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| US08514812B2 |
Method for transitioning of state machines after radio access network is reselected and terminal
A method for transitioning of a state machine after a radio access network (RAN) is reselected includes: generating first information when a mobile terminal reselects from an HRPD network to an LTE network; after receiving the first information, setting, by a Signaling Adaptation Protocol (SAP) of the HRPD module air interface protocol, the TunnelModeEnabled parameter to a first identifier, so that air interface related sub-protocols of an HRPD module know that the mobile terminal has reselected to the LTE network. |
| US08514810B2 |
Method for performing band handover in broadband wireless access system and mobile station supporting the same
A method for performing band handover in a broadband wireless access system is provided. In this method, a terminal in a band AMC mode in which the terminal transmits and receives data through a band selected from among bands to which a modulation scheme and a coding rate are adaptively applied receives channel status information of each band of a neighboring base station. The terminal then performs handover to the neighboring base station while maintaining the band AMC mode if it is determined based on the received channel status information that a channel status of each band of the neighboring base station satisfies a predetermined condition. This band handover method enables handover to be performed for each specific frequency band of a mobile terminal. |
| US08514808B2 |
Method and function for maintaining mapping between media independent handover functions and transport addresses
A media-independent handover (MIH) environment supports a MIH function that uses a mapping table to communicate with other MIH functions using a MIH transport protocol. The MIH function updates the mapping table upon receipt of a message having fields to invoke an operation. The operation can update an existing mapping or delete a mapping. The operation also can update a lifetime value for a mapping for a particular address. The mapping table includes mappings. A mapping includes a MIH function identifier, a list of transport addresses, and a lifetime value. |
| US08514806B2 |
Apparatus and method for automatically setting a configuration of a home base station
An apparatus and method for automatically setting a configuration in a home base station. In the method for automatically setting a configuration in a home base station, wireless setting information of a neighbor base station and a neighbor home base station is retrieved through a communication interface for a terminal operation when updated wireless setting information is not received from a network apparatus. The retrieved wireless setting information is transmitted to the network apparatus. An operation is performed by reflecting last wireless setting information when the last wireless setting information is received from the network apparatus. The configuration can be automatically set by monitoring an environment of a neighbor base station without a direct operation of an engineer, transmitting a monitoring result to a server, and receiving FA information and PN code information from the server. |
| US08514803B2 |
Non-coherent detection method of the number of transmit antenna ports for OFDMA
A method of non-coherent detection of the number of cell-specific transmit antenna ports for a communications device, includes the steps of, at the communications device: (a) generating a downlink reference signals (RS) sequence replica; (b) for a first possible transmit antenna port only, determining a downlink system bandwidth from non-coherent correlation of the generated downlink RS sequence replica and received RS samples; (c) at the determined downlink system, performing a correlation of the generated downlink RS sequence replica and received RS samples for each of a plurality of possible transmit antenna ports; and (d) determining the number of transmit antennas from a comparison of the correlation results in step (c). |
| US08514799B2 |
Method and apparatus of operating channel request and responding to the operating channel request in a wireless local area network system
A method for operating channel request and responding to the operating channel request in a wireless local area network (WLAN) is disclosed. A method of operating channel request by a first station in a regulatory domain where an unlicensed device is permitted to operate at a given time in a given geographical area with regard to a licensed device in a wireless local area network (WLAN) comprises transmitting, to a second station, first frame including a first operating class field and a first channel number field, wherein the first operating class field indicates a number of an operating class of a first channel included in a first channel set for operating channel request and the first channel number field indicates a number of the first channel; and receiving, from the second station, second frame including a second operating class field and a second channel number field, wherein the second operating class field indicates a number of a operating class of a second channel included in a second channel set granted by the second station and the second channel number field indicates a number of the second channel. |
| US08514795B2 |
Method of adaptive frequency assignment to a plurality of antennas
In order to improve the quality of transmission and reception of data packets, the method of transmission using several antennas comprises: an encoding of a first data packet into a first encoded block; a mapping of first transmission frequency channel to a first set comprising at least a transmission antenna; a mapping of second transmission frequency channel to a second set comprising at least a transmission antenna, the first transmission frequency channel being different of the second transmission frequency channel; a transmission of the first encoded block on the first set of at least a transmission antenna and on the second set of at least a transmission antenna. The method of reception comprises a mapping of different frequency channel to reception antennas. |
| US08514794B2 |
Loop power controls for multi-carrier high-speed uplink packet access
A method for wireless communications is provided. The method includes applying independent power controls to two or more carriers from a set of high speed packet access signals. The method includes monitoring power across the two or more carriers to determine power levels for the set of high speed packet access signals. The method also includes adjusting at least one of an open loop control, an inner loop control, or an outer loop control in view of the power levels for the set of packet access signals. |
| US08514793B2 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring and processing component carriers
A method and apparatus are described which perform bandwidth aggregation by simultaneously monitoring and processing a number of simultaneous, non-contiguous or contiguous component carriers in the downlink. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) can be configured by an evolved Node-B (eNodeB) to support additional component carriers. A pre-configured additional component carrier may be used. Various methods for activating and deactivating the additional component carrier are also described. |
| US08514792B2 |
Mobile station, base station, and method for uplink service
The present invention relates to a mobile station, a base station, and a method for an uplink service that provides a high-speed data service between the base station and the mobile station in a wireless communication system. A method for providing an uplink service in a mobile station includes, after TCP data are received from a base station, measuring a partial round trip time which is a time until ACK which is a response to the received TCP data is inputted into an uplink transmission MAC buffer, transmitting information on the measured partial round trip time to the base station, receiving resource allocation information—unicast resource allocation information for transmitting the ACK to the base station in the mobile station—from the base station, and transmitting the ACK of the TCP data received from the base station on the basis of the resource allocation information to the base station. |
| US08514791B2 |
MAC protocol for centrally controlled multichannel wireless local area networks
A wireless system and method of wireless communication are described. |
| US08514790B2 |
System and method for optimizing network wireless communication resources
Embodiments are described that provide methods and radio networks that communicate data between a mobile communication device and a core network. The methods include using network coding to encode data, and communicating a subset of the encoded data between the mobile communication device and the core network through a dynamic relay station. |
| US08514789B2 |
Cognitive channel adaptation in wireless sensor networks
Cognitive radio adaptation is employed in WSNs to reduce effects of RF interference. Communication channel quality is assessed locally at each node. Using beacons to propagate channel quality and node related information among the nodes of the network, channel adaptation decision is made either centrally by identifying a channel that is optimum for a majority of nodes through a tree-structure dissemination (Majority Voting Scheme) or in a distributed manner by identifying a channel where maximum interference for any node is less than maximum interference on the other channels (Veto Voting Scheme). If two channels have the same level of maximal interference, the channel with a lesser number is chosen. Channel quality assessment may be optimized based on expected interference type and/or statistical methods. |
| US08514786B2 |
Communication method, mobile network system and device
A mobile terminal (UE) used in a mobile communication network that includes a mobility management entity (MME) and a serving gateway (S-GW), receives paging using IMSI (International Mobile-Station Subscription Identifier) from the MME, upon an arrival of an incoming call destined for the UE from outside of the mobile communication network, wherein the incoming call is notified to the serving gateway though a specific S5/S8 bearer, which upon restarting of the MME, the S-GW maintains, while the S-GW deletes other bearers and then the MME is notified of the incoming call by a Downlink Data Notification signal inclusive of the IMSI sent from the S-GW, and in response to the paging, re-attaches to the mobile communication network. |
| US08514783B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting signal in wireless communication system
A method and an apparatus for transmitting data in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving cyclic shift information indicating a first cyclic shift value, obtaining a second cyclic shift value from the first cyclic shift value, transmitting a first signal based on the first cyclic shift value through a first antenna, and transmitting a second signal based on the second cyclic shift value through a second antenna, wherein the first signal and the second signal are transmitted on the same radio resource. |
| US08514770B2 |
Method of establishing uplink in mobile satellite communication system
Provided is a method of establishing an uplink in a mobile satellite communication system, the method including: receiving a random uplink access signal from terminals included in a coverage of a satellite beam; estimating a location of each of the terminals; calculating an uplink transmission point in time when each of the terminals transmits an uplink signal, based on the estimated location of each of the terminals; transmitting, to each of the terminals, the calculated uplink transmission point in time; and receiving the uplink signal from each of the terminals at the calculated uplink transmission point in time. |
| US08514763B2 |
Apparatus for requesting acknowledgement and transmitting acknowledgement of multicast data in wireless local area networks
A signal and apparatus for receiving the signal are described wherein the signal includes a duration field, a multicast receiver address field, a transmitter address field, a block acknowledgment request control field, a block acknowledgment request information field and an information field. Also described are a signal and apparatus for transmitting the signal wherein the signal includes a duration field, a multicast receiver address field, a transmitter address field, a block acknowledgment control field and a block acknowledgment information field. |
| US08514762B2 |
System and method for embedding text in multicast transmissions
A system and method embeds text in a multicast transmission. An exemplary method comprises receiving non-voice data. The non-voice data is embedded within digitized voice data. The digitized voice data with the embedded non-voice data is wirelessly transmitted, by a computing device, as a multicast transmission to a plurality of mobile devices. |
| US08514753B2 |
Data format and data transfer
A signal format that can be accessed, as a file, by the computer on which it is stored is provided with a plurality of concatenated content packages. The content package comprises System, Picture, Audio and Auxiliary Items. The System, Picture, Audio and Auxiliary Items have a common format including a 16 byte SMPTE Universal Label, a Word Count, and Data. The Item Label has a predetermined length which is set to fixed value except for the byte identifying the Item to which the label belongs. The data of the System Item includes a set of Metadata blocks, which has an initial Metadata Count byte defining the number of blocks in the set. A metadata block may include a metadata Link which links the metadata of that block to the essence of the element of the Auxiliary Item with which element it is associated. |
| US08514748B2 |
Method and system for improved authentication for communications network setup
Aspects of a system for enabling secure wireless communication of information between stations in a communication system may comprise a configurator, that exchanges configuration information with a client station, in an IEEE 802.11 communication system. The exchange of configuration information may be encrypted based on information transmitted between the configurator and the client station via a communication network, and information that remains locally on the configurator and locally on the client station. Aspects of a method for enabling secure wireless communication of information between stations in a communication system may comprise exchanging configuration information between a configurator and a client station, in an IEEE 802.11 communication system. The exchanged configuration information may be encrypted based on information transmitted between the configurator and the client station via a communication network, and information that remains locally on the configurator and locally on the client station. |
| US08514747B2 |
Method of emergency communication in broadband radio access system
A method of emergency communication between a mobile station and a base station in a broadband radio access system and a mobile station which supports the method of emergency communication are disclosed. The method of emergency communication is divided into a case where the mobile station requests an emergency service in a state that the mobile station is registered with the base station and a case where the mobile station requests an emergency service in a state that the mobile is not registered with the base station. In case of the one case, the mobile station requests the base station of an emergency service using a newly defined emergency code or a conventional bandwidth request code and negotiates a basic function required for an emergency service with the base station through predetermined header data. In case of the other case, the mobile station starts initial ranging using a newly defined emergency code or a conventional initial ranging code and negotiates a basic function required for an emergency service through a subscriber basic capability message (SBC-REQ/RSP). |
| US08514745B2 |
Method of indicating number of antennas in network broadcast system
A method for generating a broadcast signal includes forming an information block for transmission, the information block including a first field comprising a plurality of bits configured to impart information to a first group of user equipment (UEs) regarding a first evolved NodeB (eNodeB) transmit antenna configuration. The method further includes generating error detection bits based upon the information block and scrambling the error detection bits using a mask according to a second eNodeB transmit antenna configuration, such that the mask is configured to impart information to a second group of UEs regarding the second eNodeB transmit antenna configuration. The method also includes generating the broadcast signal having the information block and the scrambled error detection bits, and transmitting the generated broadcast signal via a packet broadcast control channel. |
| US08514737B2 |
Method for estimating carrier-to-noise ratio and base station apparatus using the same in a wireless access system
A method and an apparatus for estimating a Carrier-to-Noise Ratio (CNR) at a Base Station (BS) in a wireless access system are provided. In the method, a preamble signal received from at least one neighbor BS is converted to a frequency response of a preamble sequence and Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT)-processing the preamble signal, an estimation period of the IFFT-processed preamble signal, corresponding to a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) size, is divided into a predetermined number of blocks, carrier power values of the blocks are accumulated for a predetermined number of frames, an average of timing offsets of the frames corresponding to a position of a block having a maximum average of accumulated carrier values is determined to be a timing offset of the preamble signal, a carrier power value of the preamble signal is calculated using the timing offset, and a CNR of the preamble signal is estimated using the carrier power value. |
| US08514736B2 |
Determining neighbor lists and PN offsets for new sector
A method and apparatus is provided for selecting a pseudo-noise (PN) offset for a newly deployed sector in a mobile communication network. A set of candidate PN offsets is determined and a priority factor for each candidate PN offset is determined based on a sector azimuth of the new sector, sector azimuths of sectors using the candidate PN offsets, or both. The PN offsets are ranked based on priority factor and distance to the new sector. A candidate PN offset is then selected from the candidate list based on the final ranking. |
| US08514735B1 |
Methods and systems for managing a connection-setup process
In at least one embodiment, a radio access network (RAN) transmits a connection-setup message to an access terminal. If the RAN has not, within a predetermined amount of time after transmitting the connection-setup message, received a response to the connection-setup message from the access terminal, the RAN makes a poor-link-quality determination as to whether the quality of the reverse link was below a threshold level for an evaluation period consisting of at least part of the time that has elapsed since transmitting the connection-setup message. If not, the RAN treats the non-receipt of the response as a failure of the connection-setup process at least in part by terminating the process. But if so, the RAN excuses non-receipt of the response at least in part by continuing the process. |
| US08514733B2 |
Outer loop power control in a wireless communication system
In an embodiment, an access network receives a message associated with a given user equipment (UE). The received message can be an uplink message received from the given UE itself (e.g., a measurement report, a cell update message), or can be a downlink message for transmission to the given UE (e.g., a call announcement message). The access network determines that the received message is associated with a communication session of a given type (e.g., a delay-sensitive communication session). The access network selects an uplink initial signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) target for the given UE based on the determination. The access network also starts a timer having a given expiration period based on the determination. The access network refrains from updating the uplink initial SIR target for the given UE at least until the timer expires. |
| US08514732B2 |
System and method for effectuating a signal carrier configuration
Systems and methods for effectuating a signal carrier configuration are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving an order, determining a signal carrier on which the order was received, determining a signal carrier configuration based at least in part on the order and the determined signal carrier, and changing the state of one or more signal carriers to effectuate the signal carrier configuration. |
| US08514731B2 |
Variable-frequency network device and variable-frequency network connection establishing method
A variable-frequency network connection establishing method is adapted for establishing a connection between a local network device and a remote network device. The variable-frequency network connection establishing method includes the steps of: providing a plurality of local communications protocols including a local standard communications protocol and a local variable-frequency communications protocol to the remote network device; receiving a remote communications protocol provided by the remote network device; generating an indicator signal in accordance with the remote communications protocol and the plurality of local communications protocols; and operating in one of a standard mode and variable-frequency mode according to the indicator signal. |
| US08514724B2 |
Testing connectivity in networks using overlay transport virtualization
Techniques are provided for detecting connectivity failures within an OTV network using CFM. In an embodiment, a method and apparatus for using E-OAM to accurately test connectivity in an OTV network is provided. In an embodiment, one method comprises: in a first edge router that is in a local area network (LAN) and that is coupled to a core network: maintaining, for each node of the LAN, a mapping of a source address to one or more delivery multicast groups, each delivery multicast group comprising a set of other edge routers, each of the other edge routers having a connection to a distinct LAN; receiving a frame from a particular source node of a particular source address; sending the frame to a plurality of the delivery multicast groups that are mapped, in the mapping, to the particular source address. |
| US08514722B2 |
High speed control channel monitoring in a multicarrier radio access network
User equipments (UEs) will monitor each frequency in a multicarrier wireless radio access network for at least one control channel that may contain downlink data allocations or other such messages from the network. This monitoring may be dynamically controlled with a physical layer indication received by the UE from a node B that designates a number of carrier frequencies of all of the carrier frequencies of the network. In response to this physical layer indication, the UE will monitor at least one control channel in the designated carrier frequency or frequencies. |
| US08514719B2 |
Guidance confirmation apparatus and method
A guidance confirmation apparatus includes a pseudo terminal which belongs to an IMS network including a CSCF server which performs call/connection processing of an SIP terminal, an HSS server which permits use of a registered SIP terminal in the IMS network, and an MRF system which includes sound sources for generating various kinds of guidance. Upon receiving a test connection command to instruct a guidance connection test from the SIP terminal, the pseudo terminal is registered in the HSS server as a virtual terminal usable in the IMS network and connects the SIP terminal to a sound source corresponding to a guidance number based on the test connection command. A guidance confirmation method is also disclosed. |
| US08514718B2 |
Layered multicast and fair bandwidth allocation and packet prioritization
Embodiments include an overlay multicast network. The overlay multicast network may provide a set of features to ensure reliable and timely arrival of multicast data. The embodiments include a congestion control system that may prioritize designated layers of data within a data stream over other layers of the same data stream. Each data stream transmitted over the network may, be given an equal share of the bandwidth. Addressing in routing tables maintained by routers in the may utilize summarized addressing based on the difference in location of the router and destination address. Summarization levels may be adjusted to minimize travel distances for packets in the network. Data from high priority data stream layers may also be retransmitted upon request from a destination machine to ensure reliable delivery of data. |
| US08514716B2 |
Backplane interface adapter with error control and redundant fabric
A backplane interface adapter with error control and redundant fabric for a high-performance network switch. The error control may be provided by an administrative module that includes a level monitor, a stripe synchronization error detector, a flow controller, and a control character presence tracker. The redundant fabric transceiver of the backplane interface adapter improves the adapter's ability to properly and consistently receive narrow input cells carrying packets of data and output wide striped cells to a switching fabric. |
| US08514711B2 |
Reverse link lower layer assisted video error control
The disclosure relates to reverse link lower layer assisted video error control. A method may encode video data, form a packet with the encoded video data, and transmit the packet across a wireless channel to an access network. A medium access control (MAC) layer may receive a negative acknowledgement (NAK) from the access network. The method may determine whether the received NAK is associated with a packet that contains video data. If the received NAK is associated with a packet that contains video data, the method may perform error control. |
| US08514706B2 |
Radio communication system, radio network controller, radio base station and radio communication method
A radio network controller activates a signal transmission suppression timer to suppress transmission of a congestion signal, when a new radio base station is added as a radio base station with which the radio terminal is to communicate, and suspends the transmission of the congestion signal to the radio base stations until the signal transmission suppression timer expires. |
| US08514703B2 |
Scheduling of logical channels in a wireless communication system
Techniques for scheduling logical channels for data transmission are described. In one design, a user equipment (UE) is configured with a plurality of logical channels for sending data on the uplink. Each logical channel is associated with a priority and a data buffer size. The UE maintains a token bucket for each logical channel. In each scheduling interval or when an uplink grant is received, the UE determines a bucket level (which may be a positive value or a non-positive value) for each of the plurality of logical channels. The UE ascertains logical channels with bucket levels of the same polarity and then identifies logical channels of the same priority among all logical channels with the same bucket level polarity. The UE selects at least one identified logical channel for scheduling based on the data buffer size and/or the bucket level for each identified logical channel. |
| US08514701B2 |
Aggregating multiple radio links from multiple modems in a communication device
Aggregating multiple modems in a communication device into a radio-frequency-link aggregation group increases the limited data bandwidth of RF data transmission between a communication device and its operator network. An aggregation controller in the communication device monitors the availability of its modems and selects modems to be used in a radio-frequency-link aggregation group. The aggregation controller also selects an aggregation algorithm. A radio-frequency-link aggregation module in the communication device distributes data to modems in the radio-frequency-link aggregation group in accordance with the aggregation algorithm. A connectivity service in the communication device notifies the operator network of the modems in the radio-frequency-link aggregation group and acknowledges that the operator network agrees to handle transmission from the radio-frequency-link aggregation group. |
| US08514700B2 |
MLPPP occupancy based round robin
Embodiments of the invention are directed to providing a method for selecting a link for transmitting a data packet, from links of a Multi-Link Point-to-Point Protocol (MLPPP) bundle, by compiling a list of links having a minimum queue depth and selecting the link in a round robin manner from the list. Some embodiments of the invention further provide for a flag to indicate if the selected link has been assigned to a transmitter so that an appropriate link will be selected even if link queue depth status is not current. |
| US08514698B2 |
Routing and forwarding of packets over a non-persistent communication link
According to an embodiment, an apparatus includes a table, a router module and a driver. The table includes IP addresses and corresponding ports. At least one of the ports specifies a logical link. The router module receives IP packets and uses the table to associate the IP packets with the ports. The driver determines when assets for the logical link have become available, and then forwards associated IP packets to the available assets. |
| US08514697B2 |
Mobile broadband packet switched traffic optimization
A method in an electronic device and a system for use in a communication network including a core network and at least one access network are described. Intermediate service platforms in an access network process data bound from a base station towards a core network, and vice versa. A first data channel or stream is processed by the intermediate service platform. Exemplary embodiments bypass the intermediate service platform by intercepting a second data channel or stream bound for the intermediate service platform. The data in the second data channel or stream is processed and inserted into a data channel or stream downstream of the intermediate service platform. |
| US08514693B2 |
Broadcast and multicast in single frequency networks using othrogonal space-time codes
In one embodiment, a method of transmitting includes assigning column vectors of a generalized orthogonal space time code matrix to coverage areas of a plurality of base stations such that each coverage area is assigned one column vector. The same data is transmitted from each of the plurality of base stations in the coverage areas such that the data transmitted in each coverage area is transmitted using the column vector assigned to the coverage area. |
| US08514691B2 |
Feedback information relating to a mobile communications system using carrier aggregation
The invention relates to a method for encoding a number of feedback information messages in a mobile radio communications system using carrier aggregation, the method comprising: encoding the number of feedback information messages by a set of codewords, where each feedback information message can be of at least a first kind or a second kind. The method is distinguished by that for at least one feedback information message there is at least one codeword corresponding to information of the first kind and at least one codeword corresponding to information of the second kind, wherein the modulation symbol of one of said at least one codeword corresponding to information of the first kind and the modulation symbol of one of said at least one codeword corresponding to information of the second kind have a maximum distance. The invention also relates to a mobile terminal and radio basestation for a communications system. |
| US08514689B2 |
Interference rejection by soft-windowing CIR estimates based on per-tap quality estimates
A channel impulse response (CIR) estimate associated with a communication channel may be processed by determining coefficient values that respectively correspond to taps of the CIR estimate, and multiplying the taps by the respectively corresponding coefficient values. The coefficient values are determined according to a soft decision technique. The resulting modified CIR estimate is used to demodulate a communication signal received via the communication channel. |
| US08514688B2 |
Communication system, communication apparatus, and communication method
An RF (radio frequency) signal is generated at a first communication device and is modulated. A second RF signal provided to the first communication device from the second communication device is demodulated. The second RF signal is detected. The generating is actuated to initiate an active or a passive mode communication, when the detecting does not detect the second RF signal at a level of a first threshold or more, the active mode including a transmission of modulated data at the first communication device and the second communication device, the passive mode providing load modulated communication from the second communication device to the first communication device. When the first communication device receives an indication to start a communication of the active mode from the second communication device, the demodulating receives data at a level of a second threshold or higher, the second threshold being higher than the first threshold. |
| US08514687B2 |
Efficient generation of compensated signals for crosstalk control in a communication system
An access node of a communication system is configured to control crosstalk between channels of the system. Vectoring circuitry in the access node estimates crosstalk between channels of the system, generates a compressed representation of the crosstalk estimates, and generates compensated signals based on the compressed representation of the crosstalk estimates. The compressed representation comprises a value array and an index array, with the value array comprising selected values from each of a plurality of rows of a matrix representation of the crosstalk estimates, and the index array identifying locations of the selected values in the matrix representation of the crosstalk estimates. The compensated signals may be pre-compensated signals or post-compensated signals. |
| US08514683B2 |
Highly adaptive recording method and optical recording apparatus
An optical disk recording method includes the steps of: providing a multi-pulse chain from a recording wave; independently changing the pulse rise timing and pulse fall timing (pulse width) of the first pulse in the multi-pulse chain in accordance with a preceding space length and a recording mark length; changing the pulse rise timing and pulse fall timing (pulse width) in accordance with a following space length and the recording mark length in a predetermined timing or in independence; and in relation to the smallest mark recorded by irradiation with mono pulse, changing the rise timing in accordance with the preceding space length and the recording mark length and the fall timing (pulse width) in accordance with the following space length and recording mark length, compensating various optical disks different in recording material without change of the fundamental waveform. |
| US08514680B2 |
Recording device and spot position control method
A recording device including a light irradiating and light receiving unit which, in regard to an optical recording medium, which has a reference surface and a recording layer which is formed at a depth position different from the reference surface, where a pit row where intervals of pit formable positions in one circumference is limited to a first interval is formed in the reference surface, and which has a plurality of pit row phases by intervals of the pit formable positions in a pit row formation direction being set in a position which is each deviated by a predetermined second interval in the pit row which are arranged in the radial direction, irradiates a first light as recording light with regard to the recording layer and a second light for obtaining reflected light from the reference surface and which receives reflected light of the second light from the reference surface. |
| US08514677B2 |
Method of recording temporary defect list on write-once recording medium, method of reproducing the temporary defect list, recording and/or reproducing apparatus, and the write-once recording medium
A method of recording a temporary defect list on a write-once recording medium, a method of reproducing the temporary defect list, an apparatus for recording and/or reproducing the temporary defect list, and the write-once recording medium. The method of recording a temporary defect list for defect management on a write-once recording medium includes recording the temporary defect list, which is created while data is recorded on the write-once recording medium, in at least one cluster of the write-once recording medium, and verifying if a defect is generated in the at least one cluster. Then, the method includes re-recording data originally recorded in a defective cluster in another cluster, and recording pointer information, which indicates a location of the at least one cluster where the temporary defect list is recorded, on the write-once recording medium. |
| US08514674B2 |
Optical information recording medium reproducing apparatus, method for reproducing optical information recording medium, program for reproducing optical information recording medium, and computer readable recording medium
An optical information recording medium reproducing apparatus 1 includes: a signal detecting/extracting section 15 extracting, from reproduction signal data, extracted reproduction signal data corresponding to a predetermined data pattern; a calculating circuit 10 calculating, from the extracted reproduction signal data, a reproducing power control value for controlling laser light reproducing power; and a reproducing power control section 16 controlling the reproducing power based on the reproducing power control value. The predetermined data pattern is obtained from a space which is sandwiched between marks of λ/2NA or longer and is shorter than λ/4NA and/or a mark which is sandwiched between spaces of λ/2NA or longer and is shorter than λ/4NA. Therefore, even when environmental temperature changes in reproduction, the optical information recording medium reproducing apparatus capable of reproducing a super resolution medium including marks each shorter than λ/4NA optimally controls laser light reproducing power and prevents degradation of reproduction signal quality. |
| US08514664B2 |
System and method for gathering marine geophysical data
A system comprises marine geophysical equipment, adapted for towing through a body of water; and tightly fitting covers, attached to the marine seismic equipment, to fill-in indentations in the marine geophysical equipment, for gathering marine geophysical data. A method comprises marine geophysical equipment having tightly fitting covers, to fill-in indentations in the marine geophysical equipment, attached thereto, for gathering marine geophysical data. |
| US08514663B2 |
Acoustic and magnetostrictive actuation
Provided is a system for characterizing complex acoustic waves having: means to read an existing configuration file containing saved parameters or create a new configuration file with no previous parameters; means for defining an actuation carrier, selecting the wave shape, and specifying the associated parameters; means for defining the propagation control signal; means for defining the propagation control signal repeat rate; means to produce a resultant actuation signal and, optionally, output resultant actuation signal as a file; and, for multiple carriers, means to define the multiple carrier stagger and referenced actuation signal. Optionally, further provided are means to input a frequency response as a function of frequency and distance; means to define a distance; and means to produce an effective actuation signal derived from the resultant actuation signal, the frequency response, and distance. |
| US08514661B2 |
Transducer
A transducer for converting an input signal fed to a first input (2) into a corresponding electric output signal that is output via an output (3). The input signal can be processed via an analog transmission path (4) into an analog converter signal. The transducer allows for a quick conversion of the input signal into a corresponding output signal having a high accuracy and suitable for applications having increased safety requirements, wherein the input signal can be additionally processed via a separate digital transmission path (5) into a digital converter signal. The analog converter signal and the digital converter signal are evaluated by an evaluation unit (6) and the evaluation unit (6) generates the electric output signal based on the analog converter signal or the digital converter signal. |
| US08514660B2 |
Range sensor optimized for wind speed
A sonar system having an acoustic wave range sensor which may be displaceable so as to reduce noise is provided. The sonar system further includes a wind sensor operable to detect wind velocity, an actuator coupled to the acoustic wave range sensor, and a processor. The actuator is coupled to the acoustic wave range sensor and operable to change the position of the acoustic wave range sensor. The processor is operable to process the wind velocity, determine the effect the wind has on the echo, and actuate the actuator so as to adjust the position of the acoustic wave range sensor to a position wherein the performance of the acoustic wave range sensor is optimized under dynamic wind conditions. |
| US08514659B2 |
Multi-state beamforming array
A sonar system and method of operating a sonar system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the sonar system comprises an array of transducers and a multiplexer configurable into a plurality of states. In one embodiment, the multiplexer, when in a first state, electrically couples a plurality of connections with the plurality of transducers via a first mapping and, in a second state, electrically couples the plurality of connections with the plurality of transducers via a second mapping. |
| US08514656B2 |
Sensor arrangement for detecting motion induced noise in towed marine electromagnetic sensor streamers
An electromagnetic sensor streamer may include a jacket, at least one electromagnetic sensor in operational communication with a voltage measuring circuit disposed inside the jacket, and at least one wire coil. The at least one wire coil is in signal communication with the voltage measuring circuit, and the voltage measuring circuit is configured to determine motion-induced voltages imparted to the at least one electromagnetic sensor in the streamer. |
| US08514655B2 |
Method and apparatus for measuring a hydrophone parameter
A technique is designed to measure parameters of hydrophones, such as measurement of hydrophone acceleration canceling properties. The technique involves testing a selected hydrophone under conditions representative of the actual conditions in which the hydrophone is to be operated. By using the representative conditions, the acceleration canceling properties of the hydrophone and/or other parameters of the hydrophone are more accurately determined. |
| US08514652B2 |
Multiple-port memory device comprising single-port memory device with supporting control circuitry
A multiple-port memory device having at least first and second ports each configured to support read and write operations. The multiple-port memory device further comprises a single-port memory device and control circuitry coupled between the first and second ports and the single-port memory device. The control circuitry is configured to multiplex input signals received over the first and second ports of the multiple-port memory device into respective input time slots of the single port of the single-port memory device, and to demultiplex output time slots of the single port of the single-port memory device into output signals that are supplied over the first and second ports of the multiple-port memory device. In an illustrative embodiment, the single-port memory device operates at a clock rate that is an integer multiple of a clock rate of first and second memory drivers that supply the input signals to and receive the output signals from the respective first and second ports of the multiple-port memory device. |
| US08514649B2 |
Power source and power source control circuit
Power sources, backup power circuits, power source control circuits, data storage devices, and methods relating to controlling application of power to a node are disclosed. An example power source includes an input, backup power source, and a backup power source control circuit. The input is configured to be coupled to a primary power source and further configured to couple the primary power source to the output when the input is coupled to the primary power source. The backup power source control circuit is configured to control a current path from the backup power source to the output based at least in part on a voltage applied to the input. |
| US08514647B2 |
Refresh circuit
A refresh circuit includes an enable pulse generator configured to generate a first enable pulse and a second enable pulse, a first address latch configured to latch the first row address in synchronization with the first enable pulse and generate a first latch address, and a second address latch configured to latch a second row address in synchronization with the second enable pulse and generate second and third latch addresses. |
| US08514639B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and method for operating the same
A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of banks, a clock input unit configured to receive an external data clock, an internal data clock generation unit configured to receive the external data clock from the clock input unit and generate an internal data clock by delaying the external data clock by a delay amount which changes in correspondence to the number of banks activated among the plurality of banks, and a data buffer unit configured to buffer a data signal in response to the internal data clock. |
| US08514636B2 |
Semiconductor storage device
