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US08712090B2	Headset, terminal, and method capable of switching headset mode A headset includes a Bluetooth headset body, a microphone, and at least one speaker. The Bluetooth headset body includes a Bluetooth headset main-board and a battery. Interfaces provided by the Bluetooth headset main-board include the interfaces for the microphone and the speaker. Anodes of the microphone and the at least one speaker are connected to the corresponding interfaces of the Bluetooth headset main-board, respectively, and their cathodes are connected to a ground cable, respectively. The headset further includes: a headset plug, where interfaces of the headset plug are correspondingly and electrically connected to the anode of the at least one speaker, the ground cable, and the anode of the microphone, respectively; and connections between the anode of the microphone and of the at least one speaker and the corresponding interfaces of the Bluetooth headset main-board are disconnected after the headset plug is plugged in the external headset jack.
US08712089B2	Earpiece positioning and retaining A positioning and retaining structure for an in-ear earpiece. An outer leg and an inner leg are attached to each other at an attachment end and attached to a body of the earpiece at the other end. The outer leg lies in a plane. The positioning and retaining structure have a stiffness that is greater when force is applied to the attachment end in a counterclockwise direction in the plane of the outer leg than when force is applied to the attachment end in a clockwise direction in the plane of the outer leg. The positioning and retaining structure position an earpiece associated with the earpiece in a users ear and retains the earpiece in its position.
US08712087B2	Earphone The earphone includes a driver unit; a housing accommodating the driver unit, the housing having a front face serving as a sound emitting surface and a bowl shaped rear face; a hollow casing provided separately from the housing, the casing being configured to increase an internal volume adjacent to the rear side of a vibrating plate and to reduce the back pressure of the vibrating plate; and a connecting channel connecting the rear face of the housing and the casing such that the housing is in communication with the internal space of the casing, in which the housing includes a sound emitting tube protruding from the front face thereof so as to be fitted into an external auditory meatus.
US08712084B2	Motor assembly A transducer assembly with a U-shaped element at least a part of which forms a part of a magnet housing is disclosed. One or more magnets are attached to the magnet housing which is adapted to conduct magnetic flux from one or more magnets.
US08712079B2	Piezoelectric speaker and method of manufacturing the same A piezoelectric speaker and a method of manufacturing the same that can obtain a high sound pressure using a piezoelectric thin film are provided. The piezoelectric speaker includes a piezoelectric thin film, electrodes formed on an upper surface or upper and lower surfaces of the piezoelectric thin film, a damping material layer formed on the lower surface of the piezoelectric thin film, and a frame attached around at least one of the piezoelectric thin film and the damping material layer using an adhesive.
US08712077B2	Methods and apparatus for processing audio signals Various methods and apparatus for processing audio signals are disclosed herein. The assembly may be attached, adhered, or otherwise embedded into or upon a removable oral appliance to form a hearing aid assembly. Such an oral appliance may be a custom-made device which can enhance and/or optimize received audio signals for vibrational conduction to the user. Received audio signals may be processed to cancel acoustic echo such that undesired sounds received by one or more intra-buccal and/or extra-buccal microphones are eliminated or mitigated. Additionally, a multiband actuation system may be used where two or more transducers each deliver sounds within certain frequencies. Also, the assembly may also utilize the sensation of directionality via the conducted vibrations to emulate directional perception of audio signals received by the user. Another feature may include the ability to vibrationally conduct ancillary audio signals to the user along with primary audio signals.
US08712070B2	Simultaneous enhancement of transmission loss and absorption coefficient using activated cavities A method and apparatus for providing simultaneous enhancement of transmission loss and absorption coefficient using activated cavities is presented. A layer of material is provided, and a backing plate having a plurality of cavities on the top surface of said backing plate, is disposed adjacent a top surface of said layer of material. A screen is disposed along the top surface of said cavities on said backing plate and at least one cavity includes an actuator disposed within the cavity and a control system receiving a signal from the microphone and receiving a signal from the accelerometer and providing a drive signal to the actuator to provide an acoustic output to provide simultaneous insertion loss and absorption which serves to minimize a linear combination of the signal from the microphone and the signal from the accelerometer.
US08712069B1	Selection of system parameters based on non-acoustic sensor information An audio processing system processes an audio signal that may come from one or more microphones. The audio processing system may use information from one or more non-acoustic sensors to improve a variety of system characteristics, including responsiveness and quality. Especially those audio processing systems that use spatial information, for example to separate multiple audio sources, are undesirably susceptible to changes in the relative position of any audio sources, the audio processing system itself, or any combination thereof. Using the non-acoustic sensor information may decrease this susceptibility advantageously in an audio processing system.
US08712067B2	System and method of improving audio signals for the hearing impaired A system and method for using an audiogram and audio filters to provide improved audio characteristics for hearing impaired listeners by equalizing the received sound level of the signal across the frequency spectrum. The system and method further provide for modifying an audio signal based on the personal hearing characteristics of a listener to compensate for hearing loss.
US08712066B1	Audio signal clip detection Methods and apparatus for audio signal clip detection are disclosed. The clip detectors may receive audio signals, from which peak reference signals, indicative of the highest voltage of the received audio signals, may be derived. The received audio signals may also be differentiated and phase-lagged to produce differentiated audio signals which may, in turn, be rectified to produce rectified differentiator signals. The rectified differentiator signals and the peak reference signals may be compared to thereby produce clip detect signals indicative of whether the received audio signals are clipped. The clip detect signals may then be used to indicate whether the received audio signal are clipped.
US08712065B2	Transducer displacement protection This invention relates to the mechanical protection using digital processing and a predictive estimation of instantaneous displacement of the voice coil in a loudspeaker transducer.The invention solves the problem of limiting the coil displacement of the transducer by applying a look-a-head based linear or non-linear predictor and a controller operating directly on the displacement signal in order to finally convert back into the incoming signal domain.
US08712060B2	Method and an apparatus for processing an audio signal A method and apparatus for processing an audio signal is disclosed. Herein, the method includes receiving a downmix information having at least two independent objects and a background object downmixed therein; separating the downmix information into a first independent object and a temporary background object using a first enhanced object information; and extracting a second independent object from the temporary background object using a second enhanced object information.
US08712058B2	Apparatus and method for encoding/decoding signal An encoding method and apparatus and a decoding method and apparatus are provided. The decoding method includes extracting an arbitrary down-mix signal and compensation information necessary for compensating for the arbitrary down-mix signal from the input bitstream, compensating for the arbitrary down-mix signal using the compensation information, and generating a three-dimensional (3D) down-mix signal by performing a 3D rendering operation on the compensated arbitrary down-mix signal. Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently encode multi-channel signals with 3D effects and to adaptively restore and reproduce audio signals with optimum sound quality according to the characteristics of an audio reproduction environment.
US08712052B2	System and method for secure power systems infrastructure communications Communication apparatus and associated method for sending messages while concealing the messages among chaff data. In sending outgoing communications to and from a remote device, a stream of chaffing data is generated. A message to be communicated is inserted into the stream of chaffing data such that the beginning and ending boundaries of the first message are concealed by the chaffing data. A matching pair of deterministic number generators, one at the sending end and one at the remote device, are initialized using a common initialization value to cause generation of a common sequence of numbers with the remote device. The stream of chaffing data, or data associated with the first message, or both, are encoded with the common sequence of numbers.
US08712048B2	Information recording medium and information processing method for accessing content with license or copyright protection There are provided an information recording medium, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a computer program, which can realize users' convenience for using content in accordance with a license and copyright protection. An information recording medium stores an encrypted content file including encrypted content, usage right information of the encrypted content, and encryption key information necessary for a decrypting process for the encrypted content. Thus, a user can acquire a license (usage right information) and key information necessary for decryption of the content, together with the content, from the information recording medium, without acquiring the license (usage rights) by connection to a license provider. Therefore, it is no longer necessary to perform a process of acquiring the license (usage rights) from the license provider when the content is to be used, whereby user convenience is improved, and license-based content copyright management can also be ensured.
US08712047B2	Visual universal decryption apparatus and methods Disclosed is a virtual universal decryption (VUD) service that provides a mechanism for allowing users of camera enabled mobile devices to use their camera to decrypt messages. The VUD service can provide a mechanism for a user of a VUD enabled device to authorize one or more other users of VUD enabled and camera enabled devices to use their cameras to decrypt messages sent by the authorizing user. The VUD service may then provide mechanisms for the authorized users to decrypt messages, which have been encrypted by the authorizing users, by simply capturing an image/video of the encrypted text with a camera of their VUD enabled devices.
US08712045B2	Digital rights management for media streams This document describes techniques and apparatuses enabling application of digital rights management (DRM) to media streams. In one embodiment, three license levels are used to protect numerous television channels without undue use of computing resources.
US08712040B2	Data-conditioned encryption method A system and method for encryption of data is disclosed. At least one block of the data is received. The at least one block of data is modified to cause each unique data element within the at least one block to appear with a respective predetermined frequency ratio. The block of data is encrypted into ciphertext based at least on an encryption key.
US08712038B2	Cryptography on a simplified elliptical curve A cryptographic calculation includes obtaining a point P(X,Y) from a parameter t on an elliptical curve Y2=f(X) and from polynomials satisfying: −f(X1(t))·f(X2(t))=U(t)2 in the finite body Fq, irrespective of the parameter t, q=3 mod 4. A value of the parameter t is obtained and the point P is determined by: (i) calculating X1=X1(t), X2=X2(t) and U=U(t); (ii) testing whether the term f(X−1) is a squared term in the finite body Fq and, if so, calculating the square root of the term f(X1), the point P having X1 as abscissa and Y1, the square root of the term f(X1), as ordinate; (iii) otherwise, calculating the square root of the term f(X2), the point P having X2, as abscissa and Y2, the square root of the term f(X2), as ordinate. The point P is useful in encryption, scrambling, signature, authentication or identification cryptographic applications.
US08712025B2	Communication terminal, communication system, server apparatus, and communication connecting method A communication terminal includes a communication unit configured to carry out communications with a communication terminal of an intended counterparty; a detector configured to detect information reflecting a status of a user of the own communication terminal; a condition checker configured to check whether a predetermined condition is satisfied by comparing information reflecting a status of a user of the communication terminal of the counterparty, received via the communication unit, with the information detected by the detector; and a controller configured to exercise control so that a communication circuit is established with the communication terminal of the counterparty via the communication unit when it is determined by the condition checker that the condition is satisfied.
US08712023B2	Methods and systems for aggregating and graphically representing information associated with a telecommunications circuit Exemplary systems and methods for aggregating and graphically representing information associated with a telecommunications circuit are disclosed. An exemplary method includes a telecommunications management subsystem receiving, from a plurality of backend telecommunications subsystems, data representative of information associated with a telecommunications circuit, aggregating the data representative of the information associated with the telecommunications circuit, providing a portal configured for access by a user associated with the telecommunications circuit, and displaying, within the portal, a graphical user interface including a graphical representation of the telecommunications circuit. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
US08712022B2	Selective facsimile denial A method includes determining whether an incoming call to a first destination is authorized at a switch of a communication network. The method includes, in response to determining that the incoming call is not authorized, determining whether the incoming call is a facsimile call, routing the incoming call to the first destination when the incoming call is not the facsimile call, and routing the incoming call to the first destination when the incoming call is the facsimile call.
US08712019B2	Apparatus and method for performing lawful intercept in group calls An apparatus and method for performing lawful intercept in group calls is described herein. When a group call is established having a monitoring target as a member, a monitoring component obtains signaling, location, and data related to the monitoring target, correlates this information, and provides it to a call intercept component.
US08712012B2	Combined imaging and radiation therapy One or more techniques and/or systems described herein provide for examining an object (e.g., a tumor in a patient) and subsequently treating the object. The examination and treatment generally occur very close to one another in time, with the patient remaining on a support article (e.g., on a bed or in a chair) during both the examination and the treatment. In this way, a position of the tumor and/or orientation of the tumor relative to the patient is substantially fixed during both the examination and the treatment. In one embodiment, a support article is configured to rotate during the examination and/or treatment. In this way, the object can be examined (e.g., and volumetric data related to the object can be acquired) and/or treated without moving portions of the imaging and/or treatment apparatus, for example.
US08712009B2	Can seam inspection A method of determining integrity of a can seam including disposing the can seam between an X-ray source and an X-ray detector, exposing an overlap region of the can seam to radiation from the source, and determining an indication of integrity of the overlap region from a measure of variation in radiation intensity readings taken by the detector over a series of circumferential intervals of the can seam.
US08712006B2	Method and CTDevice for computer tomographic spiral scanning of a patient An embodiment of the invention relates to a method and to a CT device for computer tomographic spiral scanning of a patient in the region of a moving organ, in particular a beating heart, wherein a pitch is adjusted which is less than the maximum pitch, with which 180° image data can still be reconstructed. In at least one embodiment, during the scan the evaluated detector data with respect to its z width and position on the at least one irradiated detector are restricted as a function of the projection angle in such a way that an effective virtual detector with smaller z width and with a z speed profile, which differs from the z speed profile of the real detector, is produced respectively, and the moving organ is reconstructed on the basis of the detector data of the at least one virtual detector.
US08712001B2	Fuel basket spacer, apparatus and method using the same for storing high level radioactive waste A fuel basket spacer, and system and method for storing high level radioactive waste. In one aspect, the invention is an apparatus for transporting and/or storing radioactive materials comprising: a body having a cavity for receiving radioactive materials; a basket positioned in the cavity comprising a plurality of cells; and a structure having an outer surface and an inner surface forming a central passageway; the structure positioned in the cavity so that the basket extends through the central passageway of the structure; and wherein the internal perimeter of the structure corresponds to the external perimeter of the basket in size and shape and the external perimeter of the structure corresponds to the perimeter of the cavity in size and shape. Circumferential clearances are provided between structure and the basket and the structure and the body that are eliminated when exposed to a residual heat load of the radioactive waste.
US08711999B2	Inspection tool for top guides of a boiling water reactor A tool for inspecting a cell formed by grid beams of a top guide structure in a nuclear reactor is provided. The tool includes a camera; a support structure coupled to the camera for contacting at least one of the grid beams to support the camera within the cell; and at least one actuator moving the camera with respect to the support structure and along one of the grid beams, the at least one actuator coupling the camera to the support structure. A method for inspecting a cell formed by grid beams of a top guide structure in a nuclear reactor is also provided.
US08711997B2	Reactor core of liquid metal cooled reactor A reactor core is immersed in a liquid metal coolant in a core barrel of a liquid metal cooled reactor. The reactor core includes a plurality of fuel assemblies contained in the core barrel, a neutron absorber that absorbs a neutron in the reactor core, and a neutron moderator that moderates a neutron therein so as to control a reactivity of the reactor core. The neutron absorber and the neutron moderator constitute a mixture contained in reactivity control assemblies of the reactor core in the liquid metal coolant prior to immersion of the reactor core. The neutron moderator is composed of zirconium hydride.
US08711985B2	Multi user MIMO detection utilizing averaged spatial whitening A system and method for decoding a Multi User (MU) Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) signal is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a selected symbol in a tone of an MU-MIMO signal at a mobile communication device. A channel response for the selected symbol is identified. Spatial whitening is applied to the tone and the channel response using an average of a co-user interference plus noise matrix that is averaged over a selected number of tones. Maximal ratio combining is performed for the spatially whitened tone and the spatially whitened channel response matrix to decode the selected symbol out of the spatially whitened tone.
US08711983B2	Phase locking loop A phase-locking loop (PLL) for use with orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signals. In one embodiment, a wireless receiver includes a PLL is configured to reduce phase and frequency divergence between the wireless receiver and a transmitter of a packet received by the wireless receiver. The PLL includes a loop bandwidth controller. The loop bandwidth controller is configured to set a bandwidth of the PLL to a first value for reception of an initial symbol of the packet. The loop bandwidth controller is configured to reduce the bandwidth of the PLL over a number of symbols preceding an initial header of the packet.
US08711980B2	Receiver with feedback continuous-time delta-sigma modulator with current-mode input In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, a receiver may include a downconverter configured to demodulate a modulated wireless signal to produce a current-mode baseband signal and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to convert the current-mode baseband signal into a digital output signal. The downconverter may be coupled to the ADC without an intervening filter element.
US08711974B2	Systems and methods for mitigating spectral regrowth from non-linear systems Various embodiments are directed to a non-linear amplifier system comprising a reference output generator, an adaptive filter, a amplitude distortion (AM-AM) compensator, a phase distortion (AM-PM) compensator, an adaptive spectrum controller and a non-linear system. The reference output generator may receive an input signal and generating a reference output. The adaptive filter may generate a modified input signal based on the input signal and the reference output. The AM-AM compensator may act on the modified input signal to compensate for AM-AM distortion. The phase distortion (AM-PM) compensator may act on the modified input signal to compensate for AM-PM distortion. The adaptive spectrum controller may provide parameters to the adaptive filter to minimize the power spectral density (PSD) of an output of the non-linear amplifier system in a stop-band and maximize the PSD of the output of the non-linear amplifier system in a pass-band.
US08711971B2	Multiple input multiple output transceiver An exemplary MIMO transceiver includes a first transmitting channel and a second transmitting channel. The first transmitting channel includes a first power amplifier and a first transmission line which are connected together in series. The second transmitting channel includes a second power amplifier. A common terminal of a first single pole double throw (SPDT) switch is connected to the second power amplifier. A first terminal of the first SPDT switch is connected to the first power amplifier through a second transmission line. A common terminal of a second SPDT switch is connected to the second power amplifier. A first terminal of second SPDT switch is connected to the first power amplifier through a third transmission line. A second terminal of the second SPDT switch is connected to a second antenna. The first power amplifier, the second transmission line, and the third transmission line cooperatively act as a balance power amplifier.
US08711962B2	Method for generating multi-antenna signals The invention relates to a method for generating multi-antenna signals. Firstly, the propagation conditions between channel coefficients, which each describe one transmitter antenna and one receiver antenna, are generated. Furthermore, weighting factors are generated to weight signals to be transmitted via one transmitter antenna in each case. Taking the channel coefficients (hij) and the weighting factors (Wij), into consideration, received signals arriving therein are calculated for each receiver antenna. A transmitted signal is generated in each case from the calculated arriving received signals, which corresponds to the calculated received signal for said receiving device. The particular transmitted signals are generated by a signal generator and transmitted to the associated receiving device.
US08711960B2	Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data A digital broadcasting system including a transmitting system and a receiving system, and a method of processing data are disclosed. A method of processing data of a transmitting system includes sequentially grouping N number of columns (Kc) configured of A number of enhanced data bytes having information included therein, thereby creating a frame having a size of N (rows)*Kc (columns), wherein N and A are integers, encoding the created frame, and multiplexing and transmitting enhanced data included in the encoded frame and main data.
US08711951B2	Powerline communication device with load characterization functionality A method for operating a Power Line Communications (PLC) device includes identifying at least one proximately located load device using the wireless interface, determining device characteristics of the at least one proximately located load device using the wireless interface, communicating with a remote PLC device via the PLC interface, and transmitting to the remote PLC device via the PLC interface the device characteristics of the at least one proximately located load device. Operation may further include establishing wireless communications with the at least one proximately located device, querying the at least one proximately located device wirelessly, and receiving the device characteristics wirelessly. Other operations include creating a diagrammatic representation of a premises representing a plurality of areas and passages between the plurality of areas and including wireless reception quality for each of the plurality of spaces.
US08711950B2	Apparatus and method for adapted deblocking filtering strength A picture processing apparatus for carrying out decoding processing to produce picture data from a bit stream generated previously in processing performed typically by a coding apparatus to code the picture data by selection of setting of picture types from a frame structure of the picture data and from a field structure of the picture data and by execution of an orthogonal transform process for each orthogonal transform process unit of the picture data on a prediction error, which is a difference between a predicted value generated for each predicted-value generation unit of the picture data and the true value of the picture data.
US08711948B2	Motion-compensated prediction of inter-layer residuals Techniques and tools are described for scalable video encoding and decoding. In some embodiments, an encoding tool encodes base layer video and outputs encoded base layer video in a base layer bit stream. The encoding tool encodes inter-layer residual video (representing differences between input video and reconstructed base layer video) using motion compensation relative to previously reconstructed inter-layer residual video. For the inter-layer residual video, the encoding tool outputs motion information and motion-compensated prediction residuals in an enhancement layer bit stream. A decoding tool receives the base layer bit stream and enhancement layer bit stream, reconstructs base layer video, reconstructs inter-layer residual video, and combines the reconstructed base layer video and reconstructed inter-layer residual video. Using motion compensation for the inter-layer residual video facilitates the use of separate motion vectors and separate codecs for the base layer video and inter-layer residual video.
US08711946B2	Device and method for unified codes A unified codec device and method are disclosed. A decoding device includes a decoding description decoder, generating at least one table by using inputted decoding description; and a codec unit, decoding and outputting encoded video data, included in an inputted bit-stream, to moving picture data by using the table. With the present invention, a bit-stream, encoded by various formats according to each standard (e.g. MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and MPEG-4 AVC), can be decoded by the same information recognizing method.
US08711940B2	Method and apparatus of motion vector prediction with extended motion vector predictor A method and apparatus for determining a motion vector predictor (MVP) or a MVP candidate based on a MVP set are disclosed. In video coding systems, the spatial and temporal redundancy is exploited using spatial and temporal prediction to reduce the video data to be transmitted or stored. Motion vector prediction has been used to further conserve the bitrate associated with motion vector coding. Motion vector prediction technique being developed for the current high efficiency video coding (HEVC) only uses a MVP candidate set including spatial MVP candidates and a temporal candidate corresponding to the co-located block. In the current disclosure, the spatial and temporal motion vector predictor set is extended to include at least one spatially neighboring block associated with list 0 reference pictures and list 1 reference pictures, and co-located block and its neighboring block associated with list 0 reference pictures and list 1 reference pictures.
US08711934B2	Decoding and presentation time stamps for MPEG-4 advanced video coding A system, method, and apparatus for time stamping compressed video data is disclosed. A delay parameter is generated and can be encoded with the compressed video, representing the number of picture delay between the decoded sequence and the presented sequence. The presentation time stamp is associated with each of the pictures. The presentation time stamp is a function of the delay parameter and other parameters associated with picture associated therewith.
US08711929B2	Network-based dynamic encoding A network-based video encoding and decoding system encodes and decodes remotely displayed user application data on a centralized desktop computer. Remotely displayed user application data are screen captures of a browsing application run by the centralized desktop computer on user's behalf. The encoding system optimizes its encoding performance using back channel information which includes real time network capacity information and decoder feedback. The encoding system consults a back channel information manager to dynamically adjust encoding parameters. Based on the real time network capacity information received, the encoding system adjusts its capturing sampling rate. Based on encoding errors identified by the decoding system, the encoding system selectively re-send previously encoded frames/blocks, or send intra frames on demand to allow the decoding system to correct encoding errors. In response to encoding customization requests from the decoding system, the encoding system adjusts its encoding parameters to meet such requests.
US08711926B2	Distortion estimation for quantized data Techniques for estimating distortion due to quantization of data are described. A histogram with multiple bins may be obtained for a set of coefficients to be quantized. Distortion due to quantization of the set of coefficients may be estimated based on the histogram and average distortions for the histogram bins. The number of coefficients in each bin may be multiplied with an average distortion for the bin to obtain a per-bin distortion. The per-bin distortions for all of the bins may be accumulated and scaled with a correction factor to obtain the estimated distortion. The techniques may be used to estimate distortions for a set of coding elements. Distortion and rate may be estimated for each coding element for each of multiple quantization steps. A set of quantization steps may be selected for the set of coding elements based on the estimated distortions and the estimated rates for the set of coding elements for different quantization steps.
US08711925B2	Flexible quantization A digital media encoder/decoder uses a flexible quantization technique that provides the ability to vary quantization along various dimensions of the encoded digital media data, including spatial, frequency sub bands and color channels. The codec utilizes a signaling scheme to signal various permutations of flexible quantization combinations efficiently for primary usage scenarios. When a choice of quantizer is available, the codec efficiently encodes the current quantizer by defining a subset of quantizers and indexes the current quantizer from the set.
US08711923B2	System and method for selecting a video encoding format based on feedback data A method according to one embodiment comprises: encoding a first plurality of video frames or portions thereof, wherein each encoded video frame or portion thereof is dependent on a previously encoded video frame or portion thereof, respectively; transmitting the first plurality of encoded video frames or portions to a client device; receiving feedback information from the client device, the feedback information usable to determine whether data contained in the video frames or portions has not been successfully received and/or decoded; in response to detecting that a video frame or portion thereof has not been successfully received and/or decoded, encoding a current video frame or portion thereof to be dependent on a previously-encoded video frame or portion thereof known to have been successfully received and/or decoded on the client device; and transmitting the current video frame or portion thereof to the client device.
US08711921B1	System and method for multi-threaded MIMO OFDM channel equalizer A system for a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) equalizer, said system comprising a program memory, a program sequencer and a processing unit connected to each other, wherein the processing unit comprises an input selection unit, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) and an output selection unit; further wherein the program sequencer schedules the processing of one or more symbol-carrier pairs input to said OFDM equalizer using multiple threads; retrieves, for each of the one or more symbol-carrier pairs, multiple program instructions from said program memory; generates multiple expanded instructions corresponding to said retrieved multiple program instructions; and further wherein said ALU performs said processing of the one or more symbol-carrier pairs using the multiple threads across multiple pipeline stages, wherein said processing comprises said ALU executing one or more arithmetic operations to process said expanded instructions using said multiple threads across the multiple pipeline stages.
US08711920B1	System and method for multi-threaded OFDM channel equalizer A system for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) equalizer, said system comprising a program memory, a program sequencer and a processing unit connected to each other, wherein the processing unit comprises an input selection unit, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) and an output selection unit; further wherein the program sequencer schedules the processing of one or more symbol-carrier pairs input to said OFDM equalizer using multiple threads; retrieves, for each of the one or more symbol-carrier pairs, multiple program instructions from said program memory; generates multiple expanded instructions corresponding to said retrieved multiple program instructions; and further wherein said ALU performs said processing of the one or more symbol-carrier pairs using the multiple threads across multiple pipeline stages, wherein said processing comprises said ALU executing one or more arithmetic operations to process said expanded instructions using said multiple threads across the multiple pipeline stages.
US08711918B2	Adaptive known signal canceller An adaptive known signal canceller comprising of a known signal canceller filter responsive to a known signal including a known portion of a transmitted signal, the known signal canceller filter operative to generate a filtered known signal, and a subtractor unit responsive to an input signal and operative to generate an output signal, the subtractor unit configured to subtract the filtered known signal from the input signal to generate an output signal, such that the known portion of the transmitted signal is substantially removed from the input signal. The adaptive known signal canceller further comprising of a known signal canceller update unit, responsive to a desired signal and an output signal and operative to continually adjust the coefficients of the known signal canceller filter based on the difference between the output signal and the desired signal, so that the filter coefficients substantially reflect the impulse response of a channel.
US08711917B2	Sampling filter device A sampling filter device wherein the filter characteristic is variable without using a control signal of a complicated waveform is provided. A sampling filter device 105 has integration capacitors 130 and 131, an integration time adjustment section 180, and a plurality of switches 100, 101, 110, and 111. Input current is integrated in different time duration with one clock and is stored in the integration capacitors 130 and 131 and charges stored in the integration capacitor from several clocks before to one clock before are added and the result is output. When charge is stored in the integration capacitors 130 and 131 with each clock, the integration time duration is changed, whereby it is made possible to weight and add output charge and the filter characteristic changes.
US08711906B2	Tracking data eye operating margin for steady state adaptation In described embodiments, a transceiver includes an eye monitor and margin detector having one or more samplers with corresponding logic. One or more programmable provisioning parameters are defined based on a pre-defined minimum target operating margin for acceptable noise and jitter margins. For example, two programmable provisioning parameters, phase and voltage, correspond with thresholds for margin samplers placed within the eye. Initially, the transceiver applies equalization, after which an inner eye of the transceiver, as detected by the eye monitor, is relatively open with some margin for supporting channels. If the receiver margin goes below this target margin, the eye closes, which is registered by the samplers. In the presence of spectrally rich input data, if the receiver margin goes below this target margin, an updated adaptation of equalizer or other circuit parameters might be initiated; else, adaptation is not generally required.
US08711902B2	Synchronization processing circuit and synchronization processing method in wireless communication system In a synchronization processing circuit in a wireless communication system, a correlation operation unit is designed to have a parallel structure which can be restructured to improve flexibility in order to cope with various synchronization processings in a plurality of radio systems.The synchronization processing circuit in the wireless communication system comprises a plurality of correlation operation modules 31 through 3N that execute correlation operation, each of which correlation operation modules includes a plurality of correlators 60, a plurality of shift registers 50 for shifting a correlation code, an interface which transfers a shifted correlation code to an adjacent correlation operation unit for timing correlation processing, and a correlation code selection unit 40 which selects an externally and individually applied correlation code for code correlation processing and a correlation code transferred from an adjacent correlation operation unit as the correlation code.
US08711898B2	Ultra-wideband communication system and method The present invention provides systems and methods for communication between ultra-wideband (UWB) devices. In general, the UWB device may characterize the attenuation, and other characteristics of the communication environment. Using these characteristics the UWB device can adapt various communication parameters to improve the communication quality. The UWB device may use these characteristics to establish zones and sectors for communication with other UWB devices. Based on this zone and sector assignment the UWB device may select communication parameters for communication with other UWB devices. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.
US08711897B2	Split-ring resonator creating a photonic metamaterial A split ring-resonator includes a substrate, an inner-trench or cavity formed into the substrate, the inner trench or cavity including a split, and an outer trench or cavity formed into the substrate around the inner trench or cavity, the outer trench or cavity including another split disposed at an opposite end of the split in the inner trench or cavity, wherein the inner trench or cavity and the outer trench or cavity are configured to receive an electrically conductive gas and/or plasma to form a split-ring resonator.
US08711895B2	Surface-emitting laser light source using two-dimensional photonic crystal The present invention intends to provide a surface-emitting laser light source using a two-dimensional photonic crystal in which the efficiency of extracting light in a direction perpendicular to the surface is high. In a laser light source provided with a two-dimensional photonic crystal layer created from a plate-shaped matrix body in which a large number of holes are periodically arranged and an active layer arranged on one side of the two-dimensional photonic crystal layer, the holes are created to be columnar with a predetermined cross-sectional shape such as a circular shape, and the main axis of each of the columnar holes is tilted to a surface of the matrix body. When provided with this two-dimensional photonic crystal layer, the surface-emitting laser source using a two-dimensional photonic crystal has a Q⊥ value (i.e. a Q value in a direction perpendicular to the surface) of several thousands, which is suitable for an oscillation of laser light, and the efficiency of extracting light is high in the direction perpendicular to the surface.
US08711894B2	High brightness laser diode module A high-brightness laser module is configured with a beam-compression unit capable of reducing a diameter of parallel light beams which are emitted by respective spaced apart individual laser diodes. The module further has an objective lens configured to losslessly launch the light with the reduced diameter into a fiber.
US08711889B2	Asynchronous line interface rate adaptation to the physical layer with synchronous lines at the connection layer A method for adapting the rates of a certain number of asynchronous HDLC channels (15) to a single clock domain suited for interfacing with an HDLC processor (13) through a synchronous pseudo-TDM interface (14) in which the HDLC channels are multiplexed in time and vice versa in the opposite direction. In one direction the algorithm is based on the writing of the HDLC channels in a dedicated buffer (17) and in reading these buffers with a common synchronous clock just above the expected maximum HDLC rate. The under-run condition is avoided by inserting neutral information between the end byte and the start byte of the HDLC packets when this is suggested by the buffer fill monitoring function. A simple function to locate the first and last bytes of each HDLC packet read by the buffer is hence used in combination with the buffer fill monitoring function. The algorithm is also suited in the opposite direction in which different asynchronous physical lines receive their HDLC channels from a synchronous TDM-type interface on condition that this interface clock domain be just below the minimum expected HDLC output rate. In this case also the under-run conditions are avoided by insertion of neutral data after having used the same algorithm described above. Adaptation devices and a telecommunications card using them are also proposed.
US08711888B2	Digital microwave radio link with adaptive data rate A digital microwave link and system are provided that has an adaptive data rate.
US08711886B2	Transmitting a synchronizing signal in a packet network The invention concerns a device for transmitting packets in a packet communication network comprising at least two stations, characterized in that it includes means for: extract image cues from a synchronizing signal, initializing a first counter based on said image cues, initializing a second counter every “m” zero crossing of the first counter, sampling the second counter at all the Tech periods, where Tech is derived from a time base synchronized on all the network stations, and transmitting packets containing the samples in the network. The invention also concerns a device for receiving packets in a packet communication network comprising at least two stations.
US08711882B2	Reframing circuitry with virtual container drop and insert functionality to support circuit emulation protocols Reframing circuitry controls communications between a physical layer device and a link layer device. In a first direction of communication, the reframing circuitry receives a container frame with the container frame having a first arrangement of columns, and outputs a virtual container frame that includes a modified version of the container frame received by the reframing circuitry, with the modified version of the container frame having a second arrangement of columns different than the first arrangement of columns. For example, the reframing circuitry in generating the modified version of the container frame may remove a path overhead column of the container frame and replace that path overhead column with a stuff column in the modified version of the container frame. The virtual container frame may be configured to include the path overhead column that was removed from the container frame in generating the modified version of the container frame.
US08711879B2	Radio communication system, base station device and mobile station device utilizing an intermittent reception With communication service considered, it is an object to provide a communication system in which power consumption of a mobile station device is suppressed. This mobile communication system includes a base station device and a mobile station device, wherein the base station device includes a scheduling portion that carries out scheduling to determine a downlink CQI effective period scheduled by using the downlink CQI as a downlink effective period, start the downlink effective period after a lapse of a given period from downlink CQI transmission timing, and allow the mobile station device to transmit control information and user data only during the downlink effective period.
