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US08625901B2	Method for dynamically adjusting a waiting time of handwriting inputs, electronic equipment and computer-readable medium thereof A method for dynamically adjusting a waiting time of handwriting inputs is applied to an electronic equipment having a handwriting input device. When a waiting-for-input time after the handwriting input device receives a handwriting input exceeds a waiting time of the electronic equipment, the electronic equipment performs a handwriting recognition upon the handwriting input so as to display a candidate word list. The method includes the following steps: receiving the handwriting input; generating a writing speed according to the handwriting input; and setting the waiting time of the electronic equipment according to the writing speed.
US08625899B2	Method for recognizing and translating characters in camera-based image A method for recognizing an image photographed by a camera and translating characters in connection with an electronic dictionary is provided. The method includes directly selecting an area to be recognized from the photographed character image and performing character recognition, translating and recognizing characters of a user's selected word in connection with dictionary data, and displaying translation result information of user's selected character or word in connection with dictionary data on a screen device. The recognition includes providing information on location of the selected character image area and location of the recognized character string words to the user, and then translating a character string or word in a location area selected by the user. The electronic dictionary-connected search and translation is for searching the character or word selected in connection with the electronic dictionary database, and providing translation result to the user.
US08625897B2	Foreground and background image segmentation Foreground and background image segmentation is described. In an example, a seed region is selected in a foreground portion of an image, and a geodesic distance is calculated from each image element to the seed region. A subset of the image elements having a geodesic distance less than a threshold is determined, and this subset of image elements are labeled as foreground. In another example, an image element from an image showing at least a user, a foreground object in proximity to the user, and a background is applied to trained decision trees to obtain probabilities of the image element representing one of these items, and a corresponding classification assigned to the image element. This is repeated for each image element. Image elements classified as belonging to the user are labeled as foreground, and image elements classified as foreground objects or background are labeled as background.
US08625896B2	Image matting An alpha matte is generated from image forming elements of an image. For each of one or more of the image forming elements: a respective representative foreground value is determined from one or more of the image forming element values; the respective representative foreground value and the value of the image forming element are normalized with respect to a threshold level; and a respective value of the alpha matte is generated from an evaluation of the normalized image forming element value in relation to the normalized representative foreground value.
US08625891B2	Image processing apparatus and processing method therefor In an image processing apparatus for dividing image data into blocks having a predetermined number of pixels and processing each of the divided blocks in sequence, color data of pixels in a block to be processed is compared to identify a pattern flag that corresponds to a placement pattern of the color data included in the block. The identified pattern flag and the color data for the number of colors included in the block are output and, assuming that output color data that corresponds to a pixel at a predefined position in the block is first color data, the pattern flag, the first color data, and other color data that are output for each of the divided blocks are collectively stored in respectively different memory areas.
US08625888B2	Variable kernel size image matting Image matting is performed on an image having a specified foreground region, a background region and an unknown region by selecting a kernel size based on a size of the unknown region. The matting processing is performed using the selected kernel size to provide an alpha matte that distinguishes a foreground portion from a background portion in the unknown region. Further, in some implementations, a trimap of the image may be segmented and matting processing may be performed on each segment using a kernel size appropriate for that segment.
US08625878B2	Method and system of rail component detection using vision technology A method, system, and computer program product for automatically inspecting railroad tracks. The method includes assessing a configuration of rail components depicted in an image by comparing the configuration of the rail components to known hazards. The method also includes determining a severity of detected problems in the configuration of the rail components, using a computer processor.
US08625876B2	Validation template for valuable media of multiple classes A technique for use in automatic validation of a media item involves accessing a template that comprises multiple one-class classifiers, each corresponding to one of multiple classes to which the media item might belong, and then applying each of the one-class classifiers to an image of the media item to generate a result set for each of the multiple classes. The result set for each media class is then analyzed to assess whether the media item belongs to that class.
US08625874B2	Methods and devices for analysis of x-ray images Disclosed are devices, methods and systems for the accurate and reliable evaluation of bone structure from x-ray images. Also disclosed are related non-invasive measurement of bone structure and diagnosis and/or treatment of bone conditions.
US08625873B2	Medical image processing apparatus Provided is a medical image processing apparatus allowing the generation of image data by changing the reconstruction conditions in correspondence with the positional relation of an observation target based on the projected data chronologically acquired by an X-ray CT scanner. The medical image processing apparatus includes a photographing unit, a reconfiguration processing unit, an extracting unit, and an analyzing unit. The photographing unit scans the flexible site of the living body configured from multiple parts in order to acquire projected data. The reconfiguration processing unit carries out reconfiguration processing on the projected data and generates image data of the flexible site regarding the plurality of timing points. The extracting unit extracts the plurality of components configuring the flexible site from the respective image data. The analyzing unit obtains the positional relation of the plurality of components.
US08625870B2	Method and system for supplementing detail image in successive multi-scale reconstruction The image reconstruction method and system reconstructs a multi-scale image using a set of predetermined nested 3D grids, and a zoomed image is reconstructed without losing details. The multiple steps uses a decreasing grid size to reconstruct an ultimately zoomed image in region of interest without degrading image quality.
US08625869B2	Visualization of medical image data with localized enhancement Systems and methods for visualization of medical image data with localized enhancement. In one implementation, image data of a structure of interest is resampled within a predetermined plane to generate at least one background image of the structure of interest. In addition, at least one local image is reconstructed to visually enhance at least one local region of interest associated with the structure of interest. The local image and the background image are then combined to generate a composite image.
US08625868B2	Radiation diagnostic apparatus and image reconstructing method According to one embodiment, a radiation diagnostic apparatus includes a photon-counting detector, a counting information storage unit, an image reconstituting unit, and a controlling unit. The detector performs counting on light derived from incident radiation. The counting information storage unit stores therein counting information based on the counting result of the detector. The image reconstituting unit reconstitutes a medical image by performing a back projection process on projection data that is generated by use of the counting information stored in the counting information storage unit. After the reconstitution of the medical image, the controlling unit performs control so that all or part of the counting information is maintained in the counting information storage unit.
US08625865B2	Method and apparatus for navigating a therapeutic device to a location A method and apparatus for navigating a therapeutic device to a location in a moving organ. A feature is identified in one reference image, such as a calcified spot. Then the target location for the device is determined. If the feature and the target location are not shown on the same frame, registration is performed, and the geometric relation between the feature and the target location is determined. On the positioning stage, the feature is identified in a positioning image, then the target location is indicated on the image. The user then manipulates the device, also visible on the positioning image to the target location. If the feature is not identified automatically in the positioning image, the target location is assumed at the current location, and the feature is marked, which assists the user in identifying the real location of the feature, and manipulating the device to the target location.
US08625864B2	System and method of cosmetic analysis and treatment diagnosis A method and system is provided for performing cosmetic analysis of a subject. Assessment data of observable characteristics of each of a plurality of defined body areas of a subject is converted to weighted data for each of the plurality of defined body areas. This weighted data is analyzed to generate cosmetic analysis data. This cosmetic analysis data can include an apparent age of the subject. The cosmetic analysis data is then provided to a user such as a cosmetic surgeon, beauty therapist or the subject themself. The system and method can be further adapted to perform treatment diagnosis for the subject based on the cosmetic analysis data.
US08625862B2	Image display method and image display apparatus An image data apparatus comprises a view angle defining section for defining a plurality of view angles relative to an object of examination, an image data preparing section for preparing a plurality of three-dimensional image data for the plurality of view angles from four-dimensional image data of the object of examination and a display control section for displaying moving images of the three-dimensional image data of the object of examination on a monitor screen under the condition that the view angles are fixed.
US08625860B2	Adaptive face recognition using online learning In one embodiment an electronic device comprises an input/output module, a memory coupled to the input/output module, and logic to store a first image of a face in the memory module, associate an identity with the first image of a face, subsequently collect a second image of a face, determine a correlation between features on the first image of a face and the second image of a face, and store the correlation between the first image and the second image. Other embodiments may be described.
US08625857B2	Image processing method and image processing apparatus According to one embodiment, an image processing method for inspecting an image includes creating synthetic image information in which information is synthesized with main image information in a visible state which the human eyes perceive in an invisible state which is hard to perceive with the human eyes, printing the synthetic image information onto a medium, acquiring an image printed on the medium as an inspection image information, extracting information embedded in the main image information from the inspection image acquired, and determining a fault in the image printed on the medium based on an extraction result of information.
US08625856B2	Method and system for wholesomeness inspection of freshly slaughtered chickens on a processing line An imaging system containing an electron-multiplying charge-coupled device detector and line-scan spectrograph is used for identifying wholesome and unwholesome freshly slaughtered chicken carcasses on high-speed commercial chicken processing lines. Multispectral imaging algorithms allow for real-time online identification of wholesome and unwholesome chicken carcasses.
US08625852B2	System and method for linking real-world objects and object representations by pointing A system and method are described for selecting and identifying a unique object or feature in the system user's three-dimensional (“3-D”) environment in a two-dimensional (“2-D”) virtual representation of the same object or feature in a virtual environment. The system and method may be incorporated in a mobile device that includes position and orientation sensors to determine the pointing device's position and pointing direction. The mobile device incorporating the present invention may be adapted for wireless communication with a computer-based system that represents static and dynamic objects and features that exist or are present in the system user's 3-D environment. The mobile device incorporating the present invention will also have the capability to process information regarding a system user's environment and calculating specific measures for pointing accuracy and reliability.
US08625849B2	Multiple camera control system A multiple camera tracking system for interfacing with an application program is provided. The tracking system includes multiple cameras arranged to provide different viewpoints of a region of interest, and are operable to produce a series of video images. A processor is operable to receive the series of video images and detect objects appearing in the region of interest. The processor executes a process to generate a background data set from the video images, generate an image data set for each received video image, compare each image data set to the background data set to produce a difference map for each image data set, detect a relative position of an object of interest within each difference map, and produce an absolute position of the object of interest from the relative positions of the object of interest and map the absolute position to a position indicator associated with the application program.
US08625843B2	Monitoring system, image-processing apparatus, management apparatus, event detecting method, and program A monitoring system includes a plurality of image-capturing apparatuses each including an event detector that executes on a corresponding captured image at least one of a plurality of processing algorithms for detection of a monitor event, and a transmission controller that outputs to a network only a processing result of the executed processing algorithm when a monitor event is not detected and that outputs to the network at least the captured image when a monitor event is detected; and a management apparatus managing the plurality of image-capturing apparatuses via the network and including an event determination unit that determines occurrence of a monitor event in accordance with the received processing result and a record controller that records the received captured image.
US08625842B2	Remote encoding center automation systems and methods A computerized method for retrofitting a legacy manual mail recognition processing system (MRPS) with an automated MRPS without substantial changes to the configuration of the legacy manual MRPS includes detecting a request by a keyer desk software component to display a mail piece scan image on a computer display connected to the keyer desk computer. The image can at least temporarily be prevented from being displayed on the computer display and the image can be read from memory. Automated recognition processing can be performed on the image to resolve the image and create an automated recognition processing results data. If said automated recognition processing was successful the automated recognition processing results data can be sent to the keyer desk software component and the image can be permanently prevented from being displayed on the computer display. Otherwise, the image can be displayed to the human user for manual processing.
US08625841B2	Remote encoding center automation systems and methods A nontransitory computer readable medium having stored thereon software instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations. The operations can include intercepting a request for manual processing of a mail piece image. The request can be transmitted by an originating MPE having failed to resolve the mail piece image. The request can be ignored and the mail piece scan image can be forwarded to an automated mail recognition system (AMRS). If the AMRS successfully resolved the image, a response, including a plurality of addressing data corresponding to the mail piece scan image, can be received from the AMRS. If the AMRS successfully resolved the image, at least a portion of the plurality of addressing data can be transmitted to the originating MPE. If the AMRS did not successfully resolve the image, the request can be forwarded to a manual mail recognition processing system.
US08625837B2	Protocol and format for communicating an image from a camera to a computing environment A media feed interface may be provided that may be used to extract a media frame from a media feed. The media feed interface may access a capture device, a file, and/or a network resource. Upon accessing the capture device, file, and/or network resource, the media feed interface may populate buffers with data and then may create a media feed from the buffers. Upon request, the media feed interface may isolate a media frame within the media feed. For example, the media feed interface analyze media frames in the media feed to determine whether a media frame includes information associated with, for example, the request. If the media frame includes the requested information, the media feed interface may isolate the media frame associated with the information and may provide access to the isolated media frame.
US08625836B2	Cable structure for preventing tangling This is directed to a cable structure for use with an electronic device. The cable structure can include one or more conductors around which a sheath is provided. To prevent the cable structure from tangling, the cable structure can include a core placed between the conductors and the sheath, where a stiffness of the core can be varied along different segments of the cable structure to facilitate or hinder bending of the cable structure in different areas. The size and distribution of the stiffer portions can be selected to prevent the cable from forming loops. The resistance of the core to bending can be varied using different approaches including, for example, by varying the materials used in the core, varying a cross-section of portions of the core, or combinations of these.
US08625835B2	Apparel with built-in headphone extension wire device The present invention provides for the embodiments for a combined apparel and conductive extension wire assembly to bridge connectivity between a portable audio listening devices and transducers that emit audio sounds. The combined garment and extension wire assembly comprises of a garment (such as a shirt, jacket, cap, etc.) having an electrical wire with a connector on one end positioned within the interior of a garment pocket for conductive connectivity to the audio output of a portable listening device held within said pocket. The extension wire assembly shall channel through the interior of the garment through passageways or within garment seams, extending to garment apertures wherein a left and right channel wire shall respectively pass through and exit the apparel fabric having each wire ending with a connector enabling further conductive connectivity respectively to left and right channel transducers emitting audio sounds.
US08625834B2	Ergonomic earpiece and attachments An earpiece that substantially lacks a lower lobe is disclosed. In one example, the earpiece can have a generally arcuate rib having upper and lower ends. A lobe can be formed at the upper end of the arcuate rib. No lobe is formed at the lower end of the arcuate rib. An extension can extend from the earpiece and can be configured to extend into the ear canal. Eliminating the lower lobe mitigates discomfort during use and also reduces the likelihood of tissue damage and infection. The extension can enhance communication of desired sound, e.g., from a two-way radio, to an eardrum while mitigating communication of undesirable ambient noise to the eardrum. Other implementations and related methods are also disclosed.
US08625828B2	Hearing prosthesis having an on-board fitting system A hearing prosthesis comprising an external component having an integrated user interface, a sound processor configured to process received sounds based on predefined fitting data, and an on-board fitting system configured to set the fitting data in response to control inputs received via the integrated user interface.
US08625827B2	One-size-fits-most hearing aid A hearing-aid device comprising a housing and circuitry module, wherein the circuitry module comprises a battery, a microphone, and a receiver, and the circuit module is inserted in the hearing aid housing. The hearing aid device further comprises a retractable battery sleeve, wherein a battery slot is exposed when the battery sleeve is retracted, and a battery can be inserted into the battery slot from either side of the battery slot with either polarity. The hearing aid housing may comprise an ear-tip, wherein a microphone is mounted in the hearing aid housing near the ear-tip and the microphone receives sounds through at least one sound inlet located on a side surface of the hearing aid housing. The ear-tip additionally comprises three flanges decreasing in size toward the flange closest to the ear canal, and the hearing aid can be inserted into the ear canal in any orientation.
US08625826B2	Apparatus and method for background noise estimation with a binaural hearing device supply An apparatus and a method for background noise estimation use a first and a second hearing device for binaural supply of a hearing impaired person. In each case the hearing devices have a first and a second omnidirectional microphone and the two microphones of each hearing device are connected to each other electrically in order to form a first and/or a second monaural directional characteristic. The first and/or second microphone of the first hearing device is connected together wirelessly with the first and/or second microphone of the second hearing device to form a binaural directional characteristic. To estimate the background noise, the level of an output signal from the first and/or the second directional microphone having a monaural directional characteristic is combined with the level of an output signal from the directional microphone having a binaural directional characteristic. Background noise estimation is thereby enhanced in the case of binaural supply.
US08625825B2	Electrostatic speaker An electrostatic speaker including a frame; a first electrode installed at a first end of the frame; a second electrode installed at a second end of the frame to be at a predetermined distance apart from the first electrode; a suspension which is arranged between the second electrode and the first electrode and is elastically installed inside the frame; and a diaphragm assembly which is supported by the suspension and has a multilayer structure. The electrostatic speaker adopts a dual electrode structure, has the multilayer structure formed inside the diaphragm assembly, and is provided with a driving chip that applies a bias voltage to the diaphragm assembly by rectifying an audio signal after applying a driving signal that has amplified the audio signal to the dual electrodes. Thus, the invention does not require any external power, and is also capable of maintaining relatively high sensitivity by enhancing the charge density.
US08625823B2	MEMS microphone overtravel stop structure A MEMS microphone. The MEMS microphone includes a membrane, a spring, and a first layer having a backplate, and a first OTS structure. The spring has a first end coupled to the membrane, and a second end mounted to a support. The first OTS structure is released from the backplate and coupled to a structure other than the backplate, and is configured to stop movement of the membrane in a first direction after the membrane has moved a predetermined distance.
US08625819B2	Method and device for voice operated control Methods and devices for voice operated control are provided. The method can include measuring an ambient sound received from at least one Ambient Sound Microphone, measuring an internal sound received from at least one Ear Canal Microphone, detecting a spoken voice from a wearer of the earpiece based on an analysis of the ambient sound and the internal sound, and controlling at least one voice operation of the earpiece if the presence of spoken voice is detected. The analysis can be a non-difference comparison such as a correlation analysis, a cross-correlation analysis, and a coherence analysis.
US08625808B2	Methods and apparatuses for encoding and decoding object-based audio signals Provided are an audio encoding method and apparatus and an audio decoding method and apparatus in which audio signals can be encoded or decoded so that sound images can be localized at any desired position for each object audio signal. The audio decoding method includes extracting a downmix signal and object-based side information from an audio signal; generating channel-based side information based on object-based side information and control information for rendering the downmix signal; processing the downmix signal using a decorrelated channel signal; and generating a multi-channel audio signal using the processed downmix signal and the channel-based side information.
US08625805B1	Digital security bubble A digital security bubble encapsulation is disclosed. A public key and a device identifier of at least one recipient is requested from a first server. A message containing one or more components is encrypted using a symmetric key. The symmetric key is encrypted with a public key received in response to the request. The encrypted message, the encrypted symmetric key, and the device identifier are encapsulated in a digital security bubble encapsulation. The digital security bubble encapsulation is transmitted to a second server.
US08625802B2	Methods, devices, and media for secure key management in a non-secured, distributed, virtualized environment with applications to cloud-computing security and management The present invention discloses methods, devices, and media for secure key management in a non-secured, distributed, virtualized environment with applications to cloud-computing security and management. Methods include the steps of: receiving an encryption request for protecting an original key at a first encryption location in a network computing-environment; initially encrypting the original key with a first location-specific secure-key, located at a second encryption location, to create a location-specific initially-encrypted key; and finally encrypting the location-specific initially-encrypted key with a second location-specific secure-key, located at a third encryption location, to create a finally-encrypted key which may then be used in any way in a cipher-location; wherein the locations are regions of memory located in computing devices operationally connected to the network computing-environment; and wherein each of the location-specific secure-keys is protected from compromise by any owner of other location-specific secure keys using an appropriate technique in the respective locations.
US08625800B2	Portable secure element Transferring control of a secure element between TSMs comprises a zone master key established between the TSMs that facilitates encryption of a temporary key. The TSMs create the zone master key prior to initiation of transfer of control. Once transfer of control is initiated, the first TSM establishes a communication channel and deletes its key from the secure element. The first TSM creates a temporary key that is encrypted with the zone master key established between the first TSM and the second TSM. The encrypted temporary key is communicated to the second TSM with a device identifier. The second TSM decrypts the temporary key using the zone master key and identifies the user device using the device identifier. The new TSM establishes a communication channel and deletes the temporary key from the secure element. The new TSM then inputs and saves its key into the secure element.
US08625799B2	Privacy management for tracked devices A system is disclosed that protects private data of users while permitting the monitoring or tracking of electronic devices that are shared for both business and private purposes. The electronic devices are configured to selectively encrypt location data, and/or other types of data, before such data is transmitted to a monitoring center. For example, data collected or generated on a user device outside of work hours may be encrypted with a private key of the device's user prior to transmission to the monitoring center, so that the data is not accessible to the employer. Data collected or generated during work hours may be transmitted without such encryption.
US08625798B2	Method and apparatus for encrypting short data in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus is capable of encrypting short data in a wireless communication system When a terminal generates a short data burst in idle mode, the apparatus generates a Traffic Encryption Key (TEK) using a Cipher-based Message Authentication Code (CMAC)-TEK prekey derived from an Authorization Key (AK) related to Security Association (SA) between the terminal and a Base Station (BS). A nonce is constructed with a Packet Number (PN) identical to an uplink CMAC PN (CMAC-PN_U) transmitted together with a Ranging Request (RNG-REQ) message carrying the short data burst The short data burst is encrypted using the TEK and the nonce. A Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Unit (PDU) is generated by attaching a MAC header and a CMAC digest for integrity protection to the RNG-REQ message carrying the encrypted short data burst. The MAC PDU is transmitted to the BS.
US08625793B2	Resynchronization for push message security using secret keys A method for a server to initiate resynchronization with an access terminal, when synchronization has been lost, that cannot be exploited by attackers is provided. The server may provide the access terminal with a secret key that is only known to the access terminal and the server. The access terminal may store the secret key in a secure storage device to prevent the secret key from being hacked. If the server determines that synchronization has been lost, the server may send a resynchronization message to the access terminal with the secret key attached. The access terminal retrieves the stored secret key from the secure memory device and compares it to the secret key attached to the resynchronization message. If there is a match, the access terminal may initiate a secure communication link with the server to reestablish synchronization.
US08625791B2	Methods and apparatuses for selective data encryption A method of encryption, using an encryption key K with key length k, of at least one message M comprising uniformly distributed symbols, k bits are encrypted of messages at least k bits long, while shorter messages are lengthened, e.g. by padding or concatenation, to obtain a lengthened message at least k bits long before encryption. The encryption efficiency is thus optimized while the encryption security is retained. The encryption method is particularly suitable for JPEG2000 encoded packets comprising a message M. Also provided are an encryption apparatus, a decryption method and a decryption apparatus.
US08625789B2	Dynamic encryption Systems and methods for encrypting a media file for streaming and/or downloading over a network are disclosed. These systems and methods may be part of a larger media servicing network that can be used to, among other things, process uploaded media content, provide it for streaming, and collect metric information regarding the streaming. The disclosed systems and methods provide for receiving requests for a media file or a chunk of a media file and responding to these requests by encrypting the requested chunks dynamically and providing the chunks to the requesting entity. These systems and methods, which can be utilized with a dynamic chunk generation and dynamic index file generation, enable a high degree of flexibility in streaming chunked media files and preclude the need to encrypt the chunks prior to streaming. The systems and methods may also be applied to encrypting files for continuous streaming protocols as well as for progressive download.
US08625785B2	Identity based symmetric cryptosystem using secure biometric model Methods, apparatus, and computer program products are herein described that provide for an identity-based cryptosystem using a highly secure biometric model through which both access and data transmission are effectively made very secure. Through implementation of generating and securely storing biometric data as syndrome vectors tolerance is provided for the inherent variability of biometric data. In addition, to insure that the biometric data is not duplicated by adversaries who might gain access to the syndrome generation algorithm and the biometric data, present aspects, provide for keeping the private key more secure and making the cryptosystem user-identity dependent. As such the systems, apparatus and computer program products herein disclosed provide end-to-end authentication of end users using secure biometry, which constitute the symmetric and/or asymmetric identity-based cryptosystem.
US08625777B2	Pairing computation device, pairing computation method, and pairing computation program Provided are a pairing computation device, a pairing computation method, and a pairing computation program all of which enable fast pairing computation. The pairing computation device includes, where: E is an additive group of rational points on a pairable elliptic curve defined over Fpk with an embedding degree of k, and the curve equation is given by y2=x3+ax+b where aεFp and bεFp, E[r] is a set of rational points of a prime order r, φp is Frobenius endomorphism, and the order r and a trace t of the Frobenius endomorphism φp are used as functions of an integer variable χ: computation means for computing a rational function fχ,Q(S); computation means for computing a value of a rational point S(xs, ys) on a line passing through a predetermined rational point; computation means for computing a rational function f′χ,Q(S) using computation results of these computation means; and computation means for performing pairing computation by using the rational function f′χ,Q(S) as Formula (1): e(Q,S)=ƒ′χ,Q(S)(pk−1)/r (1).
US08625774B2	Method and apparatus for generating a subliminal alert A method and apparatus for generating a subliminal alert at a computing device is provided. A first audio file comprising a subliminal alert is selected, the first audio file enabled for processing by a processing unit to control a speaker at the computing device. The first audio file is at least one of: a subliminally audible length; a subliminally audible volume; and chosen based on previous conditioning of a user to the first audio file. The first audio file is associated with at least one alert condition, such that when the alert condition is met, the processing unit controls the speaker to play the first audio file thereby providing the subliminal alert.
US08625771B2	Local route groups and transformation patterns In one embodiment, method can include: receiving an address in a call agent, the address being associated with a call; triggering a trunk group selection algorithm in response to at least a portion of the received address, the trunk group selection algorithm providing a selection result from among a trunk group placeholder and a plurality of trunk groups; and forwarding the call to a trunk group determined by a caller-associated attribute when the selection result comprises the trunk group placeholder.
US08625768B2	Recursive identification of individuals for casual collaborative conferencing A method for real-time communication among two or more individuals separated in space. The method includes the steps of determining that a first individual is likely to be interested in communicating with a second individual via a first communications link; retrieving information via the first communications link about one or more additional individuals from electronic memory means associated with the second individual; and establishing communication with at least one of the additional individuals based on the retrieved information.
US08625767B2	Conference bridge audio quality diagnostic and self configuration system and method A conference diagnosis system can correlate information about a current teleconference with information about past conferences to make an intelligent assessment as to the potential cause of a poor audio or other condition. A conference bridge conducting the conference can then change various configuration settings on the conference bridge to resolve the problem. A running average of the results of past adjustments can be measured and direct future configuration changes. Thus, past successful adjustments can provide a starting point for changes to a new conference and real-time digital signal processing (DSP) adjustments can help tailor changes to the specific conference.
US08625763B2	Telecommunications calls A user accesses a destination such as a call center. The call center generates a record for insertion into the user's personal address book, with a telephone number of the center and metadata concerning a transaction. To place a later call on the same matter, the user selects, either using his telephone or via a separate terminal, the address book entry and the call is made. The center receives the user's telephone number via the calling line identity (CLI) and translates this into a data address so that it can “pull” the metadata from the personal address book. Alternatively the server can translate the center's telephone number into a data address to “push” the metadata to the center.
US08625761B2	Method, system, apparatus, and computer program product for user authentication A user authentication method is applied to a user authentication apparatus for authentication using a unique ID that is information unique to a communication apparatus. The method includes acquiring a user ID as information identifying a user, and detecting a unique ID corresponding to the user ID from a user ID list. The method also includes making a call with a predetermined number of rings to a communication apparatus having the unique ID. Additionally, the method includes receiving a callback made by a communication apparatus after a predetermined number of rings of the call in response to the call. In addition, the method includes determining whether a unique ID of the communication apparatus having made the callback matches the unique ID of the communication apparatus to which the call has been made, and determining, if there is a match, that a user having the user ID is an authorized user.
US08625757B1	Monitoring services and service consumers A monitoring service may receive, from a plurality of service providers, log information pertaining to access calls made by service consumers to services or APIs provided by the service providers. The monitoring service aggregates and analyzes the log information for use in monitoring performance of the services, identifying anomalies, and the like. In some instances, the monitoring service may identify multiple services that are behaviorally interrelated based on at least one performance metric, and may group these services together into service groups for monitoring purposes. A service relationship model may be generated for each of the service groups that predicts how each service will behave relative to the other services in the service group. The monitoring service may monitor performance and use of the services based, at least in part, on the one or more service groups and the service relationship model for each group.
US08625750B2	Call screening for voicemail Allowing a user of a communication device to have real-time control as a voicemail is being generated is provided. An incoming call to a communication device may be sent to voicemail; however, rather than waiting for the message to be deposited into the voicemail system followed by subsequent retrieval, a user of the called communication device/called party may have an option to listen to the message as it is being created and stored. During the process of listening in on the message being deposited in the voicemail system, the user/called party may have options in real-time to take the call, ignore the call, listen to the call, and the like. Alternatively, the user/called party may take the call (answer) as the voicemail is being deposited without listening in on the voicemail as it is being deposited.
US08625749B2	Content sensitive do-not-disturb (DND) option for a communication system A method and apparatus is described to process an incoming telephone call. The method may comprise, at a recipient telephone system, receiving the incoming call including speech and identifying when a Do-Not-Disturb option is set. The Do-Not-Disturb option may identify that a user has requested not to receive telephone calls. Content analysis may be performed to identify content of the speech and a reference database may be interrogated based on the content to identify an associated rule. Thereafter, the Do-Not-Disturb option may be selectively overridden based on the associated rule. The content analysis may comprise performing speech recognition on the speech to obtain a reference word/phrase and interrogating the reference database with the word/phrase to identify the associated rule. A method of configuring a Do-Not-Disturb option in a telephone system is also described that allows a user to define reference words and associated rules.
US08625748B2	Removable sensor modules A removable telecommunication sensor module is configured to be removably coupled between a power protection device and a bus bar and/or a backplane. The removable telecommunication sensor module monitors energy usage at a telecommunication equipment circuit level for a piece of telecommunication equipment arranged in a telecommunication network infrastructure.
US08625745B2	Line loss tester A portable signal testing system includes a transmitter, a first dynamically tunable receiver, a second dynamically tunable receiver, a first indicator and a second indicator. The transmitter transmits over a wired communications link a first signal having a corresponding first frequency representative of a first frequency range of the wired communications link, and transmits over the wired communications link a second signal having a corresponding second frequency representative of a second frequency range of the wired communications link. Signal losses for the first signal and second signal are measured, and indicators indicate whether the signal losses are acceptable.
US08625742B2	Imaging system and control method therefor An imaging system includes a plurality of imaging apparatuses, each of the imaging apparatuses includes a detector for performing an imaging operation for outputting image data corresponding to applied radiation or light and a controller for controlling the operation of the detector. The imaging apparatuses can independently perform an imaging operation and are movable in accordance with a relative positional relationship thereof. Sensing means obtain information indicative of the relative positional relationship between the imaging apparatuses. A control computer sends a control signal for determining operations of the imaging apparatuses to the controller. The control computer determines the operations of the imaging apparatuses by using the information obtained from the sensing means; and sets an appropriate scanning direction of each of the imaging apparatuses in accordance with the positional relationship thereof.
US08625738B2	Radiation therapy and scanning system A radiation therapy and scanning system is provided. The radiation and therapy scanning system includes a therapy source adapted to deliver a predetermined dose of treatment radiation along an axis to a patient positioned in a scan field, a stationary scanning source producing an electron beam, and a detector positioned to partially circumscribe the scan field. The radiation therapy and scanning system also includes a target arranged concentric with the detector and located opposite the detector across the scan field, the target positioned at an angle θ to the axis such that when the electron beam impinges on the target the target transmits radiation through the scan field to the detector.
US08625737B2	Sample module with sample stream supported and spaced from window, for X-ray analysis system An x-ray analysis system with an x-ray source for producing an x-ray excitation beam directed toward an x-ray analysis focal area; and a sample chamber for presenting a fluid sample to the x-ray analysis focal area. The x-ray excitation beam is generated by an x-ray engine and passes through an x-ray transparent barrier on a wall of the chamber, to define an analysis focal area within space defined by the chamber. The fluid sample is presented as a stream supported in the space and streaming through the focal area, using a support structure to guide the sample stream. The chamber's barrier is therefore separated from both the focal area and the sample, resulting in lower corruption of the barrier.
US08625734B2	Counting circuit of semiconductor device and duty correction circuit of semiconductor device using the same A counting circuit of a semiconductor device includes a plurality of counting units configured to count respective bits of counting codes in response to a plurality of counting clocks, respectively, and to control in a counting direction in response to a counting control signal; a clock toggling control unit configured to control the number of counting clocks that toggle among the plurality of counting clocks in response to clock control signals; and a counting operation control unit configured to compare a value of target codes and a value of the counting codes, and to determine a value of the counting control signal according to a comparison result.
US08625729B2	Method and device for clock data recovery A method for the recovery of a clock signal from a data signal, wherein the edges of the data signal and the clock signal are each presented by an ordered sequence of timing points, comprising determining missing edges in the sequence of data-signal edges, inserting new data-signal edges (Dx) into the sequence of data-signal edges to obtain a completed sequence of data-signal edges, and recovering the clock signal from the completed sequence of data-signal edges. The detection of missing edges in the sequence of data-signal edges is based on a prediction of the clock signal (FRONT CLOCK).
US08625717B2	Wireless transmission device and wireless transmission method A wireless transmission device of the present invention includes n (where n is an integer of two or more) transmission antennas and a delay imparting section for delaying transmission signals supplied to the n transmission antennas by a maximum delay time (n−1)T or less based on a delay time T dependent upon a communication signal, which indicates whether to transmit the transmission signals by way of frequency diversity or multiuser diversity.