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a cell array, an even line, an odd line, and sense amplifiers. The cell array includes memory cells holding data. The even line connects to the memory cells. The odd line connects to the memory cells. The memory cells connect to an odd column or the even column. Each the sense amplifiers selectively connect to the odd line or the even line. Each the sense amplifiers includes a latch circuit, a first transistor, a second transistor, and a third transistor. The latch circuit includes a first node and a second node, and holds the data supplied to the first node. The first transistor supplies read data to the latch circuit. The second transistor transfers the data held by the latch circuit to the wiring. The third transistor transfers the data held by the latch circuit to the wiring. |
| US08514634B1 |
Multi-protocol gearbox
A system can include write circuitry configured to implement a write finite state machine selected from a plurality of write finite state machines and read circuitry configured to implement a read finite state machine selected from a plurality of read finite state machines. The system also can include a multi-port memory having a write port controlled by the write circuitry and a read port controlled by the read circuitry. The write circuitry and the read circuitry can be configured to implement the selected write finite state machine and the selected read finite state machine to perform one of a plurality of different data transformations using the multi-port memory. |
| US08514631B2 |
Determining a logic state based on currents received by a sense amplifer
Determining that a first input of a sense amplifier is to receive information based upon a state of a storage cell during a first portion of a read cycle, and determining that a conductance at the first input is substantially equal to a conductance at a second input of the sense amplifier during the first portion. A plurality of NAND string modules are connected to a global bit line of a memory device that includes a memory column where a plurality of NAND strings and a buffer are formed. |
| US08514629B2 |
Method for memory cell erasure with a programming monitor of reference cells
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, devices, modules, and systems for operating memory cells. One method includes: performing an erase operation on a selected group of memory cells, the selected group including a number of reference cells and a number of data cells; performing a programming monitor operation on the number of reference cells as part of the erase operation; and determining a number of particular operating parameters associated with operating the number of data cells at least partially based on the programming monitor operation performed on the number of reference cells. |
| US08514627B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device
A control circuit is configured to execute an erasing operation on a selected cell unit in a selected memory block. In the erasing operation, the control circuit raises the voltage of the bodies of the first memory transistors included in the selected cell unit to a first voltage, sets the voltage of the bodies of the first memory transistors included in the non-selected cell unit to a second voltage lower than the first voltage, and applies a third voltage equal to or lower than the second voltage to the gates of the first memory transistors included in the selected cell unit and the non-selected cell unit. |
| US08514625B2 |
Programming methods for three-dimensional memory devices having multi-bit programming, and three-dimensional memory devices programmed thereby
In a method of multiple-bit programming of a three-dimensional memory device having arrays of memory cells that extend in horizontal and vertical directions relative to a substrate, the method comprises first programming a memory cell to be programmed to one among a first set of states. At least one neighboring memory cell that neighbors the memory cell to be programmed to one among the first set of states is then first programmed. Following the first programming of the at least one neighboring memory cell, second programming the memory cell to be programmed to one among a second set of states, wherein the second set of states has a number of states that is greater than the number of states in the first set of states. |
| US08514621B2 |
Flash memory device and system with program sequencer, and programming method
A programming method for a nonvolatile memory device includes performing a LSB programming operation programming all LSB logical pages, and thereafter performing a MSB programming operation programming all MSB logical pages, wherein during the LSB programming operation a selected MLC is programmed to a negative intermediate program state. A program sequence for the LSB and MSB programming operations may be sequential or non-sequential in relation to an order arranged of word lines. |
| US08514619B2 |
Magnetic memory devices and methods of operating the same
A magnetic memory device includes: a free layer for storing information; and a reference layer disposed on a first surface of the free layer. The reference layer includes at least two magnetic domains and a magnetic domain wall between the at least two magnetic domains. The reference layer extends past both ends of the free layer. The magnetic memory device further includes a switching element connected to a second surface of the free layer. Another magnetic memory device includes: a first reference layer having a first magnetic domain wall; a second reference layer having a second magnetic domain wall; and a memory structure between the first and second reference layers. The memory structure includes: a first free layer adjacent to the first reference layer; a second free layer adjacent to the second reference layer; and a switching element between the first and second free layers. |
| US08514617B2 |
Magnetic memory element and storage device using the same
A magnetic memory element capable of maintaining high thermal stability (retention characteristics) while reducing a writing current. The magnetic memory element includes a magnetic tunnel junction having a first magnetic body including a perpendicular magnetization film, an insulating layer, and a second magnetic body serving as a storage layer including a perpendicular magnetization film, which are sequentially stacked. A thermal expansion layer is disposed in contact with the magnetic tunnel junction portion. The second magnetic body is deformed in a direction in which the cross section thereof increases or decreases by the thermal expansion or contraction of the thermal expansion layer due to the flow of a current, thereby reducing a switching current threshold value required to change the magnetization direction. |
| US08514615B2 |
Structures and methods for a field-reset spin-torque MRAM
An apparatus and method of programming a spin-torque magnetoresistive memory array includes a conductive reset line positioned near each of a plurality of magnetoresistive bits and configured to set the plurality of magnetoresistive memory elements to a known state having magnetization perpendicular to the film plane of the magnetoresistive bits by generating a magnetic field when an electrical current flows therethrough. The conductive reset line is positioned such that the magnetic field is applied with a predominant component perpendicular to the film plane when an electrical current of predetermined magnitude, duration, and direction flows through the first conductive reset line. Another conductive reset line may be positioned wherein the magnetic field is created between the two conductive reset lines. A permeable ferromagnetic material may be positioned around a portion of the conductive reset line or lines to focus the magnetic field in the desired direction by positioning edges of permeable ferromagnetic material on opposed sides of the film plane. A spin torque transfer current is applied to selected ones of the magnetoresistive bits to switch the selected bit to a programmed state. |
| US08514614B2 |
Magnetic memory
According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory includes a magnetoresistive element includes a fixed layer whose magnetization direction is fixed, a recording layer whose magnetization direction is variable and a nonmagnetic layer disposed between the fixed layer and the recording layer. A direction of a read current is set to a first direction in a case where an expression of MR ratio ≧|Ic+/Ic−|−1 is satisfied if a critical current of the first direction used to write the magnetoresistive element to the parallel state is set to Ic− and a critical current of a second direction used to write the magnetoresistive element to the anti-parallel state is set to Ic+. |
| US08514609B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of driving semiconductor device
The number of wirings per unit memory cell is reduced by sharing a bit line by a writing transistor and a reading transistor. Data is written by turning on the writing transistor so that a potential of the bit line is supplied to a node where one of a source and drain electrodes of the writing transistor and a gate electrode of the reading transistor are electrically connected, and then turning off the writing transistor so that a predetermined amount of charge is held in the node. Data is read by using a signal line connected to a capacitor as a reading signal line or a signal line connected to one of a source and drain electrodes of the reading transistor as a reading signal line so that a reading potential is supplied to the reading signal line, and then detecting a potential of the bit line. |
| US08514606B2 |
Circuit and system of using junction diode as program selector for one-time programmable devices
Junction diodes fabricated in standard CMOS logic processes can be used as program selectors for One-Time Programmable (OTP) devices, such as electrical fuse, contact/via fuse, contact/via anti-fuse, or gate-oxide breakdown anti-fuse, etc. The OTP device has an OTP element coupled to a diode in a memory cell. The diode can be constructed by P+ and N+ active regions on an N well as the P and N terminals of the diode. By applying a high voltage to the P terminal of a diode and switching the N terminal of a diode to a low voltage for suitable duration of time, a current flows through an OTP element in series with the program selector may change the resistance state. The P+ active region of the diode can be isolated from the N+ active region in the N well by using dummy MOS gate, SBL, or STI/LOCOS isolations. If the resistive element is an interconnect fuse based on CMOS gate material, the resistive element can be coupled to the P+ active region by an abutted contact such that the element, active region, and metal are connected in a single rectangular contact. |
| US08514602B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device
In one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a substrate provided with a memory cell part and sense amplifiers on a surface of the substrate, first isolation regions and first device regions disposed in the substrate under the memory cell part, and second isolation regions and second device regions disposed in the substrate under the sense amplifiers. The device further includes a plurality of interconnects disposed on the substrate in the sense amplifiers, extending in a first direction parallel to the surface of the substrate, being adjacent to one another in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and arranged in the same interconnect layer. At least one of the second device regions includes first and second stripe portions extending in the first direction, being adjacent in the second direction, and having stripe shapes, and a connecting portion disposed to connect the first stripe portion and the second stripe portion. The device further includes a source contact disposed on the connecting portion, and electrically connected to one of the interconnects. |
| US08514596B2 |
System interconnection inverter with bypass path
The present invention includes: an inverter 1 configured to perform pulse wide modulation on an output from a DC power source 5; a first capacitor pair 41 provided at an input side of the inverter and including two capacitors serially connected to form a neutral point; a second capacitor pair 42 provided at an output side of the inverter and including two capacitors serially connected to form a neutral point; a bypass path g for a leakage current formed by connecting the neutral point of the first capacitor pair and the neutral point of the second capacitor pair to each other; at least one common mode choke coil 3 provided between the first capacitor pair and the second capacitor pair and configured to suppress a common mode current generated in the inverter; and an output filter 2 configured to convert a voltage, which is outputted from the inverter and subjected to the pulse wide modulation, into a voltage in a sine wave form. |
| US08514595B1 |
Switching power supply operation with reduced harmonic interference
Methods of calibrating and operating a switching power supply in an electronic system are disclosed. A switching power supply is calibrated to determine a switching frequency. Harmonic frequencies that are multiples of the switching frequency are determined. A further determination is made as to whether any of the harmonic frequencies falls within one of one or more frequency bands of interest. A second switching frequency is determined such that none of its corresponding harmonic frequencies falls within a frequency band of interest. During operation of the system, the switching power supply is configured to operate at the second switching frequency if operation occurs within one of the frequency bands of interest. |
| US08514592B2 |
System and method for power conversion
A system and method for operating power supplies. A method comprises altering a current sense (CS) signal, turning off a switch of the converter in response to a determining that the CS signal is greater than or equal to a first threshold, and leaving on the switch of the converter in response to a determining that the CS signal is less than the first threshold. |
| US08514591B2 |
Power supply device and driving method thereof
The present invention relates to a power supply device generating an output power by using an AC line voltage generated through rectification of an AC input, and a driving method thereof. The power supply device controls the switching operation of the power switch by using a sensing voltage corresponding to the drain current flowing to the power switch and the feedback voltage corresponding to the output voltage. The power supply device controls the feedback current every switching cycle to generate a threshold voltage, and compares the sensing voltage and the threshold voltage to control the turn-off of the power switch. The feedback current includes the first current to generate the feedback voltage, and the threshold voltage follows a curved line waveform in which the increasing slope is decreased during the switching cycle. |
| US08514590B2 |
Power conversion apparatus
The power conversion apparatus includes electronic components constituting a power conversion circuit, a cooler for cooling at least some of the electronic components, and a case housing the electronic components and the cooler. The at least some of the electronic components and the cooler are fixed to and integrated in a frame as an internal unit . The internal unit including therein the semiconductor modules also includes a control circuit board fitted to board fixing sections formed in the frame so as to project from the frame in the height direction perpendicular to the plane of the frame. Each of the board fixing sections has a board abutment surface at a position closer to the frame than the tips of control terminals of the semiconductor modules formed so as to project in the height direction. |
| US08514587B2 |
Conductive structure
The present disclosure relates to a conductive structure. The conductive structure includes a first conductive layer, a conductive unit, a circuit board and a conductive material. The conductive unit is disposed on the first conductive layer. The circuit board having a first through hole is disposed on the first conductive layer. The conductive unit is exposed to the first through hole. The first through hole is filled with a conductive material, such that the conductive material is electrically connected to the conductive unit. |
| US08514570B2 |
Power supply system
A power supply system includes a distribution board, two power supplies, an interface board, and a cable. The interface board comprises two parallel connectors arranged at a center portion of a first side of the interface board, a pair of vents respectively defined beside the two connectors, and a first adapter connector formed at an end portion of the first side. The distribution board is coupled to a second side of the interface board and comprising a second adapter connector arranged thereon. The power supplies are respectively connected to the two connectors and each defines an air vent in alignment with the vents of the interface board. The cable is connected between the first adapter connector and the second adapter connector. |
| US08514565B2 |
Solid state storage device with removable power backup
A solid state storage device includes a printed circuit board assembly, a memory arranged on the printed circuit board assembly, and a storage medium arranged on the printed circuit board assembly. The storage device further includes a processor arranged on the printed circuit board assembly, wherein the processor is coupled to the memory and to the storage medium via the printed circuit board assembly, and wherein the processor is configured to store data in the memory and the storage medium and to read data from the memory and the storage medium. The storage device further includes a removable power pack comprising a plurality of capacitors serially arranged in a housing, wherein the plurality of capacitors is detachably connected to the printed circuit board assembly to supply backup power to the processor, the memory, and the storage medium when the removable power pack is mounted in the solid state storage device. |
| US08514562B2 |
Mounting apparatus for data storage device
A mounting apparatus includes an enclosure, a bracket for fixing a data storage device, and a resisting member movably attached to an outer surface of the bracket. The enclosure includes a pressing portion. The resisting member includes a resisting portion and a connecting portion formed from one end of the resisting portion. When the bracket is received in the enclosure, the pressing portion resists against the connecting portion to move the resisting portion toward the enclosure to firmly fix the bracket to the enclosure. |
| US08514560B2 |
Rotate-to-retract type storing apparatus
A rotate-to-retract type storing apparatus including a U-shaped protective casing, a shell body and a storing arrangement. A disk member is protrudes adjacent to an open side at the surface of protecting casing, and a protrusion member is provided at a partial position of the disk member. The shell body defines a receiving cavity and includes an insertion hole at a front end thereof for a second end portion of the storing arrangement to get into the receiving cavity and a retention hole penetrating a bottom surface of the shell body for coupling with the disk member so that the shell body is capable of rotating with respect to the protective casing and directing the coupling slot to rotate with respect to the protrusion member. This defines a moving distance—just enough for a first end portion of the storing arrangement to move between an application position and a retraction position. The result is a minimized size of the storing apparatus. |
| US08514557B2 |
Support mechanism and electronic device using the same
A support mechanism includes a support frame, a first hinge assembly, and a second hinge assembly. The support frame includes a first pivoting portion and a second pivoting portion aligned with the first pivoting portion. The first hinge assembly is mounted to the first pivoting portion, and the second hinge assembly is mounted to the second pivoting portion and aligns with the first hinge assembly. The support mechanism is durable. The present disclosure further provides an electronic device using the support mechanism. As the first pivot portion and the first hinge assembly is arranged in a line coaxial with the second pivoting portion and the second hinge assembly, an amount of force applied for supporting the main body of the electronic device is dispersed in a line, rather than being focused on one point, such that, an adjustable viewing angle to the main body is also provided. |
| US08514553B2 |
Display window and electronic device employing the same
An electronic device employs a display window, which includes a substrate, a paint layer, and a background color layer. The substrate has a first surface and an opposite second surface. The second surface has a central portion and a peripheral portion. The paint layer is formed on the peripheral portion and partially covers the peripheral portion. The portions of the peripheral portion not covered by the paint layer are roughened. The background color layer is formed on the peripheral portion and at least covers the roughened portions. |
| US08514552B2 |
Electrical system and matrix assembly therefor
A matrix assembly is provided for an electrical system such as, for example, a power distribution unit for an aircraft. The electrical system includes an enclosure and a number of current carrying components such as, for example, electrical bus members, electrical switching apparatus, and/or fuses. The matrix assembly includes a matrix member having a generally planar portion, a plurality of attachment points for attaching the current carrying components to the generally planar portion, and a plurality of mounting points for attaching the generally planar portion to a thermally conductive structure such as, for example, an aluminum airframe structure. The matrix member is a thermally conductive liquid crystalline polymer. In addition to providing dielectric insulation, the matrix member also effectively transfers heat away from the current carrying components to the aluminum airframe structure, thereby reducing the temperature and corresponding electrical resistance within the electrical system and improving performance. |
| US08514549B2 |
Power integrity circuits with EMI benefits
A stable power, low electromagnetic interference (EMI) apparatus and method for connecting electronic devices and circuit boards is disclosed. The apparatus involves a capacitor which includes a body member, a set of power terminals and a set of ground terminals connected to the top of the body member. The set of power terminals and the set of ground terminals alternate one with another. As a result of this configuration, a high inductance on the PCB side is achieved. The capacitor further includes a set of terminals connected to the bottom of the body member and includes metal planes within the body member. The metal planes are positioned to electrically connect either the set of power terminals or the set of ground terminals to the set of terminals. |
| US08514545B2 |
In-molded capacitive switch
An article of manufacture having an in-molded capacitive switch and method of making the same are shown and described. In one disclosed method, a conductive ink sensing zone is printed on a film. The film is formed to a desired shape and put in an injection mold. A molten plastic material is introduced into the injection mold to form a rigid structure that retains the film. |
| US08514534B2 |
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection for electronic devices using wire-bonding
A system in one embodiment includes a cable having a plurality of cable leads, and a multi-diode chip having a pad-side not facing the cable. The multi-diode chip includes a plurality of sets of contact pads on the pad-side of the multi-diode chip, and a plurality of crossed diode sets, wherein each set of crossed diodes is coupled between a first contact pad and a second contact pad of one set of contact pads, wherein at least two of the plurality of cable leads are coupled via wire-bonding to one of the plurality of sets of contact pads of the multi-diode chip for providing electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection for at least one element of the electronic device coupled to the at least two cable leads. |
| US08514532B2 |
Electrostatic discharge protection circuit
Disclosed herein are embodiments of electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuits. In certain embodiments an ESD protection circuit may include two series resistor-capacitor (RC) circuits. One series RC circuit may have a short time constant and may selectively activate a current shunt between two power rails in response to an ESD event. Accordingly, the ESD circuit may be able to respond to fast ramping ESD events. The other series RC circuit has a longer time constant, and maintains the current shunt in an active state for a sufficient amount of time to allow the ESD event to be completely discharged. |
| US08514531B1 |
Trip unit providing short circuit zone location detection, electrical switching apparatus and system including the same
A trip unit includes a current sensor to sense a value of current flowing through a conductor, a circuit to receive first frequency pulses having a number of first frequencies from the conductor, a transmitter to transmit second frequency pulses having a second frequency different than the first frequencies to the conductor, and a processor having a routine. The routine inputs the sensed value of current from the current sensor, determines if the sensed value of current exceeds a predetermined value and responsively causes the transmitter to transmit the second frequency pulses having the second frequency to the conductor, monitors within a predetermined time after determining that the sensed value of current exceeds the predetermined value if a number of the first frequency pulses having the number of first frequencies is received by the circuit, and responsively delays outputting a trip signal, and, otherwise, immediately outputs the trip signal. |
| US08514530B2 |
Load control and protection system
A control and protection system has a DC terminal (DCT), for connection to a DC bus (DCB), a load terminal (LT) for connection to a LOAD, a ground terminal (GT) for connection to an external ground bus (EGB), and an INPUT terminal for receiving ON/OFF commands. An internal ground bus (IGB) of the system is normally coupled to the EGB via the GT. But if a ground fault disconnects the GT from the EGB, the system automatically couples the IGB to the LT, thereby providing a synthetic ground that facilitates continued operation of the system and any peripheral circuits coupled between the DCB and the GT. Any peripheral circuit current passing through the system to the EGB is prevented from causing improper operation of the LOAD by automatically adjusting a series impedance that it passes through between the GT and the LT before reaching the LOAD and EGB. |
| US08514528B2 |
Method of protection from over-temperature and corresponding arrangement
A method of protecting from over-temperature a device associated with an electronic converter including a feedback path for regulating the output signal of said electronic converter may include providing a thermal sensitive component sensitive to the temperature of said device, and including said thermal sensitive component in said feedback path of said electronic converter, whereby said output signal of said electronic converter is reduced as a function of the temperature of said device as sensed by said thermal sensitive component. |
| US08514526B2 |
Magnetoresistive magnetic head having a non-magnetic part on a medium facing surface side of the sensor
According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes an upper magnetic shield, a lower magnetic shield, a magnetoresistive element having a magnetization-free layer formed therein formed between the shields, an upper magnetic shield restricting part formed on a medium facing surface side, a lower magnetic shield restricting part formed on the medium facing surface side, and a non-magnetic part formed between the upper and lower magnetic shield restricting parts on the medium facing surface side such that the magnetoresistive element is not exposed at the medium facing surface. The non-magnetic part is positioned such that a distance between the upper and lower magnetic shield restricting parts in a direction perpendicular to a plane of deposition is smaller than a distance between the upper and lower magnetic shields in the direction perpendicular to the plane of deposition near the medium facing surface. Other systems and heads are disclosed as well. |
| US08514522B1 |
Systems for interconnecting magnetic heads of storage devices in a test assembly
Systems for interconnecting magnetic heads of storage devices in a test assembly are provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a probe assembly for coupling a read head to a cavity gimbal assembly, the probe assembly including a plurality of conductive probes each including a body section including two substantially flat side surfaces and a bottom surface including a pad configured to be soldered to a corresponding pad of a laminated flexure of the cavity gimbal assembly, a spring section including an elongated arm extending away from the body section, the elongated arm shaped to make conductive contact with a pad on a trailing face of the read head, and a non-conductive adhesive layer attached to at least one of the two side surfaces, where each of the plurality of the conductive probes is attached to an adjacent one of the conductive probes by one of the adhesive layers. |
| US08514521B2 |
Hard disk drive slider
A hard disk drive system is provided. The hard disk drive system includes a hard disk and at least one slider structure for reading data from and writing data onto the hard disk. The hard disk includes a plurality of layers, and at least a topmost one of the plurality of layers comprises a lubricant layer. The at least one slider structure includes an air bearing surface and one or more structures for forming lubricant reservoirs. The air bearing surface includes a read/write sensor for reading and writing the data from/onto the hard disk. And the one or more structures form the lubricant reservoirs which are fluidically coupled to the air bearing surface to prevent lubricant buildup on the air bearing surface. |
| US08514518B2 |
Flat E-yoke for cusp write head
A magnetic write pole structure that is configured to greatly simplify the manufacture of a perpendicular magnetic write head. The write head has a magnetic yoke that is oriented along a plane that is perpendicular to the direction of the data track. This allows the entire yoke to be formed in a single electroplating step, rather than being built up in several plated layers. The yoke can also be formed with magnetic side shields, or with a trailing or wrap around shield, which can be integral with the rest of the yoke and can be advantageously formed in the same, single electroplating step. |
| US08514511B1 |
Disk-locked loop in self-servo-write using spiral sync-mark detection
Writing servo wedge code to a disk is disclosed. A wedge-to-wedge time interval is determined. At least until it is determined that a lock criterion is met: For each wedge-to-wedge time interval, a wedge frequency error is computed based on an adjustable clock. The clock is adjusted based on one or more of the wedge frequency errors. It is determined whether a lock criterion is met based on one or more of the wedge frequency errors. After the lock criterion is met, servo wedge code is written to the disk. |
| US08514506B1 |
Disk drive comprising a dual read element and delay circuitry to improve read signal
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk having a plurality of data tracks, and a head actuated over the disk, the head comprising a first read element and a second read element. A data track is read to generate a first read signal emanating from the first read element and a second read signal emanating from the second read element. The first read signal is delayed in continuous time relative to the second read signal to generate a delayed read signal, and the second read signal is combined with the delayed read signal to generate a combined read signal. An estimated data sequence is detected from the combined read signal. |
| US08514505B2 |
Wafer level optical lens substrate and fabrication method thereof
A wafer level optical lens substrate including a substrate and at least one lens is provided. The substrate has at least one through hole and at least one flange, wherein each flange is located on a side wall in each through hole. Each lens located in each through hole is embedded with each flange. A method of fabricating a wafer level optical lens substrate and a wafer level optical lens module are also provided respectively. |
| US08514501B2 |
Optical image lens system
An optical image lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element with negative refractive power has a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface. The third lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface. The fourth lens element with refractive power has a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, wherein the surfaces of the fourth lens element are aspheric. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface, wherein the surfaces of the fifth lens element are aspheric, and the fifth lens element has inflection points formed on at least one of surface thereof. |
| US08514498B2 |
Zoom lens and optical apparatus having the zoom lens
A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power. The second lens unit and the fourth lens unit move during zooming. The third lens unit includes at least one positive lens and at least one negative lens. When Rnf and Rnr are radiuses of curvature of surfaces on the object side and the image side respectively of one negative lens of the second lens unit, Rpf and Rpr are radiuses of curvature on the object side and the image side respectively of one positive lens of the second lens unit, the following conditions are satisfied: 3.4<(Rnf−Rnr)/(Rnf+Rnr)<4.4 −0.7<(Rpf−Rpr)/(Rpf+Rpr)<−0.5. |
| US08514497B2 |
Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus having the same
A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power and a second lens unit having a positive refractive power. A distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit varies during zooming. The first lens unit includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a negative lens and a positive lens of which an object-side lens surface has a convex shape. An Abbe number of a material of the positive lens of the first lens unit, a focal length of the first lens unit, a distance between an image-side lens surface of the first lens unit and an object-side lens surface of the second lens unit at a telephoto end, and focal lengths of the entire zoom lens at a wide-angle end and the telephoto end are appropriately set. |
| US08514496B2 |
High zoom-ratio zoom lens system
A high-ratio zoom lens system includes a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, a positive third lens group, and a positive fourth lens group, in that order from the object. Upon zooming from the short focal length extremity to the long focal length extremity, the first through fourth lens groups move along the optical axis of the zoom lens system while increasing the distance between the first and second lens groups, and decreasing the distance between the second and third lens groups. The following conditions are satisfied: 0.9 |
| US08514492B2 |
Multilayer body and method for producing a multilayer body
The invention concerns a multilayer body and a process for producing a multilayer body. The multilayer body has a transparent first layer in which a multiplicity of cylindrical lenses of a length of more than 2 mm and a width of less than 400 μm are shaped, which are arranged in accordance with a microlens grid spanning a first co-ordinate system having a co-ordinate axis X1 which is determined by the focal point lines of the cylindrical lenses, and a co-ordinate axis Y2 perpendicular thereto. |
| US08514490B2 |
Projection apparatuses and associated methods
Projection apparatuses and associated methods are provided. A representative apparatus includes: a support frame defining a projection area; a polymeric screen of sheet material sized and shaped to span at least a portion of the projection area; a retention member operative to contact the polymeric screen along an edge thereof; and a tensioning assembly operative to apply tension to the screen via the retention member, the tensioning assembly being operative to selectively reposition the retention member relative to the support frame. |
| US08514485B2 |
Passive all-fiber integrated high power coherent beam combination
A fiber laser amplifier system including a beam splitter that splits a feedback beam into a plurality of fiber beams where a separate fiber beam is sent to a fiber amplifier for amplifying the fiber beam. A tapered fiber bundle couples all of the output ends of all of the fiber amplifiers into a combined fiber providing a combined output beam. An end cap is optically coupled to an output end of the tapered fiber bundle to expand the output beam. A beam sampler samples a portion of the output beam from the end cap and provides a sample beam. A single mode fiber receives the sample beam from the beam sampler and provides the feedback beam. |
| US08514477B2 |
Optical arrangements for imaging including an acousto-optic tunable filter and at least one petzval lens combination
An optical combination includes an input lens having an optical axis for receiving incoming rays, an output Petzval lens combination including spaced apart doublet lenses L3 and L4 both aligned along the optical axis, and an acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) that defines an input side and an output side for the optical combination positioned between the input lens and L3. An input aperture stop is on the input side and an output beam stop is on or near L4. The input lens can be an input Petzval lens combination including spaced apart doublet lenses L2 and L1, wherein the input aperture stop is on or near L2, and the input Petzval lens combination and output Petzval lens combinations are aligned back-to-back. |
| US08514474B2 |
Three-dimensional display device
A 3D image display device with high resolution is disclosed. The device may deflect left and right eye images to a left and right eye of a viewer, respectively. As such, the viewer may see 3D images. The 3D image display device includes a plurality of electrically switchable light modulating cells containing two incompatible light modulating mediums. When a voltage is applied to electrodes of the electrically switchable light modulating cell, the interface between the incompatible light modulating mediums non-horizontally deforms corresponding to the electrowetting or electrostatic concept. The geometrical shape, size, and material of partition walls in the electrically switchable light modulating cells may reduce or eliminate misplacement of incompatible light modulating mediums while voltages are applied thereto. In addition, the method of manufacturing the 3D image display device is also disclosed. |
| US08514467B2 |
Device, computer readable medium and method for image reading
Images from a set of documents may be read by an image reading device by, in one example, carrying the documents one by one. The read data may be stored and errors in an operation in the reading may be detected. When an error is detected, the reading of the documents may be stopped. Additionally, reading of the documents may be restarted when the error is no longer detected. According to one or more aspects, the reading may be restarted such that the read data obtained after restart of reading continues from the read data obtained before detection of the error. According to further aspects, the entire read data of the documents may be converted into a single file having a predetermined format. |
| US08514466B2 |
Image reader and image reading method
An image reader includes a first line sensor that reads first image lines of an original document; a second line sensor that reads second image lines of the original document, the second image lines being located apart from the first image lines in a sub-scanning direction, respectively; and a control unit configured to, in the case where an abnormality occurs during reading of a first image line by the first line sensor, alternately switch reading of the first image lines by the first line sensor and reading of the second image lines by the second line sensor at a time point when a reading position of the second line sensor reaches a reading stop position of the first line sensor at which the abnormality has occurred. |
| US08514465B2 |
Scanning apparatus having machanism for adjusting opening of sheet passageway
A scanning apparatus having a mechanism for adjusting an opening of a sheet passageway includes a first assembly, a second assembly and a driving mechanism. The first assembly is moveably disposed. The second assembly is disposed opposite the first assembly. The driving mechanism drives the first assembly to move in a vertical direction to adjust a distance between the first assembly and the second assembly. The driving mechanism includes a horizontally extending portion and a vertically extending portion. The horizontally extending portion is moveable in a horizontal direction. The vertically extending portion, connected to the horizontally extending portion, pushes against the first assembly. The vertically extending portion drives the first assembly to move in the vertical direction in response to the movement of the horizontally extending portion in the horizontal direction. |
| US08514463B2 |
Image processing apparatus
An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus includes a lower unit, an upper unit, a joint piece to connect the upper unit with the lower unit, a flat cable, and a holder piece, which is movable with respect to one of the upper unit and the lower unit when the upper unit is moved with respect to the lower unit. The holder piece includes a first opening, a second opening, and a path connecting the first opening and the second opening to hold the flat cable therein in a curved posture. When the upper unit is vertically moved, the holder member is vertically moved with respect to the one of the upper unit and the lower unit by shifting a range of curvature in the flat cable as the flat cable is pulled out of and withdrawn in the holder member. |
| US08514457B2 |
Information extraction apparatus, information extraction method, information-extraction computer program product, and storage medium
Tools are provided for (i) obtaining image data in which information is embedded by printing multiple types of patterns in a matrix, (ii) calculating multiple vertical-line-segment sequences and multiple horizontal-line-segment sequences, obtained by connecting vertically arranged patterns and horizontally arranged patterns, respectively, in the image data with polygonal lines, (iii) searching for a vertical line segment and a horizontal line segment intersecting with each other for each combination of one of the vertical-line-segment sequences and one of the horizontal-line-segment sequences, (iv) calculating an intersection point between the thus-found vertical line segment and the horizontal line segment as a position of a pattern, and (v) extracting the information embedded in the printed material by identifying types of patterns at the calculated intersection points. |
| US08514455B2 |
Image processing apparatus and method
An image processing apparatus controls a formation of dots in a recording element configured to perform scanning on a sheet-like recording medium to form dots of different colors on a surface of the recording medium. The image processing apparatus makes a constraint according to cyan and magenta constraint information applied to a same scanning operation stronger than a constraint according to cyan and magenta constraint information applied to mutually adjacent scanning operations. |
| US08514454B2 |
Image processing apparatus and method for selecting a processing mode based on number of relative movements of a recording head
An image processing apparatus is configured to process multivalued image data corresponding to a unit area of a recording medium so as to form an image on the unit area with a plurality of relative movements between a recording head and the recording medium. The apparatus has a selecting unit for selecting either a first processing mode to segment the multivalued image data into a plurality of multivalued image data corresponding to the plurality of relative movements, and then quantize each of the plurality of multivalued image data, or a second processing mode to quantize the multivalued image data into quantized image data, and then segment the quantized image data into a plurality of quantized image data corresponding to the plurality of relative movements. The selecting unit may select either the first processing mode or the second processing mode based on the number of relative movements to the unit area. |
| US08514450B2 |
Image processing apparatus displaying an interface for changing print settings, print control method, and print control program
An image processing apparatus, a print control method, and a print control program are provided that are capable of printing after changing print setting by an easy operation for a application program in operating. Together with two windows of document creating programs which are operating, a gadget indicating calendar information and a print setting gadget are displayed as gadget programs in an area of the right side of a desktop screen of a PC. When a print setting button of the print setting gadget is selected, the print setting condition corresponding to the selected button and the application program in operating are stored, and when a print request is made from the application program, the setting value of a printer driver is changed for printing. |
| US08514449B2 |
Image forming apparatus, controlling device, image formation method and computer readable medium for adjusting image forming conditions based on output
The image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit forming an image on a medium by using an image forming portion; a mode setting unit setting an image forming mode of plural image forming modes, the plural image forming modes setting, at a time of forming the image, different image forming conditions for the image forming portion included in the image forming unit; an adjusting unit performing adjustment of an image forming condition in the image forming mode; and a measuring unit individually measuring, for each of the image forming modes, a progress state after the adjustment of the image forming condition is performed by the adjusting unit in the image forming mode. The adjusting unit performs the adjustment of the image forming condition when the progress state in the image forming mode exceeds a certain value in the image forming mode. |
| US08514448B2 |
