in that: i) D1 is greater than 4.5 meters, and ii) the second section has a maximum horizontal cross-sectional area, A2, which is between 3.2 and 6 times the cross-sectional area, A1, of the first section. |
| US08314196B2 |
Polyfarnesenes
Provided herein are polyfarnesenes such as farnesene homopolymers derived from a farnesene and farnesene interpolymers derived from a farnesene and at least a vinyl monomer; and the processes of making and using the polyfarnesenes. The farnesene homopolymer can be prepared by polymerizing the farnesene in the presence of a catalyst. In some embodiments, the farnesene is prepared from a sugar by using a microorganism. |
| US08314193B2 |
Branched ionomers
A branched aromatic ionomer is prepared by co-polymerizing a first monomer having an aromatic moiety and an unsaturated alkyl moiety and a second monomer having an ionic moiety and at least one unsaturated moiety. The ionic moiety may have a cationic group having a valence of +1 or greater. Styrene is among the useful first monomers and sodium methacrylate and zinc dimethacrylate are among the useful second monomers. The branched aromatic ionomers may be used to prepare articles including foamed polystyrene and microwave save dishes and utensils. |
| US08314182B2 |
Resin composition having good scratch resistance
A resin composition having good scratch resistance includes about 5 to about 50 parts by weight of core-shell graft resin (A) and about 95 to about 50 parts by weight of resin (B) which includes about 40 to about 100% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester. The outer shell of the core-shell graft resin (A) comprises (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester. |
| US08314181B2 |
Polycarbonate/polyolefin based resin compositions and their production processes and uses
A method of making resin composition having excellent wear properties that includes 50 to 99 wt. % of a polycarbonate resin and from 1 to 50 wt. % of a polyolefin that has been modified with at least one functional group selected from a carboxyl, an acid anhydride, an epoxy groups or mixtures containing at least one of the foregoing functional groups, each based on the total combined weight of the resin composition, exclusive of any filler. The resin composition optionally contains an unmodified polyolefin and/or a bi-functional monomer. The resin composition can be molded into articles having improved wear characteristics. The process is a one-step process that improves the efficiency and/or yield of the resin composition as compared to prior-art two-step processes. |
| US08314176B2 |
Composites of polysiloxane polymers and inorganic nanoparticles
Desirable composites of polysiloxane polymers and inorganic nanoparticles can be formed based on the appropriate selection of the surface properties of the particles and the chemical properties of the polymer. High loadings of particles can be achieved with good dispersion through the polymer. The composites can have good optical properties. In some embodiments, the inorganic particles are substantially free of surface modification. |
| US08314174B2 |
Dispersions of high carboxyl polyamides into polyesters using an interfacial tension reducing agent
A polymer composition, stretched and unstretched articles and processes to make stretched and unstretched articles from that composition are set forth wherein the composition comprises a blend of a polyamide wherein the amino to carboxyl end group ratio of the polyamide polymer is less than 1.0 when the relative viscosity of the polyamide polymer is less than 2.0, and less than 0.30 when the relative viscosity is in the range of 2.0 to 2.3 and less than 0.20 when the relative viscosity is greater than 2.3, a crystallizable polyester and an interfacial tension reducing agent. |
| US08314170B2 |
Dispersing agents
Dispersing agents especially useful as cement plasticizers are copolymers obtained by polymerizing a) 5 to 70 percent by weight of ethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acids, carboxylic acid amides, dicarboxylic acids, or their anhydrides and/or (meth)acrylic acid monoesters of dialcohols, b) 1 to 40 percent ethylenically unsaturated, sulfonate-functional or sulfate-functional compounds, c) 10-80 percent of ethylenically unsaturated compounds of polyethylene glycols containing 1 to 300 ethylene oxide units, and terminal OH groups or —OR′ ether groups, d) 5 to 80 percent of ethylenically unsaturated compounds of polyalkylene glycol containing 1 to 300 C3-4 alkylene oxide units and terminal OH groups or —OR′ ether groups, the percentages totaling 100 percent by weight. |
| US08314165B2 |
Tread having a composition containing a guar gum powder
The invention relates to a tyre tread having a tyre tread rubber composition based on at least one diene elastomer, one reinforcing filler and one vulcanization system, characterized in that the composition comprises a guar gum powder in a proportion of 10 to 40 pce.The invention also relates to a process for obtaining a rubber composition for a tread based on at least one diene elastomer, one reinforcing filler and one vulcanization system which comprises a first phase of thermomechanical kneading of the constituents of the composition, with the exception of the vulcanization system, characterized in that the composition comprises a guar gum powder in a proportion of 10 to 40 pce and in that the guar gum powder is incorporated during the first kneading phase. |
| US08314164B2 |
Filled rubber compositions
The present invention relates to a curable rubber composition comprising an organic elastomer, a filler and at least one curing agent for the elastomer. Such curable rubber compositions are widely used in the production of cured rubber articles, such as tires, belts and hoses. The composition contains a branched silicone resin having Si-bonded hydroxyl groups or azo groups. This may lead to a reduction in the mixing energy required for processing, particularly in the energy required in the first (non-productive) mixing phase to give good dispersion of the filler in the organic elastomer. Use of the branched silicone resin can also accelerate cure (vulcanization), thus reducing the required cure time or reducing the amount of cure accelerator required. |
| US08314161B2 |
Deformable, rigid polystyrene foam board
Provided are methods for producing a high strength, but easily deformed, polystyrene foam board that can endure repeatedly deformations from its original configuration into more complex curved shapes without damaging the board integrity or substantially reducing its structural strength. Also provided are rigid polystyrene foam boards produced by this method that exhibit improved bending and impact resistance while substantially retaining or improving other properties, for example, the thermal dimensional stability and fire resistance, exhibited by corresponding conventional XPS foam boards. The foamable compositions may incorporate one or more of a variety of polymer processing aids for the purpose of altering the performance of the final foam products, thereby allowing the properties of the final foam product to be customized to some degree. |
| US08314160B2 |
Thermoplastic resin foam
A thermoplastic resin foam which has both high reflectance and superior shape-retention properties, suitable for use in backlights and illumination boxes for illumination signboards, lighting fixtures, displays and the like. The thermoplastic resin foam is manufactured by a manufacturing method including a procedure for holding a resin sheet composed of thermoplastic resin (A) and thermoplastic resin (B), which has a functional group having an affinity with thermoplastic resin (A), within a pressurized inert gas atmosphere to enable the resin sheet to contain inert gas, and a procedure for foaming by heating the resin sheet containing inert gas at a temperature higher than the softening temperature of thermoplastic resin, under normal pressure. |
| US08314158B2 |
Compacted polyelectrolyte complexes and articles
This invention relates to an osmotically compacted polyelectrolyte complex having a first region and a second region, the first region having a greater modulus than the second region and a method for preparing such an article. The article comprising the polyelectrolyte complex is produced by contacting a polyelectrolyte complex with a solution comprising an osmolyte at a concentration sufficient to compact the polyelectrolyte complex. The compaction process is terminated before the entire article is osmotically compacted. |
| US08314153B2 |
Treatment of pervasive developmental disorders with redox-active therapeutics
Methods of treating or suppressing pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) including; autistic disorder, Asperger's syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD), Rett's disorder, and PDD-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of one or more compounds as disclosed herein. |
| US08314151B2 |
Sphingosine kinase type 1 inhibitors, and processes for using same
Provided are novel compositions and analogs which are useful in a number of applications, indications and diseases, as well as for monitoring pharmakinetics and patient management. These compounds and analogs are applicable to treating tumors of the central nervous system, e.g., glioblastoma (GBM). |
| US08314148B2 |
Selective hydroxamate based MMP inhibitors
The present invention provides a compound of formula (I): said compound is inhibitor of MMP-9, and/or MMP-12 and/or MMP-13, and thus can be employed for the treatment of a disorder or disease characterized by abnormal activity of MMP-9, and/or MMP-12 and/or MMP-13. Accordingly, the compound of formula (I) can be used in treatment of disorders or diseases mediated by MMP-9, and/or MMP-12 and/or MMP-13. Finally, the present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition. |
| US08314146B2 |
Thioamide compounds, method of making and method of using thereof
The present invention relates to novel thioamide derivatives of formula (I) and formula (Ia): wherein, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, P, Q, T, V, W, X, Y, Z, a, m and n are as defined in the description, compositions thereof, processes for their preparation and their uses as pesticides. |
| US08314144B2 |
Compounds having antitumor activity
Disclosed is the use of compounds of formula (I) wherein X, Y and Z are as defined in the description of the invention, for the preparation of an antitumor medicament, optionally in combination with different biologically active substances. |
| US08314142B2 |
Dimers of artemisinin derivatives, preparation thereof and therapeutic use thereof
The present invention relates to dimers of artemisinin derivatives, to processes for the preparation of such dimers, to methods of treatment comprising administration of such dimers, and to intermediates to such dimers. |
| US08314137B2 |
Monocyclic cyanoenones and methods of use thereof
The present invention features monocyclic cyanoenone compositions and methods for using the same in the treatment of diseases such as cancer, inflammatory diseases and neurodegenerative diseases. |
| US08314134B2 |
Compounds for inflammation and immune-related uses
The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, or prodrug thereof wherein X, Y, A, Z, L and n are defined herein. These compounds are useful as immunosuppressive agents and for treating and preventing inflammatory conditions and immune disorders. |
| US08314133B2 |
Process for preparing chiral 3-triazolyl sulphoxide derivatives
The present invention relates to a catalytic process for preparing 3-triazolyl sulphoxide derivatives in enantiomerically pure or enantiomerically enriched form. |
| US08314128B2 |
Aminotetralin compounds as mu opioid receptor antagonists
The invention provides aminotetralin compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, n, and m are defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, that are antagonists at the mu opioid receptor. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds to treat conditions associated with mu opioid receptor activity, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds. |
| US08314123B2 |
5, 6, or 7-substituted -3-(hetero) arylisoquinolinamine derivatives and therapeutic use thereof
The present invention relates to 5, 6, or 7-substituted-3-(hetero)arylisoquinolinamine derivatives represented by general formula D, their pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof, and compositions containing such compounds. Methods for treating hyperproliferative disorders by administering the compounds are also included. |