US08625716B2	Method and apparatus for performing HARQ in wireless communication system A method and an apparatus for performing hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) using constellation rearrangement and a circular buffer in a wireless communication system is provided. An encoded information bit is stored into a circular buffer. A transport block in selected from the circular buffer. A bit set comprising n bits of the transport block is mapped to a data symbol on a constellation for 2n-QAM modulation according to a first mapping order. The bit set is mapped according to a second mapping order when the bits of the transport block are subject to wrap-around at the end of the circular buffer.
US08625714B2	Time delay estimation An amount of delay between a digital reference signal and a digital derived signal is measured, wherein the derived signal is derived from the reference signal. Measurement involves ascertaining a sign of a slope of the derived signal over a first time interval and producing a set of time-associated reference signs by ascertaining a sign of a slope of the reference signal over each of a plurality of different time intervals leading up to the first time interval. A first set of coincidence results is produced by detecting coincidence between the sign of the slope of the derived signal and each one of the time-associated reference signs in the set of time-associated reference signs. The first set of coincidence results is used alone or in combination with other coincidence results as an indicator of the amount of delay between the reference signal and the derived signal.
US08625711B2	Method and apparatus for acquiring a Precoding Matrix Indicator and a Precoding Matrix In the field of communication technologies, a method and an apparatus for acquiring a Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI) and a Precoding Matrix (PM) are provided. The method includes: acquiring a reference PMI and a differential PMI according to a first non-differential codebook and a first diagonal differential codebook, where codewords included in the first diagonal differential codebook form a diagonal matrix. The apparatus includes a PMI acquiring module. Acquiring a reference PMI and a differential PMI according to a non-differential codebook and a diagonal differential codebook can reduce the feedback overhead or improve the feedback precision; and the fact that codewords included in the diagonal differential codebook form a diagonal matrix can maintain amplitude characteristics (for example, a constant modulus characteristic, and a finite character set constraint characteristic) of elements of the non-differential codebook or facilitate power distribution among antennas.
US08625709B2	Device method and system for communicating data Disclosed is a method, circuit and system for communicating data. A data value to be transmitted from a data source transmitter or transceiver to a downstream receiver or transceiver may be Shannon mapped, by functionally associated processing/mapping logic, to a point on a shape within a higher dimensional plane. Different portions of the shape, for example branches of a spiral, may be designated by a portion or branch number. Coordinates of the Shannon mapping, or another descriptors, of the Shannon mapped point may be transmitted using analog transmission methods. A set of data values may be Shannon mapped and transmitted to a downstream receiver/transceiver in series. For each set of mapped and transmitted data values, processing logic may calculate a branch ambiguity resolution factor. The branch ambiguity resolution factor for each set of values may be transmitted to the downstream receiver/transceiver before, after or with the data values. Decoding logic associated with the downstream receiver/transceiver may then use the branch ambiguity resolution factor to convert/decode received coordinates associated with the set of values into the data values.
US08625705B2	Data modulation and demodulation method, spectrum management method, apparatus and system A data modulation method, a data demodulation method, and a method, include obtaining a target frequency band allocated to a transmitting terminal; calculating a precoding codeword index of spectrum shaping according to a codebook corresponding to a current radio scene and the target frequency band, where the codeword index corresponds to a return-to-zero subcarrier sequence, and the return-to-zero subcarrier sequence serves to calculate a precoding vector for modulating data; and sending the precoding codeword index out through broadcast.
US08625704B1	Rejecting RF interference in communication systems Rejecting radio frequency (RF) interference in a communication system. In one aspect, rejecting RF interference includes receiving a signal on a signal path of a receiver from a communication channel, the signal including one or more received signal components having a frequency within a predetermined subset range of frequencies within an operating signal bandwidth of the receiver. The received signal components are attenuated using a notch filter to reduce RF interference obtained during transmission of the signal over the communication channel. In some embodiments, the one or more signal components have been boosted in power at a link partner transmitter connected to the communication channel.
US08625703B2	Method of transmitting control information in wireless communication system A method of transmitting control information in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes configuring downlink control information including a plurality of information fields according to a format of scheduling for transmission of a single codeword in a spatial multiplexing mode, wherein the plurality of information fields include a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) confirmation filed for indicating whether precoding is performed on downlink data by using a PMI reported by a user equipment and a transmitted precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) information field for indicating a codebook index, and at least one of the PMI confirmation field and the TPMI information field indicates an offset value of power for the downlink data transmission or interference information for the downlink data transmission, and transmitting the downlink control information.
US08625702B2	Transmitting apparatus, transmission method, receiving apparatus, and receiving method A transmitting apparatus and method transmits different modulated signals from a plurality of antennas, and employs a configuration that includes a modulation section that obtains a modulated signal by performing signal point mapping of transmit bits using a signal point arrangement that is divided into a plurality of signal point sets on the IQ plane, whereby the minimum distance between signal points within a signal point set is smaller than the minimum signal point distance between signal point sets; and an antenna that transmits a modulated signal obtained by the modulation section. A signal point generating apparatus generates a first and second symbols to be transmitted by first and second antennas, respectively.
US08625698B2	Method and apparatus for efficient feedback in a wireless communication system supporting multiple antenna A method and apparatus for transmitting effective channel status information (CSI) in a wireless communication system supporting multiple carriers are disclosed. A method for transmitting CSI of downlink (DL) transmission via uplink in a wireless communication system includes transmitting a rank indicator (RI) at a first subframe, and transmitting a first precoding matrix indicator (PMI), a second PMI, and a wideband (WB) channel quality indicator (CQI) at a second subframe. user equipment (UE) preferred precoding matrix is indicated by a combination of the first PMI and the second PMI. A subsampled codebook for each precoding codebook of ranks from Rank-1 to Rank-4 is applied to the first PMI and the second PMI, and a sum of the first PMI and the second PMI for each of Rank-1 to Rank-4 is comprised of 4 bits.
US08625690B2	Systems and methods for wireless communication in sub gigahertz bands Systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication. In one aspect, an apparatus for wireless communication is provided. The apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a wireless signal comprising a packet. At least a portion of the wireless signal is configured to be received over a bandwidth lower than or equal to 1.25 MHz. The packet is formed from at least one orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol comprising thirty-two tones. The thirty-two tones correspond to frequency subcarriers within the bandwidth. The thirty-two tones of the at least one OFDM symbol are allocated as: twenty-four data tones, two pilot tones, five guard tones, and one direct current (DC) tone. The apparatus includes a processor configured to evaluate the wireless signal. The processor includes a transform module configured to convert the at least one OFDM symbol into a frequency domain signal using a thirty-two point mode.
US08625689B2	Time-domain link adaptation Embodiments of the invention provide time-domain link adaptation in power line communications. In one embodiment, the cyclic prefix length and position is adjusted with an OFDM symbol to overlap a periodic impulse noise pulse, thereby allowing the data carried in the symbol to be detected at a receiver. The cyclic prefix may be adjusted to provide a pattern that yields an integer number of OFDM symbols in one zero crossing period. The data rate used for the symbols overlapping the zero-crossing period may be zero or very low. A high data rate may be used for symbols outside the zero-crossing period because those symbols will not be affected by the periodic impulse noise.
US08625687B2	Ultra-wideband receiver A receiver for receiving a signal that is representative of a plurality of sub-carriers modulated in dependence on transmit data, the receiver being arranged to determine a plurality of candidate vectors in dependence on the received signal, each of the candidate vectors being indicative of a modulation applied to a respective one of the sub-carriers, the receiver being further arranged to determine that the received signal incorporates a predetermined level of interference in respect of one or more of the sub-carriers and adjust one or more of the candidate vectors in dependence on that determination and determine the transmit data in dependence on the one or more adjusted candidate vectors, the receiver being arranged to adjust the one or more candidate vectors so as to reduce an influence that the candidate vectors indicative of the one or more sub-carriers would otherwise have had on the determination of the transmit data.
US08625681B2	Rate-distortion cost reducing video encoding techniques Techniques are described that can be used to determine parameters of an adaptive Wiener filter to apply to a video region. The following parameters of the Wiener filter may be adjusted: coefficients, coefficient quantization, filter type, filter size, prediction mode, entropy encoding, and number of filter tables. The parameters associated with the lowest rate distortion cost of the encoder are selected for transmission with the encoded video. If not using adaptive Wiener filtering results in a lowest rate distortion cost, then adaptive Wiener filtering is not used for the video region. If using adaptive Wiener filtering results in a lowest rate distortion cost, then the parameters applied by the adaptive Wiener filtering that result in the lowest rate distortion cost are communicated with the filtered video region.
US08625680B2	Bitstream-controlled post-processing filtering Techniques and tools for bitstream-controlled filtering are described. For example, a video encoder puts control information into a bitstream for encoded video. A video decoder decodes the encoded video and, according to the control information, performs post-processing filtering on the decoded video with a de-ringing and/or de-blocking filter. Typically, a content author specifies the control information to the encoder. The control information itself is post-processing filter levels, filter selections, and/or some other type of information. In the bitstream, the control information is specified for a sequence, scene, frame, region within a frame, or at some other syntax level.
US08625678B2	Method for scalable video coding on a plurality of space resolution levels A method for estimating motion for the scalable video coding, includes the step of estimating the motion field of a sequence of photograms which can be represented with a plurality of space resolution levels including computing the motion field for the minimum resolution level and, until the maximum resolution level is reached, repeating the steps of: rising by one resolution level; extracting the photograms for such resolution level; and computing the motion field for such resolution level. The motion field is computed through an optical flow equation which contains, for every higher level than the minimum resolution level, a regularization factor between levels which points out the difference between the solution for the considered level and the solution for the immediately lower resolution level. A more or less high value of the regularization factor implies more or less relevant changes of the component at the considered resolution during the following process iterations.
US08625677B2	Apparatus processing video stream An apparatus processing a video stream includes a CPU, a memory access controller reading stream data from an external memory, a buffer storing the stream data, and a hardware accelerator decoding the stream data. The hardware accelerator includes a plurality of decoders decoding the stream data in accordance with one of a plurality of different video coding standards.
US08625667B2	Method of opportunity-based transmission of wireless video A method is provided to efficiently transport video signals on a wireless network when resources are scarce. In an embodiment, a user's mobile terminal codes the video in multiple layers. If resources are scarce, the mobile terminal reduces current bandwidth requirements by streaming a subset, i.e., one or more of the lower coded video layers only. This streamed video can be viewed by peers and saved on a server. Meanwhile, the higher layers that were not sent are saved on the mobile device. When network resources eventually become available, the saved higher layers only are sent to the destination server that saved the lower layers. The entire video can then be reconstructed on the destination server.
US08625663B2	Home-video digital-master package A method for determining digital video data includes receiving digital data comprising a plurality of digital images, wherein each digital image is encoded in a first color space, determining a plurality of color-graded digital images in response to the plurality of digital images and in response to color grading input data, wherein each color-graded digital image is encoded in a second color space, and wherein the second color space is associated with HD video, encoding each color-graded image with a compression encoding substantially independent of integer pixel translation of the plurality of color-graded digital images to form encoded image data package, storing the encoded image data package in a tangible media, and determining the digital video data for a video display device in a remote server in response to the encoded image data package.
US08625658B2	Digital repeater having bandpass filtering, adaptive pre-equalization and suppression of natural oscillation Repeaters, event those having digital processing, exist. The significant drawback of these digital repeaters is that the computational complexity or the processing speed has to be very high in order to guarantee, particularly when compensating for echo, that the necessary delay does not excessively impair the performance. The aim of the invention is to provide a structure of the repeater in which the computational complexity is reduced without this reduction having a negative effect on the performance during signal filtering and/or suppression of natural oscillation. To this end, the invention provides that in order to carry out bandpass filtering, adaptive pre-equalization and suppression of the natural oscillation, the components of the repeater in the uplink branch and downlink branch are arranged in a designated sequence, whereby duplex filters are used for coupling both repeater branches to the antennas. In addition, only one reconfiguration in the modules at the user is necessary in order to adapt to user-specific requirements. The invention is used in the field of digital repeaters for data systems technology and telecommunications technology.
US08625656B2	Channel estimation for wireless communication Techniques for deriving channel estimates with different channel estimation filters are described. In one scheme, a filter selection metric is determined for a signal to be recovered, a channel estimation filter is selected based on the filter selection metric, and a channel estimate is derived with the selected channel estimation filter. In another scheme, a first channel estimate is derived with a first channel estimation filter having a first filter response, a first signal is recovered with the first channel estimate, and interference due to the first signal is estimated and removed. A second channel estimate is derived with a second channel estimation filter having a second filter response that is different from the first filter response.
US08625653B2	Method for managing the operation of a wireless apparatus configured to exchange information with a millimeter-wave communication device, and corresponding apparatus A wireless apparatus includes a millimeter-wave communication interface configured to exchange information within a millimeter-wave communication network, an UWB communication interface and circuitry configured to activate the UWB interface for communicating location indication to the communication network according to an UWB communication standard. The location indication is intended for locating the wireless apparatus within the network.
US08625642B2	Method and apparatus of network artifact indentification and extraction A method, system, and apparatus of network artifact identification and extraction are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes aggregating a payload data (e.g., may be a component of the extracted artifact) from different network packets to form an aggregated payload data, matching the payload data with an entry of a library of known artifacts, determining a type of the payload data based on a match with the entry of the library of known artifacts, separating the payload data from a header data in a network packet, and communicating the aggregated payload data as an extracted artifact to a user. The method may include using the extracted artifact to perform network visibility analysis of users on packets flowing across the network. The method may validate that the entry is accurate by performing a deeper analysis of the payload data with the entry of the library of known artifacts.
US08625639B2	Information processing apparatus and signal transmission method An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a signal multiplexing unit for multiplexing a plurality of transmission signals, each in a different frequency band and not containing a DC component, and a power signal supplied from a DC power supply and generating a multiplexed signal, a single signal cable through which the multiplexed signal generated by the signal multiplexing unit is transmitted, and a signal separating unit for separating the multiplexed signal transmitted through the signal cable into signals, each in a frequency band of one of the plurality of transmission signals, and a signal in a frequency band of the power signal.
US08625636B2	Checked write operation dispersed storage network frame A method begins by a processing module generating a payload of a dispersed storage network frame by generating a transaction number field including a transaction number and generating one or more slice payload sections, wherein each slice payload section includes a slice name field to include a slice name corresponding to an encoded data slice, a last known slice revision numbering field including a last known revision number of the slice name, a new slice revision numbering field including a new revision number of the slice name, a slice length field including a length of the encoded data slice, and a slice payload field including the encoded data slice. The method continues with the processing module generating a protocol header including a payload length field and remaining fields of the protocol header.
US08625628B2	Method and gateway for transmission of router advertisement Methods and Gateways (GWs) are provided for efficiently sending a router advertisement message to a User Equipment (UE). The GW comprises an interface, a processor, and an instructions repository that stores instructions that when executed by the processor cause the later to determine the UE is in idle mode, and responsive thereto, to delay a transmission of the router advertisement message to the UE until the UE transitions from the idle mode to an active mode. This is achieved by delaying a paging of the UE. In another embodiment, a method and GW is provided. The GW's processor detects a router advertisement message needs to be sent to the UE, determines the UE is in idle mode and delays a paging of the UE until detecting the UE transitions from the idle mode into an active mode, when the router advertisement message is sent to the UE.
US08625627B2	Apparatus and method for controlling data transmission An interface for controlling the transmission of data between integrated circuit (IC) chips. The interface comprises a data bus for transmitting data from a first integrated circuit chip to a second integrated circuit chip, and a control bus for transmitting control signals between the first and second integrated circuits. The first IC has a memory for receiving data for transmission to the second IC, and the second IC has a scheduler and a data output port, the scheduler being arranged to control the transfer of data from the memory of the first IC to the data output port of the second IC via the data bus. The interface is capable of stopping and reinitiating data transmission on detection of errors in transmitted data, and the interface may include a code transfer bus for transferring error detection code separately from associated data.
US08625626B2	Sharing a transmission control protocol port by a plurality of applications Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for sharing a transmission control protocol (TCP) port by a plurality of applications are provided. Embodiments include receiving, by a transmission controller from a client, a first TCP packet that includes an indication of a new TCP connection for a TCP port; determining, by the transmission controller, an origination of the first TCP packet; identifying, by the transmission controller, a TCP sequence number range associated with the determined origination; selecting, by the transmission controller, an initial sequence number (ISN) within the identified TCP sequence number range; and sending, by the transmission controller to the client, a second TCP packet that includes the selected ISN.
US08625625B2	High data rate interface apparatus and method A data interface for transferring digital data between a host and a client over a communication path using packet structures linked together to form a communication protocol for communicating a pre-selected set of digital control and presentation data. The signal protocol is used by link controllers configured to generate, transmit, and receive packets forming the communications protocol, and to form digital data into one or more types of data packets, with at least one residing in the host device and being coupled to the client through the communications path. The interface provides a cost-effective, low power, bi-directional, high-speed data transfer mechanism over a short-range “serial” type data link, which lends itself to implementation with miniature connectors and thin flexible cables which are especially useful in connecting display elements such as wearable micro-displays to portable computers and wireless communication devices.
US08625621B2	Method to support flexible data transport on serial protocols A serial buffer transports packets through queues capable of operating in a packet mode or a raw data mode. In packet mode, entire packets are stored in a queue. In raw data mode, packet header/delimiter information is not stored in the queue (only packet data is stored). Packets can be transferred out of a queue in response to a slave read request. The serial buffer constructs a packet header in response to the slave read request, and retrieves a specified amount of packet data from the selected queue. The serial buffer also transfers out packets as a bus master when a water level exceeds a water mark within a queue. The serial buffer constructs packet headers for these bus master transfers, which may be performed in a flush mode or a non-flush mode (in packet mode), or in a flush mode (in raw data mode).
US08625620B2	Communication system and communication control method for requesting cancellation of registration as bad terminal A communication system providing a multimedia service which enables requesting a communication network to cancel a registration for a calling terminal as a bad terminal in the communication network. Typically, the calling terminal is connected to a calling-side communication network; and if the calling terminal is registered as a bad terminal in a called-side communication network, the calling-side communication network requests the called-side communication network to cancel the registration. The calling terminal may be informed that reception of a communication in the communication system has been restricted.
US08625613B2	Cable modem and priority setting method thereof A cable modem and a priority setting method thereof receive signaling packets from telephone interfaces and local area network (LAN) interfaces, and preset the signaling packets from telephone interfaces as VoIP packets with a first priority and the signaling packets from the LAN interfaces as LAN packets with a second priority. The cable modem and the priority setting method pick out RTP packets from the VoIP and LAN packets, and classify the RTP packets as VoIP RTP packets and LAN RTP packets. The cable modem and the priority setting method determine whether all of the IP phones are on-hook, and update the LAN RTP packets from the second priority to the first priority in response to all of the IP phones being on-hook. The cable modem and the priority setting method allocate bandwidths for the signaling packets corresponding to the first priority and the second priority.
US08625611B2	Scalable reconfigurable router A multi-path router includes an interface module (IM) having a time-sensitive logical processing path and a non-time-sensitive logical processing path and a special needs logical processing path and a filter for receiving a packet header and determining the needs of the packet header and for selecting one of: the time-sensitive logical processing path, the non-time sensitive logical processing path and the special needs logical processing path in response to the needs of the packet header. The multi-path router further includes a router special needs agent (RSNA), adapted to receive a packet header having special needs services. The multi-path router can be used in a network which includes first and second networks coupled to the multi-path router and wherein the RSNA receives information from the special needs logical processing path and provides information to the IM on a return path.
US08625610B2	System and method for improving spoke to spoke communication in a computer network Various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems for improved efficiency in spoke-to-spoke network communication. Embodiments provide systems and methods for registering a spoke with a hub, updating at least one database with spoke registration information at the hub, and advertising the spoke registration information to other spokes using a single control plane that includes transport security, peer discovery, and unicast routing information.
US08625608B2	Adaptive rate control in a communications system The invention relates to a method for controlling a bit-rate of a session in a packet-switched communications system where multiple sessions are set-up via a shared resource. A current bit-rate of the session is compared to a bit-rate range valid for the session to determine a distance from the position of the current bit-rate to one of the end-points of the bit-rate range. The current bit-rate is then adapted differently depending on the distance to the selected end-point. By controlling the bit-rate of each session that is set-up via the shared resource for applications that provide delay-sensitive services to users in this way the method and corresponding system and sender-receiver arrangements have the effect that rate adaptations can be distributed among the applications so that users share responsibility for rate adaptations.
US08625606B2	Service continuity within a MBSFN service area of a wireless telecommunication system A wireless telecommunication system, an apparatus (e.g., base station, eNB) and a method are described herein for selecting a target cell to handover a user equipment such that the user equipment would continue to receive a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) service or would be able to receive a MBMS service they where interested in receiving.
US08625603B1	Systems and methods for multicast switching in a private VLAN A Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) protocol query and/or report snooping process is modified to appropriately map secondary PVLAN identifiers to corresponding primary PVLAN identifiers, thereby accommodating other system elements that are otherwise unaware of primary/secondary PVLAN distinctions. Special cases are also accommodated where reverse path forwarding (RPF) checks in support of multicast operation might otherwise fail due to primary/secondary PVLAN distinctions. Additional steps are taken to ensure that PVLAN information properly accounts for changes in configuration and/or location of various network hosts.
US08625594B2	Switching apparatus and method based on virtual interfaces A network device comprises a plurality of physical ports, and a packet processing pipeline coupled to the plurality of physical ports. The packet processing pipeline is configured to assign a virtual port from a plurality of virtual ports to a packet received via one of the physical ports, wherein a quantity of the plurality of virtual ports is larger than a quantity of the plurality of physical ports, and wherein, for each of at least some of the physical ports, multiple virtual ports correspond to one physical port. The packet processing pipeline is also configured to assign a virtual domain from a plurality of virtual domains to the packet based on the assigned virtual port, and process the packet based on one or more of i) the assigned virtual port, ii) the assigned virtual domain, and iii) a header field of the packet, including determining zero, one, or more physical ports to which the packet is to be forwarded.
US08625586B2	Generic bus de-multiplexer/port expander with inherent bus signals as selectors A circuit comprising: a device determiner configured to, in a first mode of operation, receive a device selection signal via at least one of: at least one control line and at least one signal line; and a device router configured to, in a second mode of operation, route signals between the at least one of: at least one control line and at least one signal line and at least one device dependent on the device selection signal.
US08625578B2	Access independent common architecture for real-time communications services for networking environments An access architecture for real-time communications is described. The architecture includes an inter-architecture network utilizing a single protocol, a plurality of border elements in communication with the inter-architecture network and with an external network, and one or more call control elements in communication with said inter-architecture network. The external network utilizes any of a variety of known networking technologies and protocols. The inter-architecture network utilizes a single protocol such as SIP. The present architecture provides a single common infrastructure for offering real-time communications services independent of call control protocols and networking technologies.
US08625568B2	Method of mapping physical resource to logical resource in wireless communication system A method of mapping a physical resource to a logical resource in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes: dividing a physical frequency band into at least one frequency partition, wherein each frequency partition is divided into a localized region and a distributed region in a frequency domain; and mapping the at least one frequency partition into at least one logical resource unit, wherein the localized region is directly mapped into the logical resource unit and the distributed region is mapped into the logical resource unit after rearranging subcarriers within the distributed region.
US08625565B2	Millimeter-wave communication station and method for multiple-access beamforming in a millimeter-wave communication network Embodiments of a millimeter-wave communication station and method for multiple-access beamforming in a millimeter-wave network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, an initiating station performs multiple-access beamforming with one or more responding stations by announcing a number of sector-sweep (SS) slots of a beamforming training (BFT) period and a number of SS frames of each SS slot. One or more SS frames are received from one or more of the responding stations within one of the SS slots of the BFT period. The initiating station transmits one or more SS feedback frames to the responding stations within the one SS slot to indicate an antenna configuration to the responding stations for communication with the initiating station. The responding stations transmit a limited number of SS frames per SS slot based on the number of SS frames announced by the initiating station and transmit any additional SS frames in a next SS slot of the beamforming training period. Each SS frame contains an indication to the initiating station of an antenna configuration for communication with the responding station.
US08625562B2	Method and apparatus for allocating transmission channel in wireless local area network system A method of allocating a channel in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system is provided. The method includes generating a MAC protocol data unit (MPDU) to be transmitted to a target station (STA), generating a PLCP protocol data unit (PPDU) by attaching a physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) header to the MPDU, and transmitting the PPDU to the STA, wherein the PLCP header includes channel allocation information for transmission of the PPDU.
US08625561B2	Cyclic shift delay techniques for WLAN multi-radio devices The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to wireless local area network devices. A described technique includes configuring separate radio pathways, which are operable for either contiguous or non-contiguous frequency transmissions, to collectively produce a composite signal in a contiguous frequency mode; generating, via first and second radio pathways, first and second frequency segments of the composite signal in accordance with a segment bandwidth, the second frequency segment being contiguous with the first frequency segment in a frequency domain; applying, via the first and second radio pathways, first and second cyclic shift delay (CSD) phase shifts to the first and second frequency segments to produce first and second output signals, respectively. The first and second CSD phase shifts are equivalent to CSD phase shifts that correspond to a contiguous non-composite signal having a single frequency segment.
US08625558B2	Method and apparatus to determine a CFI (control format indicator) value in a wireless communication network A method and apparatus are disclosed determine a CFI value in a wireless communication system. In one embodiment, the method comprises configuring system devices, such as a UE or an eNB, with a plurality of component carriers for carrier aggregation. Furthermore, the method comprises receiving PDSCH on a first component carrier. The method also comprises transmitting a corresponding PDCCH on a second component carrier. In addition, the method comprises using a RRC signal to configure a CFI with an initial configured value. The method further comprises setting the CFI so that the CFI could be used to determine a starting point of the PDSCH.
US08625548B2	Access points of different types exchanging addresses and rules to support end points devices An end-point device comprises multiple transceivers via which the end-point device associates with multiple access points simultaneously. The access points may belong to communicatively incompatible packet switched data networks. A backbone network communicatively connects all associated access points. The end-point device receives unique network address of an access point from the access point upon association and sends network addresses of other currently associated access points and first rule information to the access point either upon association or prior to detaching from the access point. One or more of the other currently associated access points may direct above action of the end-point device. The end-point device or one of the other access points generates the first rule information. The access point on identifying detachment of the end-point device from it uses one or more of the network addresses of other currently associated access points to deliver data packets to the end-point device via the backbone network and corresponding access point(s). Any one of the associated access points sends second rule information to another of the associated access points via the backbone network wherein the second rule information comprises information regarding pathway to be used, type of data to be delivered, duration of interaction between the access point and the detached end-point device via the backbone network etc.
US08625545B2	Synchronization for extending battery life The present invention discloses a method and system for efficiently supporting data calls to WTRUs in systems that also support telephony. Various types of data is transmitted on a known schedule which is tightly synchronized to a predetermined time frame. The WTRUs synchronize their wake-up periods to search for data at times when data may or will actually be transmitted to them.
US08625539B2	Method and system for supplemental channel request messages in a wireless network A method and system for obtaining reverse channel resources for a mobile device, the method filtering a closed loop correction power value; calculating a data rate utilizing the filtered closed loop correction power value; and sending a supplemental channel request message, including the calculated data rate, to a base station transceiver system.
US08625537B1	Controlling mobile-device roaming Media and systems for controlling roaming of a mobile device on a wireless-communications network are described. Wireless-communications systems along a coverage area border are designated as roaming border systems. A parameter value is communicated from wireless-communications systems of a home network to a mobile device. The parameter takes on a value indicating whether a mobile device is permitted to initiate a connection to a roaming network. A mobile device is restricted to use of home-network systems when a first parameter value is received. The mobile device is permitted to use home-network and roaming-network systems when a second parameter value is received. Thus, the mobile device can only roam when the second parameter value has been communicated thereto.
US08625536B2	Communication system, communication control device, radio base station, and communication control method For each radio base stations (2A to 2C), a communication control device (1) collects information on the number of unused EPS bearers passing through the radio base station, and transmits the numbers to the radio base stations (2A to 2C). Further, based on the received number of unused EPS bearers, the radio base stations (2A to 2C) perform control to select, as a connection destination radio base station of a radio terminal (3), the radio base station other than the radio base station having unused EPS bearers passing through is not larger than a predetermined number.
US08625535B2	Radio transmitting/receiving apparatus and method, terminal apparatus, base station apparatus and wireless communication system A terminal apparatus (1) which is a radio transmitting/receiving apparatus receives, from a femto cell base station (home eNB), a pilot channel signal for reception quality measurement and a synchronization channel signal for synchronization. The terminal apparatus (1) has a whitelist stored therein indicative of an accessible femto cell, and determines whether or not a CSG cell of handover destination is accessible based on a PCI of the CSG cell acquired from the synchronization channel and the whitelist. The terminal apparatus (1) then adds the PCI and a CGI to a measurement report for reception quality, and transmits the measurement report to a macro eNB (base station apparatus (2)). In this way, it is possible to suppress wasteful signaling and prevent unnecessary resources from being reserved even when two or more CSG cells that use the same PCI are present in the macro cell.
US08625530B2	Data processing during a mobile handover operation A data processing method is provided for forwarding data in the case of handover between heterogeneous networks. The data processing method includes: when a user equipment (UE) is handed over from an originating network to a receiving network, receiving, by the originating network, a data forwarding address obtained by the receiving network; creating a data forwarding tunnel between an originating network gateway and a receiving network gateway according to the data forwarding address; and forwarding data to the receiving network through the data forwarding tunnel. A data processing device is also provided. The lossless data processing solution can overcome the problem of data loss in the case of handover between heterogeneous networks in the existing technology, reduces the time of user service interruption and enhances the user experience.
US08625529B2	System for and method of dynamic home agent allocation A system for and method of dynamic home agent allocation is presented. The system and method may include receiving, via a network, a request for allocation of a Logical Home Agent for a mobile node, selecting a Logical Home Agent for the mobile node based on one or more performance metrics, and communicating Logical Home Agent selection to the selected Logical Home Agent and the mobile node.
US08625528B2	Terminal for handover using channel characteristics and control method thereof A terminal for handover using channel characteristics and a control method thereof are provided. Reception level information is received from a neighboring base station. A state of the neighboring base station having transmitted the reception level information is measured. A corresponding neighboring base station to which the handover is possible is selected using a corrected reception level value by computing the corrected reception level value using a value of the reception level information received from the neighboring base station and a channel characteristic value of the neighboring base station. A better neighboring base station for the handover can be selected by applying a reception level based on detected channel characteristics (quality) of a corresponding neighboring base station even when an actually measured reception level of the neighboring base station is high.
US08625524B2	Sounding reference signal transmission A first transmission of sounding reference signals is on a first cell of a first cell group in parallel with transmission of at least one of a first random access preamble in a second cell group, and a first uplink packet on a second cell. The wireless device drops a second transmission of sounding reference signals in a symbol of the first cell if at least one of the following conditions is satisfied: a second random access preamble is transmitted overlapping the symbol in the first cell group, and a second uplink packet is transmitted overlapping the symbol in the first cell.
US08625522B2	Techniques for resource block mapping in a wireless communication system A technique of operating a wireless communication device includes creating a resource block map by associating respective subscriber station identifications, corresponding to respective subscriber stations, with one or more resource blocks. The respective subscriber station identifications and the resource block map are transmitted, from a serving base station, in one or more control channel symbols.
US08625521B2	Apparatus and method for monitoring control channel in multi-carrier system Provided are an apparatus and a method for monitoring a control channel in a multi-carrier system. A plurality of sub-search spaces within an extended search space corresponds to a plurality of scheduled component carriers, respectively. Each of the plurality of sub-search spaces includes a plurality of control channel elements (CCEs), and the CCEs of the plurality of sub-search spaces are interleaved with each another within the extended search space.
US08625516B2	Control channel decoding of neighboring cells A method of determining a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) includes descrambling a control channel, decoding control messages included in the control channel wherein the decoded control messages include control bits and received cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits, generating a CRC from the decoded control bits, determining the RNTI from the generated CRC and received CRC and utilizing the RNTI for decoding subsequent subframes.
US08625513B2	Method for transmitting control information to request channel quality indicator in a wireless communication system supporting multiple transmission bandwidths A method for transmitting control information to request a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) in a wireless communication system supporting a plurality of transmission bands is disclosed. The method includes generating control information including downlink transmission band indication information and CQI request information, the downlink transmission band indication information indicating a downlink transmission band requiring CQI reporting among a plurality of downlink transmission bands and the CQI request information requesting CQI reporting for the downlink transmission band, and transmitting the generated control information on a downlink control channel of a predetermined downlink transmission band among the plurality of downlink transmission bands.
US08625509B2	Method of transmitting signal in wireless communication system and apparatus thereof A method of, at a base station, transmitting spread signals in a wireless communication system includes spreading a plurality of signals using a spreading code with a predetermined spreading factor, multiplexing a plurality of spread signals to construct one or more spread signal groups, mapping the one or more spread signal groups to one or more specific Control Channel Elements (CCEs) set within one or more Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, and transmitting the spread signals to User Equipments (UEs) through the one or more CCEs.
US08625508B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting data using multiple antenna for single carrier frequency division multiple access system A transmission apparatus includes a layer mapper to map a modulated symbol to a plurality of layers, a layer shifter to uniformly divide the symbol mapped to each of the plurality of layers, in a plurality of time domain streams, and a signal transmission unit to perform a DFT on each of the plurality of time domain streams to generate a plurality of frequency domain streams, and to transmit, to a receiving apparatus. The plurality of frequency domain streams are using a plurality of antennas corresponding to each of the plurality of frequency domain streams.