US08711877B2	Apparatus and method for connection control with media negotiation successful on different media formats In an apparatus for connection control between two terminals, a communication unit transmits or receives a connection control signal to or from the terminals. A storage stores media format information usable on the two terminals, which are to be supplied with the media format information on media formats converted by a media format converter. A media format information supplementing unit references the media format information storage, based on the connection control signal received from the terminal, and verifies a possible presence of common media format information usable by the terminals to be interconnected. If there is no common media format information, predetermined media format information is supplemented to the connection control signal, and a resulting connection control signal is delivered to the communication device. Thus, media negotiation may be made even when media formats usable on the two terminals differ from each other.
US08711872B2	Data distribution apparatus, data distribution method, and distribution control program Disclosed is a data distribution apparatus delivering multicast data to a terminal belonging to a multicast group, including: a table generating unit to generate a table including a source address (SA) of the terminal and a destination address (DA) for requesting the multicast data in association with port information of the terminal; an address discrimination unit to discriminate a combination of DA and SA contained in the multicast data; a forwarding destination information generation unit to generate forwarding destination information designating a forwarding destination of the multicast data by obtaining the port information in the table, corresponding to the discriminated combination, and inserts the forwarding destination information in the multicast data for transfer to a L2 switch; and a port selection unit provided in the L2 switch to select port to transfer the multicast data referring to the forwarding destination information and a routing table provided in the L2 switch.
US08711871B2	Method and system for weighted fair queuing A system for scheduling data for transmission in a communication network includes a credit distributor and a transmit selector. The communication network includes a plurality of children. The transmit selector is communicatively coupled to the credit distributor. The credit distributor operates to grant credits to at least one of eligible children and children having a negative credit count. Each credit is redeemable for data transmission. The credit distributor further operates to affect fairness between children with ratios of granted credits, maintain a credit balance representing a total amount of undistributed credits available, and deduct the granted credits from the credit balance. The transmit selector operates to select at least one eligible and enabled child for dequeuing, bias selection of the eligible and enabled child to an eligible and enabled child with positive credits, and add credits to the credit balance corresponding to an amount of data selected for dequeuing.
US08711870B2	Technology for managing traffic via dual homed connections in communication networks Technique for handling traffic between a specific common source node and a network element NE being part of a dual homing configuration, via a main path and an auxiliary path in the configuration, the technique comprises redirection of the traffic from one of said paths to another while the path from which the traffic has been redirected remains active, while relearn of MAC addresses which is required due to the redirection is performed without executing a MAC addresses flush operation.
US08711868B2	Methods, systems, and products for providing communications services Methods, systems, and products provide communications services. A request for communications service is received at a service provider and a best-value scenario is determined. Packets of data are subcontracted to another service provider to receive a subcontracted processing service. A result of the subcontracted processing service is incorporated in the best-value scenario, and the communications service is provided to fulfill the request for communications service.
US08711864B1	System and method for supporting fibre channel over ethernet communication A system and method for transmitting packets over two different network protocols without protocol conversion in any switches. A computer system comprises host computers and target storage arrays, or targets, coupled to one another through a Enhanced Ethernet network. Each of the host computers and the targets is configured to transmit encapsulated packets, such as a Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) packet. During system configuration, each of the targets is set to be the only target included in a virtual local area network (VLAN) with a corresponding unique VLAN identifier (ID). A given host computer logins to multiple assigned targets using a predefined Fiber Channel protocol. In response to a login request, a corresponding target assigns and conveys a N_Port ID that comprises a VLAN ID and a unique Host ID to the host computer in a reply message. A virtual link is established between the host computer and the target storage array.
US08711862B2	System, method and apparatus for pausing multi-channel broadcasts A system and method for providing a global pause function in a broadcast multimedia system during a pause mode including an input module having an incoming timestamp counter for providing a time-based marker value to mark when each incoming packet arrives from a tuner and an outgoing timestamp counter for providing a time-based marker value for each outgoing packet to a receiver(s), the outgoing counter being configured for controlling when to release each outgoing packet to the receiver(s). At least one global memory device is provided for storing each received packet. The input module is configured to stop the outgoing counter from incrementing in response to activation of a global pause signal for the duration of the pause mode. Data flow to all of the receiver(s) is simultaneously and automatically stopped when a pause mode is enabled.
US08711861B2	Lookup front end packet input processor A packet processor provides for rule matching of packets in a network architecture. The packet processor includes a lookup cluster complex having a number of lookup engines and respective on-chip memory units. The on-chip memory stores rules for matching against packet data. A lookup front-end receives lookup requests from a host, and processes these lookup requests to generate key requests for forwarding to the lookup engines. As a result of the rule matching, the lookup engine returns a response message indicating whether a match is found. The lookup front-end further processes the response message and provides a corresponding response to the host.
US08711860B2	Controller for flexible and extensible flow processing in software-defined networks A network device acts as a controller within a software-defined network. The network device receives a processing definition, which includes a representation of configurable definitions of protocols, configurable flow table definitions, and configurable logic for selecting between flow tables defined by the configurable flow table definitions. The network device translates the processing definition to create a parser configuration package, which is distributed to a plurality of forwarding elements. This distribution causes each forwarding element to create a flow table based on each of the configurable flow table definitions. The flow tables include one or more configurable key columns and a set of one or more action columns to store forwarding decisions. The network device transmits data to populate the configurable key columns and action columns of the flow tables created within each of the plurality of forwarding elements.
US08711859B2	Interconnecting virtual domains According to certain embodiments, control packets are received through a control plane tunnel that communicates control traffic for virtual private networks (VPNs) among autonomous systems. A routing instance of each control packet is identified according to a control tag of the control packet. At least two routing instances are distinct from each other. The control packets are routed according to the routing instances. According to certain embodiments, data packets are received through a data plane tunnel that communicates data traffic for the VPNs among the autonomous systems. A forwarding instance of the control packet is identified for each data packet according to a data tag of the data packet. At least two forwarding instances are distinct from each other. The data packets are forwarded according to the forwarding instances.
US08711855B1	Topology discovery, control channel establishment, and datapath provisioning within an aggregation network with centralized control An access network is described in which a centralized controller provides seamless end-to-end service from a core-facing edge of a service provider network through aggregation and access infrastructure out to access nodes located proximate to the subscriber devices. The controller operates to provide a central configuration point for configuring aggregation nodes (AGs) of a network of the service provider so as to provide transport services to transport traffic between access nodes (AXs) and edge routers on opposite borders of the network.
US08711853B2	System and method for providing a path avoidance feature in a network environment A method is provided in one example and includes evaluating multiple paths in a network in order to execute a reverse path forwarding decision for multicast traffic associated with a source. The method may also include selecting a second network path based on a first network path previously been designated as a route for the multicast traffic associated with the source. The first network path and a second network path differ by at least one network element. The method further includes receiving at least one of a first data stream and a second data stream, wherein the first data stream is associated with the first network path and the second data stream is associated with the second network path.
US08711849B2	Output queued switch with a parallel shared memory, and method of operating same A network switch includes an input layer to receive a data stream with a set of cells. Each cell includes data and a header to designate a destination device. The input layer includes a set of input layer circuits. A selected input layer circuit of the set of input layer circuits receives the data stream. The selected input layer circuit includes a set of queues corresponding to a set of destination devices. The selected input layer circuit is configured to assign a selected cell from the data stream to a selected queue of the set of queues. The selected queue corresponds to a selected destination device specified by the header of the selected cell. An intermediate layer includes a set of intermediate layer circuits, each intermediate layer circuit has a set of buffers corresponding to the set of destination devices. A selected intermediate layer circuit of the set of intermediate layer circuits receives the selected cell and assigns the selected cell to a selected buffer corresponding to the selected destination device. An output layer includes a set of output layer circuits corresponding to the set of destination devices. A selected output layer circuit of the set of output layer circuits stores the selected cell prior to routing the selected cell to a selected output layer circuit output node.
US08711845B2	Communication terminal device, communication system, and communication control method The first communication unit 101 performs data communication in a first communication mode specializing in packet communication via a first communication system A. The second communication unit 102 performs data communication in a second communication mode supporting voice communication via a second communication system B. The control unit 109 controls the first communication unit 101 and second communication unit 102. The control unit 109 controls the first communication unit 101 to perform data communication via the first communication system A until a voice communication start instruction is received. The control unit 109 determines whether to perform data communication via the second communication system B based on access control information on the second communication system B in response to the reception of a voice communication start instruction.
US08711844B2	Peer-to-peer, internet protocol telephone system with proxy interface for configuration data Various embodiments of the invention provide a Peer-to-Peer (P2P, Internet Protocol (IP) telephone system. The telephone system includes a plurality of terminals coupled together via an IP network. The terminals cooperate with one another to provide telephony features without a dedicated central controller such as a PBX and/or a KSU controller. The terminals may further receive requests for configuration data residing on other terminals, relay the requests to such other terminals to obtain the request configuration, and return the requested configuration data to the requesting device.
US08711841B2	Communication system A method of establishing a communication event in a communication system from an initiator device to one of a plurality of entities associated with the initiator device comprising assigning a calling identity to at least one of said entities at a first network node associated with a packet switched network; providing the assigned identity to the initiator device; storing associated contact information for the entity together with the calling identity assigned to the entity at a second network node associated with the packet switched network, initiating a communication event from the initiator device to the entity via a circuit switched network by transmitting the identity assigned to the entity to a gateway node; sending a message to the second network node with the identity assigned to the entity to determine the contact information for the entity; and routing the communication event from the gateway node to the entity using the determined contact information via one of the circuit switched and packet switched networks without said communication event being routed via said first network node.
US08711838B1	Using network labels without standard-defined syntax and semantics In general, techniques are described for transmitting MPLS labels over a network. More specifically, a network device such a router receives a packet to be forwarded according to a label switching protocol, such as Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS). The router may determine a service instance for the packet based on a client device from which the packet originated. The network device may determine one or more services to apply to the packet based on the service instance for the packet and generate a label which having a service instance portion and a service information portion. The network device may append the label to the packet to form an MPLS-encapsulated packet, and may forward the MPLS-encapsulated packet via an output interface according to the label switching protocol.
US08711834B2	Method to prevent hyper frame number de-synchronization in a wireless communication system A method for HFN synchronization in a wireless communication system. The method includes toggling an RSN bit value in RESET PDU, after single sided re-establishment of RLC entity. A RESET PDU with the toggled RSN bit value is transmitted to a receiver. The HFN value then updated according to a RESET ACK PDU.
US08711832B2	Method and apparatus for selective decoding in a wireless communication system An apparatus and method for controlling decoding in a wireless communication system are provided. Data is received in a slot associated with a packet to be received. A threshold is determined according to format information of the packet. It is determined whether to decode the received data by comparing the threshold with the number of slots received in relation to the packet. The received data is stored without decoding, if the number of the received slots is less than or equal to the threshold. The received data is decoded to recover the packet, if the number of the received slots is greater than the threshold.
US08711810B2	Method for dropping packet data, radio communication device, and mobile communication system A control method in a mobile communication system, that includes configuring a timer corresponding to packet data for discarding the packet data according to a value of the timer; maintaining the value of the timer corresponding to the packet data when a handover is performed without restarting or resetting the value of the timer; and discarding the corresponding packet data when the maintained value of the timer reaches a given value.
US08711802B2	Communication apparatus, and method and program for controlling same A communication apparatus communicates by switching between a first communication period in which contention access control is performed and a second communication period in which non-contention access control is performed. The apparatus determines the state of access contention in the first communication period, changes the frequency bandwidth of the first or second communication period in accordance with the determination and changes the time ratio between the first communication period and the second communication period in accordance with the change of frequency bandwidth.
US08711801B2	System and method for burst separation and extended interleaving length A method includes allocating frame capacity between physical layer pipes dividing a frame and physical layer pipes into a plurality of subframes, wherein each subframe carries one burst from each physical layer pipe; selectively time shifting the plurality of bursts such that a defined time shift exists between corresponding bursts in each subframe within the frame; and appending the subframes after each other in a sequence. Each frame may include two or more radio frequency channels, each radio frequency channel including subframes. The method may further include selectively time shifting one or more of the radio frequency channels such that a defined time shift exists between corresponding radio frequency channels in each frame; and for any subframes of a radio frequency channel which have been selectively shifted beyond the end of the frame, cyclically shifting such subframes to the beginning of the frame.
US08711800B2	Wireless communications system, wireless communications apparatus, wireless communications method and computer program for wireless communication In performing SVD-MIMO transmission, a set-up procedure is simplified while assuring a satisfactory decoding capability with a reduced number of antennas. A transmitter estimates channel information based on reference signals sent from a receiver, determines a transmit antenna weighting coefficient matrix based on the channel information, calculates a weight to be assigned to each of components of a multiplexed signal, and sends, to the receiver, training signals for respective signal components, the training signals being weighted by the calculated weights. On the other hand, the receiver determines a receive antenna weighting coefficient matrix based on the received training signals.
US08711792B2	Method for mapping resource units A method for mapping resource units is disclosed. The method includes: dividing the physical resource unit set to obtain a first physical resource unit set which is in a unit of N1 continuous physical resource units, and a second physical resource unit set into which the remaining physical resource units are put; permuting, in a unit of N2 continuous physical resource units, the physical resource units in the second physical resource unit set; allocating, in a unit of N1 continuous physical resource units, the physical resource units in the first physical resource unit set to each frequency partition, and allocating, in a unit of one physical resource unit, the permuted physical resource units in the second physical resource unit set to each frequency partition. By using the invention, the combination of external mapping under the two-level sub-carrier mapping manner in the partial frequency multiplexing with the localized mapping and the distributed mapping can be realized.
US08711790B2	DL control channel structure enhancement An apparatus includes one or more processor and one or more memories including computer program code. The one or more memories and the computer program code are configured to, with the one or more processors and in response to execution of the computer program code, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: accessing in an enhanced downlink control region of a downlink subframe a downlink control channel message corresponding to the apparatus, wherein the downlink control channel message corresponding to the apparatus occupies two or more physical resource blocks contiguous in one or both of time and frequency; and accessing or not accessing a portion specific to the apparatus of a physical downlink shared channel in the downlink subframe, depending in least in part on the determined downlink control channel message. Additional apparatus, methods, and computer products are disclosed.
US08711786B2	Autonomous downlink code selection for femto cells Downlink codes may be chosen autonomously for femtocells in a wireless communication environment. Downlink transmissions are received from Home NodeBs that are neighbors of the femtocell and macrocell base stations near the femtocell. The downlink transmissions are evaluated to recognize a first set of detected downlink codes that each have a pilot energy above a predetermined detection threshold. An optimal downlink code is selected for use in connection with serving user equipment of the femtocell. The optimal downlink code is based upon the first set of detected downlink codes and selected as a downlink code from a set of downlink codes reserved for the femtocell. The optimal downlink code may be an available downlink code with a smallest amount of detected energy or a randomly selected downlink code from the available downlink codes.
US08711784B2	Beaconing and superframe structure for millimeter wave wireless technologies According to aspects of the embodiments, there is provided a method and apparatus for communicating in a wireless network with a MAC layer that uses multi-level beacons, the multi-level beacons including a discovery beacon which is transmitted in an omni mode and an announcement beacon/frame transmitted in a beamformed mode.
US08711782B2	Session transfer method, application server, and communications system Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications and provide a session transfer method, an application server, and a communications system, which implement a cross-network session transfer between a CS domain and an IMS domain. The method includes: after receiving a session transfer request sent by user B or user C in the IMS domain, sending a release message to the user B currently in a call to terminate a session between user A in the CS domain and the user B, and negotiating media information of the user A and media information of the user C to establish a session between the user A and the user C. The embodiments of the present invention apply to a cross-network session between the CS domain and the IMS domain.
US08711781B2	Multi-carrier operation for wireless systems A method for a subscriber station to perform network entry in a multi-carrier wireless environment that has a primary carrier and at least one secondary carrier associated with a base station. The method includes sensing a carrier in an area serviced by the base station and determining if the carrier is a primary carrier or a secondary carrier. The method further includes performing the network entry if the determining establishes that the sensed carrier is a primary carrier and not a secondary carrier.
US08711780B2	Method for sending status information in mobile telecommunications system and receiver of mobile telecommunications Discussed is a method of sending status information (STATUS PDU) in which a receiving side reports a data received state to a transmitting side in a mobile telecommunication system. A receiving side RLC entity considers an available radio resource to construct a status PDU fit to the size of the radio resource and then sends the constructed status PDU to a transmitting side RLC entity, thereby avoiding a deadlock situation of RLC protocols.
US08711777B2	Apparatus for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication system and method thereof An apparatus for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication system. In a terminal of a wireless communication system, the present invention includes receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and demodulating the PDSCH by interpreting the PDCCH according to a type of a subframe including the PDCCH and the PDSCH.
US08711773B2	Multi-carrier operation for wireless systems A method for a subscriber station to perform network entry in a multi-carrier wireless environment that has a primary carrier and at least one secondary carrier associated with a base station. The method includes sensing a carrier in an area serviced by the base station and determining if the carrier is a primary carrier or a secondary carrier. The method further includes performing the network entry if the determining establishes that the sensed carrier is a primary carrier and not a secondary carrier.
US08711771B2	Scalable header extension Systems and methods for extending header fields are disclosed. The header field may be extended without changing the current size of the header. Reserve bits may be used to indicate the use of an extended header and the extended header may be store in a variety of locations within the frame, including the frame payload or pad bits.
US08711760B2	Method and apparatus to adjust received signal A wireless communication device, a wireless communication system and a method to adjust transmitted signals constellation in a maximum likelihood multiple-input-multiple-output receiver by transmitting an EVM deviation value. The EVM deviation value may be added to a pre-stored error value at the receiver.
US08711755B2	Wireless communication system, wireless communication device, wireless communication method, and program A wireless communication system is provided that includes a first wireless communication device, a second wireless communication device, and a base station. The first and second wireless communication devices perform one of indirect communication via the base station and direct communication not passing via the base station. The first wireless communication device obtains the type of communication function with which the second wireless communication device is compatible, and transmits a data frame using at least one of the communication functions with which both the first and second wireless communication devices are compatible. The second wireless communication device measures communication quality of the data frame transmitted from the first wireless communication device for each communication function used. One of the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device, based on the communication quality, determines whether to perform one of the indirect communication and the direct communication.
US08711753B2	Femtocell one-to-many packet delivery Femto nodes provide Local IP Access (LIPA) which allows terminals to communicate with local area networks that the femtocells reside in using cellular air-interfaces (such as cdma2000, UMTS or LTE). Femto nodes also enable Remote IP Access (RIPA) service, which allows the terminals to access the local area network from the Internet as if they were present in the local area networks. Further, to avoid degradation of standby time of the terminals or the capacity of the femto node, or both, apparatus and methods are described herein in which a femto node consolidates received Broadcast/Multicast IP packets from a local area network prior to delivering the packets to terminals over a cellular air-interface. In other aspects, a femto node may deliver the received Broadcast/Multicast IP packets via a cellular one-to-many transmission, either with or without consolidation.
US08711748B2	Method and apparatus for band switching in wireless local access network A method and apparatus of switching a band in a wireless local access network (WLAN) is provided. The method includes transmitting a multi-band switch request message to request switching from a first frequency band to a second frequency band, and receiving a multi-band switch response message in response to the multi-band switch request message. The multi-band switch request message includes a multi-band switch schedule to operate in the second frequency band. Wider coverage can be supported by using multi-band.
US08711747B2	Power saving methods for wireless systems Methods for saving power and facilitating transitions from power-saving states back to active states in mobile stations are provided. A base station transmits indication of a periodic interval at which system configuration information is to be transmitted, periodically transmits a current version of system configuration information and in advance of an action time of a new version of system configuration information, periodically transmits the new version of system configuration information at the periodic interval; and transmits a flag indicating whether the new version of system configuration information is available. In respect of each of at least one mobile station in a power-saving state, in which the mobile station (MS) is configured on a per-MS basis to periodically wake up and check for the presence of an information block relevant to the MS, the base station transmits an information block presence indicator indicative of whether the information block is present.
US08711746B2	Method, apparatus or computer program for changing from scheduled to unscheduled communication modes A method comprising: while in a first communication mode that uses scheduled communication, detecting when a number of packets communicated in an interval exceeds a threshold; and if the number of packets communicated in the interval exceeds the threshold, changing the communication mode from the first communication mode to a second communication mode that uses unscheduled communication and if the number of packets communicated in the interval does not exceed the threshold, remaining in the first communication mode.
US08711744B2	Commissioning incoming packet switched connections A node (120) for communication within a communication system (100), wherein the node (120) comprises a network signaling stack (122), the node (120) is adapted for serving as a first radio access platform which supports incoming packet switched connections, the node (120) is adapted for interconnecting to a second radio access platform which supports outgoing packet switched connections, and the node (120) is adapted for commissioning of an incoming packet switched connection.
US08711742B2	Wireless communication apparatus, a method of wireless communication, and a program for wireless communication In wireless communication with another communication apparatus in a predetermined wireless network, overhead information defined in a media access control layer is divided into a header of information necessary for the common access control and a header of information necessary for each payload. Address information is added to the header of information necessary for the common access control to transmit the generated header attached to the transmission data. For example, in a case of forming a physical burst in which a plurality of data payloads are combined into one, a frame structure is provided without useless repetition of address information.
US08711741B1	Method and apparatus for networked modems Networked modems configurable to establish a communication system on a wired communication medium. Each modem includes: a network module, transmit and receive path modules and a frequency domain echo canceller. The network module is configured to communicate with network modules of remaining ones of the at least three modems to allocate bandwidth of the shared communications medium for at least two discrete point-to-point communication links between corresponding pairs of the at least three modems. The transmit and receive path modules are configured for multi-tone modulation and demodulation of communications on the wired communication medium and are responsive to the bandwidth allocation of the network module to concurrently process at least a first discrete point-to-point communication link with a first modem among remaining ones of the at least three modems and at least a second discrete point-to-point communication link with a second among remaining ones of the at least three modems. The frequency domain echo canceller is configured to substantially cancel leakage of the communications transmitted on the transmit path into the receive path and to enable each point-to-point communication link to support full duplex communications.
US08711736B2	Audio processing in a multi-participant conference A first computing device distributes audio signals to several computing devices of participants in a communication session. In some embodiments, the first computing device serves as a central distributor for receiving audio signals from other computing devices, compositing the audio signals and distributing the composited audio signals to the other computing devices. The first computing device prioritizes the received audio signals based on a set of criteria and selects several highly prioritized audio signals. The first computing device generates composite audio signals using only the selected audio signals. The first computing device sends each computing device the composited audio signal for the device. In some cases, the first computing device sends a selected audio signal to another computing device without mixing the signal with any other audio signal.
US08711735B2	Personal IP toll-free number In an internet telephony system, toll-free service and the calls that are accepted and paid for can be specified by the IP telephony system user to be limited according to the calling party's identity, time of day, day of week or other criteria. Data that is used to screen or filter incoming calls is programmed into a call manager by the IP telephone system user's broadband residential gateway. Using such a system the user can carefully screen calls that are paid for and more closely control telecommunications service costs. More generally, the user has the ability to store predefined call handling criteria, which may be executed by the broadband residential gateway and/or the call manager.
US08711732B2	Synthesized interoperable communications A method for interoperable communications including at least the step of: a) at least one radio user's being able to transmit at least one transmission on a first radio frequency to a computer having at least one sound card and at least two sound card channels on one or more sound cards, wherein each of the at least two sound card channels is programmed to receive and process transmissions from at least two separate radio frequencies. This configuration creates a new way of interfacing virtually any speaker with virtually any computer, and allows a paradigm shift of communications organization such that everyone can talk at once, literally, and still “hear” everyone else.
US08711723B2	Subband SNR correction in a frequency selective scheduler A method, system, and base station for providing subband signal to noise ratio (SNR) correction in the scheduling of communication resources. A Scheduling Correction (SC) utility receives periodic subband and wideband channel quality indicator (CQI) reports from one or more wireless devices. The SC utility records a subframe report period for a respective subband CQI report. The SC utility calculates the age of the subband report to determine whether the subband CQI report remains valid. If the subband report is invalid, the SC utility utilizes the wideband CQI report for (current) transmission scheduling. However, if the subband report is valid, the SC utility utilizes: (a) the subband CQI report for transmission scheduling from the most current reporting subframe; or (b) a modified subband CQI value with a correction that utilizes the wideband CQI report, if the subband CQI report was not received at the most current reporting subframe.
US08711719B2	Generating network topology parameters and monitoring a communications network domain A method of generating network topology parameters of a communications network domain comprising a plurality of network nodes and a plurality of interconnecting links. The method comprises: identifying network nodes configured to interface with one or more other network domains as summarized nodes; and generating network topology parameters for one or more pairs of summarized nodes. The network topology parameters are dependent on the transmission parameters of one or more identified paths between said pair of summarized nodes. At least one said path comprises at least one other network node and respective interconnecting links.
US08711715B2	Method and apparatus to select a profile of a digital communication line A method of selecting a profile of a digital communication line includes determining a first throughput value of the digital communication line, the first throughput value associated with a first profile and determined based at least in part on a count of code violations. The method includes determining a second throughput value of the digital communication line that is associated with a second profile, the second throughput value determined based on the count of code violations. The method includes identifying a selected profile that has a greater corresponding throughput value. The first throughput value is greater than the second throughput value when the count of code violations is less than a threshold and the first throughput value is smaller than the second throughput value when the count of code violations is greater than the threshold.
US08711714B2	Method and system for simulating wireless networks A method, that comprises selecting for simulation a first cell comprising a access station. The method also includes determining a first cell pattern comprising a first plurality of cells surrounding the first cell. The method additionally includes simulating, for each cell of the first plurality of cells, at least one wireless parameter associated with at least one wireless signal. The method further includes determining a second cell pattern comprising a second plurality of cells surrounding the first cell pattern. Each cell of the second plurality of cells comprises a copy of a simulation result of a corresponding cell of the first plurality of cells. The method also includes simulating, for the first cell, at least one wireless parameter associated with at least one wireless connection. The simulation is based on the simulation results of the first plurality of cells and the copied simulation results of the second plurality of cells.
US08711707B2	Integrating multimedia capabilities with circuit-switched calls The present invention monitors call signaling events stemming from a circuit-switched call between a caller and a called party and controls a packet-session between user agents on respective endpoints associated with the caller and called party. The endpoints may include any type of computational device capable of facilitating the packet-session over a packet-switched network. Control of the user agents may be provided via a proxy for the user agents and may use the session initiation protocol (SIP), or like session control protocol for communications.
US08711705B1	Method and system for monitoring service quality in a mobile node A mobile node includes a software client that is configured to monitor the quality of a communication service provided by a wireless network and to detect an impairment of the communication service. When a service impairment is detected, the software client is further configured to generate a service impairment report for transmission to a service quality management system for the wireless network. The service impairment report may include a description of the service impairment (such as the category of impairment), a time associated with the impairment, and a location associated with the impairment. The software client may also be configured to determine a cause of the detected impairment and to indicate the cause in the service impairment report.
US08711699B2	Prioritizing application data for transmission in a wireless user device Methods and systems for prioritizing application data in a wireless user device are disclosed. A user device receives, at an application transport bearer (ATB) entity of a protocol layer of a network interface of a user device, at least a portion of a data packet originating from an application identified for prioritized data transfer on the user device. Then, the ATB entity of the user device schedules the data packet ahead of any data packets processed at any network-established data radio bearer (DRB) entities on the same protocol layer as the ATB entity. The ATB entity of the user device is also configured to operate on a protocol layer of a subset of protocol layers on the user device and is configured by the user device with a higher priority parameter than any of the network-established DRB entities on the same protocol layer as the ATB entity.
US08711694B2	Call admission control method and system A call admission control technique allowing flexible and reliable call admissions at an ATM switch in the case of an ATM network including both QoS-specified and QoS-unspecified virtual connections is disclosed. In the case where a QoS (Quality of Service) specified connection request occurs, an estimated bandwidth is calculated which is to be assigned to an existing QoS-unspecified traffic on the link associated with the QoS-specified connection request. A call control processor of the ATM switch determines whether the QoS-specified connection request is accepted, depending on whether a requested bandwidth is smaller than an available bandwidth that is obtained by subtracting an assigned bandwidth and the estimated bandwidth from a full bandwidth of the link.
US08711693B2	Gateway channel utilization Voice call entries for voice calls handled by a gateway may be stored in a database. Determining channel utilization in the gateway may include determining whether a gateway channel was used during a voice call based on a corresponding voice call entry. A determination may be made as to whether the voice call is complete or active. Also, the channel name is determined and the channel usage duration of the voice call since the last channel utilization determination is calculated. Also, the channel name is mapped with the channel usage duration, and the mapping may be stored in the database.
US08711682B2	Method for resource allocation in a wireless communication network, method for error-free transmission of information, node and wireless communication network An approach for resource allocation in a wireless communication network including a sender, a relay station and a receiver in case of a retransmission of information from the relay station to the receiver is described, wherein a resource necessary for retransmission is determined on the basis of the relayed channel and the relay function.
US08711678B2	Communication network management system, method and program, and management computer A communication network includes a plurality of nodes and a plurality of links connecting between the nodes. A management computer managing the communication network has a storage means, an entry control means and a monitoring means. A route information indicating a transfer route of frames in the communication network is stored in the storage means. The monitoring means performs, based on the route information, transmission and reception of frames to and from the communication network. The entry control means instructs each node to set up a forwarding table indicating a correspondence relationship between an input source and a forwarding destination of frames. More specifically, the entry control means instructs the each node to set up the forwarding table such that frames are forwarded along the transfer route indicated by the route information.
US08711674B2	Interference suppressing OFDM system for wireless communications An IS-OFDM system for point-to-point wireless communications that suppresses narrow-band interference comprises an IS-OFDM transmitter and an IS-OFDM receiver, wherein a transmitted signal comprises a plurality of subcarriers, and further wherein each subcarrier contains more than one and potentially all symbols transmitted in a given frame. The IS-OFDM transmitted signal is at a data rate that is equal to the data rate of the input data stream via the use of P/S converters.
US08711672B2	Wireless communication system using pilot allocation, method and pilot pattern thereof A wireless communication system using pilot allocation, method and pilot pattern thereof are disclosed. The method is applied for allocating pilots for transmission of multiple pilot streams in a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antenna system using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation. In embodiment, the pilot allocation are applied in contiguous frame structure, and two pilots are allocated for each pilot stream in frame structure comprising 18 subcarriers and 6 OFDM symbols. The 8 pilot streams are grouped into two pilot stream clusters, and pilots for each pilot stream cluster are grouped into two pilot clusters. Four pilot clusters are then allocated in first frame structure, and the allocation of the pilot clusters in second frame structure corresponds to those in first frame structure. Therefore, better transfer rate in such wireless communication system can be achieved.
US08711671B2	Extension of physical downlink control channel coverage It is provided an apparatus, including observing means configured to observe a first parameter; deciding means configured to decide, based on the first parameter, whether or not an original search space of a downlink control channel of an orthogonal frequency division multiplex technology is to be redefined; and redefining means configured to redefine the original search space, thus obtaining a redefined search space.
US08711666B2	Adhesive structure of optical device, adhesion method, and optical pickup device In an optical pickup device for use in recording and reproducing on an optical recording medium, such as a CD or DVD, banks are formed on both sides of an adhesive agent application position for adhering an optical device, such as a photodetector or a laser diode, in an optical pickup case. At this time, a bank on the side of an optical path is formed higher than a height of an outer bank, and an adhesive agent is poured between the banks, to adhere the optical pickup case and the optical device.
US08711663B1	Plasmon generator includes three metal layers for thermally-assisted magnetic recording A plasmon generator has a front end face located in a medium facing surface of a magnetic head. The plasmon generator includes a first layer formed of a first metal material, a second layer formed of a second metal material, and a third layer formed of a third metal material. Each of the second and third layers has an end portion constituting part of the front end face. The first layer does not have any portion constituting part of the front end face. The first and second metal materials are higher in electrical conductivity than the third metal material. The third metal material is higher in Vickers hardness than the first and second metal materials. The first layer has a plasmon exciting part.
US08711662B2	Near-field transducers for focusing light An apparatus includes a waveguide shaped to direct light to a focal point, and a near-field transducer positioned adjacent to the focal point, wherein the near-field transducer includes a dielectric component and a metallic component positioned adjacent to at least a portion of the dielectric component. An apparatus includes a waveguide shaped to direct light to a focal point, and a near-field transducer positioned adjacent to the focal point, wherein the near-field transducer includes a first metallic component, a first dielectric layer positioned adjacent to at least a portion of the first metallic component, and a second metallic component positioned adjacent to at least a portion of the first dielectric component.
US08711660B2	Timepiece A timepiece, particularly wristwatch, having a dial on which are arranged at least two circular scales having centers which are offset relative to one another. A first hand can sweep over the first scale and a second hand can sweep over the second scale, each hand being rotatable around a hand axis centric to the associated scale, and wherein the scales partially overlap. There is formed in the dial in the area surrounded by the first circular scale an aperture through which an area of the timepiece located behind the plane of the dial is visible. The circle segment of the second scale extending across the aperture is arranged on a separate scale carrier which is pivotable around a pivot axis coaxial to the hand axis of the second hand between a display position covering the aperture into a non-display position not covering the aperture.
US08711654B2	Random sampling for geophysical acquisitions The presently disclosed technique includes a method for geophysical survey having at least one source and one receiver, wherein the survey has two sets of survey locations within the survey area, one set of survey locations for the source(s) and the other set of survey locations for the receiver(s), wherein the survey locations in one set are randomized.
US08711653B2	Changing a system clock rate synchronously A system includes a shared memory and a plurality of processor cores communicatively coupled to the shared memory. The system includes a processor core memory and a clock subsystem for providing a clock signal to the shared memory and the plurality of processor cores. Each of the plurality of processor cores executes instructions stored in the processor core memory for synchronously changing the clock rate provided by the clock subsystem to the plurality of processor cores.
US08711652B2	Arbitration for memory device with commands A plurality of masters arbitrate for access to a shared memory device, such as a SDRAM (synchronous dynamic random access memory), amongst themselves using software and arbitration interfaces. The masters generate additional commands upon arbitration, such as MRS and PALL commands, for prevention of collision of commands, refresh starvation, and/or a missing pre-charge operation in the shared memory device.