| US08314121B2 |
Imidazolone derivatives, preparation thereof as drugs, pharmaceutical compositions, and use thereof as protein kinase inhibitors, in particular CDC7
The present invention relates to imidazolone derivatives of formula (I) to methods of preparing such derivatives, intermediates thereto, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives, and methods of inhibiting protein kinase, and methods of treatment comprising administration of such derivatives. |
| US08314120B2 |
Small molecule potentiators of metabotropic glutamate receptors
The present invention relates to small molecule potentiators of metabotropic receptors, in particular of the mGlu2 receptor. The present invention also relates to the use of these compounds for the prevention or treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved. The present invention thus provides compounds of formula I wherein X1 is N or C—R1, X2 is N or C—R2, X3 is N or C—R3, X4 is N or C—R4 provided that none or one of X1, X2, X3 or X4 is N; Y1 is N, C or C—R5, Y2 is N, C or C—R6, Y3 is Y1, Y2, N, C or C—R7, Y4 is N, C or C—R8 provided that only the moiety Y1, Y2, Y3 or Y4 to which Z is bound is C and further provided at most one of Y1, Y2, Y3 or Y4 is N; Z is O, S, S(O), S(O)2 or NRZ; Q is CH2 or CH2CH2, where one or two of the hydrogen atoms in CH2 or CH2CH2 may be replaced by halogen, C1-C4-alkyl or C1-C4-haloalkyl; R1 is inter alia hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkoxy, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, a radical NR1aR1b, C-bound 3- to 7-membered, saturated heterocyclyl having 1 or 2 nitrogen atoms and 0 or 1 heteroatoms, selected from O and S, as ring members, aryl, aryl-CH2, aryloxy, hetaryl, hetaryloxy or hetaryl-CH2, wherein the heterocyclyl, aryl and hetaryl rings ring in the last six radicals themselves are unsubstituted or carry 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 identical or different radicals R1c; R2 has one of the meanings given for R1; R3 and R4 are, inter alia, selected from hydrogen, halogen, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-alkoxy-C1-C4-alkyl, phenyl, C1-C4-haloalkoxy, a radical (CH2)nNR′R″; R5, R6, R7, R8 are, independently of each other, selected from hydrogen, halogen, etc.; Ra is C3-C6-cycloalkyl, C1-C6-haloalkyl or C1-C6-alkyl, which is unsubstituted or carries one radical selected from C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkoxy and a radical NRa1Ra2; and the N-oxides and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. |
| US08314118B2 |
Methods and compositions for treating dry eye
This invention relates to treatment of dry eye. In particular, the invention relates to methods and formulations for treating dry eye based on topical application of opioid antagonists such as naltrexone. |
| US08314117B2 |
CGRP receptor antagonists
The disclosure generally relates to the novel compounds of formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts, which are CGRP receptor antagonists. The disclosure also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for using the compounds in the treatment of CGRP related disorders including migraine and other headaches, neurogenic vasodilation, neurogenic inflammation, thermal injury, circulatory shock, flushing associated with menopause, airway inflammatory diseases such as asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). |
| US08314116B2 |
2-S-benzyl substituted pyrimidines as CRTH2 antagonists
Provided herein are 2-S-benzyl pyrimidine compounds having CRTH2 (G-protein-coupled chemoattractant receptor, expressed on Th2 cells) antagonistic activity, useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of diseases associated with CRTH2 activity, including the treatment of allergic diseases, eosinophil-related diseases and basophil-related diseases. |
| US08314112B2 |
Pyrrolopyrimidines and pyrrolopyridines
Compounds of formula I in free or salt or solvate form, wherein X, T1, T3 and T4 have the meanings as indicated in the specification, are useful for treating diseases mediated by the ALK-5 and/or ALK-4 receptor. Pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds and processes for preparing the compounds are also described. |
| US08314111B2 |
Fused bicyclic motor inhibitors
Compounds represented by Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are inhibitors of mTOR and useful in the treatment of cancer. |
| US08314110B2 |
Compounds for treating mental disorders, and preparation and uses thereof
The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I), an optical isomer or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, its preparation and uses, wherein R is defined as herein. Such compounds can be presented as an optical isomer or a racemic mixture. The compounds can be metabolized in vivo to form a pharmacologically active substance as antagonist of neurotransmitters, and can be used for the treatment of the related mental disorders such as schizophrenia. |
| US08314108B2 |
5-(5-(2-(3-aminopropoxy)-6-methoxyphenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-ylamino)pyrazine-2-carbonitrile, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or solvate of salts
The present invention provides an aminopyrazole compound, more particularly, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a solvate of the salt, that inhibits Chk1 and is useful in the treatment of cancer. |
| US08314107B2 |
Carboxamide compounds and methods for using the same
Disclosed are carboxamide compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use. One embodiment is a compound having the structure in which R1, R2, R3, R4, D, J, Z, T, p, q, w and x are as described herein. In certain embodiments, a compound disclosed herein activates the AMPK pathway, and can be used to treat metabolism-related disorders and conditions. |
| US08314105B2 |
Methods of reducing risk of infection from pathogens
Prophylactic treatment methods are provided for protection of individuals and/or populations against infection from airborne pathogens. In particular, prophylactic treatment methods are provided comprising administering a sodium channel blocker or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof to one or more members of a population at risk of exposure to or already exposed to one or more airborne pathogens, either from natural sources or from intentional release of pathogens into the environment. |
| US08314103B2 |
Pyridyl derivatives, their preparation and use
The present invention relates to pyridyl derivatives capable of inhibiting phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3k), mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and/or hypoxia inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α) mediated signaling. Also disclosed are processes for preparation of the pyridyl derivatives, and their use in the manufacture of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of clinical conditions caused by deregulation of signaling pathways selected from one or more of PI3K, mTOR and HIF-1α pathways. The pyridyl derivatives are also useful for the treatment of conditions or disorders mediated by TNF-α. |
| US08314102B2 |
Stable, crystalline (6S)-N(5)-methyl-5,6,7,8,-tetrahydrofolic acid
There is provided a stable, crystalline (6S)-N(5)-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolic acid of the formula IV, This compound belongs to the family of reduced folates which are useful in vitaminic and oncological field. |
| US08314101B2 |
Quinoxaline derivative, and light-emitting element, light-emitting device, and electronic device using quinoxaline derivative
An object is to provide a novel quinoxaline derivative. Another object is to provide a light-emitting element with low driving voltage. Still another object is to provide a light-emitting element with low power consumption. Yet another object is to provide a light-emitting device and an electronic device each having low power consumption by using such a light-emitting element. A quinoxaline derivative is provided which has a structure in which at least one of carbon at a 2-position and carbon at a 3-position of quinoxaline, and carbon of a pyridine ring are bound via an arylene group. |
| US08314099B2 |
1-benzyl-3-hydroxymethylindazole derivatives and use thereof in the treatment of diseases based on the expression of MCP-1 and CX3CR1
The present invention relates to novel 1-benzyl-3-hydroxymethylindazole derivatives according to formula (I) described in the claims, and to a pharmaceutical composition comprising them, together with a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle. In addition, the present invention relates to the use of novel 1-benzyl-3-hydroxymethylindazole derivatives for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition that is active in the treatment of diseases based on the expression of MCP-1 and CX3CR1, and to their use in a method for treating or preventing diseases based on the expression of MCP-1 and CX3CR1. |
| US08314097B2 |
Organic compounds
The present invention provides a compound of formula I: Said compound is inhibitor of aldosterone synthase and aromatase, and thus can be employed for the treatment of a disorder or disease mediated by aldosterone synthase or aromatase. Accordingly, the compound of formula I can be used in treatment of hypokalemia, hypertension, congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation, renal failure, in particular, chronic renal failure, restenosis, atherosclerosis, syndrome X, obesity, nephropathy, post-myocardial infarction, coronary heart diseases, inflammation, increased formation of collagen, fibrosis such as cardiac or myocardiac fibrosis and remodeling following hypertension and endothelial dysfunction, gynecomastia, osteoporosis, prostate cancer, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, endometrial hyperplasia, polycystic ovarian disease, infertility, fibrocystic breast disease, breast cancer and fibrocystic mastopathy. Finally, the present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition. |
| US08314096B2 |
Sigma receptor inhibitors
The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) having pharmacological activity towards the sigma receptor, to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use for the treatment and or prophylaxis of a disease in which the sigma receptor is involved. |
| US08314095B2 |
[6,6] and [6,7]-bicyclic GPR119 G protein-coupled receptor agonists
Novel compounds are provided which are GPR119 G protein-coupled receptor modulators. GPR119 G protein-coupled receptor modulators are useful in treating, preventing, or slowing the progression of diseases requiring GPR119 G protein-coupled receptor modulator therapy. These novel compounds have the structure: or stereoisomers or prodrugs or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein n1, n2, n3, n4, A, B, D, E, G, Y, Z, R1 and R2 are defined herein. |
| US08314091B2 |
N-benzyl,N'-arylcarbonylpiperazine derivatives
The present invention relates to N-benzyl,N′-arylcarbonylpiperazine derivatives having the general formula I to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and to the use of a these N-benzyl,N′-arylcarbonylpiperazine derivatives for the manufacture of a medicament for treating or preventing atherosclerosis and related disorders associated with cholesterol and bile acids transport and metabolism. |
| US08314084B2 |
Device and methods for sequential, regional delivery of multiple cytotoxic agents and directed assembly of wound repair tissues
An implantable delivery system includes a macrostructure formed of bioresorbable material selected from a group of alphahydroxy acids and defined to include an internal architecture of intercommunicating void spaces. A first cytotoxic agent in the preferred form of cisplatin is joined to the macrostructure during formation. A microstructure in the preferred form of a blend of high molecular weight hyaluronic acid conjugated with a second cytotoxic agent in the preferred form of paclitaxel and of pure high molecular weight hyaluronic acid is invested in the void spaces. Thus, when implanted, the paclitaxel and cisplatin are released sequentially, each initially at high level concentrations followed by lower release. Radiotherapy can be begun after the release of the paclitaxel has been completed but while the cisplatin is being released. |
| US08314080B2 |
Method of treating type I diabetes