Image revising method, image forming apparatus and method for revising image spreading
An image revising method, an image forming apparatus, and a method for revising image spreading are provided. The image revising method includes regulating a black color level in a black area of an input image; adjusting a color level of at least one other color excluding the black color in the black area; and revising the image by applying the regulated black color level and the adjusted color level of the at least one other color. Thus, in copying a document, the black color with the enhanced legibility can be serviced. |
| US08514447B2 |
Image processing using first and second color matching
There is provided an image processing method for, when performing color space transformation from a first color space to a second color space for an object such as characters and graphics, performing synthesis color processing for objects in different colors, in which matching processing is performed for the objects in different colors by different matching methods; and synthesis color processing is performed for the objects in different colors for which the matching processing has been performed by the different matching methods. |
| US08514444B2 |
Image processing system to adjust image output data
According to an embodiment of the present invention, when image data is output from an image forming apparatus, even if the specified sheet feeding unit is changed, an image positional shift function can be utilized. In an image processing apparatus, a factor according to which readjustment may be provided is generated, such as switching of sheet feeding trays or rotation of an image. In this case, the image processing apparatus can transmit a readjustment request to an external controller. The external controller receiving the readjustment request from the image processing apparatus changes the adjustment value and carries out a RIP processing again. Then, the external controller can re-transmit the image data subjected to the RIP processing to the image processing apparatus. |
| US08514442B2 |
Data management device and data management method, and computer readable medium therefor
A data management device displays, on a display screen thereof, an external-device image representing an external device and an application screen corresponding to each of applications in execution. The external-device image includes function areas that respectively represent functional units of the external device. The data management device is configured to determine in which, among the function areas, a first position specified on the display screen is included, determine in which, among display areas for the application screens and the external-device image, a second position specified on the display screen is included, and set data corresponding to a function represented by a function area in which the first position is determined to be included, as target data for a process corresponding to a display area in which the second position is determined to be included. |
| US08514440B2 |
Image forming system
In an image forming system for an image forming apparatus for forming an image according to the image forming system under an instruction of a terminal unit connected thereto by way of a network to instruct a formation of an image according to output data, the terminal unit sets an access information such as permitting a particular person to access the output data. The image forming apparatus compares the user information with the access information and outputs an image only when the output user conforms to the particular person. The terminal unit further changes the access information so that a second particular user other than the particular user can temporarily access to the output data and the image forming apparatus can output an image by the use of the output data also when the access information conforms to the second particular user. |
| US08514439B2 |
Image processing system and image processing method for estimating image forming operation charges
An image processing server in charge of a first image processing operation determines a reference value for a reference item; generates first reference information; calculates its charge; generates first charge information indicating its calculated amount of charge; and transmits the first reference information and the first charge information to the next location, separately from image data obtained by the first image processing operation. An image processing server in charge of a second image processing operation calculates its charge based on the reference value determined by the image processing server in charge of the first image processing operation; generates second charge information indicating its calculated charge; and transmits this second charge information, the first reference information and first charge information generated by the image processing server in charge of the first image processing operation, to the next location, separately from image data obtained by the second image processing operation. |
| US08514431B2 |
Method and apparatus for automated call assistance for malfunctions in an image production device
A method for automated call assistance for malfunctions in an image production device may include receiving a signal from a user interface requesting call assistance, transmitting the call assistance request to an automated call assistance processing unit along with customer and image production device identification information, receiving a signal from the automated call assistance processing unit to identify one or more malfunctions, identifying one or more malfunctions, transmitting the one of more identified malfunctions to the automated call assistance processing unit, receiving a signal from the automated call assistance processing unit to perform one or more diagnostic tests on the image production device, performing the one or more diagnostic tests, transmitting the results of the one or more diagnostic tests to at least one of the user interface and the automated call assistance processing unit, receiving instructions from the automated call assistance processing unit concerning one or more remedies for the one or more malfunctions, and implementing the received instructions concerning one or more remedies. |
| US08514429B2 |
Information processing device
An information processing device may store and output information concerning events occurring in itself or another device. The information processing device may be provided with a destination-event type storing device, a first individual storing device, a first storage control device, and a first output control device. The destination-event type storing device may, for each of a plurality of destinations, store a combination of a destination and an event type. The first individual storing device may have a plurality of individual storing areas. Each individual storing area may correspond to a different destination. The first storage control device may, for each event that occurs, specify the destination combined with the event type from the destination-event type storing device, and store event occurrence information showing that the event type has occurred in the individual storage area corresponding to the specified destination. The first output control device may, for each individual storage area, output the event occurrence information stored in the individual storage area to the destination corresponding to the individual storage area. |
| US08514427B2 |
Information processing method and apparatus equipped with a monitoring unit
An information processing method in an information processing apparatus that is equipped with a monitoring unit that acquires and retains information from a printing apparatus via a communication channel using an information request or an event registration is provided. The information processing method includes an obtaining step of obtaining from the monitoring unit an acquiring method for acquiring the retained information; an acquiring step of acquiring the retained information in accordance with the obtained acquiring method; and a display controlling step of allowing a display unit to perform a display based on the information acquired in the acquiring step. |
| US08514424B2 |
Printing apparatus, printing resuming method, and storage medium
There is provided a printing apparatus capable of solving the problem by including a sheet discharge unit configured to discharge data from the first page of the record including a page where a printing error occurs to the page related to the page where the printing error occurs held on a buffer as output products related to the printing error if the printing error occurs, a display unit configured to display on an operation unit a message prompting the removal of the output products discharged by the sheet discharge unit, and a print resumption unit configured to resume printing from the first page of the record including a page where a printing error occurs if the print resumption unit is instructed to resume printing after the display unit displays the message. |
| US08514423B2 |
Device for imaging a flat object and printing material processing machine having the device
A device for imaging a flat object, for example a paper sheet in a printing machine, includes a light source, preferably an LED row, a lens and an image sensor. An observation angle between the object plane and lens axis is flat, that is to say less than 45°. The light source illuminates the flat object in a first, near region with light of a first wavelength and illuminates the flat object in a second, far region with light of a second wavelength. The first wavelength is shorter than the second wavelength, preferably being blue and red spectral regions. The first region is disposed nearer the image sensor than the second region. The device permits the so-called chromatic aberration of the lens to be utilized to advantageously reduce the tilt angle of the image sensor required by the so-called Scheimpflug condition. A printing machine having the device is also provided. |
| US08514422B2 |
Image forming apparatus that controls job processing on the basis of authentication
An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes a reading unit, authentication unit, job processing control unit, and output unit. The reading unit sequentially performs reading of low jobs making up a high job. The authentication unit stores a user information table in which user information elements on authorized users are registered and sequentially determines whether each low job is proper or improper by verifying a user information element corresponding to the low job against the user information table to carry out authentication. The job processing control unit controls, if a low job is determined to be improper in the determination, an operation of skipping the low job determined to be improper and sequentially performing the reading and determination on subsequent low jobs. The output unit outputs a low job determined to be proper in the determination. |
| US08514420B2 |
Image forming apparatus and method of user authentication
An image forming apparatus includes a user authentication function that authorizes a user to operate saved print data with a password without requiring an input of the password while ensuring a security level. When a user is going to operate a document by using the image forming apparatus, and if the user logged in the image forming apparatus is a creator of the document, the image forming apparatus performs control not requiring the user to input an operation password for print data. Moreover, by managing information on users who have unlocked the operation password as document information, the image forming apparatus also performs control not requiring even users other than the creator of the document to input the operation password if the users have unlocked the operation password ever before. |
| US08514417B2 |
Accessing functions of a multi-function device
Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for accessing functions of a multi-function device. |
| US08514411B2 |
Determination of optimal diameters for nanowires
Methods of optimizing the diameters of nanowire photodiode light sensors. The method includes comparing the response of nanowire photodiode pixels having predetermined diameters with standard spectral response curves and determining the difference between the spectral response of the photodiode pixels and the standard spectral response curves. Also included are nanowire photodiode light sensors with optimized nanowire diameters and methods of scene reconstruction. |
| US08514409B2 |
System for monitoring a relative displacement of components
A system is provided for monitoring a relative displacement of a pair of end-winding components. The system includes a structure mounted to the end-winding components at an angle with respect to the end-winding components for monitoring the relative displacement. The system further includes an optical fiber with a first portion including a fiber Bragg grating mounted to a surface of the structure to experience a strain resulting from a strain of the structure due to the relative displacement. The optical fiber includes a second portion internally routed through in the structure to the first portion mounted to the surface. The structure is configured so that the strain produced by the structure limits a magnitude of the strain of the fiber Bragg grating within a predetermined range over a span of the relative displacement of the end-winding components. |
| US08514400B2 |
Optical gyroscope sensors based on optical whispering gallery mode resonators
Optical gyroscope devices based on optical whispering gallery mode resonators that measure rotations based on rotation-induced optical phase shift in optical whispering gallery mode resonators. |
| US08514398B2 |
Sensing devices and techniques using 3-D arrays based on surface plasmon excitations
Techniques, apparatus, material and systems are described for implementing a three-dimensional composite mushroom-like metallodielectric nanostructure. In one aspect, a surface plasmon based sensing device includes a substrate and a layer of an anti-reflective coating over the substrate. The surface Plasmon based sensing device includes a dielectric material on the anti-reflective coating shaped to form a 2-dimensional array of nanoholes spaced from one another. Also, the surface Plasmon based sensing device includes a layer of a metallic film formed on the 2-dimensional array of nanoholes to include openings over the nanoholes, respectively, wherein the sensing device is structured to support both propagating surface plasmon polariton (SPP) waves and localized surface plasmon resonant (LSPR) modes. |
| US08514396B2 |
Color measuring device, image capturing device, image forming apparatus, color measurement method, and computer program product
A color measuring device includes a storage unit configured to store therein colorimetric values corresponding respectively to colors constituting a reference chart in a predetermined color space that is device-independent; an image capturing unit configured to capture the reference chart and a subject for color measurement simultaneously to acquire RGB values of the reference chart and RGB values of the subject; a search unit configured to search for RGB values of four points corresponding to vertices of a polyhedron in the reference chart, the polyhedron including a specified RGB value of the subject in an RGB color space; a calculating unit configured to calculate a linear transformation matrix for converting the RGB values of the four points into the corresponding colorimetric values; and a conversion unit configured to convert the specified RGB value into a corresponding colorimetric value in the predetermined color space based on the linear transformation matrix. |
| US08514393B2 |
Terahertz sensing system and method
Disclosed herein are a system and corresponding method for sensing terahertz radiation. The system collects terahertz radiation scattered from a target and upconverts the collected radiation to optical frequencies. A frequency-domain spectrometer senses spectral components of the upconverted signal in parallel to produce a spectroscopic measurement of the entire band of interest in a single shot. Because the sensing system can do single-shot measurements, it can sense moving targets, unlike sensing systems that use serial detection, which can only be used to sense stationary objects. As a result, the sensing systems and methods disclosed herein may be used for real-time imaging, including detection of concealed weapons, medical imaging, and hyperspectral imaging. |
| US08514390B2 |
Optical equipment and registration method
An optical equipment for inspecting and addressing a specimen is disclosed. The optical equipment comprises an optical device and a processing module. The optical device comprises a light source, a sample inspecting device and an address detecting device. The sample inspecting device comprises a first objective lens and a first detector. A beam is focused on a sample placed in an inspected site of a specimen by the first objective lens. The address detecting device comprises a second objective lens and a second detector. A beam is focused on the address coding site by the second objective lens. The processing module controls the beam to be focused on the sampling points of the inspected site to generate first optical signals, and simultaneously controls the beam of the light source to be focused on the corresponding address codes of the address coding site to generate second optical signals. |
| US08514389B2 |
Inspecting apparatus, three-dimensional profile measuring apparatus, and manufacturing method of structure
An aspect of an inspecting apparatus includes a profile measuring part measuring a profile of an object surface and an image detecting part detecting a light intensity distribution of the object surface by illuminating the object surface from mutually different plurality of directions. |
| US08514385B2 |
Device and method for inspecting an object
A method for inspecting an object and an inspection system, the system includes: at least one primary light source followed by at least one illumination path imaging lens adapted to direct at least one primary light beam towards an area of an inspected object; at least one secondary light source followed by at least one collimating component and at least one concentrating component adapted to direct at least one secondary light beam towards the area; wherein the at least one primary light beam and the at least one secondary light beam illuminate the area such that substantially each point within an imaged portion of the area is illuminated over a large angular range characterized by substantially uniform intensity; a collection path that comprises an image sensor, a beam splitter path and a collection path imaging lens; wherein the beam splitter is positioned between the area and between the collection path imaging lens; and wherein the at least one collimating component defines a central aperture through which the at least one primary light beam propagates. |
| US08514382B2 |
Optical device and method for measuring the rotation of an object
A method and optical device measures the rotation of an object, including a light source emitting a collimated incident light beam, and a reflecting plane optical interface to be fastened to the object and forming a first reflected beam. The device includes a corner reflector fastened to the object, and having reflecting plane faces forming a second reflected beam, and a detection system capable of measuring the displacement Δ1 of the first reflected beam, and the displacement Δ2 of the second reflected beam. A processing system calculates, as a function of Δ1 and of the distance D1 between the detection system and the reflecting plane optical interface, and of the measurement of Δ2 and of the distance D2 between the detection system and the corner reflector, a measurement of the rotation α of the object between an initial position and a measurement position. |
| US08514381B2 |
Optical fiber network test method of an optical frequency domain reflectometer
An optical fiber network test method of an optical frequency domain reflectometer, which is to use the optical testing apparatus and method of the prevent invention to combine the characters of filtering, reflecting and transmission of light of the wave reflecting unit, applying on any optical fiber test or point-to-point or point-to-multipoint optical fiber network. Thus, the optical fiber testing apprartus and method is constructed, and the goals of achieving the optical fiber network test method of the optical frequency domain reflectometer or confirming simultaneously the position of the barrier router and the barrier optical fiber connection point/end point/start point can be accomplished. |
| US08514375B2 |
Distance-measuring device of measuring distance according to variation of imaging location and calibrating method thereof
A distance-measuring device is utilized for measuring a measured distance between a measured object and the distance-measuring device. The distance-measuring device reduces the effect of a background light and a flicking light by removing the part corresponding to the background light and the flicking light from light-sensed signals generated by an image sensor of the distance-measuring device. In addition, the distance-measuring device calculates a calibrating parameter for calibrating an assemble-error angle of the distance-measuring device, according to an imaging location of a reflective light obtained by measuring a calibrating object with a predetermined distance. In this way, the distance-measuring device can correctly calculate out the measured distance. |
| US08514371B2 |
Imaging device in a projection exposure facility
An imaging device in a projection exposure machine for microlithography has at least one optical element and at least one manipulator, having a linear drive, for manipulating the position of the optical element. The linear drive has a driven subregion and a nondriven subregion, which are movable relative to one another in the direction of a movement axis. The subregions are interconnected at least temporarily via functional elements with an active axis and via functional elements with an active direction at least approximately parallel to the movement axis. |
| US08514369B2 |
Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
In an embodiment, a lithographic projection apparatus has an off-axis image field and a concave refractive lens as the final element of the projection system. The concave lens can be cut-away in parts not used optically to prevent bubbles from being trapped under the lens. |
| US08514366B2 |
Exposure method and apparatus, maintenance method and device manufacturing method
An exposure method includes holding a substrate held by a substrate holder on a substrate stage moving on an image plane side of a projection optical system; forming an immersion area the image plane side of the projection optical system by using a liquid supplied from a liquid supplying mechanism; and exposing a substrate by exposure light via the projection optical system and the immersion area. During a period when exposure of the substrate is not performed, an upper portion of the substrate holder is cleaned by moving the substrate stage relative to the immersion area, and an upper portion of a measuring stage is cleaned by moving the measuring stage relative to the immersion area. A cleaning liquid can be used as a liquid for forming the immersion area during cleaning. High-resolution immersion exposure is performed at a high throughput by suppressing entering of foreign materials into the liquid. |
| US08514357B2 |
Alignment material, alignment layer, liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof
A liquid crystal display device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. In an embodiment of the present invention, a liquid crystal display device and a method of manufacturing the liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate that has a first electrode formed thereon, a second substrate that faces the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer that is formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a first alignment layer that is formed on the first substrate and is in contact with the liquid crystal layer. Here, the first alignment layer includes a first alignment base layer that is photoaligned, and a first alignment controlling layer that is extended from the inside of the first alignment base layer. |
| US08514356B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof
In a liquid crystal display device small in the size and having a narrow frame, an alignment film can be coated by ink jet printing, by coating a rapidly drying peripheral alignment film 109 in the shape of a frame to a TFT substrate 100 having a display region having pixel electrode 107 and a peripheral region thereof by ink jet printing, and then coating a display region alignment film 108 drying slower but excellent in the leveling effect by ink jet printing. While the display region alignment film 108 dries slowly, since the peripheral alignment film 109 formed to the periphery functions as a stopper, the shape of the alignment film can be defined accurately, thereby enabling to prevent lowering of the adhesion of the seal member 20 under the effect of the alignment film. This can be applied also on the side of the counter substrate 200. |
| US08514355B2 |
Liquid crystal display device with column spacers and a sidewall and method for manufacturing the same
A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes preparing first and second substrates, at least one of the first and second substrates being a transparent substrate; forming a plurality of the column spacers on the first substrate for maintaining a cell gap between the first and second substrates and a sidewall on the first substrate for sealing the periphery of the substrates; applying an adhesive solution including an adhesive diluted with an organic solvent onto the first substrate having the column spacers and the sidewall thereon; positioning the second substrate on the first substrate so that the first and second substrates face each other; adhering the column spacers to the second substrate by drying the organic solvent from the adhesive solution; and providing a liquid crystal material between the first and second substrates. |
| US08514352B2 |
Phosphor-based display
A phosphor-based multi-colored display is provided which includes a spatial light modulator comprising an addressable array of apertures each corresponding to a respective sub-pixel in the display; an array of phosphor regions each indexed to a corresponding aperture of the spatial light modulator; and a backlight which provides quasi-monochromatic light to phosphor within each of the phosphor regions. The phosphor within each of the phosphor regions, upon being excited by the quasi-monochromatic light of the backlight, emits light having a color different from a color of the quasi-monochromatic light, through the corresponding aperture of the spatial light modulator. |
| US08514350B2 |
Light emitting device, display device, and color conversion sheet
There is provided is a display device capable of suppressing deterioration of the color conversion layer which converts one color light into another color light, and realizing favorable handling and a display device using the color conversion layer, and a color conversion sheet. A phosphor sheet 10 is, for example, arranged immediately above a light source such as a blue light emitting diode, and obtained by sealing a phosphor layer 11, which converts a part of blue light into another color light, by sealing sheets 12A and 12B. The sealing sheets 12A and 12B are bonded with the phosphor layer 11 in between by a first bonding layer 13 and a second bonding layer 14. Since the phosphor layer 11 is sealed by the sealing sheets 12A and 12B including a water vapor barrier layer 122 held between resin sheets 121A and 121B, water vapor is prevented from entering into the phosphor layer, and a chemical reaction is less likely to be generated between the phosphor layer 11 and the water vapor barrier layer 122. |
| US08514348B2 |
Liquid crystal display device using light guide plate
A light guide plate is for reflecting incident light from an end surface thereof in an inside to obtain surface emission from a front surface thereof. The light guide plate includes protrusions and recesses formed on one of the front surface and a rear surface on an opposite side of the front surface. The protrusions and recesses are formed of a shape in which first mountain-range shapes each including a first ridge continuing along a first direction, which is a direction toward the inside from the end surface, and second mountain-range shapes each including a second ridge continuing along a second direction intersecting with the first direction are combined. Each first mountain-range shape includes a pair of first side surfaces on both sides of the first ridge. Each second mountain-range shape includes a pair of second side surfaces on both sides of the second ridge. |
| US08514347B2 |
Backlight unit and liquid crystal display including the same
A backlight unit including a light guide plate, a light source comprising a plurality of color light emitting diodes, and an optical member comprising a diffusion sheet on the light guide plate, wherein the diffusion sheet comprises a plurality of color patterns that are located outside of an area that overlaps with an active area, where each of the color light emitting diodes is positioned in an area adjacent to the color pattern of a different color, and a liquid crystal display including the same are disclosed. |
| US08514345B2 |
Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device
A backlight unit comprising: a light guide plate for causing light to exit in a planar manner from an upper surface of the light guide plate, the light having entered the light guide plate from an LED; a substrate provided along an end surface of the light guide plate and having an LED mounted on a counter surface of the substrate, the counter surface facing the end surface of the light guide plate; a frame provided along the substrate and attached to the substrate on a rear surface of the substrate, the rear surface being opposite to the counter surface; and one or a plurality of insulating members arranged in such a manner that the one or the plurality of insulating members and the frame sandwich the substrate, the one or the plurality of insulating members each fixing a screw point of a screw inserted from the frame into a through-hole provided through the frame and the substrate. |
| US08514344B2 |
Illuminating device and liquid crystal display device provided with the same
Provided is an illuminating device wherein generation of luminance deterioration and luminance nonuniformity is suppressed. An illuminating device (10) is provided with an LED (6) stored inside a storing space (10a), a power supply substrate (8) arranged outside the storing space (10a), and an FPC (7). The FPC (7) extends along a side section (1c) of a case member (1) so that the connecting terminal (7c) is away from the LED (6), and in such state, the connecting terminal (7c) is extracted to the outside from the inside of the storing space (10a). |
| US08514342B2 |
Portable electronic device
When image data is displayed on the display portion of a conventional mobile telephone, characters cannot be displayed thereon, and thus the image data and the characters cannot be simultaneously displayed. In a portable electronic device according to the present invention, a cover member having a first display device (101) for displaying an image (digital still image or the like) and a second display device (102) having a touch input operational portion (for displaying characters, symbols, or the like) are attached to each other so as to allow opening and closing. |
| US08514336B2 |
Broadcasting signal receiving apparatus, remote controller and pairing method thereof
Disclosed are a broadcasting signal receiving apparatus, a remote controller and a pairing method thereof, the pairing method of the remote controller performing bidirectional communication with the broadcasting signal receiving apparatus and including: sensing a key input for a control instruction for controlling the broadcasting signal receiving apparatus, wherein the key input is selected from among a plurality of keys on the remote controller; transmitting a broadcasting signal to the broadcasting signal receiving apparatus, wherein the broadcasting signal corresponds to the key input and includes first identification information of the remote controller; and storing second identification information of the broadcasting signal receiving apparatus received from the broadcasting signal receiving apparatus. Thus, the identification information for performing the RF communication may be transmitted in response to a voluntary selection on the RF remote controller. |
| US08514332B2 |
Method and system for non-linear blending in motion-based video processing
A method and system for non-linear blending in motion-based video processing is described. Aspects of a system for processing images may include circuitry within a chip that computes a blending factor, with a nonlinear relationship to a motion metric, which defines an amount of motion between a current video picture, and at least one preceding video picture and/or at least one subsequent video picture. At least one pixel in the current video picture may be adjusted based on the computed blending factor. Aspects of a method for processing images may include computing a blending factor, with a nonlinear relationship to a motion metric, which defines an amount of motion between a current video picture, and at least one preceding video picture and/or at least one subsequent video picture. At least one pixel in the current video picture may be adjusted based on the computed blending factor. |
| US08514330B2 |
Communication apparatus and control method
A communication apparatus includes a first determination unit that determines whether an external apparatus can transmit device information of the external apparatus to the communication apparatus, a device information acquisition unit that acquires the device information from the external apparatus even when the first determination unit determines that the external apparatus cannot transmit device information of the external apparatus to the communication apparatus, a second determination unit that determines whether the device information acquired from the external apparatus is correct, and a communication unit that transmits video data corresponding to the device information to the external apparatus if the second determination unit determines that the device information is correct even when the first determination unit determines that the external apparatus cannot transmit device information of the external apparatus to the communication apparatus. |
| US08514328B2 |
Motion vector based image segmentation
One or more digital video frames are interpolated using motion compensated temporal interpolation (MCTI). The quality of motion vectors corresponding to object motion between the two adjacent second video frames is detected. An average of forward motion vectors and an average of backward motion vectors representing motion of the object are compared by calculating the absolute value difference of the averaged forward and backward motion vectors to detect the quality of the motion vectors and a control signal is generated corresponding to the detected quality. Customized Image segmentation based on a first mode of image processing, a second mode of image processing or a combination of the first and second modes of image processing is then performed based on the detected accuracy to generate the interpolated frame. |
| US08514327B2 |
Voice coil motor and camera module using same
A voice coil motor includes a stationary magnetic field generator having a supporting frame, a moveable magnetic field generator, a case and a double sided adhesive layer. The supporting frame defines a first receiving space receiving the moveable magnetic field generator. The moveable magnetic field generator defines a second receiving space. The case encloses the stationary magnetic field generator, the moveable magnetic field generator and the double sided adhesive layer and includes a bottom plate and side plates. The bottom plate includes a first surface and a second surface facing away the first surface. The side plates extend from the second surface. The bottom plate defines a through hole. A diameter of the through hole is smaller than that of the second receiving space. The double sided adhesive layer is entirely covering the second face. |
| US08514318B2 |
Image pickup apparatus having lens array and image pickup optical system
An image pickup apparatus (301) includes an image pickup element (103), a lens unit (101) configured to collect a ray from an object (201) on an image-side conjugate plane (202), and a lens array (102) that includes a plurality of lens cells, and that is disposed so that the image-side conjugate plane (202) and the image pickup element (103) are conjugate to each other, and the lens array (102) is disposed so as to meet a predetermined conditional expression. |
| US08514313B2 |
Imaging device and method for switching mode of imaging device
An imaging device includes an imaging unit that takes an image; a display unit that displays the image taken by the imaging unit and displays a menu of selectable modes in accordance with a change in a position of the imaging device; and an operation detecting unit that detects a position or a direction of an operation applied to the imaging device. The imaging device also includes a control unit that determines the position or the direction of the operation detected by the operation detecting unit and performs control to switch a mode in accordance with a correspondence between the position or the direction of the operation and the menu displayed on the display unit. |
| US08514311B2 |
Solid-state image pickup device and control method thereof
An image sensor controls the gain of a pixel signal on a pixel-by-pixel basis and extends a dynamic range while maintaining a S/N ratio at a favorable level. A column unit in an image sensor is independently detects a level of each pixel signal and independently sets a gain for level of the signal. A photoelectric converting region unit has pixels arranged two-dimensionally with a vertical signal line for each pixel column to output each pixel signal. The column unit is on an output side of the vertical signal line. The column unit for each pixel column has a pixel signal level detecting circuit, a programmable gain control, a sample and hold (S/H) circuit. Gain correction is performed according to a result of a detected level of the pixel signal. |
| US08514308B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus
A semiconductor device comprising a first semiconductor section including a first wiring layer at one side thereof, a second semiconductor section including a second wiring layer at one side thereof, the first and second semiconductor sections being secured together with the respective first and second wiring layer sides of the first and second semiconductor sections facing each other, a conductive material extending through the first semiconductor section to the second wiring layer of the second semiconductor section and by means of which the first and second wiring layers are in electrical communication. |
| US08514303B2 |
Advanced imaging systems and methods utilizing nonlinear and/or spatially varying image processing
A method, associated systems, and apparatus are described for imaging a scene to produce electronic image data representing the scene and having at least one improved characteristic. Encoding optics image and encode electromagnetic energy radiated or reflected from a scene, including its objects and features, and a detector receives the encoded electromagnetic energy to produce electronic image data which is at least partially decoded by a pre-processing operation to produce pre-processed electronic image data, having at least one improved characteristic as a result of cooperation between the encoding and decoding. A subset of the pre-processed image data may include artifacts as a result of the encoding and decoding; the artifacts are further processed by applying a nonlinear post-processing operation that identifies the artifacts in the pre-processed imaged data and compensates the associated image data values while retaining the improved image characteristics in the balance of the pre-processed image data. |
| US08514296B2 |
Imaging apparatus capable of recognizing photographic scene and method for the same
To output stable results as necessary when recognizing scenes with a camera. Unless the result of scene recognition can be stabilized, an output result will confuse the user. In consideration thereof, by combiningly performing processing for determining what type of scene a particular scene is and processing for monitoring whether or not a change has occurred from a recognized scene, it is now possible to perform scene recognition in an accurate and stable manner. |
| US08514295B2 |
Augmented reality processing based on eye capture in handheld device
This disclosure describes techniques that can improve and possibly accelerate the generation of augmented reality (AR) information with respect to objects that appear in images of a video sequence. To do so, the techniques of this disclosure capture and use information about the eyes of a user of a video device. The video device may include two different cameras. A first camera is oriented to capture a sequence of images (e.g., video) outward from a user. A second camera is oriented to capture images of the eyes of the user when the first camera captures images outward from the user. The eyes of the user, as captured by one or more images of the second camera, may be used to generate a probability map, and the probability map may be used to prioritize objects in the first image for AR processing. |
| US08514293B2 |
Moving image processing device and method for performing different image processings to moving object region and still object region
A moving image processing device includes a recognition unit, a parameter control unit, and an image processing unit. The recognition unit recognizes a moving object region or a still object region from a captured image. The parameter control unit determines a parameter for image processing of any of a color, a tone, an edge, and a noise. The image processing unit performs image processing to the captured image according to the parameter for the image processing. In this case, the image processing unit performs the image processing to all or a part of the moving object region and all or a part of the still object region, using different parameters. |
| US08514292B2 |
Digital photographing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and recording medium storing program to execute the method
A digital photographing apparatus and a method of controlling the same captures a still image in correspondence to a shutter signal input in a photographing mode, captures a moving image after the capturing of the still image is completed, and continues a photographing operation by receiving from the user a selection of the capturing of the still image or the capturing of the moving image. As such, the digital photographing apparatus may obtain a moving image even when a user attempts to capture the moving image without knowing that a photographing mode is a still image capturing mode, and may also obtain a still image at a desired moment even when the user attempts to capture the still image without knowing that the photographing mode is a moving image capturing mode. |
| US08514291B2 |
Digital photo frame having stereo camera module
A digital photo frame includes a display module, a frame body and a stereo camera module. The frame body is includes a plurality of sides connected end to end. The sides are mounted around the display module. The stereo camera module includes two cameras and an image combination chip. The two cameras are configured for capturing two respective images of an object from two different viewing angles. The image combination chip is configured for combining the images captured by the two cameras to form a three-dimensional image. The two cameras are slidable along one of the sides of the frame body. The display module is capable of displaying the three-dimensional image. |
| US08514282B2 |
Vehicle periphery display device and method for vehicle periphery image
An imaging unit photographs an image of a periphery of the vehicle. An object detection unit obtains image information related to a brightness or a color of the image and position information on the obtained image from the image and detects object from the image information according to a specific feature of the image. A storing unit prestores a vehicle image and history data, which include the image information associated with the position information. A graphic unit overlaps the vehicle image and an image produced according to the history data and converts the overlapped image to be viewed from a predetermined viewpoint. A peripheral image display region indicates a present periphery of the vehicle. A history display region is adjacent to the peripheral image display region for indicating the converted image and the detected object at a position according to the position information. |
| US08514274B2 |
Apparatus for compensating 3D image in projector and method thereof
An apparatus for compensating a 3D image in a projector and method thereof are disclosed, by which an image quality of a 3D image can be compensated. The present invention includes a test pattern generating unit generating at least one of a left eye image test pattern and a right eye image test pattern, a display unit displaying the generated test pattern, a sensing unit sensing the displayed test pattern, an analyzing unit extracting an information value of the test pattern by analyzing the sensed test pattern, and an image compensating unit compensating an information value of the left eye image test pattern and an information value of the right eye image test pattern to correspond to the extracted information value, the image compensating unit controlling the display unit to display the 3D image according to the compensated information values. |
| US08514273B2 |
3D image display apparatus and 3D image display method
A 3D image display apparatus includes a display device which can display a two-dimensional (2D) image and a three-dimensional (3D) image for stereoscopic viewing, a 2D/3D display control device which controls the display device so as to alternately display the 2D image and 3D image, an on-screen display (OSD) control device which controls display of OSD information superimposed on an image displayed so that the displayed OSD information is erased in a shorter time when OSD information is displayed on a 3D image for stereoscopic viewing than when OSD information is displayed on a 2D image displayed on the display device. |