US08711648B2	Voltage generating system and memory device using the same A voltage generating system and a memory device using the same are disclosed. The voltage generating system includes an internal voltage regulator, configured to supply a current to pull an internal supply voltage to a regulated level and maintain at the regulated level; and a substrate-bias controlled selector, configured to receive a regulator power-up mode signal, a regulating mode signal and a substrate-bias voltage of a substrate, and control the internal voltage regulator such that when the substrate-bias voltage is smaller than a predetermined voltage, the internal voltage regulator powers up and operates normally by respectively taking the regulator power-up mode signal and the regulating mode signal into consideration, and when the substrate-bias voltage is larger than or equal to the predetermined voltage, the internal voltage regulator is disabled. The predetermined voltage is smaller than or equal to a forward voltage of a p-n junction formed with the substrate.
US08711646B2	Architecture, system and method for testing resistive type memory Example embodiments include a method for massive parallel stress testing of resistive type memories. The method can include, for example, disabling one or more internal analog voltage generators, configuring memory circuitry to use a common plane voltage (VCP) pad or external pin, connecting bit lines of the memory device to a constant current driver, which works in tandem with the VCP pad or external pin to perform massive parallel read or write operations. The inventive concepts include fast test setup and initialization of the memory array. The data can be retention tested or otherwise verified using similar massive parallel testing techniques. Embodiments also include a memory test system including a memory device having DFT circuitry configured to perform massive parallel stress testing, retention testing, functional testing, and test setup and initialization.
US08711643B2	Memory interface circuit, memory interface method, and electronic device A memory interface circuit includes a gating circuit that starts detection of a logic level of a data strobe signal in accordance with a data read command. A clamp circuit clamps the data strobe signal to a first logic level after the data read command is issued. A detection circuit detects a logic level of the data strobe signal, which is driven by the memory, in accordance with the data read command.
US08711642B2	Interleaving charge pumps for programmable memories Systems and methods, including computer software for performing operations enable interleaving of charging operations in a charging pump. A first charge pump is charged to a predetermined level, and a first operation is performed using a charge stored in the first charge pump after it reaches the predetermined level. A second charge pump is charged during a time that overlaps with performing the first operation. A second operation is performed using a charge stored in the second charge pump as a result of charging the second charge pump.
US08711641B2	Memory device, test operation method thereof, and system including the same A test operation method of a memory device includes a reference current generator generating a reference current and providing a reference voltage generated based on the reference current to one of input terminals of a sense amplifier; providing a read voltage generated based on a read current of a memory cell to another one of the input terminals of the sense amplifier; and the sense amplifier comparing the reference voltage with the read voltage.
US08711640B2	Semiconductor memory apparatus A semiconductor memory apparatus includes: a data output signal transmitter configured to receive a data signal and a data mask signal and transmit a data output signal through a global data line, the data output signal being outputted by determining whether the data signal is masked or not; and a write driver configured to receive the data output signal through the global data line and input the received data output signal to a local data line corresponding to the data output signal.
US08711639B2	Data paths using a first signal to capture data and a second signal to output data and methods for providing data Data paths, memories, and methods for providing data from memory are disclosed. An example read data path includes a delay path, and a clocked data register. The data path has a data propagation delay and is configured to receive data and propagate the data therethrough. The delay path is configured to receive a clock signal and provide a delayed clock signal having a delay relative to the clock signal that models the data propagation delay. The clocked data register is configured to clock in data responsive at least in part to the delayed clock signal. The clocked data register is further configured to clock out data responsive at least in part to the clock signal.
US08711632B2	Semiconductor memory device The control circuit selects, as the first reference cell, the first memory cell having a maximum reading current supplied by turning on the first select transistor in a state in which resistance values of the first memory cells are all increased. The control circuit selects, as the second reference cell, the second memory cell having a maximum reading current supplied by turning on the second select transistor in a state in which resistance values of the second memory cells are all increased. The first reference-current setting circuit sets, as the first reference current, a current obtained by adding a first adjusting current to the reading current of the first reference cell. The second reference-current setting circuit sets, as the second reference current, a current obtained by adding a second adjusting current to the reading current of the second reference cell.
US08711627B2	Data storage device and block selection method for a flash memory The invention provides a block selection method for a flash memory. First, a flash memory is divided into a plurality of great block groups. Each of the great block groups is then divided into a plurality of block groups. Scores corresponding to the blocks of the flash memory are then recorded in a score table. When the score of a target block selected from the blocks of the flash memory has been amended, the amended score of the target block is compared with a first extreme value and a second extreme value corresponding to the block group and the great block group comprising the target block and the total extreme value. A victim block is then determined from the blocks of the flash memory according to an extreme value table.
US08711626B2	Flash memory apparatus and method for generating read voltage thereof A flash memory apparatus includes: a cell array including a plurality of main blocks, a code addressable memory (CAM) block, and a security block; a control unit configured to detect a threshold voltage change data of a main block to which a program operation has been performed among the plurality of main blocks, and set a trimming value corresponding to the detected threshold voltage change data; and a read voltage generation unit configured to generate a read voltage according to the set trimming value.
US08711624B2	Memory device and self interleaving method thereof A memory device includes a memory cell array, a self interleaver configured to interleave and load data on the fly into a buffer circuit using an interleaving scheme, and a control logic configured to control programming of the interleaved data in the memory cell array.
US08711617B2	Data modulation for groups of memory cells Methods, devices, and systems for data modulation for groups of memory cells. Data modulation for groups of memory cells can include modulating N units of data to a combination of programmed states. Each memory cell of a group of G number of memory cells can be programmed to one of M number of programmed states, where M is greater than a minimum number of programmed states needed to store N/G units of data in one memory cell, and where the programmed state of each memory cell of the group is one of the combination of programmed states.
US08711616B2	Single check memory devices and methods Memory devices and methods of operating memory devices are shown. Configurations described include circuits to perform a single check between programming pulses to determine a threshold voltage with respect to desired benchmark voltages. In one example, the benchmark voltages are used to change a programming speed of selected memory cells.
US08711615B2	Memory kink checking This disclosure concerns memory kink checking. One embodiment includes selectively applying one of a plurality of voltages to a first data line according to a programming status of a first memory cell, wherein the first memory cell is coupled to the first data line and to a selected access line. An effect on a second data line is determined, due at least in part to the voltage applied to the first data line and a capacitive coupling between at least the first data line and the second data line, wherein the second data line is coupled to a second memory cell, the second memory cell is adjacent to the first memory cell, and the second memory cell is coupled to the selected access line. A kink correction is applied to the second data line, responsive to the determined effect, during a subsequent programming pulse applied to the second memory cell.
US08711613B2	Non-volatile flash-RAM memory with magnetic memory A flash-RAM memory includes non-volatile random access memory (RAM) formed on a monolithic die and non-volatile page-mode memory formed on top of the non-volatile RAM, the non-volatile page-mode memory and the non-volatile RAM reside on the monolithic die. The non-volatile RAM is formed of stacks of magnetic memory cells arranged in three-dimensional form for higher density and lower costs.
US08711611B2	Supply voltage generating circuit and semiconductor device having the same A supply voltage generating circuit includes a first charge pump circuit that generates a first internal supply voltage, and second charge pump circuit that generates a second internal supply voltage. The absolute value of the second internal supply voltage is greater than that of the first internal supply voltage. The output terminal of the first charge pump circuit is connected to a secondary-side charging terminal of the second charge pump circuit. The secondary-side is an output-side of the corresponding charge pump circuit, and the charging terminal is an auxiliary charging terminal that supplies an auxiliary charge to a secondary-side output terminal of the corresponding charge pump circuit. The output terminal of the second charge pump circuit outputs a voltage value that is the result of adding a prescribed voltage value to the value of the first internal supply voltage applied to the charging terminal.
US08711610B2	Non-volatile memory array and device using erase markers A non-volatile memory device, non-volatile memory cell array and related method of operation are disclosed. The non-volatile memory cell array includes a defined data unit stored in a plurality of non-volatile memory cells capable of being electrically overwritten within the non-volatile memory cell array, and an erase marker corresponding to the data unit and indicating whether the data unit is in an erased state or a not-erased state.
US08711609B2	Nonvolatile memory device A nonvolatile memory device comprises a memory cell configured to store or output data in a magneto-resistance device in response to a write current applied to a bit line and a source line. A voltage detector is configured to sense potentials loaded in the bit line and the source line. A write current controller configured to control activation of a write control signal in response to an output of the voltage detector, and a write driver configured to control amounts of write current applied to the memory cell according to the activation of the write control signal.
US08711605B2	Resistive memory element sensing using averaging A system for determining the logic state of a resistive memory cell element, for example an MRAM resistive cell element. The system includes a controlled voltage supply, an electronic charge reservoir, a current source, and a pulse counter. The controlled voltage supply is connected to the resistive memory cell element to maintain a constant voltage across the resistive element. The charge reservoir is connected to the voltage supply to provide a current through the resistive element. The current source is connected to the charge reservoir to repeatedly supply a pulse of current to recharge the reservoir upon depletion of electronic charge from the reservoir, and the pulse counter provides a count of the number of pulses supplied by the current source over a predetermined time. The count represents a logic state of the memory cell element.
US08711601B2	Resistive random access memory cell and resistive random access memory module A resistive random access memory (RRAM) cell including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a plurality of repeated sets of layers is provided. Each of the sets of layers includes a resistance-changing layer, a barrier layer, and an ionic exchange layer between the resistance-changing layer and the barrier layer, wherein a thickness of each of the resistance-changing layer, the barrier layer and the ionic exchange layer exceeds a Fermi wavelength, and the thickness each of the resistance-changing layer and ionic exchange layer are less than an electron mean free path. Further, a RRAM module including the aforesaid RRAM cell and a switch is also provided.
US08711594B2	Asymmetric switching rectifier An asymmetric switching rectifier includes a first switching device to allow electric current to flow while in a first state and inhibit electric current in a second state and a second switching device connected in a head-to-head formation to said first switching device, said second switching to allow electric current to flow while in a first state and inhibit electric current in a second state. A first electric current to turn said switching devices to said first state is different than a second electric current to turn said switching devices to said second state. The rectifier further includes a bypass segment to draw a bypass electric current from a center electrode between said first switching device and said second switching device.
US08711589B2	Direct converting apparatus, method for controlling the same, and control signal generation device In a direct converting apparatus including a converter and a plurality of inverters, substantial carrier frequencies of the plurality of inverters are made different from each other while performing an operation in synchronization with the converter. An original carrier has a carrier frequency twice as high as a carrier frequency of a first carrier used for controlling one of the inverters. A waveform of the original carrier is magnified twice with a value serving as the center thereof, so that a second carrier used for controlling the other of the inverters is obtained.
US08711587B2	Power converter with a variable reference voltage and inrush current limiting [Problem] To provide a power converter capable of suppressing voltage dropping of the smoothing capacitor and suppressing a rush current at the time of power recovery,[Means for Resolution] When it is determined that a bus voltage Vdc detected by a DC voltage detecting unit 24 is equal to or less than a predetermined reference voltage, a control device 20 allows a DC load control unit 23 to stop an operation of a DC load 30.
US08711583B2	Single-stage PFC converter with constant voltage and constant current An exemplary embodiment of a power converter is provided. The power converter includes a transformer, a power device, a switching controller, and a capacitor. The power device is coupled to the transformer for switching the transformer to product output of the power converter. The switching controller receives a feedback signal for generating a switching signal coupled to drive the power device. An input circuit of the switching controller is coupled to the transformer to sample an input signal for generating the feedback signal, and the input signal is correlated to the output of the power converter. The capacitor is coupled to the switching controller to provide frequency compensation for a feedback loop of the power converter. Input of the power converter is without an electrolytic capacitor, and a maximum output current of the power converter is a constant current.
US08711580B2	Resonant conversion system with over-current protection processes A resonant conversion system is provided, in which a resonant converter receives an input voltage to generate an output voltage, and a buck converter provides the input voltage of the resonant converter, and controls the input voltage to perform an over-current protection process.
US08711579B2	Switching power supply apparatus with overcurrent limiting and prolonged holding time A switching power supply apparatus including: a switching DC-DC converter for receiving an input voltage; a current detecting unit for detecting a current from the DC-DC converter; an input voltage detecting unit for detecting the decrease or cutoff of the input voltage; an overcurrent limiting circuit for stopping the operation of the DC-DC converter when the current detected by the current detecting unit exceeds a threshold; and a threshold control unit for changing the threshold of the overcurrent limiting circuit such that, if the decrease or cutoff of the input voltage is detected by the input voltage detecting unit, the period between the time when the decrease or cutoff of the input voltage is detected and the time when the operation of the DC-DC converter is stopped is prolonged.
US08711577B2	Connector with shielding device and method for manufacturing connector A connector includes a main body and a shielding device. The main body includes a circuit board and a plurality of cables connected to the circuit board. Each of the plurality of cables includes a plastic jacket, a center core and a dielectric insulator enclosing the center core. The dielectric insulator is received in the plastic jacket, and the center core is attached to the circuit board. The shielding device includes a first insulating member, a copper foil, and a second insulating member. The circuit board is enclosed by the first insulating member and the plurality of cables extend out of the first insulating member. The copper foil covers the first insulating member and secured to the dielectric insulator, and the second insulating member encloses the copper foil. The present disclosure further offers a method for manufacturing the connector.
US08711575B2	Printed circuit board unit having routing unit mounted thereon and computer device having the same A printed circuit board unit usable with a computer device includes a main board on which a first component and a second component are mounted on an upper surface, and a routing unit mounted on at least one of the upper surface and a lower surface of the main board and including a sub-wire forming at least part of a wire to transmit a data between the first component and the second component.
US08711573B2	Using interrupted through-silicon-vias in integrated circuits adapted for stacking In an integrated circuit (IC) adapted for use in a stack of interconnected ICs, interrupted through-silicon-vias (TSVs) are provided in addition to uninterrupted TSVs. The interrupted TSVs provide signal paths other than common parallel paths between the ICs of the stack. This permits IC identification schemes and other functionalities to be implemented using TSVs, without requiring angular rotation of alternate ICs of the stack.
US08711572B2	Circuit board having semiconductor chip embedded therein A circuit board having a semiconductor chip embedded therein includes: a core board having opposing first and second surfaces and a through-hole; a semiconductor chip received in the through-hole and having a first active surface and an opposing second active surface, wherein first electrode pads comprising signal pads, power pads, and ground pads are provided on the first active surface; a first dielectric layer provided on the first surface of the core board and the first active surface of the semiconductor chip and configured to fill a gap between the through-hole and the semiconductor chip so as to secure the semiconductor chip in position to the through-hole; and a first circuit layer disposed in the first dielectric layer so as to be flush with the first dielectric layer, provided with first conductive vias disposed in the first dielectric layer, and electrically connected to the first electrode pads.
US08711569B2	Server chassis A server chassis includes a frame for accommodating a plurality of data storage devices and at least one tray for disposing a circuit board. The frame is provided with a connector and the tray is provided with a signal bridge board electrically connecting the circuit board with the connector. The circuit board could be coupled with the data storage devices through the signal bridge board without any use of cables.
US08711556B2	Business card assembly A card for use with a computer comprises two panels. One panel is connected to the other for movement about an axis to permit movement of the one between a closed position, wherein the panels are stacked, and an open position, wherein the panels extend away from one another. An apparatus can be coupled to said device and is coupled to the one panel such that the apparatus: moves with the one panel as same moves between the open and closed positions; and is movable relative to the one panel, in a direction perpendicular to the axis, between a retracted position, wherein the apparatus is disposed in stacked relation to the one panel, and an extended position, wherein the apparatus extends beyond the one panel. A mechanism causes the apparatus to move, upon movement of the one panel between the open and closed position, between the extended and retracted position.
US08711552B2	Modular system having expandable form factor A modular system of devices, in which a (master) device can be combined with one or more of other (slave) devices to transform to functional electronic devices having expanded functionalities and features in different form factors and/or platforms. The master device is docked to the slave device via a data/electrical interface, to transform the master device to the larger form factor of the slave device, with the master device maintaining control of the slave device, substantially based on the operating system installed in the master device, with access to the data, application programs, functionalities and features embodied in the master device. An intermediate removable physical interface adaptor (or docking adaptor) is provided to facilitate docking compatibility of the master device to the slave device. An enhanced charging and power management scheme is provided to optimize power management for the master device and the slave device.
US08711537B2	ESD protection device and method for producing the same An electro-static discharge protection device includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped base in which insulating ceramic layers are laminated, a pair of discharge electrodes that are located inside the base and that include facing portions facing each other, and outer electrodes that are located on surfaces of the base and that are electrically connected to the discharge electrodes. The base includes a cavity therein, and the facing portions of the discharge electrodes are exposed in the cavity. The base has an hourglass shape in which the thickness of the insulating ceramic layers is gradually decreased from an area near both ends of the base to a central portion thereof with respect to both a longitudinal cross section passing through the center in the longitudinal direction of the base and a lateral cross section passing through the center in the lateral direction of the base.
US08711533B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit Disclosed herein is a semiconductor integrated circuit including in a same semiconductor substrate: first and second power supply lines; a protected circuit being connected between the first and second power supply lines and provided with a supply voltage; a detecting circuit detecting a surge generated in the first power supply line; an inverter circuit having one or more inverters connected in series to each other; and a protection transistor being connected between the first and second power supply lines and controlled by output of the detecting circuit to discharge the surge to the second power supply line. In the inverter circuit, an inverter whose output is connected to a control node of the protection transistor is connected between the first power supply line and a third power supply line that is different from the first and second power supply lines.
US08711532B2	Integrated advance copper fuse combined with ESD/over-voltage/reverse polarity protection In one embodiment, an integrated circuit, and method of manufacturing thereof, is provided. The integrated circuit contains an over-voltage protection element and an over-current protection element. The integrated circuit operates to provide enhanced and efficient ESD functionality. The over-current element of the instant disclosure includes a diffusion protection layer to enhance the lifetime of the over-current element and improve functionality.
US08711525B2	Magnetoresistive shield with coupled lateral magnet bias In accordance with various embodiments, at least one magnetic shield for a magnetoresistive (MR) element has one or more lateral hard magnets and a coupling layer contactingly adjacent both the MR element and the hard magnet. The coupling layer concurrently magnetically decouples the MR element while magnetically coupling the hard magnet.
US08711523B2	Stacked magnetoresistance device responsive to a magnetic field generally perpendicular to a side face running along a channel of the device A magnetoresistance device comprises a substrate, an elongate semiconductor channel extending in a first direction and at least two conductive leads providing a set of contacts to the channel. The device may comprise an optional semiconductor shunt in contact with the channel. The optional shunt, channel and set of contacts are stacked relative to the substrate in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction and the surface of the substrate. The device has a side face running along the channel. The device is responsive to a magnetic field generally perpendicular to the side face.
US08711522B2	Flexure with insulating layer isolating a portion of a metal substrate A flexure is capable of securing strength of the flexure while surely preventing from deteriorating electric characteristic thereof. The flexure includes a metal substrate, an insulating layer formed on the metal substrate, and a wiring pattern arranged on the insulating layer and having a first end connected to the head and a second end that is provided with a terminal for external connection. The insulating layer extends a back of the terminal and a surrounding portion of the back. The metal substrate has an isolated portion that is on the back of the terminal through the insulating layer and is separated from the other portion of the metal substrate.
US08711519B2	Shallow trench media A shallow trench discrete track media structure is fabricated by etching a magnetic recording layer to provide a plurality of discrete magnetic data tracks separated by shallow trenches. Each shallow trench has a trench floor formed at a depth in the magnetic recording layer that is less than the thickness of the magnetic recording layer. Exposed regions of the magnetic recording layer beneath the trench floor are reacted with reactive plasma to diminish the magnetic moment of the exposed regions.
US08711517B2	Two dimensional magnetic sensor immune to skew angle misalignment Apparatus for two dimensional data reading. In accordance with some embodiments, a magnetic read element has a plurality of read sensors positioned symmetrically about a pivot point with at least two of the read sensors configured to concurrently read two dimensional user data while being immune to skew angle misalignment.
US08711512B2	Servo write assembly A servo write apparatus, comprising a first servo write head configured to only encode a single first magnetic dibit onto a magnetic information storage medium, wherein the first magnetic dibit comprises a first azimuthal slope. The servo write apparatus further comprises a second servo write head configured to encode one or more second magnetic dibits onto a magnetic information storage medium, wherein the second magnetic dibit comprises a second azimuthal slope, wherein the first azimuthal slope differs from the second azimuthal slope.
US08711510B1	Harmonic sensor A system including a weighting function module, a frequency sensor module, and a control module. The weighting function module is configured to receive a plurality of samples of data, the data having been obtained based on a head having read the data from a storage medium while the head was at a given height above the storage medium, and to apply a weighting function to the plurality of samples to generate weighted samples. The frequency sensor module is configured to estimate, based on the weighted samples, (i) a first magnitude of a first frequency component, and (ii) a second magnitude of a second frequency component. The control module is configured to estimate, based on the first magnitude and the second magnitude, the height of the head above the storage medium.
US08711505B2	Storage device having clock adjustment circuitry with firmware-based predictive correction A hard disk drive or other disk-based storage device comprises a storage disk, a read/write head configured to read data from and write data to the storage disk, and control circuitry coupled to the read/write head and configured to process data received from and supplied to the read/write head. The control circuitry comprises clock adjustment circuitry configured to generate a control signal for adjusting a parameter of a clock signal based at least in part on timing information obtained by detecting a timing pattern on a surface of the storage disk. The control signal is generated utilizing at least a predictive correction control loop, with the clock adjustment circuitry comprising predictive control firmware that implements at least a portion of the predictive correction control loop.
US08711503B2	Protecting information written to recording medium A method of protecting information written to a recording medium includes magnetizing the recording medium to form a first magnetic pattern corresponding to information to be stored, and magnetizing the recording medium to form a protective magnetic pattern having a phase difference of 180° from the first magnetic pattern at a position adjacent to where the first magnetic pattern is formed, with adjacent bits of the first magnetic pattern opposite and the protective magnetic pattern opposite to each other.
US08711500B1	Disk drive to enable defect margining A disk drive is disclosed that enables defect margining during disk drive burn-in testing. The disk drive comprises: a disk comprising a plurality of tracks; a head actuated over the disk; and a processor. The processor is configured to: perform disk drive burn-in testing to detect media defects; generate an initial defect list based upon detected media defects for sectors; generate an extended defect list that includes detected media defects and extended defect margins from the detected media defects; and utilize the extended defect list for burn-in, wherein a spare area of the disk allows for the detected media defects and the extended defect margins.
US08711497B2	Lens driving device A lens driving device includes a base member, a movable member that is disposed at the base member and moves in a plane that is orthogonal to an optical axis, a first driving portion that moves the movable member in a direction that is orthogonal to the optical axis in accordance with image shake, a lens frame that is mounted to the movable member and moves in a direction of the optical axis, a second driving portion that moves the lens frame in the direction of the optical axis and includes a first magnet that is secured to the movable member and a first coil that is secured to the lens frame, and a Hall element that is disposed so as to oppose the first magnet in the direction of the optical axis and detects a change in a magnetic field of the first magnet.
US08711495B2	MEMS autofocus actuator A micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) autofocus actuator having a support member for supporting a lens element, the support member including a stationary portion and a movable portion, the movable portion attached to the stationary portion by a movable support beam. An electrostatic drive member is attached to the stationary portion and the movable portion to drive movement of the movable portion with respect to the stationary portion. A lens holder is suspended within the support member by a resilient arm member attached to the movable portion and a deflection beam attached to the stationary portion so that in a non-actuated state, the lens element is in a first focal position that is substantially out-of-plane with respect to the stationary portion, and in an actuated state, the lens element is in a second focal position, the second focal position being different from the first focal position.
US08711494B2	Imaging lens with three lens elements, and electronic apparatus having the same An imaging lens includes first, second, and third lens elements arranged from an object side to an image side in the given order. The first lens element has a positive refracting power, and has a convex object-side surface facing toward the object side. The second lens element has a concave object-side surface facing toward the object side, and a convex image-side surface facing toward the image side. The third lens element has an image-side surface facing toward the image side and having a concave portion in a vicinity of an optical axis of the imaging lens. The imaging lens satisfies \|ν1−ν2\|<5, and \|ν1−ν3\|>20, where ν1, ν2, and ν3 represent dispersion coefficients of the first, second, and third lens elements, respectively.
US08711490B2	Lens system A lens system includes: a lens unit; a drive unit driving the lens unit in an optical axis direction; a detector detecting a position of the lens unit; a lens operation unit that operates driving of the lens unit; and a computing unit that computes a positional command value for controlling driving of the lens unit based on a signal input from the lens operation unit and controls driving of the lens unit; a time setting unit; and a threshold setting unit setting a positional difference threshold for switching the first and second current values set in the drive unit. When the difference between the positional command value and the lens position is larger than the positional difference threshold and duration after the second current value is set has not exceeded the high-current maximum time, the second current value is set. In other cases, the first current value is set.
US08711483B2	Lens module and method for manufacturing thereof A lens module capable of preventing a deterioration of optical properties and a method for manufacturing thereof are provided. Optical axes of lens portions of superimposed lens arrays are aligned. Substrate portions of the other lens arrays of the superimposed lens arrays except the lowermost lens array are cut by a first cutting portion. Subsequently, thermosetting resins are supplied from a gap between cut surfaces of the cut substrate portion so as to fill a gap between the substrate portions of the superimposed lens arrays with the thermosetting resins and to cause the thermosetting resins to integrally cover the cut surfaces of the substrate portion and a surface of the substrate portion of the uppermost lens array. Thereafter, the thermosetting resins are cured, and an individual lens module is separated by cutting the substrate portion of the lowermost lens array using a second cutting portion.
US08711481B2	Polarized film apparatus with bands of alternating orientation A polarized film apparatus comprising printed bands of successively alternating polarization orientations is disclosed. The printed bands of alternating polarization orientations repeat throughout the length of the film. The polarized film can be installed in an object, for example a window where the amount of energy through the object has to be controlled. Two identical films are superimposed to create polarization patterns that can be varied when one film is displaced with respect to the other. The resulting variable polarization patterns can be utilized to control the amount of energy allowed through this arrangement. The polarized films with bands of alternating polarization orientations can be utilized to control the amount of energy for example sunlight, radiated heat transmission, illumination level, electromagnetic radiation, etc.
US08711479B2	Illumination apparatus for microlithography projection system including polarization-modulating optical element A polarization-modulating optical element consisting of an optically active crystal material has a thickness profile where the thickness, as measured in the direction of the optical axis, varies over the area of the optical element. The polarization-modulating optical element has the effect that the plane of oscillation of a first linearly polarized light ray and the plane of oscillation of a second linearly polarized light ray are rotated, respectively, by a first angle of rotation and a second angle of rotation, with the first angle of rotation and the second angle of rotation being different from each other.
US08711477B2	Polarization preserving front projection screen microstructures Polarization preserving front projection screens and diffusers provide optimum polarization preservation for stereoscopic 3D viewing, as well as improved light control for enhanced brightness, uniformity, and contrast for both 2D and 3D systems. Generally, the disclosed screens direct light from a projector toward viewers within a diffusion locus, while maintaining optimum gain characteristics. More specifically, light incident on a region of the front projection screen from a predetermined projection direction is reflected by an engineered surface to a predetermined diffusion locus after undergoing substantially single reflections. The engineered surface, comprised of generating kernels, is used to optimally diffuse illumination light into a range of viewing angles, within the diffusion locus, with suitable gain profile, while optimally preserving polarization for 3D applications. Such a screen, when combined with matched polarization analyzing eyewear, provides extremely low cross-talk from any observation point.
US08711472B2	Optical imaging device and imaging method for microscopy The present invention relates to an optical imaging device, in particular for microscopy, with a first optical element group and a second optical element group, wherein the first optical element group and the second optical element group, on an image plane, form an image of an object point of an object plane via at least one imaging ray having an imaging ray path. The first optical element group comprises a first optical element with a reflective first optical surface in the imaging ray path and a second optical element with a reflective second optical surface in the imaging ray path, wherein the first optical surface is concave. The second optical element group comprises a third optical element with a concave reflective third optical surface in the imaging ray path and a fourth optical element with a convex reflective fourth optical surface in the imaging ray path without light passage aperture.
US08711470B2	High damage threshold frequency conversion system The present invention includes a fundamental laser light source configured to generate fundamental wavelength laser light, a first nonlinear optical crystal configured to generate first alternate wavelength light; a second nonlinear optical crystal configured to generate second alternate wavelength light; a dual wavelength Brewster angle waveplate configured to rotate a polarization of the first alternate wavelength light relative to the second alternate wavelength light such that the first and second alternate wavelength light have the same polarization; a set of Brewster angle wavefront processing optics configured to condition the first and second alternate wavelengths of light; a harmonic separator configured to separate the first alternate wavelength light from the second alternate wavelength light; and a Brewster angle output window configured to transmit the first or second alternate wavelengths of light from the interior of a laser frequency conversion system to the exterior of the laser frequency conversion system.
US08711466B2	Illumination unit for a direct-view display The present invention relates to a lighting device having a planer optical fiber and at least one light source device for illuminating a controllable spatial light modulator, wherein the optical fiber comprises a light-conducting core and a cover coating, and the light modulator comprises a pixel matrix, the light source device is disposed on the side of the optical fiber, and the light emitted by at least one light source of the light source device propagates laminarly in the optical fiber. The lighting unit according to the invention is characterized in that the planar optical fiber comprises a deflecting coating having a selective polarization function for laminarly decoupling and deflecting the evanescent wave field of the light propagating in the optical fiber, wherein the thickness of the cover coating reduces in the direction of light propagation.
US08711461B2	Aperture stop An aperture stop 10A includes a filter area 1 formed on a flat-plate substrate 23, and an aperture area 2 formed inside the filter area 1. The filter area 1 transmits infrared light and reduces or blocks the transmission of visible light. The aperture area 2 transmits light in the wavelength range corresponding to fluorescent light from an observed area of a subject and light in the wavelength range corresponding to illumination light to the subject. The aperture stop 10A does not reduce the light in the wavelength range corresponding to fluorescent light from the observed area of the subject, but variably reduces visible light since the area of the aperture area 2 is variable. Therefore, it becomes possible to simultaneously and clearly observe, with a simple method, a subject image formed by illumination light in the visible light band and an observed image formed by weak fluorescent light from the observed area of the subject in the infrared light band.
US08711459B2	Micromechanical component, device for beam deflection of monochromatic light, and spectrometer A micromechanical component includes a micromechanical unidimensional optical lattice structure for diffracting an incident light beam, and a linear drive connected to the lattice structure for compressing and/or stretching the lattice structure in the plane of the lattice structure. The lattice structure is of elastic design with regard to a change of shape resulting from the compressing and/or stretching. The micromechanical component may be incorporated in a device for beam deflection of monochromatic light or in a spectrometer.
US08711456B2	Deflection device for a scanner with Lissajous scanning A deflection device for a scanner with Lissajous scanning includes a micromirror that oscillates in at least two deflection axes and that includes a frame and a mirror plate that is movably arranged via a suspension mount. The deflection device also includes a control device for generating control signals for a resonant operation of the micromirror in the at least two deflection axes. The suspension mount includes at least one spring connected at one end to the mirror plate and at the other end to the frame. The frequencies of the control signals for the resonant operation of the micromirror are substantially equal in the at least two deflection axes, but differ at least in terms of the predefined scanning repetition rate. The levels of the resonance frequencies of the deflection axes and control signals are determined by a predefined scanning resolution and a predefined scanning repetition rate.
US08711454B2	Image scanner and image forming apparatus An image scanner includes: a light source that irradiates, with light, a recording medium on which an image is formed; a light receiving portion that receives light reflected by the recording medium; and a reflecting portion that has a reflecting surface for measuring the amount of specular reflection light coming from the light source, the specular reflection light being included in the light received by the light receiving portion.
US08711450B2	Image reading apparatus, image reading method and program An image reading apparatus, an image reading method and a program are provided for favorably correcting color misalignment in a sub-scanning direction of a read signal read by a plurality of line sensors without increasing a circuit scale or processing time. To accomplish this, the image reading apparatus sets, as a reference signal, the read signal that is output from one of the plurality of line sensors, and detects a correlation between the reference signal and each of a plurality of read signals output from line sensors other than the one of the plurality of line sensors of a plurality of lines that are displaced in predetermined line units from a line from which the reference signal is read, and selects a read signal having a high correlation with the reference signal as a read signal from the line of the reference signal.
US08711448B1	Linear book scanner A linear scanning apparatus for scanning a bound volume is used to turn a page of the volume and scan the respective sides of the turned page. The apparatus includes front and rear portions, each having first and second support surfaces, to support the volume. As the volume moves along the linear scanner from the front portion to the rear portion, the page encounters a front guiding surface joined with the first front support surface that guides the page into a page turning channel within the linear scanner. As the volume continues to move along the linear scanner, an exit surface joined with the second rear support surface guides the page out of the page turning channel and onto the second rear support surface. Scanning devices disposed on the linear scanner digitally scan the sides of the page as the volumes moves along the linear scanner.
US08711445B2	Reading apparatus and reading method Provided is a reading apparatus that includes a light source that emits a light to a source material and an image pickup element that receives the light reflected by the source material, to thereby read the source material. The image pickup element is disposed so as to move to a plurality of positions at each of which the image pickup element is oriented at a different angle with respect to a surface to be read of the object to be read, and to perform reading at the plurality of positions. The reading apparatus compares read values obtained by the image pickup element at the plurality of positions to thereby decide a property of an image expressed on the object to be read.
US08711443B2	Compact multi-functional scanning apparatus with retractable flatbed scanner A compact multi-functional scanning apparatus includes a sheet-fed scanner, a casing and a flatbed scanner. The casing is attached to the sheet-fed scanner and has a recess. The flatbed scanner is movable between a retracted position within the recess and a deployed position outside the recess. In the deployed position the flatbed scanner is enabled to perform a flatbed-scanning task. An open end of the recess is located on a lateral side of the casing, and the flatbed scanner is movable into and out of the recess through the open end.