The method of treating type I diabetes includes the treatment of diabetic patients with choline in order to control the patient's lipid profile. The treatment method includes the step of administering to the patient a therapeutically effective dosage of choline or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. In human patients, the effective dosage of choline is preferably approximately 10 mg., delivered daily. Although the choline may be injected in solution, it is preferably delivered orally to the patient. |
| US08314078B2 |
Silver nanoparticles as anti-microbial
A silver nanocomposite, a formation method for forming the silver nanocomposite, and an application method utilizing the silver nanocomposite. The silver nanocomposite includes a silver nanoparticle conjugated to a glycosaminoglycan (GAG) or glucose. The formation method includes chemically reacting silver nitrate with a reducing agent to form a silver nanoparticle conjugated to the reducing agent of a GAG or glucose. The application method may include topically applying the silver nanocomposite to a wound or burn as an anti-microbial with respect to an antibiotic-resistant genotype in the wound or burn, wherein the silver nanocomposite topically applied includes the silver nanoparticle conjugated to the GAG of 2,6-diaminopyridinyl heparin (DAPHP) or hyaluronan (HA). The application method may include applying the silver nanocomposite as a coating to plastic, a catheter, or a surgical tool, wherein the silver nanocomposite applied as the coating includes the silver nanoparticle conjugated to the GAG of DAPHP. |
| US08314076B2 |
Method for inhibiting scavenger receptor-A and increasing immune Response to antigens
Provided is a method for enhancing an immune response to a desired antigen in an individual. The method is performed by administering to the individual an agent capable of inhibiting class A macrophage scavenger receptor (SR-A) and optionally administering the desired antigen. Also provided is a method for enhancing an immune response to an antigen by administering to an individual a composition containing antigen presenting cells that are characterized by specifically inhibited SR-A. Substantially purified populations of mammalian dendritic cells characterized by specifically inhibited SR-A are also provided. |
| US08314074B2 |
Formulations comprising antisense nucleotides to connexins
A therapeutic and/or cosmetic formulation comprising at least one anti-sense polynucleotide to a connexin protein together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or vehicle is useful in site specific down regulation of connexin protein expression, particularly in reduction of neuronal cells death, wound healing, reduction of inflammation, decrease of scar formation and skin rejuvenation and thickening. |
| US08314068B2 |
P2X7 inhibition of epithelial cancers and papillomas
The present invention demonstrates that P2X7 receptor induced apoptosis may be specific for cancerous cells. Treatment with the P2X7 ligand BzATP, increased cellular apoptosis with no associated inflammatory changes or abnormal skin or systemic effects. In mice treated with DMBA/TPA, BzATP decreased papilloma skin formation. BzATP also induced involution of developed papillomas and stimulated apoptosis in keratinocytes outgrowing at the base of developed papillomas. These data show that (a) P2X7 regulates apoptosis of epidermal cells; (b) in vivo, local administration of a drug that activates the P2X7 receptor can inhibit development and progression of epidermal premalignant lesions. |
| US08314067B1 |
Relatedness of human interleukin-1β convertase gene to a C. elegans cell death gene, inhibitory portions of these genes and uses therefor
Described herein is the discovery that human interleukin-1β convertase (ICE) is structurally similar to the protein encoded by the C. elegans cell death gene, ced-3. Comparative and mutational analyses of the two proteins, together with previous observations, suggest that the Ced-3 protein may be a cysteine protease like ICE and that ICE may be a human equivalent of the nematode cell death gene. Another mammalian protein, the murine NEDD-2 protein, was also found to be similar to Ced-3. The NEDD-2 gene is implicated in the development of the murine central nervous system. On the basis of these findings, novel drugs for enhancing or inhibiting the activity of ICE, ced-3, or related genes are provided. Such drugs may be useful for treating inflammatory diseases and/or diseases characterized by cell deaths, as well as cancers, autoimmune disorders, infections, and hair growth and hair loss. Furthermore, such drugs may be useful for controlling pests, parasites and genetically engineered organisms. Furthermore, novel inhibitors of the activity of ced-3, ICE and related genes are described which comprise portions of the genes or their encoded products. |
| US08314066B2 |
GH secretagogues and uses thereof
The invention relates to use of a GH secretagogue (e.g. GRF or an analog thereof) for (1) altering a lipid parameter in a subject; (2) altering a body composition parameter in a subject, (3) treating a condition characterized by deficient or decreased bone formation in a subject (4) improving daytime vigilance and/or cognitive function in a subject, (5) improving a metabolic condition in a subject, (6) improving anabolism in a catabolic condition in a subject, and/or (7) improving and/or reconstituting immune function in a subject. |
| US08314064B2 |
Uridine administration stimulates membrane production
The present invention provides methods of stimulating or enhancing production of a cellular membrane, improving a cognitive function or a neurological function, treating or ameliorating a decline in a cognitive function or a neurological function, increasing cytidine levels, or treating a neurological disorder in a subject, comprising administering a uridine, a uridine precursor, or a derivative or metabolite thereof to the subject. The invention also provides methods of improving neural function, comprising contacting the neuron with a uridine, a uridine precursor, or a derivative or metabolite thereof. |
| US08314063B2 |
Pharmaceutical formulations
A method of stabilizing an aqueous protein or antibody formulation is disclosed herein. Additionally, stable pharmaceutical formulations are contemplated which comprise a biologically active protein, a destabilizing concentration of preservative and a stabilizing concentration of osmolyte. |
| US08314062B2 |
Macrocyclic compounds as antiviral agents
The present invention relates to macrocyclic compounds of formula (I): wherein W, n, m, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, Ra, M, Z and ring B are defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and their use for the treatment or prevention of infection by hepatitis C virus. |
| US08314057B2 |
Laundry composition for treatment of sunscreen stains based on extended chain nonionic surfactants
The invention discloses synergistic combinations of surfactants blends and cleaning composition. In certain embodiments a surfactant system is disclosed which includes extended anionic surfactants, linker surfactants, and a multiply charged cation component. This system forms emulsions with, and can remove greasy and oily stains, even those comprised of non-trans fats. In another embodiment anionic surfactants are combined with a solvent, and amine oxide to remove sunscreen stains. The compositions may be used alone, as a pre-spotter or other pre-treatment or as a part of a soft surface or hard surface cleaning composition. |
| US08314055B2 |
Materials and systems for advanced substrate cleaning
The embodiments of the present invention provide improved materials, apparatus, and methods for cleaning wafer surfaces, especially surfaces of patterned wafers (or substrates). The cleaning materials, apparatus, and methods discussed have advantages in cleaning patterned substrates with fine features without substantially damaging the features. The cleaning material includes polymers of one or more polymeric compounds. The cleaning materials can be used in a wide range of viscosity and pH to clean different types of surfaces. The cleaning materials are in liquid phase, and deform around device features to capture the contaminants on the substrate. The polymers entrap the contaminants preventing their return to the substrate surface. The cleaning apparatus is designed to dispense and rinse cleaning materials with a range of viscosities. |
| US08314054B2 |
Mild multi-phased personal care composition
The present invention relates to a mild multi-phased personal care composition that contains a surfactant component containing a surfactant or a mixture of surfactants; where said mild multi-phased personal care composition has a Structured Domain Volume Ratio of at least about 45%. |
| US08314047B2 |
Preparation of desulphurisation materials
A process for the preparation of a desulfurization material includes: (i) forming a zinc/aluminium hydrotalcite composition, and (ii) calcining the composition to form a zinc oxide/alumina material, in which one or more nickel compounds are included in the hydrotalcite formation step, and/or are impregnated onto the hydrotalcite composition and/or the calcined zinc oxide/alumina material, and the resulting composition dried and recovered. |
| US08314044B2 |
Fibrous composite catalytic structures and their use in chemical reactors
Permeable composite fibrous catalytic sheets comprised of at least three distinct solid phases. A first solid phase is an electrically conductive phase comprised of randomly oriented electrically conductive carbon fibers. A second solid phase is a 3-dimensional porous network of a non-conductive porous ceramic material. A third phase is comprised of catalytic particles dispersed on said 3-dimensional porous network. |
| US08314041B2 |
Water-dispersible and multicomponent fibers from sulfopolyesters
Disclosed are multicomponent fibers derived from a blend of a sulfopolyester with a water non-dispersible polymer wherein the as-spun denier is less than about 6 and wherein the water dispersible sulfopolyester exhibits a melt viscosity of less than 12,000 poise measured at 240° C. at a strain rate of 1 rad/sec, and wherein the sulfopolyester comprising less than about 25 mole % of residues of at least one sulfomonomer, based on the total moles of diacid or diol residues. The multicomponent fiber is capable of being drawn at a relatively high fiber speed, particularly at least about 2000 m/min, and may be used to produce microdenier fibers. Fibrous articles may be produced from the multicomponent fibers and microdenier fibers. Also disclosed is a process for multicomponent fibers, nonwoven fabrics, and microdenier webs. |
| US08314036B2 |
Methods of forming fine patterns of semiconductor device
A method of forming fine patterns of a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming plural preliminary first mask patterns, which are spaced apart from each other by a first distance in a direction parallel to a surface of a substrate, on the substrate; forming an acid solution layer on the substrate to cover the plural preliminary first mask patterns; forming plural first mask patterns which are spaced apart from each other by a second distance larger than the first distance, of which upper and side portions are surrounded by acid diffusion regions having first solubility; exposing the first acid diffusion regions by removing the acid solution layer; forming a second mask layer having second solubility lower than the first solubility in spaces between the acid diffusion regions; and forming plural second mask patterns located between the plural first mask patterns, respectively, by removing the acid diffusion regions by the dissolvent. |
| US08314032B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor (TFT) through a process including back exposure, in which oxide semiconductor is used for a channel layer; using an electrode over a substrate as a mask, negative resist is exposed to light from the back of the substrate; the negative resist except its exposed part is removed; and an electrode is shaped by etching a conductive film using the exposed part as an etching mask. |
| US08314026B2 |
Anchored conductive via and method for forming
A conductive via and a method of forming. The conductive via includes a portion located between a conductive contact structure and an overhang portion of a dielectric layer located above the conductive contact structure. In one embodiment, the overhang portion is formed by forming an undercutting layer over the conductive contact structure and then forming a dielectric layer over the conductive contact structure and the undercutting layer. An opening is formed in the dielectric layer and material of the undercutting layer is removed through the opening to create an overhang portion of the dielectric layer. Conductive material of the conductive via is then formed under the overhang portion and in the opening. |