US08625507B1	Media access control for MIMO wireless network An apparatus and method for operating a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO)-capable subscriber node are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a MIMO-capable physical layer transceiver and a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer block that measures a received transmission to determine channel conditions. Upon receiving a transmission wherein said channel conditions meet specified conditions, the MAC layer block transmits a message to an access point indicating that the apparatus wants to switch between a non-MIMO mode and a MIMO mode, and upon receiving an acknowledgement, the MAC layer block switches between the non-MIMO mode and the MIMO mode. An apparatus for operating an access node is also disclosed.
US08625503B2	Method for QoS guarantees in a multilayer structure A method in which a user equipment processes data in a wireless mobile communication system is provided. The method includes the steps of receiving a first data block from an upper layer, transferring a second data block including the first data block to a lower layer at a particular protocol layer, discarding the first and second data blocks present in the particular protocol layer if a certain period of time has passed, and transferring information associated with the discard of the second data block to the lower layer.
US08625501B2	Regulating broadcast overhead messages within a wireless communications network Aspects of regulating broadcast overhead messages within a wireless communications network are disclosed. In an example, an access network periodically sends a message advertising an announced multicast session on each of a plurality of carriers, the message indicating that the announced multicast session is being carried on a target carrier among the plurality of carriers. The access network determines whether to cease transmission of the periodic message within each non-target carrier based on a number of times the periodic message has been sent in each of the plurality of carriers, and ceases transmission of the periodic message within each non-target carrier based on the determining step.
US08625498B2	Tiling allocations for wireless communication Allocations for access in a wireless system may be tiled onto a subframe having a first dimension and a second dimension. In an exemplary embodiment, allocations are distributed along the first dimension while the second dimension is locked, and the allocations are distributed along the second dimension while the first dimension is locked. In another exemplary embodiment, allocations are striped by extending a length of a first allocation along the first dimension and by expanding a breadth of the first allocation along the second dimension responsive to a size of the first allocation and by extending a length of a second allocation along the second dimension and expanding a breadth of the second allocation along the first dimension responsive to a size of the second allocation. In yet another exemplary embodiment, multiple allocations are placed proximately to an allocation placement target and allocation-free areas are produced on a subframe.
US08625496B2	Wireless network system and method for providing same A wireless network, which includes a wireless router client operable to broadcast data packets to at least one wireless server and one additional wireless client. Each client and server includes programs for determining optimum routes between them. The client also includes a program for determining if a received data packet is not addressed to it and if the packet has been sent via a new optimal route unknown to the client, and for notifying the respective server of such a new optimal route.
US08625492B2	Telecommunications networks An SAE/LTE or 4G cellular telecommunications network is disclosed which comprises a plurality of eNodeBs 5 and a network core 3. A plurality of mobile telecommunications devices 1 are registered with the network and communicate with the network core 3 via the eNodeBs 5. A joining relay 20 and at least one other relay 22 is provided between the eNodeB 5 and the mobile telecommunications device 1 to extend the radio coverage provided by the eNodeB 5. The joining relay 20 analyses the characteristics of the path between the joining relay and the eNodeB 5 and selectively changes the path to optimise the path.
US08625490B2	Multiple granularity location determination A mobile device can store a set of first CDMA identifiers including, for example, system identifiers, network identifiers, or zone identifiers. Each first CDMA identifier can be associated with a first geographic location. The mobile device can determine a current location by matching a current first CDMA identifier with a stored first CDMA identifier. If a user desires a current location that has finer granularity, the mobile device can retrieve a set of second CDMA identifiers including, for example, base station identifiers. Each second CDMA identifiers can be associated with a second geographic location that has a finer granularity than that of the first geographic location. The mobile device can match a current second CDMA identifier from the retrieved second CDMA identifiers and designate the second geographic location associated with the matching second CDMA identifier as the current location that has the finer granularity.
US08625483B2	Connection based local IP-mobility The invention relates to a method for packet switched data transmission in a local network, the local network comprising a mobile node and a plurality of interconnected connection anchor points each with a link at which the mobile node can attach. The method comprises the steps of detecting a movement of the mobile node from a first connection anchor point to a second connection anchor point, the mobile node communicating via a tunneled connection between the first and second connection anchor point, maintaining the existing tunneled connections between the second connection anchor point and the first connection anchor point, and enabling new connections between the mobile node and correspondent nodes using addresses that are topologically correct.
US08625480B2	Method and system for a relay node to access a network A method and a system for a relay node to access a network are provided, and are related to the field of communications technology. The invention is disclosed in order to solve the problem that the RN cannot access the network directly in the prior art. The method for the RN to access the network includes: receiving, by a base station, a network access message including information for identifying the RN (101); enabling, according to the information for identifying the RN (102), the RN waiting for access to access the network. Through the method, the RN can access the network directly through the base station.
US08625474B2	System and method for the simultaneous reception of FLO and FLO-EV data A system for receiving data includes a receiver configured to receive a radio frequency communication signal comprising at least one superframe, the at least one superframe having at least a first data stream and a second data stream encoded therein, wherein the receiver decodes at least one of the first data stream and the second data stream.
US08625473B2	Method for forming an ad hoc network An ad hoc network is formed as a connection between a local area network with its services and at least one body-worn network when at least one computer in the local area network detects the local services located in the local area network, translates them into Jini services and offers them on the IP plane with the use of Jini middleware for body-worn networks.
US08625471B2	System and method for carrier deferral for full duplex energy efficient ethernet PHYs A system and method for carrier deferral for full duplex energy efficient Ethernet (EEE) physical layer devices (PHYs). A carrier deferral signal can be asserted to a media access control layer to indicate to the media access control (MAC) layer that transmission of data is to be deferred due to a power savings initiative in the physical layer device. In one example, the carrier deferral signal is used when a PHY is awakened by the MAC when the MAC has something to transmit. In another example, the carrier deferral signal is used when a PHY is switching link rates.
US08625469B2	Method, system and apparatus for participant verification in a multi-party call environment According to embodiments of the present invention, there are provided a method, system and apparatus for participant verification in a multi-party call environment. A method for verifying a participant in a multi-party call environment comprises receiving an indication of the user's desire to join the multi-party call. The method further comprises determining a user identifier associated with the user. The user identifier associated with the user is then compared with at least one allowed participant identifier associated with at least one allowed participant for the multi-party call; the at least one allowed participant identifier stored in association with scheduling data for the multi-party call. Responsive to the comparing rendering a positive outcome, the communication device associated with the user is caused to join the multi-party call.
US08625467B2	Rate-varying multicast transmission for clock distribution in packet networks In at least some embodiments, the disclosure includes an apparatus a root node in a packet based network that multicasts a plurality of packets. The apparatus also includes an intermediary node coupled to the root node and a plurality of leaf nodes coupled to the intermediary node. The root node, the intermediary node, and the plurality of leaf nodes are arranged in a tree topology. The packets are received at the intermediary node from the root node at a data rate equal to the data rate of the leaf node having the maximum data rate. The packets are multicast from the intermediary node to each of the plurality of leaf nodes at a plurality of different data rates such that each particular one of the plurality of leaf nodes receives the packets at a data rate corresponding to the data rate for the particular one of the plurality of leaf nodes.
US08625459B2	Method and apparatus for planning radio network controllers in a wireless network A method and apparatus for providing planning of a plurality of radio network controllers in a wireless network are disclosed. For example, the method obtains input data, and determines a limit for at least one radio network controller parameter in accordance with the input data. The method determines if the limit for the at least one radio network controller parameter is exceeded and determines an optimal output for an objective function, wherein the objective function is based on a plurality of penalty factors, if the limit for the at least one radio controller parameter is exceeded.
US08625455B2	System and method for handling streaming media A system for handling streaming media at a customer premises includes a compute engine having a customer network interface device port and a customer premises equipment port, for installation between a customer network interface device and video destination customer premises equipment. The compute engine includes a processing module configured for receiving an incoming packet stream through the network interface device port, processing the incoming packet stream to generate stream data, forwarding the stream data through the network interface device port, and forwarding the incoming packet stream through the customer premises equipment port. Particular embodiments monitor and dynamically repair the incoming stream.
US08625448B2	Method and system for validating network traffic classification in a blade server A system and method for validating network traffic routing within a blade chassis, involving generating a first packet for sending to a first packet receiver by a first route; inserting a first session identifier into a payload of the first packet, where the first session identifier identifies a first session of the first packet receiver; sending the first packet to a packet classifier; sending a first copy packet to a first expect queue, where the first copy packet is a duplicate of the first packet; receiving the first packet by the packet classifier; classifying the first packet by the packet classifier to obtain a first classified packet; extracting the first session identifier from the first classified packet to obtain a first extracted session identifier; and determining whether the first extracted session identifier matches the first session identifier.
US08625442B2	Method and apparatus for determining when to use contention-based access for transmitting data in a wireless network A wireless communication system as described here employs control signaling for contention-based uplink access from user equipment devices to a base station. Contention-based access configuration is performed via physical downlink control channel signaling. Configuration data sent to the user equipment devices identifies multiple contention-based access zones, along with minimum power headroom values for each contention-based access zone. A probability factor may also be used to lower collision possibility by influencing whether the user equipment devices perform contention-based uplink access. An uplink grant message can be used to acknowledge contention-based transmission; contention resolution is achieved implicitly via the uplink grant.
US08625438B1	Circuit and method for extracting fields from packets Approaches for selecting a field of data from a packet of data in an n-bit data path. A first selector circuit has m inputs and an output. The m inputs receive respective overlapping subsets of bits of the data path. The first selector selects one of the subsets of bits. Each stage of two or more shift-and-select stages includes a respective second selector circuit having up to m inputs. One of the inputs of the respective second selector circuit inputs an un-shifted version of the subset of bits, one or more others of the up to m inputs of the respective second selector circuit input different shifted versions of the subset of bits, and the respective second selector circuit outputs a selected one of the un-shifted or shifted versions of the subset of bits. The last shift-and-select stage outputs the field of data aligned to the least significant bit.
US08625437B2	Infrastructure for professional radiocommunication network A professional radiocommunication network infrastructure operating in packet mode includes a site controller with a specified geographic area including a base station capable of ensuring radio transmission and reception with a user terminal found in a cell attached to the base station; a centralized supervision device configured to detect if the infrastructure is in a nominal or isolated operating state; and a centralized device for associating with a centralized packet network to establish access between at least one centralized application and a first application during operation of the infrastructure detected according to a nominal state.
US08625433B2	Method and apparatus for use in a communications network A method of enabling redundancy for a Home Subscriber Service (HSS) of an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is provided. Redundancy is provided by a plurality of HSS instances. Where a client node of the IMS requires details of an HSS, the client node is provided with details of a proxy HSS representing the HSS instances. The client node uses the details to send a subsequent request directed to the proxy HSS. The proxy HSS selects an appropriate one of the HSS instances to handle the request received at the proxy HSS from the client node. The proxy HSS forwards the request to the selected HSS instance for handling.
US08625429B2	Scheduling data over multiple network interfaces A scheduler is configured to schedule packets in a plurality of flows to a corresponding one of a plurality of interfaces. Each of the packets includes a flow identifier for identifying a corresponding one of the plurality of flows. The scheduler include memory having instructions for execution by the processor to implement a scheduling algorithm. The scheduling algorithm person as follows. Sections within a predefined range are assigned to corresponding ones of the plurality of interfaces. For each packet, a hash function is applied to the flow identifier to obtain a hash value that is evenly distributed within the predefined range. Additionally, for each packet, it is determined in which of the sections the hash value falls and the corresponding one of the plurality of interfaces is identified accordingly.
US08625427B1	Multi-path switching with edge-to-edge flow control One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates flow control of multi-path-switched data frames. During operation the system transmits from an ingress edge device data frames destined to an egress edge device across different switched paths based on queue status of a core switching device and queue status of the egress edge device. The egress edge device is separate from the core switching device.
US08625421B2	DAD-NS triggered address resolution for DoS attack protection A first network element that receives an appropriation message from a second network element that indicates a target address which the second network element intends to appropriate for its use. In response to the appropriation message, the first network element broadcasts a discovery message to a plurality of network elements on the network to request a link-layer address in association with the first target address. The first network element receives a discovery response from the second network element with the first target address and the link-layer address of the second network element. Then the first network element updates a neighbor cache to include a pre-cached neighbor cache entry associating the link-layer address to the first target address. This prevents one or more future neighbor cache misses associated with the first target address.
US08625420B2	System and method for increasing granularity of prefix control in a computer network In one embodiment, a routing table of a router is populated with a plurality of prefixes. One or more performance characteristics of the plurality of prefixes are monitored. The router determines that a need exists to split a selected prefix of the plurality of prefixes. The router determines one or more boundaries upon which to split the selected prefix based on the monitored performance characteristics. The router then injects one or more more-specific prefixes into the routing table, each more-specific prefix referring to a smaller subset of nodes than the selected prefix, to split the selected prefix on the one or more boundaries to create a plurality of split prefixes. The split prefixes are controlled to optimize distribution of traffic.
US08625418B2	System and method for improving service and device discovery in a UPnP-based wireless communication network A system and method that improve service and device discovery in a UPnP-based wireless communication network and avoids unnecessary broadcast messages on a MAC sublayer of a DLC layer caused by UPnP multicast messages on an IP layer by intercepting UPnP multicast messages in a network protocol stack below the IP layer. A module intercepts multicast UDP packets destined to a UPnP IP multicast address and port, the multicast UDP packets containing UPnP packets as payload. The module executes DLC/MAC-based service discovery functions to perform wireless network-specific device discovery and to find UPnP-enabled devices in the wireless communication network. Once a wireless network device discovery has returned nodes that fulfill criteria given in the search, the module uses unicast DLC/MAC messages to send UPnP packets to only those nodes that are UPnP-enabled and whose device type matches the respective UPnP device type sought.
US08625417B2	Wireless roaming with QoS and dynamic call capacity management According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for assistance in roaming and call capacity comprises the transmission of a first message to obtain information regarding access point capacity prior to transmitting a data flow. The first message identifies the priority level of the data flow and a requested medium time for the data flow. Thereafter, an access point transmits a second message that identifies whether the requested medium time is available for the data flow. This may involve setting of a “zero” value in the medium time allowed if there are no resources available or a reduced medium time if limited resources are offered to the requesting wireless device.
US08625406B2	Multicast fast re-route A method including receiving a multicast packet to route to a next multicast hop; determining that the next multicast hop is not available; performing unicast encapsulation to the multicast packet to generate a unicast-encapsulated multicast packet; and sending the unicast-encapsulated multicast packet, as a unicast transmission, via an alternate path relative to a multicast path, to the next multicast hop, wherein the alternate path is a unicast path to the next multicast hop.
US08625404B2	Sounding reference signal A wireless device receives RRC message(s) configuring transmissions of sounding reference signals on a second carrier in a second carrier group. The wireless device receives a random access response comprising a long time alignment value and a preamble identifier. The wireless device transmits the sounding reference signals on the second carrier after adjusting uplink transmission timing of the second carrier group. The wireless device is configured to not transmit any of the sounding reference signals on the second carrier until the wireless device receives the random access response comprising the long time alignment value and an uplink grant.
US08625399B2	Optical disk apparatus and its reproducing method Amplitude and frequency of a high-frequency signal superposed on a reproduction laser beam are changed in accordance with a reproduction spot diameter on the surface of the recording layer upon discrimination of an optical disk in initial adjustment after insertion of the optical disk and change of a layer of a multi-layer optical disk. Further, the high-frequency signal is not superposed on the reproduction laser beam until end of the discrimination and change to a target layer upon discrimination of the optical disk and change of a layer of a multi-layer optical disk.
US08625397B2	Optical information storage medium reproduction apparatus and control method of the same A reproduction method for reproducing a rewritable and readable optical information storage medium in such a manner that an information recording layer is disclosed. The reproduction method comprising: reading setting information of reproduction laser power for each information recording layer of the rewritable and readable optical information storage medium, the setting information being stored in the rewritable and readable optical information storage medium; and setting, based on the setting information thus read, reproduction laser power for the information recording layer that is closest to a reproduction-laser-incident surface to be not less than 1.0 mW but less than 1.1 mW.
US08625394B2	Variable alarm sounds Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide in an exemplary aspect thereof a method that includes storing data descriptive of a plurality of alarm sounds received from at least one source of alarm sounds, the stored data forming a set of alarm sounds; selecting an alarm sound from the set of alarm sounds; and playing the selected alarm sound at a predetermined time, where the selected alarm sound is one corresponding to data that was most recently stored. In another exemplary aspect of the invention a method includes, in response to a user input, enabling an alarm function and recording a current time of day; monitoring the time of day and activating the alarm function when the time of day is equal to a predetermined time of day; and making an alarm sound audible, where the alarm sound is selected from a set of alarm sounds based at least in part on a difference in time between the recorded time of day and the predetermined time of day.
US08625389B2	System and technique to suppress the acquisition of torque noise on a multi-component streamer A technique includes receiving particle motion data acquired by particle motion sensors while in tow. The particle motion data are indicative of a seismic signal and a torque noise, and the particle motion sensors are oriented to modulate a wavenumber of a first component of the torque noise away from a signal cone that is associated with the seismic signal. The technique includes estimating the first component of the torque noise and based at least in part on the estimated first component, estimating a second component of the torque noise inside the signal cone. The technique includes suppressing the second component of the torque noise based at least in part on the estimated second component.
US08625386B2	Non-volatile memory device, circuit board, printing material container and printer A non-volatile memory device includes first and second memory regions to store data and a memory control unit. Each of the first and second memory regions is configured by a plurality of physical pages. Each of the physical pages is configured by a plurality of regions corresponding to a plurality of logical addresses. The memory control unit performs control of batch erasing and batch writing on every physical page. When a first physical page in the first memory region includes a first region corresponding to a first logical address, which is a target to be written, and when a second physical page in the second memory region includes a second region corresponding to the first logical address, which is a target to be written, the memory control unit selects either the first physical page or the second physical page as a physical page for writing.
US08625384B2	Synchronous type semiconductor storage device and DRAM A synchronous type semiconductor storage device includes an array unit which includes a cell array and sense amplifiers. The synchronous type semiconductor storage device includes a read/write pulse generator which generates a read pulse signal and a write pulse signal according to a clock signal, the clock signal defining one cycle time of a read operation and a write operation with respect to the array unit as one cycle. The synchronous type semiconductor storage device includes a secondary amplifier which is activated according to the read pulse signal to read out data stored in the sense amplifiers through the read/write line. The synchronous type semiconductor storage device includes a write driver which is activated according to the write pulse signal to write data in the sense amplifiers through the read/write line.
US08625383B2	Memory word line boost using thin dielectric capacitor A memory including a boost circuit configured to supply a voltage higher than a supply voltage to a word line. The boost circuit includes a first capacitor having a first capacitor dielectric thickness. The boost circuit further includes a transmission gate coupled to the word line and the first capacitor, the transmission gate having a gate-dielectric thickness that is greater than the first capacitor dielectric thickness.
US08625382B2	Block-row decoders, memory block-row decoders, memories, methods for deselecting a decoder of a memory and methods of selecting a block of memory Block-row decoders, memory block-row decoders, memories, methods for deselecting a decoder of a memory and methods of selecting a block of memory are disclosed. An example memory block-row decoder includes a plurality of block-row decoders, each of the block-row decoders having a decoder switch tree. Each block-row decoder is configured to bias a block select switch of the decoder switch tree with a first voltage while the block-row decoder is deselected and further configured to bias decoders switches of the decoder switch tree that are coupled to the block select switch with a second voltage while the block-row decoder is deselected, the second voltage less than the first voltage. An example method of deselecting a decoder of a memory includes providing decoder signals having different voltages to decoder switches from at least two different levels of a decoder switch tree while the decoder is deselected.
US08625377B2	Low voltage efuse programming circuit and method A circuit for programming a fuse is disclosed. The circuit includes a voltage supply terminal (Vf) and a semiconductor controlled rectifier (222, 224). The fuse is coupled between the voltage supply terminal and the semiconductor controlled rectifier. A switching circuit (200, 202, 208, 210) is coupled to the semiconductor controlled rectifier.
US08625374B2	Nano-sense amplifier A sense amplifier for a series of cells of a memory, including a writing stage comprising a CMOS inverter, the input of which is directly or indirectly connected to an input terminal of the sense amplifier, and the output of which is connected to an output terminal of the sense amplifier intended to be connected to a local bitline addressing the cells of the series, and a reading stage that includes a sense transistor, the gate of which is connected to the output of the inverter and the drain of which is connected to the input of the inverter.
US08625364B2	Semiconductor memory devices and systems including data output circuits to output stored data during first output mode and output programmed data pattern during second output mode According to example embodiments, a semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a multi-purpose register, a data output circuit, and a mode register. The memory cell array is configured to store data. The multi-purpose register is configured to store a data pattern. The data output circuit is configured to output the stored data during a first output mode and output the stored data pattern during a second output mode. The mode register is configured to set the first or second output mode according to a logic level of a portion of a content of the mode register.
US08625363B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes a read circuit configured to sequentially output a plurality of compressed data corresponding to all banks which are to be tested in response to a plurality of bank addresses and a read enable signal during a test mode and a pad configured to transfer the compressed data which are sequentially outputted from the read circuit to an outside of the semiconductor memory device.
US08625360B2	Semiconductor storage device operative to search for data To provide a semiconductor storage device capable of performing a search of the next data while performing a search of certain data. A first comparator compares data output to a bit line from a memory cell with first search data by activating a word line. A second comparator compares data output to a bit line from the memory cell with second search data by activating a word line. Data output to a bit line by the activation of one word line is input to both the first comparator and second comparator.
US08625358B2	Row driver circuit for NAND memories including a decoupling inverter Devices and circuits for row driver architectures that can improve an existing row driver circuit including a boosting capacitor and a level shifter circuit. For example, the improvement can include a decoupling inverter that decouples the level shifter from the boosting capacitor, which can reduce the time for the row driver to turn on and drive appropriate voltages to the matrix array.
US08625355B2	Semiconductor memory device and method of operating the same A semiconductor memory device operate during a program verification operation to apply a read voltage to a word line and a pre-charge voltage to a bit line in order to provide output data. A number of fail cells is determined in view of the output data, wherein the number of fail cells is directly related to an increase in voltage on a common source line (CSL) connected to memory cells providing the output data. During a subsequent program verification operation, the level of at least one of the read voltage and the pre-charge voltage is adjusted in response to the number of fail cells.
US08625354B2	Semiconductor memory device and method of programming the same A semiconductor memory device includes a voltage generator configured to supply a program voltage, a sub-verification voltage, or a target verification voltage to memory cells selected during a program operation, page buffers configured to latch first data according to results from comparing threshold voltages of the selected memory cells with the sub-verification voltage and latch second data according to results from comparing the threshold voltages of the memory cells with the target verification voltage, a sub-pass check circuit configured to output a sub-pass signal in response to the first data outputted from the page buffers, a main pass check circuit configured to output a main pass signal in response to the second data outputted from the page buffers, and a control circuit configured to control whether the voltage generator supplies the sub-verification voltage and the target verification voltage in response to the sub-pass signal and the main pass signal.
US08625348B2	Nonvolatile memory devices and methods forming the same Provided are nonvolatile memory devices and methods of forming the same. The nonvolatile memory device includes a plurality of word lines, a ground select line, string select line, and a dummy word line. Each of distances between the dummy word line and the ground select line and between the dummy word line and the word line is greater than a distance between a pair of the word lines adjacent to each other.
US08625343B2	Method and apparatus for reducing read disturb in memory Various aspects of a NAND memory include a control circuit that applies a read bias arrangement to a plurality of word lines to read a selected data value stored on a plurality of memory cells by measuring current flowing between the first end and the second end of the series of memory cells. The read bias arrangement is applied to word lines of the plurality of word lines applies only word line voltages less than a second maximum of a second threshold voltage distribution.
US08625342B2	Storage element and storage device A storage element includes: a storage layer which retains information by a magnetization state of a magnetic substance; a magnetization pinned layer having magnetization which is used as the basis of the information stored in the storage layer; and an interlayer of a non-magnetic substance provided between the storage layer and the magnetization pinned layer. The storage element is configured to store information by reversing magnetization of the storage layer using spin torque magnetization reversal generated by a current passing in a laminate direction of a layer structure including the storage layer, the interlayer, and the magnetization pinned layer, and when the saturation magnetization of the storage layer and the thickness thereof are represented by Ms (emu/cc) and t (nm), respectively, (1489/Ms)−0.593
US08625340B1	Magnetic sidewalls for write lines in field-induced MRAM and methods of manufacturing them In one embodiment, there is provided a non-volatile magnetic memory cell. The non-volatile magnetic memory cell comprises a switchable magnetic element; and a word line and a bit line to energize the switchable magnetic element; wherein at least one of the word line and the bit line comprises a magnetic sidewall that is discontinuous.
US08625339B2	Multi-cell per memory-bit circuit and method A write circuit is adapted to provide a same logical bit to each of a multitude of memory cells for storage. Each of the multitude of memory cells stores either the bit or a complement of the bit in response to the write circuit. A read circuit is adapted to receive the bits stored in the multitude of memory cells and to generate an output value defined by the stored bits in accordance with a predefined rule. The predefined rule may be characterized by a statistical mode of the bits stored in the plurality of memory cells. Storage errors in a minority of the multitude of memory cells may be ignored at the cost of lower memory density. The predefined rule may be characterized by a first weight assigned to bits 1 and a second weight assigned to bits 0.
US08625337B2	Method and apparatus of probabilistic programming multi-level memory in cluster states of bi-stable elements A probabilistic programming current is injected into a cluster of bi-stable probabilistic switching elements, the probabilistic programming current having parameters set to result in a less than unity probability of any given bi-stable switching element switching, and a resistance of the cluster of bi-stable switching elements is detected. The probabilistic programming current is injected and the resistance of the cluster state detected until a termination condition is met. Optionally the termination condition is detecting the resistance of the cluster of bi-stable switching elements at a value representing a multi-bit data.
US08625328B2	Variable resistance nonvolatile storage device The variable resistance nonvolatile storage device reduces variations in a resistance value of a variable resistance element (100) in the low resistance state, performs stable operations, and includes an LR write circuit (500) (i) applying a voltage to a memory cell (102) so that a resistance state of the variable resistance element included in the memory cell is changed from high to low, and (ii) including a first driving circuit (510) and a second driving circuit (520) which apply voltages to the memory cell and which have connected output terminals. When applying a voltage to the memory cell, the first driving circuit supplies a first current, and the second driving circuit (i) supplies a second current when a voltage at the output terminal of the first driving circuit is higher than a reference voltage VREF, and (ii) is in a high impedance state when the voltage is lower than the VREF.
US08625327B2	Magnetic random access memory and initializing method for the same A domain wall motion type MRAM has: a magnetic recording layer 10 being a ferromagnetic layer having perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; a pair of current supply terminals 14a and 14b connected to the magnetic recording layer 10 for supplying a current to the magnetic recording layer 10; and an anti-ferromagnetic layer 45 being in contact with a first region R1 of the magnetic recording layer 10. The first region R1 includes a part of a current supply region RA of the magnetic recording layer 10 that is between the pair of current supply terminals 14a and 14b.
US08625326B2	Non-volatile semiconductor memory device with a resistance adjusting circuit and an operation method thereof A semiconductor memory device in accordance with an embodiment includes a memory cell array having memory cells disposed at an intersection of first lines and second lines; and a control circuit configured to execute a read operation, thereby determining a resistance state of the selected one of the memory cells. The read operation is an operation configured to execute a sensing operation multiple times and aggregate determination results thereof. The sensing operation is configured such that a first voltage is applied to selected ones of the first lines and a second voltage lower than the first voltage is applied to a single selected one of the second lines. The control circuit suspends application of the first voltage to the first line connected to the selected one of the memory cells determined to be in a first resistance state in one of the sensing operations, and executes the next sensing operation.
US08625325B2	Memory cells including resistance variable material patterns of different compositions A non-volatile memory device includes a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit lines, and an array of variable resistance memory cells each electrically connected between a respective word line and a respective bit line. Each of the memory cells includes first and second resistance variable patterns electrically connected in series between first and second electrodes. A material composition of the first resistance variable pattern is different than a material composition of the second resistance variable pattern. Multi-bit data states of each memory cell are defined by a contiguous increase in size of a programmable high-resistance volume within the first and second resistance variable patterns.
US08625317B2	Isolated switch-mode power supply device The present invention provides an isolated switch-mode power supply device capable of sufficiently reducing power consumption in a standby mode. An isolated switch-mode power supply device includes: a capacitor that supplies control power for controlling switching of a switching element; a first control unit that includes a constant current supplying unit that controls switching of the switching element; a switching element that connects or disconnects the first control unit and the capacitor; a capacitance element unit having a capacitor to which a constant current is supplied from the constant current supplying unit, a capacitor charge voltage of the capacitance element unit changing according to an outputted voltage in the standby mode; and a second control unit that controls power supply to the first control unit by closing or opening the switching element during a switching pause period in the standby mode according to the capacitor charge voltage of the capacitor.
US08625315B2	Inverter modulator with variable switching frequency An inverter control is used to control the output of a distributed power generating station, such as a photovoltaic (PV) solar power station, connected to a power grid. The power station is connected to an inverter output. Pulse width modulation is used to shape the output in order to maximize power output within power quality parameters and provides control of a switching frequency of the inverter responsive to a sensed parameter. The technique allows an increase in output efficiency and provides for adjustment of power output to meet power quality parameters to an extent required in order to connect to the power grid.
US08625310B2	Method of supplying power, power supply apparatus for performing the method and display apparatus having the apparatus A power supply apparatus includes an AC-DC rectifier, a transformer, a feedback inductor, a resonant unit, and a primary and auxiliary switch. The AC-DC rectifier rectifies an input voltage. The transformer includes a primary coil having a first primary coil and an isolated second primary coil, and transforms a first voltage of the primary coil into a second voltage of the secondary coil. The feedback inductor is connected to a tap between the first primary coil and second primary coil and an output of the AC-DC rectifier. The resonance unit is connected in parallel with the secondary coil and is configured to output an output voltage by rectifying the second voltage provided from the secondary coil. The primary switch and secondary switch are connected in parallel between the transformer and AC-DC rectifier.
US08625308B2	Soft-burst circuit for switched-mode power supplies A switched-mode power supply includes a soft-burst circuit to minimize or prevent distracting audible noise. The power supply includes a control circuit for controlling switching of an output transistor to deliver a regulated output voltage to a load. The control circuit adjusts the operating frequency of the power supply based on a control signal. The soft-burst circuit discharges a storage device to minimize or prevent audible noise when the control signal reaches a particular level.
US08625305B2	Portable electric device A portable electric device such as a mobile phone is disclosed. The portable electric device comprises a first chassis and a second chassis, and the first chassis and the second chassis are foldably coupled. The first chassis comprises a case member that comprises a coupling recess, a first recess and a second recess. The coupling recess and the first recess face a same side of the case member. The second recess faces an opposite side of the case member to the coupling recess and the first recess. The second recess is located at a rear side of the coupling recess. The first recess and the second recess accommodate a first electronic component and a second electronic component, respectively.
US08625303B2	Serial advanced technology attachment dual in-line memory module assembly A serial advanced technology attachment dual-in-line memory module (SATA DIMM) assembly includes a SATA DIMM module with a first circuit board, an expansion slot, and an expansion card with a second circuit board. A first edge connector is arranged on a bottom edge of the first circuit board and includes first power pins connected to a control chip and first storage chips, and first ground pins. A second edge connector is arranged on a top edge of the second circuit board and includes second power pins connected to a power unit, and second ground pins. A third edge connector is arranged on a bottom edge of the second circuit board and includes third power pins connected to the power unit, third ground pins, and signal pins connected to a display unit.
US08625301B2	Electronic device with latching module An electronic device includes a housing, a connecting sheet, a display panel and a fixing module. The display panel is fixed on the connecting sheet. The fixing module includes a first latching member formed on the housing and a second latching member formed on the connecting sheet. The first latching member is detachably latched with the second latching member, such that the connecting sheet adhered to the display panel is detachably fixed on the housing.
US08625300B2	Circuit manufacturing and design techniques for reference plane voids with strip segment Manufacturing circuits with reference plane voids over vias with a strip segment interconnect permits routing critical signal paths over vias, while increasing via insertion capacitance only slightly. The transmission line reference plane defines voids above (or below) signal-bearing plated-through holes (PTHs) that pass through a rigid substrate core, so that the signals are not degraded by an impedance mismatch that would otherwise be caused by shunt capacitance from the top (or bottom) of the signal-bearing PTHs to the transmission line reference plane. In order to provide increased routing density, signal paths are routed over the voids, but disruption of the signal paths by the voids is prevented by including a conductive strip through the voids that reduces the coupling to the signal-bearing PTHs and maintains the impedance of the signal path conductor.
US08625299B2	Circuit board with even current distribution A circuit board includes an outer conductive layer, a number of inner conductive layers, at least one group of vias defined through the outer conductive layer and the inner conductive layers and electrically connected each conductive layers, at least one power supply element, and at least one electronic element. The at least one group of vias surrounds the at least one power supply element. When the least one power supply element outputs current to the at least one electronic element, a first portion of the output current flows to the inner conductive layers through the group of vias surrounding the at least one power supply element to be input to the at least one electronic element, and a second portion of the output current flows into the at least one electronic element through the outer conductive layer.