| US08514270B2 |
Liquid crystal display
A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate and including a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode spaced apart from the first sub-pixel electrode by a gap, a common electrode disposed on the second substrate, a shielding member disposed on the first substrate or the second substrate and overlapping the gap between the first sub-pixel electrode and the second sub-pixel electrode, an alignment layer disposed on at least one of the pixel electrode and the common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. |
| US08514269B2 |
De-aliasing depth images
Techniques are provided for de-aliasing depth images. The depth image may have been generated based on phase differences between a transmitted and received modulated light beam. A method may include accessing a depth image that has a depth value for a plurality of locations in the depth image. Each location has one or more neighbor locations. Potential depth values are determined for each of the plurality of locations based on the depth value in the depth image for the location and potential aliasing in the depth image. A cost function is determined based on differences between the potential depth values of each location and its neighboring locations. Determining the cost function includes assigning a higher cost for greater differences in potential depth values between neighboring locations. The cost function is substantially minimized to select one of the potential depth values for each of the locations. |
| US08514265B2 |
Systems and methods for selecting videoconferencing endpoints for display in a composite video image
In some embodiments, a videoconferencing endpoint may be an MCU (Multipoint Control Unit) or may include embedded MCU functionality. In various embodiments, the endpoint may thus conduct a videoconference by receiving/compositing video and audio from multiple videoconference endpoints. The endpoint may select a subset of endpoints and form a composite video image from the subset of the videoconference endpoints to send to the other videoconference endpoints. In some embodiments, the subset of endpoints that are selected for compositing into the composite video image may be selected according to criteria such as the last N talking participants. In some embodiments, the master endpoint may request the non-talker endpoints to stop sending video to help conserve the resources on the master endpoint. In some embodiments, the master endpoint may ignore video from endpoints that are not being displayed. |
| US08514264B2 |
Remote workspace sharing
Existing remote workspace sharing systems are difficult to use. For example, changes made on a common work product by one user often appear abruptly on displays viewed by remote users. As a result the interaction is perceived as unnatural by the users and is often inefficient. Images of a display of a common work product are received from a camera at a first location. These images may also comprise information about objects between the display and the camera such as a user's hand editing a document on a tablet PC. These images are combined with images of the shared work product and displayed at remote locations. Advance information about remote user actions is then visible and facilitates collaborative mediation between users. Depth information may be used to influence the process of combining the images. |
| US08514263B2 |
Systems and methods for scalable distributed global infrastructure for real-time multimedia communication
A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to support the operation of a Virtual Media Room or Virtual Meeting Room (VMR), wherein each VMR can accept from a plurality of participants at different geographic locations a variety of video conferencing feeds of audio and video streams from video conference endpoints. A globally distributed infrastructure that supports operations of the VMR through a plurality of MCUs (Multipoint Control Unit) built from off-the-shelf components instead of custom hardware as media processing nodes, each configured to process the plurality of audio and video streams from the plurality of video conference endpoints in real time. Each single VMR can be implemented and supported across the infrastructure of globally distributed set of servers/media processing nodes co-located in Points of Presence (POPs) for Internet access, wherein such massively distributed architecture can support thousands of simultaneously active VMRs and yet is transparent to the users of the VMRs. |
| US08514258B2 |
Image erasing apparatus for erasing image on sheet while carrying sheet
An image erasing apparatus includes: a first carrying section carrying a recording medium; a second carrying section carrying the recording medium; a branching section branching a carrying path into the first carrying section and the second carrying section; a first erasing section erasing an image of the recording medium in the first carrying section; a second erasing section erasing the image of the recording medium in the second carrying section; a third carrying section carrying the recording medium pas sing through the first erasing section to the second carrying section; and a control section selecting the carrying path of the recording medium depending on an image erasing mode. |
| US08514253B2 |
Image data processing method and image display system with reduction of image data transfer amount
An image data processing method for an image display system, includes: providing the image display system with an image display device, an information processing device, and a transfer section; obtaining a transfer ratio; setting a plurality of pixel data extraction blocks to the image data; comparing present frame data and previous frame data; setting a pixel position of pixel data to be transferred at present moment; transferring the pixel data to be transferred; setting a plurality of pixel data writing blocks in a display area of the image data; receiving the pixel data by the image display device; setting a writing pixel position and a writing pixel count used when writing the pixel data; and updating pixel data in the pixel data writing block by writing the pixel data into the pixel data writing block. |
| US08514248B2 |
Method and system for producing a video synopsis
A computer-implemented method and system transforms a first sequence of video frames of a first dynamic scene to a second sequence of at least two video frames depicting a second dynamic scene. A subset of video frames in the first sequence is obtained that show movement of at least one object having a plurality of pixels located at respective x, y coordinates and portions from the subset are selected that show non-spatially overlapping appearances of the at least one object in the first dynamic scene. The portions are copied from at least three different input frames to at least two successive frames of the second sequence without changing the respective x, y coordinates of the pixels in the object and such that at least one of the frames of the second sequence contains at least two portions that appear at different frames in the first sequence. |
| US08514246B2 |
Method for image rendering in a computer network
A method of rendering user-specified image products by executing a plurality of user-interactive tasks relating to an image product. At least some of the user-interactive tasks specify a portion of the image product. A change probability of further changes to the portion of the image product is computed, and if the change probability is below a predetermined threshold, a portion of the image product is rendered. |
| US08514240B2 |
Authentication system, authentication program, and method of authentication
A processing unit executes a process for creating a dedicated color palette (color palette dedicated for a palm vein GUI) as an initialization process, and creates the color palette dedicated for a palm vein GUI. The processing unit replaces a 256-level gradation grayscale palette set in an acquired photographed image with the color palette dedicated for the palm vein GUI. The processing unit performs guide GUI display for guiding a palm to an appropriate position, using a display image formed by setting the color palette dedicated for the palm vein GUI for the photographed image acquired from a photographed image-acquiring process. |
| US08514239B2 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product
An image processing apparatus includes a color converting unit that converts input image data into image forming data used for image formation; and a control unit that controls the image formation by the image forming data, wherein the color converting unit converts each of a plurality of predetermined colors that are difficult for colorblind people to mutually distinguish among colors included in a color space of the input image data, as difficult colors for colorblind people, into a same color in a color space of the image forming data. |
| US08514236B2 |
System and method for animal gait characterization from bottom view using video analysis
In general, the present invention is directed to systems and methods for finding the gait parameters of an animal using video. The invention includes a system with a video camera coupled to a computer in which the computer is configured to automatically provide animal segmentation, foot identification, foot tracking, and gait parameter calculation. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention may use a treadmill apparatus with a transparent tread or belt for gait parameter calculation. A camera may be placed directly underneath the transparent tread such that the bottom view of the animal walking or running on the transparent tread is captured by the camera. A tilted mirror may also be placed directly underneath the transparent tread in order to reflect the bottom view images to the side where they are captured by a high-speed camera. Thus, the present invention is capable of automatically monitoring a video image to identify, track and classify the actions of various animals' feet within the image. The image may be provided in real time or from storage. The invention is particularly useful for monitoring and characterizing gait behavior such as walking and running behavior and their patterns for assessing neurological functions, testing drugs and genetic mutations, but may be used in any of a number of other monitoring and surveillance applications. |
| US08514235B2 |
System and method for managing the computation of graphics shading operations
The present disclosure describes implementations for performing register accesses and operations in a graphics processing apparatus. In one implementation, a graphics processing apparatus comprises an execution unit for processing programmed shader operations, wherein the execution unit is configured for processing operations of a plurality of threads. The apparatus further comprises memory forming a register file that accommodates all register operations for all the threads executed by the execution unit, the memory being organized in a plurality of banks, with a first plurality of banks being allocated to a first plurality of the threads and a second plurality of banks being allocated to the remaining threads. In addition, the apparatus comprises address translation logic configured to translate logical register identifiers into physical register addresses. |
| US08514233B2 |
Non-graphics use of graphics memory
Embodiments of a method and apparatus for using graphics memory (also referred to as video memory) for non-graphics related tasks are disclosed herein. In an embodiment a graphics processing unit (GPU) includes a VRAM cache module with hardware and software to provide and manage additional cache resourced for a central processing unit (CPU). In an embodiment, the VRAM cache module includes a VRAM cache driver that registers with the CPU, accepts read requests from the CPU, and uses the VRAM cache to service the requests. In various embodiments, the VRAM cache is configurable to be the only GPU cache or alternatively, to be a first level cache, second level cache, etc. |
| US08514232B2 |
Propagating shared state changes to multiple threads within a multithreaded processing environment
A circuit arrangement and method make state changes to shared state data in a highly multithreaded environment by propagating or streaming the changes to multiple parallel hardware threads of execution in the multithreaded environment using an on-chip communications network and without attempting to access any copy of the shared state data in a shared memory to which the parallel threads of execution are also coupled. |
| US08514231B2 |
Display apparatus for determining error in display identification data and control method of the same
A display apparatus includes a storage unit which stores a display identification data and a comparative check data obtained from the display identification data by a preset data processing method; and a controller which calculates an inspective check data from the display identification data stored in the storage unit via the data processing method, compares the inspective check data with the comparative check data, and performs an identification data checking process to determine whether there is an error in the display identification data. |
| US08514218B2 |
Image-based path planning for automated virtual colonoscopy navigation
A method for automatic virtual endoscopy navigation, including: (a) using a fisheye camera to generate an endoscopic image and a depth image from a current position of the camera in lumen computed tomographic (CT) data; (b) segmenting a first region and a second region from the depth image, wherein the first region identifies a view direction of the camera and the second region is an area through which the camera can be moved without touching an inner surface of the lumen; (c) moving the camera from the current position, while pointing the camera in the view direction, to a next position in the second region; and (d) repeating steps (a-c) in sequence using the next position in step (c) as the current position in step (a). |
| US08514214B2 |
Drive device and display device
The drive device includes a first switch section including switching elements, a second switch section including switching elements, and output circuits. Each of the output circuits includes a switching element having a first and a second end, a first voltage being supplied to the first end, and a first and a second rectifier element each having a current input terminal and a current output terminal connected to the second end of the switching element. Each of the output circuits corresponds to one of the switching elements of the first switch section and one of the switching elements of the second switch section, the one of the switching elements of the first switch section is connected to the current input terminal of the first rectifier element, and the one of the switching elements of the second switch section is connected to the current input terminal of the second rectifier element. |
| US08514213B2 |
Common driving of displays
A display driving arrangement is described wherein, during a scan line driving phase, a column driver is controlled to provide a plurality of driving column voltages to the source terminals and the row driver is controlled to provide scanning row selection voltages to the gate terminals for sequentially updating the each pixel having an initial pixel state, voltages with said plurality of driving column voltages to attain, for each initial pixel state, an initial common pixel state. During a common driving phase the column driver is controlled to provide a uniform column voltage to the source terminals to update the plurality of pixel voltages with a uniform column voltage. In addition, the row driver is controlled to provide row select voltages with a gate swing that is lower during the common driving phase than during the row driving phase so as to drive the pixels from a respective the initial common state to a respective final common state. The pixel states may differ from each other at least during a part of the common driving phase or even during the entire common driving phase, so that initial and final common states and intermediate states may differ from pixel to pixel. |
| US08514210B2 |
Systems and methods for calibrating solid state lighting panels using combined light output measurements
A method of calibrating a lighting panel including a plurality of segments, a respective segment configured to emit a first color light and a second color light in response to pulse width modulation control signals having respective duty cycles, includes activating the plurality of segments to simultaneously emit the first and second colors of light. A combined light output for the plurality of segments is measured at a measurement location to obtain aggregate emission data. Separate emission data for the first and second colors of light is determined based on the aggregate emission data. For example, the separate emission data for the first and second colors of light may be derived based on extrapolation of the aggregate emission data and expected emission data for the first and second colors of light. Related calibration systems are also discussed. |
| US08514205B2 |
Circuit for electrostatically driving a plant such as a comb-drive microelectromechanical system (MEMS) mirror and related subsystem, system, and method
A drive circuit includes a generator and a driver. The generator generates a signal having a period and a varying amplitude during a driving portion of the period, and the driver is coupled to the generator and drives a plate of an electrostatically drivable plant with the signal. The drive circuit may be used to drive a mirror plate of a comb-drive MEMS mirror. |
| US08514204B2 |
Boundary resolution improvement for a capacitive touch panel
A capacitive touch panel has a plurality of traces including a boundary trace, and a virtual trace is defined outward of the boundary trace and assigned with a virtual coordinate and a virtual capacitance for interpolation to position a touch point around the boundary of the capacitive touch panel, thereby eliminating the non-addressable region of the capacitive touch panel. |
| US08514201B2 |
Image pickup device, display-and-image pickup device, and electronic device
Provided is an image pickup device with which object detection can be performed with a good stability no matter in what use conditions. A display area 21 of an I/O display panel 20 is provided therein with a plurality of main sensors 32 each including, as a photosensitive wavelength region, a wavelength region Δλ23 of detection light for use to detect any proximity object, and a plurality of auxiliary sensors 33 whose photosensitivity in the wavelength region of the detection light is lower than photosensitivity of the main sensors 32. Moreover, with use of a composite image F derived based on a differential image MC obtained by the main sensors 32 and a differential image HC obtained by the auxiliary sensors 33, object information about the proximity object is acquired. Accordingly, even when the proximity object is moving on the display area 21 of the I/O display panel 20, for example, any false signal can be prevented from being generated in the composite image F. |
| US08514196B2 |
Mobile terminal and screen display method thereof
A mobile terminal and a screen display method of the mobile terminal are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes: a display that comprises a user interface display region and an information display region; and a controller that changes positions of display regions and displaying the changed positions on the display according to a user selection. |
| US08514193B2 |
Touch sensing method and touch sensing system
A touch sensing system including a touch interface and a processing unit is provided. The touch interface has multiple independent touch blocks. The processing unit is coupled to the touch interface. The processing unit includes an interpolating unit. The interpolating unit interpolates multiple spacing points between two adjacent touch blocks along a first direction to generate multiple first coordinate values. The processing unit determines a central block according to a threshold value and sensing values corresponding to the touch blocks, selects at least one touch block adjacent to the central block as a peripheral block, and determines a touch position on the touch interface according to the number of the spacing points, the sensing value corresponding to the peripheral block, a position of the peripheral block, the sensing value corresponding to the central block, and a position of the central block. |
| US08514192B2 |
Method for operating a lighting control console
A method for operating a lighting control console (01) for controlling a lighting system, wherein digital adjusting commands are generated in the lighting control console (01), which can be transferred to the lighting devices of the lighting system via data connections, and wherein the lighting control console (01) comprises at least one digital processor and at least one digital memory for generating, managing and storing the adjusting commands, and wherein the lighting control console (01) comprises at least one display unit (07), and wherein graphical elements can be graphically depicted to the user on the display device (07), and wherein the display device (07) exhibits a touch-sensitive sensor surface (10), and wherein touching of the touch-sensitive sensor surface (10) at the display device (07) in the region of a contact surface (14) permits the selection of an operator input assigned to said contact surface (14),comprising the following method steps of: a) detecting the touching of the touch-sensitive sensor surface (10) in the region of a contact surface (14a, 14b) in which the sensor surface (10) is covered by a body part of the operator; b) measuring the dimension of the contact surface (14a, 14b); c) generating an adjusting command for controlling the lighting system as a function of the measured dimension of the contact surface (14a, 14b). |
| US08514189B2 |
Touch detecting device and method thereof
A touch detecting device comprises at least one driving circuit, a plurality of conductive lines and at least one sensing circuit. The originally available conductive lines of a touch panel are used to detect a finger touch by means of detecting a current leakage through the finger to the ground. Thus, the invention can reduce the hardware cost, avoid noise interference and correctly respond to a finger touch. |
| US08514187B2 |
Methods and apparatus for distinguishing between touch system manipulators
A touch system user interface determines a signal profile associated with the use of a manipulator with a touch sensor component. The signal profile corresponding to a plurality of signal levels along a surface of the touch sensor component. The system calculates a geometrical attribute of that portion of the signal profile that exceeds a threshold signal value (e.g., the area or shape of the region) and determines a type of the manipulator (e.g., stylus, human finger, etc.) based on the calculated geometrical attribute. |
| US08514177B2 |
Transparent touch surface keyboard
A transparent touch surface keyboard includes a touch screen, a transparent display screen electronically connected to the touch screen; a central processing unit; and a sensing device. The transparent display screen and the sensing device are electronically connected to the central processing unit. The sensing device senses whether user's hands are above the touch screen and in a position for using the keyboard, and sends control signals to the central processing unit. The central processing unit switches the transparent touch surface keyboard to a working state or a standby state according to the control signals. |
| US08514173B2 |
Hand integrated operations platform
One embodiment of a hand integrated mouse or operations platform remotely operates one or more computer applications while worn on the user's hand and the hand is also free to do other things such as keyboarding, driving, and flying. |
| US08514172B2 |
Motion based display management
A display manager is configured to handle the drawing of windows on one or more displays for an application differently based on detected motion information that is associated with a device. The display manager may not display windows for some applications while motion is detected, while the display manager may display windows for other applications even when motion is detected. Motion enabled applications may interact with the display manager and motion information to determine how to display windows while motion is detected. |
| US08514171B2 |
Portable device for controlling instruction execution by means of actuators placed on a rear surface
The invention relates to a device (D) for controlling the execution of instructions, that comprises: i) a receptacle (RP) that can be held by a user in at least one hand and has a rear surface (FAR) provided with rear actuators (AC); ii) a storing means (MS) capable of storing, for at least one application, a table of correspondence between at least one operation mode and a set of selected instructions associated with icons of relative positions defined according to a selected arrangement; and ii) control means (MC) for, in case an application operation mode is selected, determining the table corresponding thereto and associating the instructions contained in said table to actuation types of the rear actuators (AC) selected on the basis of the relative positions of icons respectively associated with these instructions, at least some of said icons being displayed on at least one screen (EC1) according to their selected arrangement so as to identify the relative positions, on the rear surface (FAR) of the rear actuators (AC) and of the selected actuation types and, in case of manual actuation according to one type of actuation of a rear actuator (AC), commanding the execution of the instruction associated with the type of actuation of said rear actuator (AC). |
| US08514168B2 |
Electrophoretic display with thermal control
An electrophoretic display (EPD) with thermal control is disclosed for controlling and maintaining an image in extreme temperature environments. Techniques are also disclosed for maintaining the EPD cell threshold voltage for EPD cells comprising an EPD display media at or above a desired level in an environment in which the EPD may be subjected to an extreme temperature. The techniques comprise sensing a sensed temperature associated with the EPD display media, determining whether the sensed temperature satisfies a criterion established to ensure that the display media temperature remains at a level associated with an acceptable EPD cell threshold voltage, and in the event it is determined that the sensed temperature does not satisfy the criterion, controlling the EPD display media temperature as required to bring the sensed temperature to a level that satisfies the criterion. |
| US08514161B2 |
Current-driven display device
In one embodiment of the present invention, to allow a circuit that compensates for variations in a threshold voltage of a drive element to operate properly and prevent luminances of other pixel circuits from fluctuating due to a compensation operation, a pixel circuit is disclosed. A driving TFT, a switching TFT, and an organic EL element are provided between a power supply wiring line and a common cathode, and a capacitor and a switching TFT are provided between a gate terminal of the driving TFT and a data line. A switching TFT is provided between a connection point B between the capacitor and the switching TFT and a reference supply wiring line, a switching TFT is provided between the gate terminal and a drain terminal of the driving TFT, and a switching TFT is provided between the gate terminal of the driving TFT and the connection point B. |
| US08514159B2 |
Liquid crystal drive device
The present invention provides a liquid crystal drive device comprising a first gradation voltage generating circuit having a plurality of first wirings led out from a first string resistor thereof, a second gradation voltage generating circuit having a plurality of second wirings led out from a second string resistor thereof having a resistance value higher than the first string resistor and respectively connected to voltage-follower connected op amplifiers, a plurality of DA converters to which the first wirings and the op amplifiers are respectively connected, and an output op amplifier connected to the DA converters respectively. |
| US08514155B2 |
Display unit, drive circuit, amorphous silicon thin-film transistor, and method of driving OLED
A display unit has an organic light emitting diode (OLED) 21 provided in correspondence with each of pixels and capable of emitting light by itself, a drive transistor 22 for driving the OLED 21, a twig transistor 23 which is formed so as to have a portion of an electrode of the drive transistor 22 independently formed, and which is used to detect a threshold voltage (Vth) of the drive transistor 22, a compensating capacitor 28 in which the threshold voltage (Vth) detected by the twig transistor 23 is written, a signal capacitor 27 in which a signal voltage to be supplied to the drive transistor 22 is written, a first transistor 24 provided between a data line and the signal capacitor 27, a second transistor 25 provided between the signal capacitor 27 and the compensating capacitor 28, and a third transistor 26 provided between a gate electrode and another electrode of the twig transistor 23. |
| US08514151B2 |
Electronic device and driving method thereof
A pixel is provided in which normal display of an image is possible even if a sustain period is shorter than an address period in a driving method combining digital gray scales and time gray scales, and in which operation can be compensated by changing the electric potential of a signal line even for a case in which the EL driver transistor becomes normally on due to deterioration. One of a source region and a drain region of an erasure TFT is connected to an electric current supply line, and the remaining one of the source region and the drain region is connected to a gate signal line. It is possible to change the voltage between a gate and a source of an EL driver TFT by changing the electric potential of the gate signal line so that the EL driver TFT is placed in a non-conducting state with certainty with this structure, even for cases in which the EL driver TFT becomes normally on due to a shift in the value of its threshold voltage. |
| US08514146B2 |
Single-layer metallization and via-less metamaterial structures
Techniques and apparatus based on metamaterial structures provided for antenna and transmission line devices, including single-layer metallization and via-less metamaterial structures. |
| US08514145B2 |
Antenna identification module
A system and method for detecting and reporting telecommunications antenna identification data to a remote user location is presented. A telecommunications antenna module is provided for storing and transmitting antenna serial number, part number, version, firmware, production date, and other relevant data to a network operator over AISG and/or 3 GPP compliant communications systems. The module consists of a printed circuit board mounting a programmable device capable of storing and transmitting programmed antenna information. The module is adapted for connecting to antenna communications cables using either AISG cable splitter or in-line in a daisy chain fashion. The module is capable of connecting in-line with another antenna monitoring device to connect to the antenna. The device is programmed either in the field by a field technician or by the antenna manufacturer. |
| US08514144B2 |
Antenna system and connector for antenna
A connector for an RF antenna for coupling the RF antenna to a device is formed from a base. A collar is provided for receiving and coupling to an RF antenna. A coupling structure extends from the base and engages the device to facilitate coupling of the antenna to the device. An antenna system is also formed from an RF antenna and a device to which the RF antenna couples and for which the RF antenna is used. The antenna system further includes a connector formed from a base, a collar for receiving and coupling to the RF antenna and a coupling structure that extends from the base and engages the device to facilitate coupling of the antenna to the device. |
| US08514142B1 |
Reconfigurable surface reflector antenna
The present invention is an electronically scannable antenna. The antenna includes a Radio Frequency (RF) element. The antenna also includes a screen which is configured at least substantially around the RF element. The screen includes a plurality of integrated switches which may be configured to allow the operating mode of the screen to be selectively and automatically switched between a transmissive mode and a reflective mode. When the screen is operating in the transmissive mode, the antenna is configured to provide an omni-directional beam. When the screen is operating in the reflective mode, the antenna is configured to provide a directional beam. |
| US08514140B1 |
Dual-band antenna using high/low efficiency feed horn for optimal radiation patterns
A dual-band antenna system configured to transmit and/or receive microwave beams over two or more frequency bands with substantially similar beam widths and substantially similar sidelobe levels is disclosed. The antenna system includes at least one reflector and at least one feed horn, the horn configured to provide a first efficiency over a first frequency band and lower efficiencies over one or more second frequency bands. The horn includes a substantially conical wall having an internal surface with a variable slope. The internal surface includes one or more slope discontinuities, wherein the slope discontinuities are configured to generate primarily TE1,m modes within the first frequency band and within the second frequency bands and generate TM1,n modes substantially only within the second frequency bands. |
| US08514138B2 |
Meander slot antenna structure and antenna module utilizing the same
A meander slot antenna structure for transmitting a wireless signal is provided. The meander slot antenna structure includes a substrate, a ground element, a feed conductor and a couple conductor. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is opposite to the second surface. The ground element is disposed on the second surface, wherein a meander slot is formed in the ground element. The feed conductor is disposed on the first surface, wherein the feed conductor corresponds to the meander slot. The couple conductor is disposed on the first surface and coupled with the feed conductor, wherein a via passes through the substrate and electrically connects the couple conductor to the ground element. |
| US08514137B2 |
Composite antenna device
A composite antenna device includes a rod antenna for receiving AM/FM radio broadcasting and a patch antenna for a radio wave of satellite broadcasting that is transmitted from a satellite and is higher than the AM/FM broadcasting, the patch antenna is arranged side by side at a position with a distance from the rod antenna shorter than a wavelength of the radio wave of the satellite broadcasting, and a feeding point that supplies power to the patch antenna is provided at a position displaced from a front end of the patch antenna only by a length according to a distance L between the antennas. |
| US08514136B2 |
Conformal high frequency antenna
Antennas, integrated driveshaft covers, and methods are disclosed. A particular antenna includes a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer has a first curved surface and a second curved surface opposite the first curved surface. A conductive body has a curved outer surface, where the first curved surface of the dielectric layer is positioned against the curved outer surface. A high frequency (HF) antenna layer is positioned over positioned over the second curved surface of the dielectric layer, where the HF antenna layer is curved to conform to the second curved surface of the dielectric layer. A pair of contacts may be configured to receive an electrical connection for the HF antenna layer. When an HF signal is applied to the pair of contacts, the conductive body interacts with the HF antenna layer to radiate energy. |
| US08514133B2 |
Antenna
An antenna comprises a first conductor, a second conductor and a third conductor each of which has a certain length and does not intersect with each other, wherein the third conductor is positioned between the first conductor and the second conductor, and an end of the first conductor electrically connects to an end of the second conductor, further forms a connection point connecting to the ground of radio frequency signal, an end of the third conductor which is adjacent to the connection point connects to a radio frequency signal line, the length of the first conductor is greater than that of the second conductor. The antenna of present invention is able to be mass-produced and has the advantages of small size, low cost, and large bandwidth. |
| US08514128B2 |
Satellite navigation receivers with self-provided future ephemeris and clock predictions
An improved extended ephemeris navigation receiver includes a fully autonomous satellite navigation receiver for receiving microwave transmissions from orbiting navigation system satellites, and able to demodulate navigation messages that include the ephemerides for those navigation system satellites. The improvements include a force model of the accelerations acting on a particular satellite vehicle, and are exclusive to the receiver. A single observation of the ephemeris for each SV is input and propagated days into the future by integrating each SV's orbital position with its corresponding force model. The fully autonomous satellite navigation receiver thereafter has available to it extended ephemeris predictions that can be used as substitutes when said navigation messages from the respective SV cannot otherwise be immediately obtained and demodulated. |
| US08514122B2 |
Analog-digital conversion system comprising a double automatic gain control loop
An analog-digital conversion system comprising at least one variable gain amplifier amplifying an input signal e, an analog-digital converter CAN digitizing said signal e, an interference-suppressing digital processing module, processing the digitized signal, also comprises a first automatic gain control AGC loop, called the analog AGC loop, that compares an estimate of the output power of the CAN converter with a control setpoint g1 called the control setpoint of the analog AGC loop, a gain ga used to control the variable gain amplifier being deduced from this comparison. The system also comprises a second automatic gain control AGC loop called the digital loop, said digital loop comparing an estimate of the power after the interference-suppressing digital processing with a predetermined control setpoint gn, the analog AGC loop being controlled by a control setpoint deduced from this comparison. |
| US08514120B2 |
Digital-to-analog converter with a shared resistor string
An apparatus is provided that comprises resistors, a first set of switches, and a second set of switches. The resistors are arranged in an array having columns and rows, where the number of resistors is an integer multiple of the number of columns or rows. The resistors are coupled together in a skip-K pattern. Each switch from the first and second sets of switches is coupled to the resistor string, and the first and second sets of switches are each arranged in a sequence and are offset from one another by an offset value. The first and second sets of switches are arranged along the periphery of the array such that each switch from the first set of switches is located in proximity to and is associated with the same row or the same column as its corresponding switch in the sequence from the second set of switches. |
| US08514119B2 |
High-speed voltage-level converter using capacitor
A voltage-level convertor including a switch and a capacitor which receives an input signal of a first voltage range and generates a level-converted signal of a second voltage range. The switch operates in a low voltage level, and hence, the switch can be implemented as a thin oxide device that responds quickly to the input signal. The capacitor is coupled between the switch and an output node. The capacitor is charged to a predetermined voltage. In response to receiving the output from the switch, an output signal with a converted voltage level is generated from the conductor of the capacitor connected to the output node. |
| US08514118B2 |
Sigma-delta modulation with reduction of spurs using a dither signal
A method includes operating on a sigma-delta modulated signal to reduce a dither signal component in one of a first signal and a second signal, the first signal being an integer portion corresponding to a digital frequency ratio and the second signal corresponding to a fractional portion of the digital frequency ratio. In at least one embodiment of the method, the operation is performed digitally in a frequency synthesizer. |
| US08514117B2 |
Excess loop delay compensation for a continuous time sigma delta modulator
A method and corresponding apparatus are provided. In operation, an analog signal is integrated with an integrator to generate an integrated analog signal. The integrated analog signal is compared, in synchronization with a first clock signal and a second clock signal, to a reference voltage with a plurality of comparators to generate a comparator output signal. A feedback current is then generated, in synchronization with the second clock signal, from the comparator output signal. The feedback current is fed back to at least one of the comparators, and the comparator output signal is latched in synchronization with the first clock signal to generate a latched output signal. This latched output signal is converted to a feedback analog signal, and a difference between the analog signal and the feedback analog signal is determined. |
| US08514116B2 |
Method for improving the resolution and for correcting distortions in a sigma-delta modulator, and sigma-delta modulator implementing said method
In a method for improving resolution and for correcting distortions for a sigma-delta modulator, a modulator converts an analog input signal into a secondary output digital signal sampled at a frequency fe and coded on NB bits, a second main output digital signal s′(t) is represented on NMSB bits also being available at the output. At least three processings are applied successively to the outputs, a first processing carrying out a demodulation by a frequency f0 and a decimation of factor N in an independent manner, z second processing carrying out an improvement of the resolution and a third processing carrying out a correction of the distortions. These three processings are carried out after decimation. A sigma-delta modulator implements the method. |
| US08514108B2 |
Single stage and scalable serializer
According to an exemplary embodiment, a serializer includes upper and lower shift registers configured to perform a load function where parallel input data is loaded from a parallel input bus and a shift function where the parallel input data is shifted to an output register. The upper shift register is configured to perform the load function while the lower shift register performs the shift function, and the lower shift register is configured to perform the load function while the upper shift register performs the shift function. An output register is configured to alternately receive the parallel input data from the upper shift register and the parallel input data from the lower shift register. The upper and lower shift registers and the output register can comprise scan flip-flops. |
| US08514107B2 |
Method and device for encoding and decoding of symbol sequences wherein each symbol may have one out of three or more possible symbol values
A method for compressing a symbol sequence, wherein each symbol may have one out of three or more possible symbol values, said method comprises the steps of modifying the symbol sequence by replacing each run pair, which contains a first run of symbols of a most frequent symbol value and a second run of symbols of a second most frequent symbol value, by a further symbol value not comprised in the three or more possible symbol values, generating a binary sequence comprising all replaced run pairs and compression encoding the binary sequence and the modified symbol sequence. |
| US08514102B2 |
Aircraft navigation accuracy display system
An aircraft display system is provided for rendering at least aircraft estimated position uncertainty (EPU) and/or vertical estimated position uncertainty (VEPU) values non-numerically and in a fairly intuitive manner. The system may also render the EPU and VEPU values non-numerically for other traffic entities within range of the aircraft. |
| US08514099B2 |
Vehicle threat identification on full windshield head-up display
A method to dynamically register a graphic identifying a potentially threatening vehicle onto a driving scene of a vehicle utilizing a substantially transparent windscreen head up display includes monitoring a vehicular environment, identifying the potentially threatening vehicle based on the monitored vehicular environment, determining the graphic identifying the potentially threatening vehicle, dynamically registering a location of the graphic upon the substantially transparent windscreen head up display corresponding to the driving scene of the vehicle, and displaying the graphic upon the substantially transparent windscreen head up display, wherein the substantially transparent windscreen head up display includes one of light emitting particles or microstructures over a predefined region of the windscreen permitting luminescent display while permitting vision therethrough. |
| US08514098B2 |
Synchronization between devices
The present disclosure relates to a method to determine a clock signal when separate clocks are used. In one embodiment, a disciplined clock system comprising an update subsystem and a synthesis subsystem is provided. A first clock phase estimate is provided to the update subsystem and used, along with the update subsystem, to determine a frequency offset estimate and a phase offset estimate. The clock signal is determining using the frequency offset estimate, the phase offset estimate, and the synthesis subsystem. Alternatively, two clocks can be synchronized by generating a signal associated with a first clock; modulating the signal; transmitting the modulated signal; receiving the modulated signal by a receiver associated with a second clock; correlating the received signal; determining the time of arrival of the received signal; determining the time difference between the two clocks; and synchronizing the two clocks. |
| US08514096B2 |
Network device