| US08314023B2 |
Methods involving memory with high dielectric constant antifuses adapted for use at low voltage
Methods involve using a memory array having memory cells comprising a diode and an antifuse, in which the antifuse is made smaller and programmed at lower voltage by using an antifuse material having a higher dielectric constant and a higher acceleration factor than those of silicon dioxide, and in which the diode is made of a material having a lower band gap than that of silicon. Such memory arrays can be made to have long operating lifetimes by using the high acceleration factor and lower band gap materials. Antifuse materials having dielectric constants between 5 and 27, for example, hafnium silicon oxynitride or hafnium silicon oxide, are particularly effective. Diode materials with band gaps lower than that of silicon, such as germanium or a silicon-germanium alloy, are particularly effective. |
| US08314015B2 |
Silicon surface modification for the electrochemical synthesis of silicon particles in suspension
A process of silicon (Si) surface modification is provided for the electrochemical synthesis of Si particles in suspension. The process begins with a Si first substrate with a surface, and forms Si particles attached to the surface. Hydrogen-terminated Si particles are created and the first substrate is immersed in a hexane/1-octene (1/1 volume ratio) solution with a catalytic amount of chloroplatinic acid (H2PtCl6). 1-octene is bonded with the hydrogen-terminated Si particles, creating modified Si particles, with octane capping ligands, attached to the substrate surface. The first substrate is then exposed to ultrasonication, separating the modified Si particles from the first substrate. After removing the first substrate, a suspension is created of modified Si particles suspended in excess hexane/1-octene. |
| US08314014B2 |
Laser processing apparatus and laser processing method
A laser processing apparatus including a laser beam applying unit. The laser beam applying unit includes a laser beam generating unit, a focusing unit, and an optical system for guiding a laser beam from the laser beam generating unit to the focusing unit. The optical system includes a first polarization beam splitter for splitting the laser beam generated from the laser beam generating unit into a first laser beam and a second laser beam, a half-wave plate inserted between the laser beam generating unit and the first polarization beam splitter, a first mirror for reflecting the first laser beam transmitted through the first polarization beam splitter to an optical path parallel to the optical path of the second laser beam, a second mirror for reflecting the second laser beam in a direction perpendicular to the direction of incidence of the second laser beam, and a second polarization beam splitter located at a position where the first laser beam reflected by the first mirror intersects the second laser beam reflected by the second mirror. |
| US08314013B2 |
Semiconductor chip manufacturing method
A substrate dividing method which can thin and divide a substrate while preventing chipping and cracking from occurring. This substrate dividing method comprises the steps of irradiating a semiconductor substrate 1 having a front face 3 formed with functional devices 19 with laser light while positioning a light-converging point within the substrate, so as to form a modified region including a molten processed region due to multiphoton absorption within the semiconductor substrate 1, and causing the modified region including the molten processed region to form a starting point region for cutting; and grinding a rear face 21 of the semiconductor substrate 1 after the step of forming the starting point region for cutting such that the semiconductor substrate 1 attains a predetermined thickness. |
| US08314012B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor substrate and method for manufacturing semiconductor device
An SOI substrate having a single crystal semiconductor layer with high surface planarity is manufactured. A semiconductor substrate is doped with hydrogen, whereby a damaged region which contains large quantity of hydrogen is formed. After a single crystal semiconductor substrate and a supporting substrate are bonded together, the semiconductor substrate is heated, whereby the single crystal semiconductor substrate is separated in the damaged region. While a heated high-purity nitrogen gas is sprayed on a separation plane of the single crystal semiconductor layer separated from the single crystal semiconductor substrate, laser beam irradiation is performed. By irradiation with a laser beam, the single crystal semiconductor layer is melted, whereby planarity of the surface of the single crystal semiconductor layer is improved and re-single-crystallization is performed. |
| US08314009B2 |
Method for manufacturing SOI substrate and method for manufacturing semiconductor device
A nitrogen-containing layer is formed over a semiconductor substrate; ions are added at a predetermined depth in the semiconductor substrate through the nitrogen-containing layer to form a separation layer; an insulating layer is formed over the nitrogen-containing layer; a surface of the insulating layer and a surface of a base substrate are bonded to each other; the semiconductor substrate is cleaved with the separation layer as a cleavage plane, so that single crystal semiconductor layer is formed over the base substrate with the insulating layer interposed therebetween. The ions are added by irradiating the semiconductor layer with an ion beam in a rectangular shape or a linear shape while moving the semiconductor substrate relative to the ion beam in a short side direction of the ion beam. |
| US08314008B2 |
Method of mounting MEMS integrated circuits directly from wafer film frame
A method mounting a MEMS integrated circuit on a substrate. The method includes the steps of: (a) providing a film frame tape supported by a wafer film frame, the film frame tape having the plurality of MEMS integrated circuits releasably attached via respective frontsides to the film frame tape; (b) treating a backside surface oxide layer of each MEMS integrated circuit with liquid ammonia; (c) positioning a substrate at the backside of one of said MEMS integrated circuits; (d) positioning a bonding tool on a zone of the film frame tape aligned with the MEMS integrated circuit; and (e) applying a bonding force from the bonding tool so as to bond the backside of the MEMS integrated circuit to the substrate. |
| US08314006B2 |
Method for manufacturing bonded wafer
Provided is a method for manufacturing a bonded wafer with a good thin film over the entire substrate surface, especially in the vicinity of the lamination terminal point. The method for manufacturing a bonded wafer comprises at least the following steps of: forming an ion-implanted region by implanting a hydrogen ion or a rare gas ion, or the both types of ions from a surface of a first substrate which is a semiconductor substrate; subjecting at least one of an ion-implanted surface of the first substrate and a surface of a second substrate to be attached to a surface activation treatment; laminating the ion-implanted surface of the first substrate and the surface of the second substrate in an atmosphere with a humidity of 30% or less and/or a moisture content of 6 g/m3 or less; and a splitting the first substrate at the ion-implanted region so as to reduce thickness of the first substrate, thereby manufacturing a bonded wafer with a thin film on the second substrate. |
| US08314004B2 |
Semiconductor device manufacturing method
Provided is a semiconductor device manufacturing method for a capacitor having a dielectric film which can be formed into a thin film, can be formed at a low temperature, and has a readily controllable property. The manufacturing method includes: forming, on a conductor for serving as one electrode of a capacitor, a manganese oxide film for serving as a dielectric film of the capacitor; and forming, on the manganese oxide film, a conductive film for serving as the other electrode of the capacitor. |
| US08314003B2 |
Nonvolatile memory devices that use resistance materials and internal electrodes, and related methods and processing systems
A nonvolatile memory device, a method of fabricating the nonvolatile memory device and a processing system including the nonvolatile memory device. The nonvolatile memory device may include a plurality of internal electrodes that extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to a face of a substrate, a plurality of first external electrodes that extend substantially in parallel with the face of the substrate, and a plurality of second external electrodes that also extend substantially in parallel with the face of the substrate. Each first external electrode is on a first side of a respective one of the internal electrodes, and each second external electrode is on a second side of a respective one of the internal electrodes. These devices also include a plurality of variable resistors that contact the internal electrodes, the first external electrodes and the second external electrodes. |
| US08313997B2 |
Method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory using two exposure masks to form a same wiring layer
A manufacturing method for a semiconductor memory having a memory cell area, a peripheral area and a boundary area having a specific width provided therebetween, including performing a first exposure to the memory cell array area using a first mask formed of a first patterned transparent substrate and a first light shielding portion provided on the first transparent substrate and positioned above the peripheral circuit area; and performing a second exposure to the peripheral circuit area using a second mask including a second patterned transparent substrate and a second light shielding portion positioned above the memory cell array area. The first and second masks have respective first and second unpatterned areas positioned above the peripheral circuit and boundary areas, and the memory cell array area, respectively, the first and the second exposures forming a same wiring layer above the semiconductor substrate. |
| US08313991B2 |
Method for fabricating a high-K metal gate MOS
A method is provided for fabricating a high-K metal gate MOS device. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate having a surface region, a gate oxide layer on the surface region, a sacrificial gate electrode on the gate oxide layer, and a covering layer on the sacrificial gate electrode, an inter-layer dielectric layer on the semiconductor substrate and the sacrificial gate electrode. The method also includes planarizing the inter-layer dielectric layer to expose a portion of the covering layer atop the sacrificial gate electrode, implanting nitrogen ions into the inter-layer dielectric layer until a depth of implantation is deeper than a thickness of the portion of the covering layer atop the sacrificial gate electrode and polishing the inter-layer dielectric layer to expose a surface of the sacrificial gate electrode, removing the sacrificial gate electrode, and depositing a metal gate. |
| US08313981B2 |
Chip card, and method for the production thereof
A chip card in the form of an ID-1 card, a plug-in SIM or a USB token has a layered compound with two or three layers extending over the complete chip card. The chip card including an exterior foil layer has on its outward facing front side a communication contact layout and on its back side a flip chip, as well as a flip chip contact layout which is electroconductively connected with the communication contact layout on the front side. |
| US08313979B2 |
Phase change memory cell having vertical channel access transistor
A device includes a substrate having a first region and a second region. The first region comprises a first field effect transistor having a horizontal channel region within the substrate, a gate overlying the horizontal channel region, and a first dielectric covering the gate of the first field effect transistor. The second region of the substrate includes a second field effect transistor comprising a first terminal extending through the first dielectric to contact the substrate, a second terminal overlying the first terminal and having a top surface, and a vertical channel region separating the first and second terminals. The second field effect transistor also includes a gate on the first dielectric and adjacent the vertical channel region, the gate having a top surface that is co-planar with the top surface of the second terminal. |