US08711439B2	High productivity single pass scanning system A scanner enables full productivity and individual image size detection, without user intervention for mixed size originals in both simplex and duplex scanning modes. The scanner provides high-productivity single pass scanning while preserving the image size for each of the document scanned. In addition, the scanner may support duplex scanning by adding a second image sensor, for example, in the document handler. Methods of scanning are also provided.
US08711437B2	Correcting color plate data for mis-registration in a sub-scanning direction by performing a pixel transition at the transition point aligned in the main-scanning direction An image processing apparatus and a method thereof for setting, in a case where a plurality of component colors of a special-color object specified with a special color is included and a transition point is included in a region of the special-color object in image data, a transition point located in the region at a position where a generation of color unevenness can be reduced.
US08711436B2	Tint block image generation program and tint block image generation device A image generation device generates, on a print medium, an image including a first image portion and a second image portion. The device has a first screen processing unit which generates image data by an area modulation screen having a first screen ruling, for pixels of the first image portion; and a second screen processing unit which generates image data by an area modulation screen or a density modulation screen having a second screen ruling which is higher than the first screen ruling for pixels of the second image portion. And the first screen processing unit generates a halftone dot at a center of gravity position of an image of the first image portion in a cell corresponding to a halftone dot formation area in the area modulation screen processing.
US08711435B2	Method for correcting integrating cavity effect for calibration and/or characterization targets In one form, the method comprises obtaining scanned values of the image, scaling the scanned values to obtain scaled values, applying a non-linear correction function to the scaled values to obtain a first approximation of corrected reflectance values, filtering the corrected reflectance values by applying a piecewise Gaussian filter, applying the non-linear correction function to obtain a successive approximation of the corrected reflectance values, determining whether the successive approximation of the corrected reflectance values are sufficiently converged, selectively repeating the filtering and applying if the corrected reflectance values are insufficiently converged and selecting the corrected reflectance values for subsequent processing if the corrected reflectance values are sufficiently converged.
US08711430B2	Data processing system, data processing method, and image forming apparatus The data processing apparatus according to the present invention has the image data preparation unit that prepares various kinds of image data deriving from document data depending on various purposes of the document data; and the image synthesis instructing unit that instructs images to be synthesized based on the image data comprising a plurality of page portions on one sheet of paper for at least one kind of image data prepared by the image data preparation unit from various kinds of document data.
US08711429B2	Systems and methods for printing images outside a normal color gamut in image forming devices A user of an image forming device selects from among a plurality of pre-stored color rendition dictionaries (CRDs) in order that a set of system process parameter setpoints associated with that CRD may be referenced to bias and/or skew an available color gamut in the direction of a particular nominally out-of-gamut color which the user wishes to produce in a color image output by the image forming device. A capability is included in a color image forming device store and/or update multiple sets of special process parameter setpoints defining a plurality of CRDs each of which may be identified and associated with a specific color in order that requests to print out-of-gamut colors may be satisfied routinely as exceptions to a nominal gamut based on a nominal set of stored setpoints when a CRD is selected and the setpoints associated with that CRD are input for reference by the color image forming device on a temporary basis.
US08711425B2	Selecting one of a plurality of print modes based on pixel coverage of a document A method and a print apparatus are described. The method and the print apparatus allow for selecting from a plurality of print modes a print mode for a whole page of a document to be printed dependent on a print material coverage of the whole page of the document to be printed.
US08711420B2	Data processor and scanner device A data processor includes an image acquiring unit, a reference file acquiring unit, and a file generating unit. The image acquiring unit is configured to acquire a plurality of sets of image data indicating a plurality of images. The reference file acquiring unit is configured to acquire a reference file including a reference object including first information indicating a layout of at least two images among the plurality of images. The file generating unit is configured to generate a file in which the plurality of images are laid out based on the first information.
US08711419B2	Preserving user applied markings made to a hardcopy original document What is disclosed is a novel system and method for preserving user-applied markings made to a hardcopy of an original document and for generating a new composite document containing the user markings which can be reprinted without loss of image quality. In one embodiment, an original document is scanned to produce a digital representation thereof. One or more marked documents containing the user markups are scanned. The user markings are identified in each of the marked document by an iterative comparison between the marked document and the image of the original document. The identified user markings are stored to records. Thereafter, the stored user markings are retrieved and combined into an image of the original document to produce a new composite document containing selected user markings. The new file is smaller in file size and has no loss of image quality during subsequent reprints. Various embodiments have been disclosed.
US08711418B2	Image forming apparatus and method of translating virtual memory address into physical memory address An image forming apparatus includes a function unit to perform functions of the image forming apparatus, and a control unit to control the function unit to perform the functions of the image forming apparatus. The control unit includes a processor core to operate in a virtual memory address, a main memory to operate in a physical memory address and store data used in the functions of the image forming apparatus, and a plurality of input/output (I/O) logics to operate in the virtual memory address and control at least one of the functions performed by the image forming apparatus. Each of the plurality of I/O logics translates the virtual memory address into the physical memory address corresponding to the virtual memory address and accesses the main memory.
US08711417B2	Information processing apparatus, method for controlling information processing apparatus, and storage medium An information processing apparatus, which includes a storage unit having a plurality of data areas, includes a measurement unit configured to measure a first data access speed in a first data area of the storage unit and a second data access speed in a second data area of the storage unit, and a detection unit configured to detect a defect at the first data area based on difference between the first data access speed and the second data access speed.
US08711415B2	Account managing device, image processing system, and storage medium A control device of an account managing server carries out (i) a first process in which the control device (a) obtains client identification information from a client PC via a network and (b) controls a storage device to store, as provisional login information, first login information contained in the client identification information, (ii) a second process in the control device (c) obtains second login information inputted into a multifunction peripheral and (iii) a third process in which the control device (d) permits usage of the multifunction peripheral in a case where the second login information is identical to the provisional login information stored in the storage device. This makes it unnecessary for a user to register login information of a client device newly connected to the network.
US08711413B2	Methods and systems for managing print device supplies using cloud administration system configured for chemical signature tracking A cloud administration system for chemical signature-based print device consumable monitoring includes a storage module for storing reference chemical signature data, and a monitoring system having one or more sensors configured for detecting a chemical signature of a consumable such as ink or toner. The detected chemical signature data may be compared with reference stored chemical signature data to determine whether monitored consumables have a chemical signature that matches a known chemical signature.
US08711409B2	Image forming apparatus Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit which executes a predetermined image forming process to a paper, a control section which controls so as to receive reservations of a plurality of jobs, so as to execute the plurality of jobs in a predetermined order and to make the image forming unit carry out the image forming process to the paper in each predetermined interval, so as to continuously executed the plurality of jobs without interrupting the image forming process in each predetermined interval, so as to stop the image forming process in each predetermined interval until a reserved job be in a state where the image forming process is startable when a predetermined continuous execution not-feasible condition is met when starting an execution of the reserved job and a display section which displays an execution order of the plurality of jobs which are received by the control section so as to be specified.
US08711408B2	Smart television system having methods or means for accessing paid or subscribed digital content from the internet Smart television systems and methods for rendering digital content accessed from over the Internet is disclosed. The smart television system is a device that may include an operating system, and one or more applications installed or installable for accessing digital content over the Internet. The method may include providing security or authentication information to one or more servers over the Internet, providing payment or subscription information to the one or more servers, selecting a reference from a list of references to digital content, and providing, to the one or more servers, a content object that includes the selected reference to digital content. Subsequently, the smart television system may receive, from the one or more servers over the Internet, the digital content corresponding to the selected reference to digital content for rendering. The smart television system may further include a touch sensitive screen.
US08711405B2	Monitoring device, monitoring method and non-transitory computer readable medium A monitoring device includes an acquiring unit, a first determination unit, a second determination unit and a notification unit. The acquiring unit periodically acquires status information from a printer having a consumable. The first determination unit determines a first state transition from an occurrence state of a consumable alarm to a release state of the consumable alarm and a second state transition from the release state of the consumable alarm to the occurrence state of the consumable alarm, based on the status information. If the first state transition is determined, the second determination unit determines, based on the status information, as to whether the determined first state transition is an apparent first state transition or an actual first state transition. If the actual first state transition is determined and then the second state transition is determined, the notification unit notifies an alarm relating to the consumable.
US08711395B2	Electronic document reading devices We describe a method of displaying one or more pages of a document on an electronic document reading device using a second, computerised electronic device, the method comprising: running a document display management program on said second electronic device; using said management program to invoke an application running on said second electronic device to open said document on said second electronic device, such that said opening of said document is hidden from said user; using an intermediary code module, in particular a printer driver for said application, coupled to said application to generate image data representing an image of a said page of said document to be displayed on said electronic document reading device; sending said image of said page to said electronic document reading device; and displaying said image of said page on said electronic document reading device.
US08711393B2	Printing device, printing system, program, and printing method for printing based on print data from a user authorized to issue a print instruction for the print data There are provided a printing device, a printing system, a program, and a printing method capable of improving security and user-friendliness. The printing system (1) includes a PC (10-1) and printer devices (20-1 to 20-N) connected via a LAN (50). The PC (10-1) has a printing data forming unit (111) for forming print data according to a user instruction, a print data transmission unit (113) for transmitting the formed print data to the printer devices (20-1 to 20-N), a communication unit (17), and the like. The printer devices (20-1 to 20-N) have an external storage device (23) for storing received print data, an input unit (26) for inputting a user print instruction and a user identifier, a card reader (24), a print data management unit (212) for reading out print data corresponding to the user identifier from the external storage device (23), a printer engine (28) for performing printing according to the print data which has been read out, and the like.
US08711383B2	Information processing using batch setting information In an information processing apparatus according to this invention, a plurality of pieces of batch setting information each configured by a plurality of pieces of print setting information are registered in advance. A setting of print setting information, use of which is inhibited, of the plurality of pieces of print setting information is accepted. Batch setting information including the print setting information, use of which is inhibited, is specified from the plurality of pieces of batch setting information. Then, a setting screen which allows the user to select pieces of non-specified batch setting information, and does not allow the user to select the specified batch setting information is displayed.
US08711377B2	Image forming apparatus, control method of image forming apparatus, and storage medium A CPU is provided to, when at least one of a first print job and a second print job as merging targets is a variable data printing (VDP) job, display a user interface for prompting a user to select a merging method for merging the first print job and the second print job and merge the first print job and the second print job according to the merging method selected via the user interface.
US08711373B2	Image forming apparatus and control method therefor Print settings changed in a direct printing-capable image forming apparatus are treated as either temporary changes or permanent changes depending on the state of the image forming apparatus when the print settings are changed. Specifically, print settings changed when the image forming apparatus is in a direct printing-executable state are treated as temporary, whereas print settings changed when the image forming apparatus is in a direct printing-inexecutable state are treated as permanent. Usability regarding print settings is improved.
US08711372B2	Techniques for image segment accumulation in document rendering A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for image processing. In one embodiment, the method comprises performing an analysis corresponding to a sequence of drawing commands that create a bit-map when executed and generating a set of image segments based on the analysis corresponding to the sequence of drawing commands.
US08711371B2	Image forming apparatus, control method, and storage medium An image forming apparatus including a function of executing printing on a preprint sheet acquires orientation information about an orientation setting method of the preprint sheet when receiving a print job. The image forming apparatus includes a control unit, and when processing according to a setting included in the print job cannot be executed unless the orientation setting method of the preprint sheet is changed even if image data included in the print job is rotated, according to the orientation information and the setting included in the print job, the control unit causes a display unit to display an orientation setting method with which the processing according to the setting included in the print job can be executed on the preprint sheet.
US08711370B1	Scanning optical positioning system with spatially triangulating receivers Embodiments are directed towards detecting the three dimensional position of a position sensing device (PSD) utilizing a spot scanned across a remote surface. A trajectory map may be determined for a projection system. The trajectory map may identify a location of the spot at various times during the scan. A PSD may be arranged with a clear view of the remote surface. The PSD may observe at least three spots projected onto the remote surface utilizing three lines of sight that enable moment-in-time linear alignment between the spot and a sensor. Observation angles between each of the lines of sight may be determined. For each observed spot, a transition time may be determined and a location of the observed spot may be determined based on the trajectory map. A position of the PSD may be determined based on determined observed locations and the observation angles of the PSD.
US08711368B2	Prompt gap varying optical filter, analytical instrument, optical device, and characteristic measurement method An optical filter includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposed to the first substrate, a first reflecting film provided to the first substrate, a second reflecting film provided to the second substrate, and opposed to the first reflecting film, a first electrode provided to the first substrate, a second electrode provided to the second substrate, and opposed to the first electrode, and a voltage control section adapted to control an electrical potential difference between the first electrode and a second electrode, and when switching a wavelength of a light beam to be dispersed by switching the electrical potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode, and measuring an intensity of the light beam dispersed, the voltage control section switches the electrical potential difference from a first electrical potential difference to a second electrical potential difference larger than the first electrical potential difference.
US08711360B2	Spectral measurement device A spectral measurement device includes: an optical band-pass filter section that has first to n-th wavelengths (n is an integer of 2 or more) having a predetermined wavelength width as a spectral band thereof; a correction operation section that corrects a reception signal based on an output optical signal from the optical band-pass filter section; and a signal processing section that executes predetermined signal processing based on the reception signal corrected by the correction operation section that corrects the reception signal based on the change in the spectral distribution of the reception signal.
US08711359B2	Delay interferometer using magneto-optic effect of a variable faraday rotator A delay interferometer includes first and second optical paths into which incident signal light is split, a first converter including one or more conversion parts to convert the signal light on the first optical path into circularly polarized light and to convert the circularly polarized light into linearly polarized signal light, a phase adjuster to shift an optical phase of the circularly polarized light through a magneto-optic effect, and a second converter to convert a polarization state of the signal light on the second optical path into substantially the same polarization state as a polarization state of the linearly polarized signal light.
US08711356B2	Gas sensor with a porous layer that detectably affects a surface lattice resonant condition of a nanoparticle array The present disclosure relates to a gas sensor including a first layer and a second layer superimposed on each other along an interface between the two layers. The first layer includes an array of nanoparticles along the interface, the nanoparticles provided so as to allow, upon illumination with electromagnetic radiation, long range diffractive coupling of surface plasmon resonances resulting in a surface lattice resonance condition. The second layer includes a material that, when exposed to at least one predetermined gas, detectably affects the surface lattice resonance condition. The material of the second layer preferably has a porosity of at least 10%.
US08711354B2	Method for spore detection A method of detecting the presence of bacterial spores in a sample comprises non-destructively to the spores carrying out the steps of assessing the absorption, reflectance, and/or index of refraction (IOR) of the sample, subjecting the sample to UV radiation, and reassessing the absorption, reflectance, and/or index of refraction (IOR) of the sample to determine the presence or absence of spores. A detector is also disclosed.
US08711351B1	Scattering spectroscopy employing hotspot-aligned nanopores Scattering spectroscopy employs a scattering spectroscopy enhancing structure having a hotspot on a first side of a substrate and a nanopore in the substrate, where the nanopore is aligned with the hotspot.
US08711350B2	Test method for inspection device, particularly for label seating inspection device The invention relates to a test method for checking an inspection device, comprising at least the steps of: generating a prescribed number of faulty and/or correctly labelled containers or test containers; moving the faulty containers or test containers past the inspection device, which detects the faulty containers or test containers and generates a signal for ejecting the faulty containers or test containers, or indicates a value relative to the expected and the measured faulty and/or correctly labelled containers. The test method can be started or performed manually or automatically, and is suitable, for example, for checking a label seating inspection device for correct functionality, or optionally for confirming the faulty functioning thereof.
US08711349B2	High throughput thin film characterization and defect detection Methods and systems for determining band structure characteristics of high-k dielectric films deposited over a substrate based on spectral response data are presented. High throughput spectrometers are utilized to quickly measure semiconductor wafers early in the manufacturing process. Optical dispersion metrics are determined based on the spectral data. Band structure characteristics such as band gap, band edge, and defects are determined based on optical dispersion metric values. In some embodiments a band structure characteristic is determined by curve fitting and interpolation of dispersion metric values. In some other embodiments, band structure characteristics are determined by regression of a selected dispersion model. In some examples, band structure characteristics indicative of band broadening of high-k dielectric films are also determined. The electrical performance of finished wafers is estimated based on the band structure characteristics identified early in the manufacturing process.
US08711345B2	Optical angular position detection apparatus and method An annular position detection method provides a plurality of light emitters on a first imaginary circle centered on an axis, the emitters directing individual, well-defined, overlapping light beams to a pair of light detectors positioned on a second imaginary circle centered on that axis. The detectors include pairs of diametrically opposite photosensors producing outputs depending upon the areas thereof exposed to light from the emitters. A light blocker is rotatably mounted on the axis so that the blocker blocks light to different extents of the photosensors depending upon its orientation about the axis. The outputs from all of the photosensors are processed to produce a position signal that varies with the angular position of the blocker and the relative intensities of the emitters are adjusted so that the position signal is substantially linear at all operative angles of the blocker. Apparatus for practicing the method is also disclosed.
US08711344B1	Method for remotely measuring fluctuations in the optical index of refraction of a medium A method is provided for remotely measuring index of refraction fluctuations. From a first location, an optical beam is focused at a focal plane located at a second location in a medium of interest. As a result, a beam of energy is backscattered towards the first location. At the first location, a size of the backscattered beam is determined where the size is indicative of strength of fluctuations in the medium's index of refraction.
US08711341B2	Using sets of OTDR receive fibers with different lengths of marker events to verify optical fiber connectivity A test receiver for use with an Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR), including a first receive fiber having a first attribute, and a second receive fiber having a second attribute different from the first attribute. The attributes may be lengths, marker events, or both. This configuration reduces the number of times an OTDR operator must travel back and forth between cable ends when testing fibers.
US08711335B2	Stroboscopic light source for a transmitter of a large scale metrology system A stroboscopic light source (22) for a transmitter (14) of a metrology system (10) the monitors the position or shape of an object (12) includes a source housing (224) and a pulsed light generator (232). The stroboscopic light source (22) emits a pulsed beam (20) that is used to identify the transmitter (14). The source housing (224) defines a housing cavity (226) and includes an inlet port (228) and one or more outlet ports (230). The pulsed light generator (232) generates the pulsed beam (20) that is directed into the housing cavity (226) via the inlet port (228). Subsequently, the pulsed beam (20) emits from the outlet ports (230) of the source housing (224).
US08711331B2	Optical module for a microlithography objective including holding and supporting devices There is provided an optical module for an objective. The optical module includes (a) a first holding device with an inner circumference, which extends in a first circumferential direction, (b) at least one first supporting device for supporting a first optical element and being fixed at said inner circumference of said first holding device, (c) an annular circumferential first assembly space being defined by displacing said first supporting device once in a revolving manner along said first circumferential direction, (d) at least one second supporting device being provided for supporting a second optical element and being fixed at said inner circumference of said first holding device, and (e) an annular circumferential second assembly space being defined by displacing said second supporting device once in a revolving manner along said first circumferential direction. The first assembly space intersects the second assembly space.
US08711330B2	Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method In an immersion lithography apparatus or device manufacturing method, the position of focus of the projected image is changed during imaging to increase focus latitude. In an embodiment, the focus may be varied using the liquid supply system of the immersion lithographic apparatus.
US08711326B2	Fluid handling structure, a lithographic apparatus and a device manufacturing method A fluid handling structure to confine immersion liquid in a space between a projection system and a facing surface of a substrate, of a table to support the substrate, or both, is disclosed. The fluid handling structure includes a transponder to dissolve at least some of the gas in a bubble in the immersion liquid or to control a bubble in the immersion liquid so that it avoids entering an optical path of a beam from the projection system.
US08711318B2	Apparatus and method of preventing signal delay in display device An apparatus and method of preventing signal delay in display device according to the present invention includes a first substrate, a driving portion formed on the first substrate, a plurality of signal lines formed on the first substrate to transmit signals to the driving portion, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a conductive member formed on the second substrate, wherein the driving portion overlaps with the conductive member, and the signal lines and the conductive member do not overlap. Accordingly, the capacitances between the signal lines may be substantially the same.
US08711315B2	Liquid crystal display having particular pixel structure An LCD includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, first and second alignment films respectively disposed on the first and second substrates. The first substrate comprises multiple scanning lines and multiple data lines intercrossed with the multiple scanning lines to define multiple pixel areas. Each pixel area comprises multiple electrically interconnected first electrodes and multiple electrically interconnected second electrodes. The first electrodes and the second electrodes are disposed on different layers and mutually intersected to define multiple sub-pixel areas. Each sub-pixel area further comprises two protrusion-shaped patterns facing each other on two adjacent first electrodes where the first electrodes and the second electrodes are not overlapped. An angle within a range of 5-20 degrees is defined between the vertex connection direction of the two protrusion-shaped patterns facing each other and the rubbing direction of the first and second alignment films.
US08711312B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device using a liquid crystal material exhibiting a blue phase is provided to achieve higher contrast. Further, the power consumption of the liquid crystal display device using a liquid crystal exhibiting a blue phase is reduced. In a liquid crystal display device including: a first substrate provided with a pixel electrode layer (also referred to as a first electrode layer); and a second substrate provided with a common electrode layer (also referred to as a second electrode layer), between which a liquid crystal layer exhibiting a blue phase is interposed, the pixel electrode layer and the common electrode layer project into the liquid crystal layer and are arranged so that the adjacent pixel electrode layer and common electrode layer engage with each other at a distance with the liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween.
US08711311B2	Fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display panel The present invention provides a fringe field switching (FFS) mode liquid crystal display panel including a plurality of scanning lines 12 and common lines 13 provided in parallel, a plurality of signal lines 14 provided in a crank manner in a direction perpendicular to the scanning lines 12, and pixel electrodes 181 and 182 each formed between the plurality of scanning lines 12 and signal lines 14 in a delta arrangement. Each of the pixel electrodes 181 and 182 has a plurality of slits 171 and 172, respectively, inclined in different directions to each other with respect to an axis x parallel to the scanning lines 12 and positioned between adjacent scanning lines 12. The pixel electrodes 181 in odd-numbered rows and the pixel electrodes 182 in even-numbered rows are inverted to each other with respect to another axis perpendicular to the axis x. With such features, the FFS mode liquid crystal display panel provides symmetrical viewing angle generating no spots in a transverse direction, a wide viewing angle, a bright display with high transmittance and excellent display quality.
US08711305B2	Liquid crystal display apparatus A liquid crystal display apparatus includes: a color filter substrate including a first transparent, which has: an anti-static transparent conductive layer; and a light shield layer that shields light; a TFT substrate including a second transparent substrate facing the color filter substrate, and which has: a projecting part that projects beyond an end face of the color filter substrate; a conductive tape, which is stuck from an upper part of the color filter substrate to an upper part of the TFT substrate, wherein the light shield layer has a notch having an opening at the end side of the color filter substrate, wherein the conductive tape is arranged adjacent to or partially overlapping with the light shield layer, wherein the notch is provided at a connection part, and wherein a light transmission part capable of light transmitting is provided to the connection part.
US08711298B2	Flat panel display device and stereoscopic display device The present invention provides a flat panel display device, which includes a reflector plate and a back frame that carries the reflector plate, wherein the backlight system includes a reflector plate and a back frame that carries the reflector plate, wherein the back frame includes at least two primary assembling pieces, the at least two primary assembling pieces being joined to form a main frame structure of the back frame; and the reflector plate includes a foamed plastic substrate layer and a reflection layer formed on the foamed plastic substrate layer. The present invention also provides a stereoscopic display device. With the above arrangement, the present invention provides a flat panel display device and a stereoscopic display device that have a substrate layer made of foamed plastics in order to increase the stiffness of the reflector plate, reduce the risk that the reflector plate gets easily collapsing after the assembling of the backlight system, and thereby improve the performance of the flat panel display device and the stereoscopic display device.
US08711293B2	Liquid crystal shutter glasses In one embodiment, a pair of liquid crystal shutter glasses include a first liquid crystal shutter and a second liquid crystal shutter. The first and second liquid crystal shutters are switched to a transmissive state by turns. The respective first and second liquid crystal shutters include a first electrode substrate and a second electrode substrate opposing the first electrode substrate. An OCB (Optically Compensated Bend) mode liquid crystal layer is held between the first and second electrode substrates. The first electrode substrate includes a first electrode and a second electrode arranged adjacent to the first electrode. The first and second electrodes respectively include a side opposing each other and a plurality of projecting portions provided to the respective opposing sides of the first and second electrodes alternately.
US08711290B2	Projection-type video-image display apparatus A projector includes an excitation light source and a color wheel which is rotatable, with an axis in parallel to an optical axis of the excitation light source serving as a rotation axis. The color wheel includes two phosphors arranged adjacent to each other in a direction of rotation and emitting G light and Ye light respectively as they are excited by excitation light from the excitation light source. The projector further includes a phosphor drive portion which drives the color wheel to rotate such that the two phosphors emit light in a time-division manner within 1 frame period, a video signal analysis portion which analyzes a video signal for each piece of image data in each frame, and an excitation light source drive portion which sets an intensity of excitation light emitted to each phosphor in accordance with a result of analysis by the video signal analysis portion.
US08711288B2	Digital IF demodulator for video applications An integrated communications system. A substrate having a receiver disposed on the substrate for converting a received signal to an IF signal, a digital IF demodulator disposed on the substrate and coupled to the receiver for converting the IF signal to a demodulated baseband signal, and a transmitter disposed on the substrate operating in cooperation with the receiver to establish a two way communications path.
US08711285B2	Output device, source apparatus, television set, system, output method, program, and recording medium Disclosed is a television (1) that outputs a content supplied from a source apparatus, which television includes an address acquiring section (301) that acquires a logical address from the source apparatus, a device type acquiring section (302) that acquires a device type from the source apparatus, and a UI section (305) that identifies which kind of apparatus the source apparatus is, based on a combination of the logical address and the device type.
US08711282B2	Digital broadcast receiver and method for processing caption thereof A digital cable broadcast receiver and a method for automatically processing caption data of various standards and types, is disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes: a demultiplexer for dividing a received broadcast stream into video data, audio data, supplementary information; a controller for determining whether caption data included in the video data is digital caption data or analog caption data on the basis of caption information included in the supplementary information, and outputting a control signal according to a result of the determining; a digital caption decoder for extracting and decoding digital caption data from the video data according to the control signal; and an analog caption decoder for extracting and decoding analog caption data from the video data according to the control signal.
US08711279B2	Camera with monitor A monitor with a large screen is provided at the back of the camera. In the recording mode, a preview image or a captured image is displayed in a part of the monitor where there is little possibility of being covered by the hand of the operator. In the reproducing mode, a reproduced image is displayed on substantially the entire screen of the monitor. A touch panel is provided over the monitor, and operation buttons such as a zoom operation button and an exposure correcting button are displayed on a part of the monitor where no image is displayed in the recording mode. Therefore, the part of the monitor can also be used as a camera operational part.
US08711277B2	Method for assembling a camera module, and camera module A method for manufacturing a camera module is provided, the camera module including a lens and an image sensor chip, the image sensor chip being electrically contacted to a circuit board. After a first fitting part that surrounds the image sensor chip is positioned and secured on the circuit board, the first fitting part is joined to a second fitting part disposed on the housing of the camera module, forming an overlap region. A focus position between the housing-side lens and the image sensor chip is produced, and a materially attached connection is then generated between the fitting parts within the overlap region, in the focus position.
US08711274B2	Image processing apparatus and method configured to calculate defocus amount of designated area An image processing apparatus includes a focus detector configured to detect a focus state of a focus detection area by detecting a shift amount between a pair of image signals of an object image, a memory configured to store an image photoelectrically converted and output from an image pickup device, the focus detection area, and the image signals, a setting unit configured to set a designated area in the image stored in the memory, a calculating unit configured to calculate a defocus amount of the designated area using the pair of image signals corresponding to the designated area among the image signals stored by the memory, and a display unit configured to display the defocus amount of the designated area.
US08711273B2	Focusing apparatus that effectively sets a focus area of an image when a focusing mode is changed A focusing apparatus includes a focus area setting unit that sets a first focus area in a first captured image, an auto focusing control unit that performs focusing according to a first focus evaluation value that is calculated from the first focus area by automatically adjusting a focus lens, an information deriving unit that derives focus aid information corresponding to a second focus evaluation value that is calculated from a second focus area in a second captured image by manually adjusting the focus lens, and a storage unit that stores at least one of first focus area information about the first focus area and second focus area information about the second focus area, wherein the focus area setting unit sets a third focus area in a third captured image from among the first focus area information and the second focus area information stored during another focusing.
US08711271B2	Digital photographing apparatus and control method for evaluating validity of an auto-focus operation A digital photographing apparatus includes an AF region setting unit for setting an AF region, a luminance detection area setting unit for setting a luminance detection area, a luminance calculation unit for calculating luminance values of the AF region and the luminance detection area, and a determination unit for calculating a luminance difference value that is a difference value between the luminance value of the AF region and the luminance value of the luminance detection area, and determining validity of an AF evaluation value with respect to the AF region according to the luminance difference value.
US08711268B2	Methods and apparatuses for anti-shading correction with extended color correlated temperature dependency In a method for correcting shading effects in an image sensor including a plurality of pixels, shading effects on at least one readout pixel of the image sensor are modeled based on a parametric component, and the shading effects on the at least one readout pixel are corrected based on the modeled shading effects. The parametric component is dependent on at least one of a color channel corresponding to the readout pixel and a color correlated temperature of light incident on the at least one readout pixel.
US08711267B2	Solid-state imaging device According to an embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes: an imaging element formed on a semiconductor substrate; a first optical system configured to focus an image of a subject on an imaging plane; a second optical system including a microlens array including a plurality of microlenses corresponding to the pixel blocks, and re-focusing the image of the imaging plane onto the pixel blocks corresponding to the respective microlenses; a first filter placed on the second optical system, and including a plurality of first color filters corresponding to the microlenses; and a second filter placed on the imaging element, and including a plurality of second color filters corresponding to the first color filters of the first filter. The first and second filters are designed so that the first and second color filters deviate to a periphery of the imaging area, the deviation becoming larger toward the periphery of the imaging area.
US08711265B2	Image processing apparatus, control method for the same, and storage medium An image taking apparatus is configured to obtain image data by taking an image of an object, recording the image data on a recording medium, and reproducing the image data recorded on the recording medium to display the image. The image taking apparatus includes a scale-up display unit configured to display a partial area of the image in an enlarged scale, a setting unit configured to selectively set a flag indicating a rating for the partial area displayed in the enlarged scale, and a storing unit configured to store, on the recording medium, the flag set for the partial area and position information representing a position of the partial area in relation to the image data.
US08711264B2	Segmented display panel and camera with segmented display The invention is directed to the provision of a display panel in which, while providing a sufficient gap between two electrodes, the gap is made not easily visible. The display panel according to the invention includes: a first substrate having a first electrode and a second electrode formed on one and the same side thereof; a second substrate disposed opposite the first substrate; a gap formed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a backup electrode formed on the first substrate so as to overlap the gap; and a wiring electrode electrically connected to the first or second electrode, wherein the wiring electrode is formed in the same plane as the backup electrode.
US08711259B2	Solid-state imaging apparatus A solid-state imaging apparatus includes: an amplifier circuit configured to amplify a signal from pixel; and a reference signal generating circuit configured to generate a ramp signal, wherein feedback capacitor elements having the same structure are electrically connected to a capacitive feedback type amplifier of the amplifier circuit and to a capacitive feedback type amplifier of the reference signal generating circuit respectively, and a connecting configuration between an amplifier of the amplifier circuit and the feedback capacitor element and a connecting configuration between an amplifier of the reference signal generating circuit and the feedback capacitor element are the same.
US08711254B2	Image processing apparatus and method having defective pixel detection and correction ability An image processing apparatus comprises: a storage unit storing a first group of defective pixel data including positional information on a defective pixel of an image sensor and information on a type of defect; a detection unit which detects a defective pixel of the image sensor and generates a second group of defective pixel data; a combining unit which combines the first and second groups to generate a third group; and a correction unit which corrects an image signal output from a defective pixel of the image sensor using the third group, wherein the combining unit assigns a priority level corresponding to the type of defect to each piece of defective pixel data, and if there are multiple pieces of defective pixel data including common positional information, leaves the defective pixel data in the order of priority level, the highest the first and the lowest the last.
US08711248B2	Global alignment for high-dynamic range image generation Techniques and tools for high dynamic range (“HDR”) image generation and rendering are described herein. In several described embodiments, images having distinct exposure levels are aligned. In particular embodiments, the alignment of a reference image to a non-reference image is based at least in part on motion vectors that are determined using covariance computations. Furthermore, in certain embodiments, saturated areas, underexposed areas, and/or moving objects are ignored or substantially ignored during the image alignment process. Moreover, in certain embodiments, a hierarchical pyramid block-based scheme is used to perform local motion estimation between the reference image and the non-reference image.
US08711240B2	Data recording apparatus with recording control based on defect block and control method thereof A data recording apparatus records data onto a recording medium having a flash memory in which data can be written in block units using a part of a recording region as an alternative block for a defect block in which normal data writing cannot be performed. The data recording apparatus causes a user to select one of plural recording modes including a first recording mode and a second recording mode in which an amount of data to be processed is larger than that of the first recording mode, then obtains data in the selected recording mode and stores the data onto the recording medium. If an alternative block remaining amount obtained from the recording medium is equal to or less than a threshold value, the data recording apparatus allows recording in the first recording mode and inhibits recording in the second recording mode.
US08711239B2	Program recording medium, image processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, and image processing method In a first step of a program, data of a plurality of still images generated by continuously imaging still images of a subject using an imaging apparatus is read into a calculating section. In a second step, the calculating section selects a specified image from among an object image group which includes the plurality of still images and in which respective images are continued in a time base direction. In a third step, the calculating section selects a first image to be added from images before the specified image in the time base direction among the object image group. Further, the calculating section determines an addition rate of the first image to be added to the specified image. In a fourth step, the calculating section records data of the addition rate of the first image to be added in association with data of the specified image.