A network device may be configured to connect with an external device over a network. The network device may be provided with a light emitting element configured to indicate information concerning network communications, and a control unit. The network device may be configurable to any of a plurality of performance states including a first performance state and a second performance state. Power consumption in the second performance state may be smaller than power consumption in the first performance state. The control unit may allow emission of the light emitting element when the network device is set in the first performance state, and may control the light emitting when the network device is set in the second performance state such that power consumption of the light emitting element in the second case is smaller than power consumption of the light emitting element in the first case. |
| US08514095B2 |
GPS enabled EPIRB with integrated receiver
An Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) comprising an integrated wireless receiver, a graphical display device, capability to utilize both internal and external GPS coordinate sources, an infrared background lighting adjustment algorithm, and a multi-LED strobe light array. The receiver provides a return communications path back to the beacon, which is used to acknowledge the receipt of the beacon's outgoing emergency signal by Search and Rescue satellites. The display is used to visually display various operational status information as well as any received messages coming back into the receiver. The GPS receiver system switches between internally derived and/or externally supplied GPS coordinates. The present invention also incorporates an Automatic Background Light Adjustment (ABLA) algorithm to compensate for the maximum range of light intensity encountered by infrared communications LEDs during daytime and nighttime operation. Additionally, a multi-LED array is used to flash a signaling strobe in a universal hemispherical pattern. |
| US08514093B2 |
Signaling device for detecting an object
A sheet switch (142) has a bottom layer (144) and a top layer (160). First and second conductors (148, 162) located on the bottom layer (144) form two separate conductive paths, with a voltage potential applied to the conductors (148, 162). The top layer (160) includes a ground conductor (172). Spacers (178) are positioned between the top and bottom layers (160, 144). When forces are externally applied, the spacers (178) collapse and the ground conductor (172) contacts the first and second conductors (148, 162), and establishes a conductive path therebetween. |
| US08514092B2 |
Alarm circuit for fans
An alarm circuit is for a fan. The alarm circuit includes a direct current converting circuit, a first electronic switch, a second electronic switch, a clock chip, and a light emitting diode. When the fan does not operate, the light emitting diode blinks to warn the user that the fan may have a problem. |
| US08514088B2 |
Temperature control switch, method for using the same and alarm system using the same
The present disclosure relates to a temperature control switch. The temperature control switch includes a bistable resistance element. The bistable resistance element includes a low-conductivity matrix; and a number of high conductivity particles dispersed in the matrix. The bistable resistance element switches from a low resistance state to a high resistance state by receiving a temperature change applied to the bistable resistance element. The present disclosure also relates to a method for using the temperature control switch and an alarm system. |
| US08514085B2 |
Intelligent switching method and apparatus
An intelligent switching method and system. The method includes retrieving by a computer processor of an intelligent switching device, detection data indicating that an individual is located within a specified proximity of an apparatus. The intelligent switching device is lockably attached to the apparatus. The computer processor receives a request from an individual for enabling the apparatus. The computer processor determines that the individual is in compliance with safety procedures associated with operating the apparatus and generates an enable signal. The enable signal enables a power signal for the apparatus. The computer processor indicates that the apparatus has been enabled and is operational. |
| US08514084B2 |
Cooking system and controlling method for the same
A cooking system is provided to improve the safety and the reliability of the cooking system, and the convenience of a user. The cooking system includes at least one RF tag, a cooking appliance with an RF reader detecting the RF tag approaching, and an RF tag recognition button in a manipulation unit of the cooking system. The cooking appliance initiates a predetermined mode when the RF tag is detected. The RF tag recognition button determines whether the RF reader initiates an RF tag reading operation to recognize the RF tag. |
| US08514078B2 |
Anti-theft security device and perimeter detection system
A security tag in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a housing, a membrane operable for attachment to merchandise, wherein the housing is connected the membrane, a monitoring device operable to monitor whether a party removes or attempts to remove the housing from the membrane and an alarm operable to emit a tamper signal when the monitoring device indicates that a party has removed or attempted to remove the housing from the membrane in an unauthorized condition. A security system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a security tag operable for connection to merchandise to be secured, a monitoring device operable to monitor whether a party removes or attempts to remove the security tag from the merchandise and an alarm operable to emit a tamper alarm signal when the monitoring device indicates that a party has removed or attempted to remove the security tag from the merchandise in an unauthorized condition. |
| US08514072B2 |
Universal RF wireless sensor interface
A RF wireless sensor interface (20) interfaces one or more of a variety of sensors (12, 13) to a RF wireless network (11). A power converter (30) of the interface (20) converts a primary power (PPRM) into a DC power (PDC) that is supplied to the sensor(s) (12, 13). A microcontroller (60) of the interface (20) receives sensor detection information (SDI) from the sensor(s) (12, 13) in response to the sensor(s) (12, 13) receiving the DC power (PDC) from the power converter (30). A RF transmitter/transceiver (50) of the interface (20) executes a sensor detection information RF transmission (SDIRF) and/or a sensor control signal RF transmission (SCSRF) to the RF wireless network (11) in response to the microcontroller (60) receiving the sensor detection information (SDI). The power converter (30), the microcontroller (60) and the RF transmitter/transceiver (50) are located within a modular housing (80). |
| US08514068B2 |
Pulse width coding for interference-tolerant telemetric signal detection
A monitor provides a wireless signal with respective pulses, based on a heartbeat, repetitive physical movement, or other repetitive bodily action of a user. The pulses include longer duration pulses whose duration identifies the monitor, and distinguishes it from other monitors which may provide crosstalk interference. The longer duration pulses are interspersed among short duration pulses to reduce power consumption. A receiver unit processes the signal to determine a rate of the bodily action and provide a corresponding output. The receiver unit can operate in a baseline mode when crosstalk is not detected, where each pulse is used to determine the rate, or in a crosstalk mode when crosstalk is detected, where only the longer duration pulses are used to determine the rate. The receiver unit can synchronize with two or more consecutive longer duration pulses. The pulse duration can be fixed or determined dynamically, e.g., non-deterministically. |
| US08514064B2 |
Door mirror
A door mirror has a turn lamp that can be mounted easily and without an increased size. The turn lamp (2) has a housing (3) and an outer lens (4) that are formed by molding. A light emitting diode (6) is mounted in the housing (3), and the outer lens (4) covers the housing (3). The housing (3) and the outer lens (4) are integrated by a joint (7) produced by injection molding and placed at a butt section at which the housing (3) and the outer lens (4) are butted together. Steps (7c, 7d) are formed at the butt section integrated by the joint (7) of the turn lamp (2), and a lower end edge section (1c) and a left end edge section (1e) that form an opening (1b) of a body (1) of the door mirror (DM) are butted to the steps (7c, 7d). |
| US08514061B2 |
Display and method for calculating an “eco” meter index to be displayed for the driver of a motor vehicle
A device and method are provided for calculating an “eco” meter index that indicates the driving efficiency and to a display of this “eco” meter index for the driver of a motor vehicle. The display is based on calculating an “eco” meter index in dependence on the accelerator pedal position (Acc Pedal), the engine speed (RPM), the vehicle speed (VSpeed) and the engaged gear in such a way that a sum is formed with a portion that is directly proportional to the current accelerator pedal position and at least one portion that is dependent on the engine speed and/or the vehicle speed. |
| US08514060B2 |
Wireless identification tag
The present invention is aimed at providing a wireless identification tag which can save information with high reliability that is free from the possibility of being lost or falsified, is not broken or melt in the concrete, can expand directionality of an antenna, be distributed in a cement product to be in an appropriate condition for radio communication, and has good adhesion and affinity with cement or the like. A wireless identification tag 1 mixed in a cement product in the manufacturing procedure thereof in which cement, an aggregate, water, or the like are mixed including a protection body 2 incorporating the wireless identification tag 1 having an antenna portion which can write/read information by radio communication, wherein a concave portion 3 is provided on the surface of the protection body. |
| US08514059B2 |
Transponder holder for controlling the operation of a transponder
Exemplary embodiments are directed to a transponder holder for controlling the readability of a transponder by an interrogator. Embodiments of the transponder holder can be removable mounted to a support structure, such as a windshield of a motor vehicle. The transponder can be supported by a plate of the transponder holder, which can be moved to position the transponder in a readable position and an unreadable position to allow a user to select whether the transponder is readable by an interrogator. |
| US08514058B2 |
Construction equipment component location tracking
In a method for construction equipment component location tracking, a wireless mesh network communication is initiated between a component monitor and a component information unit which is mechanically coupled with the component. A location of the component is accessed in response to a movement of the component. The location of the component is stored within the component information unit to facilitate location tracking of the component. |
| US08514055B2 |
Vehicle for cargo handling
A vehicle for cargo handling is equipped with a storage unit for storing a password, a password input unit, and a control unit for controlling selection of a normal operating mode with no restrictions on travel capability or cargo handling capability, an emergency operating mode where at least the travel capability of the vehicle is restricted, and a travel prohibited mode where neither the normal operating mode nor the emergency operating mode is selected. The control unit determines whether password entry is required when the vehicle is powered on and controls selection of the normal operating mode when password entry is required or when a correct password is entered, the emergency operating mode when emergency operation is indicated, or the travel prohibited mode when the normal and emergency operating modes are not selected within a predetermined specific amount of time or within a specific number of times of operation. |
| US08514053B2 |
Anti-theft system for vehicle, and vehicle having the anti-theft system
An anti-theft system for a vehicle that registers ID information at the time of replacement of a lock controller. A portable device, such as a key, has exclusive ID information. A lock controller locks or unlocks a control target device according to an authentication result of the portable device. An auxiliary controller transmits and receives data to and from the lock controller and stores the ID information of the portable device as backup data. The lock controller receives the ID information from the auxiliary controller, and transmits a response requiring signal for searching the portable device which has the ID information received from the auxiliary controller and is present within a predetermined detection range. Then, the lock controller stores the ID information of the portable device which has transmitted a response signal to the response requiring signal. |
| US08514052B2 |
Surface-mounted resistor and substrate for mounting the same thereon
A surface-mounted resistor includes a flat-type base member having a first surface, a second surface, and a lateral surface. Each of the first and second surfaces has a rectangular shape. The surface-mounted resistor also includes a resistance element formed on the first surface; a pair of internal electrodes formed on both ends of the resistance element by being partially superposed with the resistance element; and a pair of external electrodes. Each of the external electrodes has a first bended portion having an L-shape formed by an internal electrode connection portion and a lateral portion, and a second bended portion having an L-shape formed by the lateral portion and a substrate connection portion. The internal electrode and the internal electrode connection portion are fixed to each other through a conductive fixation material, and a position of the base member is biased in a thickness direction toward the first bended portion. |
| US08514050B1 |
Thermistor and method for manufacturing the same
An NTC thermistor having a metal base material, a thermistor film layer formed on the metal base material, and a pair of split electrodes formed on the thermistor film layer. A ceramic slurry is applied onto a carrier film to form the thermistor film layer, a metal powder containing paste is applied onto the thermistor film layer to form the metal base material, and further an electrode paste is applied onto the metal base material to form the split electrodes. Thereafter, the three substances are integrally fired. |
| US08514049B2 |
Electronic component
This disclosure provides an electronic component that can suppress a decrease in the resonant frequency. The electronic component includes a multilayer body having plural insulating layers stacked in a staking direction. Outer electrodes are provided on facing lateral sides of the multilayer body and extend in the stacking direction. Coil conductors are stacked together with the insulating layers to form a coil. The thickness in the stacking direction of at least one of the coil conductors that is directly connected to one of the outer electrodes is smaller than that of the coil conductors that are not directly connected to any of the outer electrodes. |
| US08514048B2 |
Transformer capable of adjusting height
A transformer capable of adjusting its height is provided. The transformer is formed on a circuit board having a receiving hole. The transformer comprises a winding module, two magnetic core modules, a plurality of pins and a plurality of supporting bulges. The winding module comprises a winding baseboard and a winding pillar where a winding structure is formed thereon. The winding pillar is received in the receiving hole. The winding baseboard further comprises a corresponding surface heading to the circuit board. The magnetic core modules contact and hold the winding module. The pins are formed on the edge of the to winding baseboard to be connected to the circuit board around the receiving hole. The supporting bulges are formed between the corresponding surface and the circuit board, wherein the height of the corresponding surface relative to the circuit board is adjusted according to the supporting bulges. |
| US08514040B2 |
Bi-stable electromagnetic relay with x-drive motor
An electromagnetic relay assembly comprises a rotatable electromagnetic coil assembly, first and second pairs of opposed permanent magnets, and a switch assembly. The coil assembly comprises a coil, a core, and a rotatable coil housing. The coil is wound around the core. The core comprises opposed core termini, and the coil housing has an axis of rotation orthogonal to the coil axis. The magnet pairs fixedly positioned adjacent the core termini such that the core termini are respectively displacable intermediate the magnet pairs. The coil operates to create a magnetic field directable through the core for imparting coil housing rotation about the axis of rotation via attraction to the positioned/anchored magnets. The core termini displace linkage arms, and the linkage arms actuate contact-spring assemblies of the switch assembly intermediate open and closed positions. |
| US08514037B2 |
Dual bipolar magnetic field for rotary high-voltage contactor in automotive lithium-ion battery systems
A device and method for operating automotive battery system relays and related switches. By aligning a magnetic field with a direction of current flow in a contact plate disposed between magnets that are producing the field, a generated Lorentz force can be used to promote arc extinguishing during a relay opening sequence, while simultaneously reducing the tendency of the Lorentz forces to interfere with the operation of a solenoid or other switch-activating mechanisms. By using a rotary-based mechanism to establish contact between a contact plate and current-carrying terminals, the likelihood of inadvertent opening of the relay is reduced. Such devices and methods may be used in conjunction with hybrid-powered and electric-powered vehicles. |
| US08514036B2 |
Apparatus and method for mode suppression in microwave and millimeterwave packages
A parallel plate waveguide structure configured to suppress parallel-plate waveguide modes is described. The electromagnetic material properties of individual layers disposed between the conductive plates of waveguide may be selected to allow an apparent stopband to form. Several physical examples of electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structures are presented that are analyzed by full wave simulations and transverse resonance models. |
| US08514029B2 |
Piezoelectric vibrator, oscillator, electronic equipment and radio-controlled timepiece, and method of manufacturing piezoelectric vibrator
A piezoelectric vibrator includes a base substrate and a lid substrate which are bonded to each other with a cavity formed therebetween; an external electrode that is formed on a lower surface of the base substrate; an internal electrode that is formed on an upper surface of the base substrate so as to be accommodated in the cavity; a through electrode which is formed so as to pass through the base substrate and electrically connect the external electrode with the internal electrode; a piezoelectric vibrating reed which is accommodated in the cavity in a state of being electrically connected to the internal electrode; and a getter material that is formed in the cavity, the getter material being formed of chromium or a metallic material consisting of chromium as a main ingredient. |
| US08514024B2 |
High power-supply rejection ratio amplifying circuit
The embodiments of the present invention disclose a high power-supply rejection ratio (PSRR) amplifier circuit. The amplifier circuit comprises a low dropout regulator, a negative charge pump and an amplifier. The output voltages of the negative charge pump and the low dropout regulators don't track the change of input voltage. Therefore the amplifier circuit has high PSRR. |
| US08514018B2 |
Signal alignment for envelope tracking system
There is disclosed a method for determining the timing misalignment between a power supply and an output in an envelope tracking amplification stage, the method including the steps of: estimating a distortion parameter in the amplification stage; and determining a timing error in dependence on the estimated distortion parameter. |
| US08514017B2 |
Variable gain amplifier and audio device
A variable gain amplifier, to amplify an audio input signal to output an audio output signal at an adjustable gain, includes an operational amplifier having an inverting input terminal, a non-inverting input terminal, and an output terminal to output the audio output signal; an attenuation-rate adjustable feedback circuit to feed back the audio output signal from the output terminal of the operational amplifier to the inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier as a feedback signal, and attenuate the audio output signal and output the feedback signal to the inverting terminal; and an attenuation-rate adjustable attenuator to attenuate the audio input signal for output it as an attenuated signal to the non-inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier. Settings of the attenuation rates of the feedback circuit and the attenuator are combined and a resolution of level of the audio output signal is increased. |
| US08514013B2 |
Integrated circuit device having a plurality of integrated circuit chips and an interposer
The channel number detecting circuit detects the operation channel number based on the output terminal voltage after falling down when the output terminal voltage falls down during the voltage boosting control, and the switching control circuit generates the control clock signal having the on-time and the off-time adjusted based on the operation channel number and performs the voltage boosting control using generating control clock signal. The voltage boosting control is properly performed based on the operation channel number when the operation channel number increase during performing the voltage boosting control. Thus boosting the power supply voltage up to a second voltage is accomplished. |
| US08514011B2 |
Impedance transformation with transistor circuits
In one implementation, an apparatus may include a first negative channel metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistor circuit coupled to a first voltage source, a second NMOS transistor circuit coupled to the first voltage source, the second NMOS transistor circuit having a smaller channel width to channel length ratio than the first NMOS transistor circuit, a first positive channel metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) transistor circuit coupled to a second voltage source and coupled to the second NMOS transistor circuit, and a second PMOS transistor circuit coupled to the second voltage source, the second PMOS transistor circuit having a larger channel width to channel length ratio than the first PMOS transistor circuit. |
| US08514010B2 |
Reference current generation circuit and power device using the same
There is provided a reference current generation circuit, including a reference voltage generation unit configured to generate a reference voltage by using a depression type transistor, and a voltage/current conversion unit configured to generate a reference current from the reference voltage. |
| US08514006B2 |
Open loop rail-to-rail precharge buffer
A method and system that may include a pair of amplifier transistors and an output coupled to a load device. The precharge buffer may be controlled by an activation signal. The precharge buffer may also include a pair of level shifters. Each level shifter may be provided in association with a respective one of the transistors, and each may provide a respective level shift to an input signal at a common signal source based on a reference voltage. Outputs of the level shifters may be coupled to the respective transistors. The precharge buffer may also include a bypass signal path extending from the common signal source to the load device. A signal path may be controlled by another activation signal, and the precharge buffer and the bypass signal may be enabled during mutually exclusive states of the activation signal. |
| US08514005B2 |
Circuit and method for generating multiphase clock signals and corresponding indication signals
A circuit for generating multiphase clock signals and corresponding indication signals is provided. The circuit includes a multiphase clock generation circuit, a DLL circuit, a timing circuit, and a phase comparison circuit. The multiphase clock generation circuit receives an external clock to provide a plurality of first clock signals, phases of which differ from one another. The DLL circuit receives the external clock signal to provide a second clock signal. The timing circuit receives the second clock signal and a comparison signal to provide a plurality of indication signals. Each of the plurality of indication signals has rising edges which lead the rising edges of a corresponding one of the first clock signals. The phase comparison provides the comparison signal if a delayed phase of the corresponding one of the indication signals is within a phase of one of the first clock signals. |
| US08514004B2 |
Clock management unit and method of managing a clock signal
A clock management unit includes a delay unit; and an output unit, wherein the delay unit receives a clock signal and a reset signal for resetting an external circuit, and supplies a delayed reset signal to the output unit, wherein the output unit supplies to the external circuit an external clock signal obtained by processing the clock signal and the delayed reset signal, and wherein the external clock signal does not experience any edge transitions during at least two periods of the clock signal after the reset signal transitions to an active state for resetting the external circuit. |
| US08513994B2 |
State machine for deskew delay locked loop
A state machine for a DLL ensures a given clock (DCLK) is always locked to the rising edge of an incoming reference clock (REFCLK) through the use of two additional phase detectors. The first phase detector samples the value of DCLK a given delay prior to the rising edge of REFCLK, and the second samples the value of DCLK a given delay after the rising edge of REFCLK. The additional information provided by these two phase detectors enables a determination as to whether we are close to the falling edge of REFCLK, and, if so, add enough delay to DCLK to ensure that the DLL locks only to the rising edge of REFCLK and never accidentally to the falling edge. |
| US08513987B1 |
Wide frequency range signal generator using a multiphase frequency divider
In a high frequency mode a multiphase voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) generates a first plurality of signals where each has the desired frequency and a different phase. A phase interpolator generates the signal at the desired frequency and the desired phase using a first plurality of signals. In a low frequency mode the VCO generates a second plurality of signals where each has a frequency which is a multiple of the desired frequency and a different phase. A multiphase frequency divider generates a third plurality of signals by dividing the frequency of the second plurality to the desired frequency while maintaining a phase relationship with the second plurality of signals. The phase interpolator generates the signal at the desired frequency and the desired phase using the third plurality. |
| US08513986B2 |
Driving circuit for switching element and power converter
A short-circuit protection circuit (12) configured to protect a switching element from an overcurrent includes: a potential decreasing means for decreasing a potential of a gate terminal when a main circuit current is an overcurrent; a feedback means for performing feedback control on an amount of a decrease in the gate potential caused by the potential decreasing means according to a current amount of the main circuit current; and a phase advancing means for performing phase advance compensation in a feedback loop under the feedback control. |
| US08513980B2 |
Reduced offset comparator
An apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises backend circuitry and pairs of redundant input circuits. Each pair of redundant input circuits is configured to form a differential pair of transistors, and each redundant input circuit includes a multiplexer and a set of transistors. The multiplexer is coupled to the backend circuitry, and each transistor from the set of transistors has a first passive electrode, a second passive electrode, and a control electrode. The first passive electrode of each transistor from the set of transistors is coupled to the multiplexer, and the control electrodes from the set of transistors are coupled together. |
| US08513974B1 |
Power distribution network noise reduction
Systems and methods for reducing power distribution network noise are provided. For example, in one embodiment, a method includes determining delay variations of a user design via a delay sensor of an integrated circuit (IC). The delay variations are associated with voltage variations of the user design. Low frequency components of the voltage variations are filtered via control logic of the IC to obtain an AC response of the user design. An artificial current load is introduced to the IC to negate the AC response of the user design. |
| US08513971B2 |
Zener diode detecting circuit
A circuit includes a power supply circuit and a measuring circuit. The measuring circuit includes a voltage meter, a current meter, and a connector connected to a zener diode under test. The voltage meter is connected to the connector in parallel. The current meter is configured to measure a current flowing through the zener diode. The power supply circuit is capable of providing an output voltage that becomes greater gradually. The voltage meter is capable of obtaining a breakdown voltage of the zener diode when the current flowing through the zener diode increases and a voltage across the zener diode is unchanged. |
| US08513967B2 |
Manipulator of robot
An exemplary manipulator of a robot includes a detecting bar including two detecting pins and a regulating mechanism for regulating the distance between the two detecting pins, a fastening seat supporting the detecting bar, a fixing device fixed to the fastening seat, a driving mechanism disposed on the fastening seat, and an adjusting element connecting the driving mechanism with the regulating mechanism of the detecting bar. Under a driving action of the driving mechanism on the adjusting element, the adjusting element rotates to cause the regulating mechanism of the detecting bar to regulate the distance between the two detecting pins. |
| US08513965B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing active compliance in a probe card assembly
A probe card assembly can comprise a first source of compliance and a second source of compliance. The probe card assembly can further comprise a controller, which can be configured to apportion a total compliance demand placed on the probe card assembly between the first source of compliance and the second source of compliance. |
| US08513963B2 |
Radio frequency testing apparatus
A radio frequency (RF) testing apparatus, for testing device under test (DUT) comprising a receiving antenna, includes a pair of transmitting antennas transmitting wireless communication signals to the receiving antenna, a shielding box, a first filter and a second filter. The shielding box includes a transmitting box, a receiving box for receiving the DUT, a connecting box connecting between the transmitting box and the receiving box and a pair of transmitting antennas fixed on the transmitting box and suspending towards the connecting box. The connecting box includes a microwave absorption medium on the connecting box and communicates with the receiving box. The first filter is mounted on the connecting box and the transmitting box to electrically connect with the transmitting antenna. The second filter is mounted on the receiving box to electrically connect with the DUT. |
| US08513959B2 |
Integrated sensor system
An integrated sensory system for a lithography machine with a projection lens system (132) for focusing one or more exposure beams onto a target, a moveable table (134) for carrying the target (9), a capacitive sensing system (300) for making a measurement related to a distance between a final focusing element of the projection lens system (104) and a surface of a target (9), and a control unit (400) for controlling movement of the moveable table (134) to adjust a position of the target (9) based at least in part on a signal from the capacitive sensing system. The capacitive sensing system (300) has a plurality of capacitive sensors (30), each having a thin film structure. The capacitive sensors and the final focusing element (104) of the projection lens system are mounted directly to a common base (112), and the sensors are located in close proximity to an edge of the final focusing element of the projection lens system. |
| US08513958B2 |
Stacked sensor for testing a porous medium
A sensor is provided for testing a porous medium. The sensor includes a plurality of porous elements, a number of electrically conductive interface plates which is one greater than the quantity of elements, and the same number of conductors. Each element operates as a discrete variable capacitor, exhibits a different known liquid release curve, and includes a first axial opening. The elements are stacked one on top of another. Each plate includes a second axial opening. The plates are axially distributed within the sensor such that the first and second axial openings combine to form a longitudinal cavity that extends from the sensor's proximal end to its distal end, and each element is sandwiched between a different pair of plates. A distal end of each conductor is attached to a different one of the plates, and a proximal end is routed through the cavity to the sensor's proximal end. |
| US08513950B2 |
Current sensor
A current sensor, which senses current passing through a harness via a terminal of a battery, includes a fixed part to which the harness is fixed, a resistor which is inserted between the terminal and the fixed part, a circuit board which measures current passing through the resistor based on a potential difference between two positions along the direction in which current is passed through the resistor, and a case which accommodates the resistor and the circuit board. The circuit board includes a plurality of amplifiers which amplify potential difference between the two positions, an analog-digital converter which converts output voltages of the amplifiers into digital data of a predetermined number of bits, and a current measuring/processing unit which measures current passing through the resistor based on the digital data outputted from the analog-digital converter. |
| US08513943B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method for scanning a surface
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for maintaining normalcy of a sensor with respect to a structure. The apparatus includes a driving member, a driven member, and a sensor. The driving member includes a first engaging element and a second engaging element. The driven member includes a third engaging element and a fourth engaging element. The third engaging element of the driven member is engaged with the first engaging element of the driving member. The fourth engaging element of the driven member is engaged with the second engaging element of the driving member. The sensor is coupled to the driven member, which is rotatably drivable by the driving member. Engagement between the first and third engaging elements facilitates three-dimensional adjustment of the driven member relative to the driving member. Engagement between the second and fourth engaging elements facilitates co-rotation of the driving member and the driven member. |
| US08513942B1 |
Method of forming a probe substrate by layering probe row structures and probe substrates formed thereby
A probe head can comprise a substrate and electrically conductive structures extending from opposite surfaces of the substrate. The probe head can be made by forming frame structures each comprising a frame to which a row of the conductive structures is coupled. The frame structures can be placed in a stack. A compressible shim or a curable adhesive can be provided between adjacent frames in the stack to control a distance between the contact ends of the conductive structures in adjacent rows of the conductive structures. The frames can include cavities that form a mold while the frames are in the stack, and the substrate can be formed by introducing a moldable material into the mold. After the moldable material hardens, the frame can be removed, leaving the conductive structures embedded in the substrate. |
| US08513938B2 |
Reference voltage circuit and semiconductor integrated circuit
A reference voltage circuit includes a first amplifier, a first load device and a first PN junction device, second and third load devices and a second PN junction device, an offset voltage reduction circuit, a coupling node potential takeout circuit, and an area adjustment circuit. The offset voltage reduction circuit is configured to reduce an offset voltage between the first and second input terminals at the first amplifier, and the coupling node potential takeout circuit is configured to take out potentials of the first and second coupling nodes. The area adjustment circuit is configured to adjust an area of the second PN junction device in accordance with the potentials of the first and second coupling nodes which are taken out by the coupling node potential takeout circuit. |
| US08513937B2 |
Switching regulator with optimized switch node rise time
A driver circuit for controlling a high-side power switch of a switching regulator includes: a logic circuit configured to generate a gate control signal for turning on the power switch; a diode having coupled to a first power supply voltage; a capacitor having a first electrode coupled to the cathode of the diode and a second electrode coupled to the switching output voltage; and a delay circuit configured to receive the gate control signal and to generate a delayed gate control signal. In operation, the capacitor is precharged to about the first power supply voltage. When the power switch is turned on, a first output drive transistor is turned on to distribute the charge stored on the capacitor to the gate terminal of the high-side power switch, and after the predetermined delay, a second output drive transistor is turned on to drive the output node to a high supply voltage. |
| US08513935B2 |
Combinations of current feedback for frequency compensation, overload detection, and super overload detection in switching power converters
A single replica current is proportional to current through a main switch of a switching power converter. This replica current may be used for current compensation, detection and response to an overload, detection and response to a super-overload, and combinations thereof. An input voltage is switchably coupled to an output signal generating a load current responsive to a switch control. A replica switch generates a replica current proportional to the load current. A ramp modulation signal may be generated. A voltage ramp of the ramp modulation signal may be adjusted in response to the replica current. A feedback difference signal is compared to the ramp modulation signal to generate a comparison output. Comparison of an overload reference voltage to a replica voltage proportional to the replica current generates an overload signal. The switch control is generated responsive to the comparison output and may be modified responsive to the overload signal. |
| US08513927B2 |
Power generation circuit for generating and storing electric power utilizing radio wave energy
A power generation circuit has one of an antenna or a coil that receives an ambient radio wave. A rectifying circuit is connected to the antenna or the coil for rectifying a signal from the antenna or the coil receiving the ambient radio wave. A booster circuit is connected to and boosts an output of the rectifying circuit. A storage circuit is connected to the booster circuit and stores an output power obtained from the rectifying circuit for driving a load without the use of a power source or a battery. A switching circuit is operable in an ON-state thereof to connect the storage circuit to the load when a voltage of the storage circuit is equal to or greater than a preselected voltage. |
| US08513926B2 |
Power factor correction circuit and driving method thereof
The present invention relates to a power factor correction circuit and a driving method thereof. The power factor correction circuit receives an input voltage and maintains an output voltage at a constant level by controlling switching operation of a power switch connected to an inductor that supplies the output voltage. In this case, the power factor correction circuit controls switching operation of the power switch by differentiating a control structure for an output voltage respectively according to a stabilization period during which the output voltage is constantly maintained and a start-up period during which the output voltage is increased before being stabilized. In addition, the power factor correction circuit controls the switching operation of the power switch according to the control structure of the start-up period during a predetermined correction delay period from a time that the stabilization period starts. |
| US08513924B2 |
Vehicle generator
The vehicle generator includes an armature winding including a plurality of phase windings, a switching section formed as a bridge circuit constituted of a plurality of pairs of an upper arm and a lower arm connected in series to rectify voltages induced in the phase windings, each of the upper and lower arms being constituted of a switching element parallel-connected with a diode, a control section for controlling on/off timings of the switching elements, and a voltage zero-cross detecting section for performing voltage zero-cross detection to detect, as voltage zero-cross points, time points at which at least one of line-to-line voltages among the phase windings of the armature winding changes in polarity. The control section is configured to start on-off control of the switching elements based on the voltage zero-cross points detected by the voltage zero-cross detecting section. |
| US08513923B2 |
Battery charging circuit with trickle charging mode
The present invention provides a battery charging control circuit to charge batteries in phases. In a first charging phase the charging circuit charges the batteries with a large current and at a second charging phase the charging circuit charges the batteries with a much smaller current. The charging circuit includes a current detection circuit which detects a charge current and provides a detection voltage proportional to the charge current. The battery charging control circuit also includes an amplifier circuit to amplify the detection voltage and a comparison module compares the amplified detection voltage with a reference voltage. If the amplified detection voltage is lower than the reference voltage, the comparison module outputs a switch signal to a control module. The control module controls a charging module to charge the battery in a trickle mode when receiving the switch signal. |
| US08513909B2 |
Processing a motor variable of a DC motor and actuating device for a motor vehicle
A method processes a motor variable of a DC motor of an actuating device for a motor vehicle. The DC motor is supplied by an on-board system DC voltage, in which the armature current and the motor voltage of the DC motor are detected and the actuating position of an actuating element is determined from a time profile of the armature current by counting the current ripple contained therein. During an initial phase, the armature current which rises over time is replicated by a function which is determined from pairs of values for the motor voltage and the armature current which are detected in a time interval. A current value of the armature current expected at a later point in time is extrapolated. In the event of a discrepancy between the armature current detected at this later point in time and the extrapolated armature current, a ripple count is started. |
| US08513908B2 |
Fan speed control circuit
A fan speed control circuit includes a first fan, a second fan, a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, a PWM regulator, and a driving module. The first temperature sensor senses a temperature of the first component to generate a first temperature signal. The second temperature sensor senses a temperature of a second component to generate a second temperature signal. The PWM regulator is connected to the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor. The PWM regulator generates a first PWM signal according to the first temperature signal and generates a second PWM signal according to the second temperature signal. The driving module is connected to the PWM regulator. The driving module generates a first driving voltage provided to the first fan according to the first PWM signal. The driving module also generates a second driving voltage provided to the second fan according to the second PWM signal. |
| US08513895B2 |
High efficiency LED driver with current source regulations
The present invention provides a control circuit for LED driver. A voltage-feedback circuit is coupled to LEDs to sense a voltage-feedback signal for generating a voltage loop signal. Current sources are coupled to the LEDs to control LED currents. A detection circuit is connected to sense voltages of current sources for generating a current-source loop signal in response to a minimum voltage of the current sources. Furthermore, a buffer circuit generates a feedback signal in accordance with the voltage loop signal and the current-source loop signal. The feedback signal is coupled to limit a maximum voltage of the LEDs and regulate the minimum voltage across the current sources. |
| US08513893B2 |
High-pressure discharge lamp light-up device, high-pressure discharge lamp apparatus using same, projector using high-pressure discharge lamp apparatus, and light-up method for high-pressure discharge lamp
A high-pressure discharge lamp lighting device that suppresses deterioration and the expansion of inter-electrode distance in a pair of electrodes within a high-pressure discharge lamp, more effectively than conventional technology. The frequency of the AC current supplied to a high-pressure discharge lamp alternates between a first frequency and a second, higher frequency, while the magnitude of the AC current alternates between a first value and a second, higher value. The suppressing effect is realized by repeatedly alternating the frequency and repeatedly alternating between a first period at the first frequency and a second period at the second frequency, with the second, higher-magnitude current being used in the latter and the first current being used in the former. |