| US08313973B2 |
Method for producing a photovoltaic module
A method for producing a photovoltaic module by contacting at least one layer of liquid encapsulant and a plurality of solar cells. The liquid encapsulant has two components. The first component is an acrylic polyol having a terminal hydroxy group, an average number of hydroxy-functional monomer units per polymer chain from 2 to 25 and Mn from 1,000 to 10,000. The second component is an aliphatic polyisocyanate with an average functionality of at least two. The molar ratio of non-terminal hydroxy groups in the polyol to isocyanate groups in the aliphatic polyisocyanate is from 0.5:1 to 1:0.5. |
| US08313970B2 |
Planar microshells for vacuum encapsulated devices and damascene method of manufacture
Low temperature, multi-layered, planar microshells for encapsulation of devices such as MEMS and microelectronics. The microshells include a planar perforated pre-sealing layer, below which a non-planar sacrificial layer is accessed, and a sealing layer to close the perforation in the pre-sealing layer after the sacrificial material is removed. In an embodiment, the pre-sealing layer has perforations formed with a damascene process to be self-aligned to the chamber below the microshell. The sealing layer may include a nonhermetic layer to physically occlude the perforation and a hermetic layer over the nonhermetic occluding layer to seal the perforation. In a particular embodiment, the hermetic layer is a metal which is electrically coupled to a conductive layer adjacent to the microshell to electrically ground the microshell. |
| US08313966B2 |
Method for fabricating optical semiconductor tubes and devices thereof
Semiconductor micro- and nanotubes allow the incorporation of ordered structures such as quantum wells and quantum dots into them providing the potential for ultralow threshold micro- and nanoscale lasers for use in applications such as future ultrahigh-speed photonic systems as well as quantum information processing. According to the invention a means of manufacturing these with high reproducibility, low processing complexity, and at high densities is provided. Also provided is a means of releasing these micro- and nanotubes with low stress and a method of “pick-and-place” allowing micro- and nanotubes to be exploited in devices integrated on substrates that are either incompatible with the manufacturing technique or where the area of substrate required to manufacture them is detrimental to the cost or performance of the circuit. |
| US08313965B2 |
Crystallization processing for semiconductor applications
A method and apparatus for forming a crystalline semiconductor layer on a substrate are provided. A semiconductor layer is formed by vapor deposition. A pulsed laser melt/recrystallization process is performed to convert the semiconductor layer to a crystalline layer. Laser, or other electromagnetic radiation, pulses are formed into a pulse train and uniformly distributed over a treatment zone, and successive neighboring treatment zones are exposed to the pulse train to progressively convert the deposited material to crystalline material. |
| US08313964B2 |
Singulation method and resulting device of thick gallium and nitrogen containing substrates
A method for singulation of thick GaN wafers (e.g., 300-400 um) through the use of a double-side laser-scribe process. In a preferred embodiment, the patterned GaN substrate is processed using a laser-scribe on each side of the substrate to form scribe lines. The scribe lines are aligned to each other. In a preferred embodiment, the substrate has not been subjected to a thinning or polishing process for reducing its thickness. |
| US08313963B2 |
Light emitting device
A light emitting device includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface not parallel to the first surface, and a light emission layer disposed over the second surface to emit light. The light emission layer has a light emission surface which is not parallel to the first surface. |
| US08313962B2 |
Method for attaching optical components onto silicon-based integrated circuits
Hybrid integration of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) and/or other optical device components with silicon-based integrated circuits. A multitude of individual VCSELs or optical devices are processed on the surface of a compound semiconductor wafer and then transferred to a silicon-based integrated circuit. A specific sacrificial or removable separation layer is employed between the optical components and the mother semiconductor substrate. The transfer of the optical components to a carrier substrate is followed by the elimination of the sacrificial or separation layer and simultaneous removal of the mother substrate. This is followed by the attachment and interconnection of the optical components to the surface of, or embedded within the upper layers of, an integrated circuit, followed by the release of the components from the carrier substrate. It is possible to place and interconnect VCSELs directly within the physical structure of the integrated circuit, thus greatly reducing the power requirements, the distance of interconnecting lines, and the resultant operational speed. A variation allows the selective placement of groups of physically-connected VCSELs, and the collection and placement of large numbers of fabricated VCSELs onto foreign substrates using a vacuum plating tool. |
| US08313958B2 |
Magnetic microelectronic device attachment
The present disclosure relates to the field of fabricating microelectronic packages, wherein microelectronic devices of the microelectronic packages may have magnetic attachment structures comprising a magnetic material formed on an attachment structure. The microelectronic device may be aligned on a substrate with a magnetic field and then held in place therewith while being attached to the substrate. The microelectronic device may also be aligned with an alignment plate which magnetically aligns and holds the component in place while being packaged. |
| US08313956B2 |
Apparatus and associated methods
An apparatus for the selective release of a bound species based on the presence of an analyte, the apparatus comprising: a first and second receptor species, the first receptor species linked with a bound species and configured to interact with an analyte to form a first intermediate complex, the bound species for causing increased porosity of a membrane of an in-contact analyte sensor apparatus to correspondingly increase exposure of a sensing element of the analyte sensor apparatus to allow for production of a detectable electrical signal which can be used to sense the presence of the analyte, the second receptor species for interacting with the first intermediate complex to form a second intermediate complex; and a cleaving species, the cleaving species configured to interact with the second intermediate complex to release the bound species for use in sensing the presence of the analyte. |
| US08313951B2 |
Method and assembly for determining the temperature of a test sensor
An assembly determines an analyte concentration in a sample of body fluid. The assembly includes a test sensor having a fluid-receiving area for receiving a sample of body fluid, where the fluid-receiving area contains a reagent that produces a measurable reaction with an analyte in the sample. The assembly also includes a meter having a port or opening configured to receive the test sensor; a measurement system configured to determine a measurement of the reaction between the reagent and the analyte; and a temperature-measuring system configured to determine a measurement of the test-sensor temperature when the test sensor is received into the opening. The meter determines a concentration of the analyte in the sample according to the measurement of the reaction and the measurement of the test-sensor temperature. |
| US08313947B2 |
Method for testing a contact structure
A method of testing a contact structure including exposing a gold layer of at least one contact structure of a support structure to a solution including glacial acetic acid and nitric acid; and determining a porosity of the gold layer of at least one contact structure after the exposing. |
| US08313939B2 |
Injection molded mycelium and method
A method of making a molded part, including forming a liquid aggregate from a mixture of ground aggregate and a fluid. A fungal inoculum and the liquid aggregate are injected into a first mold cavity. The first mold cavity is sealed against a second mold cavity. Live mycelium is grown from the fungal inoculum to fill the first and second mold cavities. The live mycelium is cured to terminate further growth and develop a formed substrate. |
| US08313932B2 |
Polymerase inhibitor and method of using same
The present invention provides nucleic acid based polymerase inhibitors and methods for reducing non-specific polymerase extension and amplification in nucleic acid amplification reactions. The polymerase inhibitors provide a double stranded nucleic acid portion that is recognized by a polymerase enzyme as a template for extension but is incapable of being extended by the polymerase enzyme. The polymerase binds to the polymerase inhibitor which sequesters the enzyme until the temperature achieves a level that denatures the double stranded portion of the inhibitor after which the polymerase is released and can then catalyze nucleic acid extension. |
| US08313931B2 |
Dual oligonucleotide method of nucleic acid detection
Methods for amplifying and detecting nucleic acids are described, as well as sets of 5′ labeled oligonucleotides. |
| US08313928B2 |
Expression system
An immunogenic reagent which produces an immune response which is protective against Bacillus anthracis, said reagent comprising one or more polypeptides which together represent up to three domains of the full length Protective Antigen (PA) of B. anthracis or variants of these, and at least one of said domains comprises domain 1 or domain 4 of PA or a variant thereof. The polypeptides of the immunogenic reagent as well as full length PA are produced by expression from E. coli. High yields of polypeptide are obtained using this method. Cells, vectors and nucleic acids used in the method are also described and claimed. |
| US08313927B2 |
UCP4
The present invention is directed to a novel polypeptide, designated in the present application as “UCP4” (SEQ ID NO: 1), having homology to certain human uncoupling proteins (“UCPs”) and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention, and methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention. |
| US08313926B2 |
Methods for expressing ADAMTS proteins in cell culture medium supplemented with zinc
The present invention provides culture mediums that are useful for the expression of ADAMTS proteins, such as ADAMTS13. Methods for the expression and purification of ADAMTS proteins are also provided. In some embodiments, the mediums and methods of the invention are useful for the expression of ADAMTS proteins having high specific activities. Also provided are ADAMTS, e.g., ADAMTS13, protein compositions with high specific activities, which are expressed and purified according to the methods provided herein. |
| US08313921B2 |
Reclaimable hybrid bioreactor
A method of biodegrading municipal solid waste includes providing a quantity of municipal solid waste and promoting anaerobic digestion in the quantity of municipal solid waste by methanogenic organisms to produce methane. The methane production is monitored and when it is determined that production of methane from the quantity of municipal solid waste has subsided, aerobic digestion of the quantity of municipal solid waste is promoted. A gas collection system in operative association with the quantity of organic waste collects biogas and the biogas is monitored and the rate of gas collection is adjusted as necessary to maximize methane collection. A leachate collection system collects leachate from the quantity of municipal solid waste and circulates the leachate back to the quantity of organic waste during the anaerobic digestion and aerobic digestion steps. The leachate is preferably supplemented with liquid as necessary to maintain the moisture content of the quantity of municipal solid waste at at least the field capacity of the municipal solid waste. The leachate collection and distribution system may further be used for balancing pH or varying the nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, calcium, magnesium, chlorine, sulfur, iron, copper, manganese, zinc, molybdenum, nickel or vanadium content of the municipal solid waste during biodegradation. A porous pavement layer may be constructed over the leachate collection system to protect the leachate collection system and bottom lining during operation and excavation of the wastes. |