US08625294B2	Expansion card mounting apparatus An expansion card mounting apparatus including an enclosure, the enclosure including a support plate and a flange, the enclosure defining a slot, the support plate and the flange located above the slot; a mounting plate, the mounting plate including a mounting plate body and a bent portion extending from the mounting plate body; the mounting plate body securing an expansion card and covering the slot; the bent portion located on the support plate; a securing element, the securing element pressing the bent portion; and a pressing member, the pressing member including a resilient arm and a securing portion extending from the resilient arm; the resilient arm including a first and a second ends, the first end resisting the expansion card; the second end resisting on the securing element; and the securing portion engaging with the flange to enable the pressing member sandwiched between the securing element and the flange.
US08625292B2	Lightweight audio system for automotive applications and method A lightweight radio/CD player for vehicular application is virtually “fastenerless” and includes a case and frontal interface formed of polymer based material that is molded to provide details to accept audio devices such as playback mechanisms (if desired) and radio receivers, as well as the circuit boards required for electrical control and display. The case and frontal interface are of composite structure, including an insert molded electrically conductive wire mesh screen that has been pre-formed to contour with the molding operation. The wire mesh provides EMC, RFI, BCI and ESD shielding and grounding of the circuit boards via exposed wire mesh pads and adjacent ground clips. The PCB architecture is bifurcated into a first board carrying common circuit components in a surface mount configuration suitable for high volume production, and a second board carrying application specific circuit components in a wave soldered stick mount configuration. The major components and subassemblies are self-fixturing during the final assembly process, eliminating the need for dedicated tools, fixtures and assembly equipment. The major components and subassemblies self-interconnect by integral guide and connection features effecting “slide lock” and “snap lock” self-interconnection. The radio architecture includes improved push buttons employing 4-bar living hinge linkage and front loaded decorative trim buttons.
US08625291B2	Electronic device for miniaturizing size thereof An electronic device includes a main body, a display panel and an electrical circuit board assembly. The display panel is disposed in the main body and includes a power cord for supplying power to a backlight module thereof. The electrical circuit board assembly is located beneath the display panel and connected to the power cord by a connector. An accommodating space is defined between the electrical circuit board assembly and a second portion of the main body for receiving the connector therein.
US08625289B2	Electronic card module including function of storing information regarding fabrication/maintenance/driving of a product An electronic card module which includes the function of storing information regarding the fabrication/maintenance/driving of a product. The electronic card module has a main function circuit unit configured by mounting various electronic components on a PCB substrate. The electronic card module is formed with the PCB module in one piece and includes an information provision unit which stores information including product fabrication information, maintenance information, and driving information, and which provides the information when a request is made from an external device.
US08625287B2	Portable electronic device with chip card ejecting mechanism A portable electronic device includes a housing defining an opening and a chip card ejecting mechanism. The chip card ejecting mechanism includes a pin slidably retained to the cover, a hinged carrier retained to the housing, and a spring. The hinge carrier includes a biasing plate resisting the cover, and the hinge includes a latching block and a resisting block. The latching block is latched with the hook to hold the cover in the opening. Depressing the pin against spring pressure exposes the chip card for easy removal.
US08625286B2	Housing of portable electronic device A housing of a portable electronic device includes a first frame unit, a second frame unit, and a panel unit. The first frame unit includes a plurality of retaining members. The second frame unit includes a plurality of fastening members. The panel unit includes a plurality of holding members corresponding to the retaining members and a plurality of assembling members corresponding to the fastening member. The retaining members and the holding members are correspondingly assembled together to assemble the first frame unit to the panel unit, and the fastening members and the assembling members are correspondingly assembled together to assemble the second frame unit to the panel unit.
US08625282B2	Portable electronic device with heat sink assembly A portable electronic device includes a housing, a radiating assembly, a display, a battery, and a heat sink assembly. The housing includes a front portion and a back portion opposite to the front portion. Both the radiating assembly, the display, the battery, and heat sink assembly are received in the housing. The heat sink assembly is a semiconductor cooling plate, and dissipates heat from the radiating assembly out of the housing.
US08625280B2	Cooling memory modules using cold plate blades coupled to the memory modules via clips A cold plate has blades arranged to be interleaved with memory modules, with clips coupling blades to memory modules. A liquid cooling loop is thermally coupled to the blades of the cold plate.
US08625277B2	Fixing device for fixing fans and cooling system having same A cooling system includes a fixing device and a fan. The fixing device includes a fixing rack and a latching rack. The fixing rack includes a first latching arm and two opposite supporting arms protruding from two ends of the first latching arm. The latching rack includes a second latching arm and two opposite adjusting arms protruding from two ends of the second latching arm. The adjusting arms can be adjustably fixed to the supporting arms at different positions to adjust a distance between the first latching arms and the second latching arm to releasably fix the fan between the first latching arm and the second latching arm.
US08625273B2	Docking station for electronic device A docking station for an electronic device includes a main body, and a connector mechanism. The main body defines a receiving space at a sidewall thereof. The connector mechanism is rotatably mounted to the main body and is capable of being received in the receiving space when in a closed position relative to the main body. The connector mechanism includes an interface for supporting the electronic device. When the connector mechanism is received in the receiving space, the interface is hidden in receiving space.
US08625269B2	Serial advanced technology attachment DIMM A serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) DIMM includes a board body. A control chip is arranged on the board body. An extending board extends from an end of the board body. A first edge connector is set on the extending board. A second edge connector is set on a bottom side of the board body. The first edge connector includes a number of signal pins connected to the control chip, and a number of ground pins.
US08625268B2	Sliding module for electronic device A sliding module includes a first section, a second section, a pivot plate, a hinge module and an assist lever. Two sides of the pivot plate are respectively rotatably connected to the first section and the second section. The hinge module is positioned on the second section. Two ends of the assist lever are respectively rotatably connected to the first section and the hinge module. The first section brings the assist lever to rotate relative to the hinge module, and elevates the pivot plate, the pivot plate and the assist lever bring the first section to move and rotate relative to the second section in a tilted orientation.
US08625264B2	Display device A display device includes a cabinet and a display device main body. The cabinet has a front cabinet and a rear cabinet. The front cabinet has a rear face and a plurality of bosses. The display device main body has a rear frame with a front opening, a cell guide, a display panel, a bezel and a plurality of fixing components. The rear frame has a plurality of recess portions that is provided at a specific spacing along an outer peripheral part of the rear frame. The display panel is disposed via the cell guide in the front opening of the rear frame. The bezel is fastened to the outer peripheral part of the rear frame. The fixing components are provided at a specific spacing along the outer peripheral part of the rear frame. The fixing components are disposed in the recess portions and fastened to the bosses, respectively.
US08625262B2	Front cover and manufacturing method A front cover includes a housing and a display window module. The housing defines an opening. The display window module includes a support plate and a liquid crystal display assembly. The support plate is integrally formed in the opening of the housing, and the liquid crystal display assembly is attached to the support plate.
US08625260B2	Sliding module for electronic device A sliding module includes a first section, a second section, a sliding member, a connecting plate, a rotary plate and an elastic member. The sliding member is rotatably connected to the first section. One end of the connecting plate slidably connected to the sliding member, and the other end of the connecting plate is rotatably connected to the second section. The rotary plate is respectively rotatably connected to the first section and the second section. One end of the elastic member is fixed to the second section, and the other end of the elastic member is fixed to the sliding member. When the sliding member slides relative to the second section and drives the connecting plate to rotate, the rotary plate rotates relative to the second section and causes the first section to move and rotate relative to the second section into a tilted orientation.
US08625252B2	Ion diffusing apparatus and ion generating cartridge An ion diffusing apparatus is disclosed which can maintain a stable ion supplying capability. In the ion diffusing apparatus, the ion generator is detachable for easy maintenance and can deliver the positive ions and negative ions to a remote position while uniformly generating positive ions and negative ions. The ion diffusing apparatus includes an ion generator housing which houses the generator so that a positive ion generating part and a negative ion generating part are provided separately in a direction crossing a flow direction of a stream from a fan, and an ion generating surface is exposed which conforms to a stream flow surface of a stream flow passage extended from the fan to a supply opening. The ion generator may also be a cartridge which has an ion generating surface shaped to conform to the stream flow surface of the stream flow passage.
US08625240B2	Input/output circuit with inductor An input/output (I/O) circuit includes an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit electrically coupled with an output node of the I/O circuit. At least one inductor and at least one loading are electrically coupled in a series fashion and between the output node of the I/O circuit and a power line. A circuitry is electrically coupled with a node between the at least one inductor and the at least one loading. The circuitry is operable to increase a current flowing through the at least one inductor during a signal transition.
US08625239B2	Semiconductor device It is desired to effectively suppress breaking of a protection target circuit caused by direct application of an ESD surge voltage to the circuit. The semiconductor device includes: a VDD pad; a signal output pad; a GND pad; a high-potential power source line; a signal line; a low-potential power source line; main ESD protection elements; a PMOS transistor; and an output circuit. The output circuit includes: an NMOS transistor N1 whose source is connected to the signal line, and whose drain is connected to the low-potential power source line; and an NMOS transistor N2 connected between the gate of the NMOS transistor N1 and the low-potential power source line. The source of the PMOS transistor is connected to the signal line, the drain thereof is connected to the gate of the NMOS transistor N1, and the gate and back gate thereof are connected to the high-potential power source line.
US08625238B2	Ground-fault circuit interrupter A ground-fault circuit interrupter has a test circuit for generating a test fault current. The test circuit includes a test button, a first test resistor, and a regulating circuit constructed to generate a test fault current with a predetermined and substantially constant value independent of an applied voltage of an electrical network to be protected. The test button, the first test resistor and the regulating circuit are connected in series between phases of the electrical network.
US08625237B2	Magnetic head and magnetic recording system A magnetic reproduction head includes a lower magnetic shield layer, an upper magnetic shield layer, a magnetoresistive film formed between the lower and the upper magnetic shield layers, a refill film in an element height direction disposed in contact with a surface opposite a floating surface of the magnetoresistive film, and a refill film in a track width direction disposed on a side wall surface of the magnetoresistive film. The magnetoresistive film is a tunneling magnetoresistive film including a free layer, an insulating barrier layer, and a fixed layer. The insulating barrier layer is one of a magnesium oxide film, an aluminum oxide film, and a titanium oxide film which contains at least one of nitrogen and silicon.
US08625233B1	System and method for fabricating a magnetic recording pole Systems and methods for fabricating a microelectric device are provided herein. Particular embodiments provide systems and methods for fabricating a magnetic recording pole for a magnetic recording head, such as an energy assisted magnetic recording (EAMR) head commonly used in a disk storage device. Some embodiments provide for systems and methods of fabricating magnetic recording poles that protect the core of the magnetic recording head during the removal of removal of seed layers.
US08625232B2	Disk drive device rotationally driving recording disk A disk drive device is provided with a base, a hub on which a recording disk is to be mounted, a bearing unit arranged on the base and configured to rotatably support the hub, and a spindle drive unit configured to rotatably drive the hub. A circumferential ring wall portion is arranged on the outer circumference of the base and formed of a plastic.
US08625217B1	Branch metric computation and noise predictive calibration/adaptation for over-sampled Y samples Techniques are disclosed for performing branch metric computations/noise predictive calibration/adaptation for over-sampled Y samples. In one or more embodiments, the techniques employ a data processing apparatus (circuit) that includes a parallel to serial convertor configured to receive a first stream of sample data (e.g., Y samples) and a second stream of sample data (e.g., Z samples). The parallel to serial convertor is operable to combine the first stream of sample data and the second stream of sample data into a combined stream of sample data (e.g., combined Y and Z samples). The data processing apparatus (circuit) further includes a filter (e.g., a noise predictive finite impulse response (NPFIR) filter, a noise whitening filter, such as a noise predictive calibration/adaptation module (NPCAL) filter, and so forth) that is configured to receive the combined stream of sample data and whiten noise in the combined stream of sample data.
US08625213B1	Automated cluster size measurement A cluster size measurement method includes writing a first pattern of a first size of a first number of magnetic clusters. A second pattern of a second size of a second number of magnetic clusters is written, wherein the second plurality of clusters includes clusters of the first number of clusters and a switched cluster. A cluster size of the switched cluster is automatically determined by contrasting the first size and the second size.
US08625212B2	System for guiding optical elements A system for guiding optical elements, in particular lenses, along an optical axis of a microscope, in particular a stereomicroscope, or of a macroscope, guide system including at least one guide rod which extends parallel to the optical axis and is at least partially made from a magnetizable material, and further including a carrier for the optical elements, the carrier being displaceable along the at least one guide rod and providing magnetic attraction between itself and at least one guide rod; for providing magnetic attraction, including at least one magnetizable wheel adapted to roll along the at least one guide rod while rotating about an axis as the carrier is displaced; the at least one guide rod (312, 314) being made of magnetizable material and/or the magnetizable wheel being at least in part permanently magnetic.
US08625207B2	Wide angle optical system and image pickup apparatus using the same An optical system comprises, in order from the object side, an aperture stop, a first lens with positive refracting power, a second lens with negative refracting power, and a third lens, both surfaces of the third lens are an aspherical surface in which refracting power varies in accordance with distance from the optical axis in such a way that the both surfaces have a convex shape facing toward the object side in the vicinity of the optical axis and have a concave shape facing toward the object side in the vicinity of the outer circumference, and the following conditions (1) and (2) are satisfied: 2.2
US08625204B2	Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the zoom lens A zoom lens includes 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 negative refractive power. The first to fourth lens units are arranged in order from the object side to the image side. All of the lens units are moved during zooming from the wide-angle end to the telephoto end. In the zoom lens, a number of lenses in each of the lens units, imaging magnifications on the telephoto end and the wide-angle end of the second lens unit and the third lens unit, a sum of thicknesses on the optical axis of the first lens unit and the second lens unit, and focal lengths of the entire zoom lens at a wide-angle end and at a telephoto end are appropriately set.
US08625201B2	Optical element for distributing light An optical element for distributing light has a predefined spectral energy distribution in a predetermined working wavelength range. The optical element encompasses a transparent body into which the light enters, and a beam splitter layer embodied inside the transparent body, which layer has in the working wavelength range a predefined wavelength-dependent reflectance with which it reflects the light entering the transparent body in order to generate a reflected exit light bundle, and a wavelength-dependent transmittance with which it transmits the light entering the transparent body to generate a transmitted exit light bundle. The optical element encompasses a compensation layer arrangement, embodied on the transparent body separately from the beam splitter layer, whose transmittance with regard to the light passing through the compensation layer arrangement is defined as a function of the reflectance and transmittance of the beam splitter layer.
US08625197B2	Optical isolator An optical isolator including a Faraday rotator that has a high Faraday effect and a high transmission factor in a wavelength used is provided. An optical isolator comprises at least: a Faraday rotator; a polarizer arranged on a light incidence side of the Faraday rotator; and an analyzer arranged on a light exit side of the Faraday rotator, wherein the Faraday rotator consists of an oxide that contains an ytterbium oxide (Yb2O3) with a mass ratio of 30% or more.
US08625196B2	Switchable lens systems and methods of manufacturing such systems Switchable lens systems and methods of manufacturing switchable lens systems are provided. A representative switchable lens system includes an imaging area and a seal line. The imaging area includes a first glass plate, a second glass plate and a lenticular structure. The lenticular structure is arranged in between the first and second glass plates and is provided with a plurality of cavities in between the lenticular structure and one of the first and second glass plates. The seal line surrounds the imaging area at its periphery, and is provided with a throughhole. A filling channel is located between at least a portion of the periphery of the imaging area and the seal line to provide a connection between the throughhole and multiple ones of the cavities.
US08625192B2	Optical amplifier system for pulsed laser based on a guiding gain medium and pulsed laser comprising same An optical amplifier for pulsed laser with short or ultra-short and energetic pulses includes an optical pumping source for generating a pump wave, an elongate amplifying medium including an input interface for receiving an optical signal to be amplified, the medium being able to amplify the optical signal propagating along the amplifying medium and to extract an amplified signal and an optical system for coupling the pump wave in the amplifying medium so as to pump the amplifying medium longitudinally. The amplifying medium has a minimum transverse dimension φ3 and the optical system focuses the pump wave inside the gain medium, the focused pump wave having a transverse dimension φ6 which is smaller than the dimension φ3 of the medium and a smaller numerical aperture than the numerical aperture of the medium, so that the pump wave propagates freely over a part of the amplifying medium and then in a confined manner over a part of the amplifying medium.
US08625191B2	Wavelength-tunable light source apparatus A wavelength-tunable light source apparatus includes a first light source apparatus and a second light source apparatus. The first light source apparatus is capable of changing an oscillation wavelength and includes a resonator. The resonator includes an optical amplification medium for amplifying light and a waveguide having wavelength distribution. The second light source apparatus is connected to the waveguide and configured to introduce pulsed light as modulation light to the first light source apparatus. The oscillation wavelength is controlled by active mode locking employing cross-gain modulation using the modulation light. The pulse width of the modulation light has a duration shorter than a duration of a half period of a driving signal for generating the modulation light.
US08625189B2	Compensation for the Gouy phase shift in quasi-phase matching A sample of nonlinear optical material for use in a nonlinear optical device contains a grating comprising alternating regions of inverted and non-inverted nonlinear coefficient of the material, with the regions separated by boundaries positioned such that the grating can provide quasi-phase matching of a selected nonlinear optical interaction, and compensate for phase mismatch arising from the Gouy phase shift of one or more focused optical beams involved in the interaction. The boundary positions can be calculated for second harmonic generation or optical parametric generation and oscillation.
US08625188B2	Process for the manufacture of electrophoretic displays This invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a multi-color electrophoretic display involving adding colorant solutions or dispersions of different colors and charged pigment particles in separate steps. The process comprises a first step of pattern-wise filling colorant solutions or dispersions into microcups in predetermined areas, followed by a step of pattern-wise or non-pattern-wise adding an electrophoretic fluid comprising charged pigment particles dispersed in a dielectric solvent or solvent mixture into the microcups which are pre-filled with the colorants.
US08625185B2	Light controlling apparatus including at least one magnet and at least one coil and optical system A light controlling apparatus includes a substrate having an aperture, a light controlling section which includes at least one incident-light controlling means, having a magnet joined to a position of a center of rotation, and which rotates in a plane perpendicular to an optical axial direction, on the substrate, and at least one coil which imparts a rotational force to the magnet. The incident-light controlling means is displaced to a retracted position of being retracted from the position of the aperture, by supplying an electric power supply, and in the light controlling apparatus in which, incident light which passes through the aperture is controlled, the coil is disposed to be extended in a direction parallel to the optical axis.
US08625182B2	Holographic image display systems This invention relates to methods, apparatus, and computer program code for the holographic display of images. We describe a method of displaying an image holographically. The method includes displaying a hologram on pixels of a spatial light modulator (SLM) and illuminating the SLM such that the image is displayed in pixels of a replay field (RPF) of the hologram. The method further includes subdividing the replay field into a plurality of spatially interlaced regions, and displaying holograms for each of the interlaced regions of the replay field sequentially at different times such that in an observer's eye the interlaced regions integrate to give the impression of the image and such that interference between adjacent pixels of the replay field is reduced.
US08625178B2	Image forming apparatus, image formation control apparatus, and computer readable medium storing program An image forming apparatus includes an obtaining unit, an image forming section, and a controller. The obtaining unit obtains color signals containing color components the number of which is n, n being a natural number. The image forming section forms an image on a medium, the image being based on the color signals obtained by the obtaining unit. The controller performs control so that colors in a color gamut that is not reproduced if area coverage modulation, not density modulation, is used for expression are included in the image by expressing densities of the n color components contained in the color signals obtained by the obtaining unit by using density modulation and area coverage modulation.
US08625174B2	Automatic document feeder and image forming apparatus An automatic document feeder includes a transport path member that includes a transport path surface constituting a transport path, and an end portion of which moves in a direction in which it gets away from a feeder body to open the transport path, a support member that is relatively rotatable coaxially with the transport path member, a regulating portion that regulates the relative rotation of the end portion of the transport path member, and an impelling member that impels a portion to be regulated in a direction in which the portion to be regulated contacts the regulating portion, that supports the end portion of the transport path member at a first open position, and that allows the end portion of the transport path member to move to a second open position at which the transport path is opened larger than at the first open position.
US08625169B2	Image reading apparatus and operation device An operation device includes a cover and a substrate on which a plurality of electrodes which detects a capacitance and which is provided corresponding to each of a plurality of touch switches is mounted. The operation device includes a laminated structure in which at least an elastic sheet that is self-tacking and closely contacts a plurality of electrodes is inserted between the cover and the substrate. At least one through hole is formed at a location on the substrate facing the elastic sheet.
US08625166B2	Image processing method and apparatus utilizing halftone processing and test patch Upon setting of a halftone process of an initial setting, there is such a problem that graininess deteriorates due to an aging change or an environmental change. To solve this problem, an image processing apparatus executes a halftone process on a test image for tone correction and prints the processed test image; forms a tone correction table in accordance with read values from the printed test image; obtains graininess from a read value of a low density portion of a tone correction patch of the test image for the tone correction; discriminates whether the obtained graininess exceeds a predetermined reference level; and changes a setting of the halftone process so as to reduce the graininess when it is discriminated that the obtained graininess exceeds the predetermined reference level.
US08625159B2	Method for detecting errors in individual color separation images of a multi-color printing machine A method for detecting errors in individual color separation images of a multi-color printing machine, in particular an electrophotographic printing machine, comprising a plurality of printing units, is described. Using this method, first a plurality of first register lines is printed with a first printing unit, and a plurality of second register lines is printed with a second printing unit in such a manner that each of the first register lines, together with one of said second register lines, is positioned inside a respective registration frame. Then the plurality of the first and second register lines in the respective registration frame are detected with a register sensor, and an output signal of the register sensor relating to the respective second register line is compared with an intensity threshold value in order to determine whether the second register lines can be recognized. In an alternative embodiment of the method, a plurality of the first register lines is printed with a first printing unit in such a manner that each of the first register lines is printed within a respective registration frame. Subsequently, the plurality of the first register lines in the respective registration frames is detected with a register sensor, and an output signal of the register sensor relating to the respective first register lines is compared with a pre-specified intensity threshold value in order to determine whether the first register lines are recognizable.
US08625158B2	Apparatus, method, and computer program product for forming images A disclosed image forming apparatus for color printing includes a generator unit configured to generate dot sequential data as printing data based on received PDL color data, an image adjustment-conversion unit configured to carry out image adjustment processing and/or image conversion processing on the printing data generated by the generator unit based on a set printing condition, a rendering unit configured to render the printing data held in a page memory on which the image adjustment processing and/or the image conversion processing has been carried out by the image adjustment-conversion unit, and a printing unit configured to print the printing data rendered by the rendering unit.
US08625156B2	Image forming apparatus and control method thereof An image forming apparatus forms a color image using image carriers for a plurality of colors by electrophotography. The image forming apparatus stores, for each color, information on the shift amount between an ideal scanning line and an actual scanning line in the main scanning direction on the image carrier. For each color, a color misregistration correction amount calculation unit converts a readout address in a bitmap memory (403), based on the stored shift amount information, and reads out image data. A color misregistration correction unit (404) performs tone correction for the readout image data based on the address, outputting image data containing the value of the decimal part. A multi-level error diffusion unit (405) performs quantization by multi-level error diffusion processing for the tone-corrected image data containing the value of the decimal part.
US08625154B2	Apparatus and method for reproducing optimized preference color using candidate images and natural languages An apparatus and method are provided for reproducing an optimized preference color using candidate images and natural languages, in which user-oriented optimized picture quality can be provided through a printer. The apparatus includes a preference color-natural language information memory which stores characteristic information of a preference color mapped on a natural language, a candidate image provider module which provides candidate images having characteristic information applied to original images, and a candidate preference image input module which inputs one image, which satisfies a user's preference, among the candidate images.
US08625152B2	System and method for adding data to a printed publication Systems and methods for adding data to a printed publication are provided. One system comprises a data source for providing the data, a processing circuit, and an energy source. The processing circuit is configured to retrieve the data from the data source and to control the energy source to at least partially ablate the printed publication based on the data. The publication is printed by a web offset printing press as the substrate travels through a plurality of print units of the web offset printing press. The processing circuit is configured to control the energy source to ablate the printed publication in-line with its production on the print units.
US08625151B2	Movement detection apparatus and recording apparatus A conveyance mechanism includes a conveyance belt having a detection pattern containing a plurality of isolated patterns. The shape of the plurality of isolated patterns contained in the detection pattern, the size of a template area from which a template pattern is to be extracted, and the size of a seek area are associated with each other so that a part of the detection pattern contained in the template pattern extracted from first image data invariably serves as a unique pattern in the seek area of second image data.
US08625149B2	Apparatus and method controlling zooming process at laser device for high-speed high-resolution double-sided printing without wide-ranged image degradation or banding An image forming apparatus includes a positioning unit that acquires a misalignment amount of a pixel in a main-scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction, the pixel as a reference pixel for zooming image data, and decides a position of a pixel as a correction target, based on the misalignment amount; a correcting unit that corrects the pixel; a zooming unit that controls the positioning unit and the correcting unit so as to repeatedly perform the positioning process and the correction process on a pixel line; a pattern recognition unit that performs pattern matching on a predetermined pattern and a predetermined pixel line; and a pixel position changing unit that shifts the decided pixel position in the sub-scanning direction, wherein the zooming unit performs the zooming process on the pixel line of the sub-scanning direction including the pixel that is located at shifted pixel position.
US08625147B2	Printing method and information processing apparatus for transmitting printing instruction to printing apparatus for causing the printing apparatus to perform recording using a transparent recording material A printing method for performing printing of paper having a user entry field, which is a region into which a user performs writing after printing is performed, includes setting a transparent recording material setting for the user entry field; and causing a printing unit to perform recording, by using a transparent recording material, for the user entry field for which the transparent recording material setting has been set.
US08625142B2	Printing apparatus and control method thereof and program It is determined whether or not a change request for changing an array of a plurality of items of job information on a job list screen to a second array being different from a first array is inputted via a user interface. If it is determined that the change request is inputted, a job list screen is displayed in which the array of the plurality of items of job information is changed to the second array. Display contents of the user interface are changed in response to a user operation with respect to a print job displayed on the job list screen. The job list screen in the second array, or the job list screen in the first array, is redisplayed, based on the nature of the change request.
US08625141B2	Configuring a modular printing system A method for configuring a modular printing system is disclosed. The system has a plurality of modules that are configured to be selectively interconnected to form different printing system configurations. The method includes providing printing system modules and associated configuration information for each module; selecting and interconnecting modules to produce a particular printing system configuration and communicating the associated configuration information for the selected modules to a system controller; and using the system controller to automatically determine a printing system configuration that includes operational parameter ranges for at least one of the selected modules. The method further includes storing the printing system configuration so that the modular printing system is ready to operate.
US08625140B2	Device that performs multiple image formation processes based on commands sent from a host computer A hybrid device that can perform plural operations can switch quickly between operating modes. The hybrid device can perform plural processes on a processed medium based on commands sent from a host computer 200. If a scan command instructing a optical reader 110, which is another process unit, to scan the processed medium is received while executing a print command for a printing process on the medium, the control unit 70 sets the scan command to a command execution standby state, finishes executing the print command, and after the print command is completed executes the scan command queued in the command execution standby state.
US08625134B2	Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image forming apparatus for executing a printing based on a job provided with job setting information, the apparatus includes: a display section which displays two or more job images on a screen, each of the job images representing each of two or more jobs; an operation section for changing a display scale of the two or more job images displayed on the display section; and a control section which controls to display the two or more job images having been displayed on the screen of the display section, as overlapped images in a same display area, based on an operation of changing the display scale in the screen, wherein the control section enables to select each of the overlapped job images displayed in the same display area on the screen.
US08625132B2	Image forming device and replacement An image forming device to which a replacement is detachably attachable, where in the replacement includes: a non-contact type IC tag that stores data concerning the replacement and is able to transmit the data through a radio signal; a holding member that holds the IC tag; and a shielding member formed to alter a state of the IC tag between an exposed state and a shielded state by changing relatively a positional relationship with the holding member, and the image forming device includes: the detection unit to detect the IC tag; a driving unit to drive at least one of the holding member and the shielding member to change the state of the IC tag; and a controller that identifies the non-contact type IC tag as that in the replacement being attached to the image forming device in response to a fact that the IC tag is intermittently detected.
US08625129B2	Method of seperating multiple print jobs A method for separating multiple print jobs sent by one or more computers to a document printer, the method including printing a first banner at the edge of a top sheet of a first print job, and printing a second banner at the edge of a top sheet of a second print job.
US08625128B2	Information-processing device, an information-processing system, and a storing medium An information-processing device includes: an execution unit that executes a first part of a process, based on process instruction data representing a process including a first part and a second part of the process, the first part and the second part of the process performed by the information-processing device and an external device, respectively; an instruction unit that instructs the external device to execute the second part of the process; a receiving unit that receives data from the external device regarding the history of the second part of the process; and a memory that stores data regarding the history of the first part of the process and data received by the receiving unit.
US08625123B2	Image forming system, management apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium An image forming system includes uninterruptible power supply apparatuses; image processing apparatuses each connected to a corresponding one of the uninterruptible power supply apparatuses; and a management apparatus that issues, when a fault has occurred in one of the uninterruptible power supply apparatuses, a stop instruction to an image processing apparatus connected to the uninterruptible power supply apparatus. The image processing apparatuses include a first image processing apparatus that develops print information into image information, stores the developed image information, and outputs the stored image information to an image forming apparatus, and a second image processing apparatus that develops the print information into image information and outputs the developed image information to the first image processing apparatus. The management apparatus issues, when the first image processing apparatus is connected to an uninterruptible power supply apparatus in which a fault has occurred, stop instructions to all the image processing apparatuses.
US08625122B2	Authentication server, multifunction apparatus, and multifunction apparatus control system An authentication server 2 of the present invention (i) communicates with a multifunction apparatus 1 including a web browser section 15 and (ii) carries out an authentication process for a user who operates the multifunction apparatus 1. The authentication server 2 includes: a user authentication section 25 for (i) obtaining, from the multifunction apparatus 1, login information entered in the multifunction apparatus 1 and (ii) carries out authentication for the user; a second communication section 20 for obtaining Cookie information from the web browser section 15 of the multifunction apparatus 1 with which the authentication of the user, carried out by the user authentication section 25, was successful; and a user information management database 26 for storing the Cookie information received by the second communication section 20. In a case where the authentication of the user, carried out by the user authentication section 25, was successful, the second communication section 20 (i) reads out, from the user information management database 26, Cookie information corresponding to user identification information for identifying the user and (ii) transmits the Cookie information to the multifunction apparatus 1.
US08625121B2	Image reading device and image forming apparatus The image reading device includes a light emitting portion, stick-like light guiding member, holding member and case member. An end portion the light guiding member is disposed to face the light emitting portion. The holding member holds the light emitting portion and the light guiding member. The holding member has first and second positioned portions. The first and second positioned portions are formed at one end part and another end part of the holding member in a main scanning direction, respectively. The holding member is attached to the case member. The case member has first and second positioning portions. The first and second positioning portions are formed integrally with the case member. The first and second positioning portions are configured to restrict the inserted first and second positioned portions from moving in a direction transverse to the main scanning direction, respectively.
US08625118B2	Display operation device having functions distinguished by colors of operation buttons, and image processing apparatus adopting the display operation device A display operation device includes: a display-integrated operation panel; a first UI component display device displaying a read start key; a read activating device responsive to a user operation of the read start key, for starting a document reading process; a second UI component display device, responsive to activation of the document reading process, for displaying a read stop key in place of the read start key; and a reading process stopping device, responsive to a user operation of the read stop key, for stopping execution of the reading process. When reading ends, an additional read key is displayed in place of the read stop key. The background color of read stop key is selected to be much different from the background color of read start key, and the background color of additional read key is selected to be analogous to the background color of read start key.
US08625112B2	Thickness measuring system for measuring a thickness of a plate-shaped member A thickness measuring system for measuring a thickness of a planar plate-shaped member on a conveyer belt includes a processor, a first distance measurer and a second distance measurer. The first distance measurer on one side of the conveyor belt can emit and receive a first light beam parallel to the conveyer belt for reflection off the planar plate-shaped member, and calculate a first distance between the first distance measurer and the plate-shaped member. The second distance measurer on the other side of the conveyor belt can emit and receive a second light beam and a third light beam for reflection off the planar plate-shaped member, and calculate a second distance between the first distance measurer and the plate-shaped member and a third distance between the second distance measurer and the plate-shaped member.
US08625106B2	Method for optically scanning and measuring an object In a method for optically scanning and measuring an object by a laser scanner by a procedure in which a emission light beam modulated with a target frequency is emitted by means of a light emitter, a reception light beam reflected or otherwise scattered in some way from an object in the surroundings of the laser scanner is received, with a measuring clock, as a multiplicity of samples by means of a light receiver and in each case at least the distance from the object is determined from the phase angles of the multiplicity of samples for a plurality of measuring points by means of a control and evaluation device, for determining the distances, a phase shift caused by a distance difference of temporal adjacent samples is corrected in order to correct the distances.
US08625104B2	Systems for comprehensive fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT) and related methods Optical coherence tomography systems for imaging a whole eye are provided including a sample arm including focal optics that are configured to rapidly switch between at least two scanning modes in less than about 1.0 second.
US08625103B2	Interferometric system and method for adjusting a path difference An interferometric system for measuring a measured object, having an arrangement for generating a measuring beam path, measuring beams being directed at the measured object, having an arrangement for generating a reference beam path, reference beams being directed to a reference element, having an adjusting arrangement for adjusting a path difference between the measuring beams and the reference beams, and a having a detector for recording images of the superposition of the reference beams and the measuring beams reflected by the measured object. According to the present system, a synchronization arrangement is used to control the adjusting arrangement so that the path difference between the measuring beams and the reference beams is adjusted in synchronization with the images recorded by the detector. The present system also relates to a method for adjusting a path difference.