US08711233B2	Video stabilization Method, device and computer program product for stabilizing a video signal. A plurality of frames of the video signal are captured using a camera. A motion sensor associated with the camera is used to generate a plurality of samples representing motion of the camera. The samples are used to determine a displacement of the camera between a first time and a second time, wherein the first time corresponds to an exposure time midpoint of a first frame of the video signal and the second time corresponds to an exposure time midpoint of a second frame of the video signal. The determined displacement is used to compensate for motion in the video signal between the first and second frames caused by the motion of the camera, to thereby stabilize the video signal.
US08711232B2	Digital camera supporting intelligent self-timer mode and method of controlling the same Provided are a digital camera supporting an intelligent self-timer, which pauses an image capturing operation when an unwanted subject enters a subject composition and starts the image capturing operation later, and a method of controlling the digital camera. The digital camera includes a motion calculating unit which calculates degree of motions observed in image frames that are obtained in a chronologically successive manner, and an image capture start determining unit which determines whether to start an image capturing operation or not based on whether entry of an unwanted subject is detected or not from the calculated degree of motions and whether a set self-timer time is over or not.
US08711230B2	Image capture apparatus and program An image capture apparatus shifts an image sensor at each shooting initiation time in the continuous-shoot mode in the event of a camera-shake in response to a control signal which reflects an offset signal indicating pixel shifting information in a compensating signal indicating shake compensating information. Thereby, a change in the shooting range of the image sensor due to the camera-shake is mostly compensated for and the shooting range is changed by one pixel at each shooting. Thus, even in the event of a camera-shake, the distance between a feature portion of a main subject and a fixed pattern noise can be made different for each of continuously shot images. As a result, even in the event of the camera-shake, a composite image having fixed pattern noises scattered can be obtained by combining continuously shot images with reference to the feature portion.
US08711222B2	Method and system for calibrating laser profiling systems A laser profiling calibration system includes a light emitting device, a light-reflecting target, and an optical receiver. The light emitting device is configured to project a light and define a light plane. The light-reflecting target is configured to be positioned at multiple positions within the light plane, and has a plurality of non-reflective regions. The optical receiver is oriented to receive light reflected from the target, and further configured to capture a plurality of images, comprising at least one image at each of the target's multiple positions. The system is configured to use the plurality of images to calibrate the optical receiver within the light plane.
US08711219B2	Signal processor and signal processing method According to one embodiment, a signal processor includes: a plurality of loudspeakers configured to reproduce sound of a plurality of channels; a plurality of microphones configured to pick up sound of a plurality of channels; a detector configured to detect a user who is present in a direction of a space from which the microphones pick up the sound, and output directional characteristic information indicating a relative direction of the user to the loudspeakers; and a signal processor configured to switch contents of processing to reduce a disturbance signal included in a picked-up sound signal of the sound picked up by the microphones from the picked-up sound signal based on the relative direction indicated by the directional characteristic information.
US08711218B2	Continuous geospatial tracking system and method A surveillance system and methods are disclosed. The system of the invention includes computing means connected to memory means, input means and a plurality of sensors, such as video camera and plurality of display screens. The system is adapted to compute for the sensors a 3D coverage space which considers terrain data and man-made objects and specific features of the sensors such as the 3D location and the pan, tilt and zoom (PTZ) of the camera and to establish a data base indicative of the coverage area. The system and method of the invention are also adapted to support tracking of an object within the coverage space of the sensors, either in automatic or manual mode and to provide a user of the system with data indicative of sensors into the coverage space of which a tracked object is about to enter.
US08711215B2	Imaging device and imaging method Provided is an imaging device including: a lens optical system L including at least an optical plane area D1 and an optical plane area D2, the optical plane area D2 having an optical property that causes a focusing property of the optical plane area D2 to differ from a focusing property of the optical plane area D1 due to a light beam that has passed through the optical plane area D1; an imaging element N including at least a plurality of pixels P1 and a plurality of pixels P2 which allow light that has passed through the lens optical system L to enter; and an array-shaped optical element K that is arranged between the lens optical system L and the imaging element N and is configured to cause light that has passed through the optical plane area D1 to enter the plurality of pixels P1 and to cause light that has passed through the optical plane area D2 to enter the plurality of pixels P2.
US08711209B2	Method and system for automatic 3-D image creation Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and non-transitory computer readable media that relate to stereoscopic image creation. A camera captures an initial image at an initial position. A target displacement from the initial position is determined for a desired stereoscopic effect, and an instruction is provided that specifies a direction in which to move the camera from the initial position. While the camera is in motion, an estimated displacement from the initial position is calculated. When the estimated displacement corresponds to the target displacement, the camera automatically captures a candidate image. An acceptability analysis is performed to determine whether the candidate image has acceptable image quality and acceptable similarity to the initial image. If the candidate image passes the acceptability analysis, a stereoscopic image is created based on the initial and candidate images.
US08711208B2	Imaging device, method and computer readable medium A same subject of imaging is captured continuously, one frame at a time, from plural viewpoints by imaging units, and a subject is detected from images of the captured frames, and, if plural subjects are detected, a range represented by a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of distances between the imaging units and the subjects is computed. If a difference between a range of a specific frame and a range of a frame one before or after exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the range of the specific frame is adjusted such that the difference becomes smaller. Based on a predetermined relationship between ranges and parallax amounts corresponding to the ranges, a parallax amount corresponding to the computed range or the adjusted range is computed, and the parallax amounts and the images of the respective frames are recorded in correspondence with one another on a recording unit.
US08711207B2	Method and system for presenting live video from video capture devices on a computer monitor One embodiment of a method and system for presenting artifact-free live video from video capture devices on a computer display including the step of using the vertical blanking interrupt signal of a display controller to generate a software trigger command for the video capture devices. The vertical blanking signal is further used to transfer acquired image frames to the graphic memory of the display controller during the vertical blanking interval. Other embodiments are described and shown.
US08711205B2	Image display device and capsule endoscope system An image display device includes: a memory unit that stores internal body image data acquired via a receiver from a capsule endoscope taking internal body image of a subject and information that is associated with the internal body image data and related to a position of the capsule endoscope within the subject; a position information acquisition unit that performs a position estimation process based on the information related to the position to acquire position information of the capsule endoscope at imaging each of the internal body images; a preferential image determination unit that determines whether each of the internal body images meets a predetermined condition; and a preferential process control unit that controls the position information acquisition unit to perform the position estimation process preferentially on the internal body image determined to meet the predetermined condition by the preferential image determination unit.
US08711203B2	Creating three dimensional graphics data The present invention relates to a method in a graphics system for creating a graphics stream allowing to form a three-dimensional graphics data, the graphics stream consisting of segments. The graphics stream is divided into at least a first segment and a second segment, the first segment comprises two-dimensional graphics data and the second segment comprises a depth map for the two-dimensional graphics data. The graphics stream can be decoded by a decoder to form two data sequences to be output separately to a display device for rendering a three-dimensional subtitle or graphics image for a three-dimensional video image.
US08711202B2	Performing failover for a plurality of different types of videoconferencing devices Providing high availability in videoconferences system. A first plurality of videoconferencing devices of a first type may be monitored. Additionally, a second plurality of videoconferencing devices of a second type may be monitored. During this monitoring, at least one device of the first plurality of videoconferencing devices performs activities corresponding to a respective videoconference and at least one device of the second plurality of videoconferencing devices performs activities corresponding to the respective videoconference. In response to failure of a one of the devices associated with the respective videoconference, failover to a second device of the same type may be performed. After performing failover, the second device performs the activities corresponding to the respective videoconference that the original device was performing.
US08711200B2	Television apparatus A television appliance comprising: a television receiver for receiving television signals and outputting the television signal of a selected channel to a screen; a network interface for accessing a packet-based network; a memory storing a communication client application; and processing apparatus arranged to execute the communication client application. The client application is configured to maintain a list of contacts and allow a user of the media appliance to establish communication events with the contacts via the network interface and packet-based network. The client application is further configured so as: to receive a machine-readable data item via the network interface and packet-based network from a television appliance of one or more of said contacts, the machine-readable data item indicating a current television channel being viewed by the respective contact; and to process the machine-readable data item so as to control operation of said user's television appliance in relation to the contact's television appliance based on the processed data item.
US08711193B2	Printing apparatus and method of operation of a printing apparatus A printing apparatus including a printhead for transferring ink from a ribbon to a substrate to be printed, a print roller for guiding the substrate to be printed, a peel-off roller for separating the ribbon from the substrate, downstream of the printhead, wherein a peel-off angle is subtended between a portion of ribbon which, when the printing apparatus is in use, extends between the printhead and the peel-off roller and a tangent to the print roller at a contact point on the circumference of the print roller, and a printhead angle is subtended between a part of the printhead which transfers ink from the ribbon to the substrate and a radius of the print roller at the contact point, and wherein the printhead angle is adjustable in accordance with the speed of the ribbon relative to the printing apparatus.
US08711186B2	Scanning projection apparatus with tangential compensation A scanning projector includes a scanning mirror that sweep a beam in two dimensions. Tangential distortion in a fast-scan dimension is compensated by incorporating a tangent function when determining the light beam location and interpolating pixel data. Tangential distortion in a slow-scan dimension is compensated by driving the scanning mirror nonlinearly in the slow scan dimension such that the light beam sweeps across the display surface at a constant rate.
US08711180B2	Display apparatus and control method thereof A display apparatus and a control method of the display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel which is partitioned into a plurality of panel areas, a video dividing unit which divides a video frame into a plurality of video areas, wherein each of the plurality of video areas corresponds to a respective panel area of the plurality of panel areas, a scaler which scales each of the plurality of video areas to fit into a corresponding panel area of the plurality of panel areas, and an operating unit which operates the display panel so that each of the scaled plurality of video areas is displayed in the corresponding panel area of the plurality of panel areas.
US08711179B2	Mobile terminal and method for displaying information A mobile terminal to display information includes a memory unit to store menu information and application information corresponding to a menu; a display unit that includes a touch panel and displays a first item contained in the menu information or the application information corresponding to the menu; and a control unit that rotates a touched display area of the first item and displays a second item contained in the menu information or the application information corresponding to the menu. The menu may include a main menu, one or more sub-menus, and one or more items, which may be executable applications. The first item may be an entry in a contact list, a status item representing recent call or message activity, or a multimedia item.
US08711173B2	Reproducible dither-noise injection A display pipe unit for processing pixels of video and/or image frames may be injected with dither-noise during processing of the pixels. A random noise generator implemented using Linear Feedback Shift Registers (LFSRs) produces pseudo-random numbers that are injected into the display pipe as dither-noise. Typically, such LFSRs shift freely during operation and the values of the LFSRs are used as needed. By shifting the LFSRs when the values are used to inject noise into newly received data, and not shifting the LFSRs when no new data is received, variations in the delays of receiving the data do not affect the pattern of noise applied to the frames. Therefore, dither-noise can be deterministically injected into the display pipe during testing/debug operation. By updating the LFSRs when new pixel data is available from the host interface instead of updating the LFSRs every cycle, the same dither-noise can be injected for the same received data.
US08711166B1	Simulating non power of two texture behavior Aspects of the invention relate generally to enforcing elements of the OpenGL ES specification. More specifically, regardless of whether or not the underlying API system would allow NPOT textures, the systems and methods herein may disallow them. As a result, objects bound with these textures may be considered errors, non-renderable, and rendered in black. In order to accomplish this, various functions may be tracked to determine whether an NPOT texture that uses mips is being bound to an object, and if so, treat the condition as an error and bind (then draw) the object with a black texture.
US08711164B2	Memory controller including a hardware compression and decompression engine for managing system memory and graphical operations An integrated memory controller (IMC) may sit on the main CPU bus or a high speed system peripheral bus and couple to system memory. The IMC may use a lossless data compression and decompression scheme for improved performance. The IMC may also include microcode for specific decompression of particular data formats such as digital video and digital audio. Compressed data may be decompressed in the IMC and stored into system memory or saved in the system memory in compressed format. Internal memory mapping may allow for format definition spaces which may define the format of the data and the data type to be read or written. Software overrides may be placed in applications software in systems that desire to control data decompression at the software application level.
US08711163B2	Reuse of static image data from prior image frames to reduce rasterization requirements An apparatus, program product and method reuse static image data generated during rasterization of static geometry to reduce the processing overhead associated with rasterizing subsequent image frames. In particular, static image data generated one frame may be reused in a subsequent image frame such that the subsequent image frame is generated without having to re-rasterize the static geometry from the scene, i.e., with only the dynamic geometry rasterized. The resulting image frame includes dynamic image data generated as a result of rasterizing the dynamic geometry during that image frame, and static image data generated as a result of rasterizing the static image data during a prior image frame.
US08711161B1	Functional component compensation reconfiguration system and method A memory cell reconfiguration process is performed in accordance with the operational characteristic settings determined based upon the results of analysis and/or testing of memory cell operations. The memory circuit can include a plurality of memory cells and memory cell configuration controller. The memory cells store information associated with a variety of operations. The memory cell configuration controller coordinates selective enablement and disablement of each of the plurality of memory cells, which can be done on a subset or group basis (e.g., enables and/or disables memory cells on a word length or row by row basis). The address mapping can be adjusted so that the memory space appears continuous to external components. The memory cell configuration controller can also forward configuration information to upstream and/or downstream components that can adjust operations to compensate for the memory cell configuration (e.g., to prevent overflow).
US08711160B1	System and method for efficient resource management of a signal flow programmed digital signal processor code A method according to an embodiment of a system for efficient resource management of a signal flow programmed digital signal processor code is provided and includes determining a connection sequence of a plurality of algorithm elements in a schematic of a signal flow for an electronic circuit, the connection sequence indicating connections between the algorithm elements and a sequence of processing the algorithm elements according to the connections, determining a buffer sequence indicating an order of using the plurality of memory buffers to process the plurality of algorithm elements according to the connection sequence, and reusing at least some of the plurality of memory buffers according to the buffer sequence.
US08711159B2	VGPU: a real time GPU emulator An exemplary method for emulating a graphics processing unit (GPU) includes executing a graphics application on a host computing system to generate commands for a target GPU wherein the host computing system includes host system memory and a different, host GPU; converting the generated commands into intermediate commands; based on one or more generated commands that call for one or more shaders, caching one or more corresponding shaders in a shader cache in the host system memory; based on one or more generated commands that call for one or more resources, caching one or more corresponding resources in a resource cache in the host system memory; based on the intermediate commands, outputting commands for the host GPU; and based on the output commands for the host GPU, rendering graphics using the host GPU where output commands that call for one or more shaders access the one or more corresponding shaders in the shader cache and where output commands that call for one or more resources access the one or more corresponding resources in the resource cache. Other methods, devices and systems are also disclosed.
US08711157B2	Switching device and electronic apparatus using the same A switching device includes a plurality of first interfaces respectively coupled to a plurality of computers, a third interface coupled to a display module, and a switching unit coupled to the first interfaces and the third interface. The switching unit is used for selecting one of the first interfaces to be coupled to the third interface in response to a command. The display module receives a video signal from a selected one of the computers through the selected first interface and the third interface, and displays video information.
US08711156B1	Method and system for remapping processing elements in a pipeline of a graphics processing unit A method and system for remapping units that are disabled to active units in a 3-D graphics pipeline. Specifically, in one embodiment, a method remaps processing elements in a pipeline of a graphics pipeline unit. Graphical input data are received. Then the number of enabled processing elements are determined from a plurality of processing elements. Each of the enabled processing elements are virtually addressed above a translator to virtually process the graphical input data. Then, the virtual addresses of each of the enabled processing elements are mapped to physical addresses of the enabled processing elements at the translator. The graphical input data are physically processed at the physical addresses of the enabled processing elements. In addition, each of the enabled processing elements are physically addressed below the translator to further process the graphical input data.
US08711154B2	System and method for parallel video processing in multicore devices Embodiments are disclosed for a system and method for parallel processing of video signals. A multi-core processor is used to establish a master-slave relationship between a first processing core and a plurality of individual processing cores. Shared memory is used to store data and control messages. A plurality of individual private memories are associated with each of the individual processing cores; and control logic is used to establish a master-slave protocol for using the plurality of individual cores to process video data. The master processing core is operable to balance the video data processing load among the individual slave processing cores.
US08711153B2	Methods and apparatuses for configuring and operating graphics processing units A graphics processing system with multiple graphics processing cores (GPC)s is disclosed. The apparatus can include a peripheral component interface express (PCIe) switch to interface the GPCs to a host processor. The apparatus can also include a transparent bus to connect the GPCs. The transparent bus can be implemented with two PCIe endpoints on each side of a nontransparent bridge where these three components provide a bus interconnect and a control line interconnect between the GPCs. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US08711151B2	Hair motion compositor system for use in a hair/fur pipeline A hair pipeline utilizes a surface definition module to define a surface and a control hair and a hair motion compositor module combines different control hair curve shapes associated with the control hair and the surface. In particular, the hair motion compositor module generates a static node defining a static control hair curve shape; generates an animation node defining an animation control hair curve shape; and combines the static control hair curve shape of the static node with the animation control hair curve hair shape of the animation node to produce a resultant control hair curve shape for the control hair.
US08711149B2	Graphical user interface for interpreting the results of image analysis A method of intuitively displaying values obtained from analyzing bio-medical images includes displaying a table of the values in a first pane of a graphical user interface. The table contains a user selectable row that includes a reference value and two numerical values. The reference value refers to an image of a tissue slice. The first numerical value is generated by performing image analysis on the image, and the second numerical value indicates a health state of the tissue. The image is displayed in a second pane of the graphical user interface in response to the user selecting the user selectable row. A graphical plot with a selectable symbol associated with the image is displayed in a third pane. The symbol has a position in the plot defined by the values. Alternatively, in response to the user selecting the selectable symbol, the image is displayed in the second pane.
US08711144B2	Perception-based artifact quantification for volume rendering Artifact quantification is provided in volume rendering. Since the visual conspicuity of rendering artifacts strongly influences subjective assessments of image quality, quantitative metrics that accurately correlate with human visual perception may provide consistent values over a range of imaging conditions.
US08711143B2	System and method for interactive image-based modeling of curved surfaces using single-view and multi-view feature curves Various embodiments of an interactive system and methods for generating an image-based 3D model of an object from multiple images captured from different viewpoints of the object are described. A user may identify feature curves for the object by outlining the feature curves on a display of the images. The user may outline a feature curve in multiple images which depict the feature curve from different viewpoints. 3D shape constraints for the model may be generated dependent on the identified feature curves and camera parameters for the images. The user may also outline multiple single-view feature curves, such as silhouette curves, in single images. A 3D surface approximation for the model may be generated from the single-view feature curves. The 3D shape constraints and the 3D surface approximation may be used to generate a polygonal mesh which represents the surface of the 3D model of the object.
US08711135B2	Driving system of display panel having a circuit of a voltage generator and driving method thereof A driving system of a display panel and a driving method thereof are provided, in which the display panel includes a plurality of pixel units, and the driving system includes a timing controller and a voltage generator. The timing controller is used for detecting data values of the pixel units, and calculating difference values between the data values of every two pixel units, in which the calculated pixel units are in successive rows. The timing controller obtains an aggregation value of absolute values of the difference values, and then provides a related control signal to the voltage generator according to whether the aggregation value reaches a threshold value. The voltage generator provides a common voltage or provides a compensation voltage to a common electrode according to content of the control signal.
US08711129B2	Minimizing mismatch during compensation A method and apparatus for minimizing mismatch effects between a compensation signal and an output signal generated by a touch surface device is disclosed. In one embodiment the apparatus includes a touch-sensitive panel having a sense node for providing an output signal indicative of a touch or no-touch condition on the panel; a drive circuit for generating a sinusoidal drive signal provided to the sense node of the touch-sensitive panel; at least one non-touch-sensitive node within the touch-sensitive panel, for generating a sinusoidal compensation signal, wherein the sinusoidal compensation signal is summed with the output signal to provide a sinusoidal compensated output signal; and a sensing circuit for receiving the sinusoidal compensated output signal.
US08711127B2	Scanning of a touch screen A rectangular light-based touch-sensitive surface for an electronic device comprising a plurality of light emitters arranged along one and only one side of a surface, each emitter being activatable to emit light rays at a plurality of different angles across the surface, a plurality of light detectors arranged along the three remaining sides of the surface, each detector being activatable to register detection values of emitted light beams, wherein light emitted from each emitter is registered by two or more of the detectors, and a processor connected to the emitters and to the detectors operable to coordinate activations of the emitters and detectors, and to receive the registered detection values.
US08711126B2	Optical input device A specific information input region (B) individually specifying information to be input and an input mode switching region (C) used for changing an information input mode are placed on an information input region (A) set on a substrate. Each of these regions is displayed to be visible. An optical sensor detects a touched position on the information input region. Then, the touch operation in the input mode switching region (C) is detected according to the output of the optical sensor to selectively switch the information input mode among keyboard input, pen tablet input and mouse input. The output of the optical sensor is analyzed according to the set input mode to find out the information input by the touch operation.
US08711123B2	Multi-touch recognition resistive touch screen for recognizing multi-touch coordinates through capacitor charging time The present invention relates to a resistive touchscreen for recognizing touch coordinates through a capacitor charging time constant, and more specifically, the invention comprises: an equal resistance line operating means for obtaining the same resistance line according to an (Rv+Ry+) value and the same resistance line according to an (Rv+Ry−) value by using the charge time constant after a charge time constant measuring means measures charge time constants of capacitors CconL and CconR; and a coordinate calculating means for obtaining intersecting points of the resistance lines, thereby perceiving the intersecting points as touch positions. According to the present invention, a conventional ADC (analog to digital converter) is not used because the touch positions can be perceived through the capacitor charging time constants, whereby the invention is advantageous for IC integration.
US08711118B2	Interactivity model for shared feedback on mobile devices A system that produces a dynamic haptic effect and generates a drive signal that includes a gesture signal and a real or virtual device sensor signal. The haptic effect is modified dynamically based on both the gesture signal and the real or virtual device sensor signal such as from an accelerometer or gyroscope, or by a signal created from processing data such as still images, video or sound. The haptic effect may optionally be modified dynamically by using the gesture signal and the real or virtual device sensor signal and a physical model, or may optionally be applied concurrently to multiple devices which are connected via a communication link. The haptic effect may optionally be encoded into a data file on a first device. The data file is then communicated to a second device and the haptic effect is read from the data file and applied to the second device.
US08711108B2	Direct connect single layer touch panel A substantially transparent touch sensor panel having co-planar single-layer touch sensors and traces fabricated on a single side of a substrate for detecting single or multi-touch events. The touch sensor elements can be fabricated in columns and rows, with each sensor element in a row adjacent to a sensor element in a column. By using a board as the dielectric to connect traces from multiple sensor elements in each row, rather than using a dielectric layer on the substrate upon which the sensor elements and traces are formed, the sensor elements and traces on the substrate can be formed by simply patterning a single layer of conductive material on the substrate, which can simplify the manufacturing process of the substrate from a complexity and cost perspective.
US08711107B2	Signal conversion control circuit for touch screen and method thereof A signal conversion control circuit comprises an analog-to-digital converter, a first sample-and-hold circuit, a second sample-and-hold circuit, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, and a fourth switch. The analog-to-digital converter has an input end for receiving an output signal of a touch screen. The first sample-and-hold circuit is configured to provide the analog-to-digital converter with a high-level reference voltage. The second sample-and-hold circuit is configured to provide the analog-to-digital converter with a low-level reference voltage. The first switch connects a supplied voltage to the touch screen. The second switch connects the touch screen to a ground potential. The third switch connects the supplied voltage to the first sample-and-hold circuit through the first switch. The fourth switch connects the ground potential to the second sample-and-hold circuit through the second switch.
US08711106B2	Input system including position-detecting device A position-detecting device detects a position pointed to by a position-pointing instrument and includes an operation panel detecting the position pointed to by the position-pointing instrument; and a manipulation-detecting unit located at at least one of the interior and the exterior of the operation panel, and detecting a manipulation by a second instrument other than the position-pointing instrument, or detecting a manipulation by both the position-pointing instrument and the second instrument.
US08711099B2	Handheld electronic communication device having sliding display A handheld electronic device comprising a housing having a keyboard support member and a base, the base having a first section spaced apart from and opposing the keyboard support member to define a cavity therebetween, the base having a second section that extends from the first section beyond an open end of the cavity, the housing further comprising opposed first and second sidewalls, the first sidewall protruding from a first peripheral side edge of the second section of the base and the second sidewall protruding from a second peripheral side edge of the second section of the base. A display assembly is slidably mounted to the housing and comprising a display screen on a front face thereof, the display assembly being slidable between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein in the retracted position a first portion of the display screen is received within the cavity facing towards the keyboard support member and a second portion of the display screen is viewable outside of the cavity and disposed between the first and second sidewalls, and in the extended position the first portion and the second portion of the display screen are viewable outside of the cavity.
US08711097B2	Optical navigation device with image sensor and inner housing An optical navigation device that can sense the movement of an object, such as a user's finger, so that the movement can control a feature of a consumer digital device such as a cursor on a display screen. The device includes a substrate to which an LED, reflector, and image sensor are attached. Light from the LED is directed by the elliptical reflector toward and through a window that is transparent to the light from the LED and then is reflected off of the user's finger back through the window, through a lens, and onto the image sensor. The reflector is positioned to direct light toward the window at an oblique angle, in the range of 65 to 70 degrees from an angle normal to the window. Further, the reflector is curved to gather light across a large solid angle in the vicinity of the LED. The curved shape of the reflector may be a portion of an ellipsoid and the LED may be located at one of the foci of the ellipsoid, with the window located at the other foci of the ellipsoid.
US08711091B2	Automatic logical position adjustment of multiple screens A method and a computer system are provided for automatically setting the logical positions of multiple screen displays. A computer system may comprise a plurality of display devices, at least one image capturing device, and a controller. The controller may be coupled to the display devices and image capturing devices. The adjustment module may be adapted to adjust the plurality of the display settings.
US08711087B2	Method for driving electrophoretic display device, electrophoretic display device, and electronic device A method for driving an electrophoretic display device, which includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electrophoretic element disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the method includes: setting a multiplication of a driving voltage and a voltage application time of the electrophoretic element in a unit period, which displays a first gradation with minimum reflectivity, and a multiplication of a driving voltage and a voltage application time of the electrophoretic element in the unit period, which displays a second gradation with maximum reflectivity, so as to be different from each other.
US08711085B2	Apparatus and methods for color displays A display incorporates both narrow-band light emitters and broadband light emitters. The light emitters are controlled to display images according to image data. The narrow-band light emitters can be used to provide highly saturated primary colors. Light from the broadband light sources may be mixed with the broadband light. This can reduce metamerism failures arising from variations in the characteristics of the eyes of observers.
US08711084B2	Device and method for controlling brightness of organic light emitting diode display A device and a method for controlling brightness of an OLED display device are disclosed.The method for controlling brightness of an OLED display device includes the steps of forwarding external brightness control information in a PWM signal or a brightness control data, selecting and normalizing either the PWM signal or the brightness control data into an external brightness adjusting gain, analyzing a received video data to detect a peak brightness value, multiplying the peak brightness value by the external brightness adjusting gain to produce a final peak brightness value, adjusting the R/G/B maximum gamma voltage values according to the final peak brightness value, and generating R/G/B reference gamma voltage sets by using the R/G/B maximum gamma voltage values adjusted thus.
US08711082B2	Method for driving bistable display device A method for driving a bistable display device is provided. The bistable display device has a matrix of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, a timing controller and a source driver. The timing controller is configured to sequentially output control signals which correspond to a positive high voltage, a negative high voltage and a ground voltage respectively to the source driver. The source driver is configured to drive each pixel with the voltages corresponding to the control signals. The method comprises: providing only the positive high voltage or the ground voltage to one of two pixels in two adjacent rows of the same column if the source driver provides the positive high voltage to the other one when the source driver consecutively drives the two pixels.
US08711080B2	Backlight assembly, method for driving backlight assembly, and liquid crystal display having the same There is provided a backlight assembly that supplies light to an LCD panel. The backlight assembly includes an LED assembly and a backlight unit. The LED assembly includes at least one LED block region having a plurality of LEDs. The backlight unit driving unit includes a color control unit that determines a representative color of the LED block region using an image signal supplied to the LCD panel, and a dimming control unit that controls the color of the LED block region based on the representative color determined by the color control unit.
US08711076B2	Timing controller capable of removing surge signal and display apparatus including the same A timing controller includes a first stage removing a first surge signal generated during a first logic level period of a data enable signal, and a second stage receiving the data enable signal generated by the first stage and removing a second surge signal generated during a second logic level period of the received data enable signal.
US08711070B2	Display device and projector Since green is expressed by the first sub-pixels and the second sub-pixels, and at the same time, red is expressed by the third sub-pixels using the yellow illumination light, and green is expressed by the first sub-pixels and the second sub-pixels, and at the same time, blue is expressed by the third sub-pixels using the cyan illumination light, the display device can assure the apparent resolution and the brightness using the first and second sub-pixels with greenish color. It should be noted that red and blue can be expressed by the third sub-pixels with magenta color.
US08711068B2	Liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof A liquid crystal display device for automatically selecting a common voltage adaptive for a scan line system to supply it to a common electrode of liquid crystal cells is disclosed.In the liquid crystal display device, a controller is selectively controls a supply of a first common voltage or a second common voltage in accordance with a scan line system of an image signal displayed at a liquid crystal display panel. A first common voltage generator supplies the first common voltage in accordance with a control of the controller to the common electrode of the liquid crystal cells. And, a second common voltage generator supplies the second common voltage in accordance with a control of the controller to the common electrode of the liquid crystal cells.
US08711067B2	Pixel interleaving configurations for use in high definition electronic sign displays Pixel interleaving configurations for use in high definition electronic sign displays where each and every scan line includes full red, green, and blue color representation to provide for high resolution electronic video sign displays.
US08711064B2	Digital signal processing apparatus, liquid crystal display apparatus, digital signal processing method and computer program A digital-signal processing apparatus for processing elementary-color data to be output to a liquid-crystal display apparatus having a color panel structure, the digital-signal processing apparatus including: a line-unit weight-coefficient sum computation section; a compensation-coefficient computation section; a partial-weight-coefficient-sum computation section; a first-compensation-quantity-component computation section; a second-compensation-quantity-component computation section; a compensation-quantity computation section; a line memory used for applying a 1-line period extension process to each elementary-color data; and a horizontal-cross-talk compensation section for successively compensating each elementary-color data, which has been subjected to the 1-line period extension process in the line memory.
US08711056B2	Multi display device and method of controlling the same A multi display device includes a row drive circuit, a column drive circuit and a column line selection circuit. The row drive circuit drives first row lines of a first display panel and second row lines of at least one second display panel. The column drive circuit drives first column lines of the first display panel and second column lines of the second display panel. The column line selection circuit controls a connection between the column drive circuit and one of the first column lines and the second column lines based on a column line selection signal.
US08711055B2	Printed circuit board including electromagnetic bandgap structure Disclosed is a printed circuit board, which includes an electromagnetic bandgap structure disposed around an antenna so as to prevent noise from being transmitted to the antenna. The printed circuit board includes an antenna, a circuit chip, a plurality of metal layers and a plurality of dielectric layers, a pair of transmission lines for transmitting a signal to the antenna, and an electromagnetic bandgap structure disposed between the antenna and the circuit chip and for preventing an electromagnetic wave from being transmitted from the circuit chip to the antenna.
US08711054B2	Electronic device with embedded antenna An electronic device with an embedded three-dimensional antenna is disclosed. The electronic device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and an embedded three-dimensional antenna. The embedded three-dimensional antenna includes a radiation element and a connection element. The connection element includes a first connection part and a second connection part. The first and second connection parts are coupled to the PCB, and utilized for transferring signals of the embedded three-dimensional antenna to the PCB. The first and second connection parts further clamp the PCB to attach the embedded three-dimensional antenna on the PCB.
US08711053B2	Antenna device Provided is an antenna device, having a small and simple configuration, which reduces connection resistance in connections between a film antenna element and a power feeding unit. An antenna device comprises a nonconductive transparent film, which is an insulating substrate having a prescribed optical transmission factor, an antenna element that is formed, upon the transparent film, from transparent conductive material, which is a conductive material having a prescribed optical transmission factor, and a non-transparent conductive power feeding wire. The transparent film and the transparent conductive material are doubled over and pressed upon a portion of one side of the antenna element, which forms a square dipole antenna, such that the transparent conductive material is on the inside, and the power feeding wire is sandwiched therein. By being doubled over, the transparent conductive material has an overlap portion, the two sides whereof electrically connect to one other.
US08711052B2	Antenna support device An antenna support device for supporting an antenna is disclosed. The antenna support device includes a support arm, a holder mounted on the support arm, a first connecting member rotatably connected to the holder around a first axis, a second connecting member rotatably connected to the first connecting member around a second axis, and an antenna bracket fixed on the second connecting member, wherein the antenna is fixed on the antenna bracket.
US08711051B2	Antenna device and wireless communication apparatus An antenna device includes a feed element being of a length that allows resonance in a specified frequency band, a distributed constant feed line grounded at one end and coupled at another end to the feed element to form a feeding point, a reactive element grounded at one end and coupled at another end to a position a specified distance from the feeding point of the feed line, a first switch disposed between the feed line and the reactive element and used to select whether the feed line and the reactive element are coupled or uncoupled, a parasitic element disposed adjacent to the feed element and being of a length that allows resonance in a frequency band different from the frequency band in which the feed element resonates, and a second switch used to select whether the parasitic element is grounded.
US08711047B2	Orthogonal tunable antenna array for wireless communication devices A multi-band antenna array for use in wireless communication devices with up to three simultaneous operating modes with improved antenna efficiency and reduced antenna coupling across a broad range of operative frequency bands with reduced physical size is described. The multi-band antenna array includes at least two loop antenna elements, each of which is orthogonal to, and arranged in an embedded manner, relative to each other. Each loop antenna in the multi-band antenna array may include a corresponding tuning element for tuning to a desired resonant frequency, and be comprised of an upper and lower half with the corresponding tuning element coupled therebetween.