| US08313919B2 |
Diagnostic test for renal injury
A method is provided of diagnosing and monitoring acute renal injury leading to acute renal failure in a human or mammalian subject by determining the ratio of the concentration of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) in urine to that in plasma or serum. |
| US08313917B2 |
Methods of diagnosing latent and active malignancies
Disclosed are procedures and methods for diagnosing latent and active cancers in a subject. The described methods include the use of sandwich ELISA assays containing antibodies specific for certain epitopes on the A-protein. This enables the assay to discriminate between the monomelic and homopolymeric forms of A-protein. |
| US08313914B2 |
Compositions and methods for modulation of cell migration
A peptide includes SEQ ID NO:3, substitution and addition variants thereof which maintain the ability to activate CD44. A complex includes this peptide or an Å6 polypeptide with a CD44 polypeptide. An isolated polypeptide includes the Link region sequence of human CD44, functionally active fragments thereof, substitution variants, and addition variants. A method of treating a disease characterized by aberrant cell migration and/or invasion includes administering to a subject an effective amount of the peptide of SEQ ID NO:3 or an Å6 polypeptide to bind to a CD44 polypeptide and modulate signal transduction activity for a sufficient period of time to treat the disease. Other methods include using the peptide of SEQ ID NO:3 or an Å6 polypeptide for diagnosing, identifying a subpopulation of subjects responsive to treatment, and screening for compounds that bind a CD44 polypeptide. |
| US08313910B1 |
Isolated genomic polynucleotide fragments from chromosome 12 that encode human mouse double minute 2 homolog
The invention is directed to isolated genomic polynucleotide fragments that encode human carboxypeptidase M and human mouse double minute 2 homolog, vectors and hosts containing these fragments and fragments hybridizing to noncoding regions as well as antisense oligonucleotides to these fragments. The invention is further directed to methods of using these fragments to obtain human carboxypeptidase M and human mouse double minute 2 homolog and to diagnose, treat, prevent and/or ameliorate a pathological disorder. |
| US08313907B2 |
Charge perturbation detection system for DNA and other molecules
Methods and apparatus for direct detection of chemical reactions are provided. In a preferred embodiment, electric charge perturbations of the local environment during enzyme-catalyzed reactions are sensed by an electrode system with an immobilized target molecule. The target molecule is preferably DNA. The charge perturbation caused by the polymerase reaction can uniquely identify a DNA sequence. The polymerization process generates local perturbations of charge in the solution near the electrode surface and induces a charge in a polarazible gold electrode. This event is detected as a transient current by a voltage clamp amplifier. Detection of single nucleotides in a sequence can be determined by dispensing individual dNTPs to the electrode solution and detecting the charge perturbations. Alternatively, multiple bases can be determined at the same time using a mix of all dNTPs with subsequent analysis of the resulting signal. The initial enzyme attachment to the DNA molecule can be detected prior to polymerization, with electrode capacitance measurement using the same voltage-clamp amplifier. This technique and device may be adapted to other reaction determinations, such as enzymatic reactions, other electrode configurations, and other amplifying circuits. |
| US08313906B2 |
Methods and systems for microfluidic DNA sample preparation
The present invention relates to methods and systems for microfluidic DNA sample preparation. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and systems for the isolation of DNA from patient samples on a microfluidic device and use of the DNA for downstream processing, such as performing amplification reactions and thermal melt analysis on the microfluidic device. |
| US08313904B2 |
Biological analysis arrangement and approach therefor
Characteristics of a chemical or biological sample are detected using an approach involving light detection. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, an assaying arrangement including a light detector is adapted to detect light from a sample, such as a biological material. A signal corresponding to the detected light is used to characterize the sample, for example, by detecting a light-related property thereof. In one implementation, the assaying arrangement includes integrated circuitry having a light detector and a programmable processor, with the light detector generating a signal corresponding to the light and sending the signal to the processor. The processor provides an output corresponding to the signal and indicative of a characteristic of the sample. |
| US08313902B2 |
Magnetic fine particles having lower critical solution temperature
The present invention relates to magnetic fine particles having a lower critical solution temperature to which at least one substance selected from biotin and avidin is immobilized, and a method of converting a substance, a method of separating or concentrating a microorganism, a method of modifying a denatured protein, a method of detecting a nucleic acid, a separating agent, and a method of separating a biological substance using the same. |
| US08313901B2 |
Methods and compositions related to the modulation of riboswitches
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions related to the detection of conformational changes and interactions with trigger molecules in riboswitches. |
| US08313897B2 |
Method for preserving viral particles
A method for preserving viral particles comprises: (i) providing an aqueous solution of one or more sugars, a polyethyleneimine and said viral particles wherein the concentration of polyethyleneimine is 15 μM or less based on the number-average molar mass (Mn) of the polyethyleneimine and the sugar concentration or, if more than one sugar is present, total sugar concentration is greater than 0.1 M; and (ii) drying the solution to form an amorphous solid matrix comprising said viral particles. |
| US08313895B2 |
Droplet-based surface modification and washing
The present invention relates to droplet-based surface modification and washing. According to one embodiment, a method of providing a bead-containing droplet with a reduced concentration of a substance is provided, the method including providing a droplet microactuator including a droplet having a starting volume and including one or more beads and a starting concentration and starting quantity of the substance. The method further includes conducting one or more droplet operations to merge a wash droplet with the droplet provided in the above step to yield a combined droplet and including one or more droplet operations to divide the combined droplet to yield a set of droplets including a droplet including substantially all of the one or more beads and having a decreased concentration of the substance relative to the starting concentration and a droplet which is substantially lacking in the beads. |
| US08313893B2 |
Method of decellularizing porcine cornea
Disclosed is a method for processing porcine cornea using an aqueous NaCl solution and an aqueous trypsin/EDTA solution to decellularize enucleated porcine cornea. The porcine cornea processed by the method causes neither inflammation nor immune rejection. The porcine corneal stroma decellularized by the method can be recellularized together with host keratocytes after transplantation. |
| US08313888B2 |
Photosensitive flexographic printing original plate
The present invention provides a photosensitive flexographic printing original plate provided with a heat sensitive mask layer having high light blocking effect and durability yet prepared as a thin film. A photosensitive flexographic printing original plate including at least (A) a supporting member, (B) a photosensitive resin layer, (C) a protective layer and (D) a heat sensitive mask layer that are successively laminated, wherein the heat sensitive mask layer (D) contains carbon black and, as a dispersion binder therefor, a butyral resin as well as polyamide containing polar group selected from the group consisting of polyamide containing a tertiary amine group, polyamide containing a quaternary ammonium salt group, polyamide containing an ether group and polyamide containing a sulfonic group. |
| US08313884B2 |
Toner processes utilizing a defoamer as a coalescence aid for continuous and batch emulsion aggregation
A process for making toner particles is provided. In embodiments, a suitable process includes adding a defoamer to an emulsion utilized to form toner particles. Utilization of the defoamer allows for a reduction in the overall aggregation/coalescence cycle time and slurry viscosity, while producing a toner with improved GSDs, low coarse and target circularities. |
| US08313881B2 |
Polyester resin and toner including the same
A toner for an electrophotographic image forming process or an electrostatic printing process, and a polyester resin for the toner are disclosed. The polyester resin comprises: acid components including 70 to 96 mol % of aromatic dibasic acid component, 3 to 20 mol % of cycloaliphatic dibasic acid component, and 1 to 10 mol % of trivalent or higher acid component; alcohol components including 10 to 50 mol % of cycloaliphatic diol component, 2 to 20 mol % of trihydric or higher alcohol component, and 30 to 88 mol % of aliphatic diol component; and a heat stabilizer. |
| US08313878B2 |
Toner set, developer set, image forming apparatus and image forming method
A toner set has toners used in an image forming method by forming a toner image with toners of several colors and fixing the toner image onto a recording medium. The toners include first and second toners of different colors. The first and second toners contain toner base particles including a binding resin, a colorant and a wax. The colorant of the first toner contains a quinacridone pigment. The wax includes a carnauba wax and a wax other than the carnauba wax. The base particles of the first toner have a mass % Wq1 of carnauba wax and Wo1 of the other wax and the base particles of the second toner have a mass % Wq2 of carnauba wax and Wo2 of the other wax. These mass % values are selected to satisfy the following: Wq1/(Wq1+Wq2) |
| US08313874B2 |
Structure of solid oxide fuel cell
Disclosed is a structure of a solid oxide fuel cell, including a porous tubular anode support having a plurality of through holes, and an electrolyte layer and a cathode layer sequentially formed on the inner surface of the tubular anode support, so that fuel flows via the plurality of through holes and air flows through the inside of the cathode layer, thus increasing a diffusion rate of fuel and air to thereby increase the reaction rate, resulting in excellent cell performance. This structure eliminates the flow of fuel and air around the outside of the fuel cell, thus preventing the formation of an oxidizing atmosphere at the inside and outside of the tubular cell, thereby increasing lifespan of the cell and ensuring cell reliability. |
| US08313870B2 |
Integrated flow field (IFF) structure
The present disclosure relates in part to a flow field structure comprising a hydrophilic part and a hydrophobic part communicably attached to each other via a connecting interface. The present disclosure further relates to electrochemical cells comprising the aforementioned flow fields. |
| US08313869B2 |
Fuel cell power generating system and fuel cell power generating system operating method