US08625096B2	Method and system for increasing alignment target contrast A semiconductor wafer is aligned using a double patterning process. A first resist layer having a first optical characteristic is deposited and foams at least one alignment mark. The first resist layer is developed. A second resist layer having a second optical characteristic is deposited over the first resist layer. The combination of first and second resist layers and alignment mark has a characteristic such that radiation of a pre-determined wavelength incident on the alignment mark produces a first or higher order diffraction as a function of the first and second optical characteristics.
US08625095B2	Automatic inspection apparatus for detecting stains on polarizing plate using color difference analysis and inspection method thereof There is provided an automatic inspection apparatus and method for detecting stains on a polarizing plate using color difference analysis. The automatic inspection apparatus includes an inspection unit including at least one reference polarizing plate and a target polarizing plate or polarizing element mounted on the at least one reference polarizing plate; a light source unit disposed on one surface of the inspection unit and irradiating the inspection unit with light; an imaging unit disposed on the other surface of the inspection unit, imaging the target polarizing plate or polarizing element, and transferring an image thereof; and an arithmetic operation unit performing color difference analysis for individual inspection regions of the image of the target polarizing plate or polarizing element transferred by the imaging unit and detecting a blurred stain.
US08625090B2	Method and apparatus for inspecting substrates A method and an apparatus for inspecting a substrate are provided. The method includes irradiating light to a semiconductor device formed on a substrate and detecting light reflected from the semiconductor device in order to inspect a defect of the semiconductor device. An irradiation position of the light may gradually move from a semiconductor device formed at the center of the substrate to a semiconductor device formed on an edge of the substrate. at least one semiconductor device formed on a substrate, a light irradiating member which irradiates light onto the semiconductor surface formed on the substrate; a light detecting member which detects light reflected from the semiconductor device in order to inspect the semiconductor device for defects; and an irradiation position of the light gradually moves from a semiconductor device formed at the center of the substrate to a semiconductor device formed on an edge of the substrate.
US08625083B2	Thin film stress measurement 3D anisotropic volume A system for measuring thin film stress, anisotropic or isotropic, such as from thin film deposition onto semiconductor substrates found in semiconductor manufacturing. The system uses resettled volume difference, V2−V1, of the surface of a material to calculate stress. The system includes a means to collect 3D surface points, a method to calculate volume and a method to calculate thin film stress from resettled volume difference. Calculating stress from resettled volume difference, V2−V1, eliminates the inaccuracy of calculating stress from the change in surface curvature or surface radius with equations such as ( 1 R 2 - 1 R 1 ) . The inaccuracy of stress calculated from surface curvature is from the non-spherical deformation of anisotropic materials, such as semiconductor substrates, eg: silicon wafers in semiconductor manufacturing.
US08625077B2	Positioning apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method A positioning apparatus according to the present invention includes: a tabletop having a plane; a plurality of actuators configured to be driven in a direction perpendicular to the plane to move the tabletop; and a control unit configured to measure a frequency response of the tabletop and, when a peak is detected at the resonance frequency of elastic vibration of the tabletop, adjust the thrust distribution ratio for the plurality of actuators to reduce the peak.
US08625076B2	Wafer edge exposure module A wafer edge exposure module connected to a semiconductor wafer track system. The wafer edge exposure module includes a wafer spin device, an optical system, a scanner interface module, and a controller. The wafer spin device supports a wafer for processing. The optical system directs exposure light on a respective edge portion of the wafer simultaneously to create a dummy track on the edge of the wafer. The scanner interface module sends and/or receives dummy edge exposure information from a scanner via a computer network. The controller receives the dummy edge exposure information from the scanner interface module and uses the exposure information to control the optical system.
US08625069B2	Exposure apparatus and method of manufacturing device An exposure apparatus the present invention comprises: an illumination optical system configured to illuminate an illumination area on an original with light from a light source; a projection optical system configured to project a pattern of the original onto a substrate; a first stage configured to hold the original; a second stage configured to hold the substrate; and a controller configured to control driving of at least one of the first stage, the second stage, and an optical element which forms the projection optical system so as to reduce variations in imaging characteristics of the projection optical system, based on a dependence of a transmittance of the pattern on a position in the illumination area.
US08625068B2	Lithographic apparatus configured to suppress contamination from passing into the projection system and method A lithographic apparatus includes a projection system configured to project a patterned beam of radiation onto a substrate. The projection system being provided with an opening through which the patterned beam of radiation may pass. At least part of the opening comprises a sloped surface of a wall of the projection system and a sloped surface of a mirror of the projection system.
US08625067B2	Sealant applying apparatus and sealant applying method for LCD substrate A sealant applying apparatus for an LCD substrate is disclosed, which comprises a first sealant spraying nozzle, a second sealant spraying nozzle and a conductive medium spraying nozzle. The first sealant spraying nozzle is fixedly spaced apart from the conductive medium spraying nozzle, the first sealant spraying nozzle, the second sealant spraying nozzle and the conductive medium spraying nozzle move together, and the first sealant spraying nozzle and the second sealant spraying nozzle are opened or closed together. A sealant applying method for an LCD substrate is further disclosed. According to the present disclosure, the sealant applying apparatus for an LCD substrate and the sealant applying method for an LCD substrate allow for uniform application of a sealant, saving of the process time and saving of the material cost.
US08625065B2	Array substrate and display panel having the same An array substrate includes a gate line, a data line, a plurality of common electrodes, a shield electrode, and a pixel electrode. The gate line is extended along a first direction, and the data line is extended along a second direction. The common electrodes are formed in a plurality of pixel areas. The common electrodes are spaced apart from each other. The shield electrode is formed below the data line and formed between the common electrodes formed in the pixel areas adjacent to each other. The pixel electrode is overlapped with the common electrodes. The pixel electrode has a plurality of openings formed thereon. Therefore, an electric field of a common electrode pattern may prevent coupling between a pixel electrode and a data line, so that a distance between the pixel electrode and the data line may be minimized, and thus an aperture ratio and light transmittance may be enhanced.
US08625059B2	Liquid crystal display device In a screen configuration in which pixels are in a delta arrangement, video signal lines are formed on every other pixel, and two scanning lines in one set are disposed, transmittance of the screen is improved. Pixels corresponding to a red pixel (R), a green pixel (G), and a blue pixel (B) are disposed in a delta arrangement in a TFT substrate. A red color filter, a green color filter, a blue color filter are formed, in a counter substrate, corresponding to the red pixel (R), the green pixel (G), and the blue pixel (B) of the TFT substrate. A black matrix is formed to a portion where the color filter is not present. Two blue color filters are formed continuously adjacent each other in the first direction, and a black matrix is not formed between the blue color filters adjacent each other.
US08625052B2	Transflective display apparatus Provided is a transflective display apparatus including a color reflective plate disposed at a light emitting surface of a light guide plate, and a display panel disposed at another surface of the light emitting surface of the light guide plate so that light emitted from a light source is reflected by a color reflective plate through the light guide plate and travels toward the display panel.
US08625051B2	Liquid crystal display and backlight module for the same The present invention discloses a backlight module and a liquid crystal display (LCD) using the same, which can achieve local dimming. The backlight module includes a light guide plate (LGP), which has a groove formed on a bottom. A cross-section of the groove can be arc-shaped. The backlight module further has a plurality of light sources disposed under the LGP at positions corresponding to the groove. The light sources can be two LED light bars. Light emitted from the light bars enters into the LGP and radiates from the LGP. The present invention does not require so many light sources, and thereby power consumption is reduced. The light sources are disposed under the LGP, so that heat can be dissipated through a back plate of the LCD.
US08625050B2	Surface light source apparatus A light guide plate has a light incident surface configured to be arranged facing a point light source for introducing light from the point light source, a light outputting surface that outputs the light to an outside of the light guide plate, a light introducing section for confining the light from the point light source entered from the light incident surface, and a light guide plate main body having a thickness smaller than a maximum thickness of the light introducing section and being arranged to be continuous with the light introducing section, for outputting the confined light to the outside of the light guide plate from the light outputting surface by a light outputting element.
US08625048B2	Plastic frame, liquid crystal module and liquid crystal display The disclosure provides a plastic frame, a liquid crystal module and a liquid crystal display. The plastic frame is provided with a plurality of blocking walls for locating liquid crystal glass, wherein said plastic frame and said blocking walls are arranged in split type. Said blocking walls are detachably connected with said plastic frame, comprising block locating sections with the front ends contacted with liquid crystal glass. Said plastic frame is provided with a plurality of clamping grooves whose positions are different and used for adjusting the positions of the locating sections. Said blocking walls are detachably connected with said clamping grooves. The disclosure further provides a liquid crystal module and a liquid crystal display, on which said plastic frames are arranged. The plastic frame, the liquid crystal module or the liquid crystal display provided by the disclosure can reduce the cost for producing the liquid crystal display effectively.
US08625046B2	Liquid crystal display and backlight module thereof A liquid crystal display (LCD) and a backlight module thereof is disclosed. The backlight module comprises a backplate and a light guide plate. The backplate comprises a bottom wall and a sidewall disposed at a periphery of the bottom wall and extending perpendicular to the bottom wall. The light guide plate is supported on the bottom wall. At least one positioning bent-piece is disposed to be bent from the bottom wall, and the positioning bent-piece abuts against a side edge of the light guiding plate to position the light guide plate. In this way, by using the positioning bent-piece disposed on the bottom wall of the backplate to position the light guide plate, the need of disposing an additional positioning structure on the light guide plate is eliminated, so the product yield of light guide plates can be improved.
US08625040B2	Array substrate for use in displays, and method of manufacturing the same An array substrate for displays, includes a first conductive film pattern, a first insulating layer, a second conductive film pattern, a second insulating layer, a contact hole, and a transparent conductive film. The first conductive film pattern is pattern-formed on a transparent substrate. The first insulating layer is formed on the first conductive film pattern. The second conductive film pattern is pattern-formed upper the first insulating layer and overlapping the first conductive film pattern. The second insulating layer is formed upper the first insulating layer and the second conductive film pattern. The contact hole is made from the first insulating layer to the second insulating layer. The transparent conductive film electrically connects the first conductive film pattern and the second conductive film pattern in the contact hole. The contact hole is made in a region where an edge of the second conductive film pattern overlaps the first conductive film pattern.
US08625038B2	Method for setting transistor operating point and circuit therefor, method for changing signal component value and active-matrix liquid crystal display device A data signal voltage on a signal line 102 is held in a voltage holding capacitor 106 through an n-type MOS transistor 103 switched on by a gate scan voltage, and supplied to an analog amplifier circuit 104-1. The analog amplifier circuit 104-1 is formed of an MOS transistor having a double gate structure, and the operating point thereof is set at an operating range in which dependence of Ids on Vds is substantially nullified. Even when Vds is varied due to a response of liquid crystal 109, Ids is substantially fixed. Accordingly, the pixel voltage which is substantially proportional to the data signal voltage can be applied to the liquid crystal 109.
US08625034B2	Seatback entertainment display system A seatback entertainment display system for a vehicle is provided having a support member extending from a seatback frame, and an adjustment mechanism coupled to the support member, and a display device coupled to the adjustment mechanism. The support member may be a cantilever type beam or frame extending upwardly from the seatback at a position behind and adjacent to a headrest. The support member may also be a pair of rods arranged to fixedly receive the display device and movably receive the headrest. The adjustment device may include any one or more of a forward-rearward tilting mechanism, a side to side pivoting mechanism and an up-down translation mechanism. The seatback entertainment display system is adaptable to optimize a viewing angle for a rear seat occupant of the vehicle, throughout a normal adjustment range of the seat.
US08625030B2	Television schedule system with pop-up action menu and icons The present invention includes an interactive computer system which provides television schedule information and displays an action pop-up listing actions which can be scheduled. In the preferred embodiment, a memory stores a computer program, image data, and received data. This data includes the television schedule information. A processor uses the computer program to organize the television schedule information into a desired format, display an action pop-up for a chosen program, and schedule an action listed in the pop-up when selected by the user. Icons are listed in various displays indicating actions scheduled for associated programs.
US08625027B2	System and method for verification of media content synchronization In a system and method for verification of media content synchronization, the system may include a processor configured to perform a method including determining at least one similarity score of a copy of a master program based on a comparison of at least one signature of the copy with at least one signature of the master program.
US08625023B2	Video camera mirror system with operation for modifying visual perception Various embodiments directed to modifying and enhancing visual perception are disclosed. One embodiment is directed to a camera which includes a lens system for capturing images and a lighting system providing key light above the lens system and providing fill light below the lens system. A processor controls one or more operations of the camera, including automatically enhancing the captured images and presenting the enhanced images on a display. The system and method for modifying visual perception may also be directed to a video camera mirror system, a seating system, a cosmetic package, a lipstick packaging, a polarized mirror, an illuminated cosmetic brush, a personal portrait photography management system and an illumination system for modifying visual perception.
US08625022B2	Image blur correction apparatus and imaging apparatus An image blur correction apparatus includes: a fixed member; a first driven unit pivotally supported by the fixed member around a first support shaft extending in a direction parallel to an optical axis direction; a second driven unit holding a lens or an imaging device and pivotally supported by the first driven unit around a second support shaft extending in the direction parallel to the optical axis direction; a first actuator that pivots the first and second driven units around the first support shaft; and a second actuator that pivots the second driven unit around the second support shaft.
US08625016B2	Image sensors having multiple photoelectric conversion devices therein Image sensors include a second photoelectric conversion device disposed in a lower portion of a substrate and a first photoelectric conversion device extending between the secondary photoelectric conversion device and a light receiving surface of the substrate. Electrical isolation between the first and second photoelectric conversion devices is provided by a photoelectron barrier, which may be an optically transparent electrically insulating material. MOS transistors may be utilized to transfer photoelectrons generated within the first and second photoelectric conversion devices to a floating diffusion region within the image sensor. These transistors may represent one example of means for transferring photoelectrons generated in the first and second photoelectric conversion devices to a floating diffusion region in the substrate, in response to first and second gating signals, respectively. The first and second gating signals may be active during non-overlapping time intervals.
US08625014B2	Amplifier for reducing horizontal band noise and devices having the same An amplifier is provided. The amplifier includes a differential amplifier including a tail, a current mirror connected between output terminals of the differential amplifier and a power line receiving a supply voltage, and a first switching circuit for connecting and disconnecting one of the output terminals of the differential amplifier to and from the tail in response to a first switching signal.
US08625012B2	Apparatus and method for improving dynamic range and linearity of CMOS image sensor Described herein is a circuit and related method for improving the dynamic range and the linearity characteristic of a CMOS image sensor. In various embodiments of the CMOS image sensor, a current sampler, a comparator, and a 1-bit memory are incorporated in each pixel circuit. In the image sensor, pixels are arranged in columns and a column slice is used to read the digital and analog singles from each column. In addition, a calibration circuit is incorporated in the sensor circuit for providing calibration current, which is used to generate calibration parameter. The image sensor operates in three non-overlapping modes: the difference mode, the WDR mode, and the calibration mode. The image sensor is switched among the three modes by control signals, which are provided to the image sensor by various control circuits. The image sensor normally operates in the difference mode and switches to the WDR mode when the difference between consecutive frames is over a threshold. The calibration mode allows the image sensor generate calibration parameters which are used to improve the linearity of the sensor through a interpolation method.
US08625007B2	Image pickup apparatus, image combination method, and computer program An image pickup apparatus arranged to derive a change amount of an image B to an image A as combination position information, on the basis of which the image B is combined to the image A by shifting a position of the image B to generate a combined image D and a position of pixel defect information of the image B is changed, and synthesize pixel defect information of the image A and pixel defect information of the image B after the change to generate pixel defect information of the combined image D such that the pixel defect information in which a detection level corresponding to ISO100 is deleted from the pixel defect information of the combined image D and a detection level of pixel defect information of the pixel shown by same addresses is raised.
US08625004B2	Method and apparatus for determining the movement of an optical axis A method of determining the movement in position of the optical axis of a camera having an optical zoom lens, comprising the steps of: obtaining a test image at a predetermined level of optical zoom; applying a digital zoom to at least part of the test image, selecting a plurality of test points in the digitally zoomed test image; changing the level of optical zoom by a predetermined amount and changing the level of digital zoom; obtaining the test image at the different level of zoom; analyzing the digitally zoomed test image at the different level of optical zoom; searching at least part of the digitally zoomed test image at the different level of zoom for two of said plurality of said test points; converting the position of the test points in the digitally zoomed images into corresponding positions within the optically zoomed images; and determining the amount of movement of the optical axis on the basis of the difference in position between corresponding test points within the optically zoomed images.
US08625002B2	Image processing apparatus and control method thereof for use in multiplexing image data and additional information An image processing apparatus controls such that a plurality of additional information of image data are classified into a plurality of objects in accordance with update periods thereof and data of the additional ingenerateation corresponding to each of the classified objects is generated and output in accordance with the corresponding update period of each object, thereby multiplexing the data of the additional information corresponding to each object which is generated and output in accordance with update period thereof, to the input image data. The image processing apparatus demultiplexes the multiplexed data into the image data and the additional information, generates updated image data of the object to be updated from the demultiplexed additional information, and superimposes it to the video image corresponding to the image data.
US08624994B2	Information processing apparatus, eye open/closed degree determination method, computer-readable storage medium, and image sensing apparatus An information processing apparatus inputs an image, detects the face of a person from the input image, and calculates a feature amount associated with the open/closed state of eyes of the detected face. In addition, the information processing apparatus calculates, as a feature-change amount, the difference between the calculated feature amount and a predetermined feature amount, and calculates the eye open/closed degree of eyes of the detected face on the basis of the feature amount and the feature-change amount.
US08624989B2	System and method for remotely performing image processing operations with a network server device A system and method for efficiently performing image processing operations includes a camera device that is configured to automatically capture an image sequence of related offset images that correspond to a particular selected photographic target. The camera device then transmits the captured image sequence to an image processing server through an electronic network. The image processing server perform one or more processing-intensive operations upon the received image sequence to thereby produce an enhanced image that may then be transmitted to any appropriate image destination.
US08624988B2	Image pickup apparatus, image pickup method, and program thereof An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit configured to pick up a subject image and a control unit configured to perform control in a manner such that, in a case in which a predetermined mode is set, smile detection of a subject is started when an operation input is performed, the subject image is picked up if a smile is detected, and smile detection and image pickup are repeatedly performed until a completion condition is satisfied.
US08624987B2	Image capturing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and program therefor A communication apparatus is provided, which discloses a plurality of control content items to an external apparatus. The control content items are used to cause the communication apparatus to perform processing for generating content, and to generate different content in different formats. If one of the plurality of the control content items is requested from the external apparatus, the communication apparatus performs processing according to the requested control content, and transmits the generated content. The disclosed control content items are each in a format of the content generated in the processing according to the control content.
US08624980B2	Apparatus and method for indicating the detected degree of motion in video A video apparatus such as a television signal receiver enables a video display that readily indicates the detected degree of a video attribute such as motion and/or other video attribute present in the video display. According to an exemplary embodiment, the video apparatus includes first circuitry operative to receive video data. Second circuitry is operative to enable a video display corresponding to the video data. The video display includes first and second video attributes. The first video attribute varies in proportion to a detected degree of the second video attribute.
US08624979B1	Monitoring apparatus for television A monitoring apparatus includes a detection circuit, a filter circuit, an amplifying circuit, a regulation circuit, a delay and charging circuit, and a driving circuit. The detection circuit receives a video signal, and performs an operation to obtain an image signal from the video signal. The filter circuit obtains an average intensity of a luminance signal corresponding to the image signal. The delay and charging circuit charges an input capacitor when receiving a low level regulated signal from the amplifying circuit. The driving circuit activates an alarm when a charging voltage of the chargeable capacitor exceeds a predetermined value.
US08624978B2	Network camera management system and network camera management method The present invention is intended to manage a plurality of network cameras simply. The network camera management system comprises: a server for managing a plurality of cameras and controlling recording and/or displaying of an image captured by a camera; and a controller for instructing a management state of a camera on the server. By the operation of the controller, an image to be displayed is dynamically selected from images captured by the plurality of cameras according to the mode instructed by the controller. Thus, even if there are a large number of cameras, it is possible to display in such a form that it is intuitively easy to understand which camera's image is being displayed.
US08624975B2	Audio module for a video surveillance system, video surveillance system and method for keeping a plurality of locations under surveillance The present invention refers to an audio module for a video surveillance system, a video surveillance system and a method for keeping a plurality of locations under surveillance. Video surveillance systems are widely used to monitor critical locations of public or private buildings or institutes like private homes, museums, prisons, factories, hazardous areas and so on from one or more central surveillance rooms. Commonly, the surveillance rooms are equipped with a plurality of monitors each displaying one of the critical locations or a mosaic display, which is divided in a plurality of cameos, whereby each cameo displays one of the critical locations. Additionally audio signals corresponding to the images displayed on the single monitors or cameos can be played. An audio module (1) for a video surveillance system (8) with a display screen (10) which is organized in a plurality of cameos (14, 15) is proposed, the audio module (1) comprising input channels (2) for audio-in-signals individually referring to the cameos (14, 15), an allocation table allocating the audio-in-signals to the cameos (14, 15) and output channels (3) for audio-out-signals whereby audio positioning means which are realized to generate the audio-out-signals as stereophonic and/or surround sound signals on the basis of the audio-in-signals and the allocation table.
US08624970B2	Method for displaying route information The invention relates to a method for displaying route information for individuals located within a predetermined area, route information units being provided at a plurality of orientation points. The inventive method comprises the following steps: -an individual is identified and at least one destination is defined to which the individual is to be guided; -the individual is detected at least at one route information unit; -information on the route the individual has to take to the desired destination is displayed, the individual being identified in a contactless manner. The invention further relates to a device for displaying route information for individuals.
US08624968B1	Lens-less digital microscope Exemplary embodiments provide microscope devices and methods for forming and using the microscope devices. The microscope device can include a light emitter array with each light emitter individually addressable to either emit or detect light signals. Magnified images of a sample object can be generated by a reflection mechanism and/or a transmission mechanism using one or more microscope devices in an imaging system. Real-time computer control of which microscope pixels are viewed can allow the user to digitally replicate the “fovea” function of human vision. Viewing an object from both sides in the double-sided microscope system and from multiple pixel positions can allow the microscope to reconstruct pseudo-3D images of the object.
US08624967B2	Integrated portable in-situ microscope A hand-held microscope includes a rigid tripod stand with adjustable legs, a visual display component, an imaging detector and an optical assembly comprising an imaging lens and an objective lens housed within an imaging tube. Multiple illumination sources can be used in the microscope, including LED or laser diode sources. The microscope can also include interchangeable imaging tubes that enable bright field, dark field, fluorescence and other imaging modalities.
US08624959B1	Stereo video movies A method and apparatus for processing a video data stream. The video data stream is received from a video camera system. The video data stream comprises a plurality of images of a scene. A plurality of image pairs is selected from the plurality of images. A first image of a first area in the scene overlaps a second image of a second area in the scene in each image pair in the plurality of image pairs. Each image pair in the plurality of image pairs is adjusted to form a plurality of adjusted image pairs. The plurality of adjusted image pairs is configured to provide a perception of depth for the scene when the plurality of adjusted image pairs is presented as a video.
US08624951B2	Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus An optical scanning device that scans a scanning surface with a light beam includes a light source that emits the light beam and a pre-deflector optical system that includes at least one diffractive optical element including a diffraction surface having no power at room temperature. The diffraction surface has a multi-step shape having a plurality of zone surfaces substantially perpendicular to an optical axis and a plurality of step surfaces each adjacent to each of the zone surfaces. On a cross sectional plane of the diffraction surface including the optical axis, each of the zone surfaces and each of the step surfaces makes an obtuse angle.
US08624943B2	Image display panel, image display apparatus driving method, image display apparatus assembly, and driving method of the same Disclosed herein is a method for driving an image display apparatus including: an image display panel whereon pixels each having first to third sub-pixels are laid out in first and second directions to form a 2-dimensional matrix, at least each specific pixel and an adjacent pixel adjacent to the specific pixel in the first direction are used as first and second pixels respectively to create one of pixel groups, and a fourth sub-pixel is placed between the first and second pixels in each of the pixel groups; and a signal processing section configured to generate first to third sub-pixel output signals for the first pixel on the basis of respectively first to third sub-pixel input signals and to generate first to third sub-pixel output signals for the second pixel on the basis of respectively first to third sub-pixel input signals.
US08624938B2	Method for driving liquid crystal display device A low-resolution image is displayed at high resolution and power consumption is reduced. Resolution is made higher by super-resolution processing. Then, display is performed with the luminance of a backlight controlled by local dimming after the super-resolution processing. By controlling the luminance of the backlight, power consumption can be reduced. Further, by performing the local dimming after the super-resolution processing, accurate display can be performed.
US08624936B2	Display panel control device, liquid crystal display device, electronic appliance, display device driving method, and control program To provide a display panel control device capable of preventing generation of step-like tailing and ghost when executing black insertion drive. A first correction device performs first correction on a gradation value of a video signal by considering response delay of the display panel when changing from a second gradation voltage to a first gradation voltage. A second correction device performs second correction on one of or both of the gradation value of the video signal and the gradation voltage of a monochrome image signal by considering accumulative luminance reaching delay of the video part caused due to a difference between each monochrome display luminance of each monochrome image part in different unit frame cycle periods, when the gradation value of the video signal changes from a unit frame cycle period to another unit frame cycle period. A monochrome image insertion drive control device generates the monochrome image inserted video signal including the video part and the monochrome image part to which the first correction or the second correction is performed, and controls the monochrome image insertion drive of the display panel.
US08624932B2	Video-based image control system A method of using stereo vision to interface with a computer is provided. The method includes capturing a stereo image, and processing the stereo image to determine position information of an object in the stereo image. The object is controlled by a user. The method also includes communicating the position information to the computer to allow the user to interact with a computer application.
US08624931B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program There is provided an information processing apparatus that classifies objects having the respective attribute information which are disposed on a display screen of a graphical user interface, the apparatus including an operation information acquisition unit that acquires operation information containing movement information which indicates a position of a movement destination of the object on the display screen, an instructive request estimate unit that estimates an instructive request for classification processing on the object based on the attribute information and the movement information of the object, a classification processing unit that classifies the object based on the estimated instructive request, and a display control unit that controls display of the object on the display screen. Thus, the user can easily classify the objects without explicitly specifying classification conditions or instructing the performing of the classification processing.
US08624926B2	Panning using virtual surfaces The present invention relates to panning a virtual camera in a three dimensional environment. In an embodiment of the present invention, a computer-implemented method pans a virtual camera in a three dimensional environment. In the method embodiment, a first point is determined on a three dimensional model in the three dimensional environment. According to the first point, the three dimensional model, and a position of a virtual camera in the three dimensional environment, a virtual surface is determined. A second point is determined on the virtual surface. Finally, a location of the three dimensional model is changed according to the first point and the second point.
US08624921B2	Industrial automation visualization schemes employing overlays A visualization system utilizing preconfigured overlay models and data models to create overlay displays representing different views of the same data or a single view of different data. The visualization system provides for collecting and sharing overlay displays and data sets with other communicatively connected visualization systems. The overlays can be automatically created by the visualization system and can be presented in different formats such as a three-dimensional or a translucent display.
US08624920B2	Image processing apparatus, printing apparatus, and image processing method An image processing apparatus that combines a background image and an object includes a display screen configured to display an image, a wheel device configured to be operated by a user, an a display control unit configured to display on the display screen an image in which a circular background image and at least one object are combined. The image processing apparatus also has a movement control unit configured to move the object on the display screen displayed by the display control unit based on a rotation direction and a rotation amount of the wheel device, while maintaining as is a distance between a center of the background image and a center of the object. The image processing apparatus further includes a rotation control unit configured to rotate the object around the center of the object according to movement of the object by the movement control unit.
US08624917B2	Image input unit and image input method The invention is characterized by the fact that an area sensor for outputting an analog signal responsive to the light reception amount of light of CMYG is used and when CMYG image data is converted into RGB image data, RGB image data having a domain also in negative values is generated without performing processing of putting the RGB image data into values of 0 or more, without decreasing the information amount of the CMYG image data. Further, the invention is characterized by the fact that when the image data is recorded in a file section 16 finally as a JPEG file, the pixel data of each color of YCbCr is represented as data type of eight bits and the information amount per pixel is 24 bits for recording more color information without increasing the memory capacity.
US08624908B1	Systems and methods of transitioning from buffering video to recording video Systems and methods for transitioning from buffering video to recording video. The control application receives a video and causes the video to be buffered until it detects a buffer full condition. Upon receiving the buffer full condition, the control application causes the media recorder to begin recording the newly received video as a recording, and designates the buffered video as part of the recording. In one method, the control application can be set to either record or play when the buffer becomes full. In other methods, the control application prompts the user for input indicating whether the video should be recorded or played when the buffer becomes full. In still other methods, the control application alerts the user as to how long a program may be paused before the buffer will become full.
US08624906B2	Method and system for non stalling pipeline instruction fetching from memory A method and system for graphics instruction fetching. The method includes executing a plurality of threads in a multithreaded execution environment. A respective plurality of instructions are fetched to support the execution of the threads. During runtime, at least one instruction is prefetched for one of the threads to a prefetch buffer. The at least one instruction is accessed from the prefetch buffer if required by the one thread and discarded if not required by the one thread.
US08624904B1	Controlling animated character expressions A system includes a computer system capable of representing one or more animated characters. The computer system includes a blendshape manager that combines multiple blendshapes to produce the animated character. The computer system also includes an expression manager to respectively adjust one or more control parameters associated with each of the plurality of blendshapes for adjusting an expression of the animated character. The computer system also includes a corrective element manager that applies one or more corrective elements to the combined blendshapes based upon at least one of the control parameters. The one or more applied corrective elements are adjustable based upon one or more of the control parameters absent the introduction of one or more additional control parameters.
US08624892B2	Integration of graphical application content into the graphical scene of another application This application describes a system that captures 3D geometry commands from a first 3D graphics process and stores them in a shared memory. A second 3D environment process creates a 3D display environment using a display and display hardware. A third process obtains the 3D commands and supplies them to the hardware to place 3D objects in the 3D environment. The result is a fused display environment where 3D objects are displayed along with other display elements. Input events in the environment are analyzed and mapped to the 3D graphics process or the environment where they affect corresponding processing.
US08624890B2	Method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for creating a preset map for the visualization of an image dataset A method for creating a preset map for the visualization of an image dataset is provided. The method comprises dynamically adapting the preset map based on image dataset properties resulting in an adapted preset map. The method may be used for identifying the gray value similarity between the volume that the preset was created for and the volume to which the preset is supplied. This similarity measure is used to adapt the preset. As a result comparable 3D images, including structure and color, are created. An apparatus and a computer-readable medium are also provided.
US08624887B2	Control circuit and method of flat panel display A control circuit and a method for charge sharing are provided. The control circuit and method are applied to a flat panel display including a plurality of pixel units. The control circuit includes a power supply unit, a data driver, a first switch set, a second switch set, a second switch set, and a timing controller. The control method includes steps of: outputting a first control signal to optionally switch on the switches in the first switch set in a first duration to re-allocate charges stored in the plurality of pixel units; and outputting a second control signal to optionally switch on the switches in the second switch set in a second duration to discharge charges stored in the plurality of pixel units via the voltage output pin.
US08624883B2	Devices, systems and methods of capturing and displaying appearances Some demonstrative embodiments of the invention include systems, devices and/or methods enabling appearance comparison. The system, according to some demonstrative embodiments, may include at least one interactive imaging and display station. The station may include, for example, a mirror-display device capable of selectably operating in either or both a mirror mode or a display mode; an imaging device to capture one or more appearances appearing in a field of view in front of the mirror-display device; and/or an image control unit to select the mode of operation of the mirror-display device according to a user command. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08624877B2	Optical touch display apparatus and optical operation apparatus An optical touch display apparatus includes a light-transmitting display panel, a backlight module, a visible light source, an invisible light source, an image sensing apparatus and a processing circuit. The light-transmitting display panel has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The first surface has a display area. The backlight module is disposed on the second surface. The image sensing apparatus is configured to sense an image above the display area. When a pointer is located in the display area and reflects invisible light which passes through the display area so that the image sensing apparatus senses the invisible light reflected by the pointer, the processing circuit calculates the position of the pointer related to the display area according to the image sensed by the image sensing apparatus. In addition, an optical operation apparatus is also provided.
US08624873B2	Method for detecting touch spots of touch panel A method for detecting a touch spot of the touch panel includes the following steps. The electrode pairs are scanned along the impedance direction for determining a first coordinate. A number of electrode pairs near the first coordinate are selected to obtain an electrode pair signal. The first driving electrodes of the selected electrode pairs are scanned to obtain a first signal. The second driving electrodes of the selected electrode pairs are scanned to obtain a second signal. A second coordinate is determined according to the electrode pair signal, first signal, and second signal. Finally, the touch spot is determined according to the first coordinate, and second coordinate.