US08711041B2	Case of electronic device having antenna pattern embedded therein and mold and method for manufacturing the same There is provided a case of an electronic device having an antenna pattern embedded therein, the case including: a radiator frame injection molded so that a radiator including an antenna pattern part formed of a metal sheet is exposed on one surface thereof; a case frame injection molded upward of the radiator frame, such that the radiator is embedded between the radiator frame and the case frame; and a boundary part forming a boundary between the radiator frame and the case frame and having a groove formed inward of the case frame.
US08711037B2	Precision geolocation of moving or fixed transmitters using multiple observers A method of geolocating a stationary transmitter observed by a fixed receiver device and at least two receiver devices, at least one of the receiver devices moving includes obtaining wavelength-scaled phase difference measurements between pairs of receiver devices, and obtaining a result lattice of possible locations of the transmitter, one location more probable than the remainder. A method of geolocating a moving transmitter observed by a plurality of fixed or nearly fixed receiver devices, and a moving receiver device, includes obtaining wavelength-scaled phase difference measurements from the plurality of fixed or nearly fixed receiver devices to obtain a shape of the transmitter trajectory, measuring the phase difference between the moving receiver device and at least one of the plurality of fixed or nearly fixed receiver devices to obtain a phase error residual, and moving an estimated starting point of the transmitter to obtain a best-fit residual.
US08711032B2	High-resolution, active reflector radio frequency ranging system A radio frequency ranging system is grounded in establishing and maintaining phase and frequency coherency of signals received by a slave unit from a master unit and retransmitted to the master unit by the slave unit. For a preferred embodiment of the invention, coherency is established through the use of a delta-sigma phase-lock loop, and maintained through the use, on both master and slave units, of thermally-insulated reference oscillators, which are highly stable over the short periods of time during which communications occur. A phase relationship counter is employed to keep track of the fractional time frames of the phase-lock loop as a function of the reference oscillator, thereby providing absolute phase information for an incoming burst on any channel, thereby enabling the system to almost instantaneously establish or reestablish the phase relationship of the local oscillator so that it synchronized with the reference oscillator.
US08711030B2	Single-pass Barankin Estimation of scatterer height from SAR data Traditional multi-pass radar techniques are not suitable for missions in which the aerial platform both identifies and prosecutes the target at termination of a single pass. A single pass method running a Barankin Estimator provides target height and variance for 3D target imaging that is suitable for war fighters, missiles, UAV, and other aerial platforms capable of nonlinear flight paths.
US08711028B2	Buried object detection in GPR images A method and system for detecting the presence of subsurface objects within a medium is provided. In some embodiments, the imaging and detection system operates in a multistatic mode to collect radar return signals generated by an array of transceiver antenna pairs that is positioned across the surface and that travels down the surface. The imaging and detection system pre-processes the return signal to suppress certain undesirable effects. The imaging and detection system then generates synthetic aperture radar images from real aperture radar images generated from the pre-processed return signal. The imaging and detection system then post-processes the synthetic aperture radar images to improve detection of subsurface objects. The imaging and detection system identifies peaks in the energy levels of the post-processed image frame, which indicates the presence of a subsurface object.
US08711010B2	Notification systems and methods that consider traffic flow predicament data Systems and methods are disclosed for automated notification systems. One representative method, among others, comprises the following steps: monitoring travel data associated with a mobile thing (MT); scheduling a notification communication; analyzing traffic flow predicament data associated with a travel plan of the MT; and rescheduling the notification communication, based upon the traffic flow predicament data. A representative system, among others, comprises a computer or other automated system that is programmed to perform the foregoing steps.
US08711007B2	Perspective runway system A method, apparatus, and computer program product for displaying information about runways. A runway for an aircraft is identified when the aircraft is within a selected distance of the runway. A number of graphical indicators are displayed on a display in a flight deck. The number of graphical indicators corresponds to a number of features of the runway present in a field of view for an eye reference point in the flight deck.
US08711006B2	Vehicle detection apparatus and method using magnetic sensor The vehicle detection apparatus includes a communication unit, a magnetic sensing unit, a calibration information generation unit, a vehicle detection unit, and a control unit. The communication unit receives information about movement of a reference vehicle from a central management center. The magnetic sensing unit senses the change in a magnetic field attributable to the movement of a vehicle, and generates a magnetic signal. The calibration information generation unit generates calibration information. The vehicle detection unit calibrates the change in the magnetic signal attributable to movement of an actual vehicle based on the calibration information, and detects the movement of the actual vehicle. The control unit controls the above units, and sets the mode to calibration information generation mode in order to generate the calibration information and to vehicle detection mode in order to sense the movement of the actual vehicle.
US08711002B2	Monitoring of undesirable fluid ingress into subsea control modules A subsea control module has a casing inside which there is at least one pair of electrodes, there being electronic means connected with the electrodes of the or each pair for monitoring at least one electrical characteristic between the electrodes as a result of a fluid to which the electrodes are exposed. This can include, for example, a change due to an ingress of seawater and/or an ingress of hydraulic fluid into the interior of the casing. The or each pair of electrodes include an array in which each electrode of the pair has finger portions interleaved with finger portions of the other electrode.
US08711001B2	Method and apparatus for displaying system status with a wide range of viewing angle A network device and method for improving performance monitoring capabilities using wide view angle indicators are disclosed. The network device or system, in one embodiment, includes a first plate, a second plate, and a first light source. The first plate includes an edge lip or lip containing a graphic viewing surface. Various ultraviolet (“UV”) inked icons indicating functional performance are inscribed in or on the graphic viewing surface. The second plate is situated substantially perpendicular to the first plate, wherein an edge of the second plate is positioned adjacent to the graphic viewing surface. The first light source is configured to selectively project a UV light onto at least a portion of the graphic viewing surface to active at least one UV inked icon.
US08710996B1	Invisible fence battery charger An invisible fence battery charger for dramatically reducing homeowner's yearly invisible fence operating costs and reducing disposal of non-rechargeable batteries. The invisible fence battery charger includes a battery pack including a battery with battery terminals being in communication with the battery.
US08710990B2	Visibility radio cap and network A pedigree tag for tracking and validating authenticity of contents in a container includes: a radio frequency modem operable at a low radio frequency, not exceeding one megahertz, and including a full duplex transmitter and receiver; an antenna operatively coupled with the radio frequency modem; a programmable microprocessor operatively coupled with the radio frequency modem; a memory operatively coupled with the programmable microprocessor; a clock; and a connector for connecting a power source for providing power to the microprocessor; wherein the pedigree tag is in a form factor conformable to the container to which it is affixed.
US08710988B1	Method for detecting motion of an electrical device or apparatus A method for providing an alert to a person to unplug an electrical power cord of an electrical device or equipment includes an alarm device that is activated upon separation of a first portion from a second portion. The first and second portions of the alarm device are secured proximate opposite sides of a loop provided in the power cord. The first and second portions, when engaged, maintain a switch of an electrical circuit in an open position. If the equipment is moved prior to unplugging the power cord, the loop will be straightened, causing the first and second portions to separate. The switch closes, completing the electrical circuit and activating the alarm device. The alarm alerts the person to unplug the power cord. A first alternate method includes the alarm device as a part of newly manufactured equipment. A second alternate method includes a motion detector or sensor in the alarm device of the newly manufactured equipment. A third alternate method includes an add-on alarm device with the motion detector or sensor.
US08710987B2	Secure data entry device A secure data entry device including a housing, tamper sensitive circuitry located within the housing and tampering alarm indication circuitry arranged to provide an alarm indication in response to attempted access to the tamper sensitive circuitry, the tampering alarm indication circuitry including at least one conductor, a signal generator operative to transmit a signal along the at least one conductor and a signal analyzer operative to receive the signal transmitted along the at least one conductor and to sense tampering with the at least one conductor, the signal analyzer being operative to sense the tampering by sensing changes in at least one of a rise time and a fall time of the signal.
US08710979B2	Personal alarm device for headwear for proximity detection Embodiments described herein relate to an apparatus for attaching elements of a magnetic field safety system to headwear worn by a worker. In various embodiments, the headwear includes a combination of a sounder device, light assembly, personal alarm device and power source.
US08710977B2	Lock monitoring The cars of a passenger transport means are provided with a sensor (3) which scans the state of the locking mechanism and with a transponder antenna (5) which is fitted to the outside of the car (1), and the stations (6) contain transmission antennas (7) which poll signals from the transponder antenna in contactless fashion.
US08710973B2	Automatic engine oil life determination with a factor for oil quality A method is provided for determining remaining oil life prior to an oil change in an internal combustion engine that uses a body of oil. The method includes transferring the body of oil to the engine and determining a volume of the transferred body of oil. The method also includes determining quality of the transferred body of oil and determining the remaining oil life based on the determined quality and volume of the body of oil. The method additionally includes activating an oil change indicator when the remaining oil life reaches a predetermined level. A system for determining a number of engine revolutions permitted on a volume of oil is also disclosed.
US08710970B2	Signal apparatus for facilitating safe backup of vehicles Systems and methods which allow a spotter external to a vehicle to provide signals to a driver of the vehicle in order to facilitate safe backup operations of the vehicle are disclosed. A wireless transmitter, in wireless communication with a receiver positioned within the vehicle, is operated by the spotter. An indicator, also in communication with the receiver, is configured to provide a plurality of audible and/or visible signals perceivable by the driver in response to a wireless signal received by the receiver from the transmitter. The audible and/or visible signals may comprise selected patterned tones and lights which inform the driver whether they should proceed to backup the vehicle or stop the vehicle.
US08710969B2	Accessory system for vehicle An accessory system for a vehicle includes a windshield and an accessory module. The windshield has a mounting element attached at an inner surface of the windshield, with the mounting element adapted for mounting of an accessory module thereto and demounting of the accessory module therefrom. The accessory module is adapted for mounting to and demounting from the mounting element. The accessory module accommodates a camera having a CMOS photosensor array and a lens. The CMOS photosensor array is accommodated at the accessory module separate from the lens. The CMOS photosensor array is disposed on a circuit board. The accessory module is configured so that, when mounted to the mounting element attached at the windshield, the lens has a field of view through the windshield appropriate for a driver assistance system of the vehicle.
US08710968B2	System and method for outputting virtual textures in electronic devices A system for outputting virtual surface textures, related mobile and other devices, and related methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a first haptic component that is configured to output a first virtual surface texture in response to being provided with an electrical signal. The system further includes a memory device that is capable of storing information, and a processing device coupled at least indirectly to the memory device and the haptic component. The processing device at least indirectly causes the electrical signal to be provided to the haptic component upon determining a first condition to have been satisfied, the electrical signal being based at least in part upon the stored information. Also, at least some of the stored information upon which the electrical signal is based is derived at least indirectly from an additional signal received from either the first haptic component or another haptic component.
US08710967B2	Non-visual presentation of information on an electronic wireless device In one example, information is presented to a user in a non-visual manner. In this example, a list of visually representable items defined by a beginning and at least one of dimension of time and space is accessed. Each of the visually representable items within the dimension is placed in one of a plurality of non-visual sensory categories. A non-visual sensory preview is rendered, in sequence for each item in the list, from the plurality of non-visual sensory categories.
US08710961B2	Anti-fake battery pack and identification system thereof An anti-fake battery pack and an identification system thereof has a casing and multiple battery cells, each of which as a battery body, an inner identifier mounted outside the battery body, a protection layer mounted around outside of the battery body and the outer identifier formed on the protection layer. An external identifying device has to read a first and second identification codes from the inner and outer identifiers to determine whether the battery cell is authentic or not. In addition, the inner identifier is covered by the protection layer, so the inner identifier can not stolen without breaking the protection layer with the outer identifier. Therefore, the identifying system provides double identifying procedures to increase security of identification and decrease the possibility of copying the first and second identification codes.
US08710960B2	Methods and apparatus for preserving privacy in an RFID system A card comprises an antenna configured to generate and receive radio frequency signals, a chip coupled with the antenna, the chip configured to store sensitive information and communicate the information to an authorized reader via the antenna, and a switching mechanism configured to tune and detune the antenna relative to the chip to enable and disable respectively, the chips ability to communicate the sensitive information via the antenna.
US08710959B2	System and method for detecting states Systems and methods for detecting states are disclosed. An information handling system may include a processor and a plurality of information handling resources communicatively coupled to the processor via the common control line. The processor may be configured to produce a first signal on a common control line. Each of the plurality of information handling resources may include a tag having a signal threshold, the tag configured to communicate a second signal via the common control line indicating the presence of the particular information handling resource in response to the first signal exceeding the signal threshold of the tag.
US08710958B2	Containers having radio frequency identification tags and method of applying radio frequency identification tags to containers A container having a radio frequency identification tag attached thereto by means of a stud or a radio frequency identification tag retainer projecting from the exterior surface of the container. The container can be used to contain medical products, and the container can be of various types, such as, for example, a bottle, a micro-well plate, a cartridge, a tube. In one embodiment, the container has a radio frequency identification tag affixed thereto. The container comprises a mouth, a neck, a body, and a bottom. The container can also have a closure, a septum, or an adapter for other components of an automated clinical analyzer. The neck is capable of receiving a closure. A stud or a radio frequency identification tag retainer projecting from the bottom of the container, preferably the center of the bottom of the container, serves to retain the radio frequency identification during the attachment of the radio frequency identification tag to the container. A radio frequency identification tag protector can be used to provide protection for the radio frequency identification tag.
US08710955B2	Automated gate system An automated gate system (AGS) for processing vehicles entering and exiting a controlled access facility via a single common traffic flow. The AGS provides a single portal receiving both ingress and egress vehicle traffic as a common traffic flow sharing a same access road. The access road feeds a multi-lane gated sub-system having associated kiosks providing an interface for obtaining vehicle and driver related information and which have a combined inbound/outbound gate for controlling ingress and egress movement of vehicles of the common traffic flow in and out from the controlled access facility. A computer system receives signals from the portal and the kiosks representing a status of the vehicles alone or in combination with driver information for controlling gate operation of each of the gates. Thereby, both ingress and egress routes are controlled, and both ingress and egress movement of the vehicles regarding the access facility is controlled.
US08710954B2	Method and apparatus for triggering expiration of a data tag device The present invention discloses an active data tag device (100) which includes an expiration event generator (108), and a memory (106) which has tag data (116) stored therein. Upon the occurrence (614) of and expiration event, the tag disables access to the tag data.
US08710953B2	Automatic portable electronic device configuration A network- and/or client-side device configuration system facilitates automatic configuration of portable electronic devices. Predetermined configuration parameters for a particular portable electronic device are generated and stored. A computer-readable visual symbol such as an optical graphic code (for example, a tag, barcode, or matrix code) is generated by a network-side service and transmitted to an authorized user of the particular portable electronic device. The portable electronic device reproduces the visual symbol and transmits a message (which may or may not include the reproduced visual symbol) to the (same or different) network-side service. The network-side service authenticates the portable electronic device, and authorizes the portable electronic device to access and use the predetermined configuration parameters to automatically configure itself.
US08710944B2	Superconducting magnetizer A superconducting magnetizer includes a thermal shield disposed within a vacuum chamber. A superconducting magnet is disposed within the thermal shield and configured to generate a magnetic field in response to an electric current supplied to the superconducting magnet. A heat transfer device comprising at least one of a thermal conduction device, and a heat pipe is disposed contacting the superconducting magnet. A cryocooler is coupled to the heat transfer device and configured to cool the superconducting magnet via the heat transfer device.
US08710943B2	Electromagnetic bandgap structure and printed circuit board An electromagnetic bandgap structure and a printed circuit board that can solve a mixed signal problem between an analog circuit and a digital circuit are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment, an electromagnetic bandgap structure is stacked with a first metal layer, a first dielectric layer, a metal plate, a second dielectric layer and a second metal layer, and an odd number of vias can be serially connected through a metal line between the first metal layer and the metal plate. This electromagnetic bandgap structure can have a small size and a low bandgap frequency.
US08710941B2	High-order harmonic device of cavity filter A high-order harmonic device of a cavity filter including a base and a lid cover the base is disclosed. The base has a through groove connecting to an upper and a lower portion. The base has a plurality of output terminal with metallic conductor extending into the inner side formed on the surface of the sidewall. The base has resonance space formed indented to receive the metallic conductor and extending to connect to the through groove. The lid has a plurality of threading holes formed corresponding to chambers and partitions received with adjusting elements for height adjustment. The adjusting elements has the resonance bars corresponding to every chamber and the suppressing bars corresponding to every partition. By adjusting suppressing bar and the partition to a predetermined distance, the space of the channel for transmitting the high-order harmonic wave can be reduced to suppress noise produced by high-order harmonic wave.
US08710939B2	Oscillator circuit which compensates for external voltage supply, temperature and process Disclosed is an oscillator circuit which compensates for external voltage supply, temperature, and a process, includes: a reference voltage generation unit configured to generate reference voltage Vbp stabilized against a change in external voltage supply VDD and temperature; a temperature compensation unit configured to generate first reference voltage PVREF, second reference voltage IVREF, and third reference voltage RX_VREF; an internal voltage supply generation unit configured to generate internal voltage supply VPPI stabilized against the change in external voltage supply VDD and temperature by receiving the first reference voltage PVREF; a current supply unit configured to generate compensation current RX_IREF in proportion to or in inverse proportion to temperature by receiving the second reference voltage IVREF; a process compensation unit configured to perform process compensation by controlling an amount of the compensation current RX_IREF; and an oscillation signal generation unit configured to generate oscillation signals.
US08710936B2	Resonant oscillator with start up and shut down circuitry A system which starts up and shuts down a resonant oscillator circuit. During start up, the system operates a driving circuit, which is external to the resonant oscillator circuit, wherein the driving circuit uses a first clock signal to control a first phase output of the resonant oscillator circuit. At the same time, the driving circuit uses a second clock signal to control a second phase output of the resonant oscillator circuit, wherein the first and second clock signals have opposite phases. While the first and second phase outputs are being controlled, the system ramps up an input voltage, which is used to power the resonant oscillator circuit, wherein the ramping takes place across multiple initial oscillation periods. During shut down, the system shuts down the resonant oscillator circuit by ramping down the input voltage. Next, the system clamps the first and second phase outputs to a fixed voltage.
US08710932B2	Signal processing device and method for providing oscillating signal in the signal processing device A signal processing device includes a signal processing chip and a conducting path. The signal processing chip includes: a first port capable of receiving a first oscillating signal; a second port capable of outputting a second oscillating signal derived from the first oscillating signal; and a third port. The conducting path is external to the signal processing chip and coupled to the second port and the third port, and the conducting path is capable of transmitting the second oscillating signal outputted from the second port to the third port.
US08710930B2	Differential ring oscillator and method for calibrating the differential ring oscillator A differential ring oscillator includes a plurality of delay stages connected in a ring. At least one of the delay stages includes: a current source, arranged to generate a bias current according to a coarse tuning signal; a latching circuit arranged to generate a differential output signal to a next delay stage according to a differential input signal from a previous delay stage; a capacitive array arranged to provide a first capacitance according to a fine tuning signal; and a varactor device arranged to provide a second capacitance according to a controllable signal for locking an oscillating frequency of the differential ring oscillator to a target frequency. The coarse tuning signal and fine tuning signal are arranged for adjusting the oscillating frequency of the differential ring oscillator to, respectively, reach a predetermined frequency range including the target frequency and to approach the target frequency in the predetermined frequency range.
US08710927B2	High-frequency power amplifier A high-frequency power amplifier that amplifies a high-frequency input signal and outputs a signal having one power selected from a plurality of powers includes a high output route that is a circuit, which amplifies the input signal and outputs a signal of a high power, and a medium output route that is a circuit, which amplifies the input signal and outputs a signal of a medium power. The high output route includes a high-output amplifier that amplifies the input signal, an output matching circuit that is connected to an output node of the high-output amplifier, and a switch element that is connected to an output node of the output matching circuit. The medium output route includes a medium-output amplifier that amplifies the input signal and a switch element that is connected between an output node of the medium-output amplifier and an output node of the output matching circuit.
US08710925B2	RF power amplifier circuit with mismatch tolerance A radio frequency (RF) power amplifier system adjusts the supply voltage provided to a power amplifier (PA) adaptively, responsive to the measured or estimated power of the RF output signal of the PA. The RF PA system includes a power amplifier (PA) which receives and amplifies an RF input signal to generate an RF output signal at a level suitable for transmission to an antenna. A PA supply voltage controller generates a supply voltage control signal, which is used to control the supply voltage to the final stage of the PA. The supply voltage control signal is generated responsive to the measured or estimated power of the PA RF output signal, and also may be responsive to a parameter indicative of impedance mismatch experienced at the PA output. By controlling this supply voltage to the RF PA, the efficiency of the PA is improved.
US08710924B2	Doherty amplifier circuit The present invention relates to an amplifier comprising a plurality of Doherty amplifier cells each Doherty amplifier cell comprising an input and an output respectively connected to an input and an output of the amplifier, a main amplifier stage, a peak amplifier stage and a signal combining circuit configured to combine signals from outputs of the main and peak amplifiers and provide a combined signal to the output of the Doherty amplifier cell. Each cell comprises a controllable splitter having an input (connected to the input of the Doherty amplifier cell. The controllable splitter is configured to receive a splitter control signal and modify an amplitude and phase of a signal at the input of the Doherty amplifier cell in response to the splitter control signal.
US08710923B2	Method and apparatus for controlling peak amplifier and doherty power amplifier A control method and apparatus of a peak amplifier of a Doherty power amplifier are disclosed, wherein, the control apparatus includes a Radio Frequency (RF) switching circuit in a peak amplification branch of the Doherty power amplifier, which is used to control the turn-on and turn-off of the peak amplifier in the peak amplification branch. The method and apparatus avoid a disadvantage that the peak branch in the Doherty power amplifier is turned on ahead of time, thus reducing the power consumption of the peak power amplifier, and enhancing the mass efficiency of the whole power amplifier; and largely reducing the product expense and production expense of the power amplifier compared to the scheme of some manufacturers improving on-time of the peak power amplifier using complex digital circuits.
US08710922B2	Method and apparatus for filter-less class D audio amplifier EMI reduction An audio system includes a speaker and a class D amplifier with a class-D PWM (pulse width modulation) modulator configured for generating first and second PWM signals forming a differential signal with three differential output levels with three differential output levels. The class-D amplifier also has a differential output driver configured for driving a first and a second output signals onto a first and a second output terminals in response to the first and the second PWM signals, wherein the first and the second output signals form a differential output signal having three differential output levels. An inverse common-mode signal generator is coupled to first and second output signals for providing an inverse common-mode signal. The audio system also includes one or more output terminals for providing the inverse common mode signal, and further includes a wire or a trace on a PCB (printed circuit board).
US08710917B2	Method and apparatus for controlling power supply A method for controlling the power supply of an integrated circuit, the power supply comprising a power supply unit powered by a main voltage and possessing several transistor groups, comprising turning on in succession at least two transistor groups in order to deliver, as an output from each group, to at least one part of the integrated circuit, an elementary supply voltage derived from the main voltage, characterized in that the method comprises at least one elementary power phase for supplying power to said at least one part of the integrated circuit, wherein the phase comprises defining voltage thresholds respectively associated with the transistor groups, turning on a first transistor group, the first group delivering a first elementary supply voltage and turning on at least one second group when the first elementary supply voltage is higher than or equal to the voltage threshold associated with the second group.
US08710915B2	Apparatus, electronic component and method for generating reference voltage An apparatus, includes a plurality of circuits each of which operates with a reference voltage, a constant current generator which generates a substantially constant current, and distributes the substantially constant current to each of the circuits, and a plurality of converters, each of the converters respectively corresponding to each of the circuits, each of which converts the substantially constant current to the reference voltage and respectively provides the reference voltage to each of the circuits.
US08710901B2	Reference circuit with curvature correction using additional complementary to temperature component A reference circuit comprises a first proportional to temperature component providing a first quantity exhibiting a first type of variation as a function of temperature, a first complementary to temperature component providing a second quantity exhibiting a second type of variation as a function of temperature that is complementary to the first type of variation, and curvature correction circuitry. An output of the reference circuit provides a reference signal generated based on a combination of the first and second quantities. The curvature correction circuitry is coupled to the reference circuit output and comprises at least one additional complementary to temperature component. The curvature correction circuitry adjusts the reference signal in a feedback arrangement to compensate for a temperature response bowing effect attributable to combining the first and second quantities. The reference circuit may be implemented in a disk-based storage device for use in fly height control or other control functions.
US08710899B2	Stepped delay control of integrated switches An integrated switching device, such as an RF attenuator, can be controlled to be in various states according to control bits of a control signal. The integrated switching device can be gradually transitioned from one state to another by staggering the timing of changing the control bits. Latch-up problems in the integrated switching device can thereby be reduced or prevented.
US08710892B2	Clock distribution circuit A clock distribution circuit is provided with a clock generation circuit configured to generate a clock signal, a clock distribution network in which the clock signal is distributed, and a sequential circuit configured to operate on the clock signal distributed through a branch point of the clock distribution network. The clock distribution circuit is further provided with a clock generation circuit configured to input as a feedback signal the clock signal that has branched from the branch point and to output the clock signal to the clock distribution network based on the inputted feedback signal and a reference clock signal. The branch point is provided at a clock driver near the clock generation circuit, among preceding stage clock drivers of the sequential circuit of the clock distribution network.
US08710885B2	Method and arrangement for controlling semiconductor component A method is disclosed for controlling a semiconductor component which includes a voltage controlled gate. The method includes determining and storing, prior to use of the semiconductor component, reference values of a gate voltage to be given to the gate of the semiconductor component during a change of operating states. The method also includes providing a pulse width modulated voltage from a driver circuit to a resistor connected to the gate of the semiconductor component according to the stored reference values of the gate voltage when a change in operating states of the semiconductor component is desired.
US08710879B2	Apparatus and method for multiplying frequency of a clock signal An apparatus and method for multiplying frequency of a clock signal are provided, wherein the apparatus provides an initial oscillator signal, compares the initial oscillator signal with a reference signal to generate a first control signal, selectively outputs one of at least one lower threshold value and at least one upper threshold value from a threshold value generation circuit to a clock output circuit according to at least the first control signal, and updates an output clock signal through a digital and logical module processing the comparison of the initial oscillator signal and the selected one of the at least one upper and lower threshold values and the comparison of the initial oscillator signal and a low level signal.
US08710876B2	Active gate drive circuit Exemplary embodiments are directed to a gate drive circuit and a method for controlling a gate-controlled component. The gate drive circuit includes a PI controller that receives an input reference signal (vref,d/dt) controls a gate voltage of the gate-controlled component. The gate drive circuit also includes a first feedback loop for the PI controller adapted to provide feedback from a time derivative of a collector-to-emitter voltage (vCE) of the controlled component. The first feedback loop has a first gain (kv). A second is provided in the gate drive circuit feedback loop for the PI controller that provides feedback from the time derivative of the collector current (iC) of the controlled component. The second feedback loop has second gain (ki) and includes a clipping circuit that modifies the feedback signal in the second feedback loop during turn-on of the controlled component when the time derivative of the collector current is negative.
US08710870B2	Power supply input voltage detection circuit The present invention discloses a power supply input voltage detection circuit. The power supply converts an input voltage to an output voltage by a transformer which includes a primary winding and a secondary winding. The primary winding is coupled to a power switch, which receives a switching signal to adjust the output voltage. The power switch is coupled to a sensing circuit; when the power switch turns ON, the sensing circuit generates a current sense signal according to current through the primary winding. The input voltage detection circuit includes: a rising time detection circuit, which detects a period, of time during which the current sense signal rises from a low reference level to a high reference level to generate a timing signal; and a determination circuit, which generates a determination signal according to the timing signal for determining whether the input signal is a high voltage or a low voltage.
US08710869B2	High-speed comparator with asymmetric frequency response A comparator to provide an output voltage indicative of comparing an input voltage with a reference voltage, where the comparator has an asymmetric frequency response. With an asymmetric frequency response, the bandwidth of the input voltage may be greater than the bandwidth of the reference voltage. A comparator includes a differential pair of transistors coupled to a current mirror and biased by a current source, where in one embodiment, a capacitor shunts the sources of the differential pair. In a second embodiment, a capacitor couples the input voltage port to the gates of the current mirror transistors. In a third embodiment, the comparator utilizes both capacitors of the first and second embodiments.
US08710868B2	Sense-amplifier monotizer A sense-amplifier monotizer includes an amplifier circuit and a keeper circuit. The amplifier circuit outputs a predetermined logic state while a clock signal is in a first phase, and samples a data signal and outputs at least one of the data signal and a complementary logic state of the data signal while the clock signal is in a second phase. A subsequent change of the data signal does not affect an output of the amplifier circuit once the data signal is sampled while the clock signal is in the second phase. The keeper circuit keeps a logic state of the sampled data signal once the data signal is sampled while the clock signal is in the second phase. The amplifier circuit may receive multiple data signals, and output a data signal selected by the select signal and/or a complementary value while the clock signal is in the second phase.
US08710867B1	Electronic system auto-mute control circuit and control method thereof An auto-mute control circuit is disclosed. The auto-mute control circuit includes an analog amplifier, a detecting circuit and a direct-current (DC) level adjusting circuit. The analog amplifier receives an input signal and outputs a sensing voltage signal accordingly. The detecting circuit compares a common-mode voltage received with the sensing voltage signal received and outputs a comparison signal accordingly. The DC adjusting circuit receives the comparison signal and outputs an Up-Down digital signal, a fine tune digital signal and a rough tune digital signal, so that a sensing DC level is equal to the common-mode voltage.
US08710866B2	Inverter, NAND gate, and NOR gate Disclosed are an inverter, a NAND gate, and a NOR gate. The inverter includes: a pull-up unit constituted by a second thin film transistor outputting a first power voltage to an output terminal according to a voltage applied to a gate; a pull-down unit constituted by a fifth thin film transistor outputting a ground voltage to the output terminal according to an input signal applied to a gate; and a pull-up driver applying a second power voltage or the ground voltage to the gate of the second thin film transistor according to the input signal.
US08710865B2	Field-programmable analog array with memristors A field-programmable analog array (FPAA) includes a digital signal routing network, an analog signal routing network, switch elements to interconnect the digital signal routing network with the analog signal routing network, and a configurable analog block (CAB) connected to the analog signal routing network and having a programmable resistor array. The switch elements are implemented via digital memristors, the programmable resistor array is implemented via analog memristors, and/or antifuses within one or more of the digital signal routing network and the analog signal routing network are implemented via digital memristors.
US08710864B2	Dynamically reconfigurable systolic array accelorators A polymorphic systolic array framework that works in conjunction with an embedded microprocessor on an FPGA, that allows for dynamic and complimentary scaling of acceleration levels of two algorithms active concurrently on the FPGA. Use is made of systolic arrays and hardware-software co-design to obtain an efficient multi-application acceleration system. The flexible and simple framework allows hosting of a broader range of algorithms and extendable to more complex applications in the area of aerospace embedded systems.
US08710859B2	Method for testing multi-chip stacked packages Disclosed is a method for testing multi-chip stacked packages. Initially, one or more substrate-less chip cubes are provided, each consisting of a plurality of chips such as chips stacked together having vertically connected with TSV's where there is a stacked gap between two adjacent chips. Next, the substrate-less chip cubes are adhered onto an adhesive tape where the adhesive tape is attached inside an opening of a tape carrier. Then, a filling encapsulant is formed on the adhesive tape to completely fill the chip stacked gaps. Next, the tape carrier is fixed on a wafer testing carrier in a manner to allow the substrate-less chip cubes to be loaded into a wafer tester without releasing from the adhesive tape. Accordingly, the probers of the wafer tester can be utilized to probe testing electrodes of the substrate-less chip cubes so that it is easy to integrate this testing method in TSV fabrication processes.
US08710850B2	System and method for detecting an earth ground fault of an external power supply connected to a vehicle A system and method is provided for determining the existence of a ground fault connection within a vehicle. An electrical connector may be provided for electrically connecting the vehicle to an external Alternating Current (AC) power source. The electrical connector includes a three phase electrical connector configured to receive a corresponding input voltage signal on a phase, neutral, and earth connection. A controller being configured to determine whether a faulty earth connection exists between the vehicle and the AC power source the phase connection does not exceed the predetermined phase threshold when referenced to the earth connection and the neutral connection does not exceed the predetermined neutral threshold when referenced to the earth connection or the phase connection exceeds the predetermined phase threshold when referenced to the earth connection and the neutral connection exceeds the predetermined neutral threshold when referenced to the earth connection.
US08710847B2	Self-correcting amplifier system DC offsets introduced in battery testing equipment are automatically compensated for using complementary current-mode servo feedback. An op amp receives and amplifies a response signal, while also introducing internal errors manifested in the amplified response signal. A correction circuitry coupled to receive the amplified response signal and comprising a balanced circuit with a positive input correction device and a negative input correction device to remove the DC bias. The correction circuitry further comprises an error sensing device to correct for the internal errors introduced by the op amp.
US08710846B2	Electromagnetic probe for measuring properties of a subsurface formation A probe for measuring electromagnetic properties of a subsurface formation includes a pad having a face adapted for engagement with a borehole wall, a pair of transmitting antennas, and two pairs of receiving antennas. The transmitting antennas and receiving antennas are mounted in the face of the pad, and each of the two pairs of receiving antennas include a first and second antenna distributed on opposite sides of the pair of transmitting antennas. The probe further includes an electronic arrangement having a transmitter module and a receiver module. The transmitter module is arranged to operate the pair of transmitting antennas in either a broadside mode or an endfire mode by applying an excitation signal modulated by two or more frequencies, and the receiver module is arranged to determine an attenuation and a phase shift of each reception signal provided by each receiving antenna relatively to the excitation signal.