| US08513890B2 |
Solid-state light emitting device having controllable multiphase reactive power
The present invention utilizes a three-phase or multiphase AC power source, and the electric power of each phase respectively drives its corresponding solid-state light emitting member, and the solid-state light emitting members respectively driven by each phase power are arranged adjacently or arranged with an overlapping means, so that the light of the individual solid-state light emitting members respectively driven by the multiphase power source and arranged adjacently or arranged with an overlapping means can reduce the brightness pulse through synthetic illumination; and through being controlled by a solid-state switch device for controlling AC conductivity phase angle (1000) installed on the power source of each phase, when the illumination brightness of corresponding solid-state light emitting member is lower than that of other solid-state light emitting members arranged adjacently or arranged with an overlapping means, the power source is cut for saving energy. |
| US08513887B1 |
Plasma-dome article of manufacture
A plasma-dome plasma display panel (PDP) comprising a multiplicity of pixels or sub-pixels, each pixel or sub-pixel being defined by a hollow plasma-dome filled with an ionizable gas. Each plasma-dome has a flat side and an opposite domed side. One or more other sides or edges may also be flat. Two or more electrodes are in electrical contact with each plasma-dome. A flat or domed side of the plasma-dome shell is in contact with a substrate. The PDP may also include inorganic and organic luminescent materials that are excited by the gas discharge within each plasma-dome. The luminescent material may be located on an exterior and/or interior surface of the plasma-dome and/or incorporated into the shell of the plasma-dome. The plasma-dome may be made of a luminescent material. Up-conversion and down-conversion materials may be used. The substrate may be rigid or flexible with a flat, curved, or irregular surface. |
| US08513884B2 |
Flat panel display apparatus and organic light-emitting display apparatus
A flat panel display apparatus includes a substrate; a display unit which is formed on the substrate and displays an image; a metal sheet which faces towards the substrate; a sealant which fills the entire free space between the substrate and the metal sheet and seals the space between the substrate and the metal sheet; and a polymer layer which is disposed on a surface of the metal sheet and has a lower thermal expansion coefficient than the metal sheet. An organic light-emitting display (OLED) apparatus including a sealant which fills an entire space between a substrate and a metal sheet is also disclosed. |
| US08513882B2 |
Color display device having white sub-pixels and embedded light reflective layers
Disclosed is a color display device containing plural pixels on a substrate, each pixel is composed of plural sub-pixels which emit lights different in wavelength in the visible range and a white sub-pixel, the plural sub-pixels and the white sub-pixel each have a white organic electroluminescence layer interposed between an optically semitransparent reflection layer and a light reflection layer, the optical distance between the optically semitransparent reflection layer and the light reflection layer in each of the plural sub-pixels forms a resonator having a distance for resonating emitted light, and the optical distance between the optically semitransparent reflection layer and the light reflection layer in the white sub-pixel is longer than the maximum optical distance between the optically semitransparent reflection layer and the light reflection layer in each of the plural sub-pixels. |
| US08513877B2 |
Anthracene polymer compound and light emitting device using the same
A polymer compound comprising a constitutional unit of the following formula (1): (wherein, P represents an integer of 1 to 4, Q represents an integer of 0 to 4. RX and RY represent each independently an alkyl group, alkoxy group, alkylthio group, aryloxy group, arylthio group, arylalkyl group, arylalkoxy group or arylalkylthio group, when there exist a plurality of RX's, these may be the same or different, and when there exist a plurality of RY's, these may be the same or different. Ar1 represents an unsubstituted or substituted arylene group or an unsubstituted or substituted di-valent heterocyclic group, and Ar2 represents an unsubstituted or substituted aryl group or an unsubstituted or substituted mono-valent heterocyclic group. A plurality of Ar1's and Ar2's may each be the same or different.). |
| US08513875B2 |
Lighting device and lighting method
A lighting device comprising a first group of solid state light emitters, with peak wavelength from 430 nm to 480 nm, and optionally a second group with dominant wavelength from 600 nm to 630 nm, and a first group of lumiphors which emit light having dominant wavelength from 555 nm to 585 nm. In some embodiments, if current is supplied to a power line, a combination of (1) light exiting the lighting device which was emitted by the first group of emitters, and (2) light exiting the lighting device which was emitted by the first group of lumiphors would, in an absence of any additional light, produce a sub-mixture of light having x, y color coordinates within an area on a 1931 CIE Chromaticity Diagram defined by points having coordinates (0.32, 0.40), (0.36, 0.48), (0.43, 0.45), (0.42, 0.42), (0.36, 0.38). Also provided is a method of lighting. |
| US08513873B2 |
Light emission device
A light emission device includes multiple electrically activated solid state emitters (e.g., LEDs) having differing spectral output from one another; and/or phosphor material including one or more phosphors arranged to receive spectral output from at least one of the solid state emitters and to responsively emit a phosphor output, to provide spectral output. In one arrangement, multiple LEDs and multiple phosphors have different peak wavelengths and provide aggregated light output with less than four light emission peaks. In one arrangement, a plot of aggregated output emissions (light intensity versus wavelength) has a non-negative slope between more than two wavelength peaks. In one arrangement, a light emission device generates a user-perceptible transition in color of light at a predetermined time period as an indicative of a need to perform at least one selected task. |
| US08513872B2 |
Light emitting apparatus and method for manufacturing thereof
A light emitting apparatus includes a light emitting device emitting primary light and a wavelength conversion unit absorbing a part of the primary light to emit secondary light. The wavelength conversion unit includes a first wavelength conversion unit containing at least a nanocrystalline phosphor and a second wavelength conversion unit containing a rare-earth-activated phosphor or a transition-metal-element-activated phosphor. In the light emitting device, the first wavelength conversion unit and the second wavelength conversion unit are closely stacked in order. |
| US08513869B2 |
Image display apparatus with rib pattern
An image display apparatus includes first and second substrates, an electron emitting device, light emitting members, and a spacer located between the first and second substrates. Straight-line ribs higher than the light emitting members are formed on the second substrate with one of the lines of light emitting members interposed between each adjacent pair of ribs. The spacer extends in a second direction intersecting a first direction in which the ribs extend, and is located between the light emitting members adjacent to each other in the first direction. The ribs include first and second ribs, and each first rib includes a wide portion where it intersects the spacer, the wide portion having a large width in the second direction and being higher than parts of the second ribs intersecting the spacer, at least one of the second ribs being disposed between each adjacent pair of first ribs. |
| US08513865B2 |
LED lighting assembly
A LED lighting assembly includes a substrate defining a body and a central hole surrounded by the body, a conductive mass positioned in the central hole of the substrate, a LED chip defining a bottom attached to the conductive mass, and a shell mounted on the body and forming a room together with the body. |
| US08513863B2 |
Piezoelectric resonator with two layers
A piezoelectric resonator device includes: a top electrode layer with a patterned structure, a top piezoelectric layer adjacent to the top layer, a middle metal layer adjacent to the top piezoelectric layer opposite the top layer, a bottom piezoelectric layer adjacent to the middle layer opposite the top piezoelectric layer, and a bottom electrode layer with a patterned structure and adjacent to the bottom piezoelectric layer opposite the middle layer. The top layer includes a first plurality of electrodes inter-digitated with a second plurality of electrodes. A first one of the electrodes in the top layer and a first one of the electrodes in the bottom layer are coupled to a first contact, and a second one of the electrodes in the top layer and a second one of the electrodes in the bottom layer are coupled to a second contact. |
| US08513861B2 |
Piezoelectric power generator
A piezoelectric power generator that includes a piezoelectric laminate in which a plurality of rectangular-shaped piezoelectric elements each having electrodes formed on a substrate are connected at both ends thereof to each other, and in which a portion other than connection portions is capable of vibrating. In the piezoelectric laminate, a portion of the element at the uppermost layer is a fixed portion, and a weight is mounted to the element (free end) at the lowermost layer. Each piezoelectric element is decreased in rigidity from the element at the uppermost layer toward the element at the lowermost layer. |
| US08513839B1 |
Fan with damper
A fan with damper includes a motor and a fan located in a duct ventilation passage. The motor is connected with the fan to drive the fan and move air or other gases through the duct. The motor has a drive shaft that slides along its length between on and off positions. A damper is also located in the passage, is operatively connected with the drive shaft such that the damper moves to an open position when the drive shaft slides to its on position and the damper moves to a closed position when the drive shaft slides to its off position. |
| US08513837B2 |
Electrical interrupt system and method for use in a hybrid system
An electrical interlock system for including a power takeoff device operable in a first state to transfer mechanical energy from an associated combustible engine to an associated electric motor and/or generator and operative in a second state to prevent the transfer of mechanical energy from the associated combustible engine to the associated electric motor and/or generator. A relay having a first switch and an energizable portion, is coupled to the power takeoff device, the electric motor and an associated power source, such that when the energizable portion is receiving electrical power from the associated power source, the power takeoff device is in the first state and when the energizable portion is not receiving electrical power from the associated power source, the power takeoff device is in the second state. |
| US08513828B1 |
Wind turbine for electric car
A system for harnessing wind energy to charge the electric storage battery of an all-electric motor vehicle, whether the vehicle is parked or in motion. While the vehicle is being driven, a roof-mounted, internal wind turbine harnesses wind energy and causes rotation of the shaft of an electric generator mounted to an interior surface of the roof. For charging the battery while the vehicle is parked, an external wind turbine is storable in the vehicle when not in use and attaches to the internal wind turbine. Cups of the kind used in cup anemometers are attached to radial arms that extend from an external shaft of the external wind turbine and catch ambient wind currents while the vehicle is parked, causing the external shaft and the generator shaft to rotate. |
| US08513819B2 |
Low loop wire bonding
A multi-die package includes a first semiconductor die and a second semiconductor die each having an upper surface with a plurality of bond pads positioned thereon. The multi-die package also includes a plurality of bonding wires each coupling one of the bond pads on the upper surface of the first semiconductor die to a corresponding one of the bond pads on the upper surface of the second semiconductor die. A bonding wire of the plurality of bonding wires includes a first portion extending upward from one of the second plurality of bond pads substantially along a z-axis and curving outward substantially along x and y axes in a direction towards the first semiconductor die. The bonding wire also includes a second portion coupled to the first portion and extending from the first portion downward to one of the first plurality of bond pads on the upper surface of the first semiconductor die. |
| US08513818B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip having an element formation surface on which at least one element is formed and including a plurality of electrode pads formed on the element formation surface, an interconnect substrate having a principal surface facing the element formation surface of the semiconductor chip and including a plurality of connection pads formed at positions of the principal surface facing the respective corresponding electrode pads, and a plurality of solder bumps provided between the respective corresponding electrode pads and connection pads, and configured to electrically connect the respective corresponding electrode pads and connection pads together. An UBM layer is formed on a portion of each solder bump closer to the corresponding electrode pad and a barrier metal layer is formed on a portion of each solder bump closer to the corresponding connection pad, and the two layers have substantially the same composition of major materials. |
| US08513817B2 |
Memory module in a package
A microelectronic package can include a substrate having first and second opposed surfaces, first, second, third, and fourth microelectronic elements, and a plurality of terminals exposed at the second surface. Each microelectronic element can have a front surface facing the first surface of the substrate and a plurality of contacts at the front surface. The front surfaces of the microelectronic elements can be arranged in a single plane parallel to the first surface. Each microelectronic element can have a column of contacts exposed at the front surface and arranged along respective first, second, third, and fourth axes. The first and third axes can be parallel to one another. The second and fourth axes can be transverse to the first and third axes. The microelectronic package can also include electrical connections extending from at least some of the contacts of each microelectronic element to at least some of the terminals. |
| US08513815B2 |
Implementing integrated circuit mixed double density and high performance wire structure
A method and structures are provided for implementing an integrated circuit with an enhanced wiring structure of mixed double density and high performance wires in a common plane. A wiring structure includes a first wire having a first plane and a first via to a second wire in a second plane having a second via and a third wire having the first plane with height equal to the first wire and the first via, and a third via having a height equal to the second wire and the second via. |
| US08513813B2 |
Stub minimization using duplicate sets of terminals for wirebond assemblies without windows
A microelectronic element having a memory storage array has a front face facing away from a substrate of a microelectronic package, and is electrically connected with the substrate through conductive structure extending above the front face. First terminals are disposed at locations within first and second parallel grids of the package. The first terminals of each grid are configured to carry address information usable to determine an addressable memory location from among all the available addressable memory locations of the memory storage array. The first terminals in the first grid have signal assignments which are a mirror image of the signal assignments of the first terminals in the second grid. |
| US08513811B2 |
Electronic device and method for connecting a die to a connection terminal
An electronic device including a die-pad area, a die fixed to the die-pad area, a connection terminal, and a ribbon of conductive material. The ribbon is electrically connected to the die and to the connection terminal, and has a prevalent dimension along a first axis, a width, measured along a second axis, which is transverse to the first axis, and a thickness, which is negligible with respect to the width; the ribbon moreover has a cross section that defines a concave geometrical shape. |
| US08513808B2 |
Semiconductor device having trench-isolated element formation region
Provided is a technique capable of improving the reliability of a semiconductor device having a slit made over a main surface of a semiconductor substrate, so as to surround each element formation region. In the technique, a second passivation film covers the side surface of an opening made to make the upper surface of a sixth-layer interconnection M6 used for bonding pads naked, and the inner walls (the side surfaces and the bottom surface) of a slit made to surround the circumference of a guard ring and made in a first passivation film, an insulating film for bonding, and an interlayer dielectric, so as to cause the bottom thereof not to penetrate through a barrier insulating film. |
| US08513801B2 |
Integrated circuit package system
An integrated circuit package system includes: mounting a first integrated circuit over a carrier; mounting an interposer, having an opening, over the first integrated circuit and the carrier with the interposer having an overhang over the carrier; connecting an internal interconnect, through the opening, between the carrier and the interposer; and forming an encapsulation over the first integrated circuit, the internal interconnect, and the carrier. |
| US08513800B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
After a semiconductor chip is cut out, an In-10 atom % Ag pellet is placed on a metal film. Next, an epoxy sheet on a stiffener is stuck to a ceramic substrate. At this time, the In alloy pellet is sandwiched between a central protrusion portion and the metal film. Then, an In alloy film is formed from the In alloy pellet by heating, melting, and then cooling the In alloy pellet. As a result, the semiconductor chip and a heat spreader are bonded via the metal film and the In alloy film. |
| US08513796B2 |
Package structure, fabricating method thereof, and package-on-package device thereby
A package structure, a method of fabricating the package structure, and a package-on-package device are provided, where the package structure includes a metal sheet having perforations and a semiconductor chip including an active surface having electrode pads thereon, where the semiconductor chip is combined with the metal sheet via an inactive surface thereof. Also, a protective buffer layer is formed on the active surface to cover the conductive bumps, and the perforations are arranged around a periphery of the inactive surface of the semiconductor chip. Further, an encapsulant is formed on the metal sheet and in the perforations, for encapsulating the semiconductor chip and exposing the protective buffer layer; and a circuit fan-out layer is formed on the encapsulant and the protective buffer layer and having conductive vias penetrating the protective buffer layer and electrically connecting to the conductive bumps. |
| US08513795B2 |
3D IC configuration with contactless communication
A package comprises a die stack having at least two stacked dies coupled for contactless communications with each other. At least one of the stacked dies has a substrate joined to its major face. The substrate has a plurality of conductive traces in or on the substrate for conducting power to the dies and for conducting heat from the dies. At least one conductive pillar is joined to at least one of the conductive traces on at least a first edge of the substrate, for conducting power to the at least one die and for conducting heat from the at least one die. |
| US08513792B2 |
Package-on-package interconnect stiffener
Embodiments of the invention relate to a package-on-package (PoP) assembly comprising a top device package and a bottom device package interconnected by way of an electrically interconnected planar stiffener. Embodiments of the invention include a first semiconductor package having a plurality of inter-package contact pads and a plurality of second level interconnect (SLI) pads; a second semiconductor package having a plurality of SLI pads on the bottom side of the package; and a planar stiffener having a first plurality of planar contact pads on the top side of the stiffener electrically connected to the SLI pads of the second package, and a second plurality of planar contact pads electrically connected to the inter-package contact pads of the first package. |
| US08513789B2 |
Edge connect wafer level stacking with leads extending along edges
A method of making a stacked microelectronic package by forming a microelectronic assembly by stacking a first subassembly including a plurality of microelectronic elements onto a second subassembly including a plurality of microelectronic elements, at least some of the plurality of microelectronic elements of said first subassembly and said second subassembly having traces that extend to respective edges of the microelectronic elements, then forming notches in the microelectronic assembly so as to expose the traces of at least some of the plurality of microelectronic elements, then forming leads at the side walls of the notches, the leads being in electrical communication with at least some of the traces and dicing the assembly into packages. Additional embodiments include methods for creating stacked packages using substrates and having additional traces that extend to both the top and bottom of the package. |
| US08513787B2 |
Multi-die semiconductor package with one or more embedded die pads
To avoid shorts between adjacent die pads in mounting a multi-die semiconductor package to a printed circuit board (PCB), one of the die pads is embedded in the polymer capsule, while the other die pad is exposed at the bottom of the package to provide a thermal escape path to the PCB. This arrangement is particularly useful when one of the dice in a multi-die package generates more heat than another die in the package. |
| US08513784B2 |
Multi-layer lead frame package and method of fabrication
The present invention features a lead-frame package, having a first, second, third and fourth electrically conductive structures with a pair of semiconductor dies disposed therebetween defining a stacked structure. The first and second structures are spaced-apart from and in superimposition with the first structure. A semiconductor die is disposed between the first and second structures. The semiconductor die has contacts electrically connected to the first and second structures. A part of the third structure lies in a common plane with a portion of the second structure. The third structure is coupled to the semiconductor die. An additional semiconductor die is attached to one of the first and second structures. The fourth structure is in electrical contact with the additional semiconductor die. A molding compound is disposed to encapsulate a portion of said package with a sub-portion of the molding compound being disposed in the volume. |
| US08513782B2 |
Shielding device
One aspect of the invention relates to a shielding device for shielding from electromagnetic radiation, including a shielding base element, a shielding cover element and a shielding lateral element for electrically connecting the base element to the cover element in such that a circuit part to be shielded is arranged within the shielding elements. Since at least one partial section of the shielding elements includes a semiconductor material, a shielding device can be realized completely and cost-effectively in an integrated circuit. |
| US08513780B2 |
Semiconductor device having inter-level dielectric layer with hole-sealing and method for manufacturing the same
The present invention discloses an inter-level dielectric layer for a semiconductor device, a method for manufacturing the same and a semiconductor device having said inter-level dielectric layer. The method lies in forming non-interconnected holes within a dielectric layer, and these holes may be filled with porous low-k dielectric material with a much lower dielectric constant, or forming holes within the dielectric layer by filling the upper parts of the holes. The inter-level dielectric layer in such a structure has a much lower dielectric constant, reduces RC delay between devices of integrated circuits and also is easy to integrate; besides, since the holes within the dielectric layer are non-interconnected, they shall not cause change to the dielectric constant of the dielectric material or a short circuit between wires, thus the device shall have better stability and reliability which then improve performance of the circuit. |
| US08513779B2 |
CMOS devices incorporating hybrid orientation technology (HOT) with embedded connectors
The present invention relates to complementary devices, such as n-FETs and p-FETs, which have hybrid channel orientations and are connected by conductive connectors that are embedded in a semiconductor substrate. Specifically, the semiconductor substrate has at least first and second device regions of different surface crystal orientations (i.e., hybrid orientations). An n-FET is formed at one of the first and second device regions, and a p-FET is formed at the other of the first and second device regions. The n-FET and the p-FET are electrically connected by a conductive connector that is located between the first and second device regions and embedded in the semiconductor substrate. Preferably, a dielectric spacer is first provided between the first and second device regions and recessed to form a gap therebetween. The conductive connector is then formed in the gap above the recessed dielectric spacer. |
| US08513778B2 |
Semiconductor device
Disclosed is a semiconductor device that is capable of preventing impurities such as moisture from being introduced into an active region at the time of dicing and at the time of bonding and that is capable of being easily miniaturized. The semiconductor device includes a cylindrical dummy wire having an opening for allowing a wire interconnecting a semiconductor element and an external connection terminal to pass therethrough, extending in an insulation film provided on a semiconductor layer having the semiconductor element to surround the semiconductor element, and disposed inside the external connection terminal. |
| US08513774B2 |
Low-voltage structure for high-voltage electrostatic discharge protection
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protected device may include a substrate, an N+ doped buried layer, an N-type well region and a P-type well region. The N+ doped buried layer may be disposed proximate to the substrate. The N-type well region may be disposed proximate to a portion of the N+ doped buried layer to form a collector region. The P-type well region may be disposed proximate to remaining portions of the N+ doped buried layer and having at least a P+ doped plate corresponding to a base region and distributed segments of N+ doped plates corresponding to an emitter region. |
| US08513772B2 |
Method for fabricating a three-dimensional inductor carrier with metal core and structure thereof
A method for fabricating a inductor carrier comprises the steps of providing a substrate with a protective layer; forming a first photoresist layer on protective layer; patterning the first photoresist layer to form a first opening and first apertures; forming a first metal layer within first opening and first apertures; removing the first photoresist layer; forming a first dielectric layer on protective layer; forming a second photoresist layer on first dielectric layer; patterning the second photoresist layer to form a second aperture and a plurality of third apertures; forming a second metal layer within second aperture and third apertures; removing the second photoresist layer; forming a second dielectric layer on first dielectric layer; forming a third photoresist layer on second dielectric layer; patterning the third photoresist layer to form a fifth aperture and sixth apertures; forming a third metal layer within fifth aperture and sixth apertures. |
| US08513771B2 |
Semiconductor package with integrated inductor
A semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip. An inductor is applied to the semiconductor chip. The inductor has at least one winding. An encapsulation body is formed of an encapsulation material. The encapsulation material contains a magnetic component and fills a space within the winding to form a magnetic winding core. |
| US08513770B2 |
Anti-fuse and method for forming the same, unit cell of non volatile memory device with the same
There is provided an anti-fuse, including a gate dielectric layer formed over a substrate, a gate electrode, including a body portion and one or more protruding portions extending from the body portion, the body portion and the one or more protruding portions being formed to contact on the gate dielectric layer, and a junction region formed in a portion of the substrate exposed by sidewalls of the one or more protruding portions. |
| US08513767B2 |
Package interconnects
A method for forming a device is disclosed. A support substrate having first and second major surfaces is provided. An interconnect is formed through the first and second major surfaces in the support substrate. The interconnect has first and second portions. The first portion extends from one of the first or second major surfaces and the second portion extends from the other of the first and second major surfaces. The interconnect includes a partial via plug having a conductive material in a first portion of the interconnect. The via plug has a bottom at about an interface of the first and second portions. The second portion of the interconnect is heavily doped with dopants of a first polarity type. |
| US08513763B2 |
Silicon carbide semiconductor device
There was a problem that it was difficult to manufacture silicon carbide semiconductor devices with suppressed variations in characteristics without increasing the number of process steps. A silicon carbide semiconductor device according to the present invention includes an N type SiC substrate and an N type SiC epitaxial layer as a silicon carbide semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a plurality of recesses intermittently formed in a surface of the N type SiC epitaxial layer, P type regions as second-conductivity-type semiconductor layers formed in the N type SiC epitaxial layer in the bottoms of the plurality of recesses, and a Schottky electrode selectively formed over the surface of the N type SiC epitaxial layer, wherein the plurality of recesses all have an equal depth. |
| US08513748B2 |
Magnetoresistive device and magnetic memory using the same
A magnetic film stack is composed of a synthetic antiferromagnet including a plurality of ferromagnetic layers, adjacent two of which are antiferromagnetically coupled through a non-magnetic layer; and a reversal inducing layer exhibiting ferromagnetism. The reversal inducing layer is ferromagnetically coupled to the synthetic antiferromagnet, and designed to have a coercive field smaller than a magnetic field at which antiferromagnetic coupling within the synthetic antiferromagnet starts to be decoupled. |
| US08513746B2 |
MEMS sensor and method for producing MEMS sensor, and MEMS package
A capacitance type gyro sensor includes a semiconductor substrate, a first electrode integrally including a first base portion and first comb tooth portions and a second electrode integrally including a second base portion and second comb tooth portions, formed by processing the surface portion of the semiconductor substrate. The first electrode has first drive portions that extend from opposed portions opposed to the respective second comb tooth portions on the first base portion toward the respective second comb tooth portions. The second electrode has second drive portions formed on the tip end portions of the respective second comb tooth portions opposed to the respective first drive portions. The first drive portions and the second drive portions engage with each other at an interval like comb teeth. |
| US08513742B2 |
Method for manufacturing contact and semiconductor device having said contact
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a contact and a semiconductor device having said contact. The present invention proposes to form first a trench contract of relatively large size, then to form one or more dielectric layer(s) within the trench contact, and then to remove the upper part of the dielectric layer(s) and to fill the same with a conductive material. The use of such a method makes it easy to form a trench contact of relatively large size which is easy for manufacturing; besides, since dielectric layer(s) is/are formed in the trench contact, thence capacitance between a source/drain trench contact and a gate electrode is reduced accordingly. |
| US08513738B2 |
ESD field-effect transistor and integrated diffusion resistor
An electrostatic discharge protection device, methods of fabricating an electrostatic discharge protection device, and design structures for an electrostatic discharge protection device. A drain of a first field-effect transistor and a diffusion resistor of higher electrical resistance may be formed as different portions of a doped region. The diffusion resistor, which is directly coupled with the drain of the first field-effect transistor, may be defined using an isolation region of dielectric material disposed in the doped region and selective silicide formation. The electrostatic discharge protection device may also include a second field-effect transistor having a drain as a portion the doped region that is directly coupled with the diffusion resistor and indirectly coupled by the diffusion resistor with the drain of the first field-effect transistor. |
| US08513737B2 |
ESD protection element
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection element using an NPN bipolar transistor, includes: a trigger element connected at one end with a pad. The NPN bipolar transistor includes: a first base diffusion layer; a collector diffusion layer connected with the pad; a trigger tap formed on the first base diffusion layer and connected with the other end of the trigger element through a first wiring; and an emitter diffusion layer and a second base diffusion layer formed on the first base diffusion layer and connected in common to a power supply through a second wiring which is different from the first wiring. |
| US08513734B2 |
Switch mode converter employing dual gate MOS transistor
A disclosed power transistor, suitable for use in a switch mode converter that is operable with a switching frequency exceeding, for example, 5 MHz or more, includes a gate dielectric layer overlying an upper surface of a semiconductor substrate and first and second gate electrodes overlying the gate dielectric layer. The first gate electrode is laterally positioned overlying a first region of the substrate. The first substrate region has a first type of doping, which may be either n-type or p-type. A second gate electrode of the power transistor overlies the gate dielectric and is laterally positioned over a second region of the substrate. The second substrate region has a second doping type that is different than the first type. The transistor further includes a drift region located within the substrate in close proximity to an upper surface of the substrate and laterally positioned between the first and second substrate regions. |
| US08513731B2 |
Vertical type semiconductor device
A vertical type semiconductor device including a first vertical semiconductor device on a semiconductor substrate, a second vertical semiconductor device on the first vertical semiconductor device, and an interconnection between the first and second vertical semiconductor devices. |
| US08513729B2 |
Vertical structure nonvolatile memory devices
A vertical structure nonvolatile memory device can include a channel layer that extends in a vertical direction on a substrate. A memory cell string includes a plurality of transistors that are disposed on the substrate in the vertical direction along a vertical sidewall of the channel layer. At least one of the plurality of transistors includes at least one recess in a gate of the transistor into which at least one protrusion, which includes the channel layer, extends. |
| US08513725B2 |
Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing the same
According to one embodiment, a memory device includes first and second fin type stacked structures each includes first to i-th memory strings (i is a natural number except 1) that are stacked in a first direction, the first and second fin type stacked structures which extend in a second direction and which are adjacent in a third direction, a first portion connected to one end in the second direction of the first fin type stacked structure, a width in the third direction of the first portion being greater than a width in the third direction of the first fin type stacked structure, and a second portion connected to one end in the second direction of the second fin type stacked structure, a width in the third direction of the second portion being greater than a width in the third direction of the second fin type stacked structure. |
| US08513721B2 |
CMOS image sensor with non-contact structure
A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor device includes a capacitive coupled photodiode that is formed within a region of a semiconductor substrate. The photodiode receives an incident light and generates a corresponding electric charge. The CMOS image sensor device includes a reset transistor coupled to the photodiode for reverse biasing the photodiode with a predetermined voltage. The CMOS image sensor device further includes a buffer circuit and a capacitor, which is interposed between the photodiode and the buffer circuit. The capacitor is configured to transfer the electric charge to the buffer circuit. The buffer circuit may include an emitter follower or a source follower transistor. |
| US08513720B2 |
Metal oxide semiconductor thin film transistors
A top gate and bottom gate thin film transistor (TFT) are provided with an associated fabrication method. The TFT is fabricated from a substrate, and an active metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) layer overlying the substrate. Source/drain (S/D) regions are formed in contact with the active MOS layer. A channel region is interposed between the S/D regions. The TFT includes a gate electrode, and a gate dielectric interposed between the channel region and the gate electrode. The active MOS layer may be ZnOx, InOx, GaOx, SnOx, or combinations of the above-mentioned materials. The active MOS layer also includes a primary dopant such as H, K, Sc, La, Mo, Bi, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Dy, or combinations of the above-mentioned dopants. The active MOS layer may also include a secondary dopant. |
| US08513715B2 |
Semiconductor device
According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a semiconductor device that is easily integrated with other electronic circuits and functions as an oscillator with high frequency accuracy. The semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate; an element region; an element isolation region that surrounds the element region; a field effect transistor including a gate electrode that is formed on the element region, source and drain regions, and a channel region that is interposed between the source region and the drain region; gate, source, and drain terminals that are used to apply a voltage to the gate electrode, the source region, and the drain region, respectively; and an output terminal that is electrically connected to the channel region. When the threshold voltage of the field effect transistor is Vth, a gate voltage Vgs applied between the source terminal and the gate terminal and a drain voltage Vds applied between the source terminal and the drain terminal satisfy the following relationship: Vth |
| US08513713B2 |
Junction field effect transistor with region of reduced doping
A junction field effect transistor having a drain and a source, each defined by regions of a first type of semiconductor interconnected by a channel, and in which a dopant profile at a side of the drain facing the channel is modified so as to provide a region of reduced doping compared to a body region of the drain. The region of reduced doping and the body region can be defined by the same mask and doping step, but the mask is shaped to provide a lesser amount and thus less depth of doping for the region of reduced doping. |
| US08513711B2 |
Gas-sensitive semiconductor device
A gas-sensitive semiconductor device having a semiconductive channel (10) which is delimited by a first (12) and a second (14) channel electrode, and having a gate electrode (16) which is associated with the channel and which cooperates with the channel in such a way that a change in conductivity of the channel (10) occurs as a response to an action of a gas. The gate electrode (16) and/or a gate insulation layer (20) which insulates the gate electrode from the channel, and/or a gate stack layer (18) which may be provided between the gate electrode and the channel have/has two surface sections (22, 24) which differ in their sensitivity to gases. |
| US08513710B2 |
Solid-state imaging device and control method for same
In realizing an entire-screen simultaneous shutter function using a solid-state imaging device having a device structure as a CMOS solid-state imaging device, the restriction undergone by exposure time is relieved to secure a sufficient exposure time with swift operation. Separately from a transfer Tr for transferring a signal charge of a buried-type PD to an FD, a drain Tr is provided to exclude a signal charge of the buried PD. Both a channel potential on the drain transistor when turned on and a channel potential on the transfer transistor when turned on are set higher than a depleting potential for the PD. This makes it possible to completely transfer the signal charge of the PD by both the transfer Tr and the drain Tr. In the operation to sequentially read out a signal charge from the FD on a pixel-row basis, PD exposure operation is started in a course of reading out the same. |
| US08513708B2 |
Integrated circuit for various packaging modes
The present invention provides an integrated circuit suitable for various packaging modes. This integrated circuit includes: a core circuit, a plurality of pads, and a selection circuit. The selection circuit is coupled between the core circuit and the pads for determining the connection state between the core circuit and the pads based on a control signal. When the control signal provides a first value, the core circuit and the pads will be in a first connection state, and the integrated circuit will be applied with a single-die package. However, when the control signal provides a second value, the core circuit and the pads will be in the second connection state, and the integrated circuit will be applied with a multi-die package. |
| US08513703B2 |
Group III-nitride HEMT with multi-layered substrate having a second layer of one conductivity type touching a top surface of a first layers of different conductivity type and a method for forming the same
The Si substrate of a group III-N HEMT is formed in layers that define a p-n junction which electrically isolates an upper region of the Si substrate from a lower region of the Si substrate. As a result, the upper region of the Si substrate can electrically float, thereby obtaining a full buffer breakdown voltage, while the lower region of the Si substrate can be attached to a package by way of a conductive epoxy, thereby significantly improving the thermal conductivity of the group III-N HEMT and minimizing undesirable floating-voltage regions. |
| US08513702B2 |
Use of a metal complex as a p-dopant for an organic semiconductive matrix material, organic semiconductor material and organic light-emitting diodes
A metal complex is used as p-dopant for an organic semiconducting matrix material, to an organic semiconductor material and to an organic light-emitting diode. Also disclosed is the use of metal complexes, which function as Lewis acids, as p-dopants in organic matrix materials. |
| US08513699B2 |
Light-emitting device
The present invention is related to a light-emitting device. The present invention illustrates a vertical light-emitting device in one embodiment, comprising the following elements: a conductive substrate includes a through-hole, a patterned semiconductor structure disposed on a first surface of the substrate, a first bonding pad and a second bonding pad disposed on a second surface of the substrate, a conductive line passing through the through-hole connecting electrically the semiconductor structure layer, and an insulation layer on at least one sidewall of the through-hole insulates the conductive line form the substrate. The present invention illustrates a horizontal light-emitting device in another embodiment, comprising the following elements: a substrate includes a first tilted sidewall, a patterned semiconductor structure disposed on a first surface of the substrate, a first conductive line is disposed on at least the first tilted sidewall of the substrate and connecting electrically the patterned semiconductor structure. |
| US08513695B2 |
LED package and method for making the same
An LED package includes a substrate, an LED die, electrodes, a reflective cup, a barrier portion and an encapsulation. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The electrodes are formed on the substrate and spaced from each other. The barrier portion is formed on the electrodes and covered by the reflective cup, wherein a bonding force between the barrier portion and the electrodes is larger than that between the reflective cup and the electrodes. The LED die is mounted on one of the electrodes, received in the reflective cup and electrically connected to the electrodes via wire bonding. The disclosure also provides a method for making an LED package. |
| US08513693B2 |