US08624871B2	Method and apparatus for sensing and scanning a capacitive touch panel A method is provided. A first voltage is applied to a first set of column electrodes within a touch panel during a first interval, and a second voltage is applied to a second set of column electrodes within the touch panel during the first interval. The first and second sets of electrodes are adjacent to one another, and the second voltage has the opposite polarity of the first voltage. During the first interval, a first measurement signal is received from a set of row electrodes in the touch panel, and the first measurement signal is integrated to generate a first integrated signal. The first voltage is applied to the second set of column electrodes within the touch panel during a second interval, and the second voltage is applied to the first set of column electrodes within the touch panel during the second interval. During the second interval, a second measurement signal is received from the set of row electrodes in the touch panel, and the second measurement signal is integrated to generate a second integrated signal. Then, the first and second integrated signals are combined to generate an output signal.
US08624870B2	System for and method of transferring charge to convert capacitance to voltage for touchscreen controllers A touchscreen controller system determines the actual locations of multiple simultaneous touches by eliminating mutual capacitance between adjacent rows and columns during self-capacitance measurements and selectively enabling mutual capacitance during mutual capacitance measurements. During the self-capacitance measurements, the controller system generates a set of candidate touch locations, which includes the locations of real and ghost touches. During the mutual capacitance measurements, only the locations in the candidate set are measured and, from these measurements, the actual touch locations are determined. By limiting the mutual capacitive measurements to only a small subset of the locations over the entire touch panel, real touch locations are determined on a linear order. Also, by using on-chip integration capacitors, embodiments of the invention are able to perform each measurement in a single cycle.
US08624862B2	Method for making touch panel A method for making a touch panel is provided. The method includes providing at least one array of carbon nanotubes, a first substrate, and a second substrate. The at least one array of carbon nanotubes is pressed by using a pressing device to form a carbon nanotube structure. A first electrode plate is formed on the first substrate and a second electrode plate on the second substrate. Two first-electrodes are located on opposite sides of the first electrode plate and two second-electrodes on opposite sides of the second electrode plate. The first electrode plate is spaced a distance from the second electrode plate such that the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer face each other.
US08624859B2	Input apparatus The input apparatus has an input unit for receiving a pressure input to an input object displayed on the display unit, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on the input unit, and a control unit for controlling to receive the pressure input if the pressure load satisfies a load standard. The control unit controls such that load standards for receiving pressure inputs to a plurality of adjacent input objects are differently set to a first load standard and a second load standard higher than the first load standard, and controls such that if a pressure load of a pressure input to an input object with the first load standard satisfies the second load standard, the pressure input is not received.
US08624855B2	Recognizing multiple input point gestures The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for recognizing multiple input point gestures. A recognition module receives an ordered set of points indicating that contacts have been detected in a specified order at multiple different locations on a multi-touch input surface. The recognition module determines the position of subsequently detected locations (e.g., third detected location) relative to (e.g., to the left of right of) line segments connecting previously detected locations (e.g., connecting first and second detected locations). The gesture module also detects whether line segments connecting subsequently detected locations (e.g., connecting third and fourth detected locations) intersect line segments connecting previously detected locations (e.g., connecting first and second detected locations). The gesture module recognizes an input gesture based on the relative positions and whether or not line segments intersect. The gesture module then identifies a corresponding input operation (e.g., cut, paste, etc.) to be performed.
US08624854B2	Liquid crystal display panel and touch panel A liquid crystal display panel includes a pixel electrode to apply a voltage to a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pixel electrode and an opposed electrode, a thin film transistor connected to the pixel electrode, a scanning line to supply a gate signal to the thin film transistor, a first coordinate detection line disposed parallel to the scanning line, a first coordinate detection electrode formed closer to the liquid crystal layer than the scanning line and the first coordinate detection line, and a first insulating film formed as a layer between the first coordinate detection line and the first coordinate detection electrode. The first insulating film is provided with a contact hole to electrically connect the first coordinate detection line and the first coordinate detection electrode.
US08624851B2	Touch-screen user interface A user interface for a touch-screen display of a dedicated handheld electronic book reader device is described. The user interface detects human gestures manifest as pressure being applied by a finger or stylus to regions on the touch-screen display. In one implementation, the touch-screen user interface enables a user to turn one or more pages in response to applying a force or pressure to the touch-screen display. In another implementation, the touch-screen user interface is configured to bookmark a page temporarily by applying a pressure to the display, then allowing a user to turn pages to a new page, but reverting back to a previously-displayed page when the pressure is removed. In another implementation, the touch-screen user interface identifies and filters electronic books based on book size and/or a time available to read a book. In another implementation, the touch-screen user interface converts text to speech in response to a user touching the touch-screen display.
US08624849B2	Touch actuated sensor configuration integrated with an OLED structure Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment, a passive touch sensor configuration is integrated with an OLED structure.
US08624844B2	Portable computer with multiple display configurations A portable computer that is configurable between a laptop mode (in which the portable computer has a conventional laptop appearance) and an easel mode in which the base of the computer and its display component stand vertically forming an inverted “V.” The portable computer includes a hinge assembly that couples the display component to the base of the computer, and allows the display component to be rotated about an axis along an interface between the display component and the base to configure the portable computer between a closed position, the laptop mode and the easel mode. The portable computer further comprises a scroll wheel and optional navigation buttons.
US08624840B2	Smart mouse system and method of use The Smart Mouse technology is a computer mouse with its own computer, memory, Software, OS, networking and GUI. The Mousetop Window GUI is the viewport into the mouse and gateway between the mouse and computer(s). The mouse becomes a computer network where data can be stored and retrieved in the mouse buffer memory, mouse memory or between connected computer(s). Software and licenses can be served from the mouse allowing the sharing of software and licenses across multiple computers in proximity or remotely located. Shared cursor switching, drag and drop data and other interactive functions are available. Profile storage in the mouse allows for multiple configurations of networking or isolating the window. Concepts like keyboard switching, biometric access, child security and numerous other novel concepts are included with this technology. Added physical features like removable memory and connectivity to other hand held technology like iphone or ipad provide expanded communication functionality.
US08624839B2	Support-surface apparatus to impart tactile feedback Described herein are techniques related to a support surface (e.g., a mousepad) for imparting a tactile feedback (e.g., haptics) to a human-machine interactive (HMI) device (e.g., a mouse) supported thereon. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US08624835B2	Interactive input system and illumination system therefor An interactive input system includes at least one illumination source emitting radiation into a region of interest; at least one imaging assembly capturing image frames of the region of interest, the at least one illumination source being in the field of view of the at least one imaging assembly; and a controller communicating with the at least one illumination source, the controller controlling the intensity of radiation emitted by the at least one illumination source during image frame capture.
US08624834B2	Display apparatuses and methods of driving the same A pixel of a display apparatus includes at least a first transistor and at least a125 second transistor. A cell of transparent fluid including particles charged to have different polarities from each other is arranged between a pixel electrode and a common electrode. The first and second transistors are connected to the pixel electrode. The pixel is drivable according to pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) and pulse width modulation (PWM) such that a frame of an image is displayable using a single field.
US08624831B2	Electrophoretic display device and method of driving same An electrophoretic display (“EPD”) device includes an EPD panel to display an image, and a driving circuit to drive the EPD panel. To display an individual image, the driving circuit supplies a first refresh signal to display a black gray scale, a second refresh signal to display a white gray scale, an inverse image data signal to display an inversed image of the individual image, an image data signal to display the individual image, and a reset signal to provide a direct current unbalance between the first and second refresh signals to the EPD panel.
US08624829B2	Light-emitting diode (LED) driving circuit A light-emitting diode (LED) driving circuit for driving a plurality of first lightbars and a plurality of second lightbars is provided. The LED driving circuit includes a first current mirror, a second current mirror and a control circuit. The first current mirror, if enabled, balances currents of the first lightbars. The second current mirror, if enabled, balances currents of the second lightbars. During a first period, the control circuit disables the second current mirror and adjusts the duration of enabling the first current mirror according to a dimming signal. During a second period, the control circuit disables the first current mirror and adjusts the duration of enabling the second current mirror according to the dimming signal. Therefore, only the first lightbars or the second lightbars are driven in each period.
US08624823B2	Light source assembly, liquid crystal display, and method of driving light source assembly A light source assembly includes a light source which emits light; a detector which detects the light and generates a light signal based on a property of the light; an operator operably connected to the detector and which receives the light signal and calculates a color coordinate of the light source based on the light signal; a comparator operably connected to the operator and which compares the color coordinate of the light source to a predetermined reference color coordinate; and a control unit operably connected to the comparator and which controls a pulse width modulation signal transmitted to the light source based on a result of the comparison of the comparator.
US08624822B2	Light source apparatus, display apparatus, terminal apparatus, and control method thereof A light source apparatus has two or more light sources that have different light-emission spectra and that can be controlled independently, and also has light sensors for detecting the quantity of light emitted by the light sources. The light sensors are composed of one type of light sensor that is not provided with a color filter for selecting the wavelength of received light, and the light sensors are sensitive to wavelength ranges that are sufficiently broad to simultaneously receive light in red, green, and blue wavelength ranges. A control circuit controls the two or more light sources to emit light in a time sequential fashion, and compares reference data with the output values of the light sensors to control the quantity of light emitted by the light sources by means of a light source drive circuit. It is thereby possible to reduce the cost and size of a light source apparatus that is capable of correcting changes in hue.
US08624820B2	Liquid crystal display with plural gate lines and pairs of pixels A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a substrate; first and second pixel rows formed on the substrate and including a plurality of pixels; a first gate line extending in a row direction on the substrate and connected with the first pixel row; a second gate line extending in the row direction on the substrate, connected with the first pixel row; a third gate line extending in the row direction on the substrate, connected with the second pixel row, and adjacent to the second gate line; a fourth gate line extending in the row direction on the substrate, connected with the second pixel row; a plurality of data lines extending in a column direction on the substrate, wherein each of the data lines are disposed every two of the pixels; a first gate driver connected with the first and fourth gate lines and applying gate signals to the first and fourth gate lines; and a second gate driver connected with the second and third gate lines and applying gate signals to the second and third gate lines.
US08624817B2	Method of synchronizing a driving device and display apparatus for performing the method A display apparatus includes a driving part and a display panel. The driving part includes a master timing controller and at least one slave timing controller synchronized with the master timing controller using a first data enable signal received by the master timing controller and a second data enable signal received by the slave timing controller. The display panel displays a first image on a first display block, and displays a second image on a second display block using the master timing controller.
US08624816B2	Liquid crystal display device and method of driving the same A liquid crystal display device includes a display unit including a plurality of liquid crystal cells at crossing regions of a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines, a source driver for supplying source voltages to the plurality of data lines, and a temperature sensor for sensing an ambient temperature and for outputting an temperature sensing signal corresponding to the ambient temperature, wherein the source driver includes a source amplifying register unit for controlling a rising slope of the source voltages in accordance with the temperature sensing signal.
US08624814B2	Liquid crystal display and inversion driving method thereof A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) includes a liquid crystal panel having gate lines, data lines and pixels. The pixels are grouped into pixel lines. The LCD further includes a data driver which performs line-inversion driving by applying a data voltage having a positive or a negative polarity to the pixels such that the pixels in each pixel line have a same polarity. The pixel lines are grouped into first and second pixel line groups. A polarity of the pixels in each pixel line of the first pixel line group is the same as a polarity of the pixels in at least one pixel line disposed on an immediately adjacent side thereof. A polarity of the pixels in each pixel line of the second pixel line group is opposite to a polarity of both pixels in pixel lines disposed on two immediately adjacent sides thereof.
US08624806B2	Pixel circuit with NMOS transistors and large sized organic light-emitting diode display using the same and including separate initialization and threshold voltage compensation periods to improve contrast ratio and reduce cross-talk A pixel circuit and an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display using the pixel circuit is provided. The pixel circuit includes: an OLED; a third N-channel metal-oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistor coupled to a data line and a first scan line and configured to apply a data signal to a first node; a storage capacitor having one terminal coupled to the first node and the other terminal coupled to a second node; a fourth NMOS transistor coupled between a first power and the second node and configured to apply a voltage of the first power to the second node; a first NMOS transistor having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a gate electrode coupled to the second node; and a second NMOS transistor coupled between the second node and the first electrode of the first NMOS transistor and configured to diode-connect the first NMOS transistor.
US08624802B2	Signal line driver circuit and light emitting device and driving method therefor The variation of characteristics of transistors occurs. The present invention is a signal line drive circuit having a plurality of current source circuit corresponding to a plurality of wirings, a first and a second shift registers, a latch circuit, the foregoing plurality of current source circuits have capacity means and supplying means, respectively, characterized in that the foregoing capacity means converts a supplied current into a voltage according to a sampling pulse supplied from the foregoing first shift register, the foregoing supplying means supplies a current corresponding to the foregoing converted voltage according to a video signal, and the foregoing latch circuit operates according to a sampling pulse supplied from the foregoing second shift register.
US08624801B2	Pixel structure having a transistor gate voltage set by a reference voltage A display device comprises a pixel structure. The pixel structure includes a first transistor having a gate and circuitry to initially set the first transistor gate at a first voltage. In response to a data signal received over a data line of the display device, the first transistor gate is set at a second voltage. The first transistor gate voltage transitions from the second voltage to a third voltage that is higher than the second voltage by a reference voltage. A light element is coupled to the first transistor and configured to emit light in response to a current through the light element.
US08624795B2	Dielectrically loaded antenna A dual-band dielectrically loaded multifilar antenna has a first group of helical conductive antenna elements extending from feed connection nodes to an annular linking conductor 20U, and a second group of conductive helical antenna elements extending from the feed coupling nodes in the direction of the linking conductor to substantially open-circuit ends spaced from the linking conductor. The helical elements of the first group are half-turn elements having an electrical length of approximately one half wavelength at a first operating frequency of the antenna. The helical elements of the second group are approximately quarter-turn helical elements having an electrical length in the region of one quarter wavelength and a second operating frequency of the antenna. Each group of elements is associated with a respective mode of resonance for circularly polarized radiation.
US08624793B2	Methods of modifying erect concealed antenna towers and associated modified towers and devices therefor The disclosure describes installing an antenna canister in a portion of a concealed antenna pole at a location that is below a top of the pole while the antenna pole is erect and associated components to facilitate the procedure, as well as multi-piece vertical rods, pole mounting bracket assemblies and retrofit kits.
US08624792B2	Antenna device for transmitting and receiving electromegnetic signals An antenna device for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic signals. The antenna device includes a ground plane and a radiator arranged at an radiator distance above the ground plane. In addition, the antenna device includes a plurality of parasitic elements arranged, on the ground plane, around the radiator in a radially symmetric manner, the parasitic elements being electrically connected to the ground plane.
US08624791B2	Chokes for electrical cables This disclosure relates to chokes for suppressing undesired signals such as such as common mode electromagnetic interference (EMI) and/or radio frequency interference (RFI). The chokes can include an electro-conductive sleeve disposed over an electrical cable and the sleeve can be configured to suppress an undesired signal. In some embodiments, the electro-conductive sleeve and have a half-wave sleeve, which can be electrically open at both ends. Additional insulating material can be included between the electrical cable and the sleeve. Multiple electro-conductive sleeves and be disposed substantially concentrically over the cable. The chokes can be configured to reduce passive intermodulation (PIM). The sleeve can have a longitudinal slot that extends the length of the sleeve. The sleeve can include multiple slots that separate the sleeve into multiple panels, which can be configured to suppress different signals.
US08624790B2	Porous magnetic antenna The present invention relates to a porous magnetic antenna, comprising: an antenna; an insulating layer, having one side next to said antenna; and a magnetic layer, placed next to the other side of the insulating layer, separated from said antenna with a distance, and having at least one hole. The porous magnetic antenna has the advantages of shaping the field pattern, lowering the sensitivity, improving the gain value and possessing stable directionality.
US08624788B2	Antenna assembly utilizing metal-dielectric resonant structures for specific absorption rate compliance An wireless communication device has a housing with an exterior surface that is designed to face a user when the wireless communication device is transmitting a radio frequency signal. The communication device includes an antenna disposed inside the housing for emitting a radio frequency signal. A metal-dielectric structure resonates to reflect the radio frequency signal. The metal-dielectric structure is located between the antenna and the exterior surface at a position wherein he metal-dielectric structure traps and reflects the radio frequency signal thereby reducing a specific absorption rate of the wireless communication device.
US08624779B2	Global navigation satellite system (GNSS) reference station integrity monitoring and assurance In a method of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) reference station integrity monitoring, network Real Time Kinematic (RTK) information is accessed for a location associated with a GNSS reference station. At least one aspect of GNSS information local to the location of the GNSS reference station is compared with a corresponding aspect of the network RTK information. The results of the comparing are monitored for indication of occurrence of compromise to operational integrity of the GNSS reference station.
US08624778B2	Assisted satellite signal based positioning A set of parameters for a plurality of satellites belonging to at least two different satellite systems is assembled. Further, a definition of a data structure is provided, the data structure including at least one section for parameters for a plurality of satellites belonging to at least two different satellite systems.
US08624776B2	Digital radar or sonar apparatus A radar or sonar system amplifies the signal received by an antenna of the radar system or a transducer of the sonar system is amplified and then subject to linear demodulation by a linear receiver. There may be an anti-aliasing filter and an analog-to-digital converter between the amplifier and the linear receiver. The system may also have a digital signal processor with a network stack running in the processor. That processor may also have a network interface media access controller, where the system operates at different ranges, the modulator may produce pulses of two pulse patterns differing in pulse duration and inter-pulse spacing, those pulse patterns are introduced and used to form two radar images with the two images being derived from data acquired in a duration not more than twenty times larger than the larger inter-pulse spacing, or for a radar system, larger than one half of the antenna resolution time. One or more look-up tables may be used to control the amplifier. The radar system may generate digital output which comprises greater than eight levels of radar video.
US08624774B2	Method and system of locating objects The invention concerns a method and system of locating objects by means of UWB signals, the system including a search device (D1), incorporated in a portable apparatus (11) and provided with a pair of antennae (A1, A2), and at least one target device (D2) attached to an object sought (12). The target device (D2) includes, in addition to the transceiver (34, 35), a very low power consumption wake up receiver (46) which, when the target device is in a standby state, can receive a UWB wake up signal to switch on said device. This target device is arranged for measuring a time difference (tdiff) between the respective receptions of two locating signals respectively emitted by the two antennae (A1, A2) of the search device and for transmitting said time difference in a return signal that further contains, in a preferred variant, a signal processing time (trproc). Thus, it is not necessary for the two devices to be synchronized. Preferably, the search device (D1) is incorporated in a wristwatch (11) the two hands (51, 52) of which are used for indicating the direction or possible directions of the object sought (12).
US08624772B2	Method and device for detecting hidden objects by means of electromagnetic millimeter waves A method for detecting hidden objects by means of electromagnetic millimeter waves is provided, in which a test object is irradiated with millimeter waves and the millimeter waves that are reflected from the test object are evaluated. The millimeter waves are focused on different depth layers of the test object during the irradiation thereof.
US08624769B2	Mixed linear/square-root encoded single slope ramp provides a fast, low noise analog to digital converter with very high linearity for focal plane arrays An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) converts pixel voltages from a CMOS image into a digital output. A voltage ramp generator generates a voltage ramp that has a linear first portion and a non-linear second portion. A digital output generator generates a digital output based on the voltage ramp, the pixel voltages, and comparator output from an array of comparators that compare the voltage ramp to the pixel voltages. A return lookup table linearizes the digital output values.
US08624766B2	Method and system for auto-ranging analog-to-digital converter for current sensing Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for an auto-ranging analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for dynamically scaling inputs to an ADC. The auto-ranging ADC includes a dynamically configurable transistor arrangement for delivering a load current and a replica device for replicating the load current. A current sense resistor generates a replicated load voltage based on the replicated current. The ADC generates a digital value based on the replicated load voltage. The auto-ranging ADC also includes an auto-ranging controller for dynamically configuring the transistor arrangement based on the digital value to scale the inputs to the ADC.
US08624763B2	Offset cancellation for analog to digital converters An offset cancellation circuit for canceling an offset voltage in an amplifier is provided herein. The offset cancellation circuit includes a current source configured to provide an offset current, a switching stage comprising first and second switches, and a cascode stage. The cascode stage comprises a first cascode device configured to receive the offset current from the first switch and inject the offset current into a first differential end of the amplifier, and a second cascode device configured to receive the offset current from the second switch and inject the offset current into a second differential end of the amplifier. Offset voltages are common to many differential circuits as a result of mismatch. The injection of current by the offset cancellation circuit can reduce or eliminate an offset voltage, while the cascode stage can prevent parasitic capacitance associated with the offset cancellation circuit from creating further mismatch.
US08624758B2	Communication system including telemetric device for a vehicle connected to a cloud service A telemetric device for a vehicle includes a location determining device arranged to determine the vehicle's location and a transmitting device arranged to continuously or nearly continuously transmit location data concerning the vehicle in real-time or near real-time. The transmission of the location data is not based on a condition of the vehicle and is without prompting by a user.
US08624757B2	Method for visually indicating an advisory from the traffic collision avoidance system on a flight display A method of visually indicating an advisory from a traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) on a flight display of an aircraft, the method comprising receiving a TCAS advisory, determining a severity of the received TCAS advisory, displaying a geometric body on the flight display in response to the TCAS advisory, and altering a shape of the displayed geometric body in response to the determined severity wherein the shape of the displayed geometric body may be altered by altering at least one of an angle and an arc of the geometric body.
US08624750B2	System and method for inductive power provision over an extended surface A power providing system for transferring power from an inductive power outlet to an inductive power receiver. The power providing system includes a targeting apparatus capable of detecting the location of the inductive power receiver adjacent to said extended surface and driving a primary inductor in the vicinity of the inductive power receiver. Optionally, the inductive power outlet includes a moving primary inductor which may move into alignment with the receiver. Alternatively, the inductive power outlet includes an array of primary inductors and a primary inductor may be selected in the locality of the inductive power receiver.
US08624749B2	Bathing system controller having abnormal operational condition identification capabilities A controller suitable for identifying an abnormal operational condition in a bathing system is provided. The controller includes a memory unit adapted for storing measurements indicative of electrical currents drawn by the bathing system under normal operating conditions, each measurement being indicative of the electrical current being drawn by a respective bathing unit component in the bathing system. The controller also includes a processing unit for modifying the measurements stored in the memory unit and for detecting an abnormal operational condition associated with the bathing system at least in part on the basis of measurements stored on the memory unit. In specific implementations, sensing circuitry adapted for obtaining measurements associated to components, such as relays and fuses, is provided. This sensing circuitry allows identify components on the controller, such as relays and fuses for example, and bathing unit components in the bathing system as potential causes of an abnormal operational condition associated with the bathing system.
US08624748B1	Floating roof monitoring system A floating roof monitoring system is disclosed. According to embodiments, the floating roof monitoring system includes a monitoring device and a floating roof tank. The monitoring device can generate a current for a monitoring loop that includes one or more electrical connections between the monitoring device and the floating roof tank. A resistance value for one or more points within or along the monitoring loop can be determined and monitored. The monitoring device can determine, based upon the resistance value, if an action is to be taken.
US08624746B2	Wait staff signaling apparatus with high visibility indicators A wait staff signaling apparatus and method used to summon wait staff to a restaurant table includes a housing having a plurality of signaling indicators wherein the indicators illuminate by means of a light source driven by a battery and an integral control module when activated by a patron at the table by pressing or touching the respective switch. The indicators are color coded with the color codes corresponding to the type of service required by the patron. The device incorporates a high efficiency secondary optics lens component so as to provide high visibility in all light conditions at a wide variety of viewing angles, including a narrow low angle intense beam for distant viewing, thereby providing a low power, portable, battery driven device with a long service life and a low manufacturing cost.
US08624744B2	Arrangement and method for determining positions of the teats of a milking animal An arrangement is provided for attaching teat cups to teats of a milking animal in a rotary milking system having a milking stall for housing the milking animal during milking. The arrangement comprises a three-dimensional camera configured to be directed towards the udder of the milking animal in the milking stall and to repeatedly record three-dimensional images of the udder of the milking animal in real time. The three-dimensional camera is further configured to be directed towards the teat cups located in a magazine and to repeatedly record three-dimensional images of the teat cups in real time. The arrangement also includes an image processing device configured to repeatedly detect the teats of the milking animal and determine the positions of the teats in three spatial dimensions based on said repeatedly recorded three-dimensional images of the teats. The image processing device is also configured to repeatedly detect the plurality of teat cups and determine the positions of the teat cups in three spatial dimensions based on said repeatedly recorded three-dimensional images of the teat cups located in the magazine. The arrangement also includes a control device configured to control a robot arm, based on the determined positions of the teats of the milking animal and the determined positions of the teat cups, to automatically attach at least one teat cup to at least one teat of the milking animal in the milking stall.
US08624743B2	Long distance pet communication system with wireless voice transmitter The present invention is a system for communicating a voice signal or audio message initiated over potentially great distances and deliverable to an unattended animal, and comprises a base unit and a wireless receiver. Voice signals or e-mail messages incorporating embedded audio files or commands for delivering an audio message are sent over a global communication via computer network to the base unit which includes a transmitter. The transmitter sends via wireless communication the voice signal or an audio message from the transmitter to a local receiver secured to a pet collar or the like. The system transmits live audio signals (converted from the audio files or stored audio messages) in real time over great distances. The receiver is preferably worn on the pet and includes a speaker and wireless receiver for converting the wireless signals sent by the transmitter into audio signals emitted by the speakers.
US08624742B2	Apparatus and method for monitoring keyboard input An apparatus and method for monitoring keyboard input are provided. The method includes monitoring input from the user over a predetermined interval, determining whether the amount of input over the predetermined interval has exceeded a predetermined threshold, and transmitting a warning to the user when the amount of input over the predetermined interval has exceeded the predetermined threshold.
US08624741B2	Pulse oximeter alarm simulator and training tool According to various embodiments, methods and systems are provided herein for training a user in alarm behaviors of a medical device. The alarm behaviors may be accessed via a simulator system that obtains input regarding alarm settings, accesses stored plethysmographic waveform data representative of data obtained through the simulated medical device and that applies the alarm setting inputs to the stored plethysmographic waveform data to provide simulated alarm outputs representative of alarm outputs of the medical device.
US08624738B2	Golf club apparatuses and methods Apparatuses, methods and systems related to an improved golf data collecting and golf club notification system. The system reminds golfers when a club has been mistakenly left behind on the golf course and notifies the golfer when a golf club or clubs are in or out of the golf bag. The system can notify a golfer if a club or golf bag has been removed without authorization. In one preferred embodiment an apparatus that attaches to a golf club includes dual light sensors—one light sensor configured as a switch and one light sensor configured as a light meter. Algorithms make use of the light sensor data to determine whether a golf club is in or out of a golf bag.
US08624737B2	Charging merchandise items Methods, systems and other embodiments associated with charging merchandise items are presented. A method of charging merchandise items includes displaying merchandise items at a consumer display so that the merchandise items can be handled by a consumer. A first power supply charges a portion of the display that does not include the merchandise items and a second power supply charges the merchandise items. The merchandise items can be charged at the display on a multiplexed basis.
US08624736B2	Status monitoring system for a fenestration unit A status monitoring device for a fenestration unit is provided. The device is positioned in or on the fenestration unit and includes a panel position sensor and a lock status sensor. The device is capable of transmitting panel position data and lock status data to a remote device, trigger an audible alarm on the device or the remote device, trigger a visual alarm on the device or the remote device, or a combination of these.
US08624726B2	Battery-less emergency distress signal and position indication broadcasting methods and devices A method for transmitting a distress signal from a hand-held electronic device. The method including: generating electrical energy resulting from an impact force applied to an impact surface of the device; providing the generated power to a transmitter in the device; and transmitting the distress signal from the transmitter.
US08624721B2	Method and apparatus for embedding a transmitter into a tool, and a system for monitoring the tool An apparatus may include a tool having a slot, the tool being composed of an electrical conductor and the slot being formed in an outer wall of the tool. The apparatus may include a transmitter having an antenna, where the antenna may be offset from the tool. The transmitter may be positioned within the slot, may be coupled to the tool by a conductive material, and may be covered with a protective material, where the tool may be adapted to operate as an electrical ground.
US08624716B2	Camera system for large vehicles A vehicle-borne camera-based observation system for monitoring areas adjacent a vehicle or passenger vehicle, such as a bus or school bus, is disclosed, to provide safer operation for passersby, including for children, and driver convenience. The system includes several cameras, and several monitors in a driver's area displaying all of the fields of view from the cameras, such that each monitor may be controllable to show either the field of view of a first camera or a the field of view of a second camera, according to a driver selection or according to an automatic selection. Night vision, automatic tracking, and illumination systems are also provided.
US08624708B2	Item positioning system and method thereof An item positioning system is provided. The item positioning system comprises a plurality of tag readers and a control device. The plurality of tag readers generate access signals respectively and receive a response signal from a target tag. The control device adjusts transmitting power of the access signals of the tag readers, and determines a position of the target item according to whether the tag readers receive the response signal.
US08624702B2	Inductor mounting apparatus and method of use thereof The invention comprises an inductor mounting method and apparatus. An about annular inductor is mounted using a non-conducting mount element passing at least into a center opening of the inductor. Mounting hardware forces an edge surface of the mount into proximate contact with an edge of the inductor, where the mount and mounting hardware minimally contact the inductor. The mount optionally includes holes and/or grooves to further reduce mount/inductor contact, which aids liquid, convective, and/or radiative cooling of the inductor. The inductor is optionally composed of particles of magnetic material coated with carbon and embedded into an epoxy to yield a distributed gap material.
US08624697B2	Assembling magnetic component The main purpose of this invention is to improve high forming pressure of existing Fe—Si—Al insulating magnetic powder which is not suitable for forming, combine heterogeneous insulating magnetic powder, produce hollow cup-like cover and Fe—Si—Al rod core for full magnetic path component assembling, and change the shape structure of rod core and cover design, so there will be advantages including easy to winding, assemble and cooling.
US08624696B2	Inductor apparatus and method of manufacture thereof The invention comprises an electrical apparatus and method of manufacture. The apparatus includes a substantially annular inductor comprising an inductor core composed of at least a distributed gap material. The distributed gap material includes particles of alternating layers of magnetic and non-magnetic materials separated by a gap material. The particles comprise an average layer thickness of less than about one hundred micrometers, where a majority of said layered particles comprise an average cross sectional size of less than about one millimeter. The inductor is cooled using at least one of: a thermally conductive potting material, a liquid coolant in direct contact with the inductor, a cooling line through the potting material or liquid coolant, and a chill coil in a container about the potting material and/or the liquid coolant.
US08624694B2	Residual-current circuit breaker A residual-current circuit breaker includes a core-balance transformer, a first conductor and a second conductor of an electrical supply system which is to be protected being routed through the core-balance transformer, and a secondary winding being arranged on the core-balance current transformer. The secondary winding is connected to a release by circuitry. A test circuit connecting the first conductor and the second conductor has at least a first test resistor and a reset button, in order to provide accurate checking of an ability of residual current tripping to function, the test circuit has a second test resistor arranged in series with the first test resistor by circuitry. The second test resistor is bridged by a bypass line that is routed through the core-balance transformer and at least one first voltage dependent resistor is arranged in the bypass line by circuitry.
US08624691B2	Cavity filter A cavity filter includes a unitarily formed piece, a cap, a cover, and a tuning adjustment screw. The unitarily formed piece includes a bottom plate portion, a resonator tube body portion formed on a center of the bottom plate portion, and a sidewall portion extending from the bottom plate portion surrounding the resonator tube body portion. The resonator tube body portion defines a resonating cavity therein. The cap is attached onto a distal end of the resonator tube body portion. The cap and the resonator tube body portion cooperatively forms a resonator tube. The cover is attached to the sidewall portion, and the cover includes a screw hole. The cover, the sidewall portion, and the bottom plate portion cooperatively forms a chamber. The tuning adjustment screw is extending through the cover, threadedly engaged in the screw hole and aligned with the resonator tube.
US08624682B2	Vapor cell atomic clock physics package In an example, a chip-scale atomic clock physics package is provided. This chip-scale atomic clock physics package includes a body defining a cavity, and a first scaffold mounted in the cavity. A laser is mounted on the first surface of the first scaffold. A second scaffold is also mounted in the cavity. The second scaffold is disposed such that the first surface of the second scaffold is facing the first scaffold. A first photodetector is mounted on the first surface of the second scaffold. A vapor cell is mounted on the first surface of the second scaffold. A waveplate is also included, wherein the laser, waveplate, first photodetector, and vapor cell are disposed such that a beam from the laser can propagate through the waveplate and the vapor cell and be detected by the first photodetector. A lid is also included for covering the cavity.
US08624680B2	Ring based impedance control of an output driver In one embodiment, there is a method that can include utilizing a ring oscillator module to determine a process corner of an integrated circuit as fabricated that includes the ring oscillator module. The impedance of an output driver of the integrated circuit can be altered based on the process corner of the integrated circuit as fabricated.
US08624679B2	Method and apparatus for MEMS phase locked loop The proper operation of a phase locked loop is determined by monitoring certain signals within the loop for their phase relationship or duty cycle. If a malfunction of the loop is detected, proper operation may be imposed or restored by resetting a phase-frequency detector, or by flipping the output of the phase-frequency detector.
US08624676B2	Broadband transistor bias network An amplifying circuit for use in, for example, broadband transceivers is described. A bias filter is connected between an amplifying transistor and a power supply to block a wide range of frequencies associated with amplified RF input signals from reaching the power supply, while permitting DC power to reach the transistor.
US08624673B2	Self-biasing radio frequency circuitry The present disclosure describes self-biasing radio frequency circuitry. In some aspects a radio frequency (RF) signal is amplified via a circuit having a first transistor configured to source current to an output of the circuit and a second transistor configured to sink current from the output of the circuit, and another signal is provided, without active circuitry, from the output of the circuit to a gate of the first transistor effective to bias a voltage at the output of the circuit. By so doing, the output of the circuit can be biased without active circuitry which can reduce design complexity of and substrate area consumed by the circuit.