A fuel cell power generation system 100 includes a mechanism for detachably holding an adsorptive desulfurization section 5 for adsorbing a sulfur component in a hydrocarbon-based raw material; a reformer for generating hydrogen-containing gas from the raw material which has passed the adsorptive desulfurization section 5; a fuel cell 8 for generating power using the hydrogen-containing gas as a fuel; a raw material supply section 4 for controlling a flow rate of the raw material to be supplied to the adsorptive desulfurization section 5; and an operating control section 16 for controlling a behavior of the raw material supply section 4 and a behavior of the fuel cell 8. When the adsorptive desulfurization section 5 is detected to have been exchanged, the operating control section 16 controls at least one of the behavior of the raw material supply section 4 and the behavior of the fuel cell 8, such that a ratio of the flow rate with respect to a target value for power generation by the fuel cell 8 is temporarily higher than the ratio of the flow rate with respect to the target value for the power generation before the exchange. |
| US08313865B2 |
Separator
Provided is a separator made of a laminated porous film in which a heat-resistant layer that comprises a heat-resistant resin and a shut-down layer that comprises a thermoplastic resin are laminated, wherein the heat-resistant layer further comprises two or more fillers, and the value of D2/D1 is 0.15 or less where among values each obtained by measuring the average particle diameter of particles that constitute one of the two or more fillers, the largest value is let be D1 and the second largest value is let be D2. |
| US08313864B2 |
Li-ion battery with blended electrode
An electrochemical cell with a blended cathode in one embodiment includes a negative electrode including a form of lithium, a positive electrode spaced apart from the negative electrode, a separator positioned between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, a first active material in the positive electrode including a form of lithium, and a second active material in the positive electrode including a form of sulfur. |
| US08313859B2 |
Battery cathodes
Batteries are disclosed. In some embodiments, a battery includes a cathode having a composition that includes a manganese oxide. The composition has an X-ray diffraction pattern with a first peak at about 18 degrees, a second peak at about 22 degrees, and a third peak at about 32 degrees. |
| US08313858B2 |
Electrode of lithium ion battery and lithium ion battery using the same
An electrode of a lithium ion battery includes a current collector, an electrode material layer disposed on a top surface of the current collector, and a protective film located on a top surface of the electrode material layer. A composition of the protective film is at least one of AlxMyPO4 and AlxMy(PO3)3, M represents at least one chemical element of Cr, Zn, Mg, Zr, Mo, V, Nb, and Ta, and a valence of M is represented by k, wherein 0 |
| US08313855B2 |
Interconnection washer assembly for a battery assembly
A storage battery assembly for vehicles includes a plurality of battery cells. Each battery cell includes a closed housing and at least one terminal extending from the housing. Conductive bars are mounted on dedicated terminals. The conductive bars electrically connect the battery cells. At least one circuit board comprises electronic circuitry configured for at least one of monitoring and controlling the battery cells. The terminals have electrically conductive interconnection washers mounted thereon. The interconnection washers extend to a dedicated circuit board and are connected with electronic circuitry on the respective circuit board. The circuit is board connected to at least one interconnection washer located adjacent to the at least one terminal to which the at least one interconnection washer is connected. |
| US08313854B2 |
Electricity generation module including a plurality of electrochemical cells and support plates forming spacers for the electrochemical cells
An electricity generation module including: a plurality of basic electrochemical cells; plates for supporting the basic cells, the support plates forming spacers for two consecutive basic cells; and a loading mechanism configured to maintain the relative position of the basic cells and the support plates by pressure. |
| US08313847B2 |
Information storage devices using magnetic domain wall movement
Information storage devices are provided. An information storage device includes a track including at least one Co alloy layer and a soft magnetic layer. The track further includes a plurality of magnetic domains. A current applying element is connected to the track. The track includes a plurality of layers stacked alternately. |
| US08313843B2 |
Light-emitting polymer composition and organic EL display device using the same
A light-emitting polymer composition for a light-emitting layer in an organic EL display device includes at least first and second light-emitting polymers having different interfacial characteristics which lower a cohesion between elements of the first and second light-emitting polymers. |
| US08313841B2 |
Device based on nitinol, a process for its production, and its use
The present invention relates to a device comprising a substrate based essentially on nitinol and, arranged thereon at least partially, a covering or a coating based on at least one polyphosphazene derivative having the general formula (I), a process for its production, and the use of the device as an artificial implant, vascular or nonvascular stent, catheter, thrombolectomy or embolectomy catheter, fragmentation spindle or catheter, filter, vascular connector, hernia patch, oral, dental or throat implant or urether. |
| US08313840B2 |
Medical device having surface lubricity in wet state
A medical device wherein a metal base and a surface lubricating layer are fixed with each other more firmly. The medical device permanently exhibits excellent surface lubricity when in use. A medical device which has a lubricating surface when wet, is characterized by comprising a base layer which is composed of a metal material, an intermediate layer which covers at least a part of the base layer and is composed of a compound that has a plurality of thiol groups in each molecule, and a surface lubricating layer which covers the surface of the intermediate layer and is composed of a hydrophilic polymer that has a reactive functional group. The medical device is also characterized in that the surface lubricating layer is bonded to the base layer via the intermediate layer by reacting the compound having thiol groups with the hydrophilic polymer. |
| US08313835B2 |
Process for the production of multi-layer coatings
A process for the production of multi-layer coatings comprising the successive steps: 1) applying an 8 to 20 μm thick coating layer from an aqueous coating composition A onto a substrate provided with an EDC primer, 2) applying a 5 to 15 μm thick base coat layer from an aqueous coating composition B onto the previously applied coating layer, 3) applying a clear coat layer onto the base coat layer, 4) jointly curing the three coating layers, wherein coating compositions A and B being different from each other and wherein the coating composition A contains at least one metal platelet pigment having a thickness from 10 to 100 nm in a proportion corresponding to a pigment/resin solids ratio by weight from 0.06:1 to 0.2:1. |
| US08313833B2 |
Superabsorbent water-resistant coatings
Articles coated with a water-resistant coating that absorbs water to provide the water-resistant effect, and desorbs water when the coating is dried, and a method of providing water resistance and corrosion resistance to articles prepared with such coatings. The coating is formed by applying a composition comprising an aqueous solution of a superabsorbent water-soluble polymer precursor, optionally a viscosity modifying agent, and optionally a lubricant onto the surfaces of the article, and curing to form a coating comprising the superabsorbent polymer. |
| US08313822B2 |
Pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet
A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet includes a sheet-like base and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer integrally laminated on one side of the sheet-like base, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has on the surface thereof two or more waved groove portions. Each of the waved groove portions has convex arcuate groove portions and concave arcuate groove portions disposed alternately and connected at connecting portions, and the total wavelengths of adjacent waved groove portions are different from each other. Each of the waved groove portions is configured such that all connecting portions of the convex arcuate groove portions with the concave arcuate groove portions are located on a virtual straight line; the virtual straight lines of all the waved groove portions are parallel to each other, and the intervals between the virtual straight lines of the waved groove portions are not constant. |
| US08313817B2 |
Method of applying an electric conductive layer to selected portions of a mounting frame
A foam mount of an aircraft window has a groove to receive an electro chromic window. The foam mount is painted by placing a blank in the groove to divide the foam mount into a first section designated to face the exterior of the aircraft and an opposite second section. The groove and the first section are coated with an electric conductive paint, and the second section is covered with a decorative paint. The conductive coating on the foam mount and the conductive coating of the electrodes of the electro chromic window provide an RF shielding to prevent electronic signals from personal electronic equipment from passing through the cabin and door windows of the aircraft. A mask is also provided to coat one section of the foam mount while covering the other section. |
| US08313816B2 |
Method for manufacturing reticulate contact body elements and a rotating circular reticulate contact body using them
A method for manufacturing a reticular contact body element includes the process of manufacturing a rotating circular reticulate contact body element 4 by cutting and processing a synthetic resin fiber block that is formed by gluing the intersections of fiber yarn formed in the shape of a three-dimensional reticulum, cutting the synthetic resin fiber block to form fan shapes, making through holes 20 in the fan-shaped reticulate contact body element precursor, forming compression sections 25 by compressing the periphery 21 of the reticulate contact body element precursor and the circumferences of the through holes 20 with a hot press machine, hot-pressing the whole face of the reticulate contact body element precursor except its periphery 21 and the circumferences of the through holes 20 with the hot press machine at temperatures of 90-140° C. to make the void of the whole face of the reticulate contact body element precursor no less than 90% and no more than 98%; and promoting crystallization of the synthetic fiber by giving a rest period of no less than five days after the reticular contact body element has been hot-pressed. |
| US08313812B2 |
Durable transparent coatings for aircraft passenger windows
A duplex coating scheme and associated method of formation, which includes a siloxane based soft coating and a plasma based SiOxCy hard coating used in combination to improve the durability of acrylic substrates used in aircraft window applications. |
| US08313809B2 |
Same-day coatings and processes
Provided herein are multi-layered coatings, suitable to be disposed on various substrates, as well as processes for producing the coatings. Coatings according to some embodiments of the disclosure are provided on a substrate by coating the substrate with a first layer, optionally coating the first layer with a second layer, and coating the second layer, when selected to be present with a top layer. Coating structures as provided herein can be applied to a substrate such as a garage floor, a truck bed, railcar, seatainer, tractor-trailers and the like within a single day, and can often be ready for human foot traffic within 2-4 hours after application of the top layer and can be ready for heavy traffic such as automobiles within 12-24 hours after application of the top layer. |
| US08313805B2 |
Clamped showerhead electrode assembly
An electrode assembly for a plasma reaction chamber used in semiconductor substrate processing. The assembly includes an upper showerhead electrode which includes an inner electrode mechanically attached to a backing plate by a clamp ring and an outer electrode attached to the backing plate by a series of spaced apart cam locks. A guard ring surrounds the backing plate and is movable to positions at which openings in the guard ring align with openings in the backing plate so that the cam locks can be rotated with a tool to release cam pins extending upward from the upper face of the outer electrode. To compensate for differential thermal expansion, the clamp ring can include expansion joins at spaced locations which allow the clamp ring to absorb thermal stresses. |