Miniature leadless surface mount lamp with dome and reflector cup
A package for a light source is disclosed. In particular, a Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC) is described which provides many features offered by traditional surface mount technology lamps, but also has a decreased height, increased light output, and enables a smaller viewing angle as compared to traditional surface mount technology lamps. |
| US08513692B2 |
Light emitting devices
Light-emitting devices, and related components, systems and methods are disclosed. |
| US08513689B2 |
Organic light emitting diode lighting apparatus
An organic light emitting diode lighting apparatus includes: a substrate main body including a sealing area and a sealing line surrounding the sealing area; a plurality of first line electrodes of which both ends are located within the sealing area; a plurality of second line electrodes, at least one end of which is located outside the sealing area; an encapsulating member disposed to face the substrate main body; a sealant disposed on the sealing line to bond the substrate main body and the encapsulating member and seal the sealing area; a first connection member coupled to the ends of the plurality of first line electrodes within the sealing area; and a second connection member coupled to the ends of the plurality of second line electrodes outside the sealing area. |
| US08513688B2 |
Method for enhancing electrical injection efficiency and light extraction efficiency of light-emitting devices
A method for enhancing electrical injection efficiency and light extraction efficiency of a light-emitting device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a site layer on the light-emitting device; placing a protection layer on the site layer; forming a cavity through the protection layer and the site layer; and growing a window layer in the cavity. The shape of the window layer can be well controlled by adjusting reactive temperature, reactive time, and N2/H2 concentration ratio of atmosphere such that light escape angle of the window layer can be changed. |
| US08513682B2 |
Optoelectronic component and production method for an optoelectronic component
An optoelectronic component includes a carrier element. At least two elements are arranged in an adjacent fashion on a first side of the carrier element. Each element has at least one optically active region for generating the electromagnetic radiation. The optoelectronic component has an electrically insulating protective layer arranged at least in part on a surface of the at least two adjacent elements which lies opposite the first side. The protective layer, at least in a first region arranged between the at least two adjacent elements, at least predominantly prevents a transmission of the electromagnetic radiation generated by the optically active regions. |
| US08513680B2 |
Semiconductor package and method of manufacturing the same
A light-emitting device package including a lead frame formed of a metal and on which a light-emitting device chip is mounted; and a mold frame coupled to the lead frame by injection molding. The lead frame includes: a mounting portion on which the light-emitting device chip is mounted; and first and second connection portions that are disposed on two sides of the mounting portion in a first direction and connected to the light-emitting device chip by wire bonding, wherein the first connection portion is stepped with respect to the mounting portion, and a stepped amount is less than a material thickness of the lead frame. |
| US08513679B2 |
Semiconductor light-emitting device and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor light-emitting device is provided. The semiconductor light-emitting device may include a light-emitting structure, an electrode, a reflective layer, a conductive support member, and a channel layer. The light-emitting structure may include a plurality of compound semiconductor layers. The electrode may be disposed on the compound semiconductor layer. The reflective layer may be disposed under the compound semiconductor layer. The conductive support member may be disposed under the reflective layer. The channel layer may be disposed along a bottom edge of the compound semiconductor layer. |
| US08513678B2 |
Light-emitting device
A light-emitting device includes a pixel having a transistor provided over a substrate, and a light-emitting element. The transistor includes a single-crystal semiconductor layer which forms a channel formation region, a silicon oxide layer is provided between the substrate and the single-crystal semiconductor layer, a source or a drain of the transistor is electrically connected to an electrode of the light-emitting element, and the transistor is operated in a saturation region when the light-emitting element emits light. Further, in the light-emitting device, a gray scale of the light-emitting element is displayed by changing a potential applied to the gate of the transistor. |
| US08513673B2 |
MOSFET and method for manufacturing MOSFET
A MOSFET includes a silicon carbide (SiC) substrate having a main surface having an off angle of not less than 50° and not more than 65° relative to a {0001} plane; a semiconductor layer formed on the main surface of the SiC substrate; and an insulating film formed in contact with a surface of the semiconductor layer. When the insulating film has a thickness of not less than 30 nm and not more than 46 nm, the threshold voltage thereof is not more than 2.3V. When the insulating film has a thickness of more than 46 nm and not more than 100 nm, the threshold voltage thereof is more than 2.3 V and not more than 4.9 V. |
| US08513669B2 |
Thin film transistor including metal or metal silicide structure in contact with semiconductor layer and organic light emitting diode display device having the thin film transistor
A thin film transistor (TFT) includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate and including a channel region and source and drain regions, a gate electrode disposed in a position corresponding to the channel region of the semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer interposed between the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer to electrically insulate the semiconductor layer from the gate electrode, a metal structure made up of metal layer, a metal silicide layer, or a double layer thereof disposed apart from the gate electrode over or under the semiconductor layer in a position corresponding to a region of the semiconductor layer other than a channel region, the structure being formed of the same material as the gate electrode, and source and drain electrodes electrically connected to the source and drain regions of the semiconductor layer. |
| US08513666B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof
The aperture ratio of a pixel of a reflecting type display device is improved without increasing the number of masks and without using a black mask. Locations for light shielding between pixels are arranged such that a pixel electrode overlaps with a portion of a gate wiring and a source wiring. In locations for shielding TFTs, a high pixel aperture ratio is realized by forming a color filter (red, or lamination of red and blue), formed on an opposing substrate. |
| US08513665B2 |
Display device with dummy data lines
A display device in which various embodiments can prevent a vertically-striped blur is disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes first gate lines, second gate lines, data lines, dummy data lines, and a plurality of pixels. The first and second gate lines are extended in a first direction. The data lines and the dummy data lines are extended in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The pixels are defined by the intersection of a first gate line of the first gate lines and a first data line of the data lines. |
| US08513664B2 |
Thin film transistor, semiconductor device and electronic device
A thin film transistor includes, as a buffer layer, an amorphous semiconductor layer having nitrogen or an NH group between a gate insulating layer and source and drain regions and at least on the source and drain regions side. As compared to a thin film transistor in which an amorphous semiconductor is included in a channel formation region, on-current of a thin film transistor can be increased. In addition, as compared to a thin film transistor in which a microcrystalline semiconductor is included in a channel formation region, off-current of a thin film transistor can be reduced. |
| US08513660B2 |
Organic optoelectronic device and making method thereof
A suspension or solution for organic optoelectronic device is disclosed in this invention. The composition of the suspension or solution includes at least one kind of micro/nano transition metal oxide and a solvent. The composition of the suspension or solution can selectively include at least one kind of transition metal oxide ions or a precursor of transition metal oxide. Moreover, the making method and applications of the suspension or solution is also disclosed in this invention. |
| US08513658B2 |
White phosphorescent organic light emitting devices
A device is provided. The device includes an anode, a cathode and a double emissive layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. The double emissive layer includes a first organic emissive layer and a second organic emissive layer. The second organic emissive layer is disposed between the anode and the cathode, and is adjacent to the first organic emissive layer. The device also includes a blocking layer disposed adjacent to the second organic emissive layer and between the second organic emissive layer and the anode. The device also includes a hole transport layer disposed between the blocking layer and the anode. At least one of the anode and the cathode is transmissive. |
| US08513656B2 |
Organic EL device and method for manufacturing the same
According to one embodiment, an organic EL device includes a first organic EL element, a second organic EL element and a third organic EL element. The first organic EL element has a first electrode, a second electrode, and a first emitting layer. The second organic EL element has a third electrode, a fourth electrode, and a second emitting layer. At least a part of the first emitting layer extends on the second emitting layer. A third organic EL element has a fifth electrode, a sixth electrode, and a third emitting layer. At least a part of the first and the second emitting layers extends on the third emitting layer. A thickness of the first emitting layer between the first and the second electrodes is thicker than a thickness of the first emitting layer extending on the second and the third emitting layers. |
| US08513649B2 |
Vinyl-based polymer with silicon or/and tin and organic light emission diode using the same
Disclosed herein is a vinyl-based polymer with silicon and/or tin for an organic layer of an OLED. The polymer is soluble in an organic solvent and can emit fluorescent and phosphorescent light from red to blue wavelengths so as to be used for a host material of an organic light emitting layer in the OLED. |
| US08513647B1 |
Quantum computational device employing multi-qubit structures and associated systems and methods
A quantum computational (QC) device includes a multi-qubit (MQ) structure and another MQ structure coupled to the MQ structure. The MQ structure is arranged to provide an adiabatic quantum computation by application of an initial Hamiltonian operator. The other MQ structure is arranged to provide another adiabatic quantum computation by application of another Hamiltonian operator that is spatially different than the initial Hamiltonian operator. |
| US08513645B2 |
Gallium nitride-based epitaxial wafer and method of producing gallium nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting device
A source gas flows through a flow channel 23 of a metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy reactor 21. The source gas is fed in a direction across a main surface 25a of a susceptor 25. GaN substrates 27a to 27c are placed on the susceptor main surface 25a. An off-angle monotonically varies on a line segment extending from one point on the edges of the main surfaces of the gallium nitride substrates 27a to 27c to another point on the edges. The orientations of the GaN substrates 27a to 27c are represented by the orientations of the orientation flats. By placing the plurality of gallium nitride substrates 27a to 27c on the susceptors 25 of the metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy reactor 21 in these orientations, the influence of the off-angle distribution can be reduced by using the influence originated from the flow of the source gas. |
| US08513643B2 |
Mixed alloy defect redirection region and devices including same
An optical semiconductor device such as a light emitting diode is formed on a transparent substrate having formed thereon a template layer, such as AlN, which is transparent to the wavelength of emission of the optical device. A mixed alloy defect redirection region is provided over the template layer such that the composition of the defect redirection region approaches or matches the composition of the regions contiguous thereto. For example, the Al content of the defect redirection region may be tailored to provide a stepped or gradual Aluminum content from template to active layer. Strain-induced cracking and defect density are reduced or eliminated. |
| US08513642B2 |
Patterned doping of semiconductor substrates using photosensitive monolayers
A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention use a photosensitive self-assembled monolayer to pattern the surface of a substrate into hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions, and an aqueous (or alcohol) solution of a dopant compound is deposited on the substrate surface. The dopant compound only adheres on the hydrophilic regions. After deposition, the substrate is coated with a very thin layer of oxide to cap the compounds, and the substrate is annealed at high temperatures to diffuse the dopant atoms into the silicon and to activate the dopant. In one embodiment, the method comprises providing a semiconductor substrate including an oxide surface, patterning said surface into hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions, depositing a compound including a dopant on the substrate, wherein the dopant adheres to the hydrophilic region, and diffusing the dopant into the oxide surface of the substrate. |
| US08513639B2 |
Resistive-switching memory and fabrication method thereof
The present invention discloses a resistive-switching memory and the fabrication method thereof. The resistive-switching memory comprises a substrate, a top electrode, a bottom electrode, and a resistive-switching material interposed between the top and bottom electrodes, wherein the central portion of the bottom electrode protrudes upwards to form a peak shape, and the top electrode is in a plate shape. The peak structure of the bottom electrode reduces power consumption of the device. The fabrication method thereof comprises forming peak structures on the surface of the substrate by means of corrosion, and then growing bottom electrodes thereon to form bottom electrodes having peak shapes, and depositing resistive-switching material and top electrodes. The entire fabrication process is simple, and high integration degree of the device can be achieved. |
| US08513635B2 |
Switching device and memory device including the same
A switching device includes a first electrode, a bipolar tunneling layer, and a second electrode. The bipolar tunneling layer is formed on the first electrode and includes a plurality of dielectric layers having different dielectric constants. The second electrode is formed on the bipolar tunneling layer. |
| US08513632B2 |
Radiation-shielding assemblies and methods of using the same
In one characterization, the present invention relates to a radiation-shielding assembly for holding a container having a radioactive material disposed therein. The assembly may, at least in one regard, be referred to as an elution shield and/or a dispensing shield. The assembly includes a body at least partially defining a cavity. There is at least one opening through the body into the cavity. The assembly may include a cap that at least generally hinders escape of radiation from the assembly through the opening. The cap may be releasably attached to the body in one orientation and may establish non-attached engagement with the body in another orientation. The assembly may include an adjustable spacer system for adapting the assembly for use with containers having different heights. |
| US08513631B2 |
Light processing apparatus
A light processing apparatus irradiates an ultra violet light through a square or a rectangular light transmitting window onto a work piece that has a square or rectangular pattern formation portion. The apparatus includes a light emitting unit that comprises a casing, an ultraviolet irradiance lamp arranged inside the casing and the light transmitting window member provided in one face of the casing. One side of the light transmitting window and one side of the pattern formation portion are not parallel to each other. |
| US08513627B2 |
Charged particle beam apparatus
An assist gas having a very small amount and a uniform concentration is fed by a charged particle beam apparatus, in which a supply amount of gas is intermittently fed by a massflow controller, and gas is passed through a diffusion mechanism connected to the massflow controller, whereby an assist gas having a very small amount and a uniform concentration. |
| US08513626B2 |
Method and apparatus for reducing patterning effects on a substrate during radiation-based heating
Patterning effects on a substrate are reduced during radiation-based heating by filtering the radiation source or configuring the radiation source to produce radiation having different spectral characteristics. For the filtering, an optical filter may be used to truncate specific wavelengths of the radiation. The different configurations of the radiation source include a combination of one or more continuum radiation sources with one or more discrete spectrum sources, a combination of multiple discrete spectrum sources, or a combination of multiple continuum radiation sources. Furthermore, one or more of the radiation sources may be configured to have a substantially non-normal angle of incidence or polarized to reduce patterning effects on a substrate during radiation-based heating. |
| US08513625B2 |
Track-based metrology method and apparatus
A photolithographic track system and method for semiconductor wafer manufacture having a plurality of stations for receiving a wafer for sequential processing, including a first group of stations for performing at least a part of a photolithography process. A metrology station is provided in a position of the track system after the first group of stations, for determining whether the processed wafer is within tolerance for at least one critical dimension. If not within tolerance, the wafer is moved by the track system to a stripping station for removal of at least one layer and a return to the beginning of the first group of stations for repeating the performance of a photolithography process. Parameters may also be adjusted for purposes of the repeated performance of the process. If within tolerance, the wafer may be moved for further processing, for example, baking or off loading. |
| US08513624B2 |
Systems and methods of detecting force and stress using tetrapod nanocrystal
Systems and methods of detecting force on the nanoscale including methods for detecting force using a tetrapod nanocrystal by exposing the tetrapod nanocrystal to light, which produces a luminescent response by the tetrapod nanocrystal. The method continues with detecting a difference in the luminescent response by the tetrapod nanocrystal relative to a base luminescent response that indicates a force between a first and second medium or stresses or strains experienced within a material. Such systems and methods find use with biological systems to measure forces in biological events or interactions. |
| US08513622B2 |
Method for extracting frozen specimens and manufacture of specimen assemblies
A method for attaching a frozen specimen to a manipulator probe tip typically inside a charged-particle beam microscope. The method comprises cooling the probe tip to a temperature at or below that of the frozen specimen, where the temperature of the frozen specimen is preferably at or below the vitrification temperature of water; bringing the probe tip into contact with the frozen specimen, and bonding the probe tip to the frozen specimen by flowing water vapor onto the region of contact between the probe tip and the frozen specimen. The bonded probe tip and specimen may be moved to a support structure such as a TEM grid and bonded to it by similar means. The probe tip can then be disconnected by heating the probe tip or applying a charged-particle beam. |
| US08513620B2 |
Auxiliary stage and method of utilizing auxiliary stage
An auxiliary stage for holding an electron microscope specimen includes a bottom part and a supporting part. The bottom part includes a first top surface, and the supporting part includes a second top surface and a side surface. The supporting part is fixed on the first top surface, and the side surface of the supporting part is substantially perpendicular to the first top surface of the bottom part. Therefore, the auxiliary stage is in a shape of a reversed T. A slit is embedded in the second top surface of the supporting part. A specimen holder is mounted in the slit, and a specimen is fixed on the specimen holder. |
| US08513619B1 |
Non-planar extractor structure for electron source
One embodiment disclosed relates to an electron source for generating an electron beam. The electron source includes an electron emitter having a tip from which an electron beam is extracted. The electron further includes a non-planar extractor with an extractor opening and a built-in beam-limiting aperture. The extractor opening is larger than the beam-limiting aperture, and central axes of both the extractor opening and the beam-limiting aperture are aligned with the tip along a beam axis. Another embodiment relates to a method of generating an electron beam using an electron source having a non-planar extractor. Another embodiment relates to an array of electron sources for generating an array of electron beams. The array of electron sources includes an array of electron emitters and an array of non-planar extractor structures. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed. |
| US08513617B2 |
Edge-on two-dimensional detector arrays
A two dimensional radiation detector array includes a plurality of detector cards, each of the detector cards including: a plurality of radiation detectors arranged in a linear array; and a plurality of amplifiers, each of the amplifiers being electrically coupled to a respective one of the plurality of radiation detectors; and a separator between first and second detector cards of the plurality of detector cards. |
| US08513615B2 |
Millimeter-wave inspection apparatus
The present invention discloses a millimeter-wave inspection apparatus. The millimeter-wave inspection apparatus comprises: optics devices, configured to receive millimeter-wave energy radiated from an object to be inspected and focus the received millimeter-wave energy; a radiometer receiving device configured to receive the focused millimeter-wave energy and transform the millimeter-wave energy into electrical signal; and an imaging device configured to generate a temperature image of the object to be inspected based on the electrical signal. Compared with the prior art, the millimeter-wave inspection apparatus of the present invention has a simple and compact structure; it would not be harmful to the human health by employing the passive millimeter-wave human body security inspection technology. With the above configuration, the contraband items to be concealed within the human clothing can be efficiently and effectively detected. |
| US08513610B2 |
Detector system with positioning system
Provided is a detector module for measuring one or more types of radiation, in particular X-ray, gamma ray, or nuclear particle radiation, comprising a detection unit, an analog-to-digital converter, an information processing device, and a memory device for storing the position of the detector module. The detector module comprises at least one light-emitting diode (LED), optically connected with the detection unit for stabilizing the detector unit. Further, the invention provides a stanchion, in particular a portable stanchion, whereby the stanchion comprises a inventive detector module. Yet further, a (wireless) network of detector modules is provided, whereby each detector module is mounted within a stanchion. |
| US08513606B2 |
THz wave detector
A THz wave detector including a thermal isolation structure in which a supporting unit containing electrode wirings connected to a readout circuit formed in an substrate supports a temperature detecting unit connected to the electrode wirings so that one face of said temperature detecting unit and said substrate are opposed to each other with a predetermined gap, wherein a reflective film reflecting THz waves is formed on the substrate so as to face the temperature detecting unit, an absorbing film absorbing the THz waves is formed on the temperature detecting unit, the reflective film and the temperature detecting unit form an optical resonant structure, the distance between the reflective film and the temperature detecting unit is set to 8 to 14 μm, and the sheet resistance of the absorbing film is set to 100 to 200 Ω/square. |
| US08513605B2 |
Optically transitioning thermal detector structures
A thermal absorption structure of a radiation thermal detector element may include an optically transitioning material configured such that optical conductivity of the thermal absorption structure is temperature sensitive and such that the detector element absorbs radiation less efficiently as its temperature increases, thus reducing its ultimate maximum temperature. |
| US08513604B2 |
Detection device and particle beam device having a detection device
A detection device and a particle beam device having a detection device ensure a good efficiency in detecting interaction particles and electromagnetic radiation. The detection device has a detector for detecting electromagnetic radiation and/or interaction particles and a filter element through which the electromagnetic radiation is transmitted. The filter element prevents the interaction particles from striking the detector such that the filter element is situated to move between a first position and a second position, the filter element in the first position being situated in relation to the detector in such a way that the filter element prevents the interaction particles from striking the detector. The filter element in the second position is situated in relation to the detector in such a way that the filter element allows the interaction particles to strike the detector. As an alternative, the filter element may be an object holder. |
| US08513603B1 |
In-situ determination of thin film and multilayer structure and chemical composition using x-ray fluorescence induced by grazing incidence electron beams during thin film growth
A method utilizing characteristic x-ray emission from a single thin film or multilayer thin film when an electron beam impinges at a grazing angle with respect to the surface of the sample to capture structural and physical properties of the layers such as layer thickness, interfacial roughness, and stoichiometry of the sample. |
| US08513602B2 |
Focused ion beam apparatus
The crystal structure of the emitter can be accurately grasped from a FIM image without being influenced by disturbances, such as contamination, and even if the rearrangement of atoms has been performed, whether or not the crystal structure of the emitter has returned to the original state can also be accurately determined. There is a provided a focused ion beam apparatus including an emitter 10, a gas source 11 which supplies gas G2, a cooling unit 12 which cools the emitter, a heating unit 13 which heats the tip of the emitter, an extraction power source unit 15 which applies an extraction voltage to ionize the gas into gas ions at the tip of the emitter, and then extract the gas ions, a beam optical system 16 which makes the extracted gas ions into a focused ion beam (FIB), and then radiates the focused ion beam onto a sample S, an image acquiring mechanism 17 which acquires a FIM image of the tip of the emitter, and a control unit 7 having a display unit and a storage unit 7b. A guide which displays an ideal crystal structure of the tip of the emitter is stored in advance in the storage unit. The control unit is enabled to display the guide in the state of overlapping the acquired FIM image on the display unit. |
| US08513598B2 |
Aerosol mass spectrometry systems and methods
A system according to one embodiment includes a particle accelerator that directs a succession of polydisperse aerosol particles along a predetermined particle path; multiple tracking lasers for generating beams of light across the particle path; an optical detector positioned adjacent the particle path for detecting impingement of the beams of light on individual particles; a desorption laser for generating a beam of desorbing light across the particle path about coaxial with a beam of light produced by one of the tracking lasers; and a controller, responsive to detection of a signal produced by the optical detector, that controls the desorption laser to generate the beam of desorbing light. Additional systems and methods are also disclosed. |
| US08513596B2 |
Apparatus for electrospray ionization and method for electrospray ionization using the same
An apparatus for electrospray ionization may include: a platform including an inlet port, a first channel connected to the inlet port, a second channel connected to the first channel, and an outlet port connected to the second channel; a nebulizer provided in the first channel and configured to spray inert gas to a sample sprayed into the first channel through the inlet port; and a focusing lens provided in the second channel and configured to focus ions produced from the sprayed sample toward the outlet port. |
| US08513595B2 |
Parallel mass analysis
A system and method of mass spectrometry is provided. Ions from an ion source are stored in a first ion storage device and in a second ion storage device. Ions are ejected from the first ion storage device to a first mass analysis device during a first ejection time period, for analysis during a first analysis time period. Ions are ejected from the second ion storage device to a second mass analysis device during a second ejection time period. The ion storage devices are connected in series such that an ion transport aperture of the first ion storage device is in communication with an ion transport aperture of the second ion storage device. The first analysis time period and the second ejection time period at least partly overlap. |
| US08513593B2 |
In-situ conditioning in mass spectrometer systems
In a mass spectrometer or gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer system, a conditioning gas such as, for example, hydrogen is added to condition or clean one or more components or regions of the mass spectrometer such as the ion source. The conditioning gas may be added upstream of the mass spectrometer such as, for example, into a sample inlet or a chromatographic column, or may be added directly into the mass spectrometer. The conditioning gas may be added off-line, when the mass spectrometer is not analyzing a sample, or on-line during sample analysis. When added on-line, the conditioning gas may be mixed with a carrier gas such as, for example, helium. In another embodiment, the conditioning gas also serves as the carrier gas through the column; another gas such as, for example, helium may be added to the carrier gas stream. |
| US08513592B2 |
Ion trap mass spectrometer
An ion trap mass spectrometer with high sensitivity for detection in the high mass-to-charge ratio is provided. with separate measurement of square-wave voltages on the positive and negative electrode sides applied to a ring electrode in rectifying circuits and smoothing the measured voltages in integrating circuits, respectively, the areas of square-wave voltages on the positive and negative electrode sides are replaced with the peak values h1 and h2 of DC signals, respectively. A comparator circuit outputs the difference of said peak values as the error signal Δ, and variable delay circuits adjust the amount of delay of control signals so that the error signal Δ becomes zero. This changes the relative phase relation between control signals on the positive and negative electrode sides that turn on and off the switches, and renders the duty ratio of square-wave voltages nearly 50%. |
| US08513589B2 |
Indexed optical encoder, method for indexing an optical encoder, and method for dynamically adjusting gain and offset in an optical encoder
An optical encoder may include an encoder disk, an illumination system, and a detector to detect light diffracted from the encoder disk. The encoder disk may include a signal track comprising a diffraction grating, and an index track comprising a reflective index mark, wherein a width of the index mark is larger than a pitch of the diffraction grating. An indexing method may include providing an encoder disk, providing an illumination system to direct light to the encoder disk, providing a detector structured to detect light diffracted from the encoder disk, calculating an estimated count of quadrature states from a rising edge of an index pulse to a middle of the index interval, and calculating the quadrature state at an approximate center of the index pulse. A dynamic parameter correction method may include calculating a target gain and offset and correcting values based on the target gain and offset. |
| US08513586B2 |
Semiconductor device and electronic apparatus
A semiconductor device includes: a photoelectric conversion layer; a continuous or discontinuous cylindrical metal microstructure embedded in the photoelectric conversion layer; and a dielectric film with which an inner side surface and an outer side surface of the metal microstructure are coated. |
| US08513583B2 |
Methods and apparatus for plasma based adaptive optics for generating a first plasma gradient and a second plasma gradient
An adaptive plasma optics cell includes a housing defining a chamber, and a gas disposed within the housing chamber. A first light transmissive electrode layer is coupled to a first side of the housing and a first light transmissive dielectric layer is coupled between the first light transmissive electrode layer and the housing chamber. A second electrode layer is coupled to a second side of the housing such that the housing chamber is at least partially disposed between the first and second electrode layers and a second dielectric layer coupled between the second electrode layer electrode and the housing chamber. In operation, a power supply is controlled such that the power supply selectively supplies an electric signal sufficient to cause the gas to generate a plasma having a desired plasma gradient. |
| US08513582B2 |
Method for stepping a first member relative to a second member associated with a projectile
A method for stepping a first member relative to a second member associated with a projectile. The method including: providing one of the first and second members with one of a plurality of pockets and movable pins offset from each other with a first spacing; providing the other of the first and second members with the other of the plurality of pockets and movable pins offset from each other with a second spacing, where the first spacing is different from the second spacing; and engaging at least one of the movable pins into a corresponding pocket to step one of the first and second members a predetermined linear and/or rotary displacement. |
| US08513580B1 |
Targeting augmentation for short-range munitions
A method is provided for guiding a mortar projectile fired longitudinally from a launcher along a ballistic trajectory. The method includes providing a first inertial navigation system (INS), a laser emitter and optical sensor on the launcher, providing a second INS and a laser reflector on the projectile, and presetting the second INS to an initial reference position prior to firing the projectile. Subsequent to launch, the method further includes emitting a longitudinally directed laser beam from the emitter to the reflector; receiving the reflected signal to the optical sensor; establishing a position and velocity of the projectile based on the reflected signal; transmitting a correction signal to the projectile from the launcher; resetting the second INS at a position prior to reaching maximum altitude; and guiding the projectile along the trajectory by adjusting control fin orientation. |
| US08513577B2 |
Device for controlling a thermo-electric system
A control device for a thermo-electric device having a heat source side and a heat sink side. The control device has a detector for detecting a temperature difference between the heat source side and the heat sink side. The detector modulates a current for providing an optimal current to the thermo-electric device. |
| US08513566B2 |
Laser beam processing machine
A laser beam processing machine comprising a laser beam application means for applying a laser beam to a workpiece held on a chuck table and a processing-feed means, wherein the laser beam application means comprises a first pulse laser beam application means and a second pulse laser beam application means; the first pulse laser beam application means comprises an acousto-optic deflection means for deflecting the optical axis of a pulse laser beam oscillated by a first pulse laser beam oscillation means in the processing-feed direction (X direction), and a first condenser lens for converging a pulse laser beam passing through the acousto-optic deflection means; the second pulse laser beam application means comprises a second condenser lens for converging a pulse laser beam oscillated by the second pulse laser beam oscillation means; and an NA value of the first condenser lens is set smaller than the NA value of the second condenser lens. |
| US08513565B2 |
Nozzle head with increased shoulder thickness
A consumable for a plasma arc torch, such as a nozzle, having a body and a head defining a shoulder portion having a frusto-conical portion and a flared portion. The flared portion increases the cross-sectional thickness to provide a greater heat-conduction path for removal of heat generated by a plasma arc, thereby extending consumable life. The frusto-conical portion provides a sharper, pointier nozzle head to simultaneously increase the operator's visibility of the workpiece. Methods of making and using the consumables are also included. |
| US08513562B2 |
Method and system for hybrid direct manufacturing
A method for hybrid direct manufacturing is provided. The method involves depositing a foundation of material onto a substrate platform or base plate. The foundation serves as a foundation for a block of material (a monolith) to be welded thereon. Once the foundation is created, the monolith or block of material may be placed against the foundation. The foundation may be created such that its boundary matches with the boundary of the monolith that will be welded on top of the foundation. Next, the monolith is welded to the foundation using a high energy beam such as an electron beam. The method may also involve depositing a layer of material on or adjacent to the monolith. |
| US08513561B2 |
System for detecting weld nut orientation
A weld gun system for detecting the orientation of a weld nut relative to the metallic component to which it is to be welded prior to welding is disclosed. The system includes a lower electrode having a weld location pin, an upper electrode having a central circular recess formed therein, a fluid supply fluidly connected to the central circular recess of the upper electrode, and a pressure switch also fluidly connected to the central circular recess of the upper electrode. Once the weld nut is captured between the electrodes the fluid flows from the fluid supply into the central circular recess of the upper electrode. If the weld nut is in proper orientation the fluid continues to flow to the pressure switch and the weld occurs. If the weld nut is not in proper orientation the fluid does not flow to the pressure switch but is instead vented from the central circular recess and the weld does not occur. |
| US08513557B2 |
Actuator device and an electric switch device provided therewith
An actuator device including a holder element provided to be fixed against a device operated on by the actuator device. An actuator body is displaceable in a longitudinal direction along the holder element. A guide member is provided so as to guide the actuator body along the holder element. The actuator body includes a first part that is operable from outside the actuator device, and a second part that is movable in the longitudinal direction in relation to the first part. The actuator body is displaceable to a first, non-actuated position, in which the first part and the second part of the body are movable in the longitudinal direction and a second, actuated position, in which the second part is rotationally displaced in relation to the first part and abuts an abutment surface on the holder element such that motion of the second part in the longitudinal direction towards the first position is inhibited. The first part includes a rotational locking member that engages the second part in the second position and locks the second part rotationally in the second position. |
| US08513553B2 |
Combination light and switch assembly
A combination light and switch assembly for a panel of a vehicle is provided. The assembly includes a circuit board having an LED contact and a latch contact. The latch contact is configured to electrically couple to a latch of the panel. A LED is joined to the LED contact. The LED is configured to illuminate at least a portion of the panel. An actuator assembly is moveable toward the circuit board so that the actuator assembly engages the latch contact to operate the latch of the panel when the latch contact is engaged by the actuator assembly. |
| US08513552B2 |
Electrical switch connector assembly and method of connecting an electrical device to an electrical switch assembly
An electrical connector assembly includes a connector, designed to connect to a mating electrical device while maintaining a closed circuit throughout. The electrical device includes conductive contacts. The electrical connector includes an insulating housing with at least a pair of input/output terminals mounted thereon. The terminals include contacts for engaging the electrical device. A switch mechanism, mounted on the housing for movement between connecting and disconnecting positions, includes a latch member and at least one switch terminal. In the connecting position, the latch member engages a latch on the electrical device with the switch terminal out of engagement with the input/output terminals. In the disconnecting position, the latch member disengages from the latch on the electrical device for removal from the assembly with the switch terminal in engagement with the input/output terminals to maintain a closed circuit throughout when the electrical device is removed. |
| US08513550B2 |
Movable contact assembly for electrical switch
A movable contact assembly for an electrical switch includes a movable contact and a pair of supports, each support including a bottom face and a support body perpendicular thereto. Each support body includes: a cavity for holding the movable contact disposed symmetrically at each end of a diameter of the bottom face, an inner and outer hook pair extending along the axis of the support body and being disposed symmetrically to the two sides of the diameter; and a projecting tongue and recess pair extending along the axis of the support body and being disposed symmetrically to the two sides of the diameter. The movable contact-holding cavity can hold the movable contact, the two supports can engage with each other in the direction of the axis, and the pair of the supports and the movable contact are assembled together to form the movable contact assembly. |
| US08513544B2 |
Authorization system and method using a weighing scale to control access based on a registered weight of a key and key ring combination
Weight is used to help identify key and ring combinations authorized to certain persons. This is done by associating a weigh scale with each storage box for key and ring combinations, all of which have different total weights. The weights of all the key and ring combinations are registered with a computer, along with authentication and storage information. Then as key and ring combinations are removed from or returned to a storage box, they are weighed on scale 25 so that a computer can compare the scale weight with a registered weight. For any discrepancy, the computer can initiate one of many security actions. |
| US08513537B2 |
Printed board and method of manufacturing printed board
A printed board includes an insulating body that has a flat surface and includes insulating cloth including first fibers and second fibers that cross the first fibers at right angles on the flat surface, and printed wiring including a plurality of signal lines that run parallel to each other and are laid out on the flat surface of the insulating body so that a direction of the signal lines is tilted to a direction of the first or second fibers at an angle which is determined based on board-cutting efficiency of the insulating body and a predetermined delay-time difference between the signal lines. |
| US08513533B2 |
Multilayer stacked circuit arrangement with localized separation section
A multilayer stacked circuit arrangement with localized separation section, has a first flat cable and first signal transmission lines arranged on the first flat cable. A second flat cable is stacked on and bonded to the first flat cable. The second flat cable further has signal transmission lines arranged on it. A bonding substance layer is formed between a first non-separation section of the first flat cable and a second non-separation section of the second flat cable for properly stacking the first and second flat cables where the separation sections are spaced apart from each other. A conductive via extends between the first non-separation section and the second non-separation section. At least some of the second signal transmission lines of the second flat cable are connected through the conductive via to the first signal transmission lines of the first flat cable. |
| US08513531B2 |
Electrodynamic arrays having nanomaterial electrodes