US08710845B2	Electromagnetic sensor cable and electrical configuration therefor An electromagnetic sensor cable has components including a first sensor cable segment having a plurality of spaced apart electrodes on the first sensor cable segment an electrical conductors coupled to the electrodes such that at least one of the electrodes is electrically connectible at at least one longitudinal end of the first sensor cable segment. The sensor cable includes a second sensor cable segment configured substantially the same as the first sensor cable segment. A first signal processing and configuration module has signal processing circuitry configured to perform at least one of measuring voltages across selected pairs of electrodes, and communicating signals representative of voltages measured across selected pairs of electrodes. The cable components are each configured to connect at the lateral ends one to another.
US08710838B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes the data gathering unit gathers magnetic resonance data in a non-contrast manner by applying a first readout gradient pulse having a zero-order moment of 0 and second readout gradient pulse having a zero-order moment of 0 and a first-order moment of a value different from a value of a first-order moment of the first readout gradient pulse to a region of interest including a fluid in motion, and periodically arranging first magnetic resonance data readout with the first readout gradient pulse and second magnetic resonance data read out with the second readout gradient pulse in at least one of a phase encoding direction and a slice encoding direction in a k-space to generate k-space data and reconstructs the k-space data to generate an image in which a fluid image and static part image surrounding the fluid are spatially separated from each other.
US08710833B2	Contactless electrical connector for an induction sensor, and sensor including such a connector An electrical connector between an induction sensor and a cable for transmitting a signal provided by the sensor, including a current transformer with a primary coil and a mechanism for electrically coupling to the sensor, and a secondary coil with a mechanism for electrically coupling to the cable, the primary and secondary coils being attached together by a removable attachment mechanism.
US08710831B2	Rotation angle detecting device Three magnetic sensors are arranged around a rotor at predetermined angular intervals about the rotation axis of the rotor. Sinusoidal signals that have a phase difference of a predetermined degree of 45° are output from the respective magnetic sensors. A rotation angle computing device detects a magnetic pole transition in a first output signal as follows. Specifically, the rotation angle computing device detects a magnetic pole transition in the first output signal based on a value having a larger absolute value between a current value of the second sinusoidal signal and a current value of the third sinusoidal signal, an immediately preceding value of the first sinusoidal signal and a current value of the first sinusoidal signal.
US08710830B2	Support member, rotation device comprising such a support and rolling bearing assembly including such a detection device This support member (60) holds at least two sensors (80) with respect to a rotating encoder washer (20) of a rolling bearing assembly (2). It includes an annular ring (62) centered on a central axis (X60) and provided with an inner radial surface (64) which forms an abutment and centering means for each sensor (80) with respect to the central axis (X60). The support member also includes foot parts (70) extending perpendicularly with respect to the inner radial surface (64) and provided with holes (72, 74, 76) adapted for the passage of connection pins (82, 84, 86) of the sensors (80), in order to connect these sensors (80) to a printed circuit board (50).
US08710828B1	Actuators and moveable elements with position sensing A system senses the position of a movable element in a mechanical apparatus. The element moves along an elongated guide member, which is at least partially formed of a magnetic material. An excitation coil is positioned by the guide member and a sensing coil moves with the movable element. An excitation circuit energizes the excitation coil and a position sensing circuit sense a voltage or current in the sensing coil to determine the distance between the coils.
US08710825B2	Method and system of a sensor interface having dynamic automatic gain control Embodiments of the invention described herein provide a magnetic sensor interface capable of adjusting signal conditioning dynamically such that the true positive and negative peaks of the input signal are maintained for a given target across its entire speed range (0-Max rpm), therefore increasing the signal to noise ratio at low speeds and avoiding clipping or distortion at high speeds. In one aspect, a method comprises receiving an alternating differential voltage signal from a sensor. The alternating differential voltage signal has an amplitude that changes over time. The alternating differential voltage signal is converted to an attenuated single-ended voltage signal that can be dynamically scaled. The attenuated single-ended voltage signal can be scaled by multiplying the attenuated single-ended voltage signal by a scaling factor. The scaling factor is selected relative to a signal-to-noise ratio of the scaled attenuated single-ended voltage signal.
US08710822B2	Multi-state DC-DC converter having undirectional switches DC-DC converters adapted to provide two or more DC output voltages. More particularly, a multi-state or mode DC-DC converter circuit comprising first and second controllable switches configured for unidirectional conduction of charging current.
US08710819B2	Low offset, fast response voltage controlled current source and controlling method thereof The present invention relates to a low offset and fast response voltage controlled current source, controlling method, and a power supply thereof. In one embodiment, a voltage controlled current source can include: a clock signal generator, a first operational amplifier, an input offset eliminator, a sampling and holding circuit, and an output circuit. The input offset eliminator can receive a clock signal, an input voltage, and a feedback voltage, and can (i) store and then eliminate an input offset of the first operation amplifier, and generate an error signal in accordance with an error between the input and feedback voltages when the clock signal is active, and (ii) generate the error signal in accordance with the stored input offset and the error between the input and feedback voltages when the clock signal is inactive.
US08710815B2	Adjustable voltage regulator with dynamic voltage compensation The present invention discloses a voltage regulator, and a control circuit and a control method therefor. The method for controlling a voltage regulator comprises: receiving a dynamic voltage identification signal which instructs the voltage regulator to change its output voltage to a target voltage, and generating a compensation signal to shorten an interval for the output voltage of the voltage regulator to reach the target voltage.
US08710811B2	Voltage regulator with improved voltage regulator response and reduced voltage drop A voltage regulator includes an output drive device configured to provide an output voltage to an output terminal; an error amplifier configured to control the output drive device by taking into consideration a feedback signal from the output voltage; a first compensation unit configured to provide a first compensation signal to compensate an output signal of the error amplifier; and a second compensation unit configured to provide a second compensation signal to compensate an input signal of the error amplifier, wherein second compensation unit comprises at least two capacitors and at least one transistor configured to control the coupling of the two capacitors.
US08710808B2	Power supply system for motor vehicle A power supply system for a motor vehicle includes a generator that includes a rotor having a field coil and a stator having an armature coil; a rectifier that rectifies AC power generated in the armature coil; an excitation control circuit that takes control of a voltage applied to the field coil; a capacitor that is connected to the DC side of the rectifier, and receives and transfers the rectified power; a battery connected to an electric load of the motor vehicle; a DC-DC converter that is connected between the capacitor and the battery and capable of converting unidirectionally or bidirectionally an input DC voltage into any DC voltage; and a selection switch which connects the capacitor or the battery to the excitation control circuit as a power supply source.
US08710806B2	Apparatus and method for discharging capacitor of input filter of power supply, and power supply including the apparatus A power supply includes an input filter and a discharging device. The input filter includes a capacitor to which an AC power source is provided. The discharging device rectifies and samples the AC power source. The discharging device generates a reference voltage according to a peak voltage of a generated sampling signal, generates an AC power source cutoff detection signal according to a comparison signal generated by comparing the sampling signal and a reference voltage, and discharges the capacitor through a discharging resistor according to the AC power source cutoff detection signal.
US08710805B2	Squib control circuit An improved control circuit that is structured to energize another device such as a squib. A first portion of the circuit includes a first transistor and is structured to discharge at a first rate a first portion of a charge stored by a capacitor. Another portion of the circuit includes a second transistor and is structured to discharge a second portion of the charge subsequent to the discharge of the first portion of the charge and at a second rate greater than the first rate.
US08710803B2	Charging current control method and charging system A charging method and a charging system are introduced for controlling a charging current by a PWM method. A charging IC is controlled to supply the charging current to a battery, and a control unit is used to generate a PWM signal with a duty cycle, and a filter unit is used to convert the PWM signal into a voltage signal to be supplied to the charging IC, and the control unit determines whether a current of a battery detected by the battery status detection unit reaches a regular current, so that a PWM signal with a duty cycle greater than the previous duty cycle by a default increased cycle is provided if the detected current has not reached the regular current. Thus, the feature of the PWM signal is used to set the charging current according to the capacity of the battery automatically.
US08710801B2	Battery comprising circuitry for charge and discharge control, and method of operating a battery A battery includes a battery module that includes a plurality of submodules electrically connected in series. Each submodule comprises first and second submodule terminals and a cell. At least one submodule in each battery module is a switchable submodule comprising a submodule switching circuit. The submodule switching circuit is switchable between a first state and a second state. The submodule switching circuit electrically connects the cell of the switchable submodule between the first and second submodule terminals when the submodule switching circuit is in the first state. The submodule switching circuit provides an electrical bypass connection between the first and second submodule terminals and the cell of the switchable submodule is electrically disconnected from at least one of the first and second submodule terminals when the switching circuit is in the second state. The battery further comprises a control unit for operating the switching circuit of each module.
US08710799B2	Charging seat having cleaning member A charging seat includes a base, a cover, a number of conductive contacts, a lid, and a cleaning member. The cover defines an opening and covers the base. The conductive contacts are positioned on the base. The lid is pivotably connected to the cover. The lid is configured to rotate between a first position where the lid closes the opening and covers the conductive contacts, and a second position where the conductive contacts are exposed through the opening. The cleaning member is connected to the lid and is configured to clean the conductive contacts during the rotation of the lid from the first position to the second position.
US08710794B2	Method and apparatus for a battery docking connector having reserve power for hot battery swap Methods and apparatus for a battery backup system having a docking connector with reserve battery cells to power a device when a main battery is not present during battery swap out or depletion. In one embodiment, the reserve batteries are high discharge rate batteries to provide power to the device.
US08710792B2	Air driven alternators for battery powered vehicles The mechanism recharges the batteries of electric powered vehicles while the vehicle is in motion. As a vehicle moves forward it creates an air flow that enters the air scoop of the mechanism. The air flow passes through the air reduction tunnel and turns the wind blades of the mechanism which turns a drive shaft. The drive shaft has two gears, one turns a governor, the other turns an alternator that creates electric current that passes through a voltage regulator and on to the batteries that drive the vehicles motor. Air velocity entering the mechanism varies by the forward speed of the vehicle. A governor maintains the desired rpms of the drive shaft by changing the pitch (angle) of the variable pitch wind blades. A drain hole is located in the bottom of the base for moisture taken in through the scoop.
US08710791B2	Solar powered charging shelter and system and method thereof A solar powered charging shelter and system and method thereof. The shelter includes a metal standing seam roof and a flush mounted metal frame. The top of the roof has a plurality of solar units that provide power to at least a plurality of retractable electrical outlets or receptacles coupled to either the bottom of the roof or the metal frame. The retractable electrical outlets or receptacles are to provide power to or charge various electrical systems.
US08710788B2	Brushless motor drive apparatus and drive method The present invention relates to a drive apparatus and drive method for switching an energization mode when a voltage of a non-energized phase of a brushless motor crosses a threshold. In threshold learning, first, the brushless motor is stopped at an initial position. The brushless motor is then rotated by performing phase energization based on the energization mode from the stopped state. The voltage of the non-energized phase at an angular position of switching the energization mode is detected from a maximum value or a minimum value of the voltage of the non-energized phase during the rotation, and the threshold is learned based on the detected voltage. Alternatively, the brushless motor is positioned at the angular position of switching the energization mode by maintaining one energization mode, and then the energization mode is switched to the next energization mode. The voltage of the non-energized phase immediately after the switching to the energization mode is detected, and the detected voltage of the non-energized phase is learned as the threshold used to determine the timing of switching to the next energization mode.
US08710786B1	High performance actuator motor An actuator motor described herein has fast dynamic response capability, high torque density, high efficiency, and improved thermal and mechanical stability at high speed while minimizing weight. According to one aspect of the disclosure provided herein, an actuator motor has a rotor shaft with an array of permanent magnets attached according to a Halbach array configuration. A stator includes windings that induce a torque on the rotor shaft when rotating magnetic fields interact with the optimized magnetic flux distributions of the magnets of the Halbach array. According to various embodiments, the rotor shaft is hollow, reducing weight and rotational inertia, while improving ambient cooling characteristics of the motor.
US08710784B2	Vehicle seating system and method for reducing fatigue with changing actuator movement A system comprises a vehicle seating system including a seat and at least one powered seat adjustment actuator for altering the seating position formed by the seat. Additionally, the system includes a controller for receiving at least one signal based on at least one vehicle/user event. For reducing fatigue, the controller controls slow seat movement while the vehicle is moving, and changes slow movement between first and second slow movements based on the vehicle/user event(s).
US08710783B2	Motor control system, motor control device, and brushless motor A motor control system includes a host ECU and a motor control device. The host ECU controls a wheel driving unit. A power supply to the ECU is halted when an IG switch is turned OFF. The motor control device receives a PWM command signal from the host ECU and controls a motor of a cooling blower. The host ECU modulates a duty ratio of pulses of the PWM command signal by a target rotating speed of the motor, modulates a period of the pulses of the PWM command signal by a continuous operation time of the motor, and transmits the result to the motor control device. The motor control device reconstructs both the target rotating speed and the continuous operation time, and controls rotating speed of the motor from the received PWM command signal. Moreover, the motor control device halts rotation of the motor when a signal-unreceiving time period of the PWM command signal becomes larger than the continuous operation time.
US08710782B2	Parallel power inverter motor drive system Multiple inverter motor drives are interconnected in parallel to provide a common output to a motor. Common control circuitry is coupled to all parallel drives via optical cables and provides signals to power layer circuitry of each inverter for generation, at the power layer, of timing for gate drive signals for the respective inverter power electronic switches. The resulting timing exhibits a high degree of synchronicity such that very little imbalance occurs in the outputs of the paralleled drives, resulting in very low circulating currents.
US08710779B2	Brushless electric motor or generator in shell construction The invention relates to an electric motor having at least two stators disposed coaxially to each other and a rotor, wherein each stator has 2*n poles, with n=1, 2, 3, . . . , wherein each stator has at least one common coil or winding for all poles, wherein each stator has a first and second partial shell, wherein each partial shell has a shell bottom and n poles, wherein each pole is formed as a tooth extending in axial direction or substantially in axial direction and beginning on the shell bottom, wherein with assembled partial shells of a stator the tooth or the teeth of the first partial shell is or are disposed in alternating manner in circumferential direction with the tooth or the teeth of the second partial shell, and wherein with assembled partial shells or a stator, the at least one coil) or winding is received between the partial shells.
US08710777B2	Method for automatically estimating inertia in a mechanical system Systems and methods for estimating an inertia and a friction coefficient for a controlled mechanical system are provided. In one or more embodiments, an inertia estimator can generate a torque command signal that varies continuously over time during a testing sequence. The velocity of a motion system in response to the time-varying torque command signal is measured and recorded during the testing sequence. The inertia estimator then estimates the inertia and/or the friction coefficient of the motion system based on the torque command data sent to the motion system and the measured velocity data. In some embodiments, the inertia estimator estimates the inertia and the friction coefficient based on integrals of the torque command data and the velocity data.
US08710771B2	Duty cycle adjustment of remote illumination source to maintain illumination output A remote directs illumination of an illumination source according to a duty cycle. The duty cycle defines a first portion of time power is provided from a battery and a second portion of time power is not provided. The remote monitors voltage output by the battery and adjusts the duty cycle to increase the duration of the first portion based on a decrease of the monitored voltage compared to a maximum voltage level. The remote may adjust the duty cycle in order to maintain a consistent illumination output level. In some implementations, the remote may adjust the duty cycle based on one or more threshold values. In other implementations, the remote may adjust the duty cycle directly based on the measured voltage. In still other implementations, the remote may not calculate the duty cycle directly but may instead reference a lookup table.
US08710768B2	Algorithm for color corrected analog dimming in multi-color LED system A lighting system having at least three light sources receives an input relating to color coordinates of a target point representing a desired color characteristic for a combined output from the light sources. The system defines first-pass endpoints corresponding to color characteristics of the light sources when operated at respective maximum intensities. The system determines first-pass amounts of respective maximum intensity contributions from the light sources to achieve light of the target point. When dimming the light to an intensity proportion, the system determines first-pass driver settings from the first-pass amounts and the intensity proportion. The system defines second-pass endpoints corresponding to color characteristics of the light sources when operated at the determined first-pass driver settings. The system determines, from the second-pass endpoints, second-pass amounts of respective reduced intensity contributions from the light sources; and the system determines second-pass driver settings for the second-pass amounts.
US08710766B2	LED driving circuit, LED illumination appliance, LED illuminator, and LED illumination system Provided is an LED driving circuit (4), including: an impedance detecting section (7) for detecting an impedance value of a phase-control type dimmer (2); and an impedance adjusting section (6) for adjusting an impedance of the LED driving circuit (4) based on the impedance value detected by the impedance detecting section (7).
US08710765B2	LED illumination systems An illumination system includes a power supply having a boost converter operating in the discontinuous conduction mode, a flyback converter operating in the critical conduction mode, and a switch coupled to the flyback converter. Several light emitting diodes receive power from the power supply. The boost converter may include a boost inductor (LB) and a boost diode (DB), constructed to perform the boost power factor correction (PFC) function. The flyback converter may includes a flyback inductor (LFB) and a flyback diode (DFB) and the power supply may be constructed to turn on the switch around the point where the current flowing in the flyback inductor reaches zero value.
US08710763B2	Method and apparatus for converting an electronic switch to a dimmer switch A load control device for controlling the power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load is operable to be converted from being configured as an electronic switch to being configured as a dimmer switch after installation. The load control device comprises a dimmer bezel having a control actuator and an intensity adjustment actuator and a detachable switch bezel adapted to be attached to the dimmer bezel. The detachable switch bezel has an opening through which the control actuator may be actuated, and is adapted to cover the intensity adjustment actuator when the detachable switch bezel is attached to the dimmer bezel. The load control device is operable to change from a switch mode of operation to a dimmer mode of operation after the detachable switch bezel is removed from the dimmer bezel.
US08710760B2	Power supply apparatus for light emitting diode A power supply apparatus for LED is provided. The power supply apparatus for LED includes a transformer, a first output unit, and a second output unit. The transformer includes a primary winding, a secondary winding receiving a power induced from the primary winding, and a tertiary winding receiving the power induced from the primary winding. The first output unit is connected to the secondary winding of the transformer, and outputs a first power current to an LED in a first operating condition. The second output unit is connected to the tertiary winding of the transformer, and outputs a second power current to the LED in a second operating condition. When the LED is connected to the power supply apparatus for LED, the power supply apparatus allows a current equal to or less than a predetermined current to flow in the LED, thereby protecting the LED from an overcurrent.
US08710758B2	Dimmer system and damper circuit thereof A damper circuit is operable to dampen resonance of an electromagnetic interference filter when a phase dimmer activates. The damper circuit includes a capacitor and a bipolar junction transistor (BJT). The capacitor includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The BJT includes a control terminal, a collector terminal, and an emitter terminal. The control terminal of the BJT receives a control signal to make the BJT operate in the amplified area, and the collector terminal of the BJT is electrically connected to the second terminal of the capacitor. The first terminal of the capacitor receives the resonance generated to by the electromagnetic interference filter, and the BJT and the capacitor cooperate to dampen the resonance generated by the electromagnetic interference filter when the BJT operates in the amplified area.
US08710755B2	Light emitting device power supply circuit, and light emitting device driver circuit and control method thereof The present invention discloses a light emitting device power supply circuit, a light emitting device driver circuit and a control method thereof. The light emitting device driver circuit is coupled to a tri-electrode AC switch (TRIAC) dimmer circuit, and it controls the brightness of a light emitting device circuit according a rectified dimming signal. The light emitting device driver circuit includes a power stage circuit and a light emitting device control circuit. The light emitting device control circuit generates a switch control signal. The power stage circuit operates at least one power switch thereof according to the switch control signal to generate a latching current for firing the TRIAC dimmer circuit, and the latching current is inputted to the light emitting device circuit.
US08710753B2	High performance adaptive switched LED driver An LED driver controls current through an LED string. The LED driver generates a boosted PWM signal to drive a PWM transistor in the LED current path such that the PWM transistor maintains a substantially constant VGS, thus minimizing turn-on impedance of the PWM transistor. A current mirror circuit controls peak LED current when the PWM transistor is on. A trimming circuit includes a set of programmable switches to couple or decouple trimming transistor from the LED current path, and allowing for fine calibration of the LED current. By maintaining a low resistance and compensating for current mismatch in the LED current path, the LED driver provides efficient power performance and robustness that is particularly beneficial in high current applications.
US08710750B2	Light source lighting device including a constant-current supply that is connected to a light source and supplies a constant current of a substantially constant magnitude to the light source, and luminaire A power supply circuit drives circuits having different numbers of series-connected LEDs without changing a circuit constant or a component. An LED series circuit is connected to a power converter circuit of a power supply circuit. The power converter circuit is controlled by a control arithmetic circuit, and supplies a constant current to the LED series circuit. A voltage detection circuit detects a voltage applied to the LED series circuit. The control arithmetic circuit checks whether the LED series circuit has 40 LEDs or 20 LEDs, based on the voltage detected by the voltage detection circuit. The control arithmetic circuit holds a constant-current value table for 40 LEDs and a constant-current value table for 20 LEDs. In accordance with the detected voltage, the control arithmetic circuit selects one constant-current value table, and controls the power converter circuit based on the constant-current value table selected.
US08710748B2	Illumination apparatus Disclosed is an illumination apparatus, which is constituted by a plurality of OLED devices and makes it possible to improve an accuracy of a dimming control operation. The apparatus is provided with a driving electric power source including: a pulse generating section; an OLED driving section; a first voltage source; a second voltage source; a current source; a switchover section that conducts a switchover operation between the first voltage source and the current source during the time when the duty ratio of the driving pulses is increasing, and also conducts another switchover operation between the first voltage source and the current source during the time when the duty ratio of the driving pulses is decreasing; and an OLED illumination disabling section that makes the second voltage source supply the second electric power to the OLED unit, only during the time when each of the pulses is the OFF state.
US08710745B1	LED drive circuit The present invention relates to an LED drive circuit, which includes a protection unit, which is connected to an AC power supply; a rectification filter unit, which is electrically connected to the protection unit; a control unit, which has an end electrically connected to the rectification filter unit; an LED driving unit, which includes an LED, a first capacitor, and a transistor, the LED being connected in parallel with the first capacitor, the LED including a positive terminal and a negative terminal, the positive terminal of the LED being electrically connected to the rectification filter unit and the control unit; and a current detection feedback unit, which is arranged between the LED driving unit and the control unit. As such, the current detection feedback unit forms a protection circuit to prevent an increase of power caused by excessively high input voltage from an AC power supply.
US08710742B2	Metal halide lamps with fast run-up and methods of operating the same The present disclosure describes metal halide lamps having a discharge vessel, a discharge space, and at least one electrode extending into the discharge vessel in a sealed fashion so as to be in contact with the discharge space. A fill gas, at least one fill material, and optionally at least one volatile material are present in the discharge space. In some cases, the lamps can exhibit at least one of reduced run-up time, increased initial light output, and long life, while remaining useful for general lighting applications. Also described are methods for operating such metal halide lamps.
US08710740B2	Phosphor adhesive sheet, light emitting diode element including phosphor layer, light emitting diode device, and producing methods thereof A phosphor adhesive sheet includes a phosphor layer containing a phosphor and an adhesive layer laminated on one surface in a thickness direction of the phosphor layer. The adhesive layer is formed of a silicone resin composition having both thermoplastic and thermosetting properties.
US08710739B2	Flexible organic light emitting device and manufacturing method thereof A flexible organic light emitting device includes a flexible substrate, an organic light emitting unit and a covering substrate. The organic light emitting unit includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer opposing the first electrode, and a light emitting layer, which is disposed between the first and second electrode layers. The covering substrate includes a base film, an insulation layer and an adhesion layer. An inner surface of the base film is facing an inner surface of the flexible substrate, and space is formed there-between. The insulation layer is disposed on the inner surface of the base film, and an adhesive force between the insulation layer and the organic light emitting unit is less than 0.1 N/cm. The adhesion layer is disposed between the insulation layer and the inner surface of the base film, covers the insulation layer and the organic light emitting unit, and fills the space.
US08710738B2	Display apparatus having a semi-penetration layer and a sealing unit A display apparatus including: a substrate; a display unit disposed on the substrate; a sealing substrate facing the display unit; a sealing unit spaced apart from the display unit and disposed between the substrate and the sealing substrate and connecting the substrate to the sealing substrate; and a semi-penetration layer disposed on the substrate and not protruding from a width of the sealing unit, and absorbing a predetermined amount of light incident on the sealing substrate, thereby improving characteristics of the sealing unit.
US08710735B2	Organic electroluminescence element The organic electroluminescent device includes: a first electrode of conductive and light transmissive material; a light emitting layer of organic material on the first electrode; a second electrode of conductive material on the layer; first and second terminal parts placed on first and second ends of the layer in a first direction crossing a thickness direction of the layer and coupled to the first and second electrodes, respectively; and an auxiliary electrode which is on the first electrode and beside the layer in a second direction crossing the thickness direction and the first direction and coupled to the first electrode, and has an elongated shape extending in the first direction, and made of material having specific resistance smaller than the first electrode, and includes portions with different thicknesses such that sheet resistance is increased with an increase in distance from the first terminal part in a lengthwise direction thereof.
US08710732B2	Organic light emitting device connection methods A light panel includes a light source having a generally planar, light emitting surface and a perimeter edge. A backsheet is disposed in substantially parallel relation with the light emitting surface, and an electrical feed-through region extends through the backsheet at a location spaced inwardly from the perimeter. A generally planar, flexible connector cable extends over the backsheet from the perimeter to the electrical feed-through region for establishing electrical connection with the light source. Openings in conductive pads provided in the flexible cable permit a conductive material to be inserted there through and mechanically and electrically interconnect the cable and the light panel.
US08710730B2	Luminescent nanosheets, and fluorescent illuminators, solar cells and color displays utilizing the same as well as nanosheet paints A luminescent nanosheet has perovskite octahedral crystals combined together in a planar configuration, and the octahedral crystals each have a multistacked crystal sheet structure wherein the octahedral crystals are multistacked over at least 3 folds in the direction vertical to a sheet plane, and an element providing a luminescence center is solid-solubilized between the multistacked octahedral crystals.
US08710728B2	Bezel-less electronic display A bezel-less display is disclosed that includes an electronic display device and a cover. The electronic display device has an image-displaying portion and another portion adjacent the image-displaying portion along at least one side. The cover is positioned adjacent the electronic display device and includes a first portion positioned adjacent the image-displaying portion of the display device and a second portion positioned adjacent the other portion of the display device. The optical properties of the first portion are also selected to transmit images displayed on the image-displaying portion and the optical properties of the second portion are selected to mask the other portion of the display device.
US08710726B1	Reduced plating ignitron An ignitron apparatus has an airtight tubular housing having a first sealed end and a second sealed end. An anode is connected at the first sealed end, projecting into the housing, and a recess at the second sealed and forms a well which contains a quantity of liquid gallium or gallium alloy making up the cathode. An ignitor projects through the liquid metal and into the housing. The inner surface of the housing includes at least one plating-reduction structure to prevent electrical shorting of the apparatus caused by plating of the liquid metal.
US08710725B2	Spark plug A spark plug having improved load life performance and fixing strength of a metallic terminal to an insulator, and which reduces the incidence of breakage of the insulator when the metallic terminal is inserted into the axial hole of the insulator. The spark plug of the present invention is characterized in that the distance ((B−A)/2) between the forward end portion of the metallic terminal and the wall surface of an intermediate diameter portion of the axial hole of the insulator falls within a range of 0.02 mm to 0.2 mm, the shrinkage amount (D−C) of a connecting portion falls within a range of 6 mm to 27 mm, and the Vickers hardness of the metallic terminal at ordinary temperature falls within a range of 100 Hv to 430 Hv.
US08710723B1	All-angle light emitting element having high heat dissipating efficiency Disclosed is an all-angle light emitting element having high heat dissipating efficiency. The all-angle light emitting element has a transparent substrate, at least one light emitting chip, at least one heat dissipating rib and thermal glue. The transparent substrate has a chip fixing area with an area A. The heat dissipating rib is attached onto the transparent substrate, and the heat dissipating rib has a heat dissipating section and a heat source contact section, and the heat source contact section has an area B, and 3%≦B/A≦26%. The heat dissipating section and the heat source contact section of the heat dissipating rib can effectively conduct the heat generated by an optical chip and provide a 360-degree all-angle light emission.
US08710722B2	LED lamp including heat dissipator An LED lamp includes a heat dissipator, a cap, a module substrate fixed to an end of the heat dissipator and on which an LED chip is mounted, a light diffusing member mounted on an end surface of the heat dissipater so as to be located opposite the LED chip, a lighting circuit incorporated in the heat dissipator, and a glass block having an open end and formed with a recess. The light diffusing member is accommodated in the recess of the block through the open end of the glass block, and the heat dissipator is secured to the block so that the heat dissipator and the cap are exposed outside the block. When the block is placed on a placement surface, the LED lamp stands by itself by weight of the block in such a manner that the cap is prevented from contacting the placement surface.
US08710721B1	Light emitting device A light emitting device includes a light-emitting diode (LED) light source module, a heat-dissipating unit and a phosphor-converted cover. The heat-dissipating unit is disposed below the LED light source module. The phosphor-converted cover covers the LED light source module. The phosphor-converted cover has an accommodating space, at least one air channel and a first air hole. The LED light source module is located in the accommodating space, and the first air hole is located above the LED light source module and connected to the air channel. An outside fluid passes through the accommodating space via the air channel to discharge heat generated by the LED light source module to outside via the first air hole. An aperture of the first air hole is between 0.01 millimeters and 1 millimeter.
US08710713B2	Boundary acoustic wave device A boundary acoustic wave device efficiently traps the vibrational energy of boundary acoustic waves and exhibits a high electromechanical coupling coefficient, and is consequently not affected by higher-order modes. The boundary acoustic wave device includes a first medium having piezoelectric characteristics, a non-electroconductive second medium, and a third medium through which slow transverse waves propagate at a lower acoustic velocity than slow transverse waves propagating through the first and second media. The first medium, the third medium, and the second medium are stacked in that order. An IDT is disposed between the first medium and the third medium. The IDT includes a metal layer made of a metal having a density ρ in the range of about 3000 kg/m3 to about 21500 kg/m3. The IDT has electrode fingers arranged at a pitch of λ and has a thickness H1 satisfying the relationship 0.006λ≦H1≦0.2λ, and the third medium has a thickness H2 satisfying the relationship H1
US08710711B2	Permanent magnet rotor with flux concentrating pole pieces A permanent magnet machine is provided including a stator and a rotor, the rotor being adapted to rotate relative to the stator, the rotor including a plurality of permanent magnets separated in the circumferential direction from each other by radially extending rotor pole pieces for concentrating the magnetic flux from the permanent magnets, the stator having a structure that defines radial limits of an air gap between the stator and the rotor for communicating magnetic flux between the stator and the rotor, wherein at least some of the permanent magnets extend radially outside the radial limits of the air gap as defined by the stator structure.
US08710710B2	Method of fabricating crystal unit, crystal unit fabrication mask, and crystal unit package A method of fabricating a crystal unit fills an adhesive from a first opening in a front surface of a mask of each of penetration holes in the mask in a state in which the mask is set on a base, into each penetration hole, and heats, by a heating element, a sidewall region defining a second opening in a back surface of the mask, in order to cure a sidewall part of the adhesive in the sidewall region defining each penetration hole in contact with the adhesive filling each penetration hole. A crystal blank is bonded on the base using the adhesive in order to form the crystal unit, after removing the mask from the base.
US08710708B2	Tandem electric machine arrangement The tandem electric machine arrangement comprises an outside rotor having two axially spaced-apart sets of circumferentially-disposed permanent magnets. It also comprises an inside stator having at least two electrically-independent windings, the at least two windings axially spaced apart from one another and disposed relative to the magnet sets to thereby be magnet coupled to a respective one of the sets of permanent magnets during rotation of the rotor. One of the rotor and the stator is provided in two separate pieces, each piece supported from opposite axial sides of the electric machine relative to one another. The other of the rotor and the stator is supported from substantially centrally of the two pieces.
US08710705B2	Drive apparatus An electronic control unit (50, 70) including semiconductor modules (501 to 506) and capacitors (701 to 706) is disposed in the axial direction of a motor (30). The semiconductor modules (501 to 506) are placed longitudinally and brought into contact with a heat sink (601). The vertical line to each of surfaces of semiconductor chips included in the semiconductor modules (501 to 506) is perpendicular to the axial line of the motor (30). Accordingly, the capacitors (701 to 706) are disposed so that at least a part of the capacitors (701 to 706) overlap the semiconductor modules (501 to 506) and heat sink (601) in the axial direction of the motor (30).
US08710703B2	Low powered activation arrangement and method thereof A fabric product includes a body having a skin made by interweaving a plurality of textile fabrics and a low powered activation arrangement which includes an electronic unit and one or more conductive threads extended underneath the skin of the body. The electronic unit includes a power source, an activation circuit which is a low powered activation circuit, and an operator. Each of the conductive threads has a proximal end portion electrically coupled with the activation circuit and a distal end portion which is extended to an outer surface of the skin of the body at a predetermined location thereof and is arranged in such a manner that when the distal end portion of the conductive thread is being contacted, the activation circuit is activated to actuate the operator.
US08710697B2	Bi-level switching with power packs An electrical power pack may include a first power switch and a cycle control to cycle between the first power switch and a second power switch. An electrical power pack may include a first power switch and a delay element to delay an operation of the first power switch. A power pack system may include a first power switch to operate in response to a constant-on control and a second power switch to operate in response to an automatic control. A power pack system may include a first power switch to operate in response to a manual-on control, and a second power switch to operate in response to an automatic-on control.
US08710694B2	RPM Controlled Wind Power Generation System The inventive technology described herein generally relates to the field of wind power generation. More specifically, methods and apparatus for an RPM controlled power generation system utilizing perhaps multiple generators coupled through a radius adjustable coupler to at least one rotational movement element. This coupled connection may be static or dynamically adjustable across the surface of the rotational movement element so as to maintain an electrical output at a constant generator rotation(s) per minute (RPM) according to the varying rotational velocity along the radius of the rotational movement element. In some embodiments such coupled generators may be controlled through the implementation of a variety of novel RPM adjusting applications directed to system elements so as to increase electrical output yield while maintaining a constant or near constant generator rotation(s) per minute.