US08624672B2	Integrated circuit An integrated circuit includes an input unit and a voltage level detecting unit. The input unit is configured to output differential amplification signals corresponding to differential input signals in response to a voltage level detection signal. The voltage level detecting unit is configured to detect a voltage level of the differential amplification signals and output the voltage level detection signal.
US08624670B2	Method and apparatus for improving digital pre-distortion performance A digital pre-distortion system and method are provided. The method includes performing a digital pre-distortion operation; and limiting an input of the power amplifier to be no greater than a limit threshold.
US08624669B2	DC offset compensation An apparatus and method for DC offset compensation. An amplifier receives an input signal (AIN) and provides an amplified output signal (SOUT) and a feedback path provides DC offset compensation. The feedback path comprises at least one voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) and a counter. The VCO provides, over time, a first VCO output signal based on said amplified output signal and a second VCO output signal based on a reference signal (VREF). The counter generates first pulse counts based upon the first VCO output signal and second pulse counts based upon the second VCO output signal and provides a compensation signal based on a comparison of the first and second pulse counts. One voltage controlled oscillator may sequentially receive a signal based on said amplifier output signal and the reference signal from a multiplexer so as to sequentially produce the first and second VCO output signals.
US08624663B2	Methods and apparatus related to an improved complementary MOSFET switch In one general aspect, an apparatus can include a complementary switch circuit including a first portion and a second portion, and a first driver circuit coupled to the first portion of the complementary switch circuit. The apparatus can include a positive charge pump device coupled to the first driver, and a second driver circuit coupled to the second portion of the complementary switch circuit. The apparatus can also include a negative charge pump device coupled to the second driver circuit.
US08624659B2	Analog divider An exemplary embodiment of an analog multiplier may include a voltage controlled resistance circuit, a first transistor and a second transistor, where the resistance of the voltage controlled resistance circuit is based upon a first input voltage. The current passing through the voltage controlled resistance circuit is based upon a second input voltage. The first transistor and the second transistor form a current mirror to mirror the current passing through the voltage controlled resistance circuit to provide a power supply control current to a wideband code division multiple access radio frequency power amplifier.
US08624655B2	Level shifter circuit and gate driver circuit including the same There are provided a level shifter circuit and a gate driver circuit including the same. The level shifter circuit includes: a plurality of switching devices connected to a predetermined DC power supply through a resistor and operated by different driving signals; a gain conversion unit operated by first signals output from the plurality of switching devices, respectively, and generating second signals having a level within a predetermined range of the first signals; and a noise removal unit connected to at least one output terminal among the plurality of switching devices to prevent malfunctioning of the gain conversion unit, wherein the gain conversion unit inputs the second signals to a high side gate driver circuit through an inverter circuit.
US08624654B2	Automatic step variable attenuator and radio communication device An automatic step variable attenuator includes: a step variable attenuator attenuating a received signal of an electric wave signal in an attenuation amount corresponding to a control signal in a step-like style; a detector disposed in parallel with the step variable attenuator for input of the received signal of the electric wave signal, and converting an electric power of the received signal thus inputted into an intensity signal representing an intensity of the received signal; and a comparator portion generating the control signal corresponding to a result of comparison for differences between the intensity signal obtained from the detector and plural threshold values, and outputting the control signal thus generated to the step variable attenuator.
US08624653B2	Circuit and method for determining comparator offsets of electronic devices A device includes a comparator, and a selection circuit coupled to the inputs of the comparator. The selection circuit receives reference voltages and a variable voltage. In a normal operation mode, the selection circuit provides the variable voltage and a selected reference voltage to the comparator and the comparator provides an indication based on the variable voltage. In a test mode, the selection circuit provides a first selected reference voltage and a second selected reference voltage to the comparator for determining a switching offset voltage of the comparator.
US08624652B1	Accurate low-power delay circuit Delay circuits are described for which the delay remains substantially constant within a desired range of variation of supply voltage and/or temperature.
US08624651B2	Interpolation circuit and receiving circuit An interpolation circuit includes: a generation circuit that generates interpolation data from a plurality of pieces of input data, using an interpolation coefficient, among input data inputted in time series including a data point and a transition point; a detection circuit that detects that the input data lacks at the data point; and a coefficient circuit that changes the interpolation coefficient for each given data interval, and skips a position for changing the interpolation coefficient to the transition point when the detection circuit detects the lack of the input data.
US08624650B2	Semiconductor device An object is to provide a low-power semiconductor device which does not require a latch circuit to hold data at the output of inverter circuits. In the semiconductor device, an input of a first inverter circuit is connected to an input terminal through a source and a drain of a first transistor. An input of a second inverter circuit is connected to an output of the first inverter circuit through a source and a drain of a second transistor. An output of the second inverter is connected to an output terminal. An inverted clock signal and a clock signal are input to gates of the first transistor and the second transistor, respectively. The first and the second transistor have extremely low off-current, which allows the output potential of the device to remain unchanged even when the input varies.
US08624647B2	Duty cycle correction circuit for memory interfaces in integrated circuits Circuits and a method for correcting duty cycle distortions in an integrated circuit (IC) are disclosed. The IC includes a splitter circuit that is coupled to receive a clock signal. The clock signal is split into two different clock signals. One of the clock signals is an inverted version of the other. A delay circuit is coupled to each of the clock signals. Each of the delay circuits generates a delayed version of the corresponding clock signal. A corrector circuit is coupled to receive both the delayed versions of the clock signals. The corrector circuit generates a clock output signal with a corrected duty cycle.
US08624645B2	Multi phase clock signal generator, signal phase adjusting loop utilizing the multi phase clock signal generator, and multi phase clock signal generating method A multi-phase clock signal generator, comprising: a ring phase shifting loop, including a plurality of controllable delay cells, for generating output clock signals having different phases via the controllable delay cells according to a input clock signal, wherein delay amount of the controllable delay cells are determined by a biasing voltage; a phase skew detecting circuit, for computing phase differences of the output clock signals to generate a phase skew detecting signal; and a biasing circuit, for providing the biasing voltage according to the phase skew detecting signal. The above-mentioned ring phase shifting loop can operate independently from the multi-phase clock signal generator, without receiving the biasing voltage, for phase-shifting a input clock signal to generate output clock signals with different phases, wherein the output clock signals are respectively output at different output terminals respectively located between the phase shifting units.
US08624637B2	Switching control circuit for thermal protection of transistors A circuit for controlling the switching operation of a transistor is described. A gate driver circuit is operably connected to a control electrode of the transistor and is configured to charge and discharge the control electrode to switch the transistor on and off, respectively, in accordance with a control signal. The charging and discharging of the control electrode is done such that the corresponding transitions in the load current and the output voltage are smooth with a defined slope. A controllable switch is connected to the control electrode such that, when the switch closes, the control electrode is quickly discharged via the switch thus quickly switching off the transistor. A control logic circuit is configured to close the controllable switch for switching off the transistor when at least one of a number of conditions holds true.
US08624635B2	Sensor circuit for concurrent integration of multiple differential signals and operating method thereof The present invention provides a circuit for concurrent integration of multiple differential signals. The circuit comprises a plurality of Stage 1 integration circuits arranged in an array and a plurality of Stage 2 integration circuits arranged in an array. Each of the Stage 1 integration circuits is configured to concurrently integrate an input signal, and to send out a Stage 1 positive signal and a Stage 1 negative signal that is reverse to the Stage 1 positive signal. Each of the Stage 2 integration circuits is configured to integrate a differential signal from a Stage 1 positive signal sent from a corresponding Stage 1 integration circuit and a Stage 1 negative signal sent from another Stage 1 integration circuit next to the corresponding Stage 1 integration circuit to output a Stage 2 signal.
US08624634B1	Methods for generating a signal and a signal generation circuit A method for generating a signal is provided, the method including: providing a first signal having a first signal frequency; providing a second signal having a second signal frequency or a third signal frequency, wherein the second signal frequency is higher than the third signal frequency; switching the second signal having the second signal frequency to the third signal frequency based on a predefined first signal event of the first signal; and returning the second signal having the third signal frequency to the second signal frequency in response to a predefined second signal event.
US08624633B2	Oscillator circuit An oscillator circuit includes an oscillator output signal generating circuit configured to generate an oscillator output signal using an oscillator as a resonator, an amplitude detection circuit configured to detect the amplitude of the oscillator output signal and compare the detected amplitude with a threshold; and a boost circuit configured to boost the oscillator output signal according to the result of the comparison at the amplitude detection circuit. The amplitude detection circuit includes an absolute value circuit configured to obtain an absolute value signal of the oscillator output signal, a low-pass filter configured to convert the absolute value signal into a low-frequency signal, and a comparator configured to compare the low-frequency signal with the threshold.
US08624632B2	Sense amplifier-type latch circuits with static bias current for enhanced operating frequency Sense amplifier-type latch circuits are provided which employ static bias currents for enhancing operating frequency. For example, a sense amplifier-type latch circuit includes a latch circuit that captures and stores data during an evaluation phase of the sense amplifier-type latch circuit, and outputs the stored data to differential output nodes. An input differential transistor pair has drains connected to the latch circuit and sources commonly connected to a coupled source node. A static bias current circuit is connected to the coupled source node to provide a static bias current which flows through the differential transistor pair and cross-coupled inverters of the latch during a precharge phase. A switch device, which is connected to the coupled source node, is turned off during the precharge phase and turned on during the evaluation phase by operation of a clock signal to increase current flow through the differential transistor pair.
US08624627B1	Method and device for low power control The present application discloses an integrated circuit having a power controller that can manage power modes of a system when the system is in a low power mode. According to an embodiment, a power controller is built into an input/output (I/O) region of and integrated circuit die, wherein the I/O region is outside the main logic area of the die. The same supply voltage that powers the I/O region of the device can power the power controller. The power controller can operate to transition the integrated circuit die between power modes by transitioning logic modules of the integrated circuit between power states without intervention by the logic modules.
US08624614B2	Burn-in method for surface emitting semiconductor laser device A burn-in method includes applying a stress current for applying thermal stress to a surface-emitting semiconductor laser, measuring an operation characteristic of the surface-emitting semiconductor laser to which the stress current is applied, and making a pass/fail decision on the surface-emitting semiconductor laser on the basis of the operation characteristic measured.
US08624612B2	RF non-contact thin film measurement using two port waveguide The system disclosed herein for non-destructively testing a resistive film includes first and second waveguides that are gapped apart from each other. The resistive film is disposed between the first and second waveguides and tested. The film is then advanced and re-tested by the first and second waveguides. The waveguides do not contact the film during testing or while the film is being advanced to its next position. Accordingly, the system provides a non-destructive method of testing the sheet resistance of a film in an accurate manner.
US08624611B2	Arrangement and method for monitoring galvanic isolation of fuel cell device A method is disclosed for monitoring galvanic isolation of a fuel cell device. At least one stack of fuel cells and at least one load circuit for fuel cells are arranged to an electrically freely floating configuration towards at least one structure near fuel cells. A controlled switching is performed via at least two switching points to at least one measurement element having known impedance in connection to the at least one structure. Measurements are performed from the measurement element to form voltage information. The voltage information and at least voltage information between switching points are processed to check floatages of fuel cells in relation to said at least one structure.
US08624608B2	Capacitance detecting device In a capacitance detecting device including an offset adjustment circuit for removing offset from charge transmitted to an integrator from a charge reading mechanism, the offset adjustment circuit includes a variable capacitance element switching the number of capacitative elements connected in parallel to a charge transmission line made up of a plurality of the capacitative elements and setting the number to a predetermined capacitance value; and a capacitative element for adjustment connected in parallel to the variable capacitance element and parallel, and having a capacitance value corresponding to the minimum value of the capacitative elements constituting the variable capacitance element. Driving is controlled so that offset removal is performed only N times (M>N; M and N are natural numbers) in the capacitative element for adjustment while offset removal is repeated M times in the variable capacitance element.
US08624606B2	System and method for augmented impedance sensing An impedance monitoring circuit for an electrosurgical generator. The monitoring circuit includes an isolation transformer coupled to an active terminal and a return terminal of an electrosurgical generator. The isolation transformer includes a primary winding coupled to a reference resistor and a secondary winding coupled to a load. A driver transmits a sensor signal to the reference resistor and the load. A primary converter coupled to the reference resistor and the load detects a primary converted signal as a function of the sensor signal passing through the reference resistor and the load. A secondary converter coupled to the driver detects a secondary converted signal as a function of the sensor signal prior to passing through the reference resistor and the load. A controller determines a fault condition based on the primary and secondary converted signals.
US08624604B2	Clearance and wear determination apparatus Apparatus is provided for determining the clearance between a member and a casing surface over and relative to which the member moves, e.g. in a gas turbine engine. The apparatus includes a main waveguide and a reference element that is provided at a position intermediate the proximal and distal ends, or at the distal end, of the waveguide. The transmitter/receiver is arranged to transmit an electromagnetic signal through the main waveguide and receive (i) a first portion of the electromagnetic signal reflected from the reference element, (ii) a second portion of the electromagnetic signal reflected from the casing surface, and (iii) a third portion of the electromagnetic signal reflected from the member, allowing the relative positioning of the reference element, the casing surface and the member to be simultaneously determined.
US08624602B2	Method and apparatus to measure differential phase and frequency modulation distortions for audio equipment A testing method or apparatus utilizes multiple frequencies applied to a device under test for measuring newly discovered frequency modulation effects. An embodiment may include a lower frequency signal with a smaller amplitude higher frequency signal to test a dynamic change in frequency response, gain, and or phase. This dynamic test can reveal frequency modulation effects. Another embodiment may include the use of a multiple frequency signal or a modulated signal such as an amplitude modulated to dynamically induce a time varying phase or frequency distortion for the device that has differential phase distortion. In another embodiment, the device's output is then measured with an FM detector, Wow and/or Flutter meter, phase detector, and or spectrum analysis system to measure a shift in one of the frequencies used in the test signal or to measure phase and or frequency modulation effects of any signals such as a distortion product, a carrier signal, and or a distortion product of the carrier signal from the device.
US08624601B2	System and method for determining physical status of switch elements System and methods are provided for monitoring a state of a switch element connecting a DC power supply to a load. A system includes a transformer having first and second windings, where a first end of the second winding electrically coupled to a first switch node of the switch element. The system also includes a transmit circuit configured for providing a waveform at the first winding and a sensor element having galvanically isolated input and output nodes for inducing a monitor signal at the output nodes in response to a signal at the input nodes. The system further includes a receive circuit coupled to the output nodes and configured for generating one or more output signals in response to the monitor signal. The system also includes capacitor elements for providing DC isolation for the second winding with respect to the first switch node and the sensor element.
US08624597B2	RF coil array for cardiac and thoracic magnetic resonance imaging A radio frequency (RF) coil array includes a first coil section and a second coil section mechanically coupled to the first coil section. The first coil section includes a first row of a plurality of double asymmetric saddle coil pairs arranged in a left-right direction and a second row of a plurality of double asymmetric saddle coil pairs arranged in a left-right direction. The first row and the second row are arranged along a superior-inferior direction. The second coil section includes a plurality of loop coils arranged around at least a portion of a perimeter of the first coil section.
US08624596B2	Method for determining motion parameters of an object in a magnetic field A method for determining motion parameters of an object by way of at least one coil within a magnetic field adapted for a magnetic resonance based imaging device. Induced pulses are emitted on the coil in order to provide navigator signals that are finally measured in order to provide a spatial position of the object relative to the coil. At least one reference displacement of the object relative to the coil that is spatially and metrically predefined between two positions of the object is generated so that intensity changes of navigator signals at the coil are measured and recorded in a calibration map. Then, for determining each one of a sequence of further positions of an object in motion relatively to the coil, a navigator signal of the coil is measured and is compared to values of intensity changes from the calibration map in order to provide a corrected value of displacement of the object that is recovered from the calibration map and processed so that absolute values of motion parameters of the object are determined.
US08624593B2	Method for determining sensitivity matrices for hotspots Sensitivity matrices are determined for hotspots, the sensitivity matrices being used in the determination of control signal sequences for individually-controllable antenna elements of a radio-frequency transmit system of a magnetic resonance tomography device. For each hotspot, an SAR element may be established by summing the products of the elements of the respective sensitivity matrix with the corresponding elements of a cross-correlation matrix. A computer groups voxels of an object defined by a plurality of voxels into clusters. The computer assigns each cluster to one of the hotspots. For each hotspot, the computer establishes the respective sensitivity matrix such that in relation to each voxel of the cluster assigned to the respective hotspot, the difference between the sensitivity matrix established for the respective hotspot and a sensitivity matrix given for the respective voxel is positive semi-definite.
US08624592B2	NMR device for detection of analytes This invention relates generally to detection devices having one or more small wells each surrounded by, or in close proximity to, an NMR micro coil, each well containing a liquid sample with magnetic nanoparticles that self-assemble or disperse in the presence of a target analyte, thereby altering the measured NMR properties of the liquid sample. The device may be used, for example, as a portable unit for point of care diagnosis and/or field use, or the device may be implanted for continuous or intermittent monitoring of one or more biological species of interest in a patient.
US08624587B2	Magnetic field sensor measuring a direction of a magnetic field in a plane and current sensor A magnetic field sensor for measuring a direction of a magnetic field in a plane having two sensing structures (1A; 1B) that can be operated as a rotating Hall element. The two Hall elements are rotated in discrete steps in opposite directions. Such a magnetic field sensor can be used as current sensor for measuring a primary current flowing through a conductor (15).
US08624585B2	Proximity sensor A proximity sensor includes a circuit board provided with a processing circuit, a light emitting device mounted on the surface of the circuit board, and a light-transmitting cylindrical light guide surrounding the portion of the circuit board having the light emitting device mounted thereon and guiding the outgoing light from the light emitting device to be emitted to outside. The cylindrical light guide includes the first light emitting surface as the first light outgoing region causing the light emitted from the light emitting device to pass therethrough and directly emitting the light to outside, a reflective surface reflecting the light emitted from the light emitting device to guide the light through the cylindrical light guide in the circumferential direction, and the second light emitting surface as the second light outgoing region emitting, to outside, the light reflected on the reflective surface and propagated through the cylindrical light guide.
US08624584B2	Method and arrangement relating to analyses of a substance A device for detecting a magnetic field response or changes in a magnetic response of at least one magnetic particle in a carrier fluid, the detection comprising measuring the magnetic particles characteristic rotation period, and the measurement involving measurement of a Brownian relaxation in the carrier fluid under influence of an external pulsed magnetic field. The device includes means for generating the pulsed magnetic field, at least two substantially identical detection coils connected in gradiometer coupling to detection electronics for measuring the differential induced voltage which is dependent on the frequency dependent susceptibility or the magnetization change.
US08624583B2	Measuring alternating current flowing through an electricity supply distribution unit An apparatus (100) adapted to measure Alternating Current flowing through an electricity supply distribution unit (204) having a plurality of distribution cables (202). The apparatus (100) includes a plurality of current measuring devices (102), each of the current measuring devices (102), in use, measuring current flowing through one of the distribution cables (202), at least some of the current measuring devices (102) being mounted on a rigid/semi-rigid body (104), and a device configured to store and/or transfer information representing current measured by at least one of the current measuring devices (102).
US08624580B2	Configurable measuring device with display and corresponding methods The measuring machine according to the invention has a display device, a processing device, and at least one measurement channel. The processing device measures the measurement signal of the at least one measurement channel. The display device displays the measurement signal of the at least one measurement channel as a chart. A plurality of charts can thereby be displayed at once. The display device additionally displays preview charts. The preview diagrams are scaled representations of the diagrams. The plurality of diagrams can be displayed cascaded and/or horizontally tiled and/or vertically tiled. The multiple plots can be displayed at different, preferably arbitrary positions of the display device.
US08624578B2	Branch current monitor with configuration A tool for configuring a branch current monitor facilitates mapping the connections of branch circuits to voltage sources in a power distribution panel.
US08624569B2	Voltage regulator A voltage regulator permits reduced current consumption by promptly and timely stopping the operation of an inrush current protection circuit immediately after the voltage regulator is started up. The voltage regulator has an output voltage detection circuit, which issues a detection signal to actuate the inrush current protection circuit when a low voltage at an output terminal is detected at the time of starting up the voltage regulator. When it is detected that the voltage at the output terminal has reached a predetermined level, the operation of the inrush current protection circuit is stopped and a power path of the output voltage detection circuit is cut off.
US08624566B2	Current-mode control switching regulator and operations control method thereof Disclosed is a current-mode control switching regulator that steps down or steps up an input voltage input to an input terminal to a predetermined constant voltage and outputs the stepped input voltage from an output terminal as an output voltage. The current-mode control switching regulator includes a switching element, an inductor, a rectifying element, an error amplification circuit unit, an oscillation circuit unit with variable oscillation frequency, a slope voltage generation circuit unit, and a switching control circuit unit.
US08624565B2	On-load tap changer comprising semiconductor switching elements The invention relates to an on-load tap changer comprising semiconductor switching elements for uninterrupted switching between fixed tap changer contacts which are electrically connected to winding taps of a tapped transformer. Each of the fixed tap changer contacts can be connected to a charge diverter either directly or, during switching, via the semiconductor switching elements that are connected therebetween. According to the invention, the charge diverter has fixed, divided diverting contact pieces in order for the semiconductor switching elements to be electrically isolated from the transformer winding during stationary operation.
US08624564B2	Switched reluctance generator initial rotor position estimation A method of estimating rotor speed of a generator 106 having a rotor 110 and a stator 112 is provided. The method may provide a source current to the stator 112, determine a relative rotor speed based on a sensor signal provided by a rotor speed sensor 130, determine a relative rotor position corresponding to the relative rotor speed, determine an absolute rotor position based on the sensor signal and phase currents, and calibrate the sensor signal based on an offset between the relative rotor position and the absolute rotor position.
US08624563B2	Static exciter of a field winding and method for operating the same A static exciter of a field winding includes a rectifier connected to an electric grid and to the field winding; a unidirectional electronic switch connected in series with the rectifier; a capacitor bank; and a further switch disposed between the unidirectional electronic switch and the capacitor bank. Exciter also includes a control unit connected to the further switch and configured to close the further switch when a grid voltage drops below a first prefixed voltage value so as to connect the capacitor bank to the field winding and configured to open the further switch when the grid voltage exceeds a second prefixed voltage value so as to disconnect the capacitor bank from the field winding and so as to supply energy to the field winding from the capacitor bank for a time period.
US08624562B2	Method and apparatus for implementing a power converter input terminal voltage discharge circuit A switch is coupled to a control circuit and to an input of a power converter. The control circuit is coupled to drive the switch in a first operating mode to transfer energy from the input to an output of the power converter when an electrical energy source is coupled to the input of the power converter. The control circuit is coupled to drive the switch in a second operating mode when the electrical energy source is uncoupled from the input. A capacitance is coupled between input terminals of the input of the power converter and is discharged to a threshold voltage in less than a maximum period of time from when the electrical energy source is uncoupled from the input terminals. The control circuit is coupled to drive the switch to have a high average impedance in the first operating mode.
US08624561B1	Power conversion having energy storage with dynamic reference A power conversion system may include a controller to cause a power stage to control the flow of power to or from an energy storage device in response to a dynamic reference. The flow of power to or from the energy storage device may be controlled at a substantially higher speed than power fluctuations in a power source or load. In a power conversion system, a model including an energy storage device may be generated in real-time, and a condition of the energy storage device may be determined in response to the model.
US08624555B2	Voltage monitoring system, voltage monitoring device, and method of setting information A voltage monitoring system includes a plurality of voltage monitoring devices connected to each other in series for monitoring a voltage of each of battery units obtained by dividing per specific number a plurality of batteries connected in series. Each of the voltage monitoring devices includes a reception unit for receiving specific information transmitted from a former stage; a storage unit for storing the specific information received with the reception unit as self specific information; and a transmission unit for adding predetermined information to the specific information received with the reception unit, and for transmitting the specific information to a later stage as later stage specific information.
US08624550B2	Multifunctional charger system and method An adapter for providing a source of power to a mobile device through an industry standard port is provided. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the adapter comprises a plug unit, a power converter, a primary connector, and an identification subsystem. The plug unit is operative to couple the adapter to a power socket and operative to receive energy from the power socket. The power converter is electrically coupled to the plug unit and is operable to regulate the received energy from the power socket and to output a power requirement to the mobile device. The primary connector is electrically coupled to the power converter and is operative to couple to the mobile device and to deliver the outputted power requirement to the mobile device. The identification subsystem is electrically coupled to the primary connector and is operative to provide an identification signal.
US08624548B2	Moving object, wireless power feeding system, and wireless power feeding method An object is to provide a moving object structure capable of reducing power loss caused when power is supplied from a power feeding device to a moving object by wireless communication. Another object is to provide a moving object structure capable of reducing the strength of a radio wave radiated to the surroundings. Before power is supplied to a moving object, a radio wave for alignment of antennas is output from a power feeding device. That is, radio waves are output from a power feeding device in two stages. In a first stage, a radio wave is output to align positions of antennas of the power feeding device and the moving object. In a second stage, a radio wave is output to supply power from the power feeding device to the moving object.
US08624547B2	Recharging or connection tray for portable electronic devices The present invention relates to a tray comprising: a) a base panel having two opposite edges adapted for sliding within grooves of a structure; b) a pair of electrical contacts located on the two opposite edges of the base adapted to conduct electricity; c) a battery recharging system adapted to provide one or more electromagnetic fields capable of transferring an electrical charge to a properly equipped electrical device having a rechargeable battery or a connection for a portable electronic device adapted to connect the portable electronic device to the power system of a host and/or other electronic systems of the host; d) means for connecting the pair of electrical contacts to the battery recharging system or to the connection to the portable electronic device; e) one or more display panels providing a surface for resting one or more rechargeable portable electric devices upon, such panels adapted to allow one or more users of portable electronic device to view one or more displays of the portable electronic devices; f) panels for connecting the base panel and one or more display panels and for enclosing the tray. The tray is adapted for use in a host system which supplies power to the tray. In a preferred embodiment, the host system is or is utilized in a vehicle.
US08624539B2	Start-up circuit and motor driving IC The present invention discloses a start-up circuit for a motor driving IC. The activation circuit includes a determination unit, for generating a determination result indicating an operating mode of the motor driving IC according to an external pulse width modulation signal, and an output unit, for outputting an activation signal according to the determination result and a pulse width modulation activation signal. A duty of the pulse width modulation activation signal is greater than a duty of the external pulse width modulation signal.
US08624533B2	Inverter power generator An inverter includes a voltage command generator generating a voltage command value according to an externally specified voltage value, a PWM signal generator generating a PWM signal according to the voltage command value and frequency command value, and a switching unit generating a three-phase AC power according to the PWM signal. The voltage command generator decreases the voltage command value if the output current increases, to prevent the rotation speed of a prime move from suddenly changing. If the output current exceeds a preset upper current threshold, the voltage command value is clamped at a preset minimum output voltage, thereby securing the minimum output voltage for an increase in the output current.
US08624529B2	Method for the automated control of a solar protection installation An automated control of a solar protection installation (INST), includes reflecting slats (B1, B2, B3) having parallel longitudinal axes, the slats having a face (F) provided with teeth (D) which flanks (F1), exposable to the light rays and called “useful” flanks, lie in parallel planes (P1, P2, P3, P4). The main direction of incidence (ASUN1; ASUN2) of the light rays on the slats is determined (CPU, CLK, ASUN) and a motor (MOT) is provided for tilting the slats at least substantially about their longitudinal axis. The slats are automatically tilted to orient the planes of the useful flanks depending on the main direction of incidence of the light rays.
US08624527B1	Independently controllable illumination device An illumination system in accordance with an embodiment hereof includes a plurality of LED units, a system controller, at least one sensing unit, and a plurality of local controllers each associated with at least one LED unit. Each LED unit includes a plurality of differently colored, independently controllable LEDs forming a color gamut. The system controller generates control signals for each of the LED units consistent with a desired system-level output. The sensing unit(s) senses an operating state of the LEDs during operation thereof, and each local controller includes a memory and a compensator. The memory includes calibration data for use over a short time period, and the compensator updates the calibration data based on measurements from a sensing unit over a long time period. Based at least in part on the calibration data, the local controller operates the LEDs of the LED unit to maintain output intensities consistent with commands issued by the system controller.
US08624524B2	Power management and control module and liquid crystal display device A power management and control module adapted for a liquid crystal display device includes a boost-type DC/DC topology circuit, a LED dimming control circuit and a multiplexer. The boost-type DC/DC topology circuit has a voltage output terminal electrically connected with a logic high power supply terminal of a gate driving circuit and a power supply terminal of a LED backlight source. The LED dimming control circuit is electrically connected with the LED backlight source for dimming operation. A first and second data input terminals of the multiplexer are electrically connected to the voltage output terminal through a first and second feedback networks respectively. The LED backlight source is electrically connected in the second feedback network. A data output terminal of the multiplexer is electrically connected to the boost-type DC/DC topology circuit and alternatively communicated with the first or second data input terminal to provide a feedback input voltage.
US08624523B2	Control apparatus with calibration functionality and lighting apparatus incorporating control apparatus Control apparatus for controlling an aspect of an apparatus are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the control apparatus comprises a dimmer that includes a variable impedance. In certain embodiments of the invention, the dimmer may be a TRIAC dimmer having a voltage at a gate electrode of the TRIAC that is always below a trigger voltage for the TRIAC such that the TRIAC never turns on and the remaining components within the TRIAC dimmer can be used as discreet components in a larger circuit. In the control apparatus, the dimmer may be coupled to a signal generation circuit that may generate an output signal whose frequency (period) is dictated at least in part by an impedance of the variable impedance. The output signal may be used to control an aspect of an apparatus such as the intensity, color or color temperature for a lighting apparatus.
US08624517B2	LED dimming drive device, method and LCD A light emitting diode (LED) dimming drive device, an LED dimming drive method and a liquid crystal display (LCD) are disclosed. The LED dimming drive device comprises a plurality of dimming control circuits each comprising one dimmer switch and a delay setting circuit for setting a different delay time for each dimming control circuits. Each of the dimming control circuits further comprises a clock delay circuit for receiving a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal, timing according to the delay time, and outputting the PWM signal to the dimmer switch when the delay time expires. Different delay times can be used to control the output of PWM signals and further control the on or off of the dimmer switches. This can avoid the noises or electromagnetic (EM) interferences occurred by a large amount of energy transmitted into the LED paths when the dimmer switches is turned on.
US08624515B2	Fixing device of light-emitting body and lighting device A fixing device of a light-emitting body, whose mounting height is suppressed, is provided. Further, a lighting device whose mounting height is suppressed is provided. Further, a lighting device whose mounting height is suppressed and in which fixtures supporting a light-emitting body are hidden from view is provided. Furthermore, a lighting device whose mounting height is suppressed and in which light-emitting bodies can be arranged with no space therebetween and supported is provided. A structure is employed in which a planar light-emitting body whose thickness is suppressed is formed using an organic electroluminescent element, a terminal is provided in each of end portions facing each other in the planar light-emitting body, the terminals are made in contact with contacts provided in fixtures, and the end portions of the light-emitting body are held between the fixtures.
US08624509B2	LED tube and lamp arrangement A LED tube includes a translucent or fluorescent tube of substantially the shape and size of a fluorescence tube, inside which one or more LED components and a current control unit are installed. At both ends of the LED tube, there is a pair of contact pins for connecting the light element mechanically and electrically to the tube holders of the fluorescence tube lighting fixture. The tube lamp has a safety unit arranged to prevent a voltage from transferring through the tube lamp from its one end to the other until a voltage supplied from the corresponding tube holder of the lighting fixture to the pair of contact pins has been separately detected at each end of the tube lamp. Inside the LED tube, there is at least one optical line that is arranged to transfer a control or measurement signal associated with the safety unit from one end of the LED tube to the other without capacitive leakage currents.
US08624507B2	Organic electroluminescent display device The present invention overcomes image defects such as the brightness inclination or smears by reducing the line resistance of a power source bus line which supplies electricity to organic EL elements. A plurality of pixels which are arranged in a matrix array is connected to power source lines, and the plurality of power source lines are connected to a power source bus line. Both ends of the power source bus line are connected to a power source part via a FPC. By supplying electricity to both ends of the power source bus line from the power source part, the line resistance of the power source bus line can be reduced.
US08624504B2	Stairway light for work vehicle A lighting system which may provide supplemental lighting for the stairs of a vehicle under conditions of low ambient lighting. Supplemental lighting may be provided for at least a period of time desired for ingress and/or egress of the operator.
US08624503B2	Collector-radiator structure for an electrohydrodynamic cooling system An electrohydrodynamic fluid accelerator includes an emitter electrode and leading surfaces of a collector electrode that are substantially exposed to ion bombardment. Heat transfer surfaces downstream of the emitter electrode along a fluid flow path include a first portion not substantially exposed to the ion bombardment that is conditioned with a first ozone reducing material. The leading surfaces of the collector electrode are not conditioned with the first ozone reducing material, but may include a different surface conditioning. The downstream heat transfer surfaces and the leading surfaces can be separately formed and joined to form the unitary structure or can be integrally formed. The electrohydrodynamic fluid accelerator can be used in a thermal management assembly of an electronic device with a heat dissipating device thermally coupled to the conditioned heat transfer surfaces.