An electrodynamic array of conductive nanomaterial electrodes and a method of making such an electrodynamic array. In one embodiment, a liquid solution containing nanomaterials is deposited as an array of conductive electrodes on a substrate, including rigid or flexible substrates such as fabrics, and opaque or transparent substrates. The nanomaterial electrodes may also be grown in situ. The nanomaterials may include carbon nanomaterials, other organic or inorganic nanomaterials or mixtures. |
| US08513528B2 |
Cable interconnection structure and electronic apparatus
A cable interconnection structure includes a sheet-metal member including a wall which is bent from and substantially normal to a plate-like base and extends along an end side of the base, and an opening including a first opening region provided in the base and a second opening region provided in the wall in a boundary region between the base and the wall; and a support member blocking a portion of the first opening region and supporting the sheet-metal member, wherein the sheet-metal member is slidable from a first position to a second position on the first surface, the support member includes a cutout, and the sheet-metal member includes a tongue which overlaps with the cutout and presses the support member to the sheet metal member, when the sheet-metal member is located at the second position. |
| US08513522B2 |
Shielding mechanism and electronic device
A shielding mechanism includes a shielding cover, a pivot shaft, a shielding member, and an elastic member. The shielding cover defines an insert hole. The shielding member is rotatably mounted to the shielding cover via the pivot shaft, and covers the corresponding at least one insert hole. The elastic member is sleeved on the pivot shaft and elastically resists against the shielding member. An electronic device using the shielding mechanism is also provided. |
| US08513518B2 |
Terrestrial solar power system using III-V semiconductor solar cells
A system for generating electrical power from solar radiation utilizing a thin film III-V compound multijunction semiconductor solar cell mounted on a support in a non-planar configuration. |
| US08513517B2 |
Photovoltaic module
A photovoltaic module includes an encapsulated photovoltaic element and an infrared transmissive decorative overlay simulating conventional roofing. |
| US08513509B2 |
UCR (user configurable riser)
A drum riser incorporating third party clamps and bars making one sturdy rack and riser combination. The third party clamps are attached to the riser by way of the clamp receivers. These receivers are placed in several locations to accommodate multiple configurations. The receivers are mounted by bolts to the riser making them removable so they can be moved to different locates on the riser. The risers small platform is achieved by mounting the rack out at an angle and attaching all components from the rack; allowing for the most space saving configuration possible. The riser can be manipulated to accommodate acoustic drums, electronic drums, and hand percussion. The height of the riser can be adjusted by interchanging the riser legs, which are available in varying heights. The riser is constructed of a rigid metal and welded together making a solid and durable unit. |
| US08513494B2 |
Plants and seeds of spring canola variety SCV695971
In an embodiment, the invention relates to the seeds, plants, and plant parts of canola line SCV695971 and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing canola line SCV695971 with itself or with another canola line. The invention also relates to methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic canola plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to canola lines or breeding lines and plant parts derived from canola line SCV695971, to methods for producing other canola lines, lines or plant parts derived from canola line SCV695971 and to the canola plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid canola seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the line SCV695971 with another canola line. |
| US08513492B2 |
Coleopteran-resistant transgenic plants and methods of their production
Disclosed are nucleic acid segments comprising synthetically-modified genes encoding Coleopteran-toxic B. thuringiensis δ-endotoxins. Also disclosed are methods of using these genes for the recombinant expression of polypeptides, the preparation of vectors containing the genes, and methods for transforming suitable host cells. |
| US08513479B2 |
Zinc ferrite catalysts, method of preparing thereof and method of preparing 1,3-butadiene using thereof
The present invention relates to a zinc ferrite catalyst, a method of producing the same, and a method of preparing 1,3-butadiene using the same. Specifically, the present invention relates to a zinc ferrite catalyst which is produced in a pH-adjusted solution using a coprecipitation method, a method of producing the same, and a method of preparing 1,3-butadiene using the same, in which the 1,3-butadiene can be prepared directly using a C4 mixture including n-butene and n-butane through an oxidative dehydrogenation reaction. The present invention is advantageous in that 1,3-butadiene can be obtained at a high yield directly using a C4 fraction without performing an additional process for separating n-butene, as a reactant, from a C4 fraction containing impurities. |
| US08513462B2 |
Pesticides and uses thereof
The invention disclosed in this document is related to field of pesticides and their use in controlling pests. In particular compounds having the following formula are disclosed. |
| US08513460B2 |
Process for preparing N-(hydrocarbyl) phosphoric or thiophosphoric triamides
The invention provides a process for preparing N-(hydrocarbyl)phosphoric or thiophosphoric triamides with substantially improved yields and purity. Two equivalents of hydrocarbylamine are used in the reaction with phosphoryl or thiophosphoryl chloride and then with ammonia in an aromatic solvent. The invention further relates to N-(hydrocarbyl)phosphopric or thiophosphoric triamides having the purity of at least 98% wherein R is a hydrocarbyl group and X is O or S. (RNH)(NH2)2P=X (I). |
| US08513457B2 |
Fluorine-containing compound, fluorine-containing polymer, negative-type resist composition, and patterning process using same
A fluorine-containing unsaturated carboxylic acid represented by formula (1), wherein R1 represents a polymerizable double-bond containing group, R3 represents a fluorine atom or fluorine-containing alkyl group, and W represents a bivalent linking group. This compound can provide a fluorine-containing polymer compound that has a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000-1,000,000 and contains a repeating unit represented by formula (2), wherein R3 and W are defined as above, each of R4, R5 and R6 independently represents a hydrogen atom, fluorine atom or monovalent organic group, at least two of R4, R5 and R6 may be combined to form a ring. This polymer compound can provide a chemically amplified resist composition that is transparent to KrF or ArF excimer laser light and has a high resolution and is capable of forming a pattern having a rectangular section with no swelling. |
| US08513455B2 |
Crystalline oxybutynin and process for preparing the same
The present invention relates to a crystalline oxybutynin base and process for preparing the same. Further, this invention discloses a process for preparing an acid addition salt of oxybutynin employing the crystalline oxybutynin base. |
| US08513451B2 |
Fluorescent phospholipase A2 indicators
Compositions, methods of synthesis and applications of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) specific enzyme substrates which exhibit fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) are described. The compounds generally have the structure: (I) wherein, the variables are described throughout the application. These novel compounds provide a sensitive method to monitor real time PLA2 specific enzyme activities in various cells, tissues and small organisms with fluorescence-ratiometric analysis. |
| US08513450B2 |
Process for preparing polysilanes
The invention provides a process for preparing polysilanes of the general formula (1) SinR2n+2 (1), in which silane of the general formula (2) R1mSiH4-m (1a) is converted in the presence of boron compounds of the general formula (3) R23B (3), where R1 is a hydrocarbyl radical having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, R is hydrogen or an R1 radical, R2 is fluorine, chlorine, bromine or a hydrocarbyl radical which has 1 to 18 carbon atoms and may bear substituents selected from fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine and NO2, n has integer values from 2 to 100,000, and m is 0, 1 or 2. |
| US08513444B2 |
Epoxidation reactions and operating conditions thereof
A method of producing an alkylene oxide includes passing a reaction mixture comprising alkylene, oxygen and a gaseous chlorine-containing promoter species over a supported catalyst containing silver and a promoting amount of rhenium to undergo an epoxidation reaction at a first operating condition. The method further includes subsequently performing the epoxidation reaction at a preferred operating condition. The preferred operating condition is characterized by an efficiency of the epoxidation reaction toward the alkylene oxide where the efficiency is lower than that of a maximum efficiency achievable at an operating temperature corresponding to the preferred operating condition. |
| US08513442B2 |
Methods of performing cycloadditions, reaction mixtures, and methods of performing asymmetric catalytic reactions
Methods of performing cycloadditions are described that include (a) combining a first reactant and a second reactant in a hydrogen bonding solvent to form a reaction mixture; and (b) reacting the first reactant and the second reactant to form a cycloadduct. Methods of performing asymmetric catalytic reactions are also described that include (a) combining a first reactant, a second reactant, and a catalytic amount of a chiral hydrogen-bond donor in a solvent to form a reaction mixture; and (b) reacting the first reactant and the second reactant to form an enantiomeric excess of a reaction product. Reaction mixtures corresponding to these methods are also described. |
| US08513440B2 |
Compositions and methods comprising analogues of radicicol A
Disclosed are novel analogues of the natural product radicicol A of formulae I, .Ia, pi, Ha, lib and HI, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds. The compounds of the invention are kinase and phosphatase inhibitors and find utility in the treatment or prevention of kinase and phosphatase-mediated disorders. Also provided are uses and methods for the treatment or prevention of kinase- and phosphatase-mediated disorders and synthetic processes for the preparation of the compounds. |
| US08513439B2 |
Antidepressant oral pharmaceutical compositions
The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition of duloxetine or its pharmaceutically equivalent derivatives like salts, isomers, complexes, polymorphs, hydrates or esters thereof and at least one buffering agent. The duloxetine or its pharmaceutically equivalent derivative is present from about 2 mg to approximately 200 mg; and the buffering agent is present in an amount of approximately 0.1 mEq to approximately 2.5 mEq per mg of duloxetine. Also provided is a method for treating of major depressive disorder and or diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain comprising administering to a mammal in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a composition. |
| US08513432B2 |
Dual-acting benzoimidazole antihypertensive agents
The invention relates to compounds having the formula: wherein Ar, r, n, X, R2, R2′, R3, and R5-7 are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds have AT1 receptor antagonist activity and neprilysin inhibition activity. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of using such compounds; and a process and intermediates for preparing such compounds. |
| US08513427B2 |
Compounds for producing substituted sulfoxides, process for producing the same and use thereof
Disclosed herein are novel compounds which are useful as intermediates for producing substituted sulfoxide compounds and a process for producing the same. Further disclosed is a process for producing the substituted sulfoxide compounds used as pharmacologically active agents, employing the novel intermediates of the present invention. |
| US08513426B2 |
Crystalline S-omeprazole strontium hydrate, method for preparing same, and pharmaceutical composition containing same
Disclosed are a crystalline S-omeprazole strontium hydrate for the prevention or treatment of gastric acid-related diseases, which has high optical purity, theremostability, solubility and nonhygroscopicity, a method for preparing same, and a pharmaceutical composition containing same. |
| US08513424B2 |
Pyridone 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 Formula I or Formula IA. |
| US08513417B2 |
Method for synthesis of nitroxyl radical
The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a highly-versatile method for producing a nitroxyl radical derivative, in which position-2 and position-6 in a TEMPO-based compound can be easily substituted, and further, a method for producing a nitroxyl radical derivative, in which a nitrogen nucleus is labeled with 15N. The above-described problem can be solved by reacting a triacetoneamine derivative with ketone or aldehyde in the presence of ammonium salt or a 15N-labeled compound thereof to obtain a 2,6-substituted-4-piperidone derivative. |
| US08513414B2 |
Processes and intermediates for producing azaindoles
The present invention relates to processes and intermediates for the preparation of compounds useful as inhibitors of Janus kinases (JAK). |
| US08513407B2 |
Process for the preparation of N-acyl-(epi)K5-amine-O-sulfate-derivatives and products thus obtained
A new method is described for the oversulfation of (epi)K5-N-sulfates to obtain (epi)K5-amine-O-oversulfates at extremely high degree of sulfation and for the transformation of these intermediates into new N-acyl-(epi)K5-amine-O-oversulfates basically free of activity on the coagulation parameters and useful in the cosmetic or pharmaceutical field. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions containing, as one of their active ingredients, an (epi)K5-amine-O-oversulfate. |
| US08513405B2 |
Reagent, chaotropic agent, and reagent kit for and applications of isolating nucleic acid by use of magnetic cellulose material
Disclosed are a chaotropic agent; a reagent including a chaotropic agent and a lithium salt; a reagent kit including a chaotropic agent; a chaotropic agent, a reagent, a reagent kit, and a method for isolating a nucleic acid by use of a magnetic cellulose material; a method for binding a nucleic acid to a magnetic cellulose material; a method for isolating a nucleic acid; and a method for purifying a chromosome DNA. It is required that each of the chaotropic agents, the reagents, and the reagent kits works with at least one solid-phase, magnetic cellulose-containing carrier to isolate a nucleic acid from non-nucleic acid substances. In addition, each chaotropic agent includes an alcohol substance and a substrate solution for adjusting the alcohol substance to an appropriate concentration and thereby promoting binding of the nucleic acid in a sample to the magnetic cellulose. |
| US08513404B2 |
Process for the manufacture of oligonucleotides
A process for manufacturing an oligonucleotide which comprises removing β-eliminating phosphorus-protecting groups, in particular β-cyanoethyl protective groups from a protected oligonucleotide, wherein said removing comprises contacting the protected oligonucleotide with an amine solution in a solvent which preferably does not consist of pyridine, wherein the conjugate acid of the amine has preferably a pKa of greater than 11.5, and wherein the concentration of the amine in the solution is less than 0.5 mole/liters. |
| US08513402B2 |
Human serum albumin-siRNA nano-sized carrier system
Disclosed are a human serum albumin-siRNA carrier system having siRNA bound to human serum albumin and a user thereof, and especially, human serum albumin-siRNA carrier system, which has a biodegradable covalent bond between human serum albumin polymer and siRNA and is stable in a living body, and a user thereof.The human serum albumin-siRNA carrier system having the biodegradable covalent bond between the human serum albumin and the siRNA exhibits high siRNA delivery efficiency to a target site in the living body. Therefore, the human serum albumin-siRNA carrier system may allow siRNA for therapy to be efficiently delivered to a target site such as cancer tissues in the living body even by being administrated in a relatively low concentration, which may result in a wide use for therapies of various diseases. |
| US08513399B2 |
Primers for PCR amplification comprising a basic parts within the primer sequences
The present invention relates to primers for PCR amplification comprising abasic parts within the primer sequences and a method for PCR amplification using the same. More precisely, the present invention relates to primers capable of amplifying different templates and having abasic parts complementary to mutated site or polymorphic site of template DNA and a method for PCR amplification comprising the steps of mixing the composition for PCR amplification comprising the primers with nucleic acid template; and performing PCR with the mixture. The primers for PCR amplification of the present invention contain abasic parts not having specific coding information in their nucleotide sequences, so that they can amplify different templates having mutated sites at the same time. |
| US08513396B2 |
Peptides and related molecules that modulate nerve growth factor activity
The present invention relates to certain biologically active peptides and polypeptides which can be used as therapeutics or prophylactics against diseases or disorders linked to NGF as the causative agent. In one aspect of the present invention, pharmacologically active polypeptides comprising peptides linked to one or more Fc domains are provided. |
| US08513395B2 |
Method for the synthesis of anthocyanins
The present invention relates to methods of preparing anthocyanins, and methods of preparing precursors of anthocyanins. The methods utilize a coupling reaction between a sugar and a suitable electrophilic precursor to form Eastern half intermediates that are then reacted with Western half intermediates to form the target anthocyanins. Some Eastern half intermediates and electrophilic precursors also form part of the invention. |
| US08513394B2 |
Saccharide fluorescent substrates, preparation method and uses thereof
A fluorescent enzymatic substrate including a backbone saccharide nature having at least one saccharide unit. The saccharide unit includes a fluorophore F1 and an inhibitor I1 of the fluorescence of F1. The fluorophore F1 and the inhibitor I1, either directly or by the spacer arms B1 and B2, respectively, when at least one B1 and B2 is present, are grafted on the same saccharide unit of the backbone saccharide. One of th groups is F1 and I1 grafted in the anomeric position 1 of the saccharide unit. |
| US08513393B2 |
Process for the purification of Fc-containing proteins
The invention relates to a process for reducing the concentration of free Fc-moieties in a fluid comprising an Fc-containing protein comprising a cation exchange chromatography step. |
| US08513390B2 |
Modified antibody compositions, methods of making and using thereof
The present disclosure provides modified antibodies which contain an antibody or antibody fragment (AB) modified with a masking moiety (MM). Such modified antibodies can be further coupled to a cleavable moiety (CM), resulting in activatable antibodies (AAs), wherein the CM is capable of being cleaved, reduced, photolysed, or otherwise modified. AAs can exhibit an activatable conformation such that the AB is more accessible to a target after, for example, removal of the MM by cleavage, reduction, or photolysis of the CM in the presence of an agent capable of cleaving, reducing, or photolysing the CM. The disclosure further provides methods of making and using such modified antibodies and activatable antibodies. |
| US08513384B2 |
Selective extraction of proteins from saltwater algae
Methods for selective extraction and fractionation of algal proteins from an algal biomass or algal culture are disclosed. A method of selective removal of products from an algal biomass provides for single and multistep extraction processes which allow for efficient separation of algal proteins. These proteins can be used as renewable sources of proteins for animal feedstocks and human food. Further, lipids remaining in the algal biomass after extraction of proteins can be used to generate renewable fuels. |
| US08513382B2 |
Biocomposites and methods of making the same
In general, the present invention is related to biopolymer and biocomposite materials and structures, and methods of making and using the same. In some embodiments, the present invention is directed to oriented collagen based biocomposite materials and structures, and methods of making. |
| US08513378B2 |
Production method for water-absorbing resin powder
The present invention provides a method for producing a water-absorbing resin powder. The method includes a polymerization step, a drying step, a pulverization step, a classification step, and a surface cross-linking step. It further includes an additional step, performed before the surface cross-linking step, in which at least part of the classified polymer is supplied again to the same or a different pulverization step. The circulation pulverization ratio in the pulverization step is higher than 1.50. |
| US08513375B2 |
Imide-linked maleimide and polymaleimide compounds
The invention is directed to maleimide thermosets incorporating imide-extended mono-, bis-, or polymaleimide compounds. These imide-extended maleimide compounds are prepared by the condensation of appropriate anhydrides with appropriate diamines to give amine terminated compounds. These compounds are then condensed with excess maleic anhydride to yield imide-extended maleimide compounds. |
| US08513370B2 |
Method for sealing and assembling components of a drive train
A method is described for sealing and assembling, pointing and/or coating a substrate by means of silicon elastomers prepared using silicon compositions that do not contain any metal catalyst such as, for example, tin, and cross-linking by polycondensation reactions in the presence of water (for example, ambient moisture). |
| US08513368B2 |
Copolymer of olefin and conjugated diene, and process for producing the same
An object of the invention is to provide copolymers which have a double bond in a side chain and are substantially free of unsaturated bonds in the main chain, copolymers which have a cyclic structure and are substantially free of unsaturated bonds in the main chain, and processes for economically synthesizing these copolymers. |
| US08513367B2 |
Mitigation of elastomer reactor fouling using mechanical vibration
Method of reducing fouling in an elastomer polymerization process that includes providing a reactor capable of housing an industrial-scale elastomer polymerization reaction, and applying a mechanical force to the reactor so as to create a vibration in at least one wall of the reactor, in which fouling is reduced in the reactor. In one embodiment the reaction is an industrial scale butyl polymerization reaction and the reactor is a butyl polymerization reactor. |
| US08513363B2 |
Adhesive composition
An adhesive composition, an optical member, a surface protective film, and an adhesive sheet, the adhesive composition including 100 parts by weight of a (meth)acrylic copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of about 100,000 to about 2,000,000 g/mol; about 0.05 to about 5 parts by weight of a carbodiimide crosslinker, based on 100 parts by weight of the (meth)acrylic copolymer; and about 0.001 to about 5 parts by weight of an imidazole compound represented by Formula 1, based on 100 parts by weight of the (meth)acrylic copolymer: wherein, in Formula 1, R1, R2, and R3 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C10 straight or branched alkyl group. |
| US08513361B2 |
Interpolymers containing isobutylene and diene mer units
This disclosure relates to a block interpolymer comprising at least one diene block and at least one butyl block, wherein the at least one butyl block comprises residue from a functionalizing agent on at least one end adjacent to the diene block(s). The disclosure also relates to methods of making such block interpolymers. Also disclosed is a rubber composition comprising: (a) a block interpolymer comprising at least one diene block and at least one butyl block, and (b) a filler, wherein said at least one butyl block comprises residue from a functionalizing agent on at least one end adjacent to said diene block(s). |
| US08513352B2 |
Curable compositions having improved fire properties
The invention relates to curable compositions comprising a) at least one organic polymer selected from polyethers and polyacrylic acid esters, wherein the organic polymer has at least one defined, cross-linkable end group having at least one C1-C8-alkoxy- or C1-C8-acyloxy radical, b) at least one poly(dialkylsiloxane) having at least one defined, cross-linkable end group having at least one vinyl radical and likewise at least one C1-C8-alkoxy- or C1-C8-acyloxy radical and c) at least one flame-retarding additive selected from red phosphorus, organic phosphor compounds, ammonia polyphosphate, metal hydroxides, expandable graphite, zinc borate and melamine salts, to the use of such compositions as adhesive, sealing or coating material, in particular for providing a substrate having a flame-retardant, elastic coating, to a coating thus obtained and to the use of at least one poly(dialkylsiloxane) b) to improve the fire properties of a curable composition comprising at least one organic polymer a). |
| US08513351B2 |
Fluoroelastomer gels
Fluoroelastomeric gel having the following properties: appearance: transparent gelatinous solid; water content between 10% and 90% by weight; a density between 1.1 and 2.1 g/cm3; said gel satisfies the following test: dried in a stove at 90° C. until a constant weight gives curable fluoroelastomers. |
| US08513349B2 |
Binder composition for positive electrodes
A binder composition for the positive electrode of an electric storage device. The composition contains polymer alloy particles composed of: a polymer (A) having a recurring unit derived from vinylidene fluoride, ethylene tetrafluoride, propylene hexafluoride, or mixtures thereof; a polymer (B) having a recurring unit derived from an unsaturated carboxylic acid ester; and water. The average diameter of the polymer alloy particles is 50 to 400 nm. The polymer alloy particles are synthesized by absorbing a monomer (b) to the polymer (A) and polymerizing the monomer (b) to synthesize the polymer (B). The monomer (b) is an unsaturated carboxylic acid ester, or a mixture of an unsaturated carboxylic acid ester and one or more of the following monomers: an α,β-unsaturated nitrile compound, an unsaturated carboxylic acid, a conjugated diene compound, styrene, α-methylstyrene, p-methylstyrene, vinyltoluene, chlorostyrene, divinylbenzene, a carboxylic vinyl ester, and an acid anhydride of an ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid. |
| US08513347B2 |
Elastomeric compositions
This invention relates a composition comprising: (i) at least one low molecular weight polyolefin; (ii) a block copolymer obtainable by selectively hydrogenating a block copolymer having terminal polymeric blocks of a vinyl aromatic monomer and a mid-block prepared originally with an olefin and subsequently hydrogenated; and (iii) polypropylene; (iv) with the proviso that when (i) is a PAO having a molecular weight of between about 400 and 1000 g/mole, either: (a) (iii) is a homopolymer characterized by an MFR greater than 2 g/10 min, (b) (iii) is a copolymer; or (c) (iii) is a polymer or copolymer made by a metallocene catalyst; or (d) the composition does not contain calcium carbonate. |
| US08513338B2 |
Binder composition and asphalt mixture
A binder composition and a mixture of the binder composition and aggregate that are suitably used to prepare pavements are disclosed. The binder composition comprises a resin of vegetable origin, an oil of vegetable and a polymer, and the polymer is functionalised with silane groups. |
| US08513337B2 |
Asphalt-based reactive hot melt polyurethane adhesive
A novel hot melt adhesive that includes a blend of hot melt polyurethane and petroleum liquid. |
| US08513333B2 |
Reactive surface-modified particles
The invention relates to particles which have been functionalised by means of an inertised reactive group, i.e. by means of specific reversibly blocked isocyanate groups, and whose inertization can be reversed by means of an external influence. |
| US08513331B2 |
Puncture repair material recovery system
A gelling agent, and a method of use for the same, for gelling a puncture repair material, the puncture repair material including a natural rubber latex, a resin emulsion, and an antifreezing agent, the gelling agent comprising a compound (α) of the following Formula (1). In the following Formula 1, R1 is an alkyl group having from 13 to 30 carbon atoms or an alkenyl group having from 13 to 30 carbon atoms. |
| US08513329B2 |
Chemical additives to make polymeric materials biodegradable
The present invention is a new additive material that is physically blended with polymeric material to create at least a partially biodegradable product. |
| US08513328B2 |
Fluid applied silicone air and water barrier system and process thereof
There is provided herein a one-part room temperature vulcanizing (RTV) silicone based air and water barrier composition comprising silanol-terminated diorganopolysiloxane polymer; fumed silica; stearic acid treated ground calcium carbonate extending filler; polyalkoxy crosslinking agent; metal chelate condensation cure catalyst; and, an adhesion promoter. There is also provided a wall assembly comprising said composition. |
| US08513325B2 |
Silicone hydrogel contact lenses and related compositions and methods
Silicone hydrogel contact lenses are produced without using volatile organic solvents to extract materials from the polymerized contact lens bodies, and instead are washed with aqueous liquids. The silicone hydrogel contact lenses so produced have ophthalmically wettable lens surfaces. The hydrated silicone hydrogel contact lenses have diameters that are at least 24% larger than the diameters of the silicone hydrogel contact lenses prior to hydration or washing. |
| US08513323B2 |
Multifunctional silicone blends
Generally silicone materials adapted to releasably adhere to human skin don't attach readily to substrates such as fibrous substrates (e.g., woven and nonwoven webs), films, plastic, etc. Disclosed are inventive blends of low-tack materials, such as a low-tack silicone material, and a high-tack silicone material, such as a high-tack, hot-melt, silicone adhesive, that both releasably adhere to skin and join to various substrates, including fibrous substrates. Furthermore, these same blends may be disposed between, and attached to, a silicone adhesive layer and a substrate. In other words, the disclosed silicone blends may be used to join a silicone adhesive layer to a substrate. |
| US08513322B2 |
Polymeric beads and methods of making polymeric beads
Polymeric beads and methods of making the polymeric beads are described. The polymeric beads are crosslinked hydrogels or dried hydrogels. The polymeric beads are formed from droplets of a precursor composition that are exposed to radiation. The droplets are totally surrounded by a gas phase. The precursor composition contains a polar solvent and a polymerizable material miscible in the polar solvent. The polymerizable material has an average number of ethylenically unsaturated groups per monomer molecule equal to at least 1.2. |
| US08513321B2 |
Dual cure coating compositions, methods of coating a substrate, and related coated substrates
Disclosed herein are dual cure coating compositions that include (a) a melamine-group containing polyethylenically unsaturated compound and (b) an acrylate-containing compound different from (a), wherein the acrylate-containing compound is present at a level sufficient to provide a cured coating layer having a glass transition temperature of 100° C. or below and a crosslink density of 20.0 mmoles/cc or below. Also disclosed are related multi-component composite coatings, coated substrates, and methods for coating a substrate. |
| US08513316B2 |
Hydrocarbon synthesis and production onboard a marine system using varied feedstock
A process for producing Fischer-Tropsch hydrocarbon products onboard a marine vessel from carbonaceous feedstock by gasification in a thermal conversion plant connected to an onboard power plant unit includes the steps of forming Fischer-Tropsch hydrocarbons in a Fischer-Tropsch reactor having a recycle line from the Fischer-Tropsch reactor to the thermal conversion plant and recycling at least one of carbon dioxide and tail gas from the Fischer-Tropsch reactor to the thermal conversion plant during gasification. |
| US08513314B2 |
Reactor for the preparation of methanol
Improved design of a catalytic reactor for the production of methanol at equilibrium conditions whereby methanol as it is formed is separated from the gaseous phase into the liquid phase within the reactor, without reducing the catalytic activity of the methanol catalysts This is achieved by adjusting the boiling point of a liquid cooling agent being in indirect contact with the catalyst particles and by providing a specific ratio of catalyst bed volume to cooling surface area. Thereby, condensation of methanol as it is formed in the gaseous phase takes place at the cooling surface arranged evenly distributed within the reactor and within a very limited region of the catalyst bed. |
| US08513313B2 |
Hydrocarbon synthesis process
This invention relates to a hydrocarbon synthesis process. More particularly, but not exclusively, this invention relates to a Fischer Tropsch Process employing an activated catalyst and to the use of such an activated catalyst, wherein the Fischer Tropsch Process conditions favor the attainment of a low acid selectivity. More particularly the invention relates to a three-phase low temperature Fischer Tropsch (LTFT) process wherein a feed of H2 and CO are converted to hydrocarbons and possible oxygenates thereof by contacting the H2 and CO in the presence of an iron-based Fischer Tropsch catalyst in a reaction zone, wherein the molar ratio of H2:CO in the feed is from 0.5 and less than 1.0 and wherein the iron-based Fischer Tropsch catalyst is activated according to the steps of: (a) providing an iron-based catalyst including iron in a positive oxidation state; and (b) contacting the iron-based catalyst in a reactor with a reducing gas selected from CO and a combination of H2 and CO; at a reduction temperature of at least 245° C. and below 280° C.; at a reducing gas pressure of above 0.5 MPa and not more than 2.2 MPa; and at a GHSV of total reducing gas fed to the reactor of at least 6000 ml(N)/g cat/h, thereby reducing the iron that is in a positive oxidation step in the catalyst. |
| US08513311B2 |
Oil-in-water emulsion and its use for the delivery of functionality
The present invention concerns an oil-in-water emulsion wherein the oil droplets of a diameter in the range of 5 nm to hundreds of micrometers exhibit a nano-sized self-assembled structurization with hydrophilic domains having a diameter size in the range of 0.5 to 200 nm, due to the presence of a lipophilic additive and the oil-in-water emulsion contains an active element being present in the range comprised between 0.00001 and 79% based on the total composition. |
| US08513309B2 |
Perfluorocarbons for use in treating pruritus
The subject application provides a method of treating pruritus comprising administering to the skin of a subject afflicted with pruritus an amount of a perfluorocarbon effective to treat the pruritus. The subject application also provides a method of alleviating a symptom of psoriasis comprising administering to the skin of a subject afflicted with psoriasis an amount of a perfluorocarbon effective to alleviate the symptom of psoriasis. The subject application also provides a perfluorocarbon composition for use in treating a subject afflicted with pruritus or psoriasis. The subject application further provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an amount of a perfluorocarbon for use in treating pruritus or psoriasis. |
| US08513303B2 |
Antimicrobial agent
The present invention provides a method of killing and/or inactivating microbes, the method comprising the step of placing the microbes in contact with a catalyst by means of a fluid medium, wherein the catalyst comprises a solid support, which solid support comprises one or more fibers, and a first metal cation fixed to the support. The fibers are keratinous fibers like wool fibers, or polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibers. The first metal cation is selected from transition metal copper, silver and gold included. A second non-transition metal cation can be present. The catalyst is prepared by first treating the fibers with hydrazine and/or hydroxylamine salt in presence of a base, the modified fibers are then treated with an aqueous solution of containing the metal cations. |
| US08513302B2 |
Reducing nephropathy with inhibitors of soluble epoxide hydrolase and epoxyeicosanoids
The invention provides uses and methods for reducing nephropathy in persons with diabetes mellitus (particularly Type 2 diabetes), in persons with metabolic syndrome, in persons with triglyceride levels over 215 mg/dL, and in persons with a cholesterol level over 200 mg/dL, by administering an inhibitor of soluble epoxide hydrolase (“sEH”). Optionally, a cis-epoxyeicosantrienoic acid (“EET”) can be administered with the sEH inhibitor. The invention further provides for using EETs in conjunction with one or more sEH inhibitors to reduce hypertension, and for compositions of EETs coated with a material insoluble in an acid of pH 3 but soluble in a solution with a pH of 7.4 or higher. |
| US08513299B2 |
Methods of using low-dose doxepin for the improvement of sleep
Methods of preventing early awakenings, and improving sleep efficiency in hours 7 and 8 of a period of sleep, by administration of low doses of doxepin (e.g., 1-6 mg). |
| US08513294B2 |
Substituted imidazole derivatives and methods of use thereof for treating cancer
Disclosed are compounds of the general formula (I): compositions comprising an effective amount of said compounds either alone or in combination with other chemotherapeutic agents, and methods useful for treating or preventing cancer and for inhibiting tumor tissue growth. These compounds attenuate the oxidative damage associated with increased heme-oxygenase activity and can reduce cell proliferation in transformed cells. In addition, the described compounds and compositions are useful as neuroprotectants and for treating or preventing neurodegenerative disorders and other diseases of the central nervous system. |
| US08513290B2 |
Method for preparing largazole analogs and uses thereof
Analogs of largazole are described herein. Methods of treating cancer and blood disorders using largazole and largazole analogs and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same are additionally described herein. Methods for preparing largazole analogs are likewise described. |
| US08513289B2 |
P38 kinase inhibiting agents
Compounds described by the chemical formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: Formula (I); are inhibitors of p38 and are useful in the treatment of inflammation such as in the treatment of asthma, COPD, ARDS, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid spondylitis, osteoarthritis, gouty arthritis and other arthritic conditions; inflamed joints, eczema, psoriasis or other inflammatory skin conditions such as sunburn; inflammatory eye conditions including conjunctivitis; pyresis, pain and other conditions associated with inflammation. |
| US08513288B2 |
1-aryl-1-hydroxy-2,3-diamino-propyl amines, 1-heteroaryl-1-hydroxy-2,3-diamino-propyl amines and related compounds having analgesic and/or immuno stimulant activity
Compounds of the formula where the variables have the meaning defined in the specification have analgesic and/or immunostimulant effect in mammals. |
| US08513287B2 |
Heterocyclic ring and phosphonoxymethyl group substituted pyridine derivatives and antifungal agent containing same
The present invention provides compounds that have excellent antifungal action, and are also excellent in terms of properties, such as solubility in water and safety. The compounds are represented by formula (I): The present invention is also directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, an antifungal agent comprising the compound as an active ingredient, and a method for preventing or treating a fungal disease by administering the compound. |
| US08513281B1 |
Method of treating traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries and other neurogenic conditions using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and naturally occurring conotoxins
A method for treating a patient/subject having neuronal injury, pain, neurotrauma and/or traumatic brain injury, such as diffuse axonal injury, which includes intrathecally and/or intraventricularly administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug and/or a naturally occurring omega conotoxin, functional fragment thereof, a pharmacologically acceptable salt, ester, amide, or prodrug thereof. |
| US08513280B2 |
Use of epothilones in the treatment of neuronal connectivity defects such as schizophrenia and autism
The present invention is about the use of at least one epothilone or derivative thereof as an active ingredient for manufacturing a medicament for use in the treatment of disease(s) involving a neuronal connectivity defect. |
| US08513278B2 |
Parenteral dextrose formulation of clopidogrel
Described herein are ways to solubilize clopidogrel for parenteral administration containing clopidogrel and D50W, which is useful in the prevention of platelet aggregation in acute coronary syndrome, acute myocardial infarction or to prevent platelet facilitated thrombosis following coronary angioplasty and/or coronary stenting. |
| US08513272B2 |
Forms of a fused pyrrolocarbazole compound
Alternative chemical and/or solid state forms of Compound I, processes to reproducibly make them and methods of treating patients using them. |
| US08513271B2 |
Pyrimidine compounds as delta opioid receptor modulators
Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating various diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders, including pain. Such compounds are represented by Formula I as follows: wherein R1, R2, R3, and L, A, and Ra are defined herein. |
| US08513268B2 |
1H-quinazoline-2,4-diones processes for their production, pharmaceutical compositions, and treatment for epilepsy
The present invention relates to 1H-Quinazoline-2,4-diones of formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 are as defined in the specification, their preparation, their use as pharmaceuticals, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. Further, intermediates for the manufacture of compounds of formula (I) are and combinations comprising compounds of formula (I) are disclosed. |
| US08513260B2 |
Pyrazinylpyrazoles
Pyrazin-2-ylpyrazoles of formula (I) in which X, R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are as defined in the description are described, as is the use thereof as insecticides and/or parasiticides, the preparation thereof, and compositions which comprise such pyrazin-2-ylpyrazoles. |
| US08513258B2 |
Cinnamoyl-piperazine derivatives and their use as par-1 antagonists
The present invention relates to compounds of general formula (I): wherein: R1 represents: halogen, CN or NO2; R2 represents: hydrogen or halogen; n represents: 1 or 2; R3 represents: phenyl substituted by one or more halogens or C1-C6 alkyls; or a cyclohexyl; as well as the therapeutically-acceptable salts or solvates thereof. These compounds are useful as protease-activated receptor-1 (PAR-1) antagonists, particularly in the treatment of thrombosis. |
| US08513254B2 |
Method of treating atrial fibrillation
The present invention relates to a method for the treatment or prevention of atrial fibrillation and/or atrial flutter comprising coadministration of a synergistically therapeutic amount of dronedarone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or salts thereof and a synergistically therapeutic amount of ranolazine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or salts thereof. Also provided are methods for modulating ventricular and atrial rhythm and rate. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical formulations that are suitable for such combined administration. |
| US08513246B2 |
Use of N-heterocyclylmethylbenzamides in therapeutics
The invention relates to use of compositions in therapeutics containing a compound having general formula (I): Wherein R, R1, R2, X and n are as described herein. |
| US08513238B2 |
Heteroaryl-cyclohexyl-tetraazabenzo[E]azulenes
The present invention provides heteroaryl-cyclohexyl-tetraazabenzo[e]azulenes of formula I wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as described herein. The compounds according to the invention act as V1a receptor modulators, and in particular as V1a receptor antagonists, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments. The active compounds of the present invention are useful as therapeutics acting peripherally and centrally in the conditions of dysmenorrhea, male or female sexual dysfunction, hypertension, chronic heart failure, inappropriate secretion of vasopressin, liver cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome, anxiety, depressive disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, autistic spectrum disorders, schizophrenia, and aggressive behavior. |
| US08513237B2 |
Sulfonylamino-derivatives as novel inhibitors of histone deacetylase
This invention comprises the novel compounds of formula (I) wherein n, m, t, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, L, Q, X, Y, Z and have defined meanings, having histone deacetylase inhibiting enzymatic activity; their preparation, compositions containing them and their use as a medicine. |
| US08513232B2 |
Substituted spirocyclic piperidine derivatives as histamine-3 (H3) receptor ligands
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): their use as H3 antagonists/inverse agonists, processes for their preparation, and pharmaceuticals compositions thereof. |
| US08513231B2 |
Use of oxazolidinone-quinoline hybrid antibiotics for the treatment of anthrax and other infections
The present invention relates to the use of compounds, in which the pharmacophores of quinolone and oxazolidinone are chemically linked together through a linker that is stable under physiological conditions, for the treatment of anthrax and other infections. |