US08710692B2	Wind farm, wind power plant in a wind farm and operating control for this purpose Wind farm and method of controlling operation of a wind farm. The wind farm including a plurality of wind power plants, each equipped in a same manner with a pivoted rotor structure and a control device for controlling the operation of the individual wind power plants. The control device is structured and arranged to synchronize the rotary motions of the rotor structures of at least some of the plurality of wind power plants.
US08710691B2	Wind driven generator for vehicles A wind-driven electricity generating system for a vehicle being at least partially electrically-powered by a battery. The wind-driven system includes an air intake unit having a plurality of inner walls forming at least one airflow channel. The airflow channels includes an air scoop forming an inlet opening, and an air exhaust forming an outlet opening, wherein the air scoop faces the forward moving direction of the vehicle, and positioned in airflow communication with the inlet opening. The wind-driven system further includes at least one turbine positioned in airflow communication with respective air outlet opening, and an electric generator operatively coupled with said at least one turbine. The air intake unit is preferably attached to the vehicle roof. The electric generator is operatively connected to the battery of the vehicle, thereby at least partially recharging the battery, when the vehicle is in forward motion.
US08710690B2	Vertical axis wind turbines The present invention relates to a vertical axis wind turbine having a vertical support tower. At least one aerofoil or blade is mounted for rotation about the support tower. An electrical machine, typically a permanent magnet generator includes a rotor assembly and a stator assembly. The at least one aerofoil is secured to the rotor assembly such that rotation of the aerofoil about the support tower causes rotation of the rotor assembly relative to the stator assembly. The stator assembly is formed as a structural component of the support tower and defines part of a vertical access passage that extends through the support tower to provide access for maintenance and repair.
US08710689B2	Wind energy system having a connection protection device A wind energy installation includes a rotor, a generator driven by the rotor, and a converter for generating electrical power which is output into a power supply system via a transformer. The installation also includes an open-loop control system having an open-loop converter control unit. The open-loop control system supplies an actuating signal for a reactive component to the converter. The installation further includes a voltage measurement device arranged on the transformer. The voltage signal of the voltage measurement device is applied to an input of a state-dependent setpoint value shifter, whose output signal is applied to a limitation module for the reactive component acting on the converter. With this configuration, the installation can be better protected and the transformer can be better utilized.
US08710688B2	Platform for generating electricity from flowing fluid using generally prolate turbine A platform-like device for generating electricity from moving fluids has two has at least two fluid turbines coupled to one another through a frame. The fluid turbines are adapted to rotate in opposite directions. The fluid turbines also provide buoyancy for the platform so that the platform is self supporting in the water. The fluid turbines preferably have helicoid flights (screw-like threads) mounted to generally prolate casings. The fluid turbines preferably connect to electric generators through belt, chain-drive, or other transmission systems. The platform may additional support a wind turbine.
US08710685B2	Methods and systems for improved engine speed control during engine starting A system for improving engine starting is disclosed. In one example, an engine starting is improved by providing a variable load to the engine during engine starting. The variable load may be provided by controlling alternator field current during the engine start.
US08710684B2	Apparatus for generating electrical energy from rocking activated energy An apparatus includes an unbalanced mass unit configured to be rockable between front and rear unbalanced positions by virtue of the moment of inertia, a coupling shaft which rotatably extends through an upper segment of the unbalanced mass unit and which is coupled with an electricity generator, and a releasably retaining member releasably retaining the unbalanced mass unit at the rear unbalanced position. In response to a downward mechanical load, the releasably retaining member releases the unbalanced mass unit to allow the unbalanced mass unit to commence rocking so as to permit the coupling shaft to generate a rotating torque for conversion into electricity by the electricity generator.
US08710682B2	Materials and methods for stress reduction in semiconductor wafer passivation layers The present invention provides polyimide polymer materials for passivating semiconductor wafers and methods for fabricating thereof. The present invention further provides a device that includes a semiconductor wafer and a passivating layer disposed on the surface of the wafer, wherein the passivating layer comprises such polyimide polymers.
US08710678B2	Device and method including a soldering process A device and method of making a device is disclosed. One embodiment provides a substrate. A semiconductor chip is provided having a first surface with a roughness of at least 100 nm. A diffusion soldering process is performed to join the first surface of the semiconductor chip to the substrate.
US08710677B2	Multi-chip package with a supporting member and method of manufacturing the same A multi-chip package may include a package substrate, a first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip and a supporting member. The first semiconductor chip may be arranged on an upper surface of the package substrate. The first semiconductor chip may be electrically connected with the package substrate. The second semiconductor chip may be arranged on an upper surface of the first semiconductor chip. The second semiconductor chip may be electrically connected with the first semiconductor chip. The second semiconductor chip may have a protrusion overhanging an area beyond a side surface of the first semiconductor chip. The supporting member may be interposed between the protrusion of the second semiconductor chip and the package substrate to prevent a deflection of the protrusion.
US08710672B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes: a substrate; a first catalytic metal film on the substrate; graphene on the first catalytic metal film; an interlayer insulating film on the graphene; a contact hole penetrating through the interlayer insulating film; a conductive film at the bottom portion of the contact hole, the conductive film being electrically connected to the graphene; a second catalytic metal film on the conductive film, the second catalytic metal film being subjected to plasma processing with at least one kind of gas selected from hydrogen, nitrogen, ammonia, and rare gas; and carbon nanotubes on the second catalytic metal film.
US08710666B2	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor device which can prevent a deterioration in the electrical properties by preventing sputters generated by laser welding from adhering to a circuit pattern or a semiconductor chip and a method for fabricating such a semiconductor device are provided. A connection conductor is bonded to a copper foil formed over a ceramic by a solder and resin is injected to a level lower than a top of the connection conductor. Laser welding is then performed. After that, resin is injected. This prevents sputters generated by the laser welding from adhering to a circuit pattern or a semiconductor chip. As a result, a deterioration in the electrical properties can be prevented.
US08710663B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device and semiconductor device To provide a semiconductor device having a reduced size and thickness while suppressing deterioration in reliability. After a semiconductor wafer is ground at a back surface thereof with a grinding material into a predetermined thickness, the resulting semiconductor wafer is diced along a cutting region to obtain a plurality of semiconductor chips. While leaving grinding grooves on the back surface of each of the semiconductor chips, the semiconductor chip is placed on the upper surface of a die island via a conductive resin paste so as to face the back surface of the semiconductor chip and the upper surface of the die island each other. The die island has, on the upper surface thereof, a concave having a depth of from 3 μm to 10 μm from the edge of the concave to the bottom of the concave.
US08710661B2	Methods for selective reverse mask planarization and interconnect structures formed thereby Methods for planarizing layers of a material, such as a dielectric, and interconnect structures formed by the planarization methods. The method includes depositing a first dielectric layer on a top surface of multiple conductive features and on a top surface of a substrate between the conductive features. A portion of the first dielectric layer is selectively removed from the top surface of at least one of the conductive features without removing a portion the first dielectric layer that is between the conductive features. A second dielectric layer is formed on the top surface of the at least one of the conductive features and on a top surface of the first dielectric layer, and a top surface of the second dielectric layer is planarized. A layer operating as an etch stop is located between the top surface of at least one of the conductive features and the second dielectric layer.
US08710660B2	Hybrid interconnect scheme including aluminum metal line in low-k dielectric A device includes a first low-k dielectric layer, and a copper-containing via in the first low-k dielectric layer. The device further includes a second low-k dielectric layer over the first low-k dielectric layer, and an aluminum-containing metal line over and electrically coupled to the copper-containing via. The aluminum-containing metal line is in the second low-k dielectric layer.
US08710657B2	Semiconductor assembly and semiconductor package including a solder channel Semiconductor packages connecting a semiconductor chip to an external device by bumps are provided. The semiconductor packages may include a connection pad on a semiconductor chip, a connecting bump on and configured to be electrically connected to the connection pad and a supporting bump on the semiconductor chip and configured to be electrically isolated from the connection pad. The connection bump may include a first pillar and a first solder ball and the supporting bump may include a second pillar and a second solder ball. The semiconductor packages may further include a solder channel in the second pillar configured to allow a portion of the second solder ball to extend into the solder channel along a predetermined direction.
US08710653B2	Chip on chip semiconductor device including an underfill layer having a resin containing an amine-based curing agent A semiconductor device, includes: a wiring substrate, a stacked body mounted on the wiring substrate, an underfill layer filled into gaps between respective semiconductor chips of the stacked body; and a molding body made up of a molding resin covered and formed at outside of the stacked body and so on. The underfill layer is made up of a cured product of a resin material containing an amine-based curing agent, and the cured product has a Tg of 65° C. or more and 100° C. or less.
US08710651B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a semiconductor chip that is bonded to one of the faces of the substrate via bumps, and has a device formation face facing the one of the faces, and a resin that fills the space between the device formation face of the semiconductor chip and the one of the faces of the substrate. The resin includes: a first resin that is formed in a formation region of bumps placed on the outermost circumference of the bumps, and is formed inside the formation region, and a second resin that is formed outside the first resin. The thermal expansion coefficient of the substrate is higher than the thermal expansion coefficient of the first resin. The thermal expansion coefficient of the second resin is higher than the thermal expansion coefficient of the first resin.
US08710647B2	Semiconductor device having a first conductive member connecting a chip to a wiring board pad and a second conductive member connecting the wiring board pad to a land on an insulator covering the chip and the wiring board A semiconductor device includes a wiring board having connection pads thereon and a semiconductor chip mounted on the wiring board. The wiring board and the semiconductor chip are covered with a sealing portion. Conductive members are extended upward from the connection pads and are exposed from the sealing portion. Rewiring lines are connected to the exposed conductive members. Land portions are arranged on the sealing portion and are electrically connected to the conductive members through the rewiring lines.
US08710645B2	Area reduction for surface mount package chips Using side-wall conductor leads insulated by side-wall insulators to form package level conductor leads for active circuits manufactured on silicon substrate, the preferred embodiments of the present invention significantly reduces the areas of surface mount package chips. Besides area reduction, these methods also provide significant cost saving and reduction in parasitic impedance.
US08710635B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming discontinuous ESD protection layers between semiconductor die A semiconductor wafer has a plurality of semiconductor die separated by a saw street. The wafer is mounted to dicing tape. The wafer is singulated through the saw street to expose side surfaces of the semiconductor die. An ESD protection layer is formed over the semiconductor die and around the exposed side surfaces of the semiconductor die. The ESD protection layer can be a metal layer, encapsulant film, conductive polymer, conductive ink, or insulating layer covered by a metal layer. The ESD protection layer is singulated between the semiconductor die. The semiconductor die covered by the ESD protection layer are mounted to a temporary carrier. An encapsulant is deposited over the ESD protection layer covering the semiconductor die. The carrier is removed. An interconnect structure is formed over the semiconductor die and encapsulant. The ESD protection layer is electrically connected to the interconnect structure to provide an ESD path.
US08710632B2	Compound semiconductor epitaxial structure and method for fabricating the same A method for fabricating a compound semiconductor epitaxial structure includes the following steps. Firstly, a first compound epitaxial layer is formed on a substrate. Then, a continuous epitaxial deposition process is performed to form a second compound epitaxial layer on the first compound epitaxial layer, so that the second compound epitaxial layer has a linearly-decreased concentration gradient of metal. Afterwards, a semiconductor material layer is formed on the second compound epitaxial layer.
US08710631B2	Surface modification A method of modifying a fluorinated polymer surface comprising the steps of depositing a first layer on at least a portion of the fluorinated polymer surface, the first layer comprising a first polymer, the first polymer being a substantially perfluorinated aromatic polymer; and depositing a second layer on at least a portion of the first layer, the second layer comprising a second polymer, the second polymer being an aromatic polymer having a lower degree of fluorination than said first polymer, whereby the second layer provides a surface on to which a substance having a lower degree of fluorination than the first polymer, e.g. a non-fluorinated substance is depositable.
US08710627B2	Uni-directional transient voltage suppressor (TVS) An epitaxial layer is supported on top of a substrate. First and second body regions are formed within the epitaxial layer separated by a predetermined lateral distance. Trigger and source regions are formed within the epitaxial layer. A first source region is transversely adjacent the first body region between first and second trigger regions laterally adjacent the first source region and transversely adjacent the first body region. A second source region is located transversely adjacent the second body region between third and fourth trigger regions laterally adjacent the second source region and transversely adjacent the second body region. A third source region is laterally adjacent the fourth trigger region. The fourth trigger region is between the second and third source regions. An implant region within the fourth trigger region is laterally adjacent the third source region.
US08710625B2	Devices including composite thermal capacitors Embodiments of the present disclosure include devices or systems that include a composite thermal capacitor disposed in thermal communication with a hot spot of the device, methods of dissipating thermal energy in a device or system, and the like.
US08710619B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof To provide, in a semiconductor device formed on an SOI substrate and having a semiconductor layer of the SOI substrate surrounded, at the periphery of the element region thereof, with element isolation, a technology capable of preventing reliability deterioration attributed to the element isolation. Appearance of a hollow, which is formed upon filling of a deep trench with an insulating film, from the upper surface of the insulating film can be prevented by setting the trench width of the upper portion of the deep trench configuring trench isolation at less than 1.2 μm. Reduction in the breakdown voltage between adjacent element regions which may presumably occur due to a decrease in the trench width of the upper portion of the deep trench can be prevented by forming, on the upper portion of the deep trench, an LOCOS insulating film coupled to the insulating film filled in the deep trench.
US08710614B2	Light receiving element with offset absorbing layer A light receiving element includes a core configured to propagate a signal light, a first semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type, the first semiconductor layer being configured to receive the signal light from the core along a first direction in which the core extends, an absorbing layer configured to absorb the signal light received by the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer having a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type.
US08710612B2	Semiconductor device having a bonding pad and shield structure of different thickness A semiconductor device includes a device substrate having a front side and a back side corresponding to a front side and a back side of the semiconductor device, a metal feature formed on the front side of the device substrate, a bonding pad disposed on the back side of the semiconductor device and in electrical communication with the metal feature, and a shield structure disposed on the back side of the device substrate in which the shield structure and the bonding pad have different thicknesses relative to each other.
US08710611B2	High sensitivity stress sensor based on hybrid materials A sensing device is used to detect the spatial distributions of stresses applied by physical contact with the surface of the sensor or induced by pressure, temperature gradients, and surface absorption. The sensor comprises a hybrid active layer that includes luminophores doped in a polymeric or organic host, altogether embedded in a matrix. Under an electrical bias, the sensor simultaneously converts stresses into electrical and optical signals. Among many applications, the device may be used for tactile sensing and biometric imaging.
US08710609B2	Semiconductor arrangement with a solder resist layer A semiconductor arrangement including at least one lead arrangement with a top and a bottom opposite the top; at least one solder resist layer which partially covers the top and the bottom, at least sub-zones of the top and the bottom, which are not covered by the solder resist layer, forming electrical base members; an optoelectronic semiconductor element, which is mounted on at least one of the base members on the top of the lead arrangement and is connected electrically conductively therewith, and an encapsulant applied at least to the top of the lead arrangement, the encapsulant covering up the semiconductor element and lying at least partially against the solder resist layer, wherein the base members are bordered all round by the solder resist layer.
US08710605B2	Magnetic memory and method of manufacturing the same A magnetic memory according to an embodiment includes: at least one memory cell comprising a magnetoresistive element as a memory element, and first and second electrodes that energize the magnetoresistive element. The magnetoresistive element includes: a first magnetic layer having a variable magnetization direction perpendicular to a film plane; a tunnel barrier layer on the first magnetic layer; and a second magnetic layer on the tunnel barrier layer, and having a fixed magnetization direction perpendicular to the film plane. The first magnetic layer including: a first region; and a second region outside the first region so as to surround the first region, and having a smaller perpendicular magnetic anisotropy energy than that of the first region. The second magnetic layer including: a third region; and a fourth region outside the third region, and having a smaller perpendicular magnetic anisotropy energy than that of the third region.
US08710604B2	Magnetoresistive element and manufacturing method of the same In accordance with an embodiment, a magnetoresistive element includes a lower electrode, a first magnetic layer on the lower electrode, a first diffusion prevention layer on the first magnetic layer, a first interfacial magnetic layer on the first metal layer, a nonmagnetic layer on the first interfacial magnetic layer, a second interfacial magnetic layer on the nonmagnetic layer, a second diffusion prevention layer on the second interfacial magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer on the second diffusion prevention layer, and an upper electrode layer on the second magnetic layer. The ratio of a crystal-oriented part to the other part in the second interfacial magnetic layer is higher than the ratio of a crystal-oriented part to the other part in the first interfacial magnetic layer.
US08710602B2	Method and system for providing magnetic junctions having improved characteristics A method and system provide a magnetic junction usable in a magnetic device. The magnetic junction includes a pinned layer, a nonmagnetic spacer layer, a free layer, at least one insulating layer, and at least one magnetic insertion layer adjoining the at least one insulating layer. The nonmagnetic spacer layer is between the pinned layer and the free layer. The at least one insulating layer is adjacent to at least one of the free layer and the pinned layer. The at least one magnetic insertion layer adjoins the at least one insulating layer. In some aspects, the insulating layer(s) include at least one of magnesium oxide, aluminum oxide, tantalum oxide, ruthenium oxide, titanium oxide, and nickel oxide The magnetic junction is configured such that the free layer is switchable between a plurality of stable magnetic states when a write current is passed through the magnetic junction.
US08710598B2	High-density 3-dimensional structure A 3-D structure formed in a recess of a substrate delimited by walls, including a large number of rectangle parallelepipedic blades extending from the bottom of the recess to the substrate surface while being oriented perpendicularly to one another and formed in a pattern covering the whole surface of the recess, some blades being non-secant to one of the walls, each non-secant blade being connected to one of the walls by at least another perpendicular blade.
US08710595B2	Semiconductor device A seal ring structure is formed through a multilayer structure of a plurality of dielectric films in a peripheral part of a chip region to surround the chip region. A dual damascene interconnect in which an interconnect and a plug connected to the interconnect are integrated is formed in at least one of the dielectric films in the chip region. Part of the seal ring structure formed in the dielectric film in which the dual damascene interconnect is formed is continuous. A protection film formed on the multilayer structure has an opening on the seal ring. A cap layer connected to the seal ring is formed in the opening.
US08710592B2	SRAM cells using shared gate electrode configuration An SRAM cell includes a first PMOS pass transistor comprising a first gate electrode disposed on a first PMOS active region, a first NMOS pass transistor comprising a second gate electrode disposed on a first NMOS active region, a first PMOS pull-up transistor and a first NMOS pull-down transistor sharing a third gate electrode disposed on the first PMOS active region and the first NMOS active region and extending therebetween, a second PMOS pass transistor comprising a fourth gate electrode disposed on a second PMOS active region, a second NMOS pass transistor comprising a fifth gate electrode disposed on a second NMOS active region and a second pull-up transistor and a second pull-down transistor sharing a sixth gate electrode disposed on the second PMOS active region and the second NMOS active region and extending therebetween.
US08710589B2	Semiconductor device An allowable current amount of a ballast resistance is increased without increasing the width of the ballast resistance. At least one of resistances included in a ballast resistance has a first resistance and a second resistance. The first resistance extends in a first direction (X direction in FIG. 1) in which current flows in a protection element. The second resistance element is coupled in parallel to the first resistance element and extends in the first direction. The second resistance element and the first resistance element are located on the same straight line.
US08710588B2	Implant free extremely thin semiconductor devices A semiconductor device and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises providing a semiconductor substrate, epitaxially growing a Ge layer on the substrate, and epitaxially growing a semiconductor layer on the Ge layer, where the semiconductor layer has a thickness of 10 nm or less. This method further comprises removing at least a portion of the Ge layer to form a void beneath the Si layer, and filling the void at least partially with a dielectric material. In this way, the semiconductor layer becomes an extremely thin semiconductor-on-insulator layer. In one embodiment, after the void is filled with the dielectric material, in-situ doped source and drain regions are grown on the semiconductor layer. In one embodiment, the method further comprises annealing said source and drain regions to form doped extension regions in the semiconductor layer.
US08710582B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a plurality of trenches; forming a gate insulating film; burying a gate electrode; burying an insulating member; projecting the insulating member; forming a base layer; forming a mask film; forming a first semiconductor layer; forming a carrier ejection layer; forming a first electrode; and forming a second electrode. The projecting includes projecting the insulating member from the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate by removing an upper layer portion of the semiconductor substrate. The mask film is formed so as to cover the projected insulating member. The forming the first semiconductor layer includes forming a first semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type in an upper layer portion of the base layer by doping the base layer with impurity, the upper layer portion having a lower surface below an upper end of the gate electrode.
US08710581B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing the same A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises: element isolation insulating films formed in a semiconductor substrate in a first direction; and element regions formed in a region sandwiched by the element isolation insulating film, with MONOS type memory cells. The MONOS type memory cell comprises: a tunnel insulating film disposed on the element region; a charge storage film disposed continuously on the element regions and the element isolation insulating films. The charge storage film comprises: a charge film disposed on the element region and having a certain charge trapping characteristic; and a degraded charge film disposed on the element isolation insulating film and having a charge trapping characteristic inferior to that of the charge film. The degraded charge film has a length of an upper surface thereof set shorter than a length of a lower surface thereof in a cross-section along the first direction.
US08710580B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first to n-th semiconductor layers (n is a natural number equal to or more than 2) being stacked in order from a surface of an insulating layer in a first direction perpendicular to the surface of the insulating layer, the first to n-th semiconductor layers extending in a second direction parallel to the surface of the insulating layer, the first to n-th semiconductor layers being insulated from each other, a common electrode connected to the first to n-th semiconductor layers in a first end of the second direction thereof, and a layer select transistor which uses the first to n-th semiconductor layers as channels and which selects one of the first to n-th semiconductor layers.
US08710576B2	High density vertical structure nitride flash memory A charge trap type of memory having a memory channel with vertical and possibly horizontal components is described. The invention includes a new operation method of simultaneous hole and electron injection operation for high speed and high reliability non-volatile memories, as well as high-density non-volatile memories. Array implementations for high-density memory arrays and high-speed memory arrays and their fabrication methods are also described.
US08710575B1	Semiconductor device, integrated circuit and method of manufacturing an integrated circuit A semiconductor device is formed in a semiconductor substrate comprising a first main surface and includes a control gate disposed in a lower portion of a first trench formed in the first main surface, a floating gate disposed in the first trench above the control gate and insulated from the control gate, a source region of a first conductivity type, a body region of a second conductivity type, and a drain region of the first conductivity type.
US08710570B2	Semiconductor device having vertical channel A semiconductor device includes: bit lines each extending in a first direction; word lines each extending in a second direction, which crosses the first direction; pillars provided in a region between the bit lines and the word lines, wherein the pillars are each arranged along a third direction; and bit line contacts arranged along the third direction and alternately between the pillars and coupled to alternate bit lines.
US08710568B2	Semiconductor device having a plurality of elements on one semiconductor substrate and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate that includes a plurality of section having different thicknesses. The sections include a first section having a first thickness and a second section having a second thickness, the second section is the thinnest section among all the sections, and the first thickness is greater than the second thickness. A plurality of isolation trenches penetrates the semiconductor substrate for defining a plurality of element-forming regions in the first section and the second section. A plurality of elements is located at respective ones of the plurality of element-forming regions. The elements include a double-sided electrode element that includes a pair of electrodes separately disposed on the first surface and the second surface, and the double-sided electrode element is located in the second section.
US08710566B2	Techniques for forming a contact to a buried diffusion layer in a semiconductor memory device Techniques for forming a contact to a buried diffusion layer in a semiconductor memory device are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a semiconductor memory device. The semiconductor memory device may comprise a substrate comprising an upper layer. The semiconductor memory device may also comprise an array of dummy pillars formed on the upper layer of the substrate and arranged in rows and columns. Each of the dummy pillars may extend upward from the upper layer and have a bottom contact that is electrically connected with the upper layer of the substrate. The semiconductor memory device may also comprise an array of active pillars formed on the upper layer of the substrate and arranged in rows and columns. Each of the active pillars may extend upward from the upper layer and have an active first region, an active second region, and an active third region. Each of the active pillars may also be electrically connected with the upper layer of the substrate.
US08710565B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method The method of the present invention comprises forming a word line crossing with an active region on a semiconductor substrate; forming a diffusion layer region; forming a first insulating film as high as a bit line to be formed; etching the first insulating film, while using, as a mask, a pattern having a linear aperture extending to the active region on the first insulating film so as to form a groove pattern for exposing the surface of the semiconductor substrate; embedding a conductive film in the groove pattern; forming a mask pattern passing over a portion, in which a bit contact is formed, on the first insulating film; and removing the first insulating film and the conductive layer until the upper layer insulating film of the word line is exposed, while using the mask pattern as a mask so as to isolate a bit contact from another contact.
US08710562B2	CMOS image sensor A CMOS image sensor includes a photodiode, a plurality of transistors for transferring charges accumulated at the photodiode to one column line, and a voltage dropping element connected to a gate electrode of at least one transistor among the plurality of transistors for expanding a saturation region of the transistor by dropping down a gate voltage inputted to the gate electrode of the at least one transistor.
US08710559B2	Solid-state imaging apparatus, method of manufacturing solid-state imaging apparatus, and electronic apparatus A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a transfer gate electrode formed on a semiconductor substrate; a photoelectric conversion unit including an electric charge storage area that is formed from a surface side of the semiconductor substrate in a depth direction, a transfer auxiliary area formed of a second conductive type impurity area that is formed in such a manner as to partially overlap the transfer gate electrode, and a dark current suppression area that is a first dark current suppression area formed in an upper layer of the transfer auxiliary and formed so as to have positional alignment in such a manner that the end portion of the transfer auxiliary area on the transfer gate electrode side is at the same position as the end portion of the transfer auxiliary area; and a signal processing circuit configured to process an output signal output from the solid-state imaging apparatus.
US08710557B2	MOS transistor having combined-source structure with low power consumption and method for fabricating the same The present invention discloses a MOS transistor having a combined-source structure with low power consumption, which relates to a field of field effect transistor logic devices and circuits in CMOS ultra-large-scaled integrated circuits. The MOS transistor includes a control gate electrode layer, a gate dielectric layer, a semiconductor substrate, a Schottky source region, a highly-doped source region and a highly-doped drain region. An end of the control gate extends to the highly-doped source region to form a T shape, wherein the extending region of the control gate is an extending gate and the remaining region of the control gate is a main gate. The active region covered by the extending gate is a channel region, and material thereof is the substrate material. A Schottky junction is formed between the Schottky source region and the channel under the extending gate. The combined-source structure according to the invention combines a Schottky barrier and a T-shaped gate, improves the performance of the device, and the fabrication method thereof is simple. Thus, a higher turn-on current, a lower leakage current, and a steeper subthreshold slope can be obtained, and the present application can be applied in the field of low power consumption and have a higher practical value.
US08710556B2	Semiconductor device comprising a Fin and method for manufacturing the same The present application discloses a semiconductor device comprising a fin of semiconductive material formed from a semiconductor layer over a semiconductor substrate and having two opposing sides perpendicular to the main surface of the semiconductor substrate; a source region and a drain region provided in the semiconductor substrate adjacent to two ends of the fin and being bridged by the fin; a channel region provided at the central portion of the fin; and a stack of gate dielectric and gate conductor provided at one side of the fin, where the gate conductor is isolated from the channel region by the gate dielectric, and wherein the stack of gate dielectric and gate conductor extends away from the one side of the fin in a direction parallel to the main surface of the semiconductor substrate, and insulated from the semiconductor substrate by an insulating layer. The semiconductor device has an improved short channel effect and a reduced parasitic capacitance and resistance, which contributes to an improved electrical property and facilitates scaling down of the transistor.
US08710555B2	Semiconductor device having a triple gate transistor and method for manufacturing the same In a semiconductor capable of reducing NBTI and a method for manufacturing the same, a multi-gate transistor includes an active region, gate dielectric, channels in the active region, and gate electrodes, and is formed on a semiconductor wafer. The active region has a top and side surfaces, and is oriented in a first direction. The gate dielectric is formed on the top and side surfaces of the active region. The channels are formed in the top and side surfaces of the active region. The gate electrodes are formed on the gate dielectric corresponding to the channels and aligned perpendicular to the active region such that current flows in the first direction. In one aspect of the invention, an SOI layer having a second orientation indicator in a second direction is formed on a supporting substrate having a first orientation indicator in a first direction.
US08710554B2	Biosensor kit Disclosed are: a biosensor kit in which a biosensor utilizing a field effect transistor is not deteriorated during storage or transport; and a system for detecting a substance of interest, which is equipped with the biosensor chip. The biosensor kit comprises a biosensor chip which can measure a substance of interest quantitatively and a package which can hermetically seal the biosensor chip and is composed of a packaging material comprising a metal film. The biosensor chip can measure the substance quantitatively based on the value of a current generated in a field effect transistor when the substance is reacted with a molecule that can recognize the substance and is immobilized on a reaction field connected to the field effect transistor. The biosensor chip comprises the field effect transistor and a mounting substrate on which the field effect transistor is mounted.
US08710550B2	Semiconductor device with hetero-junction bodies A semiconductor device includes a nitride semiconductor stack having at least two hetero junction bodies where a first nitride semiconductor layer and a second nitride semiconductor layer having a band gap wider than that of the first nitride semiconductor layer are disposed, and includes a drain electrode and, a source electrode disposed to the nitride semiconductor stack, and gate electrodes at a position put between the drain electrode and the source electrode and disposed so as to oppose them respectively in which the drain electrode and the source electrode are disposed over the surface or on the lateral side of the nitride semiconductor stack, and the gate electrode has a first gate electrode disposed in the direction of the depth of the nitride semiconductor stack and a second gate electrode disposed in the direction of the depth of the nitride semiconductor at a depth different from the first gate electrode.
US08710548B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer which is formed above a substrate, a Schottky electrode and an ohmic electrode which are formed on the first semiconductor layer to be spaced from each other and a second semiconductor layer which is formed to cover the first semiconductor layer with the Schottky electrode and the ohmic electrode exposed. The second semiconductor layer has a larger band gap than that of the first semiconductor layer.
US08710545B2	Latch-up free ESD protection An ESD module having a first portion (FP) and a second portion (SP) in a substrate is presented. The FP includes a FP well of a second polarity type and first and second FP contact regions. The first FP contact region is of a first polarity type and the second FP contact region is of a second polarity type. The SP includes a SP well of a first polarity type and first and second SP contact regions. The first SP contact region is of a first polarity type and the second SP contact region is of a second polarity type. An intermediate portion (IP) is disposed in the substrate between the FP and SP in the substrate. The IP includes a well of the second polarity type. The IP increases trigger current and holding voltage of the module to prevent latch up during normal device operation.
US08710540B2	LED package with top and bottom electrodes An LED package with an extended top electrode and an extended bottom electrode is formed from a first metal and a second metal. An LED is on an inner end of the first metal. An outer end of the first metal has been bent upward twice 90 degrees to form a top flat as an extended top electrode of the package. An outer end of the second metal has been bent downward twice 90 degrees to form a bottom flat as an extended bottom electrode of the package. The LED and a bonding wire may be encapsulated with glue.
US08710537B2	Radiation-emitting semiconductor chip and method for producing a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip A radiation-emitting semiconductor chip includes: a carrier and a semiconductor body with a semiconductor layer sequence including an active region that generates radiation, a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer; wherein the active region is arranged between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; the first semiconductor layer is arranged on a side of the active region which faces away from the carrier; the semiconductor body comprises at least one recess which extends through the active region; the first semiconductor layer is electrically conductively connected to a first connection layer extending in the recess from the first semiconductor layer in a direction of the carrier; and the first connection layer is electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer via a protective diode.
US08710536B2	Composite high reflectivity layer A high efficiency light emitting diode with a composite high reflectivity layer integral to said LED to improve emission efficiency. One embodiment of a light emitting diode (LED) chip comprises an LED and a composite high reflectivity layer integral to the LED to reflect light emitted from the active region. The composite layer comprises a first layer, and alternating plurality of second and third layers on the first layer, and a reflective layer on the topmost of said plurality of second and third layers. The second and third layers have a different index of refraction, and the first layer is at least three times thicker than the thickest of the second and third layers. For composite layers internal to the LED chip, conductive vias can be included through the composite layer to allow an electrical signal to pass through the composite layer to the LED.
US08710533B2	Multicolored light converting LED with minimal absorption Light emitting systems are disclosed. More particularly light emitting systems that utilize wavelength converting semiconductor layer stacks, and preferred amounts of potential well types in such stacks to achieve more optimal performance are disclosed.
US08710532B2	White light emitting lamp and white LED lighting apparatus including the same A semiconductor light emitting element emits ultraviolet light or blue light that impinges upon a light emitting cover portion including a blue phosphor, a green phosphor, a red phosphor and a deep red phosphor to emit white light by mixing the light emission colors from the phosphors. The deep red phosphor has a main emission peak in a longer wavelength region than a main emission peak of the red phosphor. The red phosphor includes at least one component selected from: a europium-activated SiAlON phosphor and a europium-activated CASN phosphor each having a predetermined composition. The deep red phosphor includes a manganese-activated magnesium florogermanate phosphor having a predetermined composition. The white light emitting lamp is excellent in both high luminance and high color rendering properties.
US08710530B2	Light emitted diode The present invention relates to a light emitted diode (LED). The LED includes a metal mirror, a bonding substrate, a distributed bragg reflector (DBR), a buffer layer, and a LED epitaxial structure. The bonding substrate is arranged under the metal mirror. The DBR is arranged on the metal mirror. The buffer layer is arranged on the DBR. The LED epitaxial structure is arranged on the buffer layer.
US08710529B2	Light-emitting device package structure A light-emitting device package structure includes a leadframe, a light-emitting device disposed on the leadframe, a plurality of wires electrically connecting the leadframe and the light-emitting device, and an encapsulant covering the light-emitting device, the wires and a part of the leadframe. The encapsulant has a gas space therein, and the gas space is disposed on the light-emitting device, wherein the gas space includes at least one gas.

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