US08624500B2	Single-ended primary inductance converter (SEPIC) based power supply for driving multiple strings of light emitting diodes (LEDs) in roadway lighting fixtures A lighting fixture and power supply are provided that allows a power factor correction (PFC) single ended primary inductance controller (SEPIC) that provides a controlled voltage output to provide a constant current to an LED load. The power supply provides an efficient and stable power supply for LEDs. Multiple power supplies can be provided on the same printed circuit board to control multiple LED channels.
US08624491B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device includes a substrate; a light emitting element disposed on the substrate; and a wavelength conversion member disposed on or above the substrate, the wavelength conversion member covering the light emitting element spacing apart therefrom, and having a level difference at an outer peripheral portion of a lower end of the wavelength conversion member, the lower end being joined to the substrate via a light transmitting member. In addition, the light emitting device includes a light blocking member disposed on the substrate and disposed between the light emitting element and the light transmitting member. Further, the wavelength conversion member is configured so that the lower end thereof extends from a top of the light transmitting member to a side of the light transmitting member.
US08624487B2	Barrier film composite, display apparatus including the barrier film composite, method of manufacturing barrier film composite, and method of manufacturing display apparatus including the barrier film composite A barrier film composite includes a film with an undulating surface; and at least one decoupling layer and at least one barrier layer disposed on the undulating surface of the film.
US08624484B2	Organic light-emitting element and light-emitting device with the organic light-emitting element The present invention provides a white organic light-emitting element high in emission efficiency. In particular, the invention provides a white organic light-emitting element that has an emission spectrum having peaks in the respective wavelength regions of red color, green color and blue color and is high in emission efficiency.
US08624482B2	Distributed bragg reflector for reflecting light of multiple wavelengths from an LED A blue LED device has a transparent substrate and a reflector structure disposed on the backside of the substrate. The reflector structure includes a Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) structure having layers configured to reflect yellow light as well as blue light. In one example, the DBR structure includes a first portion where the thicknesses of the layers are larger, and also includes a second portion where the thicknesses of the layers are smaller. In addition to having a reflectance of more than 97.5 percent for light of a wavelength in a 440 nm-470 nm range, the overall reflector structure has a reflectance of more than 90 percent for light of a wavelength in a 500 nm-700 nm range.
US08624480B2	Vacuum fluorescent display with driver IC The distance between filamentary cathodes and a phosphor on an anode substrate can be reduced by shortening the distance between the filamentary cathodes and a grid. To obtain high luminance without loss of display quality, the present invention provides a vacuum fluorescent display (1) with a driver IC, comprising a display unit (3) provided with a phosphor layer on an anode substrate (2), a plurality of filamentary cathodes (5), a grid (4), a driver IC (6), and a filament support (7) for shielding the IC and supporting an end part of the filamentary cathodes. The end part of the filamentary cathodes is fixed to one short side of the vacuum fluorescent display at a long side of the filament support. Depressions are provided to a surface of the filament support, or slits are provided to the filament support.
US08624478B2	High voltage shielding arrangement of a charged particle lithography system The invention relates to a high voltage shielding arrangement comprising a first metal part and a second metal part positioned in close vicinity to said first metal part. Said second metal part included in said arrangement to be set at an electrical potential that is lower than the electric potential of the first metal part. Said second metal part having comprising one or more edges and an insulator. The second metal part is at least partially encapsulated by the insulator facing the first metal part.
US08624477B2	Carbon nanotube field emitter The present application relates to a carbon nanotube field emitter. The carbon nanotube field emitter includes a carbon nanotube structure. The carbon nanotube structure includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes joined end-to-end by van der waals attractive force. The carbon nanotube structure has two joined portions, one portion is a triangle shaped carbon nanotube film, which is an electron emitting portion, the other portion is a carbon nanotube wire, which is a support portion.
US08624476B2	Ion-generating device and electrical apparatus An ion-generating device includes a discharge electrode and an induction electrode. The discharge electrode has a needle-like tip. The induction electrode has a circular through hole. The tip of the discharge electrode penetrates the through hole of the induction electrode, and protrudes upward with respect to an upper surface of the induction electrode. It is thereby possible to obtain an ion-generating device capable of improving ion emission efficiency, and an electrical apparatus provided with the ion-generating device.
US08624472B2	Spark plug for internal combustion engine A ground electrode (27) and a noble-metal chip (32) are joined via a weld portion (42) formed by fusing and mixing an Ni alloy and a Pt alloy. A plurality of acicular or rhizoid microcracks (51) are formed in the weld portion (42). As viewed on a section of the weld portion (42), the average length of the microcracks is 50 μm to 500 μm, and the average aspect ratio (shorter dimension/longer dimension) of the microcracks is 0.05 or less. At least one of the Ni alloy used to form the ground electrode (27) and the Pt alloy used to form the noble-metal chip (32) contains as an additive at least one of elements belonging to Groups 3A and 4A of the Periodic Table and oxides of these elements.
US08624469B2	Micromachined ultrasonic transducer with air-backed cavity and electrical connection A method and associated apparatus directed to a piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer (pMUT) defining an air-backed cavity are provided. A first via defined by a device substrate and associated dielectric layer, and extending to the first electrode, is substantially filled with a first conductive material. A support member engaged with the device substrate defines a second via extending to the first conductive material. The second via has a second conductive material disposed thereon, forms an electrically-conductive engagement with the first conductive material, and extends outwardly of the second via to be accessible externally to the support member. A connective element extends through a third via defined by a connection support substrate and is in electrically-conductive engagement with the second conductive material, wherein one of the connective element and connection support substrate is bonded to one of the support member and second conductive material by a bonding material engaged therebetween.
US08624460B2	MP-T II machines MP-T II Machines are alternating current, two, three, or four or more phase machines of the multipolar type, i.e. machines whose torque is produced in a cylindrical current tube through axially oriented current flow in a plurality of turns between pairs of parallel permanent magnet poles attached to cylindrical concentric magnet tubes. Unlike MP-T machines, MP-T II machines use flat permanent magnets and may contain cooling cuffs as needed.
US08624458B2	Electrical rotary machine assembly with stator core sections An electrical, rotary machine may include a first stator core section being substantially circular and including a plurality of teeth, a second stator core section being substantially circular and including a plurality of teeth, a coil arranged between the first and second circular stator core sections, and a rotor including a plurality of permanent magnets. The first stator core section, the second stator core section, the coil and the rotor are encircling a common geometric axis, and the plurality of teeth of the first stator core section and the second stator core section are arranged to protrude towards the rotor. Additionally the teeth of the second stator core section are circumferentially displaced in relation to the teeth of the first stator core section, and the permanent magnets in the rotor are separated in the circumferential direction from each other by axially extending pole sections made from soft magnetic material.
US08624456B2	Rotor for an electrical machine A rotor (300) for an axial-flux electrical machine is disclosed. The rotor has a plurality of permanent magnets (350) fixed thereto, with each of the plurality of magnets extending at least partly through an aperture in the rotor. The arrangement is such that material of the rotor (200) abuts each magnet (350) so as to locate the magnet substantially circumferentially with respect to the axis of rotation of the rotor and substantially axially in at least one axial direction. The magnets (350) may slide radially onto the rotor (300) and be constrained axially and circumferentially by a tongue-and-groove arrangement (325, 355), with reinforced tape (340) being wound around the radially outer edge thereof to provide radial constraint.
US08624454B2	Coil wound body and motor A coil wound body may include a coil bobbin around which a coil wire is wound. The coil bobbin may include a wound part around which the coil wire is wound, a terminal block part, a circuit board receiving face which is provided on the terminal block part and on which a wiring circuit board is disposed, and pin-shaped terminals. The coil bobbin is provided with a coil wire leading-out path reaching to root portions of the pin-shaped terminals from the wound part through an inner side of the circuit board receiving face. The coil wire are led out to the pin-shaped terminals by passing through the coil wire leading-out path without passing through a position overlapping with the outer side of the circuit board receiving face. The coil wound body is preferably applied to a motor.
US08624453B2	Motor with encoder and encoder for motor A motor with an encoder has a motor, and an encoder disposed on the anti-load side of this motor. The motor includes a motor electromagnetic part, and a motor shaft rotatably supported by a load side bearing and an anti-load side bearing, and the encoder includes a hub having a convex part formed in a load side end thereof, the hub being coaxially fixed to an anti-load side end of the motor shaft, and a rotating disc fixed to an anti-load side end of this hub. The convex part of the hub is fitted to a concave part formed in the anti-load side end of the motor shaft so that the hub is fixed to the motor shaft.
US08624452B2	Electric machine module cooling system and method Embodiments of the invention provide an electric machine module including a housing. The housing can include an inner surface that defines a machine cavity. In some embodiments, an electric machine can be at least partially positioned within the machine cavity and can include a stator assembly. The stator assembly includes an outer diameter, a stator core, and a stator winding. The stator core can include at least two extended members that can radially extend from axial ends of the stator core. An annular member is coupled to the extended members to define a portion of a coolant jacket. The coolant jacket can be further defined between the annular member, the outer diameter of the stator assembly, and the extended members. The electric machine can be positioned within the housing so that the annular member is immediately adjacent to the inner surface.
US08624446B2	Doubly salient permanent magnet electric machine Disclosed herein is a linear, curved or rotary electric machine. The electric machine includes first and second movers which are adjacent to each other and have a phase angle difference of 60° therebetween. The first mover includes phases U, V and W and the second mover includes phases /U, /V and /W. The electric machine of the present invention can reduce pulsations of thrust caused by end effect. In particular, in the case where the stator includes permanent magnets having the same poles and salient poles which alternate with the permanent magnets, the number of permanent magnets used can be reduced to half of that of a conventional linear electric machine.
US08624439B2	Delivery of electric power by means of a plurality of parallel inverters and control method based on maximum power point tracking The system provides for one or more photovoltaic panels (3) or other energy sources, connected to a series of inverters (5) in parallel, the outputs of which are connected to a load (Z) and/or to an electricity distribution grid (7). One of the inverters operates as master unit and generates a power control signal in order to track the maximum power point that can be obtained from the panels (3). The other inverters operate as slave units. The control is performed so that all the inverters absorb a variable quantity of power according to the fluctuations in the power available at the output of the photovoltaic panels (3) or other source subject to fluctuations.
US08624437B2	Power conversion system and method A power conversion system for converting electrical power from at least one power source includes a plurality of converter chains which couple the at least one power source to at least one load. At least two of the converter chains comprise an associated dissipating unit. The dissipating units are coupled via at least one switch. A controller is arranged to control the at least one switch to route power to be dissipated from one of the converter chains to the converter chain's associated dissipating unit, or to at least one of the other dissipating units, or to the converter chain's associated dissipating unit and to at least one of the other dissipating units, to cause corresponding dissipation of the power to be dissipated.
US08624436B2	Power harvesting circuit and method for serially coupled DC power sources Circuitry and method for maximizing power from multiple DC power sources mutually coupled in series and providing unequal DC currents. Current related to the difference between the unequal DC currents is diverted from the serially coupled sources, captured as magnetic field energy and then added to the DC current provided by the serially coupled sources.
US08624435B2	Power regulating apparatus Disclosed is a power regulating apparatus, which is connected between an AC power and a load, for supplying the regulated AC power to the load. The power regulating apparatus includes a first regulating means provided to regulate the input AC power source when the AC power is at a normal power level, and a second regulating means provided to transmit an electric power to the load from a power storage means when the AC power is at a power level lower than the normal power level. Thus, the power regulating apparatus is capable of providing the load with an expected high quality electric power in all cases of AC power variation.
US08624434B2	Protection circuit and power supply system for flash memory A protection circuit, applied to a flash memory including a power supply pin, includes a capacitor and a switch. A power supply provides a reference voltage. The capacitor is electrically connected to the power supply pin and a ground point. The switch is electrically connected between the power supply pin and the power supply. When the reference voltage is higher than a threshold voltage, the switch is turned on, such that the reference voltage is inputted into the power pin via the switch. When the reference voltage is lower than the threshold voltage, the switch is turned off.
US08624431B2	System and method for power sharing of front-end converters without communication link in a modular-stacked DC transmission system A sub-sea power transmission/distribution network includes a plurality of standard proven power converter building blocks on each of the power source side and the sub-sea load side. The power source side converters and the sub-sea load side converters are each configured to provide a modular stacked dc (MSDC) converter architecture. The power source side converters are further configured to share the load equally or in proportion to their individual power ratings. The configurations are based on corresponding droop curves representative of MSDC link current magnitude data and average output voltage data of the power source side converters.
US08624430B2	Standby power reduction A standby power system for an appliance having a power input coupled to a main power source includes a power enabling device coupled between the main power source and power input of the appliance, a standby power state sensing device coupled to the power enabling device, and a power restore device coupled to the power enabling device.
US08624428B2	Power controller for recreational vehicles and travel trailers and method for use of same A power controller for electrically connecting recreational vehicles and travel trailers to a power pedestal including a primary circuit and a Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) circuit, and a method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the power controller includes an electrical housing configured to be installed in a mobile vehicle. A relay switch located within the power controller operates under the direction of a control circuit and, depending on the load conditions, is configured to switch between (i) a first circuit configuration that delivers power from a first electrical input to a first electrical output, and (ii) a second circuit configuration that delivers power from the first electrical input to the first electrical output and, in isolation, from the second electrical input to the second electrical output.
US08624427B2	Vehicular electrical systems, automotive electrical systems, and automotive propulsion systems Vehicular electrical systems are provided. The vehicular electrical systems include a source device including an electrical component, a load device, and a cable assembly interconnecting the source device and the load device. The cable assembly includes a conductive core electrically interconnecting the electrical component and the load device, a conductive shield surrounding and being electrically insulated from the conductive core, the conductive shield having a first portion and a second portion, and an insulating body positioned between the first and second portions of the conductive shield such that the first and second portions of the conductive shield are electrically separated.
US08624426B2	Power supply system for electrically powered vehicle, electrically powered vehicle, and method for controlling power supply system of electrically powered vehicle A power supply system includes a main power storage device and a plurality of sub power storage devices. A converter is sequentially connected to one of the sub power storage devices to convert voltage between the selected sub power storage device and an electric power feeding line bidirectionally. The sub power storage device undergoes a connection switching process, and when there is no new sub power storage device remaining for replacement, then, in accordance with that sub power storage device's SOC and the vehicle's state, a request is generated to disconnect the sub power storage device. Here, when a condition regarding a temperature of at least one of the main power storage device and the plurality of sub power storage devices is satisfied, generation of a disconnection request is prohibited, in order to protect the main power storage device.
US08624425B2	Voltage adjustment system A voltage adjustment system includes a power supply for providing an initial voltage signal, a plurality of buck converters for receiving the initial voltage signal and generating one adjustable output voltage signal respectively, a microcontroller for determining one adjustable output voltage signal to output and determining whether a variable voltage signal generated by a buck converter that outputs the adjustable output voltage signal is positive or negative, a display unit for displaying value of the adjustable output voltage signal that is outputted, a plurality of voltage control units corresponding to the plurality of buck converters, and a voltage variation adjustment circuit including two buttons. The variable voltage signal is added to the adjustable output voltage signal generated by the same buck converter. Selection of the two buttons causes the microcontroller to adjust absolute value of the variable voltage signal generated by the buck converter through the corresponding voltage control unit.
US08624423B2	Blade configurations for wind power converting apparatus A wind power converting apparatus that includes a rotor unit. The rotor unit includes a rotary blade assembly and a cover. The rotary blade assembly has a rotary blade disposed in the longitudinal direction of the rotary shaft, and is rotated by the wind from the outside. The cover blocks a headwind, which blows opposite to the direction in which the rotary blade assembly is rotated, from being introduced to the rotary blade assembly. According to the wind power converting apparatus, the operating efficiency of the wind power converting apparatus is increased, power generation is possible even in light wind, and a plurality of generators can be connected together.
US08624421B2	Infrastructure for driving and assisting take-off of airfoils for tropospheric aeolian generator An infrastructure for tropospheric aeolian generator is described, which comprises a rotary basement (1), at least one orientable arm (2), at least one ventilation plant (3), at least one system (4) for supporting at least one wing (7), and a driving system (5) of control cables (6) of the wing (7).
US08624420B2	Turbine system and method Some embodiments of a turbine system described herein provide a turbine that rotates in response to off-axis fluid flow, such as water flowing in a generally horizontal direction that is generally perpendicular to a vertical axis of rotation. The rotation of the turbine can drive a generator to output electrical energy.
US08624417B2	Method and apparatus for harnessing hydro-kinetic energy Apparatus and method is disclosed for generating usable power derived from oscillatory hydro-kinetic energy available in the movement of waves having a given height and being spaced apart by a predetermined distance at the surface of a body of water. Apparatus and method is disclosed for generating usable power derived from hydro-kinetic energy available in a body of water moving in at least one direction of movement, the at least one direction being substantially horizontal or substantially vertical. Apparatus and method is disclosed for generating usable power derived from hydro-gravitational forces available at a site having a source of water at a first elevation higher than a second elevation at a selected location where the usable power is to be derived.
US08624415B2	Multi-rotor generator A generator system comprises an inner generator rotor, an outer generator rotor, and a stator. The inner rotor is mounted on the first shaft rotating at a first speed, while the outer rotor is mounted on a second shaft coaxial with the first shaft, and rotating at a second speed different from the first speed. The outer rotor is mounted coaxially with and radially outward of the inner rotor, and the stator is mounted coaxially with and radially outward of the outer rotor.
US08624413B2	Regeneration energy type electric generation apparatus and its rotor fixing method Described is a power generating apparatus and a rotor locking method for the apparatus, which is capable of locking the rotor without using a huge braking mechanism. The power generating apparatus of renewable energy type includes a blade, a rotor including a hub and a main shaft, a hydraulic pump of variable displacement type driven by rotation of the rotor, a hydraulic motor driven by operating oil pressurized by the hydraulic pump, and a generator coupled to the hydraulic motor. The rotor locking method for the power generating apparatus may include the steps of: decelerating the rotor by adjusting a pitch angle of the blade: after the decelerating step, stopping the rotor by applying a braking force by the hydraulic pump to the rotor; and locking the rotor so that the rotor is immovable in a rotation direction.
US08624407B2	Microelectronic assembly with impedance controlled wirebond and reference wirebond A microelectronic device, e.g., semiconductor chip, is connected with an interconnection element having signal contacts and reference contacts, the reference contacts being connectable to a reference potential such as ground or power. Signal conductors, e.g., signal wirebonds can be connected to device contacts of the microelectronic device, and at least one reference conductor, e.g., reference wirebond can be connected with two reference contacts. The reference wirebond can have a run extending at an at least substantially uniform spacing from an at least a substantial portion of a length of a signal conductor, e.g., signal wirebond. In such manner a desired impedance may be achieved for the signal conductor.
US08624404B1	Integrated circuit package having offset vias Integrated circuit packages comprise vias, each of which extends from a pad in communication with an integrated circuit on a semiconductor chip through insulating material overlying the semiconductor chip to an attachment surface facing a substrate. The portion of each via proximate the attachment surface is laterally offset from the portion proximate the pad from which it extends in a direction away from the center of the semiconductor chip. Metallic material received in the vias mechanically and electrically interconnects the semiconductor chip to the substrate.
US08624403B2	Semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device manufacturing technique which allows reduction of semiconductor chip size. First, a pad and other wires are formed over an insulating film. A surface protective film is formed over the insulating film including the pad and wires, and an opening is made in the surface protective film. The opening lies over the pad and exposes a surface of the pad. A bump electrode is formed over the surface protective film including the opening. Here, the pad is smaller than the bump electrode. Consequently, the wires are arranged just beneath the bump electrode in the same layer as the pad 10. In other words, the wires are arranged in space which becomes available because the pad is small enough.
US08624399B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device An interconnect is provided in a first insulating layer and the upper surface of the interconnect is higher than the upper surface of the first insulating layer. An air gap is disposed between the interconnect and the first insulating layer. A second insulating layer is formed at least over the first insulating layer and the air gap. The second insulating layer does not cover the interconnect. An etching stopper film is formed at least over the second insulating layer. The etching stopper film is formed over the second insulating layer and the interconnect. A third insulating layer is formed over the etching stopper film. A via is provided in the third insulating layer so as to be connected to the interconnect.
US08624395B2	Redundancy design with electro-migration immunity and method of manufacture An IC interconnect for high direct current (DC) that is substantially immune to electro-migration (EM) damage, and a method of manufacture of the IC interconnect are provided. A structure includes a cluster-of-via structure at an intersection between inter-level wires. The cluster-of-via structure includes a plurality of vias each of which are filled with a metal and lined with a liner material. At least two adjacent of the vias are in contact with one another and the plurality of vias lowers current loading between the inter-level wires.
US08624392B2	Electrical connection for chip scale packaging A system and method for providing a post-passivation and underbump metallization is provided. An embodiment comprises a post-passivation layer that is larger than an overlying underbump metallization. The post-passivation layer extending beyond the underbump metallization shields the underlying layers from stresses generated from mismatches of the materials' coefficient of thermal expansion.
US08624389B2	Light emitting diode module An LED module includes a plurality of lighting sources each including a substrate, a first and second lead frames arranged on the substrate, an LED chip electrically connected to the first and the second lead frames, and an encapsulation covering the LED chip. The first lead frame of each of the lighting sources connects with the second lead frame of an adjacent lighting source electrically and mechanically.
US08624388B2	Package carrier and manufacturing method thereof In a manufacturing method of a package carrier, a substrate including a first metal layer, a second metal layer having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to each other, and an insulating layer between the first and second metal layers is provided. The second metal layer has a greater thickness than the first metal layer. A first opening passing through the first metal layer and the insulating layer and exposing a portion of the top surface of the second metal layer is formed. The first metal layer is patterned to form a patterned conductive layer. Second openings are formed on the bottom surface of the second metal layer. The second metal layer is divided into thermal conductive blocks by the second openings that do not connect the first opening. A surface passivation layer is formed on the patterned conductive layer and the exposed portion of the top surface.
US08624387B1	Top port multi-part surface mount silicon condenser microphone package The present invention relates to a surface mount package for a silicon condenser microphone and methods for manufacturing the surface mount package. The surface mount package uses a limited number of components which simplifies manufacturing and lowers costs, and features a substrate that performs functions for which multiple components were traditionally required, including providing an interior surface on which the silicon condenser die is mechanically attached, providing an interior surface for making electrical connections between the silicon condenser die and the package, and providing an exterior surface for surface mounting the package to a device's printed circuit board and for making electrical connections between package and the device's printed circuit board.
US08624381B2	Integrated antennas in wafer level package A semiconductor module, comprises a package molding compound layer comprising an integrated circuit (IC) device embedded within a package molding compound, the integrated circuit device and the package molding compound having a common surface. Structures are formed to connect the semiconductor module to an external board, the structures electrically connected to the integrated circuit device. A layer is formed on the common surface, the layer comprising at least one integrated antenna structure, the integrated antenna structure being coupled to the IC device.
US08624376B1	Package-on-package structure without through assembly vias A package-on-package (PoP) device including a top package and a bottom package including a first inductor and a second inductor on opposing sides of a wafer mold layer outside of a die area, the first inductor aligned with the second inductor to electrically couple the top package to a redistribution layer of the bottom package.
US08624372B2	Semiconductor component comprising an interposer substrate A semiconductor component (10) has an interposer substrate (1) as stack element of a semiconductor component stack (25). The interposer substrate (1) has, on one of the interposer substrate sides (2, 4), a semiconductor chip protected by plastics composition (12) in its side edges (22). An interposer structure (3) partly covered by a plastics composition (12) is arranged on the interposer side (2, 4) opposite to the semiconductor chip (6). Edge regions (11) of the interposer substrate (1) remain free of any plastics composition (12) and have, on both interposer sides (2, 4) external contact pads (7) which are electrically connected to one another via through contacts (8).
US08624367B2	Semiconductor device including semiconductor chip mounted on lead frame A semiconductor device includes a lead frame, a semiconductor chip, a substrate, a plurality of chip parts, a plurality of wires, and a resin member. The lead frame includes a chip mounted section and a plurality of lead sections. The semiconductor chip is mounted on the chip mounted section. The substrate is mounted on the chip mounted section. The chip parts are mounted on the substrate. Each of the chip parts has a first end portion and a second end portion in one direction, and each of the chip parts has a first electrode at the first end portion and a second electrode at the second end portion. Each of the wires couples the second electrode of one of the chip parts and one of the lead sections. The resin member covers the lead frame, the semiconductor chip, the substrate, the chip parts, and the wires.
US08624365B1	Interposer based capacitors for semiconductor packaging Some of the embodiments of the present disclosure provide a semiconductor package structure comprising a leadframe; an interposer disposed on the leadframe, the interposer comprising a plurality of dielectric layers including at least (i) a first dielectric layer and (ii) a second dielectric layer; a semiconductor device disposed on the interposer; and a capacitor that is embedded within the interposer, wherein the capacitor is formed using at least (i) a first conductive area disposed on the first dielectric layer and (ii) a second conductive area disposed on the second dielectric layer. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US08624358B2	Semiconductor substrate and semiconductor device A semiconductor substrate having a semiconductor device formable area, wherein a reinforcing part, which is thicker than the semiconductor device formable area and has a top part of which surface is flat, is formed on an outer circumference part of the semiconductor substrate, and an inner side surface connecting the top part of the reinforcing part and the semiconductor device formable area has a cross-sectional shape of which inner diameter becomes smaller as being closer to the semiconductor device formable area.
US08624357B2	Composite semiconductor substrates for thin-film device layer transfer Described herein are composite semiconductor substrates for use in semiconductor device fabrication and related devices and methods. In one embodiment, a composite substrate includes: (1) a bulk silicon layer; (2) a porous silicon layer adjacent to the bulk silicon layer, wherein the porous silicon layer has a Young's modulus value that is no greater than 110.5 GPa; (3) an epitaxial template layer, wherein the epitaxial template layer has a root-mean-square surface roughness value in the range of 0.2 nm to 1 nm; and (4) a set of silicon nitride layers disposed between the porous silicon layer and the epitaxial template layer.
US08624331B2	Non-volatile memory devices, methods of manufacturing and methods of operating the same A non-volatile memory device includes: at least one horizontal electrode; at least one vertical electrode disposed to intersect the at least one horizontal electrode at an intersection region; at least one data layer disposed at the intersection region and having a conduction-insulation transition property; and at least one anti-fuse layer connected in series with the at least one data layer.
US08624328B2	Semiconductor device Provided is a semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate; a multi-layered wiring structure which is formed over the semiconductor substrate and in which a plurality of wiring layers, each of which is formed by a wiring and an insulating layer, are laminated; and a capacitive element having a lower electrode, a capacitor insulating layer, and an upper electrode which is embedded in the multi-layered wiring structure, wherein at least two or more of the wiring layers are provided between a lower capacitor wiring connected to the lower electrode and an upper capacitor wiring connected to the upper electrode.
US08624327B2	Integrated semiconductor structure for SRAM and fabrication methods thereof A SRAM device with metal gate transistors is provided. The SRAM device includes a PMOS structure and an NMOS structure over a substrate. Each of the PMOS and the NMOS structure includes a p-type metallic work function layer and an n-type metallic work function layer. The p-type work metallic function layer and the n-type metallic work function layer form a combined work function for the PMOS and the NMOS structures.
US08624323B2	BEOL structures incorporating active devices and mechanical strength A monolithic integrated circuit and method includes a substrate, a plurality of semiconductor device layers monolithically integrated on the substrate, and a metal wiring layer with vias interconnecting the plurality of semiconductor device layers. The semiconductor device layers are devoid of bonding or joining interface with the substrate. A method of fabricating a monolithic integrated circuit using a single substrate, includes fabricating semiconductor devices on a substrate, fabricating at least one metal wiring layer on the semiconductor devices, forming at least one dielectric layer in integral contact with the at least one metal wiring layer, forming contact openings through the at least one dielectric layer to expose regions of the at least one metal wiring layer, integrally forming, from the substrate, a second semiconductor layer on the dielectric layer, and in contact with the at least one metal wiring layer through the contact openings, and forming a plurality of non-linear semiconductor devices in said second semiconductor layer.
US08624320B2	Process for forming fins for a FinFET device An integrated fin-based field effect transistor (FinFET) and method of fabricating such devices on a bulk wafer with EPI-defined fin heights over shallow trench isolation (STI) regions. The FinFET channels overlie the STI regions within the semiconductor bulk, while the fins extend beyond the STI regions into the source and drain regions which are implanted within the semiconductor bulk. With bulk source and drain regions, reduced external FinFET resistance is provided, and with the fins extending into the bulk source and drain regions, improved thermal properties is provided over conventional silicon on insulator (SOI) devices.
US08624319B2	Inducement of strain in a semiconductor layer Strain is induced in a semiconductor layer. Embodiments include inducing strain by, for example, creation of free surfaces.
US08624317B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing same Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes first memory cell array layer, first insulating layer formed thereabove, and second memory cell array layer formed thereabove. First memory cell array layer includes first NAND cell units each including plural first memory cells. The first memory cell includes first semiconductor layer, first gate insulating film formed thereabove, and first charge accumulation layer formed thereabove. The second memory cell array layer includes second NAND cell units each including plural second memory cells. The second memory cell includes second charge accumulation layer, second gate insulating film formed thereabove, and second semiconductor layer formed thereabove. Control gates are formed, via an inter-gate insulating film, on first-direction both sides of the first and second charge accumulation layers positioned the latter above the former via the first insulating layer. The control gates extend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
US08624313B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor memory device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a non-volatile semiconductor memory element formed over the semiconductor substrate, including a variable resistance element including a laminate comprising a first electrode, a variable resistance layer, and a second electrode, and a volatile semiconductor memory element formed over the semiconductor substrate, including a capacitance element including a laminate comprising a third electrode, a dielectric layer including a same material as the variable resistance layer, and a fourth electrode.
US08624311B2	Method and structure to reduce dark current in image sensors A method to fabricate an image sensor includes providing a semiconductor substrate having a pixel region and a periphery region, forming a light sensing element on the pixel region, and forming at least one transistor in the pixel region and at least one transistor in the periphery region. The step of forming the at least one transistor in the pixel region and periphery region includes forming a gate electrode in the pixel region and periphery region, depositing a dielectric layer over the pixel region and periphery region, partially etching the dielectric layer to form sidewall spacers on the gate electrode and leaving a portion of the dielectric layer overlying the pixel region, and forming source/drain (S/D) regions by ion implantation.
US08624305B2	Solid-state imaging device and method for manufacturing solid-state imaging device, and electronic device A solid-state imaging device includes a photoelectric conversion portion that is provided above an imaging surface of a substrate, and a plurality of readout circuit portions that are provided below the photoelectric conversion portion on the imaging surface. The photoelectric conversion portion includes a photoelectric conversion film that receives incident light and produces a signal charge, and a first electrode and a second electrode that sandwich the photoelectric conversion film, and the first electrode, the photoelectric conversion film, and the second electrode are sequentially layered upward on the imaging surface. Further, each of the readout circuit portions includes a readout circuit that is electrically connected with the first electrode and reads out the signal charge produced by the photoelectric conversion portion, and a ground electrode that is grounded, and the ground electrode is interposed between the readout circuit and the first electrode on the imaging surface.
US08624300B2	Contact integration for three-dimensional stacking semiconductor devices Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, multilayer memory device, comprising a lower deck and an upper deck disposed on the lower deck, the decks comprising one or more memory cells coupled via one or more contacts. An isolation layer is disposed between the upper deck, and one or more contacts are formed between the upper deck and the lower deck to couple one or more of the contact lines of the upper deck with one or more contact lines of the lower deck.
US08624292B2	Non-polar semiconductor light emission devices A light emitting device includes a silicon substrate having a (100) upper surface. The (100) upper surface has a recess, the recess being defined in part by (111) surfaces of the silicon substrate. The light emitting device includes a GaN crystal structure over one of the (111) surfaces which has a non-polar plane and a first surface along the non-polar plane. Light emission layers over the first surface have at least one quantum well comprising GaN.
US08624291B2	Crystalline aluminum carbide thin film, semiconductor substrate having the aluminum carbide thin film formed thereon and method of fabricating the same Embodiments of the invention provide a crystalline aluminum carbide thin film, a semiconductor substrate having the crystalline aluminum carbide thin film formed thereon, and a method of fabricating the same. Further, the method of fabricating the AlC thin film includes supplying a carbon containing gas and an aluminum containing gas to a furnace, to growing AlC crystals on a substrate.
US08624287B2	Light emitting diode and method of fabricating the same Exemplary embodiments of the present invention disclose a light emitting diode (LED) and a method of fabricating the same. The LED includes a substrate, a semiconductor stack arranged on the substrate, the semiconductor stack including an upper semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type, an active layer, and a lower semiconductor layer having a second conductivity type, isolation trenches separating the semiconductor stack into a plurality of regions, connectors disposed between the substrate and the semiconductor stack, the connectors electrically connecting the plurality of regions to one another, and a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) having a multi-layered structure, the DBR disposed between the semiconductor stack and the connectors. The connectors are electrically connected to the semiconductor stack through the DBR, and portions of the DBR are disposed between the isolation trenches and the connectors.
US08624286B2	Semiconductor device According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device including a first body molded with a first resin, a second body molded with the first resin, and a third body molded with a second resin. The first body includes a first light emitting element, a primary lead, a first light receiving element, and a secondary lead. The second body includes a second light emitting element, a primary lead, a second light receiving element, and a secondary lead. The third body includes the first body and the second body. At least one common lead includes the primary leads or the secondary leads, and a portion extending between the first body and the second body, the portion being covered with a first thin film linked to the first body and a second thin film linked to the second body.

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