| US08313801B2 |
Coating formulation and application of organic passivation layer onto iron-based rare earth powders
The present disclosure relates to coating formulations for neodymium-iron-boron type magnetic powders manufactured from rapid solidification processes for the purpose, inter alia, of corrosion and oxidation resistance when exposed to aggressive environments. The coating formulation preferably contains an epoxy binder, curing agent, an accelerating agent, and a lubricant. By incorporating coupling agents and optionally, other specialty additives with the magnetic powder and the organic epoxy components, additional oxidation and corrosion prevention, enhanced adhesion and dispersion between the filler and matrix phases can be achieved. This disclosure relates to all such rare earth-transition metal-boron (RE-TM-B) powders produced by rapid solidification and encompasses both the bonded magnet products that include combinations of the materials mentioned and the application processes. |
| US08313800B2 |
Method for producing conductive coating film
A conductive coating film is formed on a substrate by bringing a conductive material covered with a protective material into contact with a material having anion exchange ability, through such a process wherein an anion exchange layer containing a material having anion exchange ability is formed on a substrate and then a layer containing a conductive material covered with a protective material is formed on the anion exchange layer, or alternatively through such a process wherein a layer containing a conductive material covered with a protective material is formed on a substrate and then an anion exchange layer containing a material having anion exchange ability is formed on the layer containing a conductive material. The anion exchange layer and the layer containing a conductive material may be formed by coating, printing or the like. By using this method, a conductive coating film having excellent adhesion to a substrate can be formed on an ordinary paper substrate, plastic substrate and glass substrate at low temperature in short time. |
| US08313799B2 |
Adhesive detection methods
Adhesive compositions useful for bonding fluorescent material-containing cellulosic substrates such as envelopes may be formulated using an adhesive polymer such as an emulsion of polyvinyl acetate in water and one or more compounds capable of reducing the degree of fluorescence exhibited by the substrate in areas of the substrate surface having the adhesive coated thereon. When irradiated by short wavelength light, the surface areas containing the adhesive coating appear darker than the surface areas that are free of adhesive, allowing quality control problems associated with application of the adhesive to be readily monitored and corrected. At the same time, however, the adhesive may be formulated such that the fluorescence-reducing compound does not alter the appearance of the adhesive coating when viewed under normal daylight conditions. |
| US08313796B2 |
Method for manufacturing positive electrode of nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
A method for manufacturing a positive electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes forming an inorganic particle slurry layer formed on a surface of a positive electrode active material layer. The method includes forming a positive electrode active material layer on a surface of a positive electrode collector, and coating an inorganic particle slurry containing inorganic particles and carboxymethyl cellulose on a surface of the positive electrode active material layer and thereafter drying the slurry to form a porous inorganic particle layer. The inorganic particle slurry contains carboxymethyl cellulose having an etherification degree of 0.8 or more and a viscosity of 800 mPa·s or more in a 1% aqueous solution at a ratio of 0.2% by mass or more and 1.0% by mass or less with respect to the inorganic particles. |
| US08313795B2 |
Method and apparatus for manufacturing thin film, and method for manufacturing electronic device
A method for manufacturing a thin film, includes the steps of: mixing a thin-film forming material and a surfactant to prepare a dispersion in which the thin-film forming material is dispersed; forming a dispersion film from the dispersion at an inner circumference side of ring-shaped holding means; relatively moving a cylindrical supporter and the dispersion film while being in contact with each other so that the dispersion is transferred on a surface of the supporter to have a film shape, the supporter being disposed between a central portion of an inside space of the holding means and an outer circumference thereof and along an inner circumference of the holding means; drying the dispersion having a film shape formed on the surface of the supporter to form the thin film. |
| US08313794B2 |
Thermally insulating layer incorporating a distinguishing agent
Thermally insulating layer incorporating a distinguishing agent and method for inspecting the insulating layer are provided. The distinguishing agent may be used for determining a remaining thickness of the thermally insulating layer. |
| US08313793B2 |
Method for producing and visualizing an optically hidden mark
The invention relates to read/write methods for information hidden from visual perception and can be used to visualize hidden images of identification of an object, which provide protection against unauthorized reproduction. The surface of the object is first polished. An optically invisible marking image is formed on the polished surface by modifying at least one area of the surface, which changes the surface energy of modified sites. Said marking image is visualized by establishing a meta-stable environment in the vicinity of the aforementioned surface of the object. The marking image is produced in the form of distinguished structures formed by stable phase particles of the meta-stable environment at the sites of the object surface having different surface energy. Prior to performing a visualization process of the optically invisible marking image, the surface containing the modified areas is electrically-charged and cleaned by friction. |
| US08313788B2 |
Method for developing a dairy protein cake
A method for producing a shelf-stable protein-based pellet that is capable of expansion into a light, crispy snack cake, while providing a good source of protein and calcium. The method, in preferred embodiments, involves making dough from tapioca and potato starches and a milk protein derivative consisting of whey protein isolate, milk protein isolate or calcium caseinate. The mixture is extruded, sliced and dried in a series of dyers. The method produces a shelf-stable pellet having a moisture level of approximately 9-13% by weight which is further processed to produce a puffed dairy protein snack product, having a moisture level typically less than 2%. |
| US08313787B2 |
Flavouring composition
A flavoring composition for a minced-fish product comprises from 0.1 to 30 wt % of dimethyl sulphide, based on the total weight of the flavoring composition, and a cellulose ether derivative, wherein the weight ratio of dimethyl sulphide to cellulose ether derivative is 8:1 or less and the cellulose ether derivative comprises at least 2.5% by weight of hydroxyalkyl substituents. |
| US08313785B2 |
Liquid yeast compositions
The present invention provides a composition comprising between 24% and 45% yeast (based on yeast dry matter content) characterized in that it contains more than 0.75% salt; and that the composition is liquid; and that the composition is biologically stable by maintaining the composition below 10° C. |
| US08313783B2 |
Combinations of herb extracts having synergistic antioxidant effect, and methods relating thereto
The present invention comprises mixtures of herb extracts, namely a mixture of the herb ginger and the herb sophora, which mixture exerts synergistic antioxidant effect. Skin care preparations incorporating such herb extract mixtures, and their methods of preparation and use, are also claimed. |
| US08313781B2 |
Low toxicity composition for promoting plant growth
A composition for promoting plant growth includes sulfur, soybean oil, and an emulsifier of a fatty acid and a saponifying aqueous base together forming an emulsion, or a soap or a detergent acting as an emulsifier. Regardless of the form of the emulsifier, a composition as applied to vegetation which has a basic pH of between 7.5 and 11 appears to improve efficacy. Specific aqueous compositions as applied for promoting plant growth include 0.05 to 2 total weight percent sulfur, 0.05 to 2 total weight percent soybean oil, 0.05 to 2 total weight percent fatty acid and an aqueous base present to provide a basic pH of between 7.5 and 11. A concentrate for the composition which upon dilution with water is well suited for spraying and promotion of plant growth is provided. Another specific composition for promoting plant growth consists of 0.05 to 2 total weight percent sulfur, 0.05 to 2 total weight percent soybean oil, an aqueous base present to yield an as applied pH of 7.5 to 11, and optionally at least one of a biostatic, an oxidizer, a soap, a detergent, a natural oil, or combination thereof. |
| US08313780B2 |
Silver-based inorganic antimicrobial agent, method for preparing the same and antimicrobial product
Disclosed is a silver-based inorganic antimicrobial agent which exhibits superior heat resistance, chemical resistance, processability and long-lasting waterproofness.The present invention was completed based on the finding that the problems can be solved by a silver-based inorganic antimicrobial agent represented by the following Formula (1) containing zirconium pyrophosphate (ZrP2O7). AgaMbZrcHfd(PO4)3.nH2O (1) (In Formula (1), M is at least one ion selected from an alkali metal ion, an ammonium ion, a hydrogen ion and an oxonium ion, a, b, c and d are positive numbers satisfying 1.75<(c+d)<2.2 and a+b+4(c+d)=9, and n is 2 or less). |
| US08313773B2 |
Near-infrared responsive carbon nanostructures
The present invention provides for compositions comprising carbon nanotubes (CNT) and gold (Au). The present invention further provides methods of manufacture of gold-carbon nanotubes (gCNT). The present invention provides methods of using gCNT for biological application. |
| US08313772B2 |
Compositions for targeted delivery of siRNA
The present invention is directed compositions for targeted delivery of RNA interference (RNAi) polynucleotides to hepatocytes in vivo. Targeted RNAi polynucleotides are administered together with co-targeted delivery polymers. Delivery polymers provide membrane penetration function for movement of the RNAi polynucleotides from outside the cell to inside the cell. Reversible modification provides physiological responsiveness to the delivery polymers. |
| US08313770B2 |
Modifying drug release in suspensions of ionic resin systems
The present invention includes compositions and methods for delivering one or more unit dosage units by modifying the release profile of an optionally coated drug-resin complex suspended in an ionic salt solution, wherein the optionally coated drug-resin complex includes one or more active agents loaded on to one or more ion-exchange resin particles, and wherein the release of the one or more active agents is modulated by the one or more ionic salts in solution. |
| US08313768B2 |
Manufacture of tablet having immediate release region and sustained release region
In one aspect, the present invention features a process for making a tablet including a pharmaceutically active agent wherein the tablet has both an immediate release region and a modified release region. The method includes the steps of: (a) forming a tablet shape including a powder blend containing a pharmaceutically active agent and a thermally-sensitive material; and (b) applying energy in different amounts to different regions of the tablet shape to form the tablet in a manner such that: (i) a first region of the tablet shape is exposed to said energy for a sufficient period of time to melt the thermally-sensitive material within the first region to form said modified release region of said tablet; and (ii) a second region of said tablet shape is not so exposed to the energy such that said second region forms the immediate release region of said tablet. |